London Ambulance Service (LAS) said there was severe pressure on 999 services and called in police to help respond to emergency calls because of yesterday’s strike by public sector workers.
The Maldon District Council finance and corporate services committee are to be asked next Tuesday (November 29, 2011) whether to allow payments to be made to par
Ambitious plans for Chatham Dockyard could result in up to 3,500 jobs created. The Peel Group has submitted a proposal for a Brownfield site near the River Medway.
A surge in growth of East London’s technology concerns has not pleased everyone.
A research and development site in Sandwich is set to retain hundreds more jobs than expected. Around 650 jobs will remain at the facility, which once employed 2,400 people, owned by Pfizer.
Leading BBC programmes could be affected by industrial action as staff will be balloted over a major strike. Unions also did not rule out action during next year’s Olympic Games in London.
It is claimed that London Underground (LU) wants to shed more than 1,500 jobs and close all but 30 ticket offices.
A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman told news reporters that injuries caused in a Surrey industrial fire ranged from “minor to far more serious.” Two air ambulances and a dozen ambulances attended the scene at th
Utility firm Centrica is understood to be planning to shut down a Norfolk power plant with the potential loss of 35 jobs. The BBC was tipped off to the news that the energy giant is consulting staff over redundancies at the King’s Lynn depot next month.
A Network Rail manager hit out at “mindless” thieves who caused delays for thousands of commuters around the capital. Thefts emanating from the Hertfordshire area disrupted many people trying to get to Stansted for flights.