and the prospects of agreement in the new talks. also tonight. tensions between russia and lithuania following a ban on the transfer of some goods to the russian territory of kaliningrad. some pharmacies run by boots are criticised for telling patients they can no longer have their drugs organised in plastic trays. game, set, match. williams. and serena williams comeback to tennis after almost a year out of the game brings victory in eastbourne. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a great day for the brits at eastbourne as katie boulter and jodie burrage pick up the biggest wins of their careers. welcome to bbc news at ten. the biggest train strike in 30 years has disrupted travel for millions of people. it was planned as the first of three days of action, but rail bosses and the unions now say they will hold new talks tomorrow to try to find common ground. the effects of today s action were severe, with only a fifth of services running across england, scotland and wales.
of wheat can t be exported. russia says any problems have been created by western sanctions. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ros altmann, former pensions minister, and natalie fahy, senior editor at the nottingham post, the derby telegraph and the lincolnshire echo. good evening to you both. we ll talk in just a second. business fears rail strikes cost as prospect grows of more walk outs that s on the front of the financial times. the telegraph repeats the prime ministers claim. the prime minister s claim. unions harming those they are meant to help, reads their headline. planes, trains, automobiles all come to a halt, and the mirror says on the front page, the transport secretary still refuses to act. on the front of the i tomorrow, the government plans to tear up the limits on city bosses pay. pm inflames rail dispute with strike breaker threat, reports the guardian. strikes are a £1 billion lockdo
and you are looking in for every week and month that goes by, the dream of homeownership recedes further into the distance. the average age of first time buyers has been rising continuously. the proportion of young people who can afford to buy their own home has been falling. between 2005 2016, the proportion of 2534 year olds that owned their own home fell by 20%, whereas in most other countries, it has been rising. it is true that we still have higher rates of overall homeownership just ahead of france and just ahead of germany. and it is true that we are building more as fast as we can after a sustained decline in home ownership rates in the labour government, which is now starting to go back up thanks to our support forfirst time starting to go back up thanks to our support for first time buyers and also building more homes. last year, there were 400,001st time buyers of property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 first time
Without you and your views. Let me know your thoughts on all of the stories well be discussing today by visiting gb news. Com forward slash york. Join the conversation with me there or message us on our socials. Were gbnews first up though, folks, heres the news with sofia. Darren. Thank you. Good afternoon. Its 1 01. Im sophia afternoon. Its1 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. Chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims for the infected blood scandal with a £10 billion package. Hunt claimed it was part of a fulfilling a promise he made to a constituent who died after contracting hepatitis c. The scandal has been the subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry in the uk, after tens and thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood and blood products. Infected with contaminated blood and blood products. Nhs infected with contaminated blood and blood products. Nhs staff and blood products. Nhs staff
£i. I their waiting lists as part of a £1. 1 billion drive to provide an extra 40,000 appointments each week. Shadow Health Secretary wes streeting has also promised to protect whistleblowers to and cut the nhs reliance on Migrant Workers , £1. 1 billion paid for workers, £1. 1 billion paid for by clamping down on tax avoidance and also closing non dom loopholes as well. And that will enable us to put £1. 1 billion directly into the pockets of nhs staff to deliver those extra appointments the evenings and weekends, using an approach thats been tried and tested at the london hospital. I can literally see out of my Office Window in westminster and therefore an approach we need to see available to patients right across the country, not just in london. And that does come with a cost. And thats why weve made this commitment as our first step on the journey to busting the tory backlog and cutting nhs waiting lists. Cutting nhs waiting lists. Wes streeting. Theyre speaking to gb news ear