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Exclusive: New government urged to make coherent and committed investment in cycling for transportThe new government should end the previous culture war-based approach to active travel and start investing properly in safe bike routes, the country’s biggest cycling campaign group has said.The call from Cycling UK comes after a survey it commissioned, which looked into the reasons people don’t ride a bike, found that almost half cited safety worries, with older riders particularly concerned about this. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jul/21/cycling-campaigners-call-for-end-to-culture-war-on-active-travel Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish date : 2024-07-21 18:11:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Houthi military says US ship in Red Sea also targeted after Israeli strikes on oil facilities and power station in YemenMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsraeli forces say they intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militants in Yemen targeting the southern city of Eilat, in retaliation for a series of strikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah.The Houthi military spokesperson, Brig Gen Yahya Saree, said the militants fired multiple ballistic missiles towards Eilat and targeted an American ship in the Red Sea with missiles and drones, calling both attempts “successful”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/21/israel-says-intercepted-missile-fired-houthis-port-city-eilat Author

Independent pay review bodies for teachers and NHS staff have reportedly advised increases of about 5.5%Rachel Reeves has indicated that the government could agree above-inflation pay rises for teachers and other public sector workers, saying that there is “a cost to not settling” pay negotiations.The chancellor, who did not dispute reports that independent pay review bodies for teachers and NHS staff had advised increases of about 5.5% – higher than the current 2% inflation rate – said she would set out full details later in July. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/21/reeves-hints-public-sector-workers-could-get-above-inflation-pay-rises Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish

Sirens sounded in Red Sea city of Eilat on Sunday in wake of Israeli strikes on Yemeni city of Hodeidah that drew vows of revenge from HouthisSee all coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and wider Middle East crisisThe international court of justice’s landmark ruling that Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian land was “illegal” is “largely consistent with EU positions”, Josep Borrell, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, said yesterday.The EU’s high representative for foreign affairs said that the 27-member bloc had taken “good note” of the court’s ruling and urged further backing for the court’s opinion, which was not binding.In a

Police were called to Sydney’s Carlton station shortly before 12.30pm. Follow liveEmergency meetings to assess IT outage falloutFurther emergency meetings will be held to examine the fallout of a global IT outage in Australia, AAP reports.We are still in recovery stage … there is still more work to do to make sure that the residual issues arising from this outage are able to be addressed.There will be opportunity in time to reflect on what’s occurred over the last couple of days, whether it exposes vulnerabilities that we are able to address. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/21/australia-news-live-microsoft-says-crowdstrike-outage-affected-85m-windows-devices Author : Royce

Police said there was a fight between two men and a woman that left one man dead and the woman with life-threatening injuriesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged with murder after an alleged altercation at a home in Melbourne left another man dead and a woman fighting for life.Emergency services were called on Saturday night to a house in Bentleigh East, in Melbourne’s south-east, where a man was found with critical injuries.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email

Attack comes after Israeli fighter jets hit Houthi military targets in YemenIsrael strikes Yemen port after Houthi rebels attack Tel AvivHamas said it fired rockets from Lebanon toward an Israeli army post in the northern Israeli village of Shomera in retaliation for the attacks in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has carried out such attacks from Lebanon over the past several months, but they have been rare, Reuters reports.Israeli forces targeted several areas across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 39 Palestinians, according to health officials, as tanks advanced deeper into western and northern Rafah. Continue reading... Source link