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Planned strikes which would have crippled London Underground services this week have been called off.
An article on Sky News says RMT say the industrial action by its workers on the Tube network – scheduled to take place from Monday to Thursday in protest at a 5% pay offer – will no longer go ahead, after positive talks with Transport for London (TfL).
But TfL has warned travellers there will still be some disruption on Monday because the walkouts were called off so late.
The union’s general secretary, Mick Lynch, said: “Following further positive discussions, the negotiations on a pay deal for our London Underground members can now take place on an improved basis and mandate with significant further funding for a settlement being made available.”
A major railway route has been closed after a purpose-built flood lagoon was unable to protect the tracks.
An article on the BBC website says the line between Bristol Parkway and Swindon has been closed at Chipping Sodbury due to flooding.
It was closed on Monday following heavy rainfall, Network Rail said.
Some of the oldest working signal boxes in Cornwall are to be decommissioned after 144 years. A signal box at Par, built in 1880 will close for good in the spring as part of a digital upgrade on the railway network.
An article on the Cornwall Live website says as reported by the BBC, Network Rail said it will also close the signal boxes at Lostwithiel, built in 1893, and Truro.
The signal boxes in Par and Lostwithiel are grade-II listed buildings and there are no plans to demolish them. Network Rail also insisted there are no immediate plans to demolish the Truro feature, which was built in 1899.
Londoners have once again stripped down to their underwear to grace the Tube as part of the legendary annual No Trouser Tube Ride.
An article on the Mail Online says hundreds of half-naked revellers took to the London Underground to take part in the tradition.
Event organisers met hundreds of participants in Chinatown, in Soho, at 3pm, before leading everyone down to a nearby Tube station and asking everyone to strip down
Photo credit: Transport for London
