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Indefinite strike to go ahead after bus drivers back industrial action

An indefinite strike by thousands of bus drivers will go ahead from Monday after they voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay. More than 3,000 members of Unite employed by National Express in the West Midlands backed walkouts by 71%. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “National Express is an extremely wealthy company and makes considerable profits from the hard work of our members, who are not paid enough for the difficult and stressful job theyRead More

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Nicola Sturgeons husband Peter Murrell resigns as SNP chief executive

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has resigned as the SNP’s chief executive with immediate effect. Reports had suggested members of the SNP’s ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) threatened a vote of no confidence in him. It follows the departure of the SNP media chief Murray Foote, who left on Friday amid a row over the party’s membership numbers. Mr Murrell has been the party’s chief executive for more than 20 years. In a statement on Saturday, Mr Murrell said: “ResponsibilityRead More

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Home Secretary tours potential migrant housing in Rwanda

The Home Secretary has been given a tour of potential migrant housing in Rwanda as 209 people were confirmed to have made the journey across the Channel on Friday. Suella Braverman embarked on her first full day in the country as Home Secretary on Saturday as she set out to reaffirm her commitment to the Rwanda deportation policy. No migrants have been relocated to the country so far as the deal, which was signed last April by Ms Braverman’s predecessorRead More

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More Passport Office workers vote to go on strike

More Passport Office workers have voted to go on strike in a bitter dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) announced the results of new ballots for industrial action which all showed big votes in favour. PCS members at the Home Office in Northern Ireland, Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Northern Ireland, Heritage Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland and the British Library in London, all voted in favour. They will now be ableRead More

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Five people charged over fatal shooting of 24 year old man in south east London

A fifth person has been detained in connection with the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man in south-east London. Kai Osibodu, 23, has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder following the death of Kai McGinley in Erith. Metropolitan Police officers were called to Pembroke Road in the area at around 8.50pm on February 9, where Mr McGinley was found with gunshot wounds. London Ambulance Service also attended and medics attempted to treat MrRead More

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Gary Lineker reflects on hugely gratifying support before BBC return

Gary Lineker said as he returns to TV screens to present live coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Burnley that his support from colleagues has been “hugely gratifying” and “quite beautiful”. Saturday will mark the 62-year-old broadcaster’s first appearance on the BBC since he was told to step back from hosting Match Of The Day (MOTD) in a row over impartiality. Lineker was taken off air last week for a tweet comparing the language used toRead More

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Transport ministers must follow example of health colleagues to reach RMT deal

Transport ministers must follow the example of their health department colleagues by offering “new money” in union negotiations or passengers will face further rail misery, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has said. Mr Lynch was speaking as he joined workers on a rainy picket line at central London’s Euston station on Saturday, as a walkout by 20,000 members across the country crippled services. Workers from across 14 train operators are on strike in a long-running dispute over jobs, pay andRead More

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Jon Snow Im at complete ease with late fatherhood

Jon Snow has said he is “at complete ease” with becoming a father again in his 70s. Jon Snow has said he is “at complete ease” with becoming a father again in his 70s. The veteran broadcaster, 75, and his wife, Zimbabwean academic Precious Lunga, welcomed a baby boy via surrogate in March 2021 after struggling with “medical setbacks and miscarriages”. He also has two daughters from his three-decade relationship with human rights lawyer Madeleine Colvin. The former Channel 4Read More

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Arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes in Ukraine welcomed in UK and US

US President Joe Biden has joined Britain in welcoming the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine. Mr Biden said Mr Putin had “clearly committed war crimes” and the warrant, although not recognised in the US, was “justified” and made “a very strong point”. His remarks came after UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said it was essential that those at the top of the regime in MoscowRead More

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