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The Latest Breaking News from Aslef

Train strikes: Drivers at three companies vote for strike in latest rail walk out

Train drivers at Chiltern, Northern and TransPennine Express vote for strike action

Evening Standard

Tram workers to stage three-day strike in dispute over pay

Aslef says drivers have been offered a 3% rise while inflation is above 12%.

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps picks fight over trains on live TV and gets his facts completely wrong

It was less a car crash and more a train crash interview for Transport Secretary Grant Shapps - as the Tory incorrectly insisted there were four trains an hour from London to Manchester

Daily Mirror

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Rail strikes in Bristol: GWR running no Temple Meads trains on Saturday

Passengers have been advised to find alternative routes

Bristol Post

Strip Avanti of rail franchise if cut services not restored, Labour says

Private operator has dramatically cut intercity services on UK’s flagship railway

The Independent UK

Warning to travellers as more train strikes planned this week

There will be disruption on railways, with train operators announcing reduced timetables

Manchester Evening News

Labour demands action over Avanti West Coast reduced train service

Transport secretary urged to press for restoration of full timetable or strip operator of contract after 12 cancellations on Monday

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'Enough is enough': North East politicians back rail strikes on Newcastle Central Station picket line amid cost-of-living crisis

Labour politicians joined train drivers on the picket line at Newcastle Central Station as industrial action saw rail services hit hard.

Chronicle Live

Reduced timetables, extremely busy services and warning not to travel during Saturday's train strike

Nine companies will be directly affected by the Aslef strike on Saturday, August 13

Leeds Live

UK hit by latest rail strikes

Football fans and holidaymakers faced travel woe Saturday as train drivers walked out across the United Kingdom, the latest in a series of industrial strikes amid spiralling inflation.

Bangkok Post

Train drivers to strike on Saturday in deadlocked dispute

Football fans, tourists and holidaymakers will be among tens of thousands of passengers affected by the strikes.

The Independent UK

Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer by joining striking train drivers on picket line

‘If you can’t support a picket line maybe you shouldn’t be a Labour MP’, says Aslef union boss

The Independent UK

Travellers face severe disruption as train driver strike begins

Further strike action will take place on August 18, 19 and 20

Evening Standard

Rail strike impact heightened by ‘ongoing crew availability issues’

‘How is it possible for an organisation whose sole purpose is to run trains to be in such a chaotic state?’ says passenger Keith Graham

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Rail travellers warned of disruption today as train drivers strike over pay

Aslef members at nine companies walk out for 24 hours, with large parts of the country having no trains

The Guardian - UK

Severe rail disruption across Great Britain as train drivers strike over pay

Members of Aslef union on 24-hour strike, affecting services in England, Scotland and Wales

Daily Mirror

Rail travellers face fresh travel misery today as drivers strike over pay dispute

Members of Aslef at nine train companies will walk out for 24 hours, crippling large parts of the network, with some parts of the country having no services

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast passengers brace for 'weekend of misery' as under-fire rail firm issues 'do not travel warning'

The embattled rail firm has slashed its timetable and suspended ticket sales due to 'unofficial strike action'

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Evening Standard

Train strikes will be £120million hammer blow to London

Warning that stoppages will hit economy as London bears brunt in four days of travel woe

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh train strikes: Services affected by industrial action amid Festival Fringe

Travellers coming up to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are being warned to not travel on certain days as Aslef and RMT unions have planned a number of strikes throughout August.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow trains to be hit by strike action - Dates and what to expect in August

Train services to and from Glasgow are expected to be hit as the next wave of rail strikes brings disruption to travel plans across the UK as RMT and Aslef unions demand better pay and working conditions.

Daily Record

More misery could be on the cards for Dumfries and Galloway rail passengers

Members of the RMT union have rejected a pay offer from ScotRail and could take industrial action

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham join forces to criticise Avanti West Coast service cuts

London mayor Sadiq Khan and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham have criticised Avanti West Coast for drastically reducing its timetables, branding the decision “completely unacceptable”.

Manchester Evening News

'Frankly a national outrage': Greater Manchester leaders and London Mayor hit out at decision to cut trains to and from capital

People are unable to currently buy tickets for Manchester to London while the timetable is being slashed.

The National (Scotland)

Who is going on strike in Scotland in August and for how long?

It's been a summer of strikes for many Scots and it looks like industrial action will continue across various sectors in August.

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