Brits face triple wave of winter strikes as train drivers announce walkout and civil servants and nurses vote to strike

Train drivers across 12 operators will walk out later this month, 100,000 civil servants have voted for strike action, and nurses across the country have voted to strike over pay

One hundred thousand civil servants running public services from passports to pensions voted today to strike over pay.

Read more: Police boss says sorry for arresting LBC reporter but tries to blame media for covering M25 protests General secretary Mick Whelan said: "We regret that passengers will be inconvenienced for another day. We don't want to be taking this action. Withdrawing our labour is always a last resort for a trade union.

"We want the companies - which are making huge profits - to make a proper pay offer so that our members can keep up with the cost of living." More than 300,000 members were balloted on whether they backed the unprecedented strike action, the Royal College of Nursing's first UK-wide vote in its 106 year existence.The NHS will focus on emergency patients as hospitals are left with staffing levels similar to the Christmas period.

"We're already coping with the gap that exists between the demand that is currently on the health service from the public. We've got to meet that demand, and we all know that we are heading into what already is a very difficult winter."The priority will be to try to minimise patient harm."

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