major disruption on some of the uk s busiest rail lines will continue today after cracks were found in some of the high speed trains. it s thought 180 trains, made by hitachi, had to be taken out of service. great western railway and london north eastern railway have advised passengers not to travel on sunday and they ve warned that disruption could continue katy austin s report contains flashing images. these high speed hitachi 800 series trains weren t running this morning they needed to be kept back for inspections after thin cracks were found in some, as the boss of hitachi rail told me. it s actually on the metal on the body where the passengers sit, with the underside of the train, which is what it actually runs on. and so that area is critical for the operation of the train, and so just to make sure that we are very safe, we took that decision to withdraw the trains while we just made sure that we fully understood the situation and that it is actually safe for the tr
for the election result in hartlepool, in particular, and then scapegoats angie rayner. i think many of us feel that was unfair, nicola sturgeon and the snp win a historic fourth term, as the party sets its sights on a second referendum on scottish independence. there is simply no democratic justification whatsoever for borisjohnson or indeed for anyone else seeking to block the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future. the priority at the moment is not court cases, it s not independence legislation, it is recovering from the pandemic. labour did win a number of the mayoral contests, including sadiq khan installed for a second term as london s mayor. disruption continues on some of britain s busiest rail lines, after small cracks are found in some high speed trains. now on bbc news, witness history. divya arya presents eyewitness accounts of moments in india s modern history. we hear about the legacy of partition and how india built a model city in the 1950s
to postpone that. the attorney general is looking to get involved. there s been a lot of outcry from foreign diplomats, from the international community. of course they see eastjerusalem as being occupied and have suggested that evictions of this kind of the palestinian families could breach international law. serious disruption on some of the uk s busiest rail lines is expected to continue into next week after cracks were discovered in some high speed trains. inspections on more than 180 trains are due to be completed today, but great western railway and london north eastern railway have advised passengers to check timetables. our correspondent, sean dilley, has this update from kings cross station. to describe the picture at kings cross, one of the major london terminals, there are people turning up for travel. within the last couple of minutes there was one train on the platform coming behind us here, but there are plenty of staff trying to help people to make theirjourney
good morning to viewers on bbc one. you re watching bbc news. and now british controlled india won its independence and split into two states, india and pakistan. india had a hindu majority, pakistan was predominantly muslim. millions of people were forced to leave their homes and switch countries amid terrible communal violence. and its legacy is still felt today, not least by those whose families chose to remain despite the political and religious divide. this is the story of one of them. i m mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as suleiman to family and friends, the raja of mehmoodabad. i m from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace called the qila of mehmoodabad. the indian government is laying claim to my property, saying that it is enemy property. no one is paying for it. so these days, everything is crumbling. this dispute goes back to 1947, the partition of india into two states, a muslim majority state called pakistan
now on bbc news witness history. divya arya dozens of people had to be rescued from a tower hello and welcome to a special edition of witness history with me, divya arya, here in delhi as we present remarkable eyewitness accounts of key moments in india s modern history. coming up, we ll hear how india built a modern city in the 19505. ..the story of goa s struggle for independence. ..plus, we remember the industrial disaster at bhopal in 1984. ..and the pioneers of india s international call centres. but we begin with partition, when in 1947, british controlled india won its independence and split into two states, india and pakistan. india had a hindu majority, pakistan was predominantly muslim. millions of people were forced to leave their homes and switch countries amid terrible communal violence. and its legacy is still felt today, not least by those whose families chose to remain despite the political and religious divide. this is the story of one of them. i m mohammad a