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Around 50 people gathered in central London on Sunday of last week to remember the 31 people killed in the fire at King’s Cross underground station 25 years ago. The event was backed by the RMT and FBU unions.

There was mounting panic in Washington, London and other capital cities at the beginning of this week. It was caused by the prospect of an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.

Around 200 students at the School School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in central London voted in a student union general meeting to occupy in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Julie Waterson’s funeral service will take place on Friday 30 November, 3pm, at Golders Green crematorium in north London.

Around 1,000 people came to the Unite the Resistance conference yesterday, Saturday. Trade unionists and campaigners filled the central London venue for a day of discussion and debate about the way forward.

London Up to 2,000 people gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington on Thursday night to demonstrate their fury and disgust at the attacks on Gaza.

Pro-choice demonstrators picketed the Irish embassy in London last night, Wednesday, in protest at the death of Savita Halappanavar.

An emergency protest has been called this evening, Thursday, against Israel’s new attack on Gaza.

Over 300 people protested outside the European Commission in London this evening in solidarity with the strikes across Europe.

Light from the Middle East This exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London presents photographs by artists from across the Middle East and explores the role of photography in the region. Some have used their cameras to record or witness events, others to distort them.

Bin workers in Bromley, south east London, opened an official strike ballot on Monday of this week following an unofficial walkout last month.

Around 50 pro-choice demonstrators outnumbered a protest by the anti-abortion bigots in Stratford, east London, last Saturday.