A HUNGARIAN mother-of-two who lost her job during the Covid-19 pandemic has spoken out to thank a children’s charity which helped her get back on her feet. Viktoria Ulviczki-Szep, who is 38, decided to pack her bags and leave Hungary after losing her job as a chef during the Covid-19 […]
Author: Caitlin Anderson
Vaccine bus takes to the road to boost jab take-up rates on Tyneside
TRANSPORT company Go North East has rolled out a mobile Covid-19 vaccine unit – ‘the vaccination bus’. Targeting the East and West Ends of Newcastle, where vaccination take-up rate has been disappointing, it is hoped the bus will encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to get the jab, initially visiting […]
Regional restaurant chain denies misusing furlough wages scheme
NORTH East restaurant chain Tomahawk Steakhouse are in a dispute with their staff and a trade union over payments from the Government’s furlough scheme. All 500 of the company’s employees, currently furloughed under Covid-19 restrictions, received a letter – seen by the BBC and General Municipal Boilermakers (GMB) union – […]