victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause misery for
taking a tumble president biden falls off his bike near his weekend home but insists i m good . and coming up at 5.30 the story of manchester arena bomb survivor martin hibbert s epic five day charity climb to the summit of kilimanjaro. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s 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. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is
To refrain from the threat or use of force. Time on bbc news for sportsday. Im olly foster. Vintage ireland in bordeaux, they start their world cup with a huge win. Well be live in marseille, where england are expecting a tough test in their opening match against argentina. Englan s footballers taking on ukraine in poland looking to keep up their 100 record in qualifying, there have been goals. Also coming up on sportsday. Well head to new york where therell be new name one in waiting aryna sabalenka. Well head to new york where therell be new name on the womens trophy, coco gauff faces the world number one in waiting aryna sabalenka. And englands women start their one day series against sri lanka with a huge win at Chester Le Street. The rugbys been nonstop today, its the busiest day of the world cup with four matches in france. Ireland didnt hold back against romania even though they conceded an early try they then scored 12 of their own. Johnny sexton went over twice in his first ma
To refrain from the threat or use of force. Time on bbc news for sportsday. Im olly foster. Vintage ireland in bordeaux, they start their world cup with a huge win. Well be live in marseille, where england are expecting a tough test in their opening match against argentina. Englan s footballers taking on ukraine in poland looking to keep up their 100 record in qualifying, there have been goals. Also coming up on sportsday. Well head to new york where therell be new name one in waiting aryna sabalenka. Well head to new york where therell be new name on the womens trophy, coco gauff faces the world number one in waiting aryna sabalenka. And englands women start their one day series against sri lanka with a huge win at Chester Le Street. The rugbys been nonstop today, its the busiest day of the world cup with four matches in france. Ireland didnt hold back against romania even though they conceded an early try they then scored 12 of their own. Johnny sexton went over twice in his first ma