Top accolades were deserved, according to the boss of the Loo of the Year Awards (LYA) 2012. Judges this year awarded a number of platinum star ratings, the highest award possible, to plush public toilets dotted around the country.
Unusually high levels of water, gas and oil were found at the site of a South Yorkshire mine last month, which has caused the owner to want to mothball it.
The highest levels of in-work poverty (of 16 per cent), in terms of volume is jointly held by the South East and North West of England, according to a report.
The BBC responded that there is “no evidence” it used personal service companies to help aid tax avoidance, although it admitted its current staff contracting policy was “inconsistent”.
Hundreds of Comet staff who face redundancy have been offered Christmas jobs by Dixons. Sebastian James, chief executive of Dixons Retail, said 500 of the workers from their rivals had already approached his company.
A nappy seller says it is unable to maintain a profitable business in Europe, putting more than 400 jobs at risk in the UK. Kimberly-Clark says it will soon cease making and selling Huggies nappies in most of Europe.
A leading motor company says the UK double dip recession has helped to prompt workforce cuts. Ford announced it will cut 1,400 UK jobs by 2013 at two of its production plants due to difficult trading conditions in Europe.
Hundreds of hospital doctors are threatening to go it alone on strike. The GPs are prepared to break ranks with colleagues south of the Border as part of the pensions dispute over a later retirement age for doctors.
