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katy austin has the details. the latest in an series of strikes to effect britain s rail network was meant to be starting tomorrow when members of the rmt union who work for network rail and 1a train companies were due to take part in strikes on saturday, monday and on wednesday. now, they have been called off this afternoon. the rmt says it will enter a period of intense negotiations with the employers, with network rail and the train companies, but crucially the announcement was made so late today that it is too late now to change the timetables back for saturday so there will still be a lot of disruption tomorrow, there will also be a lot of disruption on monday, could be services back to monday on wednesday but passengers are being told to still very much check before they travel over the coming days. why have the strikes been called off? the rmt union says it has secured a commitment from the train companies that they will make them a pay offer but have not done so yet. ....
(pres) a bbc investigation has found that albanian drug gangs are offering to pay for migrants to cross the english channel, if they are prepared to work in the uk drugs industry when they arrive. albanians who ve already travelled from their home country to mainland europe, account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the(ani)channel to england so far this year. for each boat in each migrant there could be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the shuttered houses and empty streets, signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by a uk wager is, ten times higher than here. and each departure makes each business here even harder. as the price of crossing into the uk has dropped, the suburbs around here are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community have already left and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. there are many places like this in albania now. this wom ....
the channel to england so far this year. that s according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the journey starts in towns like laknas, now marked by absence. the shuttered houses and empty streets signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by uk wages ten times higher than here. and each departure makes business in laknas even harder. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighborhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. there are many places like laknas in albania now. majlinda s son crossed to the uk from dunkirk last month. translation: he was a seasonall worker working four months a year for minimal salary in a kitchen. he had more expectati ....
tonight at ten. the rise in albanians crossing the channel in small boats, lured by higher wages and gangs recruiting them for the drugs trade. the numbers have gone up sharply this year we report from albania on what s behind it. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. also on the programme tonight. staff at twitter find out if they ve been sacked, as the firm s new owner, elon musk, drastically cuts costs. a series of rail strikes due to start tomorrow has been suspended, but the late notice means services tomorrow will be extremely limited. a major shift in money for the arts. the english national opera will move out of london, as blackpool illuminations wins funding for the first time. and the facial recognition technology that s helping to identify photos of holocaust victims and its survivors. on bbc london, the growing numbers of child trafficking victims disappearing ....