recent strikes. there is expected to be pressure on the roads as a result of this strike today, the railway strike. if the only option left is to drive home for christmas, their journey could be longer than usual. lighting paddington for us. with the rail strikes in the uk causing huge disruption to travel over the christmas period, let s look at the knock on impact this is having on the retail industry. i m joined now by chris barnes, who is a shopping centre manager in north london. are you finding fewer customers are coming because of the traffic problems on the rail problems? ida. problems on the rail problems? no, from the problems on the rail problems? iifr, from the shopping centre i d manage it we are furniture in it fortunate, we have parking so people have driven in but it has impacted how we have been able to get to and from from work. find how we have been able to get to and from from work. from from work. and what about the rail strike?