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Married £90,000-a-year union boss is courting youthful prepare driver

  • Aslef union chief Dicky Fisher, 62, is courting a prepare driver 19 years his junior

A regional boss for Aslef is courting a prepare driver 19 years his junior – simply because the nation is crippled by the rail union’s strikes.

Dicky Fisher, 62, has discovered love with Great Western driver teacher Kerry Cassidy, 43, who’s a Labour councillor in Cornwall and likewise an aspiring MP.

Ms Cassidy confirmed that she and Fisher are in a relationship, and stated she was trying ahead to ‘spending the remainder of my life with him’, The Sun studies

District 6 organiser Mr Fisher, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, has been in his function for 11 years and earns round £90,000 a yr.

On Thursday, the duo stayed at a Birmingham resort forward of an Aslef coaching weekend – checking in a day earlier than most different delegates.

Aslef union organiser Dicky Fisher, 62, is dating a train driver 19 years his junior - just as the country is crippled by the rail union's strikes

Aslef union organiser Dicky Fisher, 62, is courting a prepare driver 19 years his junior – simply because the nation is crippled by the rail union’s strikes

Fisher is now an item with Lisa Cassidy, 43, a train driver with Great Western railways and a Labour councillor in Liskeard, Cornwall

Fisher is now an merchandise with Lisa Cassidy, 43, a prepare driver with Great Western railways and a Labour councillor in Liskeard, Cornwall

Ms Cassidy has aspirations to be a Labour MP and and has been pictured alongside Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner

Ms Cassidy has aspirations to be a Labour MP and and has been pictured alongside Labour’s deputy chief Angela Rayner

Ms Cassidy stated: ‘I’ve recognized him for about 15 years and sure we’d have been collectively as soon as earlier than, which he confessed to his spouse, but additionally he confessed to about one other 20 years of affairs.

‘We’ve been at occasions collectively however separate resort rooms, he would not entertain me on the bank card.’

She added that she and Fisher had been saving cash by sharing a room in Birmingham on Thursday.

They had been noticed strolling within the metropolis holding arms and returned to their resort at 12.30am.

The couple are reported to have been collectively since final October. 

In September, Mr Fisher break up together with his spouse of 30 years Nancy, and he and Ms Cassidy formally grew to become an merchandise the next month.

A supply instructed the Sun newspaper: ‘His spouse feels deeply damage and betrayed.

‘He’s led a double life and has been carrying on with Kerry whereas they’re each away on union enterprise…’

Ms Cassidy works as teacher driver with Great Western Railway and is a lady’s report for District 7.

She can be a Labour councillor in Liskeard, Cornwall, and just lately break up from the city’s mayor Simon Cassidy.

Ms Cassidy has aspirations to be a Labour MP and and has been pictured alongside Labour’s deputy chief Angela Rayner.

Mr Fisher in the meantime, counts Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan and ex-Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn amongst his mates.

TRAIN DRIVERS’ STRIKES TO BRING MORE TRAVEL MISERY

Parts of the nation may have no rail companies on Saturday due to the newest strike by prepare drivers, inflicting journey chaos for passengers together with sports activities followers.

Members of Aslef at Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway and West Midlands Railway will stroll out for twenty-four hours of their long-running dispute over pay and situations.

Strikes towards totally different English prepare operators began earlier this week and can proceed on Monday, whereas a ban on additional time will final till Tuesday, additionally inflicting disruption to companies.

Football followers attending many league video games might be amongst these affected on Saturday, whereas the hospitality trade has warned that the continuing industrial motion is costing the sector tens of tens of millions of kilos in misplaced earnings.

Avanti West Coast urged its clients to not journey on Saturday as there might be no companies.

Managing director Andy Mellors stated: “Our customers want to be out using our network and it is disappointing that we are once again asking them not to travel on a weekend.

“We perceive their frustration and may solely apologise for the disruption to their plans.

“We’d encourage those able to do so to take advantage of the ticket easement and change their day of travel. Alternatively, customers are entitled to a full fee-free refund.”

Football video games affected on Avanti’s routes embody Everton v Tottenham, Burnley v Fulham, Leyton Orient v Carlisle, West Brom v Birmingham City, Tranmere v Crewe and Salford v Wrexham.

West Midlands Railway (WMR) stated the influence of the strike and additional time ban means none of its prepare companies will run on Saturday or Sunday.

There might be an amended timetable on Monday and Tuesday, with companies topic to short-notice modification or cancellation.

Jonny Wiseman, WMR buyer expertise director, stated: “Industrial action is designed to be disruptive to passengers and it is extremely disappointing that the impact of this action means we are unable to operate any services this weekend.

“Passengers holding tickets for journey for both Saturday or Sunday will be capable of use them on another day or declare a full refund. Information is on the market on our web site.

“I also urge passengers travelling during the period of the overtime ban to check their journeys before setting out as services may be subject to short-notice cancellation. I also urge passengers not to rely on late services as last trains may be earlier than usual.”

There might be no East Midlands Railway companies on Saturday.

The pay and situations dispute began in the summertime of 2022 and reveals no signal of being resolved.

Aslef says drivers haven’t had a pay rise for nearly 5 years, together with a interval the place many labored by the pandemic.

Train corporations say working situations need to be up to date, whereas the federal government is urging the union’s management to poll their members on a suggestion made final yr.