for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
the country s biggest children s short story competition 500 words is back for the first time in three years. it will be supported by camilla, the queen consort. welcome to the bbc news channel. a postmortem examination is to be carried today out on the body of a baby found by police searching for the missing child of constance marten and mark gordon. the couple disappeared in earlyjanuary and were arrested earlier this week. in earlyjanuary and were they are currently being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. the news comes after a days long search by police of a 90 square mile area near brighton, which ended with a baby s body being discovered near to where the couple was arrested on monday. vincent mcaviney has more. yesterday, at locations from newhaven to brighton, the search for the missing baby was in full swing over a 90 square mile area. officers from the sussex force were joined by those from the metropolitan police and volunteer experts in search an
of a baby were found in the search for their missing child. the pair are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. the government has published a plan to improve learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities in england. it includes ending postcode lottery support. the duke and duchess of sussex have been asked to vacate their british home, frogmore cottage in windsor. the couple s spokesperson has confirmed the request. the duke and duchess of sussex have been asked hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 43 people are now confirmed to have died in greece s worst ever rail crash. a passenger train collided head on with another carrying freight near the city of larissa late on tuesday night. the station master accused of causing the crash is due in court, amid rising public anger at the failure to prevent the disaster. nick beake reports. the aftermath of greece s worst ever rail disaster. a station master in
find it hard to vote for rishi sunak s brexit deal in his first comments since mr sunak unveiled the windsor agreement on monday. a new plan to improve learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities in england is set out by the government. a review into the manchester arena attack has found security service mi5 missed a significant chance to take action that might have prevented the bombing. chairman sirjohn saunders says the reasons for the missed opportunity include a failure by an mi5 officer to act swiftly enough. he s been speaking at the publication of the third and final report into the deaths of the 22 victims of the 2017 attack, carried out by suicide bomber salman abedi. today s report considers how abedi was radicalised and any chances security services missed to stop him. let s hearfrom sirjohn saunders, chairman of the manchester arena inquiry said there was a missed opportunity. what i have been able to set out in the open part of volume