London Underground workers have walked out on a 48-hour strike in a long-running row over Tube ticket office closures which will cause travel chaos in the capital.

Tories in the UK have demanded a clampdown on trade unions in a show of “Thatcherite zeal” aimed at stopping a wave of industrial unrest.

THE Malaysian student mugged by yobs posing as Good Samaritans during the riots was yesterday given VIP treatment at the Badminton World Championships.

Ken Livingstone’s defeat in the race for London mayor put the seal today on a disastrous set of elections for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.