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Train strikes: Travel chaos with Britain’s roads gripped by gridlock today as rail passengers forced to take the car

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BRITAIN is gripped by travel chaos this morning with gridlock on the roads as commuters are forced into their cars. Rail passengers have been told not to take trains today as the biggest rail strike in a generation begins to bite. LNP Traffic queues on the A102M Blackwall Tunnel approach in Greenwich, South East London[/caption] LNP Heavy traffic on the A40 in Perivale, West London[/caption] LNP Major railway stations, including London Victoria, are closed this morning[/caption] Entire regions have been cut off by today’s strike Just one in five trains running and entire regions have been completely cut off. Residents living in swathes of the South West, Scotland and Wales are stranded today. Those in Chester, Hull, Lincoln and Worcester will also be marooned. Major stations around the country are closed until 7.30am and half of all lines aren’t running at all. The services that are running will end at 6.30pm. As a result, tens of thousan...

Three generations of same family including baby die ‘in the blink of an eye’ in horror crash as final moments revealed

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THREE generations of one family who were killed in a horror head-on collision have been pictured for the first time. The tragic crash occurred Sunday morning in Picton, New Zealand , when the driver of the van collided head-on with a refrigerated truck. The family members, who have not yet been named, belonged to New Zealand’s Filipino community The devastating crash left three generations of the same family dead The community has said the collision serves as a wake-up call for others who use this road regularly Police confirmed seven of the nine on board were killed, reports the New Zealand Herald . Images of the scene show the van completely destroyed and crumpled up by the impact on State Highway 1. A heartbroken friend of the seven people killed in the horror crash on the town in the South Island has spoken out about spending his last night with them in Christchurch before they were killed “in the blink of an eye”. “You spend every spare mome...

Nine relatives from the same family found dead including girl, 15, after a suspected ‘suicide pact’ in chilling mystery

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NINE relatives from the same family have been found dead, including a 15-year-old girl, in a horrifying discovery. The corpses were found in two different houses owned by two brothers who were living separately with their families. Nine members of the same family have died following a ‘suicide pact’ in India The youngest victim is a 15-year-old girl The news has horrified residents of the small village of Mhaisal where the family lived All of the relatives are believed to have died after consuming poison, according to police in the Maharashtra region of western India . However, the true cause of death will only be known after a full investigation , reports the  Times of India . The brothers’ two houses were just 1.5km from each other in the village of Mhaisal, Sangli district, around 350km from Mumbai. Preliminary reports suggest the pair may have had a suicide pact after falling into heavy debt, according to  NDTV . READ MORE WORLD ...

Forget good cop, bad cop, thanks to wokery, it’s NO cop

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REMEMBER when policemen, looking about 12, used to solve crimes? When they’d gamely arrest baddies while clutching no more than handcuffs and a little black truncheon? Stephen and Jennifer Chapple were killed by Colin Reeves following a long-running parking dispute outside their Somerset homes Reeves called 999, telling the operator: ‘I went round with a knife. I’ve stabbed both of them’[/caption] Ah, the halcyon days. Today, gone are the truncheons — in their place fetching rainbow helmets, and maybe thicker trousers to help ease the physical toll of taking the knee. Our first responders aren’t so much responding — rather sitting at home thinking, abstractly, about responding. It’s emerged cops failed to solve a single burglary in nearly half of the country’s neighbourhoods over the past three years Meanwhile, in the West Country, armed police failed to respond to a fatal stabbing for over 20 minutes — because a “risk assessm...

Putin’s cronies warn of World War 3 as Russia issues chilling military threat to NATO country Lithuania

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VLADIMIR Putin has issued a chilling threat to the former countries of the Soviet Union, warning of a repeat of the Ukrainian invasion if anyone defies Russia. The Russian president appeared to lay claim to all of the former territories of the USSR, which he described as “historic Russia”. AP Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling threat of global conflict[/caption] AP He was speaking following remarks by Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev[/caption] AP Putin appeared to claim all of the former Soviet Union as ‘historic Russia’[/caption] Between 1990 and 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart, creating the countries of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania , Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Speaking on Sunday, Putin made clear he wouldn’t hesitate to extend the Ukrainian war to other countries he views as within Russia’s orbit. He ...

Chilling posts of Satanic tattoo-covered ‘grave robber who stole human heads from graveyard’

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A GHOUL obsessed with Satan has been charged over the shocking desecration of two graves from which he removed human remains before burying some outside his flatshare in Melbourne. The alleged grave robber has been identified as Uber driver Tristan Hearne, 40. Uber driver Tristan Hearne, 40, has been charged over the graveyard theft of human skulls Hearne’s social media shows his fascination with all things dark and supernatural Hearn poses with what looks like a morbid injury resembling a cross Hearne was arrested in March 2022 after police reportedly found a stolen human skull in his bedroom before finding another one in the garden of a property he shared with flatmates in the Spotswood suburb , according to the Herald Sun . Police allege the human heads were snatched from mausoleums in two separate incidents at Footscray General Cemetery between January 27 and February 1, 2022. Police officers confirmed Hearn had allegedly left several items at th...