stories on the bbc sport website. that s bbc.co.uk/sport the rmt union has called off next week s strikes by members at network rail, after receiving a new pay offer. the development will raise hopes of a breakthrough in the long running dispute between rail workers and their employers. howard johnson reports. after months of transport chaos, finally some good news. the rmt union has called off strike action of members who work for network rail. the company that looks after the upkeep of britain s railway network. maintenance workers and signallers had been due to walk out on thursday and saturday of next week. the rmt union said all strike actions concerning network rail had been suspended following the receipt of a new pay offer. so far, details of what the offer is have yet to emerge. london euston is one of the busiest
minister said today they tried everything else. they have not. they have not opened a safe alternative route to allow refugees to come to the uk in a way that is safe, orderly and allows them to claim asylum here in britain. another line on that story that we ve been bringing you in the last half hour here in the uk, news of the british trade union as announced at strike action that affects the railways will not go ahead for the pets after receiving a new pay offer. that pay offer still needs to go to a vote so it is not agreed to, not a done deal yet. you ll know that that dispute has a wide transport strikes in the uk over recent months. some process did not progress in those negotiations but as yet no word from these companies whether they will accept the deal although they have called off immediate strike actions. staying
government and the royal college of nursing and this is also a statement from the department of health and social care, and to the royal couege social care, and to the royal college of nursing and it says, the government and rcn have agreed to enter a process of intensive talks both sides committed to finding a reasonable settlement that recognises the vital role that nurses and nursing play in the national health service and the wider economic pressures facing the uk and the prime minister priority to have inflation. talks will focus on pay, terms and conditions, productivity enhancing forms and the health secretary will meet the world couege health secretary will meet the world college of nursing tomorrow, wednesday to begin talks and rcn will pause strike actions during these talks. some pictures now of nurses on picket lines and has had again and again they do not want to be taking strike action, they do not they want a fair pay settlement.
really hard to see how the two sides are going to come to some kind of agreement. is it sustainable now to have this scale of industrial action going on continuously? well, not really, so at some point there will have to be compromises, you would think, on both sides, but as far as the government is concerned, in the face of much criticism from opposition parties and discontinued industrial action, opposition parties and discontinued industrialaction, its opposition parties and discontinued industrial action, its holding firm industrial action, its holding firm in its position that it would be wrong and in fact make the problem worse all round to pay public sector workers at the 11th of inflation or more. , ., . . workers at the 11th of inflation or more. , ., ., ., ., ~ i. workers at the 11th of inflation or more. , ., ., ., ., ~ , . more. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan is more. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan is at more. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan is a