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Christmas shoppers face reduced choice if port strike escalates, warn experts

Shoppers may not be able to get the Christmas goods they want if disruption at the Port of Felixstowe rumbles on into next month, supply chain experts have warned. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite trade union, said that the eight-day ...

24 Aug 2022 at 17:46

Felixstowe dockers ‘relying on food banks’ as port strike reaches second day

Dockers striking at Britain’s largest container port have said they are relying on food banks and struggling to make mortgage payments as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies. Almost 2,000 workers walked out from the site in Felixstowe, Suffolk,...

22 Aug 2022 at 20:14

Port of Felixstowe workers to strike for eight days over pay dispute

Workers at the port of Felixstowe are to strike for eight days later this month in a dispute over pay. Members of Unite will walk out on August 21 after talks at the conciliation service Acas failed to resolve the row. Unite said more than 1,...

05 Aug 2022 at 20:22

Starmer should be ‘more upfront’ in supporting striking workers, says union boss

A trade union boss has suggested Sir Keir Starmer is “embarrassed” to stick up for workers as dockers at Britain’s largest container port strike for the first time in 30 years. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham told broadcasters on ...

23 Aug 2022 at 11:53

Felixstowe port receives notice of second strike in dispute over pay

The port of Felixstowe says it has received notice from the Unite trade union of a second eight-day strike later this month in a dispute over pay. More than 1,900 workers at Felixstowe, the country’s biggest container port, walked out ...

13 Sept 2022 at 07:40

Man appears in court charged with kidnap and murder of teenage girl in 1999

A man has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall, who vanished on her way home from a nightclub in 1999. Steve Wright, 66, rested his arms on a table as he appeared at Ipswich Magistrates’ ...

03 Jun 2024 at 16:14

Strike at port will escalate unless improved pay offer is made, vows union boss

A strike at Britain’s largest container port will escalate unless workers are given an improved pay offer, a trade union boss said as she signalled that disruption could continue until Christmas. Sharon Graham, general secretary ...

24 Aug 2022 at 14:54

Church of England blesses same-sex couples for first time

A couple have become one of the first same-sex partnerships to receive a blessing at a Church of England service. Prayers of love and faith were granted to Catherine Bond and Jane Pearce on Sunday morning, celebrating their ...

17 Dec 2023 at 13:55

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Dad with ‘body of a 21-year-old athlete’ gets incurable brain cancer diagnosis after feeling numbness in fingers

An athletic young father diagnosed with incurable brain cancer after feeling numbness in his fingers has defiantly said he will “crush” his five-year prognosis with health kicks. In June this year Jack Carpenter, a ...

09 Oct 2024 at 06:30

World’s largest cargo ship arrives in UK port

The world’s largest cargo ship has arrived in the UK. The vessel, called the Ever Ace, holds the record for the most containers loaded on to a single ship. It arrived at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, the ...

19 Jun 2022 at 11:35

Workers begin second eight-day strike at Port of Felixstowe

Workers have begun a second eight-day strike at the UK’s largest container port but have scaled back their presence on the picket line to focus on shift changeover times. Around 1,900 members of Unite at ...

27 Sept 2022 at 16:18

Eight days of strike action commences at UK’s biggest port

The first of an eight-day workers strike at the UK’s biggest container port begins on Sunday. Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out in a dispute over pay in the first strike to hit ...

21 Aug 2022 at 14:29

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