No sprinklers in car park inferno
‘CLEARLY the fact that there were no sprinklers had its affect,’ Chief Fire Officer of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Dan Stephens said yesterday. He...
Unions Agree To Axe Steel Jobs And Sell Out Members
UP to 500 jobs will be axed at British Steel with the trade unions agreeing to the axing. The union leaders have warned the takeover...
‘Stop Wandsworth asset-stripping!’
THE GMB union is calling on the public in the south London borough of Wandsworth to support a campaign to stop the sale of...
‘Dismantle Zionist Settlements’
POLICE yesterday arrested several protestors who were laying siege to Downing Street, demonstrating against the visit of ‘war criminal’ Binyamin Netanyahu. They were also demanding...
May tries to convince CBI of her Brexit plan
‘MY JOB is to get the best deal, Parliament must then examine it and do what is in the national interest,’ Tory PM Theresa...
‘Israeli army carrying out field executions!’ – says Palestinian spokesman
THE official Palestinian presidential spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, yesterday condemned what he described as ‘the dangerous Israeli escalation against our people’, which resulted in...
Public ownership of energy – urges Unite
UNITE hit out yesterday at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he would halt new gas and oil production in the North Sea...
Five Million Mortgage Holders Under Threat!
OVER five million mortgage holders – half the mortgage holders in Britain – could face eviction if interest rates go up and current government...
Wmd Lies Being Used Against Syria
USING the Bush-Blair WMD tactic, manufactured for use as the cause of war with Iraq, the imperialist powers and Israel were yesterday insisting that...
Turkey fighting to the last Kurd!
TURKEY’S foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said his country cannot be expected to lead a ground operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria...
Tory-Dup Talks No Deal As Yet! – Major Warns Over Deal
PRIME Minister May finished a round of talks with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster yesterday afternoon without an agreement being reached. There was...
Hamas-US in direct talks!
THE White House has confirmed that the United States has engaged in direct negotiations with Hamas regarding American captives held in Gaza, despite Washington’s...
Netanyahu accused of blocking ceasefire – fears prosecution!
AS ISRAELI Knesset members accused PM Netanyahu of blocking a ceasefire deal being reached with Hamas for personal reasons in order to avoid prosecution,...
‘Syrians Alone Have The Right To Choose The Government’
‘SEATED amongst us today in this room, are representatives of countries that have the blood of Syrians on their hands, countries that have exported...
TAKE ACTION NOW! – POA calls for one-day general strikes
The Prison Officers Association is calling for a series of one-day general strikes to force the repeal of the anti-union laws. Its motion on Trade...
‘FIGHT FOR JOBS!’ – London Met delegate tells Congress
THE TUC Congress in Liverpool was brought alive yesterday by a passionate call to fight for jobs with occupations by Mark Campbell of the...
‘SOLID, DETERMINED AND UNITED’ says RMT’s Mick Cash
CALLING for urgent talks, rail union RMT yesterday repeated its offer to suspend Southern strike action. RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: ‘I have written...
Powell Suffers Multiple Memory Failure!
WHEN Tony Blair’s chief of staff from 1997-2007, Jonathan Powell, was questioned yesterday about the September 2002 dossier that took the UK to war...
NHS–strikebreakers called in!
UNION leaders yesterday angrily condemned the planned strikebreaking by the army and police, announced on the eve of today’s 7am-11am four-hour NHS pay strike. Military...
Energy Price Rise Bombshell
UNISON leader Dave Prentis has warned that the massive 10 per cent price hike announced by the British Gas energy privateer yesterday will lead...
Campaign saved lives!
‘THIS CAMPAIGN is a life saver!’ Devinder Bhambra told News Line on the mass picket of Ealing Hospital yesterday morning to celebrate the news...
Sack Woodley and Simpson!
ANGRY Rover workers yesterday slammed their betrayal by trade union leaders, Transport and General Workers Union General Secretary Tony Woodley, and Amicus General Secretary...
‘Axe The Bedroom Tax!’
‘AXE, axe the Bedroom Tax!’ chanted protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday morning, before the opening of an appeal against the hated...
