Talks aimed at averting a series of strikes by London Underground workers from next week have broken down and the industrial action will go ahead as planned, union leaders said today.

Former Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has won the support of a second trade union in a week in his bid to become the next leader of the Labour Party.

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.

THOMAS Cook will this morning seek a full High Court injunction to force striking workers to move from the Grafton Street store where they have been staging a sit-in since last Friday.

A strike planned by London Underground workers in a row over safety, which would have caused chaos for soccer fans and commuters, has been called off, unions in the UK announced today.