The week’s bestselling books, October 11
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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Train strike to spark chaos for thousands in UK tomorrow as workers walk out in row over DOORS
A TRAIN strike is set to spark chaos for passengers tomorrow as railway workers walk out in a row over doors.
A number of service cancellations or changes will be in place from October 10.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Chiltern Railways are participating in strike action this weekend.
Workers are set to walk out on October 10 for 24 hours, with further strike action planned for October 17.
Passengers have been advised to check their journey details ahead of travelling tomorrow.
The decision comes over plans to introduce driver-only operation (DOO) on East West Rail services.
This means the driver alone oversees both the train’s movement and door operations, rather than having a second conductor on board.
The dispute centres on the first stage of the new railway, serving six stations between Oxford and Milton Keynes.
Trains on this route will stop at Oxford, Oxford Parkway, Bicester Village, Winslow, Bletchley and Milton Keynes Central.
According to RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey, the proposals would be a “significant risk” to safety and existing train manager roles.
He added: “RMT will not accept the watering down of safety on the rail network.”
However, Chiltern Railways has rejected the claim that the new services would compromise passenger safety.
Interim managing director Tony Baxter said: “We have run most of our trains with the driver in control of the doors for decades, safely and as approved by the independent rail regulator.
“It also means over 100 new permanent jobs at Chiltern, and no changes to the roles of existing colleagues.”
The operator also stressed that every East West Rail train will have two staff members on board – a driver, and a colleague to look after and assist passengers and check tickets.
The company has said it remains committed to working with RMT to solve the dispute.
What changes will be in place over the weekend?
According to Chiltern Railways’ website, the majority of passengers will “experience a near normal train service”.
There will be no services for Stratford-upon-Avon or Leamington Spa for the entire day.
Passengers will instead need to travel via Dorridge, taking a West Midlands Railway service between Stratford-upon-Avon and Dorridge.
Customers have been assured that tickets will be valid via Dorridge at no additional cost.
A further four long distance services will only operate part of their journeys:
- 0644 Stourbridge Junction to London Marylebone – will start at Banbury
- 0819 Stourbridge Junction to London Marylebone – will start at Birmingham Moor Street
- 1802 London Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction will terminate at Birmingham Moor Street
- 1932 London Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction will terminate at Banbury
Certain trains in and out of London Marylebone will have additional stops at Wembley Arena for passengers heading to the Girlguiding Big Gig pop concert.
EasyJet strike to hit three European airports TOMORROW as airline cancels flights
EASYJET is set to strike tomorrow at several major airports in a popular European country.
EasyJet flight crew will walk out of airports across Portugal from tomorrow, with flights expected to be cancelled.
The airports include Lisbon, Porto and Faro.
The strike will run from October 2 to 6 and has been called by the SNPVAC union, which the airline’s cabin crew in Portugal belongs to.
Overall, it is estimated that the strike over the coming days could ground around 500 flights which includes 35 to and from the UK.
This includes two return flights and one outbound flight from London Southend Airport.
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EasyJet operates from a number of UK airports including Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, London Gatwick and London Luton.
The strike comes due to an ongoing dispute with the airline about pay, rostering and working conditions for cabin crew in Portugal.
Any travellers due to fly to or from Portugal during the strike dates are being advised to check their easyJet app or emails for updates.
Meanwhile, the Portuguese government has promised that there will be a minimum of one Lisbon to London and then London to Lisbon flight per day during the strike.
On the other hand, it appears that no UK flights to or from Faro or Porto remain protected.
The SNPVAC union has announced further walkouts later on in the year in December between 19–23.
A spokesperson for easyJet told Sun Travel: “We are extremely disappointed that the union representing our Portugal-based cabin crew has announced an industrial action from 2 to 6 October, despite our willingness to continue a constructive dialogue and reach an agreement to meet our employees’ requests and protect the sustainability of easyJet business in Portugal.
“We are sorry for the impact the unnecessary action will have on our customers and we are doing all we can to minimise disruption, including actioning some cancellations in advance to allow our customers to rearrange their travel plans.
“Customers whose flights are cancelled have been informed directly and offered options including a free transfer or a refund.
“We advise customers travelling to or from Portugal between 2 and 6 October to check the status of their flight via our Flight Tracker.”
Travel warning as major strike to hit 33 airports in Europe TOMORROW with fears for hundreds of flights
IT’S bad news if you are due to travel to a popular holiday hotspot tomorrow as flight chaos is expected across the country.
Air traffic controllers are due to strike across Italy tomorrow for four hours, which could send airports into chaos.
The strike will take place between 1pm and 5pm with the main airports expected to be impacted including Rome, Naples, Milan and Venice.
However, the strike is national meaning that ENAV – the company that runs Italian air traffic control – will walk out at all 33 Italian airports.
Under Italian laws, flights in the morning and evening are guaranteed to operate as usual.
These flights are between 7am and 10am and 6pm and 9pm.
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All connections to Italian islands also remain guaranteed.
So if you are able to move your flight, especially to the morning, then you’d be protected from a cancellation.
As a strike is outside of an airline’s control, you sadly won’t get any compensation.
But the airline does have a duty of care, which means they must provide you with food and water as well as book you into a hotel if you are stuck overnight.
Flights expected to be impacted tomorrow include a 12:30pm Wizz Air service from Milan to London Luton, a 2pm easyJet flight from Milan to London Gatwick and a 1:20pm easyJet flight from Rome to London Gatwick.
Passengers are being advised to check their flight status with their airline and airport before travelling.
There will be another strike on October 16, lasting 24 hours – but this time it will be easyJet flight crew walking out.
The week’s bestselling books, September 27
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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The week’s bestselling books, September 20
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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