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Back next saturday. rail passengers in the uk have faced severe disruption today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled — as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. heres our business correspondent, marc ashdown. no strike, no picket line, but no trains either. todays walk—o...

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For the second consecutive saturday, rail services have ground to a halt. just one in five trains were running today — the impact felt across england, scotland and wales. picket lines at manchester piccadilly have become an all—too—familiar sight, as has disruption for passengers. i do understand about the strikes but it is causing a lot of complications — especially with going to work and travelling and things like that. it is making it a lot harder to get around, more than usual. we to...

Series of disputes involving various unions overjobs, pay and working conditions. there have now been 11 strikes with no obvious end in sight. the issues are the same now as they were at the start of the dispute. weve got nothing from these employers, who are acting on behalf of the government. and so, until we get an agreement, we will have to continue with this dispute. and that could go on well into next year? well, we dont want it to, but it could go on, you know, for an undefined period, bu...

Were at the start of the dispute. an agreement, we will have to continue with this dispute. well, we dont want it to, but it could go on, you know, put to our members. unlike the rail operators, network rail has tabled a pay offer, which it says amounts to 8% over two years. we have significantly changed what we were proposing originally and well continue to have discussions, but i think what we need to see is compromise from the other side as well, and some realism, frankly, about the state of ...

Part in their latest strike action. more than 40,000 rmt union members and network rail staff are striking, with people being urged to avoid travelling unless necessary. marta newman reports. for the second consecutive saturday, railservices are grinding to a halt. members of the rmt union at 15 rail operators and crucially network rail are walking out again overjobs, pay, and conditions. it is yet more travel misery for millions of people. youre not expecting this, you want to go somewhere, and...

Out too. impacted are 15 rail operators, the company is running the trains, also, crucially, network rail. the staff working there, they operate the tracks and signals, the plumbing of the whole system and they are crucial and that is why there is so much disruption today. the headlines on bbc news... police say ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal, in the republic of ireland. a massive fire has severely damaged the strategically imp...

Were running today — the impact felt across england, scotland and wales. picket lines at manchester piccadilly have become an all—too—familiar sight, as has disruption for passengers. i do understand about the strikes, but it is causing a lot of complications, especially with going to work and travelling and things like that, it is making it a lot harder to get around more than usual. we took a bus instead. we took a bus from london. to get to manchester, because of the rail strike. and th...

And the government had various options, it could have cancelled it altogether, could have extended it by altogether, could have extended it ljy up altogether, could have extended it by up to ten years, but what it has chosen to do is to give this very short extension for six months, which comes with big warnings, to drastically improve services. first group runs avanti west drastically improve services. first group runs ava nti west coast drastically improve services. first group runs avanti wes...