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Health unions call off strike action in Scotland after new pay offer

Hospital and ambulance service staff represented by Unite and Unison agree to deal brokered by ministers

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

Dame Clare Marx obituary

Pioneering surgeon who became the first female chair of the General Medical Council

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

I’m so cold I live in my bed – like the grandparents in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

As the brutal cold snap takes hold, I realise I have become one of the book’s characters, writes Marin

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

Married to the mob: what the lives of two Camorra women tell us about how to challenge the power of the mafia

I told the judge: “Dottore, I’m on the first floor. If they want to retaliate again, they know where to find me … All the lives they’ve taken from me – they took my brother, they took my husband. I don’t think there’s anything else.

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2022

JK Rowling launches support centre for female victims of sexual violence

Beira’s Place will add to Edinburgh’s existing rape crisis centre, which is run by a trans woman

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

'Intimidating' conman tricked vulnerable victims into paying him for expensive garden work

James Mochan's victim were all elderly or disable and he forced them into paying him to do garden work which he would either to do to a very poor standard or leave unfinished.

Daily Record · Dec 12, 2022

December strikes: Border Force, nurses and every worker walkout date

Walkouts by train, Royal Mail and NHS workers set to cause mass disruption on several days in next month

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

'I love you' were 'wonderful' teen's last words to dad

Macie Jayne Vella was found dead at home by her frantic partner

Liverpool Echo · Dec 12, 2022

Nurses in Unite and Unison accept increased pay offer and call off strikes

NURSES have voted to accept an increased pay offer from the Scottish Government and call off strikes.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2022

Paying nurses more would take money from NHS operations, says Health Secretary

A meeting of Cobra – the Government’s emergency response committee – will be held on Monday afternoon.

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022