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Rail passengers took to social media to blast the pay increase for an abysmal service they said had a broken timetable and constant delays without noticeable improvements.

Quoting a "senior nhs source" saying elderly patients who are "fit to be sent home" are likely to be stuck in hospital over christmas, due to the industrial action. and the times says strikes by border force staff "threaten misery" and will "wreak havoc" at uk airports over the next week. well have more on this throughout the programme. we will be talking to simon calder later, the chapel expert, because one of the impacts on the border force and the trade —— train strike is the roads are se...

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And two further 48—hour strikes are scheduled, affecting services next month, onjanuary 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th. the last thing the retail sector needed in this vital run—up to christmas was another train strike. yet theyre not the only sector thats suffering. restaurants, bars, hotels, theyve all seen cancellation rates go up and their profits hit badly. the one thing they need this christmas is a quick resolution to this dispute. this is the most important week for me of the whole year, this...

In the days to come we will have more discussions. if theyre willing to compromise and take a few steps forward, we will see what we can develop. it needs them to move off their positions that we have already rejected. today is the second day of the latest walk out this week. more industrial action is planned to start at 6pm on christmas eve until 6am on 27th and two further 48 hour strikes are scheduled to affect services next month. the last thing the retail sector needed was another train str...

To run today and tomorrow and theres more industrial action planned over the christmas holiday period and in early january. people and businesses across the country are being affected by the strikes. lets speak to terry george whos the owner of bar fibre and viaduct showbar in leeds. terry, good to see you and thank you very much indeed for being with us. i guess for business owners like you can its really tough having doctor covan and all the nightmare of the pandemic, and now you are strugglin...

Tuesday began with 40,000 RMT railway staff staging their first wave of 48-hour strikes at Network Rail - and 14 train companies - amid a cold snap continuing to grip the UK.

Britons had to sacrifice seeing loved ones over the holiday period in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic - but now face having to do the same due to union barons shutting down critical services.

A new set of strikes by rail workers across December will massively disrupt travel by train in the run-up to Christmas.

Means. >> first were going to start this morning with what is happening on capitol hill. you see all the lawmakers meeting with president biden, democrats and republicans coming together and preparing to enact legislation that would avert a rail strike. he is working to keep them from walking off the job. something he said could be devastating for the economy. >> i asked the four top leaders in congress to talk about whether theyd be able to come in and talk about legislation and theres a lot to...