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Iceland’s PM strikes over gender pay gap Women in Iceland, including the PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir, are refusing to work on Tuesday.  The women’s day off has been called in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence. Tens of thousands of women are expected to take part in the strike. In areas where women are the majority of workers – such as healthcare and education – will be especially affected. The planned walkout marks the first full-day women’s strike since 1975. PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir and women in Iceland are refusing to work Women and non-binary people have been urged…

Elementor #557001 October 24, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – 51 deadly errors Metro says 51 failures by probation staff contributed to a man murdering his partner and three children with a hammer. It says “stressed and inexperienced” staff missed multiple chances to intervene and do safeguarding checks. The paper says Damian Bendall killed Terri Harris, 35, her children Lacey, 11, and John Paul, 13, and Lacey’s friend, Connie Gent, 11, at Ms Harris’s home in September 2021. It says no safeguarding checks were carried out before Bendall was placed under curfew at the…

Timing is everything.

Amanda Abbington has addressed quitting Strictly Come Dancing (Picture: PA / Amanda Abbington)

Elementor #556994 October 24, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Financial Times – Chevron doubles down on fossil fuel wager with $53bn swoop for Hess  The Financial Times reports that US energy giant Chevron is “doubling down” on its belief that demand for fossil fuels will stay high in the coming years after it agreed to buy gas producer Hess for $53bn. The paper says the move will give Chevron “a foothold in Guyana, home to the biggest oil discovery of the past decade” and that it shows the company is “doubling down on its bet…

A big decision.

Elementor #556988 October 24, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Bombardment of Gaza continues amid talks to free more hostages  The Guardian says at least 400 Palestinians were killed in one of the deadliest 24 hours since the war began. It says “entire residential blocks across the strip have been levelled”, including in areas where people had been told to seek refuge and carries a picture of a young woman holding her infant child in the aftermath of an air strike. The front page leads with a large image of a young woman…

Elementor #556982 October 24, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Star – Is there mice on Mars?  Mice have been found living in thin air at the top of a Chilean volcano – so the Star suggests they may also be able to survive on Mars. The paper says that if the rodents can live in such an inhospitable environment then “they can live anywhere” and asks whether the discovery means there could be “mice on Mars”. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its easy … just click the icon…

Elementor #556976 October 24, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – PM blasts Met Police for not acting on ‘jihadi’ chants   The prime minister has told police to tackle pro-Palestine extremism “head on” after protesters chanting “jihad” were not arrested in London at the weekend, the Express reports. The paper says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dismissed claims that the Met Police did not have the powers needed to do so. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its easy … just click the icon below:) Leave a comment UK…

Elementor #556970 October 24, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Storm Babet: Why will no one help us?  The Mirror leads with the effects of Storm Babet on families in South Yorkshire. Some of the families whose homes have been flooded by Storm Babet “feel abandoned”, according to the paper. They told the paper that they were told after floods in 2007 that their homes would “never be hit again”. The front page features a picture of a number of cars on a residential street submerged by water and a quote from a…