The bbc news is that theyve released some new guidelines for presenters and personalities use of social media. News people have to stick to the rules of being completely impartial and not say anything controversial which is all has been the case, but presenters of certain flagship programmes like much of the day your antiques roadshow have been told they cant tweet anything that might be considered controversial while their shows on air orjust before or after they are on air. This is a reaction to that whole row about gary lineker and his tweets that caused a huge for rory and then the bbc had to wrestle with its commitment to impartiality but then what about folk who arent doing news shows and maybe do a handful of shows a year or a collection of shows but also do lots of other work and might want to express views about stuff . And news about gb news is that ofcom, the communications regulator, has announced they are doing an official investigation into those comments by the actor and
on the government to take action and warned about future industrial action, saying: we are determined to get a resolution and remain in this for the long haul. the government says it had offered a fair and reasonable pay offer. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the latest. long queues, packed coaches. with trains not an option, football fans in manchester faced a dash south for the cup final. if it had taken me two days to get there and back, i d still have been going, it wouldn t have made any difference. it s difficult. if you are picking a strike, you will pick a day that will have maximum impact. for some that meant desperate measures, even car sharing between rival united and city fans. had a little pit stop. plenty of life to the services, plenty of blue, plenty of red. everyone getting along for now. leeds station, one of many picket lines across the rail
and city fans. had a little pit stop. plenty of life to the services, plenty of blue, plenty of red. everyone getting along for now. leeds station, one of many picket lines across the rail network today, as 12,000 drivers at the aslef union walked out for the second time this week. it meantjust 40% of rail services were running. there are 15 rail companies involved in this dispute and they are negotiating together via the rail delivery group. so far, the offer on the table is for a 4% pay rise last year, and another 4% for this year. but both conditional on the union agreeing to some changes to the way drivers work. so far, aslef has rejected the deal. and right now there is no real sign of a breakthrough. i haven t seen the transport minister since before christmas. i don t want to be doing this. and my members do not want to be losing money, they do not want to be out on strike. we want a resolution, but not a resolution at all costs. the department for transport said the deal is fai
marc ashdown has the latest. long queues, packed coaches. with trains not an option, football fans in manchester faced a dash south for the cup final. if it had taken me two days to get there and back, i d still have been going, it wouldn t have made any difference. it s difficult. if you are picking a strike, you will pick a day that will have maximum impact. ido i do believe in pair to fair paper everyone, and if you are going to begin do you need to want to get the maximum impact. you have all these different concerts in the new about it, which is why they picked today s. for some that meant desperate measures, even car sharing between rival united and city fans. had a little pit stop. plenty of life to the services, plenty of blue, plenty of red. everyone getting along for now. leeds station, one of many picket lines across the rail network today, as 12,000 drivers at the aslef union walked out