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Employers — government gives in or if any of the employers give into really big wage demands. — employers give into really big wage demands, that will make the economy situation _ demands, that will make the economy situation worse, it will push inflation _ situation worse, it will push inflation up for that we will end up with stagflation, we know all these things— with stagflation, we know all these things but— with stagflation, we know all these things but again the human cost, with ...

We are catching up with them personally? i wonder what they will say?! lets focus now on the rail strikes expected later this month. less chirpy. bens at manchester piccadilly station this morning, and can tell us whats going on. yes, good morning from manchester piccadilly station. its one of the busiest stations on the network. look at a few departure boards. you can see how many services use this station. many will be disrupted, as well as others right across the uk when those strikes happen....

The guardians front page reports that the legal age for smoking could be raised to 21 — and new taxes imposed on tobacco companies. the times has a story about a covid vaccine which has raised hopes of a cure for pancreatic cancer. its been developed by american scientists. "total rail shutdown" is the headline in the metro, which focuses on the proposed strikes by rail workers later this month. and the star says that a "double whammy" of high pollen counts and thunder storms this week will ca...

Of the year — thats according to new research by the mayors office. it also suggested that low income families are being hit hardest by energy and food price rises. the government says its protecting the eight million most vulnerable through at least £1200 of direct payments this year. and we would like to hear your story. if you have been affected by the rise in the cost of living, do get in touch. email us — the address on your screen now is hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk. more on those rail st...

Recent government spending measures. and then theres the ugly — inflation due to hit 10%. prices pushed higher as a weaker pound makes imports more expensive, particularly dollar priced oil and gas. inflation is outrunning take—home pay and a summer of industrial action has already arrived, with rail workers set to follow tube workers out on a series of strikes in mid—june. we cannot passively sit round while our members become poorer and they are under a threat of losing theirjobs. thats ...

Brutal petrol hikes. the department for business said the cut to fuel duty had been the biggest ever. experts say its unlikely the pressure on motorists wallets will ease soon. thousands of rail workers across the uk will stage three days of strike action later this month in a dispute over pay and jobs. the rmt union has said it will "shut down" the rail network after talks over pay and redundancies fell through. our correspondent theo leggett is at kings cross station in london. when will the s...

Chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. tens of thousands of rail workers are to stage three days of strike action towards the end ofjune — it would be the biggest walkout in decades. members of the rmt union on network rail and 13 train operators will strike onjune 21st, 23rd and 25th. london underground workers are also due to walk out on 21st. the separate disputes are over pay, jobs and pensions. a number of big sporting and music events — including glastonbury — will be affected. heres...

A ukrainian away from that, then they will die. thats why whenever i evacuate a woman, i will pick her a flower from outside her building. i cant give them anything else to take with them, but i can give them the flower to take. its the only thing i can do. a volunteer helping evacuate elderly people from the front line in ukraine ending that report by 0rla guerin. lets take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the police in brazil have opened a criminal investigation into the disappea...

Bbc .com/ news. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we are going to talk about the european union, who approved a law that requires universal charging ports for all devices by 2024, and we look at what this means for those of you who use apple products. thousands of rail workers was staged three days of strike action at a dispute over pay. the union said it will shut down the network after talks over pay and redundancy fell through. heres feel like it. —— theo leggett. throug...

That this is how its ended up, but hopefully theyll figure something out. i will probably choose not to take the train in the future. i willjust plan to take the bus instead of the train. coming somewhere like glasgow shouldnt really have that - uncertainty because you feel like youre in a city centre i and you should be able to get in and out and things as well. i the reduced timetable is likely to impact scotlands world cup play—off against ukraine here at hampden onjune1st. the scottish con...