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Rail, airline strikes hit UK travellers

London is facing more misery after Southern Railways train drivers and British Airways cabin crew walked off the job, a day after tube drivers went on strike.

Southern Railways train drivers and British Airways cabin crew members have walked off the job, touching off fresh disruption for travellers the day after a tube strike caused misery across London.

Rail passengers in southern England faced the most disruption, with only a handful of trains operating in the latest episode of a long-running dispute over safety. Hundreds of thousands of people were unable to get to work.

Unite union members at BA started a 48-hour strike in a dispute over pay. BA says 22 flights in and out of Heathrow out of some 800 in all would be cancelled on Tuesday.

The strikes came a day after tube workers walked off the job, crippling central London as unions increasingly show a willingness to strike in disputes.


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