and coming up at 7.30, all the day s sport, including leicester tigers dramatic win over saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. good evening. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail say it s serious about trying to find a solution which gives people a decent pay rise, but is also affordable for taxpayers and farepayers. the strikes on three days will cause disruption across england, scotland and wales. our business correspondent,
good evening. the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the biggest rail workers union of punishing millions of innocent people as the rmt confirms next week s rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail says it s serious about trying to find a solution which would give people a decent pay rise , but is also affordable for taxpayers and farepayers. the strikes, on three days, will cause disruption across england, scotland and wales. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic week if you re travelling by rail over
many think their pay should too. the treasury, though, thinks that any pay rises need to be restrained, or inflation might get even worse. at today s march a pay increase was seen as essential. we have been on the front line, we just want some sort of pay rise, some sort of acknowledgement of the hard work that we do in the nhs. teachers have had a real terms pay cut of 20% in the last 12 months. and the way things are going, that is just going to get worse over the next 12 months. i am just hoping that enough people l have come here today to really letl the government know that something needs to change and something needs to happen. this is a political issue that is dominating the minds of politicians. the answers are not simple. nick eardley, bbc news. britain s transport minister has accused the biggest rail workers union of punishing millions of innocent people as the rmt confirms next week s rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead.
in a new government trial. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. and in a dramatic final, leicester tigers win over saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. good evening. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail say it s serious about trying to find a solution which gave people a decent pay rise , but was also affordable for taxpayers and farepayers.
rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. and in a dramatic final, leicester tigers beat saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. good evening. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail say it s serious about trying to find a solution which gave people a decent pay rise , but was also affordable for taxpayers and farepayers. the strikes on three days will cause disruption