Pakistan have blocked the head of an airline, whose jet crashed close to the capital, from leaving the country as they started an investigation into the country’s second major air disaster in less than 2 years. The Bhoja Air passenger jet crashed on Friday while it was attempting to land in a thunderstorm at Islamabad’s [...]
Archive | April 21, 2012
Pensions demos planned by civil servants
Civil and public servants are to stage protests in the constituencies of senior cabinet ministers as a part of their continuing campaign against the controversial pension reforms of the Government. There will be demonstrations held outside the constituency offices of Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude (Horsham), Education Secretary Michael Gove (Surrey Heath), Work and Pensions [...]
New plans to be announced mean dog owners will face cost of microchipping
New plans are set to be announced next week, which will mean that dog owners will need to pay for their pets to be fitted with a microchip. It is expected that ministers will say that every newborn puppy with a device which will give details of who they belong to. The information is to [...]
Review to be held over badger cull
A judicial review is set to be held into the Government’s decision to allow badgers to be culled in England and Wales in order to prevent the spread of bovine TB. While farmers and the Government have said that a cull is needed to tackle the disease, the proposals to cull badgers, which are a [...]
Plans for new manufacturing jobs in Rainford approved
Plans have been approved which will create 65 new jobs in Rainford. Dresser, which manufactures components for the energy industry, will be relocating from their Skelmersdale base to Rainford industrial estate. St Helens council’s planning committee had approved the idea earlier this month, but as a part of the new access road was running through [...]
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