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journalist — dom phillips. and coming up at 6.30 — all the days sport, including leicester tigers�* dramatic win over saracens in english rugbys premiership decider. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next weeks rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma reports. its...

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Industry sources say there is not enough time to enforce a new timetable and unions can retaliate and worsen the disruption

Government outlines proposals to mandate minimum service levels during strikes in six broad public sectors including rail, health and fire.

Sign from outside at least that the two sides are coming closer together and what that is likely to mean is next week disruption is inevitable, evenif next week disruption is inevitable, even if the strikes are called off. beyond that, we have to hope the two sides get together, but at the moment it doesnt look likely. so millions of people are likely to face their christmas plans being disrupted and businesses who need the customer s who are normally around at christmas, but wont be, because th...

But its the passengers that will feel the brunt. lots of people will work from home, which weve all — most of us who can have become accustomed to that over the past few years, so it could be that it doesnt bite those people quite so much as it would have done in previous years. but for more of the leisure and travel events — you know, glastonbury�*s often mentioned as being one of the big events thats happening next week — the reality is that people willjust have to find another way to ...

Consultant anna—jane hunter. why is this happening and what is the background to it? how likely is it to be resolved?— the background to it? how likely is it to be resolved? there are a whole host of issues _ it to be resolved? there are a whole host of issues involved _ it to be resolved? there are a whole host of issues involved around - it to be resolved? there are a whole host of issues involved around pay, | host of issues involved around pay, conditions. — host of issues involved aro...

One in five, services, would run and a special timetable will be published for that next week. so, if people do need to get around on those dates, the advice is make other plans but the special timetable will be out next week to help people plan their journeys. some large—scale events, of course, happening — glastonbury, the england—new zealand cricket match at headingley and british summer time festival at hyde park. so the strike action will affect not just commuters but passengers trave...