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
More and more whales in warming British seas
The battle to ‘Save the Whale’ is getting sharper, says PETER FROST as climate change threatens these monarchs of the ocean
ONCE very rare in British waters, just this winter we have seen a pod of 10 sperm whales and several smaller pods and some individuals washed up dead on our beaches.
The pod of 10 finally beached between Tunstall and Withernsea in East Yorkshire.
The main reason for so many whale sightings appears to be huge stocks of various species of squid being lured from their normal north Atlantic homes into the North Sea by increasingly warm sea temperatures caused by climate change.
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