| Crosby Garrett Helmet found in Britain sells for £2.3m The ancient Roman helmet sold for eight times the estimated price. telegraph.co.uk |
Take an egg Why an egg can tell us much about great inventions bbc.co.uk |
Bank levy to raise £2.5bn a year Banks will pay an extra £2.5bn a year in a tax from 2012, according to draft legislation published by the government. bbc.co.uk |
Fresh tube delays as bags get caught in doors of new trains Baggage bother as rolling stock debuts on Victoria line compounds problems caused by signal failures elsewhereLondon Underground services suffered fresh delays today after passengers' bags became caught in the doors of new trains.It was the eighth successive weekday that tube users were hit by disruption to their journeys.A Transport for London spokesman said: "Due to problems on a number of trains this morning, there were minor delays on the Victoria line."Two incidents were caused by passengers' bags getting caught in the doors of new trains."One old train had to be taken out of service with a door defect and another old train was temporarily withdrawn to have a window repaired."We apologise for the minor delays caused to some passengers' journeys by these problems, and we are working hard to rectify all of these issues."When new trains and signalling are introduced in tandem with old trains and signalling, we would always expect some initial problems."But we are not complacent and where faults have occurred on our new trains we are pushing our contractors hard to increase reliability as soon as possible."There were also delays today on the Jubilee, District and Hammersmith and City lines after several signal failures.Problems last week led to thousands of passengers having to be led along tracks, and disruption has continued every day this week.Disruption will worsen next week because of a strike by tube workers from 5pm on Tuesday in a dispute over job losses.Talks are taking place at conciliation service Acas in an attempt to avert the walkout.TransportRail transportLondonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Unions agree to council's pay cut A council that warned 7,000 workers it may have to dismiss and then re-employ them reaches an agreement with unions on savings. bbc.co.uk |