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RICHARD PENDLEBURY: At 84 years of age, he is of course older and frailer than in his firebrand, government-toppling, pomp. But Arthur Scargill is still militant - and still on the picket line.

They started and people are starting to get back into the habit of coming into offices or where ever the place of work is, maybe not five days a week but on a regular basis and this sets the whole thing back. its bad news for us in the short term and he will really struggle to get through the cash flow of it with it having an impact on our staff, having to sort of reduce the man—hours over the days this week and if there was another strike, that would get worse but the structural damage it doe...

Many of the strikers are colleagues we work with on a daily basis at stations and we very much see ourselves as part of the infrastructure and service offered to passengers so we understand why the unions would want to be fighting their corner for a the unions would want to be fighting their cornerfor a pay the unions would want to be fighting their corner for a pay increase given the way inflation is going and we also understand why network rail and the rail operators need to bring in some impr...

After last-ditch talks between unions and rail operators broke down here on Monday, the United Kingdom (UK) National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Wor

A strike and it regrets it, it says that its members are facing a crisis, and that crisis is driven by the fact that we are seeing these very high levels of inflation, and the pay deal that it says will be in effect a pay cut for its workers, along with what it says are other job cuts that the government or rail operators are trying to push through and changes to working hours which would mean more hours, so the union say this is a crisis for them and they cannot just see say this is a crisis fo...

And if we didnt plan for more staff absences. weve also got to remember that as part of plan b people are asked to work from home and that will help to ease some of the pressures on the rail operators and the nhs. to help protect the nhs the bbc understands the government has prepared a plan for some key workers to be prioritised for covid testing if there is another shortage of tests. lets speak to our health correspondent nick triggle. we are expecting the press conference to start at five ocl...

More than 1800 covid patients alone. evenif more than 1800 covid patients alone. even if you remove those admitted with covid rather than because of it, pressures are high but are far below what we saw this time last year and thats largely down to the vaccine holding up. but the pressures are far below what we saw this time last year. in scotland, restrictions like table service only in hospitality venues are in place, england has fewer measures compared to the rest of the uk but this will be re...

Railways —— what contingency measures. we know there is a back—up plan to prioritise access to testing if there is a real crunch on the supply of tests, and the vaccines minister maggie throup was this morning talking about some of the other things that have been done. its important that people know weve recently reduced the number of days of isolation from ten days to seven days, with two lateral flow tests taken that are negative. so, thats one step. and im sure listeners will appreciate...

In london and as far as australia, tens of thousands of people have gathered in ashling murphys memory. but more than that — to unite in calls for a change in society so women and girls can feel safe. if we are to break the cycle of male violence against women, _ we need to develop an enforceable, zero—tolerance approach _ towards misogyny and sexism. thats to end all violence against all women in all of its forms. - at stormont in northern ireland today, the deputy first minister, michelle ...

But todays relaxation of the rules once again leaves customers facing the conundrum of different requests, depending on where they are. john lewis said it would be suggesting shoppers wear masks, and sainsbury�*s said they would keep signs up and still make announcements, urging staff and customers to use them. but morrisons dont go as far, simply saying it will be complying with government regulations. and currys says it will ask staff, but not customers, to wear a mask. face coverings will s...