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You can feel the nerves now. in an hour the students will find out how they have got on in their exams. a 44—year—old man has been arrested this morning on suspicion of the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0halloran, who was stabbed to death here in greenford on tuesday. we will have the latest. thousands of patients who call 999 with urgent medical problems are sent taxis to take them to hospital. good morning from the picket line at london euston station, as more than 45,000 rail workers g...

Have just be waiting over an hourfor it. i havejust spoken to be waiting over an hourfor it. i have just spoken to one man who is trying to get home to birmingham after a night shift, he will be waiting until at least 8:43am for his train to come. this is the sixth day that rail workers have walked out across the country. more than 45,000 out across the country. more than 16,000 rail staff from network rail and the train operators walked out at midnight. network rail admits it will cause signifi...

Pointing to already massive cargo pile-ups on the West Coast docks and the mass exodus of rail workers in the last six years, labor bureaucrats warned that the inability of the rail companies to maintain acceptable service levels threatened the ability of the US government to wage war.

Its a double whammy because youve not got just got the disruption to the trains, but disruption to buses as well. so many businesses sadly will go to the wall because of the disruption, because of that lack of certainty that its customer base has. and its really important to see the bigger picture here. on saturday, we saw train drivers go on strike. later this week we will see the rail network affected again for a third time this summer, in quite a significant way. lets have a look at what we c...

Helpful, they say if your train has been delayed or changed because of industrial action, your ticket will be valid on another service. i have to say, jon and sally, this is really unusual. the number of strikes but particularly the industrial action being taken by workers and officially. 0ne worker said to me today, im coming to the end of my career, i have never gone on strike before this summer. i dont like letting customers down but its something we have to do. we have got to think about it ...

Workers, bus workers and barristers having taken industrial action this summer, its possible education and health workers will follow and that is before inflation hits the predicted peak of 13%. the bigger question is where will it end? let me brin: question is where will it end? let me bring you this news. another 283 people in six boats were brought to dover havent made it into uk waters, the french authorities stopped a boat which had got into difficulty and there were 63 people on board ther...

On thursday, but i cant because of the strikes, so im going home on tuesday instead. its annoying that the general public has to get inconvenienced, but i understand where they are coming from. im trying to get back to the town of buckingham so i can— resume my studies next monday, but i dont know that euston- is completely closed right now. nine train companies are impacted by todays strike. aslef have consistently said this dispute centres aslef have consistently said this dispute centres on...

And at this point in time, we know where the cost of living crisis is, and rail workers and all workers deserve a decent pay rise. the train companies say that revenues have fallen sharply and insist that reform is needed first before any pay settlements are agreed to. we can look at reform, when we can see what type of reform we are able to get. that then frees up money. we do want to give our staff a pay increase, its not that we dont want to do that, but we need to generate money to do that. ...

This time, its the train drivers, members of the aslef union, on the picket line at euston station. its completely shut and its caught some travellers out. no, im not going home today. i was going to go home on thursday, but i cant because of the strikes, so im going home on tuesday instead. its annoying that the general public has to get inconvenienced, but i understand where they are coming from. im trying to get back to the town of buckingham so i can— resume my studies next monday, but i d...

On pay and the rising costs their members are facing. they should come to the table and offer a decent pay rise, thats what we do. we talk to our employers about our terms, conditions, our wages in the context of where the economy is at that point in time. and at this point in time, we know where the cost of living crisis is, and rail workers and all workers deserve a decent pay rise. the train companies say that revenues have fallen sharply and insist that reform is needed first before any pay ...