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STRIKING Tube workers today brought chaos to the capital despite London Underground agreeing to demands to create hundreds more jobs at salaries of up to £45,000. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THOUSANDS of passengers were trapped in Tube trains on the hottest day of the year after a piece of signal box fell on the track. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THOUSANDS of passengers were trapped in Tube trains on the hottest day of the year after a piece of signal box fell on the track. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MAJOR travel disruption that has hit millions of Tube passengers every weekend for more than three years will last until July 2012, the Evening Standard reveals today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TWO million passengers who use the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines face years of delays after a major row broke out today over the amount that will be spent on the Tube network. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE Tube union bosses bringing London to a halt from tomorrow evening are plotting another 48-hour strike within weeks, the Evening Standard has learned. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HUNDREDS of air passengers forced to camp out overnight at Heathrow vented their anger today as snow and freezing conditions caused major disruption for a third day running. As at least 160 flights were grounded today at Britain's busiest airport, British Airways booked an extra 2,500 hotel rooms for stranded passengers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NORTHERN LINE trains will not stop at Tottenham Court Road station for the next eight months — causing major problems for more than 60,000 passengers a day. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BORIS JOHNSON today pledged to transform London's transport network over four years — but will pay for it with £7.6 billion of cuts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COMMuTeR families were today hit with a double cost-of-living shock, adding up to more than £1,000 a year. The combination of the record 20 per cent VAT rate and a rise in train fares of up to 12.8 per cent will squeeze workers from the suburbs and the home counties harder than any other section of the population. A typical working couple living in outer London and earning a combined £70,000 will have to pay nearly £600 more tax on their shopping this year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BORIS JOHNSON today attacked union bosses for masterminding a "pointless" Tube strike that will cause chaos for millions of Londoners. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A DEVASTATING wave of new Tube strikes set off a major row today after Zac Goldsmith warned that Londoners could expect years of "games and gridlock" if Sadiq Khan wins City Hall. The Tory mayoral candidate accused train drivers' union Aslef of striking for "political purposes" and suggested that his Labour rival's "union paymasters" would get their own way if he were elected. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TUBE bosses are to sidestep the unions by asking thousands of staff directly if they want to accept a pay and conditions deal to run the Night Tube. The move will infuriate union leaders who have repeatedly turned down the deal and increased the threat of further strike action. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE Tube dispute dramatically worsened today, with hundreds of engineers who were not previously involved set to be balloted for strike action. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HUNDREDS of thousands of Tube commuters left work early this afternoon costing London's economy millions of pounds with the 24-hour strike set to halt evening rush-hour services. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE Mayor pledged today to "fix" the Tube in time for the Olympics. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NORTHERN line trains will not stop at Tottenham Court Road station for the next eight months — causing problems for more than 60,000 passengers a day. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BORIS JOHNSON came under fire today after claiming that "virtually anybody" could drive Tube trains. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COMMUTERS today backed Mayor Boris Johnson's call for tough new antistrike laws to prevent waves of crippling Tube walk-outs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COMMUTERS took the second Tube walkout in their stride today — but warned union bosses they had finally run out of patience. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COMMUTERS were today warned to expect huge disruption on the Tube network next Monday as unions vowed to go ahead with their strike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]