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The Latest Breaking News from Network Rail

Major Kirkby route to close for five weeks as station works go on

Headbolt Lane station progress continues

Liverpool Echo

Forth Bridge to get walkway with 367 feet high viewing deck as plans approved

Network Rail's 'Forth Bridge Experience' will offer around 80,000 visitors a year panoramic views over Edinburgh and Fife.

Edinburgh Live

Grant Shapps slams rail unions as he unveils £1bn east coast digital investment

The Transport Secretary claimed the Government is investing in modernising the railways ‘despite the best efforts of unions’.

The Independent UK

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Redundancy: what to know about your rights when an employer lets you go

One of the biggest rail strikes in 30 years has been playing out in recent weeks as 40,000 workers protest the threat of job cuts. Their employer, Network Rail, wants to lay off up to 1,800 people as it prepares to introduce new technologies in an attempt to save more…

The Conversation

Will there be another tube strike? London Underground workers vote for more industrial action

How likely are we to see more strike action this summer?

Evening Standard

Council issues update on new Kirkby station as neighbours complain of loud noise

Residents reported being kept up all night due to the noise - but a new completion date has been given

Liverpool Echo

Boris Johnson backs plans to close ticket offices as fresh rail strike talks loom

RMT mulls future dates for industrial action as PM says it can’t be ‘business as usual’ on the railways

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‘I don’t want to be an icon’: Mick Lynch on winning the rail strike PR battle

Public support has soared for the plain-speaking RMT leader who is leading the fight to protect his members’ living standards

The Guardian - UK

'Relief' level crossing in Bingham is 'working properly' after faults made it a 'danger'

Cars were left queuing

Nottingham Post

Union chief hints more strikes to come this year as he accuses Grant Shapps of ‘talking nonsense’

Union leaders have called for a pay rise in line with inflation which is set to rise to 11 per cent later this year

Evening Standard

RMT boss accuses Transport Secretary of ‘talking nonsense’ in Twitter thread

Grant Shapps’ thread described ‘outdated working practices’ in the railway industry as members of the RMT walked out for the third time this week

The Independent UK

'There's a long way to go yet': Week of rail strikes leads to no clear resolution

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the union will continue to engage in a “constructive dialogue”

Manchester Evening News

Striking RMT union’s Mick Lynch tells Grant Shapps to ‘get on with his job’

Union boss says transport secretary should ‘tone down the rhetoric’ and make effort to solve rail strikes

The Guardian - UK

Rail strike: RMT could call another train strike if talks don't progress, warns Mick Lynch

Mr Lynch 'there will be more action' unless Network Rail and train companies like LNER, Northern and CrossCountry don't 'change their stance'

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Jeremy Corbyn joins rail staff at RMT train strike picket at Newcastle's Central Station

The former Labour leader called for an inflation pay rise and job security for train and rail staff, who he points out worked throughout Covid

The Guardian - UK

Train services cut as RMT rail strike enters third day

Rail firms ask people not to travel as 40,000 union members strike in dispute over pay and conditions

Liverpool Echo

'Scared' strikers struggling to pay bills 'can't afford not to strike'

"Everybody is hurting. There are people over there now who are experiencing real poverty"

The Independent UK

Rail strikes continue in Scotland for third planned day amid week of disruption

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has said more strikes can be expected if a settlement is not reached with Network Rail and the UK’s rail operators.

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Daily Mirror

BBC Question Time audience member warns train staff 'look what happened to dinosaurs'

A BBC Question Time audience member condemned the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) strike this week and warned its members they could go the same way as the dinosaurs

Chronicle Live

Fears of weekend full of travel chaos as fresh rail strike alert issued

The rail companies are worried that people will be reluctant to cancel leisure trips this weekend

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Lime Street station to close at 7pm on Saturday

Third day of national strike action will see city centre station close early

Manchester Evening News

'Hugely reduced' trains warning on Saturday as rail strike enters third day, with Manchester Piccadilly station closing at 7pm

Only a fifth of services will run and half of all lines will be closed nationally

Nottingham Post

Sarcastic 'blue plaque' about Tom Randall MP makes Gedling residents smile

The subject of the sign has taken it in good spirits

Manchester Evening News

Weekend travel warning as rail strikes continue

A warning has been issued to commuters

Glasgow Live

Glasgow train strikes: ScotRail warns Liam Gallagher fans of travel chaos ahead of Hampden gig

ScotRail have issued major travel advice ahead of former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher's concert on Sunday, June 26 as strikes and engineering works will continue to cause travel chaos across the Scotland.

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