good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption after thousands of rail workers started another 24 hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members and voted on them. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar rail passengers and the rest of the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services are severely disrupted. we had to leave early from home due to the strike action. it will take a lot of time to go to the stadium and we are worried about what time we will get back and what time the trains are running too. i am young, without me getting back to liverpool, i am stranded. it s not really like the best for anyone trying to get back to somewhere out of london. we are going to get on one - in an hour or so unless something happens
in martin scorsese s 1990 mafia movie, goodfellas. ray liotta was working on a film in the dominican republic when he died. he ll also be remembered for field of dreams and copland. the head of p&0 ferries has told the bbc it was a difficult decision to sack hundreds of staff earlier this year. peter hebblethwaite said that the dismissal of 800 workers and replacing them with foreign agency workers paid less than the minimum wage was intended to secure our transport correspondent katy austin reports. 10 weeks on, most of p&0 s ferries are running again, but questions remain, including about the way the company suddenly dismissed its staff. how would you feel if somebody did that to you? well. er. it s not, it is not pleasant, being made redundant and we have tri. it was more than being made redundant, wasn t it? it was being told on the day, this is your last day at work. no warning. yeah, as i ve said, i recognise that we had to make a very difficult decision. we have issued
plus, coming to a car park near you: cheap solar charging for your electric vehicle. but does northern europe have the weather for it? we start with the cost of living here in the uk because, as we were anticipating this time yesterday, the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a financial support package to help people with soaring bills. the 15 billion pound plan will be funded, in part, by what he called a temporary, targeted energy profits levy. in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the opposition labour party have been calling for, but the government has resisted, until now. all households, regardless of income, will receive a grant of £400 towards their energy bills, which won t have to be paid back. on top of that, those on the lowest incomes, around eight million households, will receive a one off payment of £650. and pensioners receiving the winter fuel allowance will also get an extra one off payment of £300. those receiving disability b
care of, for a change. i the chancellor is rasing some of the cash from a one off tax on oil and gas companies. we ll have their reaction, too. also tonight. the texas primary school mass shooting questions about how long it took for police to challenge the gunman. up to an hour, some say. the actor kevin spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. the allegations date back to when he was in the uk. abba as you ve never seen them before. a0 years after they last toured, digital technology takes them on the road again. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rhys mcclenaghan is told he won t be allowed to defend his gold medal at the commonwealth games in a move that s been described as reprehensible. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. timely, targeted and temporary the three words chancellor rishi sunak used this afternoon to sum up a £15 billion package to help millions of households across the country through the cost of l