hello there. we start with the cost of living crisis because the uk is facing a summer of discontent over pay, according to the head of the biggest private sector union. sharon graham, who runs the unite union, has told the bbc it s not militant to ask for pay rises in line with inflation, currently running at over 9%. she says tens of thousands of her members, from bus drivers to refuse collectors to factory workers, are involved in pay disputes around the country. this warning comes as railway workers announce more strike days over the summer. here s what she had to say to our economics editor faisal islam. before people turned around to workers and say to workers, not only have you got out and defended the pandemic, because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that, now it is over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorent to me. the idea that we set out you go, you defend what is going on out there and by the way, now you are back and everyon
and it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anybody else who was married. so why did she say that to me? just because i was unmarried. russian missiles have struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including four year old liza dmitrieva pressure on nhs emergency services or at an all time high. and europe continues to struggle with rising temperatures hundreds evacuate from their homes in spain as wildfires spread. good morning. our top story this morning thousands of rail workers will go on strike again in the coming weeks. in addition to a day of strike action on the 27thjuly, the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union is warnin
down. good morning from southampton, where northern ireland and england face each other in their final group game at the euros. england look to continue their winning form as they head to the quarterfinals, while northern ireland want to finish their first major women s tournament on a high. sunny in the southern half of the country at the moment but a cloudy and damp start in the north. it will brighten up. news of exceptional heat coming our way into next week. it s friday, 15thjuly. our main story. thousands of rail workers are to go on strike again as the leader of one of britain s biggest union warns of a summer of discontent . the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. the union had already announced a day of action on the 27thjuly. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon g
who suffered a brain injury. a man who was captured by pro russian separatist forces has reportedly died. he was taken prisoner along with another man in april. new figures show covid infections for the uk have risen by 25% in a week. three .5 million cases were recorded. more struggles for tiger woods on the second day of the open. good afternoon. the met office has issued an extreme weather warning for parts of england on tuesday and monday. the heat health warning has been increased from level three to level four. the government says this meets the definition of a national emergency. the first time ever, temperatures could hit a0 degrees. the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk was 38.7 degrees in cambridge in 2019. the warning covers manchester, the midlands, and london. the warning means that there is substantial danger to life. our correspondent is in central london for us. ~ , ., ., for us. well here it is around 25 degrees. for us. well here it is around 25