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“The London Overground network has grown considerably over recent years. “Giving each of the six routes their own line name and colour will make travel on London Overground easier and simpler for our customers.”A London Overground train in orange livery. Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/hutterstockThe routes will be known as Lioness line, the Mildmay line, the Windrush line, the Weaver line, the Suffragette line and the Liberty line from autumn. The Mildmay line, which will appear as blue parallel lines, runs from Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction. The Suffragette line, which will be marked in green parallel lines, runs from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside.
Persons: , Haria, Mildmay, , London Sadiq Khan Organizations: CNN, London Overground, Transport, London, , TfL, England women’s, UEFA, Wembley, Liverpool Street, TFL Locations: London, Euston, Watford, Stratford, Richmond, Clapham, Shoreditch, Highbury, Islington, West Croydon, Caribbean, Cheshunt, Enfield Town, Chingford, Barking Riverside, East London, Romford, Upminster, Havering,
Unions are seeking double-digit pay rises to keep pace with inflation that hit 11.1% in October, the highest in 41 years. Union estimates forecast more than 1 million working days will be lost in December, making it the worst month for disruption since July 1989. Walk-outs in rail by RMT members, which started in June, are the union's biggest action for over 30 years, while for nurses, it is the first ever national strike action in the Royal College of Nursing's (RCN) 106-year-old history. MORE PROMINENT UNIONSThe walk-outs end decades of relatively stable industrial relations in Britain, compared to European neighbours such as France and Spain. "I think the world that we're in is one where we get more prominent union activity," Pickering said.
U.K. businesses are bracing for a difficult winter amid soaring inflation and higher energy bills. Andrew Matthews - Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty ImagesLONDON — The doors to The 25, a Torquay-based boutique bed and breakfast on the U.K.'s southwest coast, are now closed for the winter period. With rising energy bills and higher costs piling pressure on U.K. businesses, owner Andy Banner-Price has deferred reopening by a month until well into the spring. The Bank of England has warned that the U.K. is facing its longest recession since records began a century ago. Huw Fairclough | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUntil now, Holliday said his business has been "taking the hit" and absorbing increased production and energy costs to buffer customers.
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