Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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Homage to Chelonia
The recent heatwave may have seen some rare eggs hatch beside London’s Regent’s canal. PETER FROST tries to lure them out of their shell
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
I’VE always been fascinated by Chelonia. That’s the scientific name for turtles, tortoises and terrapins — hard-shelled, egg-laying reptiles.
As a small child I was taken to London Zoo to ride on the back of a huge Galapagos tortoise. My great hero Charles Darwin first brought several giant Galapagos tortoises back to London after his epic voyage on HMS Beagle.
Some lived over 170 years in captivity. Darwin discovered each island had a slightly different tortoise species, another proof of evolution.
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