this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the latest headlines. large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far. the action is getting stronger, and the public are behind us, so we are committed to it. we want a resolution. if the government can change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. what we require is a change to discuss what we require is a change to discuss meaningful reform. we want to give discuss meaningful reform. we want to give our discuss meaningful reform. we want to give our staff a pay increase, but it to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to be self funding from within but it has to be self funding from within the but it has to be self funding from within the industry because we can t afford within the industry because we can t afford to within the industry because we can t afford to keep taking taxpayers
pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports. shutters down, empty platforms it s the most disruptive train strike yet. i ve got no train so now i m having to. i ve just rung my husband, he s got to drive two hours, well, longer than that, down to here, to pick me up. everything has gone up in price so they need to be paid for the work they are doing. but i don t like the strike, no. so, for my money, 100% behind them, all power to them, - and i hope they win. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to raise money for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant changing her plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked. the red lines on this map show the only parts of the rail network
with temperatures typically 16 to 18. hello. this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the headlines: large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far. millions of people will pay more for gas and electricity from today as the new energy price cap
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a lot of those showers will 20. a lot of those showers will begin to fade away this evening, we will find clearer skies over except in the south, because we have thickening cloud and rain coming in from the atlantic, southern parts of england and the far south wales. it will be milder. further north with the clear skies and whiter winds, temperatures will be seven or eight. we have the far south of wales, southern england, heavy bursts of rain in the south west but it becomes lighter and more patchy through the afternoon. away from here, a good amount of sunshine, just patchy cloud, may if you like to showers in the north west of scotland, most places will be dry and temperatures a bit lower than today in the midlands and eastern england. hello. this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the headlines: large parts of britain s rail