ten days of strike action starts today at heathrow airport after last ditch talks failed. the dispute involving security workers who are members of the unite union is about pay. heathrow says it has contingency plans to keep the airport operating as normal throughout the easter holidays. this saturday will see a host of bills going up, including council tax, water rates and some mobile and broadband services. it comes as a newham based money advice organisation say people are getting into debt in order to try and pay their bills with the majority of people coming to them being in the red every month. the demand is too much. we ve got a very small team, so, at the moment, we probably, in the last year, saw over 600 people. what we are seeing is that people just don t have enough money to pay for their rent, their council tax, their energy bills. people have modest incomes, but they are just not making enough money to cover those expenses.
dw. strikes by security guards at london heathrow airport will go ahead as planned from today, after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. the walkout will end on easter sunday. it threatens disruption at the uk s largest airport at the start of the easter school holidays. i spoke to our transport correspondent katy austin a little earlier. well, it s security guards who work at terminal five at heathrow, which is only used by british airways. they are walking out today, and also security workers who deal with cargo coming in and out of the airport as well. but even though it is only those specific groups of security officers taking part in the strike, it does mean that staffing is stretched when it comes to security, and this is a very busy few days. today, the weekend, is the start of the easter getaway, so lots of passengers expected to be turning up to go on those holidays. and i think the impact on the ground, when we were at terminalfive earlier, to be fair, it looked
after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. it threatens disruption at the uk s largest airport at the start of the easter school holidays. here s our transport correspondent, katy austin. well, it s security guards who work at terminal five at heathrow, which is only used by british airways. they are walking out today and also security workers who deal with cargo coming into and out of the airport as well. but even though it s only those specific groups of security officers taking part in the strike, it does mean that staffing is stretched when it comes to security. and this is a very busy few days today and the weekend is the start of the easter getaway. so lots of passengers expected to be turning up to go on those holidays. and i think the impact on the ground when we were at terminal five earlier, it looked like things were running fairly smoothly. but we were we re expecting that it s taking a bit longer to get through security. we saw the airport had
pursuit of a better tomorrow. there are lighter moments, too, of course. this is the king trying his hand at cheese making at an organic farm. something along these lines is a must for any tour involving the king. but later today, the programme will revert to the serious. the king and the queen consort will travel to hamburg, where they ll remember all those who died in the allied bombing of the city during the second world war. and they ll pay tribute to the kindertransport, which saved more than 10,000 jewish children from the nazis. nicholas witchell, bbc news, berlin. more than 1,400 security workers in the unite union are beginning a 10 day strike at heathrow airport, in a dispute over pay. heathrow said it had offered a 10%
sector union, they will be announcing the results of a ballot of 300,000 members this week. midwives are voting as to whether to go on strike a physiotherapist are voting, teachers are voting. royal mail workers are going on strike this week. ., ., ., this week. the royal college of nursin: this week. the royal college of nursing was this week. the royal college of nursing was mentioned. - this week. the royal college of nursing was mentioned. it - this week. the royal college of nursing was mentioned. it has| nursing was mentioned. it has confirmed its workers have voted in favour of strikes. we do not know when they will be but we could find out strike date in november for england. and just to add one more strike. more than 1,000 gas security workers who deliver cash and coins to some of the uk s biggest banks and supermarkets will stage a a8 hour strike in december, prompting worries about a cash shortage. easy for you to say! we will of course keep you up to date on what is happe