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When strikes are taking place, in key areas like ambulance, rail and others. the government says this is reasonable and about striking a balance between the right to strike at the right to expect an ambulance to turn up if you are sick, but unions say it is an attack on workers that could lead to some people being sacked for taking the right to strike at face value. whatever happens with that, it will not affect strikes. time, it has to make its way through parliament and could end up in court, and without concrete change, unions say the strikes in england will continue. thank you, nick eardley in westminster. after days of publicity, prince harry s autobiography, spare, has gone on sale in the uk. some shops opened at midnight to meet demand, and the waterstones book store, says it s one of its biggest pre order titles for a decade. much of the book s contents is already public, after copies were leaked in spain. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. ....
Money for teachers or not. in a sense the scottish government is on a fixed budget, it gets a certain amount of money from westminster and raises a certain amount of taxes but money is tight and if i cannot be reconciliation between those two positions then this will affect teachers and parents for several weeks to come. teachers and parents for several weeks to come. ., ~ , ,, ., weeks to come. thank you, james shaw in glasuow. well, ambulance staff who are members of the gmb union in england and wale, are due to walk out tomorrow. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. ambulance workers are some of the very people the government s new legislation if they get it through it s likely to affect? yes, and legislation if they get it through it s likely to affect? yes,- it s likely to affect? yes, and at the moment it s likely to affect? yes, and at the moment there it s likely to affect? yes, and at the moment there is it s likely to affect? yes, and at th ....
And he says his members are pretty determined and that they will strike to get what they are after. it s not just pay that they are after, but they want to improve conditions, too. they want some assurances, as well, from the train companies and from network rail, as well, on the condition is that their workers will have to face, going forward. even though, yesterday we had some mood music, some voices from mick lynch and also from the other side, as well that sounded a little bit more conciliatory, there is no concrete change. talks are ongoing and they are sitting down, at least, and talking, but there has been very little movement in terms of when this dispute can be resolved. find this dispute can be resolved. and that ou this dispute can be resolved. and that you are this dispute can be resolved. and that you are talking about the businesses, lots of businesses, there, in paddington. i can also see lots of passengers behind you, too. so things do seem to be moving. rail passeng ....
Mick lynch described it as a very pleasant meeting, and said she allowed them to explain in his words everything that is wrong with our transport system and the railways in particular. he called it a good start, but so we now need concrete change to get negotiations with rail operators freely moving forward. he said i m more optimistic than i was under grant shapps, it is better to have face to face dialogue than be locked out of the room, and he hopes anne marie trevelyan is astute enough to continue this dialogue. and has there been any kind of response to this? the government? yes. the department for transport said they are urging unions to work with the rail company is not against them as they put it to agree a resolution, and they said they wanted them to reconsider what they call this divisive action, by which they are referring to this series of trikes that have been going on sincejune in the dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. we have had a rolling series of strikes ....
A sea change in attitude, but she is not going in to negotiate with the unions, but it is a step change in the attitude of the government towards the unions. mick lynch described it as a very pleasant meeting, he said she allowed them to explain, in his words, everything that is wrong with our transport system and the railways in particular. he called it a good start, but we now need concrete change to get negotiations with rail operators freely moving forward. he said i m more optimistic than i was under grant shapps, it is better to have face to face dialogue than be locked out of the room, and he hopes anne marie trevelyan is astute enough to continue this dialogue. a 20 year old man has been arrested at heathrow airport on suspicion of attempted murder, after four men were hit by a car in hounslow, west london, on sunday, the metropolitan police said. ....