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A long running payment saga involving unions, drivers and bosses has been concluded. After finally agreeing to a deal capital-based bus workers will pocket an extra £27.50 each time they complete a duty over the 29 days of the Olympics Games.

If new government proposals are approved then the practice of full-time union representatives will be ended or limited.

The UK Federation of Small Businesses has called upon the UK government to avoid implementing any EU ruling on employees’ leave, “given the ongoing negotiatio

The salaries of top telly stars have been reduced as part of an efficiency drive. The BBC has cut to just over £203m the pay of its presenters and talent in the past financial year.

The Unite union is demanding a bonus for each of its 21,000 members who are working during this month’s Olympic Games.

Campaigners held a rally outside a hospital to demonstrate against plans to close wards, which they said could mean a journey of up to 25 miles for emergency treatment.

The Government plans to cut consultation periods by at least half in a new shake-up of working conditions.

More than 50,000 Revenue and Customs workers are going on strike in protest at “massive cuts”.

Business Minister Edwina Hart said the announcement by a UK consumer goods giant of widespread job losses would be a “devastating blow for Unilever’s workforce and their families”.

One wooden hut and a brick chalet were completely destroyed by a fire which started late on Monday (June 18, 2012) evening. The authorities are blaming vandals for the damage to the buildings on the Lincolnshire coast.

A campaigner reported that on one visit to a public convenience there were four sheets of toilet roll in one cubicle and none at all in the other.

A union boss commented on imminent closures to UK coastguard stations.