Travel chaos warning as only one in five trains run due to strike action

Scotland will be placed under a yellow weather warning for rain on Friday as the Met Office warns the flooding of some homes and businesses is "likely".

s upcoming season 1 finale, a years-old debate was reignited on social media on Wednesday — centered around Sophie Turner's character, Sansa Stark. The tweet that seemed to start the debate featured a photo of Sansa alongside some of the series' biggest villains: Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) and Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon), as well as 's Aegon Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney).«One thing I love about the GoT show universe is it’s [sic] portrayals of the most heartless and cruel villains.

New York police reportedly launched a strike force after the shooting outside of Rep. Lee Zeldin’s home.  Speaking to reporters near the home of the Republican candidate for governor, Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison said he is putting the strike force together for the Shirley area.  "I’m always concerned about retaliation, so putting this strike force together and grabbing officers throughout the county and kind of flooding them in a certain community is our M.O.," Harrison on Monday, according to Newsday.

Today is Columbus Day in the United States, and during his monologue on Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Kimmel suggested an Italian American figure we could celebrate instead, and it’s not bad, actually.But first, he ran through a comprehensive list of reasons why Columbus was terrible, including noting that he was so “willfully ignorant” that were he alive now, “he could probably run the Republican party.”“Here’s how you know Columbus Day isn’t so hot anymore,” Kimmel said as he got into his monologue. “There’s no Google doodle for it. There’s nothing.

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom's reelection campaign put up a billboard in Austin, Texas, promoting his state's abortion access for women. The billboard, placed just south of Stassney Lane in South Austin, features a woman sitting with her arms crossed over her knees looking toward a pro-abortion message that reads, "Need an abortion? California is ready to help."  The advertisement also includes California's abortion resources website and a Bible verse.  "Love your neighbor as yourself.There is no greater commitment than these," the billboard reads, quoting Mark 12:31.

Angry nurses have warned the Scottish Government that more people will continue to leave the profession unless they are offered a fair pay rise.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Quentin Tarantino is prepping to embark on a book tour for his first nonfiction book “Cinema Speculation,” which releases on Nov. 1. The tour will see the filmmaker, cinephile and now podcaster make stops in five major U.S. cities from Nov. 3-16. Tarantino will kick off his promo jaunt in Los Angeles, then head to San Francisco, Portland and Austin before concluding at The Town Hall in New York City. In “Cinema Speculation,” the “Pulp Fiction” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” director finally does what fans have anticipated throughout his 30-year long career: write about and analyze the films that shaped him, from his early childhood to his adulthood. As one of the most famous movie-lovers of all time, Tarantino packs in film criticism, film theory, reporting and personal history while centering on key movies made throughout the 1970s. The book will be published by Harper Collins and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. The book follows Tarantino’s New York Times No. 1 bestseller “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” a novelization of his 2019 film of the same name. Tickets officially go on sale for Tarantino’s “Cinema Speculation” book tour on Friday, Oct. 7. See the full list of tour dates below, and pre-order the book here.

Molly-Mae Hague has opened up about discovering she was pregnant during a 'tricky time' with Tommy Fury. The former Love Island star and her beau shared the happy news last month that they're expecting their first child together.

A warning has been issued to train users as rail staff are set to go on strike again next week, causing yet more travel chaos for passengers. Another strike by members in the Aslef union, which represents train drivers, will be held on Wednesday (October 5) while RMT members will walk out again on October 8.

Baz Luhrmann is reflecting on filming Elvis with star Austin Butler.

BFI’s “Baz Luhrmann in conversation” event in London.“There are two great American gestures, I think. The two that really fascinate me are the ‘big sell’ – the ability to sell well, and the other is the gesture of the new,” Luhrmann explained.