Peter Hebblethwaite appears in front of MPs two years after saying lowest-paid agency worker would earn £5.15 an hourThe boss of P&O Ferries has been asked if he is “a pirate” who appears to be “robbing staff blind” – as he confirmed to MPs that the group’s seafarers had been receiving pay rates even lower than he had previously told parliament.Peter...

Audiobooks are fast becoming ‘a major route to market for consumers of books’, the trade body saysThe number of UK audiobook downloads increased by 17% between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Publishers Association (PA).Revenue from audiobooks rose 24% across the same period to £206m in 2023, reflecting an increase in the number of audiobook...

Boy aged five months who was taken to hospital after incident on Thursday died on SundayA baby who suffered a cardiac arrest at Legoland Windsor Resort has died, police have said.The five-month-old was seriously injured on Thursday in what Thames Valley police have called a “neglect incident”. The child died in hospital on Sunday. A 27-year-old woman...

Shaima Dallali, ousted as NUS president in 2022, said to have accepted ‘substantial’ settlement before tribunalA former president of the National Union of Students is said to have accepted accepted a “substantial” settlement to end her legal action against the union following her dismissal over allegations of antisemitism.Shaima Dallali was ousted as...

The $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels is at the center of this trialStormy Daniels takes stand in Trump’s hush-money trialTrump attorney Susan Necheles reveals that Stormy Daniels is expected to be the prosecution’s second witness for the day.She’s fighting to keep details about the alleged sex act between Daniels and Donald Trump under...

The $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels is at the center of this trialStormy Daniels takes stand in Trump’s hush-money trialTrump attorney Susan Necheles reveals that Stormy Daniels is expected to be the prosecution’s second witness for the day.She’s fighting to keep details about the alleged sex act between Daniels and Donald Trump under...