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All strike dates you need to know about in February

Hundreds of thousands of workers from the UK's biggest industries will strike this month

Liverpool Echo · Feb 2, 2023

87-year-old woman befriended a 34-year-old and ‘treated him like a grandson’. Then he killed her

Shahin Darvish-Narenjbon, 34, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

How refugees in a UK internment camp put on WWII’s unlikeliest musical

Held on the Isle of Man and beset by hardship, a small band wrote and performed a comedy unlike any other

Financial Times · Feb 2, 2023

Bollinger Motors Files Patent Infringement Suit Against UK Startup Munro

Bollinger Motors is playing hardball with startup Munro and its head of design, filing a lawsuit in district court.

InsideEVs · Feb 2, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 344 of the invasion

Ukraine warns of major Russian offensive to mark first anniversary of war; Russian rocket destroys apartment building in Kramatorsk, killing two

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

‘2.3 million UK households missed an essential payment in January’

Which? found that 59% of some 2,000 people surveyed had made at least one financial adjustment to cover essential spending, up from 49% last January.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Ukraine appeal raises £400m in UK donations

The Disasters Emergency Committee has become the biggest charity donor to the response inside Ukraine, according to the UN.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Hepatitis B transmission from mothers to babies ‘eliminated in England’

The UK Health Security Agency said progress had been made on tackling the viral infection.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

The Stranglers are coming to Newcastle in April

"I'm always amazed that our music still has relevance to many despite never being completely mainstream."

Newcastle Herald · Feb 1, 2023

Covid cases rise by 50% in 10 days as Kraken variant takes hold of UK

The strain accounts for 42 per cent of cases in the US, rising from 12 per cent in just three weeks

Wales Online · Feb 1, 2023