ASLEF calls off Underground strikes
Two 24-hour strikes which had been called on London Underground by ASLEF for tomorrow and Tuesday have been called off, after the union received what it described as a ‘significantly improved’ pay offer from Transport for London.
Accident investigators have confirmed that the fatal head-on collision on the Cambrian line in mid-Wales on 21 October was caused by wheel slip, and that although the driver of the affected train made an emergency brake application the automatic sanders which should have been triggered by the slipping wheels were blocked.
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