Journalists at the Guardian and sister publication the Observer are holding a two-day strike in protest at the proposed sale of the Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media. The first strike at the Guardian in more than 50 years is taking place across Wednesday and Thursday (4 and 5 December).

The Guardian is offering to conceal the identity of journalists who cross the picket line as the Left-wing newspaper braces for its first significant strike in more than four decades. Bosses have told reporters that if they fear colleagues’ reaction they do not need to put their names on their stories if they choose to come into work during this

Nearly 500 journalists have walked out of the Guardian and its sister paper, the Observer, to protest what they see as a betrayal of the paper's values: the planned sale of the Observer to a startup.