Postal workers in Peterborough have scored a crucial victory after an unofficial four-day strike forced bosses to lift the suspension of a delivery rep.
The ongoing CWU dispute in Bridgwater, Somerset, was set to escalate as more than 100 workers were set to strike on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The threat of strikes has pushed management at south London’s Lambeth College to give a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for teaching staff.
A nail bomb exploded outside the Kanz-ul-Iman Muslim Welfare Association Central Jamia Mosque in Tipton, West Midlands, on Friday of last week. It left jagged shrapnel strewn across the site. The blast occurred just an hour after the funeral of Lee Rigby, the soldier killed in Woolwich.
A group of south London lecturers were set to strike against cuts on Wednesday of this week.
Workers at the University of Liverpool were set to protest outside the honorary graduates celebration dinner on Wednesday of this week.
Teachers at the Alec Reed Academy in Ealing, west London, met last week following the sacking of a teacher.
Firefighters are set to ballot for strikes over attacks on their pensions.
Activists have saved Whittington Hospital from cuts, writes Sarah Ensor
Tory health minister Jeremy Hunt is threatening to send “hit squads” into hospitals following an inquiry into excess deaths at 14 hospital trusts.
The UK Borders Agency is continuing attempts to deport Roseline Akhalu, a seriously ill woman, despite accepting that deportation will lead to her death.
