Championship title. And coming up in the sport, andy murray reveals hes been left demoralised trying to come back from a long term hip injury and is considering surgery. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Rail passengers, commuting on the first working day of 2018, have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years. Average ticket prices across the country went up by 3. 4 this morning, prompting protests outside around a0 railway stations. Campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways, but the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says higher fares will lead to better services. Our transport correspondent, richard westcott, is outside london kings cross station. It is becoming as predictable as the drizzle at christmas, the annual fa re drizzle at christmas, the annual fare rise. This is the biggest one since 2013. It has taken lots more people into the £5,000 club, £5,000 a yearjust to get to work. One of the busiest stati
Country at the moment, and for the remainder of this week, it looks as though its going to be windy, with gales at times. This is the story and this is why it looks so bleak. There is a lot of cloud and the rain is sweeping from west to east eddies and once that clears away its going to be replaced by more. But this time it will be the strength of the wind. This is storm eleanor and on its southern flank we are likely to see gusts of up to 80mph through the night to night. Probably Clearing Northern ireland around midnight, heading towards a southern scotland and north west england and north wales. 80mph is enough to cause disruption. The strong bit of the winds easing to the east of the pennines as we go through the morning. For the far north of scotla nd morning. For the far north of scotland tomorrow morning, slightly lighter winds and a colder start, a little frost around as well. Into northern ireland, southern scotland, north west england, we are still likely to see gusts of 40mp
The latest advice to tackle obesity. In sport, there is no fairytale ending for one of the most successful sportsmen of all time. Debutant rob cross outplayed phil the power taylor in his final world darts final. 16 time champion taylor retiring with a defeat. And matt has the weather. Morning. Good morning. Lovely bright and frosty start in northern and eastern areas, but wet and windy weather in the west. Even if you miss out on the rain today, there is going to be storms on the way tonight. I will tell you all about that in the next 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First our main story. The biggest increase in railfares in five years comes into force this morning, prompting protests at several stations as many commuters return to work after the christmas break. In some cases, travellers will find themselves paying more than £100 extra a year. Campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways. The government says theyre investing more in faster, more reliable
Its the 2nd of january. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Protests have been taking place at around a0 railway stations across the uk, following the biggest increase in fares in five years. Average ticket prices have risen by 3. 4 , with many season Ticket Holders now having to pay more than a £100 a year extra. Campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways. Labour have described the rail franchising system as a racket but the government says its investing more in faster, more reliable trains. Heres our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott. Hi, there. Can i see your tickets, please . Another new year, another fare rise. Regulated season tickets go up by 3. 6 this year. It will add just shy of £150 to the price for commuters coming into london on the strike riddled line from hove in east sussex. Nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from liverpool to manchester. And commuters going into birmingham from gloucester must find £140 more this year. Many no
So its probably the coming of me but, at the same time, we were saying farewell to a legend. To shout in his face at the end and do all that, i wasnt willing to do that. Ive got too much respect for him in that way. Cross now has set his sights on becoming world number one. When your year starts as well as this, anything is possible. Natalie pirks, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres evan davies. Its a new year, but old politics is dead. Somehow a lot seemed to change in 2017 for both the tory and labour parties. New political rules apply, which is why the pundits got so much wrong. So tonight we give the pundits another chance to work out where were going. Join me now, on bbc two. Here on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im holly hamilton. Coming up on tonights programme. Watford fail to rain on Manchester Citys parade as the premier League Leaders record their 20th win of the season. Andy murray reveals his despair as he pul