And where it might go next. Going and where it might go next. Concern for ten briton dead going concern for ten britons feared dead or missing in the conflict. As vigils or help this evening, rishi sunak speaks of the London Synagogue in the Home Secretary asks for increased police patrols. And in other news, The Shadow Chancellor pledges to get Britain Building If Labour wins the general election. 0n newsnight at 1030 we are live in jerusalem and the worst act of terror rocked by hamas upon israel. Good evening from jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a massive offensive into gaza has onlyjust begun. Israeli war are carrying out air strikes for a third night. The Israeli Government has now ordered a complete closure of the area. This is the scene in gaza tonight. Its israels response to days of attacks by hamas, who control gaza, and designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments including the uk. More than 900 israelis are believed to have been
people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuterjourneys are only 54% of what they were and in london it s 41%. while that s good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming in to city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion a year is spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry we re building backup services, we ve introduced flexible season tickets, but we want to go further, we want to introduce tap in and tap out, automatic price caps all over the country for commuters what you ve got in london, because we think that will help get today s flexible commuters back on board. we want to work with the government to introduce that as quickly as possible. the government has spent billions keeping the trains running during the pandemic. it s also keen to get passengers back. the w
are damaging city centre businesses. at the other end of the scale, leisure trips are nearly back to 2019 levels. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has more. this was what mornings used to look like but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure which is back up to 90% of its pre pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuter journeys are only 54% of what they were and in london it is 41%. while that is good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming into city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in big town and city centres.
that lower passenger numbers are damaging city centre businesses. at the other end of the scale, leisure trips are nearly back to 2019 levels. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has more. this was what mornings used to look like, but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure, which is back up to 90% of its pre pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuterjourneys are only 5a% of what they were and in london it s a1%. while that s good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming in to city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion a year is spent by commuters when they travel. for
of its pre pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuterjourneys are only 54% of what they were and in london it s 41%. while that s good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming in to city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion a year is spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry, we re building back up services, we ve introduced flexible season tickets, but we want to go further, we want to introduce tap in and tap out, automatic price caps all over the country for commuters what you ve got in london, because we think that will help get today s flexible commuters back on board. we want to work with the government to introduce that as quickly as possible. the government has spent billions keeping the trains running during the