Home News Page 76

News

All news items from around the world

Occupy Chase Farm Hospital To Stop Closure

0
HEALTH Secretary Lansley and the coalition have decided to close Chase Farm as a District General Hospital and move out its A&E. Maternity and...
Nurses demonstrate outside Parliament against the one per cent pay cap – creating a shortage of nurses

Overwork & Low Pay Driving Nurses Out Of NHS!

0
NURSES, midwives, doctors, paramedics and NHS staff are being driven out of the profession because of overwork and low pay... creating a ‘severe staff...

Grenfell Tower – ‘We paid the price’

0
‘WE paid the price of systematic dishonesty, institutional indifference and neglect,’ Natasha Elcock, Chair of Grenfell United, said in the shadow of Grenfell Tower...

Pupils miss out! Primary schools at bursting point

0
PARENTS found out yesterday if their child got into the primary school of their choice, while at their annual conference, the National Education Union...

Air Attack On Lugansk Is A War Crime

0
The Lugansk city authorities called the Monday airstrike on the city centre, which killed eight, a war crime by the Kiev authorities. In a statement...

Tsipras Calls General Election

0
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called a general election for June 30 following the heavy defeat in last Sunday’s Euro elections of his...

WE’LL STRIKE ON PENSIONS! say the rail trade unions

0
TENS of thousands of rail workers in dozens of infrastructure and operating companies are to be balloted for strike action. This is after employers...

‘Under Immense And Continuous Stress!’ – Doctors Tell Bma

0
IN TESTIMONIES provided to the BMA, one doctor said that ‘we are under immense and continuous stress’. While another doctor said: ‘What has been...

Government NHS Reforms Impossible To Deliver – RCN

0
A HUGE increase in nursing staff quitting the profession early will make government NHS ‘reforms’ impossible to deliver, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)...
A determined march of 20,000 protestors took place in London last Saturday demanding an end to the occupation of Palestine

HAMAS OFFERS AMNESTY – while Abbas decides to rule by decree

0
HAMAS yesterday released dozens of Fatah security commanders and Fatah officials detained during the past week in Gaza, and offered an amnesty to other...

Leicester faces localised lock-down!

0
HOME SECRETARY Priti Patel yesterday warned that the city of Leicester may be facing a localised lockdown after a rise in coronavirus cases. She said...
Migrants on the ‘Right to Homes’ march demanding decent, affordable housing – the Tories want to evict refugees en masse

Tory eviction plan for refugees

0
IN A further Tory attack on the working class, landlords will be expected to evict entire families, if they believe them to be ‘illegal...

Abolish pensioners’ bus passes and triple-lock pensions! – urges Stephens & Health Secretary...

0
HEAD of NHS England, Simon Stephens, has angered millions of workers with his suggestions that pensioners’ free bus passes and their triple-lock pension arrangements...
Grenfell firefighters form a Guard of Honour for the silent march – the community supports them 100 per cent

Grenfell Tower ‘a highly combustible deathtrap’ – –Seaward representing FBU tells inquiry

0
THE LONDON Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) gave evidence on Day 11 of the Grenfell Inquiry, answering media slurs at...

Ambulance staff at breaking point

0
AMBULANCE staff are at breaking point, with the union Unison raising the alarm yesterday that services are facing unprecedented 999 call volumes and unsustainable...

Fire Deaths – 15% Increase In 3 Years

0
THE number of people dying in fire-related incidents in England has seen its biggest percentage increase in 20 years, data published by the Home...

B&B TO BE NATIONALISED – to head off run on the bank

0
Mortgage bank Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised to prevent a run on the bank and its complete collapse, possibly spreading...

‘SHAME ON YOU TOWER HAMLETS’ – workers fighting mass sackings and wage cutting

0
‘TOWER Hamlets, shame on you!’ shouted the 40-strong picket of striking council workers outside Albert Jacob House on Roman Road in east London yesterday...
Passenger with hand trapped in train door being dragged along the platform

Safety Case Is Proven!

0
THIS is the CCTV image – produced in court this week – which shows that Southern railways is wrong when it says driver-only operation...

Corbyn pledges council house building programme

0
‘A NEW, very large, very active council housing building programme is what we will launch,’ the new leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn...

‘ONE YEAR TO SAVE THE NHS’ – says the BMA

0
‘WE HAVE one year to save the National Health Service (NHS). An awful lot of Trusts are in a dire financial state.’ This was a...

Abu Ghraib Contractor Producing Drones For Usa

0
THE defence contractor which reached a settlement with alleged victims of torture in the notorious prison of Abu Ghraib is now again at the...

Evacuate within 24 hours or else face Israeli invasion – US & Israel tell...

0
ISRAEL has ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate the area within 24 hours, in what is viewed as a precursor of a ground...

PCS privatisation warning!

0
CABINET Office minister Francis Maude’s continuing claims that his attempt at mutualising (privatising) a government body enjoys staff support is completely undermined by figures...

