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British Airway’s cabin crew belonging to the Unite union are set to strike for 12 days from 22 December. This follows a 92 percent vote for strike action among the 14,000 cabin crew in defence of pay, jobs and working conditions. Over 80 percent of those entitled to vote did so, a turn out far greater than at the last general election.

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pre-budget statement was a declaration of war against working people. It is only the opening shots, and much worse will come in the future. But the basic features of the attacks are already in place.

Joe Glenton, the serving British soldier who refused to fight in Afghanistan, has been released from military prison in Colchester.

Police officers have been giving evidence to the inquest into the death of Mikey Powell who died in police custody in 2003.

Land Registry management have sacked Jane Brooke, a PCS civil service workers’ union rep in Weymouth. She and other workers have made an industrial injury complaint against their employer.

This is the fourth album from the multilingual retro band from Portland, Oregon.

The government has launched a massive attack on workers that every boss in Britain will be watching.

Further Education pay The UCU union’s further education committee (FEC) heard how devastating cuts of up to £340 million are due to hit the sector at its meeting on Friday of last week.

The Irish government’s attempts to push though devastating cuts received a helping hand last week.

This is an exhibition of work by 24 artist-magicians, who explore the relationship between magic, art, power, trickery and suggestion.

Will David Cameron be the last prime minister of the United Kingdom? With the prospect of a Tory government looming in 2010, the argument for independence is once again front page news in Scotland.