Wednesday, 25 May 2011 06:48
'The volcanic eruption in Iceland has cancelled dozens of flights across Britain with airlines calling on passengers to check for updates as more disruptions loom. One year after Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption wreaked travel havoc across Europe, another ash cloud now from the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland is to hit Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The ash cloud has already led to the cancellation of at least 36 Loganair flights in Scotland while another two between Belfast City and Dundee scheduled for Tuesday have been cancelled.'
Wednesday, 25 May 2011 06:43
'The British security forces use their counter-terrorism powers for stopping and searching suspects up to 42 times more against ethnic minorities than whites.
The powers authorized by schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 allows stopping and searching of innocent people at random while giving them less rights than suspected criminals. The figures, the Guardian quoted from official sources, show disproportionate targeting of non-white groups when compared with white people based on the percentage of the population they represent.
The contrast is specially marked when considering cases in which targets are stopped for more than an hour.'
Wednesday, 25 May 2011 06:36
'At its annual conference, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) unanimously backed calls for the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to co-ordinate a nationwide walkout against the government's "attacks" on pay, pensions and services.
Delegates at the Bournemouth conference also agreed to moves aimed at coordinating campaigns and strikes with other unions. Speakers lined up to attack the government over the cuts, saying they were hitting workers and families hard and were leading to cuts in essential public services.'
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