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BAN ‘FIRE AND REHIRE’ – Manchester bus strikers demand of Mayor

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A PROTEST of striking Manchester bus drivers took place outside the Mayor’s Office yesterday afternoon, demanding that Andy Burnham takes action to stop the...

14,000 babies at risk of dying in Gaza TODAY! – warns UN’s Tom Fletcher

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FOURTEEN thousand babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours if aid doesn’t reach them,’ United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs...

PCS Second Week Of Strike Action!

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THERE was a lively picket of PCS union members outside the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology office in Whitehall yesterday morning, on their...

Court of Appeal finds for Bell Hotel asylum seekers!

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THE COURT of Appeal has overturned a High Court injunction that would have forced asylum seekers to leave the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex. Giving...

Palestinian teen severely beaten!

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A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Palestinian minor has told his lawyer that he was severely beaten while detained by Israeli occupation soldiers last week and that he...

Palestinians condemn the US State Department! ‘We are not terrorists!’

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THE National Committee for Palestinian Popular Action, which brings together the four Palestinian national conferences alongside a number of independent Palestinian figures, has unequivocally...

French police smash up refugee camp! – as Polish forces attack refugees

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FRENCH police have smashed up a large refugee camp on its northern coast where increasing numbers of people hoping to reach the UK had...

No more talks until 620 prisoners released!

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IN AN INTERVIEW with Al Jazeera yesterday, Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said the Palestinian group will not engage in further...

Halt Zionist settlers’ heinous crimes in Palestine says PM Shtayyeh

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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday denounced the ‘heinous crimes’ committed on Sunday by Zionist settlers in the northern West Bank town of Huwara...

GRENFELL CRISIS – 88 claimants refuse to negotiate with council until it admits liability

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THE HIGH Court has ruled that the 1,000 claims against The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and its tenant management organisation (TMO)...

Decanted families warehoused in office blocks

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FAMILIES are being ‘warehoused’ inside an office block in Harlow, Essex after being decanted from their local boroughs, with tenants forced to eat, drink...

Israel still committing war crimes in Gaza

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HUMAN Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, with US President Joe Biden’s administration criticised for...

TUC demands recognise the state of Palestine and permanent ceasefire!

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THE TUC unanimously passed Composite Motion C17 at its Congress in Brighton yesterday, demanding: ‘Immediately recognise the State of Palestine... end licences for all...

Quit the EU! Forward to a workers government! – WRP MAY DAY MANIFESTO

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THE News Line Editorial Board sends its May Day greetings to the working class and the poor of the world. We send our revolutionary greetings...

Russia issues defence warning!

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RUSSIA has issued another warning against a proposal made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on ‘a true European Defence Union’. The Kremlin...

Primary schools are cutting teaching assistants

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‘ALMOST a decade of Conservative education cuts has left our children’s future in a perilous state,’ says the GMB trade union. It has responded to...

2-year-old Awaab died ‘entirely due to mould!’

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TWO YEARS-OLD Awaab Ishak died on 21 December 2020 shortly after his second birthday ‘entirely’ as a result of extensive mould in his flat,...

Thames Water must be nationalised!

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THE likelihood of Thames Water being taken into public ownership has significantly increased, following the shareholders’ refusal to provide £500m in urgent financial support. This...

‘US plots to devalue our currency have failed!’ – says Iran

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THE GOVERNOR of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said yesterday that plots to force a massive devaluation of Iran’s national currency to ruin...

Israel launches deadly attacks on Palestinians

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ISRAEL has launched another deadly attack on displaced Palestinians in Gaza, bombing a school sheltering families in Jabalia an-Nazla, northern Gaza, and killing at...

104 Palestinians killed as Israel attacks ‘food aid’ queue in Gaza!

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AT LEAST 104 Palestinians, gathered in anticipation of receiving food aid amidst a severe hunger crisis, were killed and another 760 injured in a...

Gaza death toll passes 39,000!

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THE GAZA death toll passed the 39,000 mark yesterday with the Health Ministry reporting at least 39,006 Palestinians have been killed and 89,818 wounded...

CROYDON BUST! Councils across the UK to make savage cuts

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CROYDON Council has gone bankrupt after racking up debts of £1.5bn. The council issued a rare Section 114 notice, effectively declaring itself bankrupt, on Wednesday...

