LABOUR rebels tabled an amendment to the Counter-Terrorism Bill on Friday in a bid to block Gordon Brown's attempt to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to 42 days.

AVIATION unions called for British Airways's profits bonanza be used to "address the concerns" of workers on Friday.

MPs lost their legal battle to keep their expenses secret at the High Court in London on Friday.

CONSTRUCTION union UCATT reaffirmed its solidarity with the Palestinian people on Friday as they marked the 60th anniversary of the Naqba, or "Catastrophe," which saw them kicked out of their homes.

UCATT delegates demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown start "listening" to the British people and withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

CONFERENCE condemned new Labour's ongoing assault on the Civil Service on Friday and called on all TUC members to fight back.

DELEGATES denounced Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells on Friday after the former union activist was photographed cosying up to Colombian death squads.

COUNCIL leaders demanded the power to build new homes for the five million people who are expected to be on housing waiting lists by 2010 on Friday.

COUNCIL workers in Blackburn continued their strike action on Friday over plans to impose pay cuts on staff, with over 200 workers, including refuse collectors, street cleaners and gardeners, taking part in the two-day strike that will continue on Monday.

FURIOUS museum workers started balloting for strike action on Friday after overwhelmingly rejecting an imposed below-inflation pay offer.

INDUSTRY union GMB said on Friday that it will meet bosses at fridge manufacturer Indesit on Monday after the firm said that it planned to axe over 420 jobs in Peterborough.

ANGRY workers warned bosses at Fenland Foods on Friday that they are planning a "hard-hitting, robust and sustained campaign" against the closure of the firms plant in Grantham.

POPULATIONS of animal, bird and fish species have dropped by almost a third since 1970, conservationists warned on Friday.

A LANCASTER bomber swooped over a Peak District reservoir on Friday to mark the 65th anniversary of the Dambusters raid.

NATIONAL Blood Service workers in Colindale and Edgware warned management on Friday that they are ready to take industrial action to defend their jobs and to stop the fragmentation of clinical services.

FURIOUS Communication Workers Union general secretary Billy Hayes condemned postal watchdog Postcomm on Thursday for "overstepping its remit" after it called for Royal Mail's part-privatisation.

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown launched a desperate media offensive on Thursday to convince voters that he is the "best" person to lead Britain through the looming recession.

TIRELESS prisons campaigner Pauline Campbell has died, the advice group Inquest confirmed on Thursday.

CONSTRUCTION union UCATT vowed to resist any attempt to break the historic link between the Labour Party and the trade union movement on Thursday.

UCATT delegates unanimously backed calls on Wednesday evening for custodial sentences for negligent bosses found guilty of killing workers as the only way to reduce the death toll on Britain's construction sites.