areas where people refuse to move at certain times of night. unfortunately, society hasn t got more polite and safer. and since then, the rail safety standards have designated that train drivers are lone workers. so, every role has to be reevaluated in light of us being lone workers. so, where this is no staff on stations, nobody in booking offices, and nobody in trains. we do not believe it is safe for the travelling public. also, we do believe you need everybody in all those positions to run a safe railway, and we will not be the supporting d00 if it comes forward as part of this deal. more on the strikes now and in scotland, exams are being rescheduled as secondary teachers strike in their dispute about pay. some preliminary exams have been affected. unions are asking for a ten % pay increase the scottish government says that s unaffordable. it follows a strike by primary schools teachers yesterday also over pay. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna
at the moment the offer on the table is between 5% and 6.85% for the lowest paid. they say the offer would have to be substantially improved. they are hoping a new offer will be made to them over the next couple of days. nor gordon reports in there. the headlines on bbc news. 20,000 ambulance workers in england and wales are striking for a second time over pay and staffing. health managers warn of the impact on the nhs but unions say the most urgent cases will be covered. domestic flights have resumed across the united states after being grounded because of a safety system failed. mp andrew bridgen is suspended from the conservative party after appearing to compare covid 19 vaccines with the holocaust.
firefighters or teachers, you tend to find more people in the public supportive than opposing it, whereas other groups, you typically find that barristers under civil servants, sorry, barristers and civil servants, servants, sorry, barristers and civilservants, more servants, sorry, barristers and civil servants, more opposed than support, so to use that specific example of the railway workers, it is a bit more split, so recent polling shows that 30% supported railway workers going on strike, 36% opposed come up with the rest being neutral. so not necessarily holster line, but more split father that i was so not necessarily hostile but more split than for those working in the nhs. there is a lot of sympathy for railway passengers, more than eight in ten sympathetic, but there is also more sympathy for the unions and railway workers than there is the government or the railway companies, so it is a complex picture. long term, it depends on the level of disruption and who is doing the
this is bbc news, i m rebecca jones. the headlines: around 20,000 ambulance workers in england and wales are striking for a second time over pay and staffing. health bosses warn of the impact to the nhs, but unions say the most urgent cases will be covered. what urgent cases will be covered. what is terrifying urgent cases will be covered. what is terrifying is urgent cases will be covered. what is terrifying is right urgent cases will be covered. what is terrifying is right now urgent cases will be covered. “tr isgt is terrifying is right now people not knowing when they call 999 they will get the treatment they need. there is not a minimum level of service there is not a minimum level of service any there is not a minimum level of service any day because they have broken service any day because they have broken the service any day because they have broken the nhs! the us halts all domestic airline flights because of a glitch with the flight control system. they are n
be a knock on effect on domestic flights there, and who knows, perhaps even international flights, and we will keep you updated. here, leaders of rail unions say a resolution to their ongoing dispute over pay, conditions and jobs is a long way off. however, rail company bosses say they are more optimistic about the prospect of a deal. mps have been questioning bosses from the rmt, aslef and tssa unions this morning, as well as representatives from network rail and the rail delivery group. they union leaders were asked by the chair of the transport committee about the current state of the dispute. let s say, on a scale of one to ten, whereas one, you remain on different planets, ten, i can go out and buy a hat for the wedding, where are we? mr whelan. thank you, chair. i think you can include zero on one to ten, we re further away than when we started. ok, that s clear. mr ward? i wouldn t disagree with that. 0k, mr lynch? i wouldn t be able to say, it depends on discussions.