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Correspondent marc ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households but today, 1,900 members of the unite union are starting an eight—day walk—out. we've spent nine months negotiating with the company and unfortunately we haven't managed to reach a settlement. therefore we felt we had no alternative but to take industrial action. i think a lot of people are behind us because they can relate. this is a time when everyone has been in a pinch with fuel, energy prices. keeps going up and not en...

It hasn't come forward with a plan. and when people feel that government isn't helping us, the employers aren't helping us, nobody else is coming to our aid. the only thing left is to do it for themselves, to take industrial action. the department for transport said felixstowe is well set to mitigate disruption and supply chains are resilient, but unless there is movement in this dispute, nothing here will move for at least a week. marc ashdown, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is here. the latest in a series of strike over pay. another headache for the incoming prime ministe...

With baseball coming to the capital, what better place for a catch up with the san francisco mayor. the aptly named london breed. and the honour of that famous first pitch. i�*m relieved! pitching for london successfully! mark ashdown, bbc london, san francisco. now our team at look east report a new weight loss injection could help tackle obesity. it is being used at the luton and dunstable hospital, where staff say they have had promising results. iti where staff say they have had promising results. it i believed one in every four adults is obese that can lead to health problems such as ca...

External | what does this mean? This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. MFS Africa strengthens London team 09 March 2021 Source: MFS Africa Leading pan-African fintech MFS Africa has made a raft of senior hires in its London office to drive new offerings targeted at banks, other financial institutions and global development organizations (GDOs); the team is also tasked with leading and enhancing the company’s Treasury function, and strengthening the company’s best-in-clas...