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it's wednesday 31st may. rail passengers are facing disruption this morning, as more than 12,000 train drivers walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. it's the start of several days of industrial action on the rail network, which will affect people travelling to this weekend's epsom derby and the fa cup final. here's our transport correspondent, katy austin. once again, train services have come to a stop in many parts of the country. this music bar in london thinks punters staying away during rail strikes has already cost it about three quarters of a million pounds. it's a...

Drivers hit with a fine, for driving in the city centre. but not all schemes have progressed as planned, with a clean air zone in greater manchester currently paused while under review. meanwhile, in bristol, the initiative has been running for six months — and our reporter paul bartrop has been finding out how it's been received. these sea cadets learning to sail in bristol's docks can't drive, but are affected by the clean air zone. instructors like bob russell are volunteers. he drives a non—compliant car. their base is inside the zone. a £9 charge per night to get in. it's crippling s...

Of air pollution. we do local administration, but the scheme itself is part of a national programme. and the money that's taken — with the fines, with the charges — that doesn't immediately come to you. we don't make money out of this, no. we get some money returned to us, but their money has to go into administering the scheme. it's six months since the clean air zone began, but the council won't detail what effects it's had until december. paul bartrop, bbc news, bristol. sarah rowe from the clean cities campaignjoins us in the studio, and business owner steve rupik, whose been affected ...

SKOKIE, IL – The Smyrna Centennial Remembrance Conference 1922-2022 was held in person at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie and via Zoom online on September 18. The Illinois Holocaust Museum and the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center (AMPHRC) offered an afterno

SKOKIE, IL – The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive in Skokie, and the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center present The Great Fire of Smyrna – The Genocide of Greeks in Asia Minor Remembered: 100th Anniversary Commemoration on Sunday, September 18, 1 PM Cent