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A series of disputes in the fire service over attacks on jobs, pay and conditions will see around 8,000 firefighters in England – almost one in five across the country – taking industrial action this week.

Racists in the English Defence League (EDL), who were chased out of Birmingham by hundreds of anti-fascists earlier this month, are planning a series of protests around the country.

Three million households have had to sell possessions to pay for housingOne in 10 people have taken on an extra job or overtime to try to meet housing costsOne in seven children in Britain is growing up homeless or badly housed Just under one million children are trapped in overcrowded housingSome 90,000 homeless households living in temporary accommodation in England – double the number in 1997In 21 local authority areas at least 3 percent of the private houses are empty. In Burnley it is 6.2 percent and in Liverpool 5.6 percentThere are more than 28,000 homes standing empty in Suffolk and Essex Many empty prope

A whole town united last Saturday in a fight for jobs. Around 5,000 people marched through Redcar in the north east of England in protest at Corus’s threat to close their steel plant.

A whole town united on Saturday in a fight for jobs. Around 5,000 people marched through Redcar in the north east of England in bitter anger at Corus’s threat to axe their steel plant.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Cosi Fan Tutte (All women behave that way) was first performed in 1790, the year after the French Revolution.

This new exhibition at the Hereford Photography Festival focuses on the work of John Bulmer from 1959 to 1979.

The planned closure of four secure children’s homes (SCHs) in England is part of a worrying trend that is putting more vulnerable children at risk of harm.

Over 70 delegates from across the north west of England attended the UAF regional conference in Manchester last Saturday.

England and Holland emerged as powers representing a new capitalist logic of production by the end of the 17th century.

Ian Tomlinson died not long after being hit and pushed by police at the G20 protest near the Bank of England on 1 April.