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Travellers advised to ‘avoid travelling where possible’

The industrial action will cause the biggest disruption to train services for decades.

Now is not the time for drop intros – we can leave those at home – but if you read only one piece on the rail and Tube strikes, make it this one by transport journalist Christian Wolmar.

The biggest rail strike in 30 years is planned for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with London Underground crippled on Tuesday from a walkout on a scale not seen since 1989

Just because Londoners are famous the world over for queuing, doesn’t mean we enjoy it. This week, commuters are bracing themselves for long lines at bus stations, on the roads and in whatever transport services are still running, as three days of national rail strikes are set to combine with…

As London braces itself for an onslaught of industrial action across the transport network, what’s at stake, what is the Mayor doing — and will it continue for months? Christian Wolmar reports

Londoners should brace themselves for further Tube strikes in addition to Tuesday’s 24-hour walkout, mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.

A minister has said he fears this week’s rail and Tube strikes will go ahead and that the public should get ready for widespread disruption - despite last ditch talks between rail companies and union chiefs.

Temperatures surged to 32.7C in Suffolk on Friday afternoon

Strikes are set to hit key dates for A-levels and GCSEs

I did something dumb yesterday – I forgot to check Citymapper. So I walked to my local tube station for 7:05am, only to find it was still shut following Monday’s strike. I returned home and in a dangerously decaffeinated haze put my pyjamas back on.