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Train journey planner website crashes as millions suffer travel chaos and surge in road traffic amid rail strike

Only a fifth of trains are operating today (June 21) and half of all lines are closed

Chronicle Live

The Northern Agenda: Deserted stations and busy picket lines as rail strike grips North

Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds stations all eerily quiet

Liverpool Echo

‘More pigeons than people’: Empty train stations across the UK as rail strike cripples services

Deserted platforms and packed double-deckers on the first day of train strike

The Independent UK

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Brits stand with struggling rail staff on largest strike in 33 years despite delays

Passengers and rail staff have stood in solidarity with struggling workers on strike as they protest stagnating pay and threats to their jobs and pensions

Daily Mirror

Striking Tube workers insist shutting Underground is not driven by pay

Daniel Randall, assistant chair of the RMT Bakerloo branch, emphasised the Tube strike - unlike the national rail strike - was not about pay

Evening Standard

Halfords offers commuters e-bikes for free to get to work during rail strike

Commuters with a valid season ticket will be able to take up the offer during the three days of strike action this week.

Daily Record

Starmer is right not to dance to Tory tunes over strikes. He must find a tune of his own

Labour cannot fall into No 10’s trap and lose public support, but sitting on the fence is a losing strategy, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Grant Shapps is ‘a snake-oil salesman,’ says union boss

Eddie Dempsey hinted at a warm relationship with employers, saying management are conducting themselves ‘with grace’

The Independent UK

ITV Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley accused of talking 'twaddle' over rail strike

Mick Lynch was live from the picket line at London Euston Station

Nottingham Post

The Northern Agenda: Minister tells Manchester its HS2 plans would cost 'absolutely crazy money'

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Manchester Evening News

Strike? What strike? Top Tories attend ball with Abba tribute night before walkout

Conservative ministers were on Tuesday criticised for attending a lavish summer ball the night before Britain was hit by the rail strikes.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson pits rail strike workers against public and says Brits can't have pay rise

The rail strike was the top of the agenda in Boris Johnson's Cabinet meeting as he said workers were “aggravating” the nation’s teenagers, workers and pensioners - and rebuffed calls for a proper pay rise this year, leading to fears of a Summer of Discontent

Daily Mirror

Labour frontbenchers defy Keir Starmer and join rail strike pickets

Leaked memo said ‘Labour must show leadership’ and ‘PPSs should not be on picket lines’

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner backs rail strike, saying ‘Workers have been left with no choice’

Labour’s deputy leader voices support as Keir Starmer is accused of ‘hiding’ from the dispute

The Independent UK

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Bristol Post

Rail strikes: Bristol reacts as staff form picket line around Temple Meads Station

"The Government cannot force redundancy and refuse holidays and decent working hours"

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool sends important message to rail workers as strike action begins

Members of the public, politicians and fellow workers came out to back rail workers as they walked out in national action today

The Guardian - UK

Weary resignation among passengers as rail strikes begin

Little sign of predicted chaos, and some people supportive of strikers while others critical

Daily Mirror

Labour drawn into rail strikes row as frontbenchers ordered away from picket lines

Labour, the party of working people, has been criticised for not overtly backing unions rail strikes that have kicked off today. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union said "we expect Labour MPs to defend workers, by words and by actions".

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh brewery calls train strikes 'a double-edged sword' as hospitality hit

Hospitality bosses have said the RMT National Rail strikes will be "another blow" for Edinburgh and Scotland's city centres as many rely on commuters for customers.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham backs largest train strike in 30 years as services heavily affected

There is an 87 percent turnout from registered members

Daily Record

Rail strike explained as tens of thousands walk out in biggest train strike in decades

Services across Scotland and the rest of the UK will be heavily disrupted over three days this week.

Al Jazeera

Biggest railway strike in 30 years strands commuters in UK

More than 40,000 workers strike over cost-of-living crisis, forcing commuters to work from home or find other routes.

Daily Mirror

Rail strikes explained - why are RMT workers striking and what it means for Labour and the Tories

Millions of Brits are facing travel chaos as the Government goes to war with unions. But what's it all about? Here we sort the facts from the politics on the rail strikes

Daily Record

Anas Sarwar ignores Keir Starmer's rail picket ban as Labour divisions on strike grow

The UK Labour leader is facing internal pressure over an email which said that frontbenchers should not be on picket lines.

Chronicle Live

Why rail workers are on strike and what the RMT has been offered to settle dispute

The dispute is about pay, jobs and conditions, including a row over a below-inflation pay increase, safety and redundancies

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