Democrats Shaken By Trump Vote
THE US presidential election is on a knife edge, with Republican President Trump and his Democrat rival Joe Biden both claiming to have won. Trump...
End Middle East wars says Corbyn!
‘THE WAR on terror isn’t working,’ Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, said in his first speech since the Manchester terror attack. The speech...
No admission at BP AGM!
BP yesterday faced angry protesters – including Louisiana fishermen, Canadian Indians opposed to Tar Sands, and locked out UK construction workers – at its...
NATIONAL RAIL STRIKE LOOMS – TSSA warns action over Tory job cuts
THE TSSA union warned yesterday: ‘A national rail strike in 2022 is very much on the cards’ as the Tory government seeks to cut...
Parliament to forcibly evict Westminster rough sleepers
HOMELESS people are to be forcibly evicted from the Westminister underpass, which leads to Parliament, by installing rolldown shutters blocking the shelter off. In December...
Case Launched For A Single Inquiry Into UK Soldiers Abuse Of Iraqis
Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) last Friday, 5 February, lodged papers to commence a judicial review on behalf of 66 Iraqis claiming torture and abuse...
Capitalism in its greatest ever crisis – Forward to British & World Revolution
MAY DAY STATEMENT BY THE NEWS LINE EDITORIAL BOARDNews Line sends its revolutionary greetings to the workers, youth and masses of the world who...
Greenwich libraries workers victory!
THE dispute over pay and staff cuts affecting Greenwich’s 12 libraries has been settled in what the Unite union described as ‘a great victory...
Record Jobless Rise Of 46,000!
THE UNEMPLOYMENT rate has risen by the biggest amount in almost five years, official figures showed yesterday. Some 1.47 million people were out of...
Woodley Postpones BA Cabin Crew Ballot
Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley yesterday said the union has ‘postponed’ Tuesday’s ballot for further strike action at British Airways to consider a...
Kiev ‘Terrorist Regime!’
THE EXTREME right wingers making up as the self-declared ‘new Ukrainian authority’, yesterday issued an ‘arrest warrant’ for the President of the Ukraine, Viktor...
New junior doctors imposed contract is illegal
THE NEW contract being imposed by the Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt on junior doctors is ‘potentially illegal’, an equal rights watchdog reported yesterday. The...
Serco Workers Begin 2 Week Strike
HUNDREDS of ancillary workers employed by Serco at Bart’s Health NHS Trust began a two-week strike from 6am yesterday to 6am August 8th in...
Smash The Health Bill!
‘HEALTH unions must now do what their members want and organise industrial action to defeat this bill,’ leading BMA member Anna Athow demanded yesterday. She...
Bma Opposes NHS Cuts!
DOCTORS at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in Harrogate yesterday voted overwhelmingly in opposition to NHS privatisation and...
NO TRIAL BY MEDIA! mass protest in support of Grenfell firefighters
A MASS protest in support of the fire service took place outside Ladbroke Grove fire station on Monday night, by residents who live in...
‘We will resist Met Uni cuts!’
‘UCU and Unison staff will resist all cuts to courses, jobs and provision at London Met by whatever means, including industrial action.’ University and College...
Doctors condemn £55 ‘bounty’
DOCTORS have condemned a ‘bounty’ scheme launched by NHS England at the beginning of this month under which GPs receive a payment of £55...
70,000 MARCH IN LONDON – GENERAL STRIKE – workers tell News Line what they...
ON A DAY when 750,000 public sector workers struck to defend their pensions, 70,000 of them marched through London with banners flying, determined to...
Huge turnout for Ukraine referendum
THE referendum in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk regions, seeking independence from the central government was massively supported yesterday. THE referendum in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk...
Miliband pledges £8 minimum wage
ADDRESSING the party’s annual conference in Manchester yesterday, Labour leader Miliband pledged to increase the National Minimum Wage to £8 an hour over the...
Tuc Calls For Inquiry Into ‘Back To Work’ Regime
THE Department for Work and Pensions yesterday released shocking mortality figures in response to a number of Freedom of Information requests concerning ‘the number...