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02/02/2010
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Tragic News As Prince Meets Troops
The Prince of Wales has paid a morale-boosting visit to soldiers in Wiltshire preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. It came just as it was revealed that roadside bombs had killed two more British soldiers in Afghanistan. The soldiers, from 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, were on foot patrol near Malgir, in Helmand province, when two bombs went off on Monday morning. Around the same time, Prince Charles visited a mock forward operating base, a camp set up to imitate conditions in Afghanistan. He met soldiers and officers from The Mercian Regiment, part of the 4th Mechanized Brigade, known as The Black Rats.
Glasgow Airport 'Needs Better Infrastructure'
The boss of Glasgow Airport has called on the Scottish Government to consider alternative measures to improve access to airport if the proposed rail link is axed. Amanda McMillan has written to all MSPs ahead of Holyrood's budget vote saying she was worried that by dropping the £300m rail project "a gaping hole" in road and rail access to an economic hub of "national importance" would be left. In her letter the Managing Director said: "If the Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) is to be cancelled, it is essential the Scottish government considers other measures to improve access to Glasgow Airport, and safeguard resources to ensure these improvements can be delivered. "The cancellation of GARL cannot be an end to the matter. A serious challenge remains - how to ensure continued access to an asset on which our nation's economy depends. Doing nothing is simply not an option."
Don't 'Retire Retirement'
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is calling for the default retirement age to be retained to protect thousands of recession-hit small firms. Currently, employers can retire a worker at 65 if they choose to do so. However, the Government has proposed abolishing the default retirement age, meaning businesses would be forced to keep on employees over the age of 65 indefinitely. The FPB believes this could threaten the future of SMEs across the UK and lead to a raft of painful and costly legal disputes. The FPB put this view forward in response to the official consultation on the issue, which closes yesterday. Representing thousands of small businesses across the UK – including retail, service providers and manufacturing companies – the FPB is recognised by the Government as one of the six main business support and lobby groups.
Rochdale Rape charges
A man has been charged after a woman was raped in Rochdale. Richard Lee Stott (born 26/10/1986) of no fixed address has been charged with rape and burglary and appeared at Rochdale Magistrates' Court yesterday. The charges relate to an incident in the Buersil area at about 1am on Saturday 30 January 2010, where a 35-year-old woman was raped at a house just off Oldham Road.
(BMcC/GK)
The Prince of Wales has paid a morale-boosting visit to soldiers in Wiltshire preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. It came just as it was revealed that roadside bombs had killed two more British soldiers in Afghanistan. The soldiers, from 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, were on foot patrol near Malgir, in Helmand province, when two bombs went off on Monday morning. Around the same time, Prince Charles visited a mock forward operating base, a camp set up to imitate conditions in Afghanistan. He met soldiers and officers from The Mercian Regiment, part of the 4th Mechanized Brigade, known as The Black Rats.
Glasgow Airport 'Needs Better Infrastructure'
The boss of Glasgow Airport has called on the Scottish Government to consider alternative measures to improve access to airport if the proposed rail link is axed. Amanda McMillan has written to all MSPs ahead of Holyrood's budget vote saying she was worried that by dropping the £300m rail project "a gaping hole" in road and rail access to an economic hub of "national importance" would be left. In her letter the Managing Director said: "If the Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) is to be cancelled, it is essential the Scottish government considers other measures to improve access to Glasgow Airport, and safeguard resources to ensure these improvements can be delivered. "The cancellation of GARL cannot be an end to the matter. A serious challenge remains - how to ensure continued access to an asset on which our nation's economy depends. Doing nothing is simply not an option."
Don't 'Retire Retirement'
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is calling for the default retirement age to be retained to protect thousands of recession-hit small firms. Currently, employers can retire a worker at 65 if they choose to do so. However, the Government has proposed abolishing the default retirement age, meaning businesses would be forced to keep on employees over the age of 65 indefinitely. The FPB believes this could threaten the future of SMEs across the UK and lead to a raft of painful and costly legal disputes. The FPB put this view forward in response to the official consultation on the issue, which closes yesterday. Representing thousands of small businesses across the UK – including retail, service providers and manufacturing companies – the FPB is recognised by the Government as one of the six main business support and lobby groups.
Rochdale Rape charges
A man has been charged after a woman was raped in Rochdale. Richard Lee Stott (born 26/10/1986) of no fixed address has been charged with rape and burglary and appeared at Rochdale Magistrates' Court yesterday. The charges relate to an incident in the Buersil area at about 1am on Saturday 30 January 2010, where a 35-year-old woman was raped at a house just off Oldham Road.
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