because you can t rely on it? i can t rely on it. i m travelling to london today and usually that s about, i don t know, 2.5 hours. 0n the train today it s going to take me about four cause i ve got to crewe, then derby, then down to london, and tomorrow i m doing the same. trains are only running once an hour |so me and my friend just used a car| instead of using public transport. i m in uni and work in town, and my 8am is cancelled every day. transpennine express apologised, blaming the disruption on staffing issues and training backlogs. the department of transport says it s working closely with train operators to ensure disruptions are kept to a minimum. but there are concerns that the situation is having a huge impact on the economy in the north west. it s taking visitors out of the city like this or like manchester at the weekend. people give up and coming into the city and having a night out because they get fear getting towards the end of the night and their train gets cancell
leah, who was 19 when she disappeared, has not been seen in more than three years. detectives have also found some of her belongings at a property they re searching in milton keynes. vincent mcaviney reports. leah croucher went missing while walking to work at a finance company on the 15th february 2019. captured on cctvjust after 8am, she hasn t been seen or heard from since. in the years that followed, her parents have made various public appeals for information. i ve always known that something bad has happened. ijust need somebody to phone up and confirm that so that i can move on, because i am trying to keep a little bit of hope in there that leah is going to come home and we ll be able to have dinner again. and that s what s killing me. many of the streets in milton keynes bear posters of her image. despite police carrying out more than 4,000 house to house inquiries and reviewing 1,200 hours of cctv footage, they had no leads. but after a tip off from a member
captured on cctvjust after 8am, she hasn t been seen or heard from since. in the years that followed, her parents have made various public appeals for information. i ve always known that something bad has happened. ijust need somebody to phone up and confirm that so that i can move on, because i am trying to keep a little bit of hope in there that leah is going to come home and we ll be able to have dinner again. and that s what s killing me. many of the streets in milton keynes bear posters of her image. despite police carrying out more than 4,000 house to house inquiries and reviewing 1,200 hours of cctv footage, they had no leads. but after a tip off from a member of the public on monday, police searched this property in the furzton area, finding leah s rucksack and other personal belongings. thames valley police launched a murder investigation, before then, sadly, announcing the discovery
left a financial hole and changed the way people travel. we want to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to be self funding from within the industry, because we can t afford to keep taking more taxpayers money. so meaningful reform means that we can generate money, that we can then say to government, we believe that this is a sensible deal, that we can give our staff a pay increase. rail bosses and unions say they ll keep talking, but more strikes could be coming down the line. let s cross to london euston, where we can speak to our correspondent sanchia berg. it looks like they have locked you out, sanchia? yes, that s right. the station is closed. they are not allowing people in and out, no trains have been coming in and out throughout most of the day, and in fact on won t start up again until about seven or 8am. as you said, the picture across the country, as here, is that this strike has affected
laugh and cry and scream, and make some noise, so he can hear us right now. we ve got a long report from that concert which is absolutely phenomenal, if you want to stick around with us, we will play it again to you after 8am, we will be on the news channel by that time. it is well worth watching. here s darren with a look at this morning s weather. so, has somebody been a bright and early to get that beautiful photograph? early to get that beautiful photograph? early to get that beautiful -hoto~ra-h? , ., , ., photograph? they have! it is a lovely picture. photograph? they have! it is a lovely picture, isn t photograph? they have! it is a lovely picture, isn t it? - photograph? they have! it is a lovely picture, isn t it? the - photograph? they have! it is a | lovely picture, isn t it? the sun coming up, and a bit of misting us in the airthis coming up, and a bit of misting us in the air this morning. it is that time of year, we are now into meteorological autumn, so the days are