Staff at 11 colleges across England are on picket lines this morning as they begin three days of consecutive strike action over low pay and poor working conditions.
It's very disappointing some hold out college bosses have refused to give their staff the pay rise they deserve, given strikes have been called off at 32 colleges after pay offers at or above the 6.5% recommended by the employer body, the Association of Colleges.
“This is a ringing victory for democracy… The government cannot tell citizens what they can or can’t read. Our nation was founded on the free exchange of ideas, and banning books you disagree with is a direct attack on our most basic liberties.”
Yes! https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/us/texas-book-ban-removed-library-replaced-judge/index.html Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours
An album we grew up with and that runs through me like a stick of rock. Burt Bacharach was part of the soundtrack to my childhood.
In the 17th century, along the Cornish coast, pilchards became politicised. Find out about the regulations, including duty and tax, that Parliament tried to impose on pilchards and the reactions from merchants 👇 http://ow.ly/yUVZ50MyQTk