Time for employers to offer paid leave after miscarriages – Kate Hindmarch
Although it is great that these organisations are taking the lead on providing women and their partners the safety net of paid leave, there are still a lot of places where this subject is taboo, and employees struggle to prompt conversations around their own circumstances.
Bank holiday traffic: 11m extra journeys predicted as drivers warned to expect delays
Almost 11 million extra car journeys are expected to be taken this bank holiday weekend, with predictions that the lure of good weather could push that number even higher.
Crackdown on 'green laners' who tear up rural roads leads to police seizing vehicles
Officers seized two motorbikes after they were ridden on rough land off Old Gate at Holme Moss.And a 4×4, stolen from Marsden, fitted with false plates and spotted around the district for several weeks, was recovered from New Mill where it had been abandoned.
Dechra expects full year revenue to be ahead of expectations
The board of Dechra, which employs around 160 staff at its base in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has published an update on trading and outlook for the current financial year.
The cheapest cars for new drivers to insure
After the intial purchase price, insurance and fuel are the biggest costs faced by drivers.For younger, newly qualified drivers insurance is particularly difficult, with a combination of youth and inexperience meaning they face higher premiums than any other group.
Bradford-based Morrisons' chairman rejects criticism of bonuses proposed for senior management
Advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis recommended Morrisons’ shareholders vote against the supermarket’s pay report at the annual meeting on June 10 after the board adjusted the criteria for bonuses because of a surge in Covid-related costs, according to the Sunday Times.
The examples that Yorkshire can learn from JFK and the space race – Mark Casci
Speaking before the US congress he pledged that the US “should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth”.
Wizz Air swings to a loss of £489m as pandemic batters airline industry
The company carried just 10.2 million passengers in the 12 months to the end of March, down by three-quarters from the year before.
Check out these wines from the 2021 International Wine Challenge
Although the competition was run under strict Covid rules with lots of spacing, carefully defined areas for tasting and fewer judges, I decided that the difficulties of travel to the venue were too great to cope with in the midst of the pandemic.
Why Leeds Trinity University is hosting a Black Lives Matter event for staff and students to mark anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
Arguments over the nature and extent of racism in British society have rarely been far from the headlines in one form or another since the horrifying killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in the United States a year ago today. But a short film being shown as part of a special event marking the anniversary of Mr Floyd’s death provides a reminder that while the issues may now be receiving greater attention, they are very far from being new.
