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Thousands of customers ‘furious’ at Pret in frankenchicken backlash

Post author:The Canary
Post published:28 July 2026
Post last modified:28 July 2026

Activists celebrated Pret A Manger’s 40th birthday by dumping a 6 foot birthday card filled with angry messages from customers outside its HQ. In the past four weeks, Pret has received 2,200 comments on its social media accounts about “frankenchickens” amidst the ongoing animal welfare controversy. The backlash follows Pret’s decision earlier this year to push back its 2018 commitment deadline to stop using fast-growing chicken breeds from 2026 to 2032 – a 14-year delay from its original commitment. No progress at Pret Compassion in World Farming’s Chickentrack confirms Pret has made 0% progress on phasing out frankenchickens. Campaigners argue that…

Bus drivers ballot for heat strike as hundreds of thousands join call for max workplace temp

Post author:The Canary
Post published:27 July 2026
Post last modified:27 July 2026

As the summer of heat continues, petitions calling for a maximum workplace temperature have exploded. Over 175,000 people have now signed petitions demanding the government takes urgent action to protect workers in the face of more dangerous heatwaves. The increased attention on the issue of workplace safety comes after over 1,000 people including teachers, bus drivers and bakers took part in the first ever national Heat Strike during the unprecedented deadly heatwave in June. Now this week, multiple unions are balloting for better working conditions in heat waves. Bus drivers in North London are threatening to strike unless air conditioning is…

Microsoft worker emails thousands of colleagues about company’s support for genocidal ‘Israel’

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:26 June 2026
Post last modified:27 June 2026

On his final day at the company, a Microsoft worker in Italy has sent out an email to thousands of colleagues informing them of how the corporation operates as the technological backbone of the Gaza holocaust perpetrated by so-called ‘Israel’. The hero, known to the Canary as ‘Nour’, said: After nearly two years as a Critical Environment Technician at a Microsoft Italy data center, I choose to resign. This is because, right now, Microsoft is massively expanding its European data centers (aka mass surveillance centers) to use Palestine as a laboratory for its experimental digital weaponry. For the past 994 days,…

Thousands sign complaint ahead of hearing to remove ‘biased’ Filton judge

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:6 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

More than 3,000 people, including legal experts, have signed a formal complaint accusing the security service-linked presiding judge in the trial of six ‘Filton 24’ Palestine Action activists of bias and discriminatory conduct. The complaint comes in advance of a hearing on Monday 8 June on an application by the defendants for Jeremy Johnson’s removal from the case. Justice Jeremy Johnson on the grounds of apparent bias and abuses of process. The jury had refused at the first trial to convict them on any of the state’s charges relating to damage to an Israeli-owned weapons factory, after police and security guards’…

Private water company leaves thousands dry amid record May heatwave

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:30 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

One privately-owned water company left thousands of people in south-east England dry and thirsty this week. This comes amid one of Britain’s hottest-ever May heatwaves. South East Water, which covers much of Kent, left over 8,000 people without any tap water. The company claimed that nearby reservoirs at Whitstable were at a “critical level” due to “extremely high demand”. The company’s six-figure CEO David Hinton stepped down from his position in early May over consistent failures, shortages and outages but will remain in-post to allow an orderly transition over the summer period. That and, presumably, to keep earning a slice of…

Family of UK lawyer for Israel has donated thousands to Labour Party

Post author:Jody McIntyre
Post published:28 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Last week, the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC) and the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) filed a joint complaint against three patrons of UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) – Lord David Pannick KC, Lord Anthony Grabiner KC, and Stephen Hockman KC – alleging that the senior barristers used their professional seniority in a pattern of legal intimidation … targeting individuals and organisations engaged in Palestine advocacy. It is an overdue reckoning for UKLFI, who have been slammed for using a strategy of “lawfare” in mounting a series of complaints against teachers, healthcare workers, and even museum staff. However, many have failed…