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and final preparations as the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow. it is the official opening ceremony. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating, but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. and in the last few minutes, aslef, the train drivers union, has announced a one day strike at nine train companies on saturday. the 13th of august. the union says firms failed to make a suitable pay offer. on the disruption, our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly, some trains were leaving with travellers trying to navigat ....
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These, she has chosen to stay in the holding cells here at manchester crown court but the judge is addressing notjust the wider world on television, those remarks which are being televised and he is also addressing the jurors who have spent so long delivering on this case, addressing the families themselves, by name, which is why we are not showing this particular part of the sentencing hearing, he is talking to in some cases lucy letby s colleagues, people who worked with her closely, we considered her as a friend and people who were also there on the unit as she was my these babies who also had to live through the experience of seeing these in some cases seemingly healthy babies, of these catastrophic collapses and dying in as a judge has been describing painful and difficult circumstances. let s go back to the court and continue the sentencing remarks. br; continue the sentencing remarks. by the 13th of august she was stable and was the 13th of august she was stable and was transf ....
On saturday, the 13th of august, and that will affect nine train companies, but what i would say is evenif companies, but what i would say is even if the train your planes to travel on is not with one of those nine companies, the knock on effects could end up meaning that your journey could be disrupted. rmt, they ve got to further strikes planned for august, and then there s another union that is planning to strike. as you heard in and the s report they are, the two sides seemingly as far apart as ever. it seems at the moment, little sign of those rmt strikes being called off. all right, jon, thank you for now. john thomason at euston. jon donnison. we can speak now to gareth dennis. he s a railway engineer and writer. he s also a member of the tssa union, though is not on strike today. hello there. thanks for being with us. i do not know how preview are to of these negotiations, if at all, ....