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Great Britain faces biggest rail strike in 30 years starting on Tuesday

Rail 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.

Over 240 electric buses could soon be rolled out through £81m scheme

ALMOST a fifth of West Yorkshire's buses could be electric in the next few years thanks to an £81m scheme to shake up the region's bus fleet.