VIRGIN TRAINS apologised “unreservedly” today after posting sexist comments on its official Twitter account.
Passenger Emily Cole had complained on the social networking site about being called “honey” by a member of Virgin Trains East Coast staff in a conversation about misleading instructions to passengers.
KENNY MacASKILL looks at the depth of the corruption tolerated within the Scottish National Party and the efforts to keep it from public scrutiny
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work


