11 h. ago UK airport could 'shutdown' next month with all flights grounded

A UK airport is facing shutdown over potential strike action as key staff members are discontent with recent pay offers which they claim don't cover the increasing cost of living

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18 h. ago Update issued on Cardiff transport strikes ahead of busy gig weekend

The strike action would have come at a time of several high-profile events in the city

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53 h. ago Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says – UK politics live

Government defends decision to proscribe protest group after mass arrests at a demonstration in Westminster over the weekendIn other news, a hostile environment era deportation policy is being expanded by Labour as the government continues to try to limit the threat from Reform by talking and acting toughly on migration.Foreign criminals from 15 more countries, including India, Bulgaria and Australia, face deportation before they have a chance to appeal against the decision to remove them, in a widening of the government’s “deport first, appeal later” scheme.Richard Dannatt wrote privately to two separate Home Office ministers asking them to address the “threat” posed by the group after its activists targeted a factory in 2022.The activists caused extensive damage to the factory which is run by Teledyne, a US multinational that sells technology for military, aerospace and other applications. Lord Dannatt has been a paid adviser to the company since 2022. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago British Airways, easyJet flights to Spain new disruption ahead

Travellers could face issues and delays on their trips after further strike action was announced which will take place on set days and times

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9 d. ago Contractor denies covering striking parking wardens in south London with agency workers

GMB Union said it has lodged a complaint over the alleged use of agency workers during strike action in Kingston

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9 d. ago US Boeing defense workers go on strike after rejecting latest offer

More than 3,200 union machinists around St Louis launch strike action as they seek new contractMore than 3,200 unionized workers who assemble Boeing’s fighter jets in the St Louis area have gone on strike after rejecting Boeing’s latest offer on Sunday.Boeing Defense said it was ready for Monday’s work stoppage and would implement a contingency plan that used non-labor workers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity

Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffs, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignoredDonald Trump’s frequently bizarre public appearances, which this month have seen the president claim, wrongly, that his uncle knew the Unabomber and rant unprompted about windmills on his recent trip to the UK, have once again raised questions about his mental acuity, experts say.For more than a year Trump, 79, has exhibited odd behavior at campaign events, in interviews, in his spontaneous remarks and at press conferences. The president repeatedly drifts off topic, including during a cabinet meeting this month when he spent 15 minutes talking about decorating, and appears to misremember simple facts about his government and his life. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Strike action to take place at all airports in Portugal all summer, travellers warned

Strikes start at midnight on Friday, July 25 until midnight on Monday, July 28 and throughout August

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3 w. ago Government ‘has very small window to avert resident doctors’ strike’

A five-day walkout is scheduled to start next week and could cause significant upheaval to the NHS in England.

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4 w. ago Britain has 'reasons to worry' as debt surges, spending watchdog says... after Rachel Reeves tries to talk up Government's growth mission 

Richard Hughes, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), told MPs that chancellors had been willing to see the debt pile in Britain 'ratcheted up and up over time'.

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4 w. ago Ryanair claims French airport strikers wanted ‘time off’ amid travel chaos

The airline has warned passengers that further strike action could return this summer

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4 w. ago Concern over resident doctor wellbeing as medics prepare for key strike talks

The Government and the British Medical Association are to meet to try and avoid strike action.

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4 w. ago Israel’s military and political leadership clash over proposed camp for Palestinians

Controversial Gaza ‘humanitarian city’ plan, likened to a concentration camp by a former Israeli PM, is hampering ceasefire talks with HamasA feud has broken between the Israeli government and the military over the cost and impact of a planned camp for Palestinians in southern Gaza, as politicians attacked former prime minister Ehud Olmert for warning that the project would create a “concentration camp” if it goes ahead.The “humanitarian city” project has become a sticking point in ceasefire talks with Hamas. Israel wants to keep troops stationed across significant parts of Gaza, including the ruins of Rafah city in the south, where defence minister, Israel Katz, says the camp will be built. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘Unconscionable’ for doctors not to tell their employers if they plan to strike, Streeting warns

Health secretary warns doctors strike action is ‘unreasonable’ and ‘self defeating’ ahead of talks to avert strike action

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last month Talks between Government and doctors to go ahead ‘to avert strike action’

The Government has said that it ‘can’t go further on pay’.

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last month Labour accused of 'crocodile tears' over junior doctors strike as ministers criticise medical union for low turnout in ballot

Angela Rayner 's radical workers' rights Bill will soon scrap the 50 per cent turnout threshold which unions must meet to hold legal strike action.

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