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20,000 rail workers to strike in June
Any train travel plans on the Second of June? You might want to scrap them. Because an estimated 20,000 rail workers including caterers, station staff and train managers are to stage another strike that day, in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
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Donald Trump rails against enemies in arrest aftermath
Yesterday the scene of a spectacle never before witnessed in America: that of a former president hunched over a courtroom table, flanked by lawyers as criminal charges were read out to him by a judge. An unforgettable image blazoned across every front page, perhaps placing Donald Trump exactly where he wants to be – front…
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‘Nothing that can prevent a human mistake’ on Greek railways, says journalist
We speak to journalist Alex Litsardakis, of the Documento newspaper, who is in Thessaloniki – and begin by asking him more about the collision.
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FactCheck: Are return tickets being scrapped, what are the government’s plans to improve rail services and how will Great British Railways work?
How will Great British Railways work, how will it change rail services and could return train tickets be scrapped? Here’s what we know so far.
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Rail companies given ‘permission’ to make new offer to unions
With no breakthrough in negotiations, another nursing strike is due to take place in England on Thursday and Friday.
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Rail Strikes: 80% of trains cancelled amid latest RMT walk-out
With more stoppages planned across the public sector later this month, 2023 is starting as it means to go on.
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More ambulance worker and rail strikes as fares to going up nearly 6%
As ambulance workers announce more walkouts next month, health chiefs in England have warned that the NHS is facing an “incredibly long list of serious challenges” this Christmas, following yesterday’s ambulance workers strike.
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Christmas trade hit by rail strikes with no breakthrough in talks
The weekend before Christmas is traditionally the busiest for retailers but trading has been hit today by the continuation of the 48-hour rail strike.
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Rail workers begin latest in series of 48-hour walkouts
With talks between train companies and the RMT union deadlocked, rail workers today began the latest in a series of 48-hour walkouts, bringing fresh misery to commuters and Christmas shoppers.
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An RMT deal would have to be ‘fair for everyone’, says Rail Minister
We speak to the Rail Minister Huw Merriman and ask if the government should be doing more to end the industrial disputes.
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Government ‘torpedoed’ deal to end rail strikes, RMT union boss Mick Lynch says
We speak to the RMT union boss Mick Lynch and asked why his members had voted to reject the latest pay offer, given that members in Scotland voted to accept another deal.
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RMT announce new rail strikes over Christmas
Rail union leaders have announced more strikes over the Christmas period after rejecting revised pay offers in last-ditch talks. Two rounds of strikes were already scheduled, but now RMT boss Mick Lynch says workers will walk out on Christmas Eve.
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South Yorkshire mayor demands government provides rail system ‘that works’
We were joined by Oliver Coppard, who’s Mayor of South Yorkshire and was at talks with the Transport secretary.
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North England mayors call for concrete action on ‘utter chaos’ of rail services
Mayors from across northern England say they’ve had positive talks with the Transport Secretary over the chaos in the region’s rail services, but they’re now calling for concrete action to improve things. The mayors said the ‘absolute bare minimum’ of levelling up was being able to get to work and college on time but the…
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Rail workers should ‘think twice’ about Christmas strikes, says business minister Kevin Hollinrake
We spoke to business minister Kevin Hollinrake about immigration and the economy, and began by asking him for his reaction to the prospect of rail strikes around Christmas time.
