Death At Work – Industrial Accident Inquest Ongoing
The inquest into the death of a Stourbridge man due to an industrial accident on the 2nd of September is still ongoing, the local newspaper writes. Twenty-three-year-old Mitchell Pountney died at his workplace, Cutting Edge Skirting in Rowley Regis, though there were no direct witnesses on the scene and no CCTV footage exists. Midlands Air…
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£193,000 Inheritance Payment Transfer Error
The BBC shared a story over the weekend about a case of an inheritance payment transfer error where a pensioner gave his solicitor an incorrect bank sort code when he was due to receive a £193,000 inheritance payout. The incorrect payee refused to return the money after the mistake, which led to a protracted…
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Factory Worker – Death By Industrial Accident
The article in the Burnley Express today about the death by industrial accident of a young man whilst working in a food packaging and decorations company highlights the dangers of working with industrial machinery. It is distressing to hear such accidents still happen and that, notwithstanding stringent laws ensuring employee safety, machinery can and…
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Stress at Work Causing Burnout For UK Nurses – Randstad UK
According to a survey carried out by recruitment agency Randstad UK – 63% of practising UK nurses who were questioned claimed that pressure at work was having a significantly negative effect on their mental health. Also, 50% attribute this constant pressure to actual mental conditions, and 21% describing their mental health as ‘poor’. Gender…
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Female Sexual Violence – The Continuing Epidemic
Domestic abuse in the UK rose by nearly a quarter in the year ending March 2019, while referrals of cases from the police to the Crown Prosecution Service fell by 11%. 746,219 domestic abuse-related crimes were recorded in total, an increase of 24% when compared to the previous year.[i] The statistics recorded for domestic…
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Late Footballer Jlloyd Samuel Left No Will
The Late Premier League footballer, Jlloyd Samuel’s Probate documents have revealed that his £443,000 estate was only worth just over £120,000 after his debts and affairs were settled. Samuel died leaving a Widow and three children, but no Will. The ex-Bolton player, 37, was killed instantly after a vehicle collision resulted in his Range…
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Cyber Monday – Amazon Warehouse Workers Set To Strike
Amazon Warehouse distribution centres are under fire with a potential risk of a protest by the Members of the GMB union on Monday afternoon (2nd December 2019). Due to the appalling conditions and treatment of their workers, in the run-up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The number of workers injured due to poor health…
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Couple Marry in Hospital Before Man Dies From Work Accident
A tragic incident resulted in childhood sweethearts marrying at hospital bedside, four days before he died, after a work accident left him brain-damaged. The worker got his arm caught in a conveyor belt while he was working on a newly-installed tyre shredding machine. This resulted in pressure being put on his neck crushing the main…
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Family of Grace Millane Denied CICA Compensation
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) has once again come under scrutiny. This time, the Government’s compensation scheme has been criticised for the way it handles families of British people murdered outside of the UK and European Union. This follows the news that the family of backpacker Grace Millane were informed that they would…
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