05/06/2012

Other News In Brief

Unite And Local MP Joins Forces To Defend Shell UK

Unite, the UK's biggest union, and local Labour MP Andrew Miller have joined forces to secure the future of Shell’s last UK manufacturing site in Stanlow, Cheshire.

A question mark hangs over the future of the UK Lubricants Centre in Stanlow – the country’s only producer of the high grade oils necessary for the defence industry – after Shell announced plans to review the site which would affect over 100 skilled UK jobs. The move is also likely to cause concern among local suppliers putting hundreds more jobs at risk, says Unite.

Bomb Attack On Police Car

A bomb attack in Londonderry left the front of a police jeep badly damaged and could have killed somebody, a senior officer has said.

Police have released an image of the vehicle and described the attack as attempted murder.

Inspector Jon Burrows said: "It is only by sheer good fortune that we do not have a fatality on our hands as this attack occurred in a built-up residential area."

2500 young people to be helped into work

Leading youth charity The Prince’s Trust will receive £750,000 of European Structural Funds (ESF) to help even more young people into the jobs market.

The investment builds on last month’s announcement by the Scottish Government that £25 million of ESF would be focused on projects designed to get young people into work.

The Prince’s Trust will use the funding to extend their core programmes to help disadvantaged 16-25-year-olds build their confidence and increase their motivation to get their lives working again.

(GK)




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