Activists have called a protest in London on Saturday 12 September in defence of refugees.
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to visit London on Wednesday of next week to meet David Cameron.
Chilean political refugees in Britain have reacted with outrage at the decision to allow the Chilean navy ship Esmeralda to dock in London.
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Police are treating an attack on Mushin Ahmed in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, as a hate crime.
Over 200 drivers, drivers’ mates and warehouse workers employed at 12 Indesit depots struck for two days last week. Indesit manufactures and distributes domestic appliances.
Members of the PCS union at museums in Scotland and Wales are fighting separate attacks on weekend pay.
A three-day strike by 650 workers at a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) contact centre in Swansea, South Wales, caused disruption both sides of the bank holiday weekend.
The nomination period for the general secretary election in public sector union Unison opened on Wednesday of this week.
Some 200 Doncaster council workers, including street cleaners and gravediggers, were set to walk out for ten days from Friday of this week.
The introduction of Night Tube on London Underground will not go ahead on 12 September as planned.
