a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate father s day. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. set to bring the rail network to a grinding halt from tuesday, they are the biggest strikes in decades. instead of 20,000 trains on a normal day, just one in five services may run. government says children heading to take exams or patients to medical appointments will face disruption. but, under pressure to take part in talks with the unions, it says it w
queen s love would you like another one? the queen s love of would you like another one? the queen s love of horses is clear from these pictures, which were filmed in april at the royal stud in sandringham. she has only missed derby day twice in her long reign, today will make a third time but she will be watching from home in windsor. it is for other members of herfamily to take windsor. it is for other members of her family to take thejubilee message of thanks around the uk. this morning, the earl and countess of wessex were in northern ireland as local communities got creative in their tributes to the queen.- their tributes to the queen. really nice to have their tributes to the queen. really nice to have them their tributes to the queen. really nice to have them here, their tributes to the queen. really nice to have them here, it - their tributes to the queen. really nice to have them here, it has - their tributes to the queen. really l nice to have them here, i
The cost of a degree. Students from the poorest backgrounds could leave university with debts of over £57,000. Also coming up, its day three of wimbledon. First up on centre court this afternoon isjohanna konta, who plays donna vekic, the player who beat her in the final of the Nottingham 0pen Last month. And Mark Cavendish is out of the Tour De France, following a crash which saw his sprint rival peter sagan disqualified from the race for his involvement. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Its understood the goverment is to send a taskforce in, to take over parts of Kensington Council, in the wake of the grenfell fire tragedy. It is thought the Housing Department and other departments will be run by an outside organisation, but the council itself will not be taken over. Most of the families who lost their homes are still living in hotels, despite government pledges to rehouse them all by today. There was anger and frustration at a meeting with police and the westminster c
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in employment relations at warwick business school. i don t know whether if you could hear some of that, but you know the background of this very well. just one example there, that man saying our wages just have not gone up effectively in real terms. we ve been cut and cut for ten years. from your perspective with your understanding of employment relations, some people might listen to that and thinking how has it got to that and thinking how has it got to this point? it to that and thinking how has it got to this point? to this point? it has been said, it has been years to this point? it has been said, it has been years and to this point? it has been said, it has been years and years - to this point? it has been said, it has been years and years of - to this point? it has been said, it has been years and years of pay l has been years and years of pay freezes, compression on wages on certain sectors like the nurses. it has been a struggle and the strike we are seeing today is quite