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Thursday, 10 July 2025 23:03
Birmingham council pull plug on bin strike negotiations
Birmingham faces escalating disruption as the Unite union is threatening bin strikes 'beyond Christmas' following the city council’s decision to end negotiations. Bin workers have been on an all-out strike since March, leaving many streets piled…
Thursday, 10 July 2025 22:45
Less meat and smaller portions in school meals, caterers say
Schools across England are struggling to provide nutritious meals as rising costs outpace government funding for free school lunches. Michael Hales, incoming chair of the Lead Association for Catering in Education (LACE), reports caterers are reducing…
Thursday, 10 July 2025 22:33
Wales: sexual abuse claims against former bishop and vicar
The Church in Wales faces deepening scandal as fresh historical sexual abuse allegations emerge against former bishop Anthony Pierce, already jailed earlier this year for child sexual abuse, and an unnamed former vicar. BBC Wales said…
Thursday, 10 July 2025 22:28
Russia: minister’s death a warning to ruling elite
Russia has been rocked by the sudden death of transport minister Roman Starovoit, who was found dead from a gunshot wound just hours after being dismissed by Vladimir Putin. With the presumption that he took his…
Thursday, 10 July 2025 22:25
Migrant boat crossings: France and UK aiming to curb the flow
Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer are engaged in critical talks aimed at curbing illegal Channel crossings in small boats. During Macron’s historic state visit to the UK, the first by a French president since 2008, the…
Thursday, 10 July 2025 22:21
Armenia: bitter dispute escalates between PM and the church
A deepening rift between prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Apostolic Church, is threatening to polarise the nation of three million. Tensions erupted after Pashinyan accused Catholicos Karekin II, the Church’s spiritual head, of fathering a…