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No trains will run across most of England on Friday as drivers in the Aslef union stage their second 24-hour strike this week. Drivers will strike as part of the long-running pay dispute at 14 train operating companies, leaving passengers facing disruption around Britain. Most of the biggest operators have said they will be unable to run any trains throughout the day. Passengers have been told to check before attempting to travel, with potential disruption to the remaining skeleton services on Greater Anglia, LNER and GWR. Most drivers are not on strike at South Western Railway, which hopes to run a full…

The Global Communion Service and praise night with the man of God Pastor Chris Oyakhilome will be held online, streaming live globally on all platforms, on Sunday the 5th of February 2023, at 3.30 PM GMT+1; That is 2.30 PM UK Local time. During the global live-service, the man of God Pastor Chris will also be giving the Word for the Month of February, as inspired by the Holy Spirit, for guidance and direction in that month, in this new Year of the Prolific Church.

Households in England and Wales are facing the biggest increase to water bills in almost two decades from April, putting further pressure on budgets already weathering the cost of living crisis. The industry body Water UK said the typical water bill will increase to an average of £448 a year from April, a hike of 7.5%. Consumer groups said the increase of 8p a day, or £31 a year, could be a “tipping point” for the one in five customers who were already struggling to pay. They also warned that some consumers could pay significantly more than the average due to regional…

The late Queen Elizabeth II will not be featured on Australia’s five-dollar note going forward, instead, a new design that “honours the culture and history of the First Australians”—a term to refer to Aboriginal Australians—will replace the monarch. The country’s five-dollar bill has featured the late Queen since 1992 and was due to be replaced with her son, King Charles III. Yet on Feb. 2, the Reserve Bank of Australia announced the swap. “The Reserve Bank has decided to update the $5 banknote to feature a new design that honours the culture and history of the First Australians. This new…

Rishi Sunak has been urged to “come clean” over whether he knew of informal concerns about Dominic Raab’s behaviour before appointing him, as an investigation into the deputy prime minister continues. Eleven weeks since the inquiry began looking into complaints from about two dozen civil servants across three government departments, pressure is growing on the prime minister to suspend Raab and reveal what he knew and when. Dave Penman, the general secretary of the FDA union, which represents many civil servants, criticised Sunak for “point blank” refusing to say whether informal concerns about Raab’s behaviour were raised – and if…

Erik ten Hag believes Jadon Sancho can be a match-winner for Manchester United after the forward returned during the 2-0 Carabao Cup semi-final second leg win over Nottingham Forest that sets up a Wembley showdown with Newcastle later this month. The forward entered on 63 minutes and impressed after three months out due to physical and mental wellbeing issues, his last action having been away at Chelsea in October. After training with specialist coaches in the Netherlands, Sancho has spent the last fortnight back with United’s squad. Ten Hag was asked if he can be a decisive player for United. “He already…

Dominic Raab is facing fresh calls to be suspended from his post, after the Guardian revealed three senior civil servants who worked with him had been interviewed by the official inquiry into his alleged bullying. Rishi Sunak has rejected calls to suspend Raab, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, despite the number of allegations against him increasing. Antonia Romeo, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice, and Philip Rycroft, who ran the Brexit department while Raab was in charge there, have both been witnesses in the investigation led by Adam Tolley KC, the Guardian understands. The former Foreign Office permanent…

Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla has made “misleading” and unsubstantiated statements on the merit of giving COVID-19 vaccines to young school children, according to a case report published by the UK’s pharmaceutical watchdog on Friday. During an interview with the BBC published on Dec. 2, 2021, Bourla was asked whether he believed it was likely that 5-to 11-year-olds in the UK and Europe would be vaccinated against COVID-19 and whether it was a good idea. The interview was published after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorised the use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on the primary schoolers, but the UK’s medicines regulator, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), didn’t approve the…

The “majority” of schools in England and Wales will remain open, the education secretary has claimed, as more than 100,000 teachers joined the picket line for the first time in six years. Gillian Keegan said on Wednesday that some schools may open with restrictions, while others were open to everyone, but expressed her disappointment that any were closing at all. Teaching staff are taking part in a day of coordinated strikes involving up to half a million civil servants, Border Force staff and train drivers. The UK’s biggest teaching union, the NEU, has predicted that 85% of schools will be affected,…

Rail passengers across Britain face more disruption on Wednesday, with no trains at all running on most routes in England as train drivers start the first of two days of strikes this week. The seventh day of national action in the past year by the Aslef union will affect 14 operating companies, with all but four of them suspending services entirely. Passengers have been asked to check before attempting to travel, with just a skeleton service on Greater Anglia, LNER and GWR. South Western Railway, where only depot drivers are striking, hopes to run a full service. Strike action is not being…