The government sparked a trade union backlash today after awarding a £7.5bn train contract to a Japanese-led consortium and admitting that some of the 12,500 jobs created or safeguarded by the deal will be based outside Britain. The news came in the wake of a wave of wildcat strikes over the use of...

Britain ground to a halt this morning as the transport systems lack of operational competence and depth was once again cruelly exposed. Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "We are doing everything in our power to ensure services, road, rail and airport...

The jobs gloom engulfing the economy deepened today with almost 1,000 jobs being cut or at risk. South West Trains said it would axe 480 posts, while Anglesey Aluminium, which employs around 500 people, warned it expected to end smelting operations in September. South West Trains, which is owned by ...

On a long journey to the Alps several years ago, as my exhausted head rattled against the window of a transfer coach, it dawned on me that an alternative might exist. As the coach climbed the winding hill to the Italian resort of Sauze d'Oulx, I spotted something glinting in the sunshine, just down ...