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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) says it will ballot 115,000 Royal Mail workers over potential strike action in a row over pay, saying a 2% pay increase offered is totally inadequate.

More than 115,000 postal workers to be balloted over walkout on 28 June over pay increase

More than 115,000 Royal Mail workers are set to vote on industrial action in a row over pay with union bosses convinced staff will vote for…

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA), which represents barristers in England and Wales, said several days of court walkouts will begin from next week.

Some are celebrating being to work from home for the week - and a tacit admission by some that they will be spending more time sunbathing than getting on with their jobs in the coming days.

A judge at the court today warned jurors that they will not be sitting next Tuesday as several days of walkouts begin along with a refusal to take on new cases.

Scores of festival goers were today seen carrying their rucksacks and camping gear as they arrived to Castle Cary station in Somerset, near to the Glastonbury site.

Many of Britains railway companies will run emergency timetables today and Transport for Wales has warned people should only travel by rail if necessary on Monday ahead of strikes tomorrow.

Britain is bracing for a week of chaos with the biggest rail strike in a generation - and now other trade unions for teachers, NHS staff, barristers and postmen are threatening walkouts this summer.

Company increased the cost of stamps last month and warns it faces further 'headwinds'