Christmas revellers (pictured) didn t let Mick The Grinch Lynch s rail strikes from stop them from enjoying a great night out on the first of two Black Eye Fridays this evening.
LEO MCKINSTRY: The calls for that figure - supposedly restoring their pay to 2008 levels and more than double the current rate of inflation - are being led by the British Medical Association.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are due to stage two 48-hour strikes next week following months of industrial action over the deadlocked row.
SARAH VINE: On Saturday I shall be defrosting my windscreen and heading up the M1 for an eight-hour round trip to collect my daughter and her boyfriend from Manchester.
IAN AUSTIN: With the cost of living rising, inflation in double digits and war raging in Ukraine, many of us have been looking forward to spending time with family or friends over Christmas.