The grassroots campaign to get rid of Salford MP Hazel Blears has nominated its candidate for the general election.
Tens of thousands of Afghan people fled the city of Marjah in Helmand province this week, just before a planned Nato assault.
Manufacturers of weapons of mass destruction can pay their way out of the courts. Young people protesting against war crimes are subject to harsh jail terms.
Women in Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre have been on hunger strike since Friday of last week against their treatment in the centre. The detention centre is used to hold people before they are forcibly removed from Britain.
Around 150 students have occupied the roof and conference centre of Bramber House at Sussex University, near Brighton, today. They are protesting at management’s plans for cuts across campus. The conference centre is often hired out to private companies.
A strike by 750 signals workers has caused major disruption on London Underground today. The RMT transport union members are angry about management's plans to enforce shift changes, break agreements and outsource work.
Lecturers at Leeds University have voted strongly for strike action over job cuts.
The RMT union is planning to ballot members at Network Rail for strike action.
THE GMB union was to serve notice this week of an official strike ballot of 8,000 members at British and Scottish Gas. It is in protest at attacks on jobs and conditions.
A CWU member at the West Park Delivery Office in Plymouth has written an inspiring report on how they won the reinstatement of their union rep.
Drivers and engineers at Metroline in London have voted overwhelmingly for action against bullying.
The threat of eight days of strike action by South Yorkshire firefighters has forced their bosses into talks.
