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For private tenants. Major wins for pro democracy campaigners in hong kongs council elections, putting renewed pressure on the government. People orderly and peacefully lining up people orderly and peacefully lining up outside of the voting station early in the morning, just because they want to get the vote. We deserve democracy. And coming up, two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. We speak to one of the actors in the movie. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A lorry driver who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrant...

Incumbent must overcome low turnout, member disillusionment and three challengers if she is to secure another five-year term in office

Ballots slipped through letterboxes for education workers in the University and College Union (UCU) from 25 January. Incumbent Jo Grady is being challenged for general secretary (GS), and there are elections for the National Executive (NEC) members and for the union vice-president (who becomes president after two years). Voting closes 1 March. In online hustings this week Grady admitted her term had not been easy, blaming the difficulties on having to implement an industrial strategy that was not of her design (despite implementation being her actual job).

Saira wrote that “Broad campaigning and a mass movement are the best basis for us to protect academic freedom and free speech on Israel”.

The UCU union is electing a new general secretary and it needs a new kind of leadership. Saira Weiner, the candidate of the UCU Left