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. awful for people if they need to get to jobs and to work and to places. like, i ve come to visit my son here and if i needed to come back again then, no trains we re just going to have to put everything behind. i m going to test cricket next week and to my grandpa
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And ten out of ten Max Verstappen makes formula one history as his domination continues. Also coming up on sportsday before 8. England are outplayed by new zealand with their hopes of winning their t20 series Hanging In The Balance and farahs farewell. As sir mo races for the final time in his home City Of London its very emotional but as i said when you achieve everything it must come to an end at some point. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. So we were heading for a draw in the days big game between arsenal and Manchester United. But not for the first time in that fixture there was late drama. Which left the home side celebrating at the end. Nick parrott reports things are little different these days from the heights of the rivalry between arsenal and Manchester United. That tension in the tunnel has disappeared and despite the london whether it took time for things to heat up at the emirates. There were miss Mudgett Misjudgments and mistakes, we gave a goal away. We did not ha
Manchester city able to close that gap later. An own goal by Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and efforts from bukayo saka and kai havertz put arsenal in control, 3 0 ahead at half time. Spurs did eventually fight back through a goal from cristian romero, followed by a late son heung min penalty, but arsenal managed to hold on and claim three valuable points. You know how much it means to north london, this match, and we were really efficient in the first half, we were really good at the start of the second half, in the control we had. But we gave it away and we made a huge mistake, made another one for the penalty, but then i love the direction of my players. And to do what weve done two years in a row here is even more difficult. You know, its great. When, at the end, you manage to win it, its great. Its a difference of where were at the moment and where we want to get to. Its about the details, making sure youre always focused every bit of the game, whether thats transition moments, set pieces
But with second placed Manchester City able to close that gap later. An own goal by Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and efforts from bukayo saka and kai havertz put arsenal in control, 3 0 ahead at half time. Spurs did eventually fight back through a goal from cristian romero, followed by a late son heung min penalty, but arsenal managed to hold on and claim three valuable points. You know how much it means to north london, this match, and we were really efficient in the first half, we were really good at the start of the second half, in the control we had. But we gave it away and we made a huge mistake, made another one for the penalty, but then i love the direction of my players. And to do what weve done two years in a row here is even more difficult. You know, its great. When, at the end, you manage to win it, its great. Its a difference of where were at the moment and where we want to get to. Its about the details, making sure youre always focused every bit of the game, whether thats transit