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
terminating in west london rather than the heart of the capital. a record fine for a hospital trust in nottingham after the mistakes that lead to the death of a baby, shortly after her mother gave birth. these criminal proceedings are designed to act as a punishment and a deterrent. no financial penalty will ever bring wynter back. appeals for calm in memphis tennessee, after the death of a black man who d been stopped by police: five officers have been charged with his murder. and the holocaust survivor who s turned to tiktok to teach a new generation about the horrors of the nazi death camps. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former burnley boss sean dyche is set to be named as everton s new manager following frank lampard s sacking earlier this week. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech this morning, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, an
a huge road block today as the supreme court ruled the government s flagship plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda was unlawful. but the prime minister says he will push ahead and find other ways to push the policy through and says he s prepared to change uk law to do so. also on the programme tonight, the latest from gaza, where israeli forces have said they have found weapons after searching the largest hospital in the strip. we ll speak to one of benjamin netanyahu s senior advisors. we will be live in san francisco where us presidentjoe biden is meeting his chinese counterpart, leader xi jinping for the first time in a year, for talks over military conflicts, drug trafficking, artificial intelligence and trade. we will have more on all of that shortly. but first lets let s go to another live and breaking story we are following tonight. five of labour s shadow ministers look set to leave sir keir starmer s top team in a rebellion over his refusal to back a ceasefire
ten of labour s shadow ministers leave sir keir starmer s front bench in a rebellion over his refusal to back a ceasefire in gaza. also on the programme tonight. uk plans to limit immigration hit a huge roadblock today, as the supreme court ruled the government s flagship plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda was unlawful. but the prime minister says he will push ahead. we ll get the latest from gaza, where israel says its troops have found weapons in the al shifa hospital complex. and we will be live in san francisco, where us presidentjoe biden is meeting his chinese counterpart, leader xijinping, for the first time in a year. to discuss it all i m joined in london by anna mikhailova, deputy political editor at the mail on sunday and chris bruce, political director of the american civil liberties union in georgia. i want to start with that developing story in uk politics. ten labour mps have been sacked or resigned from the front bench, after voting in favour of an snp amen