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
on talking business. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pandemic? and now they re moaning because they re not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pandemic? and now they re moaning because they re not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s affecting her treatme
taking a tumble president biden falls off his bike near his weekend home but insists i m good . and coming up at 5.30 the story of manchester arena bomb survivor martin hibbert s epic five day charity climb to the summit of kilimanjaro. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is