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The family of Jean Charles de Menezes has lost a human rights challenge over the decision not to charge British police who killed him.

Tens of thousands of jobs in steel plants and linked industries are at risk after Tata put its 14 British plants up for sale. Some 15,000 jobs are directly affected. An estimated 25,000 more are under threat.

Over 6,000 trade union members working for Glasgow City Council are balloting for strikes against the latest cuts driven through by the Labour-run administration.

Shocking video footage showing an Israeli soldier execute Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif as he lay wounded in the middle of a road went viral last week.

Faycal Cheffou, the only person to be charged with last week’s Brussels attacks that killed 31 people, was released on Tuesday of this week. The authorities seized and named Cheffou hours after the attacks. Media outlets were quick to condemn him.

Teachers have declared war on Tory education secretary Nicky Morgan.

The bombings in Belgium were horrific but repression helped the far right

The Tories’ “living wage”, introduced this week, is a con. It’s only £7.20 an hour, applies only to over-25s—and scheming bosses plan to offset a higher hourly rate with cuts elsewhere.

Over 500 people protested against the Nazi National Front (NF) in Swansea last Saturday.

Five million public sector workers and 1.5 million in the private sector face a cut in their take-home pay from next week.

Junior doctors across England were set to begin a 48-hour strike on Wednesday of next week.

Hundreds of delegates came to fringe meetings on fighting austerity, testing, racism and Islamophobia, and the EU referendum over the course of conference.