Uthai’s mobile phone rang. She looked at it anxiously, crying out, "It’s him! It’s him!" It was her brother Sakchai Makao. This was the first time he had called since his arrest.
Wayne Kelly was a popular 21 year old from Neasden, north west London, known as Smiley to his friends. He died in April 2005, following a fight with bouncers at a local pub.
Ruth Kelly, the secretary of state at the department for communities and local government, last week announced new investment options for council housing as an alternative to privatisation.
Council housing tenants in the Scottish Highlands have set up a campaign to resist moves by the Highland council to transfer council housing stock to the private sector.
Twice in recent years, in 2003 and in 2005, the people of Bolivia have risen up in mass struggles that have forced the country’s ruling elite onto the back foot.
At her first council meeting, Respect councillor Salma Yaqoob touched a raw nerve in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition that runs Birmingham.
After a third solid one-day strike last Saturday bus drivers at Nottingham City Transport (NCT) have suspended their action so that management’s latest offer can be put to a ballot of all 830 drivers.
The Unison union’s local government conference was set to start this weekend, followed by the union’s national conference.
Heathrow protest There was a protest in west London last Saturday against the expansion of Heathrow airport
The long running campaign by firefighters in Hertfordshire against plans to close two fire stations and axe up to 40 frontline jobs is set to enter a critical phase this week.
The PCS civil service workers’ union conference in Brighton saw delegates vote to confront New Labour over job losses and national pay.
Workers at Burnley’s Aircelle aerospace company struck on Monday following a half-day strike on Wednesday of last week over pay.
