Yorkshire
Confident mood on the picket line as Bradford university staff strike to save jobs
Workers at Bradford university are on strike to defend jobs and conditions. The Unison union members, representing cleaners, cooks, gardeners, technicians, security guards and admin staff, began a three-day strike on Wednesday.
Dinner ladies won’t let up strike for jobs
Unison union members at Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, are not giving up in their fight against job cuts.
Janet Alder speaks out - ‘Hold cops to account over deaths in custody’
Twenty years after her brother Christopher Alder died, Janet Alder is still fighting for truth and justice
Parents protest at Barnsley primary school against Academies Enterprise Trust
A large group of parents turned out to protest against Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) at St Helen’s Primary in Barnsley as the school reopened after half term on Monday.
Join protest over dismissal of activist Louise Harrison and to defend women’s aid
Supporters of South Yorkshire Women’s Aid (SYWA) and Louise Harrison were set to protest in Doncaster on Saturday.
Labour members target domestic violence worker Louise Harrison in Doncaster
Louise Harrison, a domestic violence worker and campaigner in South Yorkshire, could be dismissed from her job because Labour members want to protect their party.
Third Energy ready to frack in North Yorkshire at any moment
29 October 2017The battle over fracking in Britain has shifted a gear. Third Energy is poised to frack at Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
Fight to support women facing domestic violence
29 August 2017Campaigners in Doncaster took to the streets last Saturday to defend South Yorkshire Women’s Aid
industrial reports round up
28 March 2017Fujitsu IT services workers struck last Friday and again on Monday to defend their jobs and livelihoods from the firm’s cost-cutting.
New protests as activists demand justice for man murdered by police, Yassar Yaqub
10 January 2017Angry protesters blocked the M62 motorway on Monday evening to mark a week since police shot and killed Yassar Yaqub.
Angry protests hit West Yorkshire after police killing of Yassar Yaqub
05 January 2017People across West Yorkshire and beyond have reacted with fury to the police shooting of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub.
Ex-miners demand to know - who was responsible for police attacks at Orgreave?
01 November 2016About 100 people poured into the Yorkshire NUM Miners’ Hall in Barnsley today, Tuesday, for an Orgreave Truth and Justice (OTJC) press conference.
Nazis targeted town to stir up racism and violence, Rotherham 12 trial hears
24 October 2016The ‘Yorkshire’s Finest’ group has links to fascist organisations such as the National Front, reports Phil Turner
Yorkshire’s largest protest against fracking says stop dirty drilling
02 August 2016Over 2,000 people marched in York last Saturday in Yorkshire’s largest demonstration against fracking.
Campaign to keep Doncaster Women's Aid wins
26 July 2016Women’s Lives Matter campaigners who fought to defend domestic violence (DV) services in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, are celebrating after winning council funding for a new service.
1,000 protest against fracking in Yorkshire
20 May 2016About 1,000 people demonstrated outside County Hall in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, today, Friday against fracking.
South Yorkshire Police stumble from crisis to crisis
10 May 2016The acting chief constable of South Yorkshire Police (SYP) has called for an “independent assessment of Orgreave”.
Hillsborough: How police and Tories conspired to blame fans
26 April 2016The cover-up over the cops’ role in the Hillsborough disaster began the same day—and it went straight to the top of South Yorkshire Police
News round-up
15 March 2016South Yorkshire Police (SYP) was accused of letting down victims of child sexual exploitation last week.
Doncaster Women's Aid - fight to save key service that saves women's lives
08 March 2016Campaigners talk to Sadie Robinson about a battle against the closure of Doncaster Women’s Aid, which supports victims of domestic violence
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