Its the 2nd of january. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Protests have been taking place at around a0 railway stations across the uk, following the biggest increase in fares in five years. Average ticket prices have risen by 3. 4 , with many season Ticket Holders now having to pay more than a £100 a year extra. Campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways. Labour have described the rail franchising system as a racket but the government says its investing more in faster, more reliable trains. Heres our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott. Hi, there. Can i see your tickets, please . Another new year, another fare rise. Regulated season tickets go up by 3. 6 this year. It will add just shy of £150 to the price for commuters coming into london on the strike riddled line from hove in east sussex. Nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from liverpool to manchester. And commuters going into birmingham from gloucester must find £140 more this year. Many no
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Us live at the site of the smoke off of 580. Tell us now what that air quality is like. Reporter well, the air quality is much better than when we first arrived and still dont know what caused this fire. As you can see theyre still pouring water on the flames and the shelter in place is still in effect. Thick black smoke can be seen for miles. I drove through a cloud that looked like fog. When i went through the freeway just now, it was so thick. You could taste it and you can taste it now. Its not as bad here but its coming this way. Reporter robin casey receiving two shelter in place alerts tonight. Currently a shelter in place due to heavy smoke from a fire. Reporter the fire started just after 5 00 underneath a pile of scrap metal at the recycling facility. Richmond fire ordered an immediate sheetner place in five neighborhoods. Santa fe, atchison village, north richmond, west of the Iron Triangle near richmond parkway. Its important folks stay inside. Reporter fire officials says