another day of strikes more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern makes a surprise announcement saying she ll stand down in less than three weeks time. a day of national strikes begins in france over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. king charles asks for millions of pounds in profits from the crown estate to be used for the wider public good rather than for the royal family. the government has released details of projects which will benefit from its levelling up fund, which is intended to spread economic growth more widely across the uk. in all, £2.1 billion will be spent on regeneration projects. they span more than a hundred areas across the country. some of the biggest winners include a new eden project at morecambe bay which gets £50 million. there s 50 million pounds for
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