from warrington to manchester. i ve lived in london and essex all my life previously. if that happened down there, there would be uproar. i think there would be a revolution, but up here itjust seems to be accepted. transpennine express acknowledged things aren t good enough, but say they are pulling out all the stops to make things better, including doubling their overtime offer to drivers. but what is the government doing? the service being provided by transpennine express is not acceptable. we have worked closely with them to train more drivers, to double the number of drivers that were being trained. but there is also an issue, i d say, and i m not the only person to make this point, with aslef, the trade union, about not having agreed a rest day working contract. this isn t about delays or overcrowding. this is about trains which don t run, often at short notice, and it s ruining people s daily lives in northern england. danny savage, bbc news. a rare public parole hearing has bee
one of the uk s longest serving prisoners, charles bronson, will launch his latest bid for freedom at a public parole hearing which starts today. the 70 year old, who now uses the name charles salvador, has a reputation for attacking staff and other inmates. our correspondent sean dilley reports. i ve got a horrible, nasty, vicious, violent past. i ve never killed anyone. charles bronson speaking on a channel 4 documentary. he has, though, harmed many people. the 70 year old was convicted of armed robbery and wounding under his real name, michael peterson, in 1974. a year later, he attacked another inmate with a glass jug and became notorious for assaulting prisoners and staff. his offending continued. his sentences increased. all told, he said he held 11 hostages in nine different sieges. among them, his own solicitor and a prison librarian,