News about Andrew Davies

Welsh Labour government decrees four-day weeks are racist as they 'discriminate' against ethnic groups in front-line public sector roles

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 10, 2024
A report by the Welsh Labour government has decreed that four-day work weeks might be racist as they 'discriminate' against ethnic minority groups working in front-line public sector roles. A trial, which will start after a consultation that took a year, in Wales will see the working hours of some public sector staff cut by one-fifth with no reduction in salary. Artificial intelligence (AI) could lower workloads for staff and mean they are less likely to suffer from burnout - but the four-day work week that results could exacerbate 'existing inequalities' between office-based and front-line workers.

In just two years, driver dash cam submissions to police has increased by 77%

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
Bad drivers beware - Big Brother Britain is moving to dash cams to track motorists on the road, with a 75% increase in dash cam submissions from the public to the police in just two years. A Freedom of Information request discovered a whopping 176,000 pieces of dash cam video footage displaying instances of deadly or law-breaking driving were submitted in the last three years.

The 30 best period dramas to watch on demand: Our critics sift through thousands of options to pick the most romantic, gripping and steamy shows to enjoy right now

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 21, 2024
A dramatic mixture of tension, passion, and intrigue can be obtained during period dramas. But with so many options across so many streaming services, where should you start? Well, our reporters have done the hard work for you by sifting through copies to bring you an unbeatable selection of 30 options that will take you back to the excitement and passion of long-past eras.

For striking and killing a woman and injuring her'soulmate' husband, the'selfish' driver was jailed

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 23, 2023
Michael Saltmarsh (left), 48, of Caerphilly, South Wales, had two prior arrests for drink driving, and at the time, the tragedy was dangerously over the legal limit, having consumed four to five pints of beer in the pub after work. The father-of-two decided to'kill the van,' but chose to go home rather than stopping at the hospital, telling his partner that he didn't know what he had hit.

Why almost 2,000 builders have gone bust in Australia in the past year

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 7, 2023
Builders in Australia are going bust, leaving behind a trail of dissatisfied customers who forked over tens of thousands of dollars for home deposits. Sio and Maria Tupou paid $30,000 as a deposit with Melbourne company Porter Davis, which closed in March, leaving 1,700 homes unbuilt, and thought that any problems would be covered by an insurance company. We were told there was no such thing as we tried to make the assertion.' Porter Davis never took out the insurance on our work or build,' Ms Tupou told ABC Radio's Life Matters.

The Bogus ship captain earned £272,000 from holidaymakers but owed only £351

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 30, 2023
Jody Oliver, 44, went to great length to create a P&O cruise ship captain by making fake documents and wearing a costume. According to Cardiff Crown Court, he defrauded unsuspecting customers by promising to organise trips to exotic destinations and was living two separate lives. He and his wife and three children will spend the week in Brecon, mid Wales, and the weekends with his male fiancé in Newport, under the pseudo name Jonathan. Neither party was aware of each other's existence.

The Winning Post is a newspaper published in the United Kingdom, a "completely British" Berkshire neote

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 7, 2023
Andrew Davies lives in the Winning Post Inn, which is located near Windsor Castle in Berkshire. The annual Royal Windsor Horse Show takes place near, and the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club hosts a number of ferociously competitive matches, if you like the thrill of horses at full throttle.'

TIPS FROM THE MIDAS SHARE: TIPS FROM THE MIDAS SHARE: A construction company has plans that may increase sales

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2023
The 2018 Carillion demise sent shockwaves through the infrastructure industry, highlighting the cracks at the center of the government's and the contractors' relations. Kier is also indebted, and there is already concern about the company and Kier specifically. However, it is likely that Kier's future will be much more detailed than in previous years, and it could be exciting. The company's valuation now appears to be undemanding, with Andrew Davies as the company's CEO and a much more selective approach to bidding for contracts. Its stock average is 3.7 percent forward earnings, relative to a sector average of nearly seven. The return of its dividend could help boost optimism. Buy now.

Beleaguered counter-terrorism Prevent programme warned Yes Minister and The Thick of It

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 17, 2023
A counter-terrorism initiative in the United Kingdom flagged some of the country's most popular sitcoms and best works of literature as potential signs of far-Right extremism. The flagship Prevent program, which was the subject of a scathing investigation, singled out comedian Yes Minister and The Thick Of It, the 1955 epic war film The Dam Busters, and even William Shakespeare's Complete Works Of It as possible red flags of radicalism. The fiction books, according to the university, were "key texts" for 'white nationalists/supremacists.'

After a tense nuptials, Sanditon's Jack Fox was seen wearing his gold wedding ring

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 31, 2023
As he stepped out in London on Monday, Jack Fox sported a gold wedding ring, after his seduced bride to singer Eleanor Fletcher last year. Eleanor, a 37-year-old Sanditon actor, married Eleanor 31 years after announcing their engagement a year earlier. As he approached the shops in Saville Row, Jack, who plays manipulative Sir Edward Denham in the ITV series, was photographed for the first time.

CITY WHISPERS: Bitcoin miner falls back in love with real money

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 12, 2022
According to a whistleblower, Wall quietly returned to the decision earlier this year and is now being paid in real money. It was worth around $48,000 a coin when he converted to the digital currency. Around $17,000, it is now $17,000. Bitcoin's value has plummeted by two-thirds since the start of this year, and Argo's shares have fallen even more by 91 percent.

Conman Jody Oliver, 44, posed as a captain of a luxury cruise ship to trick friends and secret lover

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 24, 2022
In an elaborate campaign that called for lower-price cruise rates, Jody Oliver, 44, from Newport, dressed up as a P&O cruise ship captain to compel his victims out of £320,000. Oliver is a veteran conman with a long history of scams, including one in 2004 for conning world champion rally driver Colin McRae (pictured right: Oliver arriving at court in 2004). Since pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud at Newport Crown Court today, the 44-year-old was sentenced to six years in prison.