Good evening. Hundreds of Border Force staff are walking out of Heathrow on the final weekend of the summer holidays – with train drivers also set to strike despite a bumper pay deal.
Elsewhere, an inquest has concluded that the death of a 13-year-old girl was caused by Costa Coffee staff failing to follow allergy processes.
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Border Force to strike at Heathrow on last weekend of summer holidays
Hundreds of passport control staff are walking out of the UK’s busiest airport between August 31 and September 3 – the final weekend of the summer holidays for families with school children. The Public and Commercial Services Union said its Border Force members were striking over changes to rosters and working practices.
Elsewhere, members of the train drivers’ union announced plans to strike every weekend for the next three months. LNER drivers secured a 14 per cent pay rise from the Government, however the renewed campaign is over managers getting paid £2,000 bonuses to run services during previous industrial action.
The strikes will occur every Saturday and Sunday from August 31 to November 10 – a total of 22 days.
Death of girl, 13, caused by Costa staff’s ‘failure to follow allergy process’
Hannah Jacobs, who had a severe dairy allergy, died within hours of sipping a hot chocolate on February 8 last year, East London Coroner’s Court was told. Abimbola Duyile, Hannah’s mother, said treating allergen safety training as a “tick-box exercise” was not acceptable.
Israel ‘expects’ UK to join potential attack on Iran
The comments came as David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, visited Jerusalem on Friday to meet his French and Israeli counterparts. Israel Katz told Mr Lammy and Stephane Sejourne that if Iran attacked Israel “we expect the coalition to join Israel not only in defence but also in striking significant targets in Iran.”
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