PALESTINE Action activists smashed sledgehammers into the walls of an Israeli weapons manufacturer’s factory on Christmas Day ...

Charles Dickens was facing a return to the destitution that had blighted his childhood, and it was this which drove him to write the remarkable best-seller which changed the politics of Christmas ...

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warns government that people working people desperately needed to see ‘tangible change’ ...

A combination of Northumberland folk duo The Brothers Gillespsie, classical group Trio Mythos and polyphonic Occitan vocal ...

THOUSANDS of Land Registry staff have voted for strike action over working from home arrangements. Around 3,800 Public and ...

CHRISTMAS can be a tough time for anyone living or working in our prisons. While others eat, drink and make merry with loved ...

WILDLIFE could be “disappearing in the dark,” with three-quarters of England’s habitats, wildlife and natural features not ...

SCOTLAND’S communities are at risk while the axe hangs over libraries, Green MSP Mark Ruskell has warned. The member for ...

From Zimbabwe’s provinces to Mali’s streets, nations are casting off colonial labels in their quest for true independence and dignity in a revival of the pan-African spirit, writes ROGER McKENZIE ...

ISRAELI warplanes broke the ceasefire with Hezbollah today by conducting three air strikes deep into eastern Lebanon. This was the latest Israeli violation of the truce that ended the war between ...

THE voters of the US have spoken, even if we did not like what they said. A Donald Trump presidency 2.0 is a fact. All other political forces have to deal with that. The question is how? The US is now ...

SCOTTISH firefighters are “extremely disappointed” at the government’s failure to fund an expansion of their duties, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said today. An increase in both resource and capital ...