Thousands of bus workers in London are gearing up for a summer of discontent after drivers at four of the major bus operators voted overwhelmingly to throw out their managements’ pay offers.
US presidential candidate Barack Obama arrives in London to meet Gordon Brown next week. It’s part of his tour of key US allies, including France, Germany, Israel and Jordan.
NHS protesters shame privateers
The organisers of the North London Whittington Hospital’s annual oration were forced to allow protesters against privatisation into their talk last week.
Waltham Forest
There was a decent early turnout of support for the Unison strike at Silverbirch House in Walthamstow, east London. Speaking to them it soon became clear why they had come out to protest at 7am.
Cornwall
Determined strikers picketed the entrances to New County Hall and Old County Hall, two major local government workplaces in Truro, from 7.30am.
The Hackney Empire theatre in east London is hosting a season of performances this month exploring notions of "citizenship" and "culture". The season is inspired by the work of the left wing cultural theorist Paul Gilroy.
The sounds of drum & bass are such a familiar part of the musical landscape these days that it’s easy to forget its roots in the heady brew of reggae and techno that characterised the early 1990s rave scene in London.
