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Pictures of deserted rail stations appear on many of the front pages.

"Hush Hour" is how its shot of a single train at London's Clapham Junction during what should have been rush hour.

The "Day we went back to the 70s" is the Daily Mail's verdict on the strikes. The paper claims the , with 25 left-wing MPs defying an order from leader Sir Keir Starmer not to join picket lines.

For the Sun, the strikes represent a return to the of the 1970s.

The agrees. The paper reports that the RMT leader Mick Lynch "couldn't resist" blaming "old Etonions speaking Latin and Greek" for the dispute.

But the Daily Mirror's front page firmly backs the unions. It points out the head of Network Rail - and says it's time to "level up".

The government's confirmation that it's to reinstate the triple lock on pensions makes the front page of several papers.

The Daily Telegraph says No 10 sources have struggled to explain how it would not be inflationary to allow pensions and benefits to rise in line with prices, when they had already warned that it would be if applied to workers' pay.

In its editorial, the paper says and it warns that ministers and the Bank of England need to take the situation more seriously.

The Times describes as a "radical reform of the country's human rights laws". The paper says the sweeping changes will allow ministers to overrule European judges who stop Britain removing illegal migrants.

"Tory Bill accused of fatally weakening human rights" is the Guardian's take on the proposals. It says last week's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights grounding a flight due to remove migrants to Rwanda and that campaigners and leading lawyers believe the government is systematically eroding people's rights.

"Can you pass-the one-legged 10 second health test?" asks the Daily Express. Its one of several papers to report on a new international study which suggests that people who are better at balancing on one leg after the age of 50 are likely to live longer.

The Times says researchers found that .

And the Times brings more potential bad news for the middle-aged, reporting that more than half of restaurants in London are too noisy to hold a conversation.

Sound data collected randomly at more than 1,000 eateries in the capital found over 50% had sound levels which made it difficult to chat.

The paper says London restaurants have the highest sound levels in Europe and come second only to San Francisco worldwide.

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