An electrical fire, which broke out at around 3 o'clock this morning, has gutted the Morning Star newsroom and had a knock-on effect on the paper's administration, circulation, advertising and finance departments. It is vital that the labour and progressive movements offer their continued support for the Morning Star at this difficult time, and we do all

Damn, I have to stop reading the Metro on the train in the morning. It's one thing to get the blood pumping in the morning, it's quite another to get the blood boiling - which I sometimes think is the chief aim of the the paper. The story that grabbed my eye this morning, mainly because

It is a glorious morning. The daffodils are still pretty perky. The tulips are surging away. The birds are a-wooing and a-cooing all over the place, and it seems absolutely criminal on a morning like this – an April morning, when there is frankly nowhere in the universe more lovely than England – that I

It is a glorious morning. The daffodils are still pretty perky. The tulips are surging away. The birds are a-wooing and a-cooing all over the place, and it seems absolutely criminal on a morning like this – an April morning, when there is frankly nowhere in the universe more lovely than England – that I

Many of you folks are probably already regular readers of the FP Morning Brief, which we put together each day to keep us all abreast of the latest and most important world developments. After a few days of under-the-radar beta testing, we're ready to announce that now, you can get the Brief delivered to your in box each morning at around 9 a.m. by signing up for it here. If you're alrea...

A big thank you to John Haylett for the fantastic job he has done in building on the strong traditions of the Morning Star, and broadening the appeal of the paper. The MOrning Star is an indispensible tool for the labour movement. This is the final new year message by John Haylett as Morning Star editor.

The subject at issue this morning is: would I already have been awake for over an hour this morning (and it's still not 8am) if it wasn't for the fact that the clocks went back an hour last night? Maybe for you it's different, but for me it's a definite 'no'! So today signals the real beginning of the winter season. It may be lighter this morning at this time than we have grown used to over the

John Haylett, Morning Star political editor & People’s Press Printing Society (PPPS) lead negotiator, comments on the pay dispute involving Morning Star journalists who are today balloting for strike action, as we reported yesterday. It is sad to see a feeding frenzy of sectarians seeking to gain political advantage from the situation at the Morning Star. Wages

NUJ Position on Morning Star Pay Dispute By Steve Mather FoC Morning Star NUJ chapel mstar.fairpay@googlemail.com The NUJ chapel would like to comment briefly on the situation at the Morning star, given the interest in the dispute and the volume of interesting contributions about it and the paper more generally. The dispute has emerged following a straightforward failure to agree

Words fail me. Is this what has become of "Scotland's most iconic post-war socialist"? What do comrades think about this? Has anyone been consulted with beforehand? Just read the press release from the This Morning website for yourself: This Morning Welcomes Tommy and Gail Today, This Morning can confirm Tommy and Gail Sheridan will be taking over the sofa at the start of the next series. The...