Bringing The World Home To You

© 2025 WUNC North Carolina Public Radio
120 Friday Center Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919.445.9150 | 800.962.9862

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Already a Sustainer? Click here to increase now →

London Underground workers go on strike, leaving millions of commuters stranded

By Lauren Frayer

Published September 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM EDT

One of the world's oldest and busiest subway systems has ground to halt. London Underground workers are on strike, leaving some 4 million commuters stranded.

Lauren Frayer

Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.

See stories by Lauren Frayer

Stories From This Author

Is Edinburgh's Fringe still fringe, or has it — gasp — gone mainstream?

Lauren Frayer

It began on the edgy margins of a mainstream festival — which it's now eclipsed. But nearly 80 years on, performers and spectators say rising costs threaten the Fringe's alternative vibe.
A mass grave, an unwed mothers home, and the Catholic Church in Ireland

Lauren Frayer

Ireland is excavating a mass grave where nearly 800 infants are believed to have been buried in a septic tank behind a home for unwed mothers.
An MMA fighter Trump hosted at the White House loses appeal in his rape case

Lauren Frayer

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor used to be the face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. President Trump, a UFC fan, hosted him at the White House for St. Patrick's Day this year.