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next week have failed and the walk outs will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling and we need to help each other where we can. just the want help each other where we can. just they want more money and they can hold the they want more money and they can hold the country to ransom. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. now on bbc news, martin hibbert was one of the closest people to the manchester arena bomb to survive the blast but was left paralysed from the waist down. bbc breakfast reports now on his epic five day char
journalist dom phillips. and coming up at 6.30 all the day s sport, including leicester tigers dramatic win over saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. 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 pande
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. they can hold the country to ransom. no, i don t back it at all. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s affecting her treatment next week due to the strikes, so she s having to stay over there in a hotel. you know, everyone deserves fair terms and conditions, but it will impact so many people, especially post covid and with the petrol prices going up, that daily commute s going to be i just that bit harder for everybody. the rmt union says the dispute is overjob cuts and the need for a pay rise to mitigate the soaring cost of living. the industry is under pressure to save money because of falling passenger numbers, and rail bo
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