25 h. ago Holiday warning as major strike in Portugal set to ground flights

The biggest walkout in a decade is expected to shutter public services and cause severe travel disruption in Portugal

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42 h. ago Fears grow over Christmas supply of Guinness 0.0 with staff set to strike over pay

Employees at the drink’s Belfast packaging plant will stage an eight-day walkout starting on Friday, December 12

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3 d. ago Fears grow for missing pregnant woman, 30, who vanished from city eight days ago

A PREGNANT woman is missing from Swansea town city centre. 30-year-old Jodie Daniels was last seen on Monday December 1 in Wale's second largest city. She is described as 5ft6 with long brown hair dyed blonde at the front. Pressure mounts to find the woman as Jodie is 7.5 months pregnant. She was last seen...

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6 d. ago Christmas travel chaos set to hit major London airport as staff threaten to strike

Staff are set to strike at Luton airport this month, which could lead to travel chaos in the run up to the festive period. Christmas travel could be affected by the strike action.

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7 d. ago Scot braves Russian missiles in lifesaving aid mission to Ukraine before Christmas

Oleg Dmitriev, founder of Sunflower Scotland, is seeking donations ahead of a Christmas supply run to deliver vital medical aid, clothing, and long-life batteries.

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8 d. ago Island community races to save former charity home as fears grow over private sale

The 71-acre island property has come on the market for £755,000

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9 d. ago ‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike

Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?2000Thousands of Starbucks baristas are on strike across the US, warning the world’s largest coffee chain to brace for the “longest and biggest” bout of industrial action in its history.Barely a year after Brian Niccol, the Starbucks CEO, tried to draw a line under bitter divisions between its management and unionized workers, pledging to “engage constructively” with them, the American coffee giant is now grappling with an escalating strike during its lucrative holiday trading season. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Britney Spears 'is eyeing a move to the UK amid fears her family are planning an intervention into her life'

Britney Spears is reportedly eyeing a move to the UK as fears for the troubled star mount.

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1 week ago Brits face popular Guinness beer shortage as huge strike action looms before Christmas

A DRY Christmas could be on the cards for millions of Brits as furious workers at Diageo's Belfast brewery prepare to down tools in a massive row over pay. The UK is facing a "Guinness drought" this festive season after staff voted unanimously to reject a pay offer and launch eight days of strikes next...

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1 week ago Fears grow for missing woman, 21, who has not been seen since leaving house 'very upset'

Codie is believed to have last been spotted at a property on Westhill Road in Wyke Regis at around 3pm. The woman from Weymouth was last seen leaving an address 'very upset', Dorset Police said.

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1 week ago Vampire Bats found with deadly bird flu strain – as new pandemic fears grow

Boffins have warned a pandemic may be about to turn our world upside down after common vampire bats were found with a devastating strain of bird flu called the H5N1 virus

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2 w. ago Emmerdale double exit 'sealed' as fears grow for fan favourite amid evil twist

Emmerdale fans are worried that a brutal double exit could be about to air and two key characters could be heading off to prison in a huge twist for the ITV soap

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2 w. ago Brussels Airport cancels all departing flights tomorrow with BA and easyJet affected

Brussels Airport has announced that all departing flights will be cancelled tomorrow as a strike is set to take place at the major European hub

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2 w. ago Christmas turkeys could be in short supply this year due to bird flu surge

Dozens of cases of the avian influenza have been reported in the last two months - with free range and organic particularly affected

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2 w. ago Bad season of bird flu in UK hits supply of Christmas turkeys

Availability of chickens and ducks also expected to be tight, with 5% of the seasonal flock culled so farUK poultry producers are battling a “bad season” of bird flu, with cases much worse than at this point last year, putting a squeeze on supplies of Christmas birds including turkeys, chickens and ducks.Two industry insiders said they expected supplies of all poultry to be tight ahead of the festive season, especially for organic and free-range birds, which are seen as the most vulnerable to infection. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago EasyJet profits set to soar despite French strike disruption

A key driver of this success is expected to be easyJet’s expanding holidays division

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2 w. ago Hundreds of 'exhausted' Metrolink tram drivers set to go on strike across Greater Manchester

'This dispute centres around fatigue'

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3 w. ago Starbucks strike expands as more stores join ‘Red Cup Rebellion’

There is no date set for the strike to end and more stores are prepared to join, organizers said

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3 w. ago Drones dropping Ozempic into prisons, jail chief reveals as fears grow weapons could be next

Charlie Taylor said lifestyle drugs are being smuggled in by air as the flying gadgets cause huge problems for staff with 'bales of cannabis' also being delivered alongside other illegal substances

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3 w. ago Fund managers alarmed by corporate investment boom as AI bubble fears grow

Bank of America survey shows a majority of money managers think companies are overinvesting

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