that could save hundreds of millions of pounds and that could be transferred into savings and a better pay offer we could put on the table. and where s the government in all of this? ministers say it s down to the rail companies and their workers to sort out. also tonight.. the grooming gangs of oldham an independent inquiry says the council and greater manchester police failed to safeguard vulnerable children. the mountain gorillas of central africa once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising. are their wider lessons for conservation? if you re on the hunt for a first major golf title, why not make it the us open? we ll have more on matt fitzpatrick s remarkable feat. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. reaction to the decision made by swimming s world governing body to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s races if they went through male puberty. good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. britain is facing its biggest rail s
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
persistent for a time, and more cloud in the north and west, but myler, 12 13 , just about single figures for another day or so further south. through to the weekend, high pressure sticking with us, but a lot of cloud underneath the area of high pressure. the end it will feel that little bit warmer, so temperatures around 12 13 . mostly we are losing the overnight frost, could be the odd spot of frost, could be the odd spot of frost, largely dry and settled into sunday too.
wales as we move through wednesday evening. overnight, into thursday, the area of low pressure drifts further northwards so i think we will be seeing a speller blustery and showery weather for a time. probably quite a lot of drier weatherfor northern probably quite a lot of drier weather for northern ireland, perhaps for south some drier weather too but heavy on blustery showers through the english channel and the brisk south easterly winds driving into scotland, bringing persistent rain. could be some flooding issues for aberdeenshire for instance. top temperatures around ten to 13 celsius. fairly typicalfor temperatures around ten to 13 celsius. fairly typical for the time of year. it looks like things will turn a touch cooler on friday into saturday at some drier weather, some sunshine around, the weather will then turn more and settled once again from the west late on saturday and through sunday too.