Londoners across the capital will soon have the chance to surf the net for free.

Skype is offering free Wi-Fi through a city-wide network of hotspots for Internet Week Europe from the 8th to the 12th.

Users have to download the latest version of Skype, sign in then select ...

The BBC Trust has been forced to make a second humiliating climb-down in a week  after admitting claims that funds raised from Live Aid was used to buy weapons.

The BBC apologised to Band Aid over allegations stated or implied by its news programmes that money raised by the ...

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The ebullient former editor of The Sun Kelvin Mackenzie has called for the sacking of firefighters in his weekly column in The Sun, claiming that “ignorant, selfish, dim-witted uncaring firemen" are not needed.

Mackenzie is enraged at the FBU's decision to strike on bonfire ...

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In an interview with LBC presenter Nick Ferrari, Bob Crow the leader of the RMT union in an angry exchange made fresh calls for the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to meet with him and listen "to our argument".

The leader of the RMT ...

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The Fire Brigades Union have alleged that three of its members were hit and hurt by speeding vehicles driven by strikebreakers yesterday.

First, a Croydon firefighter was hit by a speeding car driven by a non-union manager at Croydon fire station.  FBU president Mick ...

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The workers at the UK's nuclear bomb factory in Aldmermaston Reading, have threatened to go on strike protesting over pay and "poor conditions".

Aldersmaston is the centre of the UK's nuclear bomb testing and manufacturing since the 1950s, and where plutonium is processed to ...

Fire fighters are on strike today from 10am to 6pm in the first of three stoppages  this week.

However, fresh talks aimed at averting bonfire night stoppages are taking place today, the Fire Brigades Union has said.

The union had abandoned talks last week, saying there had been no ...

British lenders are writing off over £38m of bad debts every day, according to a financial charity.

Credit Action, who help people in debt, calculated total UK personal debt at £1,455bn - an annual increase of 0.8%. This means individuals now owe more than what ...

Broken industrial relations between the London Fire Brigade and its staff will take years to mend, the union says.

Strikes over the Bonfire weekend have been labeled irresponsible and confrontational, Labour Leader Ed Miliband has distanced himself and even local councils friendly to the unions resistance to public service cuts are angry at cancelling and ...