Railway workers are to stage a one-day strike on 27 July as part of an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the RMT union says. It comes after thousands of rail operator and Network Rail workers walked out during national strike action in June.more
Uber has made its expansion in many cities around the world through flouting the law, defrauding the police, using violence against drivers and covertly lobbying the government, according to documents released by the UK daily The Guardian.more
High skills, consent to breaking the rules, including speeding and overtaking before a pedestrian crossing - this is how Polish drivers assess themselves in a survey by the Polish Chamber of Insurance, described today by Rzeczpospolita.more
A notorious junction said to be “like a scene from Ben Hur” has been made safer for cyclists with the introduction of a £1.6 million protected bike lane.more
The delivery giant said its new micromobility hub in London will lead to a million more customer deliveries each year, while others are expected to open across the UK in the coming months.
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People will be able to catch the Northern Line throughout the night again from this Saturday. The weekend night tube service was stopped when coronavirus lockdowns were brought in, and has slowly resumed on some lines.more
A big increase in the number of cyclists being killed or seriously injured on London roads was revealed yesterday.
The number of cyclist fatalities increased from six to 10 last year, compared with the 2021 calendar year, while the number of serious injuries rose from 862 to 989, a 15 per cent jump.more
The Dutch government ordered Amsterdam Schiphol airport to reduce the number of flights to 440,000. annually. The economic organization and trade unions do not agree with this decision. "It is a knife to the heart of the Dutch economy," says Reinier Castelein, head of De Unie trade union.more
Hopes of an end to the dispute that has caused four Tube strikes in three months have risen after Sadiq Khan signalled he accepted union demands not to cut staff pensions.more
The next rail strikes are "extremely likely" if talks with rail operators fail, warned RMT trade union, which organized a protest this week in the UK.more
Campaigners say that since the newly-opened Elizabeth line connects people across London to Heathrow Airport, London City Airport has been made redundant and should be shut down.more
The second in a series of three 24-hour strikes by British Rail scheduled for today is taking place as announced, as talks between unions and train operators failed again yesterday.more
Around 40,000 workers are taking part in the biggest nationwide rail strike in 30 years today, the first of three days of protest that has effectively brought train services in the UK to a standstill.more
Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years became inevitable as last-minute talks yesterday afternoon failed. The strike is expected to continue today, Thursday and Saturday, but major disruption is expected by Sunday.more
Large tracts of the London Tube network will be shut on Tuesday, June 21, after Rail, Maritime, and Transport union (RMT) confirmed strike action would go ahead. Around 10,000 London Underground workers will walk out over a 24-hour period.more
It is not for the government to intervene to stop rail strikes, the transport secretary has said - despite unions calling for talks. Grant Shapps said the RMT union's request for a meeting was a "stunt" and the union was "determined to go on strike".more
Sadiq Khan has written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning work to cut bus and Tube services will start in a fortnight unless a long term funding deal is agreed with Government.more
There will soon be queues of cars for public chargers on the Vistula River, because there are not enough such points in this country. "Poland may face financial penalties for failing to meet the requirements of the regulation currently being prepared by the EU," informs Rzeczpospolita.more
