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Growing numbers at risk of modern slavery in construction, charity says Slavery Abolition

Growing numbers at risk of modern slavery in construction, charity says

Almost 500 people in construction were identified as being potential victims of modern slavery in the UK last year, figures reveal. The sector recorded the second-highest number of people at risk, behind only the care sector, antislavery charity Unseen revealed. Its figures, which cover 2024, show that exploitation in construction increased…
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November 25, 2025
Former RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo shows Scopa the ‘middle finger’ Censored Internet

Former RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo shows Scopa the ‘middle finger’

Letsoalo failed to appear before the parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of RAF. Former Road Accident Fund (RAF) chief executive officer (CEO) Collins Letsoalo may now face criminal prosecution after he failed to attend a scheduled hearing before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday. Letsoalo was formally…
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November 25, 2025
Edinburgh’s oldest housing tower faces demolition due to remediation costs Homeless

Edinburgh’s oldest housing tower faces demolition due to remediation costs

Councillors are set to vote on a proposal to demolish the oldest residential tower in Edinburgh after its condition deteriorated, putting a £20m price tag on remediating it. A report to the city council’s Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee has recommended taking down the 1952-built Westfield Court. The mixed-tenure…
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November 25, 2025
PM Modi to inaugurate Safran Aircraft Engine Services India facility on Wednesday Narendra Modi

PM Modi to inaugurate Safran Aircraft Engine Services India facility on Wednesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Safran Aircraft Engine Services India (SAESI) facility at Hyderabad via video-conferencing on Wednesday. SAESI is Safran's dedicated maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for LEAP (Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion) engines, which power the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The establishment of…
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November 25, 2025
How one passenger’s ordeal reveals tensions beneath China’s growing ties with India China's Social Credit System

How one passenger’s ordeal reveals tensions beneath China’s growing ties with India

A routine layover turned into a debate over territorial sovereignty after border officials in China refused to allow an Indian woman to transit through the country and insisted her birthplace was part of Chinese territory. Pem Wang Thongdok, an Indian citizen who has been living in Britain for over 14…
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November 25, 2025