Eurostar workers are to strike this Friday and Saturday after talks broke down.

Last ditch talks will be held today in a bid to avert a 48-hour strike by drivers and on-board staff on Eurostar trains.

RONNIE BIGGS was refused parole yesterday by Justice Secretary Jack Straw, who accused the Great Train Robber of being “wholly unrepentant” about his crimes.

Hundreds of thousands of commuters and other travellers in London face chaos because of a threatened strike by drivers on one of the busiest Tube lines, it was warned today.

Ticket office staff at a leading British rail firm are believed to have backed industrial action in a row over jobs.

THE barrister who helped free the Guildford Four from jail has been asked to defend Saddam Hussein against charges of mass murder.

A series of strikes planned by train drivers on First Great Western was called off today after agreement was reached in a dispute over hours.

Train drivers at one of the UK's biggest rail operators are to stage three 24-hour strikes in a row over hours which union leaders warned would cripple services.

Managers stood in for post office workers in the UK today as thousands of staff staged a Christmas Eve strike in a row over opening hours.

Hundreds of baggage handlers at Gatwick airport will stage a 48-hour strike this weekend in a long-running row over working practices and the suspension of a union official, it was announced today.

The leader of Britain's train drivers’ union was sacked today for “gross misconduct” in the wake of the infamous barbecue brawl.

The leader of the UK train drivers’ union claimed today he had lost day-to-day control of his organisation because of a bitter power struggle with his executive.

A packed Tube train that derailed in central London, injuring 32 people, had been due to be taken out of service at the next station after a member of staff reported something might be wrong, London Underground said tonight.

London Underground was at a standstill today when a strike by rail workers over pay crippled services and caused travel chaos in the capital.

Britain today faced the threat of wider industrial action while a senior Labour MP said slow investment in transport has left the country with the worst railways in Europe.

A strike by London Underground staff has crippled Tube services, causing chaos for people travelling into the British capital, who switched to buses and cars to get to work.

London Underground drivers are due to start a 24-hour strike.