A war of words over strikes raged tonight as commuters faced more travel chaos in the capital because of a walkout by thousands of London Underground workers.

The Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) today warned that London Underground bosses could put passengers' safety at risk by using undertrained staff during a Tube strike.

London's mayor was urged today to cancel his trip to next week's Conservative Party conference and hold talks to avert another 24-hour Tube strike which will cause travel chaos.

One of the Tube's busiest stations was temporarily closed today after ticket office staff noticed a strange smell.

As cyclists are all too aware, take your eyes off your bike for a couple of minutes in British cities and there's a chance it will vanish by the time you come back, even if it was locked up.

It would be flattering to conclude that the single reason why so few Boris Bikes have been stolen since the start of the scheme in London two months ago is the superior honesty of the British cyclist in general and of Londoners in particular, when compared with their counterparts in Paris. Even granted that the Velib predates the London scheme by three years, the difference in theft figures is breathtaking. To date, some 8,000 Velibs have been stolen, while the figure for Boris bikes so far is – national drum-roll, please – five. That's right. Not 500, nor yet 50, but five.

A new row over job cuts on London Underground flared today ahead of peace talks aimed at averting more strikes by thousands of Tube workers.

London Fashion Week starts today, so there wouldn’t appear to be much of a reason to post on the bike blog. Cycling, after all, is a fashion disaster area, isn’t it?

The Ministry of Defence's biggest ever private finance initiative (PFI) is "inappropriate" and not proving value for taxpayers' money, according MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

A leading union warned of a jobs "massacre" on transport in the capital after news that up to 250 posts are to be axed following the takeover of work from Tube maintenance giant Tube Lines.

Fashionable pockets of east London must have been deserted on Saturday and Sunday, for their trend-setters seemed to have fetched up in sunny Chigwell. Short on wellies but long on 1980s haircuts, this is festival for those who like their entertainment readily accessible on the TFL transport network.

A fraudster was jailed today for trying to claim compensation from a number of local councils for injuries he had never suffered.

The French might like a strike but there was little sign of support for Tube staff on the streets of London yesterday. Last year when they walked out, I at least was one of the smug ones - I jogged into work without a care in the world. This year? I forgot my trainers.

Union leaders clashed with London Underground tonight over the impact of strikes which caused travel misery in the capital.