Five sign but Arsenal set to miss Huntelaar December 19, 2012 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has declared his intention to build his team around a core of young British talent, after tying midfielder Jack Wilshere and four other players to new long-term contracts. Full-backs Kieran Gibbs and Carl Jenkinson and midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – all full England internationals – and Wales star Aaron Ramsey have joined [...]
Tube strike to hit Arsenal’s West Ham tie December 18, 2012 ARSENAL’S Boxing Day London derby against West Ham at the Emirates Stadium is likely to be postponed due to the threat of a tube strike. London Underground drivers are planning a strike for 26 December, due to a dispute over Bank Holiday pay, which threatens to cause travel chaos across the capital. If the game [...]
Tube strike set for Boxing Day December 17, 2012 LONDON Underground workers have voted in favour of festive strike action after peace talks over bank holiday pay collapsed, the Aslef union said yesterday. Tube drivers will walk out on 26 December, 18 January and 25 January after a ballot for a strike achieved 90 per cent support from members. The Boxing Day action could [...]
Tube engineers to strike November 19, 2012 Engineers are set to down tools on Friday in the latest dispute over pensions, pay and benefits for Tube workers. Staff working for Tube Lines on the Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines will walk out for 24 hours from 6am on Friday, after previous industrial action failed to prompt an agreement.
City A.M. Awards 2012 Winners October 17, 2012 City A.M.'s third annual awards celebrating the best and brightest of London's business, financial and investment communities. Over 500 guests from 116 different firms attended the celebration, held at the Grange Hotel in St Paul's. PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR Lord CoeLocog chairman Former Olympic middle distance runner and politician Lord Coe was a clear stand-out [...]
Fresh Tube strike looms as RMT ballots over driver-free trains September 27, 2012 TUBE union the RMT yesterday said it will ballot drivers for industrial action over plans to introduce driverless trains to the London Underground. The union is angry at imminent tests of driver-free Tube trains on the Jubilee line, which it argues could lead to unstaffed stations and ticket offices. “Every train must have a driver, [...]
BORIS BIKE STAFF THREATEN OLYMPICS STRIKE May 30, 2012 JUST a day after strikes were averted on the Tube, workers on London’s Boris Bikes have threatened to walk out during the Olympics. The RMT union said it will ballot staff in a bid to secure reasonable working hours and a bonus during the Games. Operator Serco said the RMT was not a recognised union [...]
Tube staff win Olympic bonus of up to £1,000 May 29, 2012 LONDON Underground has dipped into its coffers to avert strike action on the Tube during the Olympic Games. After months of wrangling, the RMT union said yesterday it has agreed a deal with LU that offers staff up to £850 and drivers as much as £1,000 in extra payments for working during the Games. On [...]
Tube Lines staff will go on strike April 17, 2012 Maintenance staff working for Tube Lines will stage a 72 hour strike starting at 4pm next Tuesday in a dispute over pay, benefits and pensions parity with other workers on the London Underground. Employees at the Stratford Market depot and the Emergency Response Unit will walk out after they voted four-to-one in favour of strike [...]
RAPID RESPONSES April 17, 2012 Kept in plain sight [Re: Plain packaging: a charter for counterfeiters, yesterday] Plain packs are much easier to counterfeit. Slim cigarettes are rarely counterfeited because their pack design is of a non-standard size, and their artwork is difficult to reproduce without professional printing equipment. Plain packs standardise all pack sizes. This will increase the counterfeiters’ [...]