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Dec 4, 2024 - World

Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and ThursdayJournalists at the Guardian and the Observer are holding a 48-hour strike in protest at the proposed sale of the Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media.The strike, the first at the Guardian in more than 50 years, is due to take place on Wednesday 4 December and Thursday 5 December. Continue reading...

Dec 4, 2024 - World

As part of a comprehensive programme of renationalisation, the service will come under public ownership in MaySouth Western Railway will be the first train operator nationalised under the Labour government, ministers have announced.One of the UK’s biggest commuter services, which operates out of London Waterloo, it will be taken into public hands in May. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2024 - World

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash

Dec 3, 2024 - World

Police confirm serial killer nurse is being interviewed about cases at a second centre, Liverpool Women’s hospitalCheshire police have interviewed Lucy Letby in prison under caution over the alleged murders of more babies she cared for.Letby, a former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester hospital was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others, with two attempts on the life of one of her victims, in August 2023. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2024 - World

Van belonging to popular indie group reportedly ransacked by thief waving gun outside Starbucks in VallejoThe British band Sports Team were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday while on the US leg of their tour outside San Francisco, the group have said.According to a statement provided by the six-member group, a thief stole stage equipment, laptops, passports, personal items and other valuables while the band stopped for breakfast at a Starbucks in Vallejo, California, at 8.45am local time. In the store, a passerby reportedly alerted the band that someone was ransacking their tour van. When band members attempted to intervene, the perpetrator brandished a gun, they said. Continue reading...