Another strike ballot of British Airways cabin crew will be held although their leaders are trying “very hard” to reach a settlement with the airline as the final stage of industrial action ends, a union official said today.

The latest wave of strikes by British Airways cabin crew will end today, with further action set to be launched at the weekend in the increasingly bitter row.

British Airways will today be warned that it could face a "needless summer of disruption" because of the "hard man" stance of its chief executive over the bitter cabin crew dispute.

A union leader representing British Airways cabin crew today offered to conduct talks in the “full glare” of the media in a bid to break the deadlocked row which led to a fresh walkout this morning.

A second five-day walkout by British Airways cabin crew is poised to start tomorrow after talks between the airline and the Unite union ended without agreement.

Talks aimed at ending the bitter British Airways dispute will resume today as a strike by cabin crew enters its fifth day.

Talks aimed at ending the bitter British Airways dispute will resume tomorrow as a strike by cabin crew enters its fifth day.

A strike by British Airways cabin crew enters its fourth day today after the latest talks between airline and union bosses failed to break the deadlock in a bitter row over pay and conditions.

British Airways cabin crew continued taking industrial action today with a “quiet resolve” to remain on strike until their bitter row with the airline is resolved.

Picket lines were mounted at Heathrow Airport today as British Airways cabin crew launched the first of a wave of strikes which threatens to disrupt flights for weeks.

British Airways cabin crew staff went on strike today after hopes of a last-ditch deal collapsed.

British Airways cabin crew will go ahead with a wave of strikes from tomorrow after hopes of a last-ditch deal collapsed.

A union leader tonight offered to suspend strikes by British Airways cabin crew if the airline gave back travel concessions, in a last-gasp attempt to halt the action.

British Airways “will be flying tomorrow” even if talks to avert a staff walkout prove unsuccessful, the airline’s chief executive insisted today.

British Airways will meet Unite union representatives today in a last-ditch attempt to avert the planned round of strikes by cabin crew.

The union behind the British Airways cabin crew walk-outs is applying for permission to appeal against a ban on strike action.

The union representing British Airways cabin crew was today preparing to appeal against an injunction which halted strike action planned by thousands of its members in a bitter row over jobs, pay and staffing levels.

British Airways has won a legal battle at London's High Court brought in a last-ditch attempt to avert strikes by cabin crew.

British Airways cabin crew are to stage a series of five-day strikes in their bitter row over jobs, pay and conditions, threatening travel chaos in the run-up to the summer holidays, it was announced today.

Fresh talks are to be held in a bid to avert the threat of strikes by British Airways cabin crew, it was announced today.

British Airways today launched its bid for an injunction to prevent a series of crippling Christmas strikes by thousands of cabin crew.

Union leaders accused British Airways today of refusing to hold fresh talks to avert crippling strikes by cabin crew over Christmas.

Workers at computer giant Fujitsu are to stage six strikes in a row over job cuts, a pay freeze and pension changes, it was announced today.

Unions and employers in Britain reacted with "alarm" today after unemployment surged to a 14-year high, prompting fresh calls for the UK government help for the growing army of jobless.

The entire Cheltenham & Gloucester branch network is to close as part of a fresh wave of job cuts, banking giant Lloyds confirmed today.

BMW announced today that 850 workers are to be laid off at its Mini car plant.

Royal Dutch Shell posted record annual profits of £22bn (€24.2bn) today, despite a slide in earnings over the final three months of the year.

HBOS shareholders will meet in Birmingham today to vote on the bank’s rescue takeover by Lloyds TSB and an £11.5bn (€12.9bn) taxpayer bail-out.

Banking giant HSBC is to axe more than 500 jobs across Britain, union leaders were told today.

Lloyds TSB shareholders will today vote on the bank’s rescue takeover of ailing rival HBOS.

Fears over job security at banking giants HBOS and Lloyds TSB mounted today after cost-cutting targets from their merger were hiked to more than £1.5bn (€1.89bn).

Staff at the British Embassy in Ireland will stage a second day of strike action today as a row over job cuts worsened.

Workers at the British Embassy in Dublin will meet today to discuss plans to escalate the bitter dispute over job cuts.

Half a million manufacturing jobs could be created if the British government and local authorities gave more contracts to UK firms rather than to foreign companies, the country’s biggest trade union said today.

Up to 250,000 jobs could be hit if the British government agrees to give new rights to agency workers, the country’s biggest business group warned today.

Motor giant Vauxhall is to axe 900 jobs at its UK car factory and cut production, the company announced today.

Workers at the UK's Peugeot Citroen factory who will lose their jobs when production ends in the summer of next year faced a “bleak future” in finding other work, a union leader warned today.

Production of cars at Peugeot-Citroen’s UK plant was at a standstill today as workers considered their next move following the stunning news that the plant is to close with the loss of 2,300 jobs.

British union activists will stage a protest march past Downing Street today to support workers who have lost their pensions after their employers went bust.

Thousands of workers at ailing British car giant MG Rover were sent home on full pay today and were left in no doubt that the chances of a deal to secure their future were slim.

Moves to create a new 'super union' representing more than two million workers will be stepped up today by leaders of two of the country’s biggest trade unions.

Hundreds of Jaguar workers from across Britain joined union leaders and politicians today to protest at plans to end car production at the luxury car maker’s historic home.

A huge rally is to be held next month as part of a union campaign to save production of Jaguar cars in Coventry, it was announced today.

Executives at luxury carmaker Jaguar are to be questioned by British MPs over the controversial decision to end production in Coventry, it was confirmed today.