Royal Dutch Shell announces £55m deal over Niger Delta oil spill January 7, 2015 Oil Giant Shell has announced a $84m (£55m) agreement with residents of the Bodo community, which will compensate them over two oil spills. The settlement, thought to be the largest of its kind to an African community, marks the first time affected individuals have been compensated directly. Claims through Nigerian authorities usually result in disbursement [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Rugby’s 10 highest paid players’ salaries dwarfed by football’s best September 21, 2015 For the next six weeks, rugby will unusually claim pride of place ahead of football in the media's attentions, with back pages and news reports focused on the unfurling drama from the Rugby World Cup. Yet the financial dominance of football is demonstrated in the huge disparities between the top players' salaries. Read more: Sam Burgess [...]
Hats off for Ladies Day at Epsom June 5, 2015 THE SUN came out for Ladies Day at Epsom Downs Racecourse yesterday as 100,000 descended onto the hallowed ground for the first day of this year’s Investec Derby Festival. Among the champers and picnic baskets, a hotly contested battle was taking place for this year’s best dressed lady. The annual prize, this year sponsored by [...]
Asda faces mass legal action over pay inequality: Female shopfloor workers say they receive less than males in warehouses October 26, 2014 Thousands of female shop floor workers are taking legal action against Asda over pay inequality. They claim they are paid less than many male employees working in warehouses, despite doing equally valuable work for the supermarket chain. Law firm Leigh Day told the Guardian that 19,000 Asda employees had approached it since April, [...]
Sports Direct “to be held to account” over zero-hours contracts October 28, 2014 Sports Direct is being forced to make clear its zero-hours contracts do not guarantee work as part of a wide-reaching set of legally-binding promises agreed after an employee took legal action against the retailer. The Mike Ashley-owned business, which currently employs around 20,000 staff on the controversial contracts, has agreed to re-write its job [...]
Syria airstrike vote 2015: Here’s how your MP voted December 3, 2015 Last night MPs voted in favour of the UK beginning airstrikes against Islamic State (Isis) with an overwhelming majority of 397 votes to 223, following a gruelling 10-hour debate in the House of Commons. The move was controversial, with huge numbers of people protesting against military intervention. Some Labour MPs claimed they were being intimidated to [...]
Who will the next Labour leader be? Six things you should know about new hopeful Andy Burnham May 13, 2015 Shadow health secretary Andy Burnahm is the latest MP to join the race for Labour leadership. The party had a dismal time at the General Election, winning just 232 seats and leaving the Conservatives with an overall majority. Ed Miliband resigned as leader the very next day, and various members of the party have [...]
Toulon primed to clinch first ever European hat-trick April 30, 2015 HARRY MADLEY PREVIEWS THE ALL-FRENCH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL AND BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT TOTTENHAM V MAN CITY THE INAUGURAL European Champions Cup final between French pair Toulon and Clermont Auvergne will take place at Twickenham tomorrow. The clash is the seventh major European final between teams from the same country and, with a heavy [...]
Pro-business Labour candidates? Blairite Liz Kendall may be Labour’s best bet at winning back business confidence May 21, 2015 With candidates lining up to take over Ed Miliband as the new Labour leader, divisions in the party are appearing as it digests the General Election. In the postmortem of Labour’s election defeat, many are arguing that it was the party's lack of an aspirational message and its perceived anti-business stance that put off voters. [...]
World class Johnny Sexton should maintain Ireland’s impressive record in Cardiff March 12, 2015 HARRY MADLEY PREVIEWS WALES V IRELAND AND BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT MANCHESTER UTD V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR WHEN Craig Joubert blew the final whistle at the Aviva Stadium 12 days ago Ireland had beaten England for the first time since 2011. It also signalled that they were only two games away from winning the Grand Slam [...]