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Trade unions have raised concerns that agency workers — brought in after the company sacked 800 staff last week, won't be adequately trained to operate the ships. our reporter, simonjones has more. detained — the european causeway, seen here last week, must remain at the port of larne. the coastguard said it had found failures relating to crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and training. transport secretary grant shapps wrote on twitter: p&o's boss was already under pressure, the prime minister backing calls for him to quit. that's after the company fired 800 workers last week to re...

This is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. multiple explosions are heard in the western city of lviv — smoke rises over the ukrainian city as russian rocket attacks continue. president biden visits poland, where he met ukrainian refugees and addressed crowds in warsaw. he had this message about vladimir putin. for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. with the continuous missile attacks in the capital kyiv and surrounding areas, we assess the destruction left behind. in other news, a ferry operated by p&o has been detained in n...

Sort the mess out. joining me now is katie barnfield. and as you can see, he labeleded it as a mess. and some people could say that we could see it coming, the result of sacking so many people on the spot and then trying to quickly train new ones in such a short space of time. >> absolutely. just a week after that hugely controversial decision by p&o ferries to sack those 800 workers on the spot, this has happened. and at the time they were warned about safety concerns, there were issues raised about whether these new cheaper agency staff that they were bringing on board to replace these wor...

The government could do this in the blink of an eye-— blink of an eye. that was me speaking _ blink of an eye. that was me speaking to katy _ blink of an eye. that was me speaking to katy austin, i blink of an eye. that was me speaking to katy austin, but| blink of an eye. that was me i speaking to katy austin, but here's another copy from a colleague, simon jones. "p&o failed a safety inspection and is in the process of being detained. a team from the maritime agency went on board the pride of kent in dover today. today's inspection, had it been successful, would only prevent the crew to ta...

Which the transport secretary said would force ferry operators who operate to and from the uk to pay the national minimum wage. his argument was you have to pay these wages anyway, so you might as well go back on your decision. grant sha -s go back on your decision. grant shapps on _ go back on your decision. grant shapps on the _ go back on your decision. grant shapps on the government i go back on your decision. grant shapps on the government are unhappy with the head of p&o, but is there anything the government can do to get rid of someone in charge like that? ~ , ., get rid of someone in c...