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Saturday, 13 August 2016

BBC News

• RMT workers on Virgin East Coast services to strikeVirgin East Coast will use management staff on trains to cover striking rail workers.
• #BeLikePip: meet Tube worker who sparked social media frenzyThe
• London Mayor urges takeover of 'failing' Southern railThe Mayor of London repeats his offer to put Transport for London (TfL) in charge of
• Clapham Common Tube station to be taken over by cat picturesA London Underground station is set to be taken over by cats as all the advertisements are replaced with pictures of the animals.
• Virgin Trains East Coast strikes to be held in AugustWorkers on Virgin Trains East Coast are to stage three 24-hour strikes this month, including one on Bank Holiday Monday, the RMT union says.
• Eurostar strikes by RMT and TSSA suspended for talksStrikes by Eurostar workers at the RMT and TSSA unions will be suspended from midnight to allow further talks, they have said.

The Guardian

• Virgin Trains East Coast staff to strike in row over jobsMembers of RMT union will hold three 24-hour strikes this month in dispute over 200 jobs said to be under threatRail staff at Virgin Trains East Coast will strike on two weekends in August in a row over jobs and working conditions following a vote for industrial action announced earlier this week.Members of the RMT union will hold three 24-hour strikes, on 19 August and around the bank holiday weekend on 26 and 29 August. They will also ban overtime for 48 hours from 27 August. Continue reading...
• Eurostar strike to be suspended at midnight for further talksIndustrial action over rosters and work-life balance was due to continue for four days but had caused minimal disruptionStrikes by Eurostar workers will be suspended from midnight to allow further talks, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said.Industrial action had started on Friday in a row over rosters and work-life balance at the cross-Channel train company. Continue reading...
• Has the RMT union's moderate Mick Cash turned militant?Strikes and disputes have led to crisis in the railways. But the RMT says a fluke of timing is to blame as fights come to a head at onceEven for a union that has never been shy of a fight, it has been a busy week. As a conductors’ strike on Southern rail left hundreds of thousands of commuters struggling, the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union announced that its members on Virgin Trains East Coast had also voted to strike. It followed up by calling a walkout by train managers on Eurostar.General secretary Mick Cash, elected to succeed Bob Crow after the union’s leader died suddenly in...

The Herald

• Eurostar strike suspended from midnight for talks to resumeA strike by Eurostar workers will be suspended from midnight to allow further talks.
• Highland rail line hit by landslide closed for second nightA railway line will remain closed for a second night after a landslide brought 100 tonnes of debris on to the track and nearby road.

The Telegraph

• Bank Holiday train chaos: Virgin staff announce�strike over August weekend at same time as�Eurostar workers' action

Times Online

• Rail commuters to pay more despite overcrowding and disruption [Subscription]More than £40 will be added to the cost of the average annual rail season ticket next year as the government prepares to increase fares despite serious overcrowding and chaos caused by striking unions.

Mail Online

• Train staff on the east coast plot three days of strike action to ruin Bank Holiday Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will walk out from 3am on August 19, 26 and 29, and will ban overtime for 48 hours from August 27.
• Man fighting for his life as a train hits a car on the tracks between Cambridge and Ely� The wife of a farmer in nearby�Stretham�said she heard a 'huge bang' from the crash,�which threw the 4x4 (pictured) down the bank and onto its roof. The driver was taken to Addenbroke's Hospital.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Arriva stops passengers boarding North Wales train amid crowded conditions People waiting at Flint were told they couldn't get on the train, which already had passengers standing in the aisles

Northern Echo

• RMT union announce three days of strike action on Virgin East Coast trains WORKERS on Virgin Trains East Coast are to stage three 24-hour strikes, including one on Bank Holiday Monday, in a row over jobs, working conditions and safety.

The York Press

• RMT announces strike dates for Virgin East Coast staff WORKERS on Virgin Trains East Coast are to stage three 24-hour strikes, including one on Bank Holiday Monday, in a row over jobs, working conditions and safety.

Yorkshire Post

• Virgin train strike confirmed for Bank Holiday Monday and two other daysWORKERS on Virgin Trains East Coast are to stage three 24-hour strikes, including one on Bank Holiday Monday, in a row over jobs, working conditions and safety.

Peterborough Telegraph

• UPDATE: Dates announced for Virgin Trains East Coast staff to go on strike this monthStaff on Virgin Trains East Coast will go on strike this month over a threat to jobs, working conditions and safety, the rail union RMT has announced today, Friday August 12.

Other Regional Press

• Network Rail plans to abandon noise reductions in North Oxford branded an 'absolute scandal' by residents TRACKSIDE residents in North Oxford have hit out at Network Rail's plans to abandoned promised noise mitigation as an
• Have your say on �22.9 million Taunton Railway Station redevelopment PROPOSALS for a �22.9 million redevelopment of Taunton Railway Station are gathering pace - and you're being invited to give your view.

Railnews

• RMT announces Bank Holiday strike on VT East Coast The RMT has named strike days on Virgin Trains East Coast in a dispute over jobs, working conditions and safety. All VTEC RMT members, except those working on maintenance at depots, are now set to walk out for 24 hours by not booking on for duty between 03.00 on 19, 26 and 29 August until 02.59 the following day. The union claims that nearly 200 jobs are threatened by staffing cuts.