Rail industryLondon Underground tube strike called off after ‘positive’ talks with TfLRMT suspends action which threatened to halt almost all tube services in the capital over next four days A strike that threatened to halt all London Underground services for the next four days has been called off. The RMT union announced that it had suspended its planned action after talks with Transport for London (TfL), after the mayor of London apparently made new funds available.

Louisiana This article is more than 1 year oldLouisiana trio imprisoned for 28 years freed after judge tosses murder convictionsThis article is more than 1 year oldNewly uncovered evidence linked investigation into 1994 New Orleans murder to disgraced officer currently on federal death row Three Louisiana men incarcerated for over 28 years were found to have been wrongfully convicted of murder on Wednesday, after newly uncovered evidence linked the original police investigation to a notorious officer found guilty of murder conspiracy and endemic corruption in the New Orleans police department.

Global developmentObituaryMartin KellyMartin Kelly, who has died suddenly of a heart condition at the age of 43, was a craniofacial plastic surgeon of enormous talent and dedication whose work won international recognition. He pioneered techniques that established him as a leader in the field of facial reconstruction. Not for nothing was he referred to as the king of rhinoplasty. However, newspaper stories concentrated on his celebrity clients, and so tended to overlook the more serious work that he carried out for the National Health Service and Facing the World, the charity that he and I founded.

Cif beliefReligion This article is more than 14 years oldPigs may not fly in heavenThis article is more than 14 years oldMusab BoraMuslims' complex relationship with animals in this life makes for uncertainty in the nextThe question: Do animals have souls?A cursory look at Islamic scriptures would indicate that the souls of animals do not carry on into the afterlife. Islam however, has plenty to say on animals and our relationships with them.

Iceland‘This town might be over’: Grindavík residents face uncertain future after volcano erupts againThe 3,800 inhabitants of south-western Icelandic town fear they may never be able to return home Residents of the Icelandic town of Grindavík fear they may not be able to return to their homes after volcanic lava destroyed several houses and damaged water and electricity supplies. The Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month on Sunday morning, hours after the authorities had instructed residents to leave the fishing town in the south-west of the island after a “swarm” of mini-earthquakes suggested an eruption was imminent.