despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. the israeli prime minister is to step down and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the mountain guerillas of central africa, once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising, are there other lessons for conservation? good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain is facing its biggest rail strike in 30 years with significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses failed this afternoon. the dispute between the rail, maritime and transport workers union, and the companies which run britain s railway centres on pay, job losses and changes to workers terms and conditions. the strike action begins tomorrow, and will continue on thursday and saturday. most major lines will be impacted by the strikes. there will be a limited service running, but many areas will have will have no services at all. distruption is also expected on non strike da
to this policy to this country. this is a shambles and it is shambles the home secretary has no one but shambles the home secretary has no one but herself to blame. next week s train one but herself to blame. next week s train strikes one but herself to blame. next week s train strikes are - one but herself to blame. iiiril week s train strikes are expected to knock out half of britain s railway lines barely a fifth of trains running. the european union launches legal action over plans to scrap parts of the pros brexit deal for northern ireland. the government says it s disappointed. an our shrinking coastline, a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. good afternoon. yorkshire county cricket club and a number of individuals have been charged by the england and wales cricket board after an investigation into racism and other allegations at the club. the investigation follows allegations of racism made by forme
scheduled for september the sick. more on that in a moment. the main developing story here in the uk, impacting people across the world, the disruption for so many passengers flying into and out of the uk, it is now a political issue. we have had responses from the opposition labour party, the liberal democrats, as well. labour s shadow transport secretary says that the news is very concerning, adding that they are surprised not to see the transport secretary, of the government, making a statement yet. the liberal democrats have also called on the prime minister to get a grip on this issue urgently. lots more developments to come up. i am lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello. some showers. overall, not as potent as we have seen over the last couple of days. quite large amounts
defending people who. .. no, madam deputy speaker, he has been playing real life twister. his position hopelessly contorted, with one foot in the rmt camp, the other, goodness knows where. stretching credibility, perhaps it is a position he thinks will appear boring to the shadow cabinet, in fact what he is doing is stretching the patience of the british public. by by not saying where he stands! i give way to the honourable member! but louise haigh, labour s shadow transport secretary, said all that was needed was for the secretary of state to show leadership . madam deputy speaker, no one in the country once these wants strikes to go ahead. as we have heard, they would be a disaster for workers, passengers, the economy and the rail industry, but the good news is, madam deputy speaker, that at this stage they are not