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Ambulance strike - live: Paramedics leave picket line to attend emergencies

The government has called the strike ‘deeply regrettable’

The Independent UK

NHS workers share reality of working Christmas Day in Leeds hospitals after strikes

'We've just got to get on with it'

Leeds Live

Family left with 'huge gap' after nan killed weeks before Christmas

The family have been left with a "huge gap that will never be filled"

Liverpool Echo

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Greater Manchester Police officer's personal tribute to 'green angels' as paramedics go on strike today

Greater Manchester Police Federation chair Lee Broadbent shared a powerful story with his Twitter followers as ambulance workers across the region go on strike

Manchester Evening News

Dad describes 'war zone' in children's hospital with kids lying everywhere and queues out the door

"What is happening in hospitals now is so wrong in a rich country like this"

Liverpool Echo

Warning to anyone in need of an ambulance today

People are being urged to find alternative transport for hospital treatment

Liverpool Echo

WA nurses, police set for pay increases

Western Australia's government will pay immediate salary increases and bonuses to nurses and police officers as wage negotiations drag into the new year.

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Why paramedics are striking today and how our region will be affected

The action is the latest to be held by those working across the NHS

Liverpool Echo

West Australian nurses and police to receive pay rise 'as soon as possible' as wages negotiations continue

WA Premier Mark McGowan stands firm on the government's wages offer to police and nurses, but offers a payment to hit their bank accounts as soon as possible, while leaving the door open to further negotiations.

ABC News

Government slammed for refusing pay talks as ambulance workers go out on strike

Thousands of ambulance staff will take part in the first of two one-day strikes, which Health Secretary Steve Barclay says are a "conscious decision" by unions to "inflict harm" on patients

Daily Mirror

Serco to be sentenced over safety failures that led to custody officer’s death

Mentally-ill Humphrey Burke fatally attacked Lorraine Barwell as she tried to escort him from his cell in Blackfriars Crown Court in June 2015.

The Independent UK

What the papers say – December 21

Britons have been warned to ‘avoid taking risks’ as strike action continues to escalate.

The Independent UK

How to look after your mental health over the Christmas and New Year holidays

While the Christmas and New Year period is traditionally viewed as a time for celebration, for many Australians it can be anything but. Here are some ways to cope if the holidays will be difficult for you.

ABC News

Psychic speaks of seeing soul of friend's dead hamster rising from its body

Helen Ellwood, 64, has said the death of her friend's hamster has led to her hearing messages from other dead animals

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From Ukraine To Uganda, Meet The Aussie Who’s Been Saving Lives Abroad For Years

"I realised how interconnected this world is."

ABC News

Alex surviving a year of cancer treatment is Breeanna's Christmas wish come true

Just one more round of chemotherapy for leukaemia and Alexander will head home to Shepparton for Christmas, after a year of isolation in Melbourne with his mum Breeanna.

The Independent UK

Controversial gender reforms expected to pass at Holyrood

The Bill will make it easier for trans people to obtain a gender recognition certificate, but critics are concerned about its impact on women.

The Independent UK

Barclay urges public to ‘take extra care’ as ambulance crews walk out

The Health Secretary said the unions’ action is ‘deeply regrettable’ but his ‘number one priority’ is patient safety.

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The Independent UK

Black Prince who changed course of English history may have died differently than previously believed

The death of Edward of Woodstock at the age of 45 in 1376 is said to have changed the course of English history

Axios

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to let Title 42 border policy end

Title 42, which allows the U.S. to expel migrants at the southern border without the chance for asylum, was set to expire Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Recorded cases of diphtheria increase among asylum seekers

The total number of cases for the year so far now stands at 67, figures show

Daily Mirror

Nurses warn 'there'll be no-one left' as they're forced to do overtime to pay bus fare

Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen called on the Prime Minister to come to the negotiating table after Health Secretary Steve Barclay twice refused to discuss pay in meetings with the nurses’ union

Irish Mirror

Free Christmas dinner and gift bag offered to Irish people in need this Christmas amid cost of living crisis

Over 300 volunteers will attend the Annual Knights of St. Columbanus Christmas Day Dinner

Evening Standard

London braces for 12-hour ambulance strike on already stretched service

Eleventh-hour talks to avert the industrial action have failed

Wales Online

More diphtheria cases recorded among asylum seekers, new figures show

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has faced criticism about overcrowding and outbreaks of disease at the Manston immigration centre

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