PCS members in the HMRC tax office, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Valuation Office Agency (VOA) sections were set to strike in their regions from Monday of next week.
Former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross has sparked anger by claiming “rape isn’t always rape” in his new book serialised in the Mail on Sunday newspaper.
US biotechnology company Auxogyn has been granted a patent for basic information about human cells. The data comes from research into IVF treatments.
A new report on payday loan companies and their customers is due to be presented to the government.
Around 1,000 lawyers rallied against legal aid cuts opposite parliament in central London on Wednesday of last week.
Gerry Conlon was one of the “Guildford Four”. He spent 15 years in jail for a bombing he didn’t commit.
Some 4,000 CWU members at Crown Post Offices struck nationally on Tuesday of this week.
Some 500 Yorkshire Ambulance Service workers in Unite union were set to strike again from noon to midnight on Friday of next week.
Coastguards in the PCS union walked out over the bank holiday weekend against plans to cut a further six stations and around 140 jobs.
The Counihan Sanchez family of Brent, north London, had notice to quit their home on Monday of this week.
Around 70 students demonstrated at the University of London Union on Wednesday of last week.
