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Health workers plan fresh strike in UK
Feb 23, 2023 11:59Ambulance staff and other health workers who are a part of Britain's Unison trade union have announced further strike action on March 8, after being cut out of pay talks between health minister and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
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Fake doctor who falsely claimed ‘torture’ in Iran found guilty of fraud in UK
Feb 22, 2023 14:25A fake Iran-born doctor who falsely claimed "tortured" by Iranian authorities has been convicted in the UK of a “deliberate and wicked deception” for forging a medical degree certificate and practicing as a psychiatrist without prerequisite qualifications.
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US embassy in London put under lockdown after security threat
Feb 22, 2023 11:58Authorities have put the US embassy in London into a state of lockdown with those inside told to duck and move away from windows of the building.
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UK strikes: Ambulance drivers walk out over pay dispute
Feb 22, 2023 05:39They said they were in it for the long haul, and they have kept their promise. Thousands of ambulance drivers from two separate unions walking off the job across much of England and Wales. Their demand: a pay award that keeps pace with the rising cost of living. The message: that the service is already stretched beyond its limit.
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UK government's anti-strike bill discriminates against women, rights groups say
Feb 22, 2023 05:27Women’s rights groups in the UK have warned against the government’s anti-strike bill, which is designed to enforce minimum service levels, saying the restrictions will discriminate against women’s rights.
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Iran slaps retaliatory sanctions on EU, British individuals and entities
Feb 22, 2023 03:18Iran has announced the imposition of retaliatory sanctions against a number of European Union (EU) and British individuals and entities.
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Relocation of UK-based TV channel to US is a division of labour among spy agencies: Foreign Ministry
Feb 21, 2023 11:53Foreign Ministry Spokesman says the relocation of a terrorist TV channel, calling itself “Iran International,” from the UK to the United States is a division of labour between spy agencies of several countries that are sponsoring the hostile network.
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Wales ambulance strike enters second day over unresolved pay dispute
Feb 21, 2023 08:59More than half of ambulance workers in Wales, the United Kingdom, continued their industrial action for the second day on Tuesday as part of a 72-hour walkout over pay and working conditions.
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Two-thirds of Britons think Brexit has damaged UK economy: Poll
Feb 20, 2023 10:27Almost two in three Britons believe Brexit – United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union in 2016 – has damaged the country’s economy, according to a new poll.
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Record number of Britons turning to food banks amid cost-of-living crisis
Feb 19, 2023 11:36An “ever-increasing” number of households in UK, including teachers, pensioners, and employees of the NHS, are turning to food banks for assistance as a result of the cost of living issue and country’s high inflation, according to new statistics.