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
We must save the polar bear
PETER FROST remembers what first sparked his interest in nature and the environment
A READER asked me the other day what had first got me interested in nature, animals and the environment.
It took a bit of thought but the memory I kept coming back to was of a baby polar bear (Ursus maritimus) called Brumas.
I was just a toddler when the little bear was born at London Zoo in 1949.
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