It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
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A reminder of Penny Mordaunt’s insult to firefighters…
DR DAVID GORDON SCOTT tells the story of the North Sands Massacre, Sunderland, as part of the ongoing work of remembrance of those killed by soldiers during the 1825 Seafarers Strike and the bicentennial commemorations on Sunday August 3
MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid
JOHN CALLOW tells of the rise, fall and rise again of a young martyr to the early French republic, Joseph Bara, whose short life was elevated by Robespierre and, later, others for its emotional and ideological appeal
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OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
ON December 23 2014, I was frantically scouring my networks for a festive story to round off a year — my first working for the Morning Star.
Then I stumbled across a Facebook post from firefighters in Cosham, a northern suburb of Portsmouth.
A tub of Quality Street had been dropped off by their local MP, with a card “wishing you peace at Christmas.” So far, so good.
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