increasing pay to eight or nine or 10% of which will only then fuel further inflation. the government have got to tackle it, they cannot just sit on the sidelines and union bash, that will not get this country in a better place. they ve got to get round the table and almost have a social contract with employers and employees, across the board, they help households to deal with the cost of living crisis. cost of living crisis. clive, really interesting cost of living crisis. clive, really interesting to cost of living crisis. clive, really interesting to talk cost of living crisis. clive, really interesting to talk to cost of living crisis. clive, really interesting to talk to you. - cost of living crisis. clive, really| interesting to talk to you. thank you. let me reduce some of the comments that you ve been sending in. one viewer says i went to my hospital appointment by car for 9am, pleasantly surprised the traffic was pretty much the same as usual. people working from home
members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions. the strike action today, will continue on thursday and saturday. passengers are being advised not to travel. most major lines will be impacted by the strikes. many areas will be left with no services. while operators hope to work to a special timetable, distruption is expected on non strike days too. in a cabinet meeting, borisjohnson called the union action wrong and warned commuters will face unnecessary aggravation caused by rail strikes . in a moment, we ll be live in london, cardiff and glasgow but first with the latest, vincent mcaviney reports. britain s usually bustling train stations have fallen silent this morning, apart from the union picket lines outside. while many have simply decided to work from home
home? no, in central london, it s auoin to home? no, in central london, it s going to be home? no, in central london, it s going to be really home? no, in central london, it s going to be really slack, home? no, in central london, it s going to be really slack, it s - home? no, in central london, it s going to be really slack, it s goingj going to be really slack, it s going to be very slow. notjust london, other cities as well. there will be a big drop in central city type locations. a big drop in central city type locations- a big drop in central city type locations. ~ ., , , ., ., locations. what is your view on the strike, do locations. what is your view on the strike. do you locations. what is your view on the strike, do you have locations. what is your view on the strike, do you have sympathy - locations. what is your view on the strike, do you have sympathy for l strike, do you have sympathy for those striking? strike, do you have sympathy for those strikin ? , .,
workers and the railway industry are outrageous. london euston station is eerily quiet this morning. some passengers are hoping to make a journey but there is widespread disruption across the rail network. how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home or did you have a trickyjounrey to work? do you support the strikes or not? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medalfor £81i million, to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. a former senior united nations official calls for an independent panel to investigate allegations
the toilet she just needed the help to get to the bathroom, didn t she? she did, yes, yes. she was totally continent9 she did, yes, yes. she was totally continent. had been at home, was ablea continent. had been at home, was able. at continent. had been at home, was able, at home, get to the toilet by herself able, at home, get to the toilet by herself until this fall. so when she went herself until this fall. so when she went into herself until this fall. so when she went into hospital she would call out for went into hospital she would call out for help to go to the toilet but either out for help to go to the toilet but either the out for help to go to the toilet but either the nurses were too slow to respond either the nurses were too slow to respond to either the nurses were too slow to respond to her all they were too trusy respond to her all they were too busy to respond to her all they were too busy to respond initially. and so she would busy to respond ini