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UK’s teachers and civil servants join biggest strikes in years on ‘Walkout Wednesday’

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Up to 500,000 people expected to join UK strikes Government says big pay rises will fuel inflation Schools will close, most trains will not run More strikes involving health workers due next week LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers walked out over … Read more

UK regional airline Flybe ceases trading, cancels all flights

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Collapses for second time in three years 276 workers made redundant by administrators About 75,000 customers had future bookings Hurt by delayed delivery of aircraft Rivals seeing rebounding demand LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – British regional airline Flybe on Saturday ceased trading for the second time in three years, with all flights cancelled and 276 … Read more

Two killed in knife attack on train in northern Germany

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BROKSTEDT, Germany, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Two people were killed and several others injured when a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian man attacked them with a knife on Wednesday on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said. Police in the state of Schlewsig-Holstein on the Danish border said the man, who … Read more