the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
see the women s euros are on. you can feel the excitement especially from young women, girls, feeling so inspired by the sport. what sort of sporting legacy do you hope these will leave, these games? the inspiration will leave, these games? the inspiration is will leave, these games? the inspiration is great will leave, these games? tue: inspiration is great and i will leave, these games? ti2 inspiration is great and i watched the match last night and hopefully they get over the line on sunday and we hope to carry that through to our event as well because the following sunday we have the likes of the final women s t20 cricket, define of netball and hockey all on the same on the super sunday following hopefully the england victory this sunday. we hope to put women s sport right on the map. in terms of grassroots sports participation, working closely with sport england who have invested a lot in the west midlands to ensure that people have the opportunity to participate. also just
assurance. that s the divide that they now have to try and bridge. in terms of strike action, strike action for the rest of today and on saturday, further action involving the train drivers union, aslef, and then two more rmt strikes scheduled for next month so this looks far from over. for next month so this looks far from over- lawyers representing the british american environmentalist, morad tahbaz, say he has been freed from prison in iran on bail. he was jailed for ten years for spying in 2018. his family had expected him to be allowed to return to the uk as part of the deal that saw nazanine zaghari ratcliffe freed earlier this year. it didn t happen. england are through to the final of the women s european championship at wembley on sunday after thrashing sweden in last night s semi final. the lionesses beat the tournament s top ranked side 4 0 to set up a clash with either germany or france, who play tonight.
that is the sport for now. i hope you enjoyed the game last night as well. an employment tribunal has ruled that a criminal chamber discriminated against a barrister with gender critical views. allison bailey took discrimination action against her employer, garden court chambers, and the charity stonewall, which it had been working with. our correspondent, sean coughlan, has been following the case. she has won £22,000 in damages. she
rose garden in the white house which is better as well because if he has concerns about still being symptomatic, even if he s tested negative, if he s in the open end, there is less risk of him giving it to covid or even getting it again from somebody in the audience. we will bring you president biden as soon as he appears. lawyers representing the british american environmentalist, morad tahbaz, say he has been freed from prison in iran on bail. he was jailed for ten years for spying in 2018. his family had expected him to be allowed to return to the uk as part of the deal that saw nazanin zaghari ratcliffe freed earlier this year. you must know this by now. england are through to the final of the women s european championship at wembley on sunday after thrashing sweden in last night s semi final. the lionesses beat the tournament s top ranked side 4 0 to set up