Wednesday, August 5, 2015

LONDON SET FOR TUBE STRIKE DISRUPTION

Londoners are set for a new tube strike, due to start later (at 1730 GMT) and likely to cause major disruption in the British capital.

Unions are taking industrial action over plans to bring in a night service on the London Underground from September.

The 24 hour tube strike means services will stop on Wednesday evening local time, and be out almost all of Thursday.

UK correspondent Olly Barratt says much of London will grind to a halt.

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UK correspondent Olly Barratt says there could be further strikes on the cards if no agreement can be reached soon.

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Commuters at Victoria station are dealing with the strike in different ways.

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Conservative politician in London Andrew Boff says unions are out of step with public opinion.

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Paul Novak of the TUC union says tube drivers deserve more consideration.

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