STARING DEFEAT IN THE FACE! – in Iraq and Afghanistan

0
BRITAIN is staring defeat in the face in Afghanistan according to Paddy Ashdown and Lord Inge, the ex-Chief of Staff, British army. In a House...
Youth and students in their tens of thousands marched for free education and to defend the EMA last November

‘WE ARE DETERMINED TO DEFEAT THE COALITION!’ – says Campaign Against Cuts & Fees

0
‘We are determined to proceed with our march today and defeat the government’, said the National Campaign Against Cuts and Fees (NCACF). The Committee...
On the 102nd anniversary of the Burston strike over 1,000 marched to a rally that was addressed by Labour leader Corbyn

Burston marchers call for a general strike!

0
LABOUR Party leader Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the contribution of refugees and overseas workers in the NHS when he addressed a 1,500-strong Burston Strike...

Chronically ill thrown off benefits – because GPs ‘misled’ by DWP

0
PATIENTS suffering from serious and chronic illnesses have been driven to the brink of homlessness after being declared ‘fit-for-work’ and thrown off their benefits....

‘Strongest sanctions on Iran in history!’ – US ultimatum

0
‘NO ONE can force Iran to do this,’ Iran will stay in Syria as long as it wants, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran...

‘FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!’ – 600,000 workers march...

0
MORE than half a million workers, students and youth held a powerful march for Palestine in central London on Saturday, marking two years of...

Milwaukee uprising after police shooting

0
CROWDS of protesters gathered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday night after a police officer fatally shot a fleeing man. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett appealed for...
Capita Unite members during a strike in Reading – the BMA doctors’ union has called for Capita to be stripped of its NHS contract after 3,500 women did not receive their cervical screening letters

Strip Capita Of NHS Contract!

0
STRIP private outsourcing giant Capita of its NHS contract, doctors’ union the BMA demanded after the shocking news broke yesterday that more than 3,500...
TUC deputy general secretary PAUL NOVAK (back row, centre) was among the enthusiastic pickets at Victoria Station yesterday morning. He brought the support of the General Council

Southern rail ‘gambling with passenger safety’ – TUC

0
TUC deputy general secretary Paul Novak joined RMT striking Southern rail guards on their morning picket line at London’s Victoria station yesterday. Novak told News...

Farmers Descend On Parliament!

0
HUNDREDS of farmers descended on Parliament on their tractors yesterday, demanding ‘Save Family Farming!’ Having driven to the capital from as far afield as Exmoor,...

‘The Most Biting Sanctions Ever Imposed!’

0
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has warned other countries against doing business with Tehran, saying he had imposed ‘the most biting’ sanctions on the country....
Unite General Secretary LEN McCLUSKEY (centre) heading a march in London in defence of the NHS in May

UNITE DEFENDS TRADE UNION RIGHTS –against Tory witch-hunt

0
THERE will be ‘no retreat’ over defence of ‘the legitimate right to protest,’ Unite leader Len McCluskey told 1,200 delegates assembled at the union’s...
Carillion workers marching in Swindon – the battle for ‘justice’ becoming harder and harder

Tribunal Fees A Denial Of Justice!

0
GMB members will hold a protest outside the Central London Employment Tribunals to coincide with the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees on Monday, 29th...
A thousand-strong demonstration outside Downing Street on April 20th against Labour’s new legislation discriminating against doctors from the Commonwealth countries

MADNESS! – RCN condemns destruction of nurse training places

0
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday slammed as ‘madness’ the destruction of nurses training places. The RCN was responding to a survey by the...

US President Biden bans Russian oil & gas

0
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden announced yesterday the country is banning Russian oil and gas in response to Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine. Biden said...
MPs, councillors and local residents demonstrated yesterday in Westminster to oppose the closure of the  A&Es in four West London hospitals – Ealing, Central Middlesex, Hammersmith and Charing Cross

REPEAL THE HEALTH ACT! – BMA delegates reject leader’s advice to quit fight

0
DELEGATES to the British Medical Association (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in Bournemouth yesterday voted for a ‘campaign by the BMA to repeal the...

‘A Perfect Storm’ Of Pressures Engulfing Social Care!

0
A PERFECT storm of pressures risks engulfing health and social care services in England in the coming months, a comprehensive analysis by the RCN...
French police kick a yellow vest demonstrator – the movement has inspired German workers to take to the streets

Hundreds of Germans don yellow vests!

0
HUNDREDS of Germans have donned yellow vests to match protesters in France, demonstrating in the bastion of Germany’s car industry in Stuttgart against a...

‘Horrific intentionally repeated crime’

0
GAZA’s Government Media Office yesterday accused Israel of ‘a horrific, intentionally repeated crime’, having lured starving Palestinians to aid centres run by the Gaza...

EXTRADITION HALTED! ‘A victory for Julian’ – Stella Moris addresses Assange supporters outside Old...

0
‘TODAY is a victory for Julian! Today’s victory is the first step towards justice in this case,’ Stella Moris, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fiancee...

150 Unis ballot for strike action!

0
THE UCU (University and College Union) begins balloting members today for strike action at over 150 universities across the country, with higher education set...