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Monday, 20 June 2022

BBC News

• National Railway Museum: City of York Council considers hall planPlans for a central hall linking both sides of the National Railway Museum in York could be approved by the city's council later.
• Train strikes: Dispute still resolvable, says industry bossThe dispute at the heart of strikes set to hit Britain's railways this week is resolvable, an industry boss says.
• Rail strikes: Not for government to intervene - ShappsBut union leaders blame politicians for failing to stop rail strikes which will begin on Tuesday.

Financial Times

• UK ministers urged to hold last-ditch talks to avert mass rail strikeRMT union leader signals industrial action could spill over into other parts of the country this summer

The Guardian

• Great Britain faces biggest rail strike in 30 years starting on TuesdayRail union RMT plans three 24-hour walkouts, stopping trains in much of northern and south-west England, Wales and ScotlandThe biggest rail strikes in three decades are due to start on Monday night, with trains cancelled across Great Britain for much of the week.The first of three 24-hour walkouts by 40,000 RMT members, including signallers, maintenance and train staff, will start just after midnight on Tuesday morning, with only one in five trains running on strike days and halting services altogether in much of northern and south-west England, Wales and Scotland.
• Rail strikes: anger as UK government refuses to join last-ditch talksThe government is facing growing anger over its refusal to join last-ditch talks to avert the biggest rail strike for three decades, with millions of people facing a week of cancelled trains and union leaders saying industrial action could spread.

The Scotsman

• Transport Secretary Grant Shapps accuses union of ‘punishing millions' with crippling rail strikesMr Shapps said the travelling public faced a week of “misery” because the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on Tuesday.

The Telegraph

• Rail unions threaten to continue striking until Christmas [Subscription]

Mail Online

• Grant Shapps urges Keir Starmer to condemn rail strikes set to cause travel misery for millionsGrant Shapps last night urged Keir Starmer to finally condemn the rail strikes that will cause chaos for millions of travellers tomorrow.

The National [Wales]

• Rail strikes: UK Government accused of ‘inflaming tensions’ by unionsUnion leaders have accused the Government of “inflaming” tensions over the rail dispute ahead of several days of travel chaos because of train and Tube strikes.

Birmingham Post

• Grant Shapps tells unions that rail strikes an 'act of huge self-harm'Labour said ministers needed to step in to prevent the network 'grinding to a halt'

The York Press

• Haxby Railway Station funding on track after Sturdy supportA YORK MP has secured further funding for development plans at Haxby Railway Station in York.

Other Regional Press

• Latest figures show recovery for Greater Anglia train travelGreater Anglia train journeys have bounced back to almost three-fifths of pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels.
• Train strikes in Sheffield, York, Doncaster and Huddersfield as Northern, LNER, Cross Country and Transpennine confirm staff walkoutThe Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) confirmed that strikes will take place on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday