TfL Tube strike 2015 is on: Expect travel chaos from 6.30pm today and all day Thursday July 7, 2015 Millions of commuters will face travel misery today after last-ditch efforts to resolve a dispute over London Underground worker’s pay and hours failed to stop strike plans. Transport for London’s (TfL) latest offer was turned down by unions late yesterday, paving the way for industrial action that will stop tube services tonight and all [...]
Tube strike 2015: Talks to avert action between TfL and drivers’ unions fail July 7, 2015 A Tube strike is certain to go ahead after crunch talks between TfL and drivers' unions failed this afternoon. "It's clear that TfL are not serious about negotiations," a spokesperson for Aslef, the union which represents the majority of Tube drivers, told City A.M. An emphatic "no" was given when asked whether there was any [...]
Tube strike 2015: TfL and union talks continue over new pay deal but strike still scheduled to go ahead July 7, 2015 Talks between Transport for London (TfL) and unions are continuing today, in an effort to avoid strike action which will bring the Tube grinding to a halt causing disruption for thousands of passengers. The clock is ticking on last-ditch talks seeking an agreement on a new pay deal offered yesterday by TfL, as the deadline [...]
7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: Transport for London will hold one-minute silence today July 7, 2015 Transport for London will be holding a one-minute silence to mark the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings today. The explosions, which brought down the entire Tube network, went off within seconds of each other just before 8:50am. The first incident took place between Liverpool Street and Aldgate East, the second between King's [...]
7/7 London bombings remembered: 10 years since terror struck July 6, 2015 Today marks the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks on London Underground trains and a double-decker bus that killed 52 civilians and injured more than 700 others. Prime Minister David Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson will mark the date this morning by laying a wreath at the [...]
Tube strike 2015: Drivers will strike over Night Tube after turning down this pay deal from TfL July 6, 2015 A 24-hour strike by Tube drivers planned for Wednesday is expected to go ahead, causing disruption to millions of Londoners, after a "final" pay offer was turned down. A new "final" offer of a two per cent pay rise this year, £2,000 for drivers and £500 for other staff working on the Night Tube services, was put forward [...]
UK is contactless capital of world due to the Tube as payment limit to hit £30 July 5, 2015 Over one billion contactless Visa card payments were made in Europe alone in the last 12 months, double the previous year, in transactions worth a total of €12.6bn (£8.9bn). The UK is leading the trend, with 49.6m contactless Visa cards in circulation, an increase of 37 per cent from March 2014. Britain has [...]
Heathrow is just one decision where the government could be falling short of its infrastructure promises July 3, 2015 The recommendation that Heathrow should have a third runway sent ripples of disbelief among business communities in the UK regions. Not the least of those was the West Midlands. They had hoped that the Davies Commission on the future of aviation would advocate measures that would help rebalance the economy, a frequent promise from Prime [...]
Paula Radcliffe searching for London’s speediest borough July 1, 2015 THINK you’re the speediest in Southwark? The quickest in Croydon? UK athlete and national treasure Paula Radcliffe is calling on residents from all 33 boroughs to sign up to the Morrison’s Great Newham London Run. Radcliffe wants Londoners to sign up to the 10km slog taking place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in two weeks, [...]
Tfl signs contract to bring new, air-conditioned trains to London Overground July 1, 2015 In today's extreme heat, the prospect of feeling cool on London transport seems too good to be true. Read more: TfL wants businesses to pitch "something exceptional" to transform its disused Down Street Tube station But thanks to a new contract signed by TfL, from 2018 some London overground trains will be blasting out [...]