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July 02, 2022

Fresh wave of strike action begins as bus, rail and postal workers walk out

A fresh wave of industrial action across transport and services starts this weekend as bus workers in Merseyside walk out, while other action is due on the rail network and threatened at airports and at post offices.

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Extra strange Cumberbatch upstaged by energetic background performance

A lot of the criticism directed towards Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness pertains to that final word.

3 mins

Pincher's rise and fall The reckless road to two resignations

Mark Brown The Wind in the Willows - which of course involves a reckless character who needs the help of friends to save himself from himself.

2 mins

'Not again!' BBC journalist stuck on plane at Gatwick waiting for disability assistance

The BBC journalist Frank Gardner has called out "consistently crap" UK airports after he was left stranded on a plane that had landed at Gatwick.

2 mins

Wimbledon accused of firing workers because there are too few fans

Wimbledon has been accused of sacking temporary staff for "bizarre" reasons after overestimating the number of staff needed.

2 mins

'It was home to her' Zara Aleena's love of walking marked by friends in mourning

Walking was something Zara Aleena did reflexively. She had a car but would tramp the two miles between her mother and grandmother's house in east London most days, with little sense of danger.

2 mins

Sturgeon's gambit Referendum pledge creates division and confusion

It's good to finally have a date to work towards," said Laura Moodie, as she contemplated the announcement this week by the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, that the Scottish government intends to hold a second independence referendum on 19 October 2023. "It helps to galvanise effort and shift opinion."

2 mins

Starmer rules out SNP deal to counter Tory accusations of 'coalition of chaos'

Keir Starmer will vow Labour will never deal with the Scottish National party and make it explicit his party would go into minority government rather than enter talks with nationalists, in a new effort to counter Conservative attacks on a "coalition of chaos".

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Steve Wright to leave Radio 2 afternoon show after almost 24 years

Steve Wright is to leave BBC Radio 2 after almost 24 years, after the station's boss told him she wanted to do "something different" with his midafternoon slot.

2 mins

'We call it the Salisbury diet': climbers' daily ascent to repair cathedral

They dangle from ropes high above the ground, finding footholds on the facade as they painstakingly repair and restore the statues and stonework gracing the west front of Salisbury Cathedral.

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