Not to even open in fact uk hospitality has estimated since the start of the strikes injune that the hospitality sector will have lost £2.5 billion in a. of the hospitality sector will have lost £2.5 billion in a. 0fjune until the end of this week will stop we have been hearing tens and thousands of rail workers will be working out again, team drivers met and members of aslef will be walking out thursday and then another rmt strike getting under way on friday. there has been a stalemate since june but all sites say they want to deal. it is understood you merriment will meet with aslef next week. thank you very much indeed. a funeral procession is under way in the brasilian city of santos for the footballing legend pele. tens of thousands of people
I m completely reliant on the train service. there is no other way for me to get to work. and myjob is an in personjob. i can t work from home. so every day of strikes, i lose a day s wages. only one in five trains will be running today. many lines are closed altogether. the rmt has called a 48 hour strike involving workers at network rail and 1a train operators. when that ends, aslef train drivers will walk out on thursday, before another rmt strike begins on friday. ijust feel they could have left it just now until things try and get back to some normality. i think it s a shame that this is all. you know, it sjust disrupting everybody s lives. what they are doing is damaging the industry, long term, aren t they? we need a good infrastructure to support people getting off the roads. we need everybody understanding why the strike is going on. but, yes, we should not get affected by this. - joining a chilly picket
We think everybody s understanding why the strike is going on. - but, yes, we should not get affected by this. i joining a chilly picket line early this morning, the head of the rmt made it clear where he thinks the blame lies. all the parties involved know what needs to be done to get a settlement. but the government is blocking that settlement and doing nothing about this dispute, and that needs to change. so, i hope mark harper and huw merriman, the ministers responsible, can move that forward. we think we are going to get a meeting with them next week, but they seem content for the action to go ahead and have done nothing over the past six or seven weeks to move it forward. the unions want more money for their members to help them cope with the rising cost of living. offers have been discussed, but rail firms say extra cash can only come with changes to working practices, which the unions say they can t accept. the strikes are unnecessary. they re not helping and they don t motivat
She s on a zero hours contract and needs to get to work. i m completely reliant on the trains. there is no other way for me to get to work and myjob is an in personjob i can t work from home so every day of strikes, i lose a day s wages. only one in five trains will be running today. many lines are closed altogether. the rmt has called a 48 hour strike involving workers at network rail and 14 train operators. when that ends, aslef train drivers will walk out on thursday, before another rmt strike begins on friday. ijust feel they could have left it just now till things try, you know, try and get back to some normality. i think it s a shame that this is all. you know, it sjust disrupting everybody s lives. what they re doing is, you know, damaging the industry long term, aren t they? we need a good infrastructure
This is bbc news. the headlines. the government admits the nhs is facing an unprecedented challenge amid warnings from health bosses about the strain on the service this winter. i ve had to open physio gyms through outpatient departments to accommodate inpatients overnight. i am hoping it s short term, it has to be short term it cannot go on like this. new year disruption on the railways with another strike, as 40,000 members of the rmt union walk out again in their dispute over pay, working conditions and the future of services. a british couple diane and ron hughes are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia s gold coast three others are critically injured. thousands of mourners line the streets of santos in brazil