another strike is planned at nine train companies were sat at the 13th of august and there is other industrial action in the diary as well with the next national rmt strike set for the 18th of august and then the 20th of august, and then the tssa union has action plan for those dates so unless a settlement can be reached in the meantime a summer of disruption on the railways is set to continue. the american actor will smith has reiterated his apology to chris rock, after he slapped him on stage at the oscars in march. in his first public statement for three months, smith said he had reached out to rock, but the comedian had said he was not yet ready to talk. there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave, in that moment.
trains running stop those trains will be finishing a lot earlier than normal. the last train out of here to liverpool is three o clock tomorrow afternoon if you are thinking of travelling by train today check before you travel. many commuters check before you travel. many commuters can check before you travel. many commuters can work- check before you travel. many commuters can work by - check before you travel. many commuters can work by home j check before you travel. many - commuters can work by home but lots ofjourneys commuters can work by home but lots of journeys will commuters can work by home but lots ofjourneys will be affected including some summer holiday trips and get into the second women s euro semi final tonight in milton keynes. a deal in the ongoing dispute feels far away at the moment. the union says it will continue to talk but huge chasm continued between them and employers on paid job security and working conditions. it has scheduled more strikes for 18th and
the rmt said not enough progress had been made, with network rail or the train companies, towards a deal the union or its members could accept. well, we haven t got an offer from network rail or the train operating companies that suits the needs of the dispute. the train operating companies have made no offer on pay and they ve given us no guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, so the gap between the two parties is too big. the rmt said it would continue to negotiate, but it has more strikes in the diary for the 18th and 20th of august. other transport unions are also planning action. without a significant breakthrough, a summer of rail misery looks set to continue. katy austin, bbc news, in blackpool. in a moment, we ll be tallking to our wales correspondent, tomos morgan. but first, to rachel bell, who s in aberdeen. and the impact there today? usually look like this. on a wednesday evening,
the tssa union is also striking at avanti west coast meanwhile, the drivers unions aslef has announced another strike this saturday there are more strikes planned for the 18th and 20th of august and it may not end there there have been threats of further strike dates later in the year if the dispute isn t resolved. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports. much of the railway has come to a halt as members of the rmt union walk out again. these passengers at preston yesterday had heard disruption was on the way. we did have things planned for tomorrow. so with the strike going on, we re not going to be able to go anywhere, because we need the train. if we are to plan anything, we re going to be a bit snookered. but we re staying local, anyway. to be honest, i understand why they re striking. yeah, i can understand that. i support them. for the money that they want, that s fair enough. itjust means a little inconvenience. as with the first of these national strikes injune, ha
because that includes cleaners who are not categorised as rail workers. why are you suggesting to me that because a labour government didn t get involved because the london labour mayor is not involved that a conservative minister should not be involved? , ., ,, , conservative minister should not be involved? , .«i , ., conservative minister should not be involved? , ., ,, , ., ., . . ., involved? this takes into account there are about involved? this takes into account there are about 100,000 - involved? this takes into account there are about 100,000 people| involved? this takes into account i there are about 100,000 people who work in our railways will stop the 44,000 median figure of pay does not include drivers who themselves are paid close to 60,000. they are on strike, as life are on strike on the 18th and 20th of august. an out aslef are on strike. as i say, it doesn t matter whether we are talking about nhs pay or police pay or at any of the many other key workers, publi