HEALTHCARE WORKERS RISKING LIVES! – without ‘death in service’ benefits guaranteed says BMA

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THE BMA (British Medical Association) said yesterday that ‘frustration grows’ over the government’s failure to guarantee that the families of healthcare workers who lose...

‘A Perfect Storm’ Of Pressures Engulfing Social Care!

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A PERFECT storm of pressures risks engulfing health and social care services in England in the coming months, a comprehensive analysis by the RCN...

MAY GOES TO GROUND! – Johnson & Gove are battling for her job

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PM MAY was holed up in crisis talks with senior Tories including Boris Johnson and Michael Gove at Chequers yesterday, with rumours that a...

16 Illegal Events Were Held In Downing St

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SENIOR civil servant Sue Gray’s anticipated report into illegal lockdown gatherings held in and around Downing Street by members of the government has been...

Fresh Rail Gourmet strikes called

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TRANSPORT union RMT confirmed yesterday that Rail Gourmet staff at Edinburgh Waverley will be going ahead with a new phase of strike action in...

THIS CASE THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM says Julian Assange’s fiancée

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‘THIS CASE is a grave threat to press freedom, not just for Julian Assange, but for all British journalists,’ lawyer Stella Morris, Julian Assange’s...

Patel ratchets up enforcement

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‘THERE is still a small minority who refuse to do the right thing and to them my message is clear: if you don’t follow...

Picket Grenfell Inquiry

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Monday morning 9.00am

HEARTBREAKING! – ‘This report expresses the determination of the families’

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REPEATED catastrophic failures at an NHS trust meant that more than 200 babies may have died and that many others were left with life-changing...

Scores more killed in Gaza waiting for aid!

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MASSIVE aerial and artillery strikes pounded neighbourhoods, homes, shelters and aid convoys yesterday, killing scores of civilians, mostly children and women, as the US-UK-backed...

UN convenes to discuss Israeli airstrikes

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THE UNITED Nations (UN) Security Council is to convene today at the request of Iran to discuss Saturday’s Israeli strikes on the country. Iran says...

Unite-Gmb Appeal To Tories To Save Workers’ Jobs!

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THE UNITE and GMB trade unions have appealed to the government to announce a bespoke financial package to save the beleaguered aviation industry. The two...

Greek teachers deliver major blow to right wing Mitsotakis government

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GREEK teachers delivered a major blow to the right wing government of Prime Minister Mitsotakis last Wednesday after courts had declared as ‘illegal’ the...

FE Colleges to strike over pay and workload

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Teachers at 32 Further Education (FE) Colleges have voted to strike over pay and workloads, with the University and College Union (UCU) committee meeting...

Fury at Labour’s attack on disabled

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DEMONSTRATIONS are taking place outside Parliament from 1.00pm today, and in towns and cities around the country, as the Labour government seeks to pass...

Israel escalates ceasefire violations

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THE Israeli occupation army continued to violate the ceasefire agreement yesterday, while the impact of the massive wholesale destruction intersected with rainstorms that have...

Worldwide media protest against Zionist genocide

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MORE than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest yesterday, highlighting the killing of more than 200 journalists in...

‘VICTORY TO THE DOCTORS AND THE RAIL WORKERS!’ – RMT’s Mick Lynch tells BMA...

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ON SATURDAY, the BMA held a rally to launch its campaign for Pay Restoration. Balloting opened for strike action on 9th January and votes...

Hamas demands that US must support the state of Palestine

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THE Hamas Movement has called on the US administration to rescind its proposals for Palestinian displacement and alternative homelands that align with Israeli plans...

‘There will be absolutely no pay increases for doctors or nurses above 5%’ declare...

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TORY Health Secretary Steve Barclay provocatively declared yesterday that there will be absolutely no pay increase for nurses or doctors above the 5% that...

Yellow Vests travel to UK to support Assange

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AN EIGHTY-strong coachload of Yellow Vest protesters came over from France to join the demonstration outside Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday morning demanding WikiLeaks founder...

Doctors fear NHS collapse this winter! – Another 12 deaths in Wales’ Royal Glamorgan...

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THOUSANDS of doctors in England have told a BMA survey they have little or no confidence in the NHS being able to cope this...