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The LGBT activists immortalised in cinema blockbuster Pride stood alongside Royal Opera House cleaners and porters demanding a living wage outside the Bafta awards yesterday as the flick won one of the main gongs.
As reported yesterday by the Star, workers at the posh venue where the Baftas were held are currently on strike over unpaid wages, sick pay and crippling conditions.
Members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) held their original 1980s banner high on the picket in a show of solidarity, in keeping with their campaign.
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
