Car poll's signs shock.Drivers fail to recognise as many as 31% of road signs, a survey has revealed. And it was motorists with more than 30 years of driving experience who were least likely to correctly spot signs, the poll conducted for Tesco Car Insurance found. Also, those who had taken the theory test part of the driving test, introduced nine years ago, fared only a little better than the 31% national average for non-recognition. The survey also revealed that male motorists are consistently better at correctly identifying road signs than female drivers. Union record A record number of people attended yesterday's Tolpuddle Martyrs Tolpuddle Martyrs, name given to six English agricultural laborers who in 1834 were prosecuted for trade union activities and sentenced to transportation. In 1833 these laborers, led by George and James Loveless (or Lovelace), formed a branch of the Friendly Society rally to hear messages of how trade unions were needed just as much as they were 170 years ago. Organisers of the event in the Dorset village where modern trade unionism was born estimated that 10,000 people took part. The crowds listened to speeches by veteran peace campaigner Tony Benn Anthony "Tony" Neil Wedgwood Benn (born 3 April 1925), formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British socialist politician. He was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963. , John Monks John Monks (born 5 August 1945 in Manchester) was the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003, when he became the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). , general secretary of the European TUC TUC (in Britain and South Africa) Trades Union Congress TUC n abbr (BRIT) (= Trades Union Congress) → federación nacional de sindicatos TUC n abbr (Brit) (= , and Brendan Barber Brendan Barber (b. 3 April 1951, Southport, Lancashire) has been the General Secretary of Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC) since June 2003. He was educated at St Mary's College, Sefton and City University, where he earned a BA Hons in social sciences in 1974. , leader of the TUC in this country. Jeannie Drake, president of the TUC, said workers in the UK, especially migrants, were still being exploited today. The rally was centred on the spot where six farm labourers were arrested in 1834 for taking part in a meeting to demand a pay rise. Crash deaths Three people died after the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree, police said. The accident happened in Dulwich, south-east London, early yesterday morning. Triple suicide A devasted couple are believed to have taken their lives in an apparent sudden suicide pact hours after learning their only son had killed himself. Bob and Mary Powell, both 56, of Warren Cottage, Taliaris, Llandeilo, in Wales were discovered dead at separate locations 10 miles apart on Friday. The police visited the couple on Thursday to tell them that their only son, whom they doted on, had committed suicide. Swimmer dies A 27-year-old man has died after getting into difficulties in the sea despite frantic efforts to save his life. Coatguard rescuers at Milford haven, west Wales, were alerted to a report of a missing swimmer off Ynyslas Beach, near Aberdovey and Borth. Within minutes of being scrambled rescue teams had located and recovered the unconscious body of the swimmer, but were unable to revive him. |
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