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Face charges in court today. at first, he blamed the disaster on a technical fault, but later admitted to making a mistake. 57 people died when the passenger train collide head-on with a freight train. le le lenny giokos joins us live from athens, greece. what's the energy there? >> reporter: the energy of trauma, pain, and anger palpable here. everyone i speak to is absolutely traumatized. i guess it hits home, because this is a route that so many people have taken and security, as you say, the station master will be appearing before prosecutors to give his version of events. he initially sai...

Initial report, borisjohnson is due to appear before this committee to answer follow—up questions and if it is found that he has misled parliament it will be down to mps to vote on what sanction he should get including being suspended from parliament. newly—released cctv footage from a train in northern england has revealed a shocking near miss at a pedestrian level crossing earlier this year. network rail, which released the video, is asking people to be much more vigilant near railways, warning that the incident you're about to see could so easily have ended in tragedy. aru na iyengar re...

Network rail, which released the video, is asking people to be much more vigilant near railways, warning that the incident you're about to see could so easily have ended in tragedy. aru na iyengar reports. imagine that you are the train driver, coming up as a footpath level crossing, a man crosses the track right in front of you. the train can be travelling at 125 mph on this stretch near runcorn. missed it? let's see it again. slowed down, it's clear the man could so easily have been hit. it happened in january, just before 11 in the morning, the entrance to the crossing drumming a red light ...

No, they're not, that's more propaganda. it's not propaganda, it's the truth. three quarters of our — no, it's not — three quarters of our members who are in this dispute earn less than £32,000 a year. vast numbers of them are earning in the mid—20s for 24/7—hour contracts. the stuff that's punted out by the management is that everyone�*s a train driver... no, i appreciate not everyone�*s a train driver, and they earn very good money, roughly £60,000 on average. and i appreciate that is the drivers, and many of your members are not drivers, but the average for your whole membersh...

The stuff that's punted out by the management is that everyone�*s a train driver... no, i appreciate not everyone�*s a train driver, and they earn very good money, roughly £60,000 on average. and i appreciate that is the drivers, and many of your members are not drivers, but the average for your whole membership is, i think, well over 40,000. no, it's not, that's completely and utterly untrue. we've been through this with the companies. i went through the payday 2—3 weeks ago — three quarters of our people are earning less than 32,000. this is stuff punted out by the government and th...