Unions condemn measure as potentially against international law as 40,000 staff prepare for first day of industrial action Boris Johnson has responded to the biggest rail strikes in a generation with plans to break the industrial action by allowing firms to bring in agency staff, a move unions have decried […]
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Millions face week of cancelled services and union leaders warn industrial action could spread The government is facing growing anger over its refusal to join last-ditch talks to avert the biggest rail strike for three decades, with millions of people facing a week of cancelled trains and union leaders saying […]
Gains by new left alliance and historic surge by the far right cast uncertainty over Macron’s second term Emmanuel Macron’s centrist grouping has lost its absolute majority in parliament, amid gains by a new left alliance and a historic surge by the far right, according to projected results in Sunday’s […]
27-year-old Briton wins by one from Zalatoris and Scheffler Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa finish in top 10 The world of professional golf will imminently return to a dismal domain involving Saudi Arabians bearing dollars, players defending the indefensible and commercial organisations scrapping for survival. There was extra cause to […]
Social media abuzz with pictures and theories about formations thought to be from exhaust plume of SpaceX rocket New Zealand stargazers were left puzzled and awed by strange, spiralling light formations in the night sky on Sunday night. Around 7.25pm Alasdair Burns, a stargazing guide on Stewart Island/Rakiura, received a […]
Zelenskiy says he expects Russia will intensify attacks on Ukraine and possibly strike other European countries this week See all our Ukraine coverage Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he expected Russia would intensify attacks on Ukraine and possibly hit other European countries after the European Commission proposed it as a […]
Labour leader warns against byelection complacency but hopes to regain seat that ‘could be birthplace of next Labour government’ The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has urged supporters not to be complacent in advance of the Wakefield byelection, adding that a victory “could be the birthplace of the next Labour […]
Jefferson da Silva Lima turned himself in to Amazon police as autopsy finds journalist and indigenous expert were shot Brazil’s federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested. The pair, whose remains were found […]
Exclusive: new visa scheme to attract staff to ease the chronic shortages in the sector has left many open to exploitation Read full story: Migrant workers trapped in debt bondage Care workers recruited from overseas to look after elderly and disabled people in Britain are being charged thousands of pounds […]
RMT union leaders say ‘no viable’ deals are on the table and walkout is set to go ahead, hitting tourism, sport and festivals Network Rail bosses say they plan to hold more talks with union leaders today in a last-ditch attempt to avert the biggest strike on the railways for […]