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Christmas travel chaos looms as Border Force strike could see fifth of flights axed Airport chief warns that drafting in military personnel to plug gaps will not be sufficient and cancellations will have to be made

A rescue operation is underway to save an eight-year-old boy who has been stuck in a narrow well in India for over 16 hours. Tanmay Sahu fell into the borewell in the central state of Madhya Pradesh while playing with friends on Tuesday evening. Officials say that he is stuck at about 55ft in the 400ft-deep well. Rescuers are pumping oxygen to the child but layers of mud mean they cannot assess his condition. The state's disaster response force is helping with the rescue efforts in Betul district. District magistrate Shyamendra Jaiswal told ANI news agency that it could take "a couple more hours" to rescue the child. "It is taking longer than expected because there are stones [inside the well]," he said, adding that rescuers were using excavators to clear the passage. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted his concern for the child, saying he was in "constant touch with the local administration" and was praying for his wellbeing. Due to water shortages, several farmers in India set up borewells - deep wells dug into the ground to extract water - for irrigation purposes. However, after these wells run dry they are abandoned and left uncovered, posing a serious risk to passers-by, especially children. Several children have died due to suffocation after falling into narrow borewells.

An 85-year-old cancer patient was forced to wait for seven hours in the rain for an ambulance despite living just yards from a hospital. Keith Royles broke his hip while cutting the lawn at home in the village of Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire. His family called 999 but were told they would have to wait between four and seven hours even though the local hospital is directly opposite his home. Photos released on Tuesday showed Mr Royles covered with a tarpaulin and an umbrella placed over his head to keep the rain off during the agonising wait. His daughter Tina Royles said “the system is broken”, adding that it “must be so frustrating and heart-breaking” for staff working in the NHS.

By The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Parliament passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code Tuesday that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike. After ratification, the new criminal code must be signed by the president, according to Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Hiariej. The criminal code will not apply immediately. He said the new law “has a lot of implementing regulations that must be worked out, so it’s impossible in one year,” but it takes a maximum of three years to transition from the old code to the new one. A copy of the amended criminal code obtained by The Associated Press includes several revised articles that make sex outside marriage punishable by a year in jail and cohabitation by six months, but adultery charges must be based on police reports lodged by their spouse, parents or children. It also says the promotion of contraception and religious blasphemy are illegal, and it restores a ban on insulting a sitting president and vice president, state institutions and national ideology. Insults to a sitting president must be reported by the president and can lead to up to three years in jail.

New YorkCNN Business — The New York Times is preparing for more than 1,100 of its union staffers to go on strike for a full day Thursday — an act of protest that has not been staged by employees at the paper of record since the late 1970s. The historic work stoppage is set to go in effect at midnight on December 8 and last for an entire 24 hours. Instead of filing stories, employees will be seen picketing outside The Times’ offices at 1pm, with prominent journalists such as Nikole Hannah-Jones set to speak during a solidarity rally. Some major desks at the paper could lose a staggering 90% of their workforce during the strike, according to the NewsGuild of New York, which represents journalists and other staffers at The Times.

At least 155 people have been injured after two trains collided on the outskirts of Barcelona, emergency services have said. The crash, which occurred around 07:50 (06:50 GMT), took place at a station in Spain's north-eastern Catalonia region. Local media reported that the trains had been travelling in the same direction and collided while one was parked at the station. It is unclear how the accident happened and officials have yet to comment. Emergency officials wrote on Twitter that the crash happened at the Montcada i Reixac - Manresa station, about 12km (7 miles) from the city centre. Writing on Twitter, emergency services said that 150 people were "in a mild condition" and five others had been left "in a less serious condition". They added that three people had been transferred to hospital. Train traffic was briefly disrupted on several lines due to the accident, the regional government said. Describing the moment of the collision, one passenger told the Ser Catalunya outlet that she had experienced "a tremendous blow" and said that "people were screaming".

Ambulance bosses beg unions to protect heart attack and stroke patients when paramedics and call handlers go on strike - but pensioners who fall at home could be left stranded by walkouts as MPs warn lives are being put at risk Tens of thousands of union members will walk out on December 21 over pay row On strike will be paramedics, emergency care assistants and call handlers Unions want more than the 4% pay rise they have been given by the Government But health bosses pleading with unions not to leave low-priority patients in pain Patients who suffer falls are unlikely to be sent an ambulance during the strikes

This is hard to believe but IS HAPPENING in the UK, you gotta be asking how far will this spread ! And then we have this from actual COUNCIL CHAMBERS !