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Nurses' union prepares for strike action over 1% pay offer for NHS staff Ben Quinn and Aubrey Allegretti © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA A nurses’ union is preparing for strike action as anger grows about the 1% pay rise proposed for NHS staff in England. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that at an emergency meeting called by its governing council, members voted to set up a £35m fund to support workers facing loss of earnings owing to industrial action. It said it would only be used by members “should they wish to take action”, cautioni...

Australia hits back as Italy blocks vaccine shipment - and suggests EU is 'tearing up rule book' EU vaccine skepticism slows rollout Replay Video UP NEXT Australia has hit back at the EU's move to block a shipment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine - suggesting the bloc was trying to "tear up the rule book". Italy earlier said it would block the export of about 250,000 vaccine doses from its Anagni plant, a decision that was later approved by the EU, after the drug company failed to meet its contract commitments. Speaking to Sky News Australia, finance minister Simon Birmingham said: "The w...

Laboratory studies have shown that viruses with the E484K mutation can escape human defences.

The warning comes as reports circulate of a government 'three-state plan' for reopening the economy by Easter weekend.