A 48-hour strike by London Underground maintenance workers will go ahead tonight after the High Court refused to grant an injunction preventing the stoppage.

A last-minute legal challenge is to be made to halt a planned 48-hour strike by London Underground maintenance workers, it was revealed tonight.

Union leaders today renewed their call for last-ditch talks in a bid to avert two 48-hour strikes by London Underground workers which threaten disruption from next week.

Commuters face an increased threat of travel chaos because of strikes by rail workers later this month, it was warned today.

Union leaders called today for urgent talks with London's mayor to avert two 48-hour strikes by London Underground maintenance workers.

Survivors of a train crash spoke yesterday of the terrifying moments when the passenger service smashed into boulders and burst into flames.

London Underground maintenance workers have voted in favour of strike action in a long-running row over jobs, pay and conditions, it was announced today.

Network Rail will make a fresh attempt to break a deadlocked dispute with its maintenance workers today.

London Tube stations could be turned into "death traps" under proposed changes to train operations and staffing cuts, union leaders warned today.

Leaders of the union behind next week's threatened rail strike will attend court to explain how signalmen purporting to work in a signal box that burnt to the ground a year ago were able to cast their votes in a strike ballot.

Life is full of unexpected small pleasures. Last Friday, listeners to Radio Four's Today programme were granted a 24-carat nugget to treasure. Geoff Hoon – one of the most pompous prats I've encountered – squirmed, grovelled and, finally, apologised! It was a historic moment, one of those occasions when you couldn't wait to wallow all over again on the BBC i-player. Forget plant food, or whatever trendy legal high the kids are currently taking, this public humiliation was better than a class-A drug.