Firefighters strike: Troops could be deployed to NI for high-risk calls
The fire service's chief officer says he may ask for military aid for high-risk calls if a strike goes ahead. Source link
Saturday, May 2, 2026
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£20 daily bonus for troops covering Christmas strikes
About 1,300 members of the armed forces are covering for ambulance and border staff walkouts. Source link
December strikes: 1,200 troops to cover for ambulances and border force
Civil servants will also be drafted in to keep front-line services running, the government says. Source link
Newspaper headlines: 'Lake horror' and troops to act as 'strike breakers'
Children hospitalised after falling in a lake and troops to be used in strikes feature on front pages. Source link
Defiant Ukrainian troops tell Russians: ‘Go home while you’re still alive’
Russia invaded at 05:00 on 24 February. The night before, 22-year-old Vlad and his brother-in-arms Mark, also 22, were at a fellow private's wedding. Columns of Russian tanks, howitzers, ...
War in Ukraine: Fact-checking Russian claims that Nato troops are fighting in Ukraine
On 13 September, Ruslan Ostashko, the host of Vremya Pokazhet (Time Will Tell) on Russia's Channel One said: "In the grand scheme of things, Ukrainian soldiers are there more ...
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Scientists believe they have found previously unknown sketch of Anne Boleyn
She has never believed that the labelled sketch by Holbein actually shows Boleyn because, over the years, questions have...
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