there is worse to come. and more bad news for travellers as the rmt union announces three days of national strike action on the railways later this month. i m at king s cross and i ll be looking at what that s going to mean. is she coming in today? could you give her a call and see if she s on her way? trying to track down the children still missing from schools after the pandemic a bbc investigation reveals more and more parents are being fined. minimum pricing was meant to help reduce alcohol consumption in scotland, but a new report says the heaviest drinkers are cutting back on other essentials instead. a dog trainer, a tech worker and a farmer when they re at home, but now these three british volunteers are in ukraine helping to rescue the helpless. and coming up on the bbc news channel: two time major winner dustinjohnson resigns from the pga tour in order to play in the new saudi backed liv invitational series. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a day a
a dog trainer, a tech worker and a farmer when they re at home, but now these three british volunteers are in ukraine helping to rescue the helpless. tens of thousands of rail workers will stage three days of national rail strikes later this month, the rmt union has announced. it ll be the largest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation and will shut down the entire rail network in england. with all the details i m joined by our correspondent, jon donnison. talk to us first of all about when this is going to happen. we know there are three days. this is going to happen. we know there are three days. promises to be hu:el there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. 50,000 there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. 50,000 workers l there are three days. promises to be| hugely disruptive. 50,000 workers in total across 13 different train operating countries and the london u
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of economic affairs, the free market think tank. and also with me is the broadcasterjohn stapleton. lots for us to get through including of course some of the fallout of that vote of confidence in the prime minister last night. much more reaction to that of course throughout the day. speaking of that. a day after he survived a vote of confidence by a smaller margin than many expected, borisjohnson says he wants to draw a line under the whole affair. that s what he told his cabinet this morning, and that s what he wants the rest of us to hear. but in the hours since the result of the vote was announced last night, it s not clear the prime minister is going to get his wish. after more than 40% of his own mps failed to back him in the vote, there is continuing speculation about the future of his leadership. our political editor chris mason has this report. the prime minister took his jack russell dylan out first thing this morning on a day