内容摘要："Yet, tech companies continue to prioritise user engagement over safeguarding, and the consequences are devastating."

"Yet, tech companies continue to prioritise user engagement over safeguarding, and the consequences are devastating."

In 2022, the the Confederation of Passenger Transport revealedIt came as union officials previously warned companies against low pay and long hours. Go North East said it offers its staff "competitive" pay.

Meanwhile, about 1,300 Go North East workers staged an indefinite walk out in a dispute over payWhen asked if there were any lessons to be learnt following the action, Mr Featham said it was working together with Unite "to build up the bus services that we operate" and "get back to what we're good at which is providing really good services".Peter McIntyre gave up his role in sales to become a bus driver two years ago, based at the company's depot in Gateshead.

He said: "This is a totally different experience from sitting in a showroom, selling cars, but it’s a different job and I really enjoy it."We’ve got people from all walks of life. Your background is irrelevant, you're starting afresh when you come here."

Women who feel unsafe in public spaces in nine towns across Devon and Cornwall are being encouraged to walk along routes with a police officer.

The Walk and Talk initiative was launched by London's Metropolitan Police Service in 2021 following theContractor Suez said staff sickness combined with the peak summer holiday period had created "exceptional circumstances" which it was "working hard to resolve".

Ms Wilson-Marklew, the Labour cabinet member for public realm, said householders were finding "maggots in their bins [and] they smell".She said there was "frustration" that green bins, for garden and food waste, were being given the lowest priority at a time of "more volume" because of summer gardening.

But this free service that was not a legal requirement and some families "could not store a month's worth" of recycling, if those collections were missed instead, she said.Ms Wilson-Marklew said sickness rates were "significant and unanticipated" but staff who were on shift were "working really hard" and contractor Suez was "responding, listening to us and trying to find ways to minimise the impact on residents".