#Stoke on Trent pottery firm @SteeliteEMEA is holding a special recruitment event today for workers made redundant with the closure of #Wade Ceramics. The firm says it needs more staff to meet exceptional levels of orders & wants to meet former factory & office staff from Wade.
Remember when Matt Hancock gave his mate, a pub landlord with no previous experience making medical supplies, a £30 million pound government Covid contract to produce vials for testing kits?
He just gave it to him after getting a WhatsApp.
Remember that?
Because we do.
Girl with a Pearl Earring, painted by Vermeer in 1665, might just be the most famous and beloved portrait in the world.
But who is the girl?
Well, that's the thing. There was no girl, because this isn't a portrait...
But one of the funniest things about these drolleries and marginalia are their depictions of real animals.
Medieval art had never been about portraying reality as we truly perceive; it was intentionally stylistic.
⚠ @ofgem would never sell you energy, ask for personal information or come to your property!
@StaffordshireTS are reminding #Staffordshire, if you think anyone is acting suspicious, or you suspect it’s a scam, call the police on 101 or report to action fraud: 0300 123 2040
Rishi Sunak’s estimated wealth is £730 million.
A worker earning the median wage (£31,772) would need to have been working since the Stone Age 22,976 years ago to amass the same.
And that’s without tax.
Remember it when he tells you to tighten your belt.
#EnoughIsEnough
FURTHER BREACHES AT #WalleysQuarry (formerly @RedIndustries2).
#StopTheStink have become aware of a further CCS C3 breach for failure to install the permanent capping in accordance with the CQA plan.
Capping is vital to @EnvAgencyMids’ plan to CONTAIN, Capture & Destroy H₂S.
We are still planning to reopen the Film Theatre as soon as this is agreed with the University. As you know, the Film Theatre was closed in 2020 due to coronavirus and it has been closed ever since due to circumstances outside our control.