london fire brigade s response to last week s widespread fires was praised but the inspectorate s report said beneath the surface deeper seated problems remain . the mayor s office said sadiq khan was satisfied that the brigade and commissioner were committed to delivering the improvements needed. rail passengers are being urged not to travel this morning unless absolutely necessary, because of strike action by the rmt union. it s expected to stop the vast majority of services running. there are no trains at all through this core of london, the thameslink service from st pancras through to london bridge. and, really, we re only running on our main line, so that line down to brighton the brighton main line is running, but any of the branch lines are off. many of those we re not able to run on. so please, please, do check before you travel and please only travel if absolutely necessary. meanwhile, another tube strike has been announced. members of the rmt union will walk out in th
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back in november, the dartmere line was one of the first closed branch lines to be reopened, but some are now questioning the wisdom of that when mainline services could be about to shrink. the government has declined to say by how much it s asking train companies to cut their costs, but says there s an industry wide savings target of £1.5 billion over five years. a spokesperson said operators were being asked to make sustainable business plans which protect taxpayers money and reflect passenger levels. the leeds based holiday companyjet2 says it s seen a big rise in bookings since the government relaxed the rules on covid tests for foreign travel. it s been a tough couple of years for international tourism and jet2 was given a £200 million loan at the height of the pandemic. but some holiday businesses in yorkshire have been telling our correspondent spencer stokes that they are hoping customers who turned to them because of covid won t now go abroad instead. a sense of growing con
wind speed eunice is affecting coastline. the wind speed is eunice is affecting coastline. tie: wind speed is picking up. i m finding it hard to stand up. earlier this morning businesses here were preparing to face the storm. so far, not much flood damage. they have been clearing away sand but it s been clearing away sand but it s been quite quiet on the harbour front. the high tide did not bring as much flooding as they were expecting. but the guests are expected to pick up between now and midday. 90 mph are expected here. concerns about waves of up to nine and a half metres and across devon and a half metres and across devon and cornwall there has been a significant amount of disruption. hundreds of schools across the region are closed. transport is being affected. trains are operating at reduced service. there are speed restrictions. branch lines across devon and coral have been closed. appointments and hospitals have been cancelled. thousands of homes have
on different lines, you have to know the root that you are going to be travelling on. and in fact, one of the train operators here come at london northwestern, they said, we are cancelling all our services on the branch lines to st albans and to bedford because we are going to use those crews for busier services. so they are doing what they can if, sadly, a dwindling number of resources, and there is something else happening as well here, just down the road, 400 metres also, st pancras station, the main international terminal for eurostar trains, well, the first two from paris were cancelled today, that is nothing to do with staff sickness, it is everything to do with passenger shortage due to an effective travel ban being imposed by the french government last weekend on the uk. by the french government last weekend on the uk. yes, all right, for now, thank weekend on the uk. yes, all right, for now, thank you weekend on the uk. yes, all right, for now, thank you very weekend on