The government

• Will doctors strike during 'superflu' outbreak? Exact date we find if NHS walkout will go ahead - The government has said the BMA strikes, if they go ahead, will 'undoubtedly' put lives at risk.
• New secondary school confirmed by government - A free school for a new "garden community" of more than 5,000 homes was meant to open last year.
• Italy's national strike called by main union disrupts transport and school services - The protest, which targets the 2026 budget bill proposed by the conservative government of Premier Giorgia Meloni, comes just two weeks after another general strike organized by smaller trade unions, with the same motivations. Italy’s nati