Finances were in a dire state. Hang on. There was this 22 Billion black hole. We spend 1200 Billion billion black hole. We spend i200 billion pounds every year in this 22 Billion so called black hole, a mere accounting device. In this whole debate, what the Labour Government are trying to do was to make the political point that the Conservative Party ran the country into the ground and therefore weve got to punish therefore weve got to punish the pensioners. It is absolute and complete rubbish. And what those we represent cant understand, these people who worked hard all their lives, have done their bit for the country, their total package is perhaps 13 or £14,000 a year. What they cant understand is that this so called saving of public money is actually going to go to Train Drivers who own £70,000 a year. Theyjust dont understand it. So for god sake, lets have a serious debate. Lets try to unite on this issue and lets not keep taking away benefits from people just above the Pension
making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and introducing 0ptimus the tech billionaire elon musk presents the latest prototype of a humanoid robot which he hopes will eliminate poverty. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to be pressing ahead with its efforts to liberate russian held areas of the country. that s despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. the ukrainian military now says it has encircled russian forces in the strategic eastern town of lyman. and the ukrainian flag has been raised on the outskirts. it s impossible to independently verify the claims. 0ur correspondent, hugo bachega, is following developments from kyiv. ukrainians are saying that this changes nothing, everything that happened in moscow yesterday was a farce, that the annou
the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin reports. another train strike and it s the biggest yet. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to fund raise for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant she had to make other plans to get there. so for me, this just blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. so ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked, just worried about it. the red lines on this map are the only parts of the rail network which do have services today. where trains are running, they started a lot later than usual and they ll finish a lot earlier than normal as well. there are no trains running between london and some
senior ukrainian government minister has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv that has killed at least 1a people. we ll be live in somerset where a major incident has been declared because of the risk of severe flooding good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. mr good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon, mr davies! and the 100 year old war veteran whose latest mission is to help children in cheshire learn to read. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the world of snooker reacts as ten chinese players are charged in connection with alleged match fixing allegations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest day of strikes in the nhs so far is now set for monday 6th february, after ambulance workers announced today that they would walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of