how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. the biggest rail strike in 30 years is under way, with an almost total shutdown of the network in england, scotland and wales. members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over pay, p
actor ben stiller in ukraine he told this programme he s worried the world will forget the victims of the war. as you get closer and closer to kyiv, and to the east of the country, you start to see the roadblocks and see the destruction. i m an actor, so the first thing i go is, oh, it looks like a movie. but the scale of it is even bigger, and it s real. ryan giggs resigns as wales manager he steps down ahead of wales appearance at the world cup. he s not been in his post for after being arrested for using controlling behaviour and assaulting his ex girlfriend charges he has denied. new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue to mark his 40th birthday we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. in london the sun is already beating down. for england and wales today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm. northern england are seeing more cloud out of the odd spot of rain. scotland and northern ireland are cloudier than yesterd
i don t think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news, ukraine is on the verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk. its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistle blowers call for an independent panel to investigate. an inquiry finds that the belfast health trust failed to intervene quickly enough on misdiagnoses by a consultant neurologist, resulting in northern ireland s largest ever patient recall. and princ
if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news ukraine is on verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk, its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistleblowers call for an independent panel to investigate. one, two, three, four. dance music plays. star dj fatboy slim holds a music workshop to help people with mental health problems. and prince william. the duke of cambridge turns a0 today. hello, good afternoon. deserted stations, empty tracks, and millions of frustra
sunday service the royal mail says it will trial sunday deliveries for the first time, to cash in on the boom in online shopping as it plays catch up with rivals. two wins and two draws for british sides in the europa league. more magic from harry kane leaves tottenham with one foot in the quarterfinals. and ever changing skies across the uk today. thundery showers, bit of sunshine, the odd rainbow. iwill have yourfull sunshine, the odd rainbow. iwill have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s friday march the 12th. our top story. the family of sarah everard have paid tribute to her as a shining example to us all who brought so much joy to our lives . a serving metropolitan police officer is still being held on suspicion of murdering the 33 year old. the force has referred itself to the police watchdog over how it investigated a separate allegation that the same officer indecently exposed himselfjust three days before sarah went missing. charlotte wright has the lat