a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate father s day. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. set to bring the rail network to a grinding halt from tuesday, they are the biggest strikes in decades. instead of 20,000 trains on a normal day, just one in five services may run. government says children heading to take exams or patients to medical appointments will face disruption. but, under pressure to take part in talks with the unions, it says it w
between the two air masses. it will continue to give showers into southern england into the evening. monday, it tends to drift away to the south. wind is far light across scotland and in sheltered spots, temperatures dipped down as low as three or 4 degrees. a fresher night. first thing monday, lots of sunshine, the winds in the east will continue to far light, to the north west, the weather front will push mask allowed into scotland, some rain on and off for orkney and shetland. call here. elsewhere, the low 20s. more fine weather to come, anticipate across england and wales we could reach the mid to high yet again. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. voting is under way
hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it s a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. as the conflict in ukraine continues, the new head of the british army tells his troops they need to prepare to fight in europe once again . at least 59 people have died in floods in bangladesh and india, with nearly 6 million people stranded. now on bbc news, russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov speaks to the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg. it s nearly four months since russia invaded ukraine. in that time, towns have been reduced to rubble, thousands of civilians killed. millions of ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. moscow has become an international pariah. but does it care? in an exclusive interview, russ
spots, temperatures could even dip down as low as just three orfour degrees. a fresher night across the board. first thing monday, a lot of sunshine. the winds in the east will continue to fall light, towards the north west, a weather front will push a little bit more cloud into the north west of scotland. some rain on and off for orkney and shetland, cooler here, temperatures mid teens at best. elsewhere we re looking at the low 20s. and with a lot more fine weather to come through the week ahead, i anticipate particularly across england and wales we could reach the mid to high 20s yet again. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it s a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. as the conflict in ukraine continues, th