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Transport secretary grant shapps wrote on twitter: p&0s boss was already under pressure, the prime minister backing calls for him to quit. thats after the company fired 800 workers last week to replace them with cheaper agency staff, who will earn an average of £5.50 an hour — less than the uk minimum wage. some employees finding out their fate by a video message. im sorry to inform you that this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. p&0s boss...

P&0s boss was already under pressure, the prime minister backing calls for him to quit. that comes after the company fired 800 workers last week to replace them with cheaper agency staff, who will earn an average of £5.50 an hour — less than the uk minimum wage. some employees finding out their fate by a video message. im sorry to inform you that this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. p&0s boss admitted to mps this week that the company ha...

Trade unions have raised concerns that agency workers — brought in after the company sacked 800 staff last week, wont be adequately trained to operate the ships. our reporter, simonjones has more. detained — the european causeway, seen here last week, must remain at the port of larne. the coastguard said it had found failures relating to crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and training. transport secretary grant shapps wrote on twitter: p&os boss was already under pressure, the prime ...

A top year for marks. but now the government is under pressure to review the way qualifications are assessed and concerns have been raised about the attainment gap between fee—paying schools in england, where around seven in ten students acheived an a or a star, compared to state schools, where around four in ten did. the labour party is among those calling for change. well done, by the way, to all of those that got the results that they want. but the gap now is getting bigger and bigger, and ...

Compared to state schools, where around four in ten did. the labour party is among those calling for change. well done, by the way, to all of those that got the results that they want. but the gap now is getting bigger and bigger, and there is baked—in unfairness. and yet again it is the students who most need the support of government who are not getting that support. the governments former education tsar for england, who resigned over a high—profile disagreement about catch—up funding, i...

A top year for marks. but now the government is under pressure to review the way qualifications are assessed and concerns have been raised about the attainment gap between fee—paying schools in england, where around seven in ten students acheived an a or a star, compared to state schools, where around four in ten did. the labour party is among those calling for change. well done, by the way, to all of those that got the results that they want. but the gap now is getting bigger and bigger, and ...

The clinton team is backing calls. john podesta put out a statement saying they support efforts to request a briefing on foreign intervention in the presidential election. nbcs chief foreign correspondent richard engel is looking into the reports of russian hacking interfering into the elections here rand joins me now from moscow. what have you learned so far on the ground out there? >> reporter: well, the reaction today from russian officials has been absolute denial. they say this is an effort...

Controlled from president asaad. the heaviest security presence since the unrest began. syrian government is now considering lifting emergency law that has been in place since 1963, at least it says so. in egypt, the former interior minister and other top security officials are now being charged with murder and attempted murder of hundreds of protesters during the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak last month. 300 demonstrators were killed in those clashes. mubarak could also face similar char...