on the nhs this winter is intolerable the family of a british couple killed in a helicopter crash in australia say they re heartbroken. archie! touch! and why a shortage of volunteer puppy trainers means visually impaired people are having to wait longer to get a guide dog. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it s a huge night of action in the premier league with arsenal looking to extend their lead at the top of the table to 10 points. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. it s been a miserable new year return to work for commuters, facing five days of rail strikes this week. members of the rmt union are taking industrial action again today over pay, jobs and working conditions. they re holding two 48 hour strikes this week in england, scotland and wales while the train drivers union aslef will take action on thursday. our business correspondent theo leggett is at euston station in london. and at euston station there are not many trains running, is across
are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia s gold coast three others are critically injured. brazil s new presidentjoins thousands of mourners paying their respects to football legend pele at the santos stadium. and coming up, we ve been talking to a guide dogs charity that s recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. that afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. downing street has admitted that the nhs is facing an unprecedented challenge but insists the government is doing everything possible to ease pressure. senior doctors have spoken of the unsustainable pressure facing the nhs with some a&es described as being in a complete state of crisis . labour criticised the government s management of the health service, while the liberal democrats called for parliament to be recalled early. here s our health correspondent katharine da costa. receiving. this isn t the first
finding out, there is not much sign of that at the moment. a new year, but the same old story. travellers are facing another week of intense disruption on the railways, with strikes called by two unions, the rmt and aslef. it s a real headache for people like karim. she is on a zero hours contract and needs to get to work. i m completely reliant on the train service. there is no other way for me to get to work. and myjob is an in personjob. i can t work from home. so every day of strikes, i lose a day s wages. only one in five trains will be running today. many lines are closed altogether. the rmt has called a 48 hour strike involving workers at network rail and 14 train operators. when that ends, aslef train drivers will walk out on thursday, before another rmt strike begins on friday. ijust feel they could have left it just now until things try and get back to some normality. i think it s a shame that this is all.
i m completely reliant on the train service. there is no other way for me to get to work. and myjob is an in personjob. i can t work from home. so every day of strikes, i lose a day s wages. only one in five trains will be running today. many lines are closed altogether. the rmt has called a 48 hour strike involving workers at network rail and 1a train operators. when that ends, aslef train drivers will walk out on thursday, before another rmt strike begins on friday. ijust feel they could have left it just now until things try and get back to some normality. i think it s a shame that this is all. you know, it sjust disrupting everybody s lives. what they are doing is damaging the industry, long term, aren t they? we need a good infrastructure to support people getting off the roads. we need everybody understanding why the strike is going on. but, yes, we should not get affected by this. - joining a chilly picket