for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
two in the premier league, arsenal go to manchester city. two great mates, the top two in the premier league, but only one of them can make the fifth round. the match will see arsenal manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city, pep guardiola. arteta spent five years as a player at the gunners, arsenal before moving to city, as assistant coach. it seems guardiola always knew where his protege s heart lay. i know he went to the team, his club, you know, the team he dreams of. so he s, i think, a supporter for arsenal, for the fact he played there, was a captain there and he loves the club. i remember. i remember that when we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with our opponents, always hejumped and celebrates, except one team. the one team every time i scored a goal, ijump, come back, he was sitting there. it was arsenal. so in that moment i said, that guy, that guy likes arsenal.