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a industry are outrageous. fourth hearing into the ja| attack a fourth hearing into the january 6 attack on the us capitol is under way in washington as we speak. prince william, the duke of cambridge, is celebrating his 40th birthday. good evening. millions of passengers have faced disruption today after the biggest strike on britain s railways for 30 years got under way. the rmt union and rail bosses say they will resume talks tomorrow but even if there s any progress, it will come too late to avoid disruption on thursday, the next planned day of the walk out. what s the dispute about? as ever, it depends on who you ask. for the union, pay and job security are key. rail bosses says it s also about modernisation. they intend to start the process next month. borisjohnson had his say this morning, urging commuters to stay the course because as he said modernisation would be in their interest. our first report is from bournemouth and our transport correspondent, katy austin.
despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. the israeli prime minister is to step down and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the mountain guerillas of central africa, once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising, are there other lessons for conservation? good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain is facing its biggest rail strike in 30 years with significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses failed this afternoon. the dispute between the rail, maritime and transport workers union, and the companies which run britain s railway centres on pay, job losses and changes to workers terms and conditions. the strike action begins tomorrow, and will continue on thursday and saturday. most major lines will be impacted by the strikes. there will be a limited service running, but many areas will have will have no services at all. distruption is also expected on non strike da
Every single vote because in key seats, itll be very close between us and the snp. They can vote for a local Scottish Conservative. Lets speak to bbc scotland political reporter, jenni davidson. Talk us through what you are up to and what everyone else is up to, or the leaders. And what everyone else is up to, or the leaders the leaders. Yes, it is the first bi da the leaders. Yes, it is the first big day of the leaders. Yes, it is the first big day of campaigning the leaders. Yes, it is the first big day of campaigning in the leaders. Yes, it is the first big day of campaigning in scotland, as it is everywhere else. The Scottish Party leaders are out and about in different parts of the country. I am about in different parts of the country. Iam in about in different parts of the country. I am in fife, where snp leader and first Ministerjohn Swinney has been meeting with party activists. He has said that the key part comedy heart of the snp campaign, is about opposing austerity, your wr
Candidate katie loudon, who came second. Thats a swing from snp to labourof snp to labour of slightly more than 20 . The scottish Labour Leader says that the results show that Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed. This comes after the removal of snp mp Margaret Ferrier who was removed after breaking coronavirus rules. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,831. This was a stunning victory widely forecast but not with a win and a swing as big as this. Its time for change. That change cant come fast enough but one thing is now clear, there is no part of this country where labour cant win. Winning hamilton and Rutherglen West doubles the number of seats labour has in scotland from one to two. Small numbers but the party has big ambitions ahead. Its an extraordinary win and i think this is a seismic night here in scotland and a historic one and i think Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed and i think people in rutherglen and Hamilton West have sent a very clear message tha