these improvements in the way we run our railways are in the interests of the travelling public. this afternoon, both sides have said they ll start fresh talks tomorrow. also tonight: a tablet for every day but what s going to happen to vulnerable patients when some pharmacists stop supplying calendar blister packs? the prince we ve watched since he was a child turns a0 it comes as william takes more royal responsibilities. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we ll head live to st george s park, where the england lionesses are preparing for the start of next month s european championship. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. millions of passengers have faced disruption today after the biggest strike on britain s railways for 30 years got under way. the rmt union and rail bosses say they will resume talks tomorrow but even if there s any progress, it will come too late to avoid disruption on thursday, the next planned day of the
Some of you yesterday, today it is dry and bright with one or two showers but heavy rain tonight, full details coming up. Its thursday the 28th of september. Our main story. A Murder Investigation is continuing in south london after a 15 Year Old Girl was fatally stabbed on her way to school. A boy aged 17 was arrested shortly after the attack in croydon yesterday morning, and police say he may have known the victim. Our reporter Louisa Pilbeam has the latest. Behind these screens overnight, Forensic Experts search for evidence after a teenage girl was killed. Stabbed in the neck on a busy street on her way to school. This bus had been full of schoolchildren at 8. 30 yesterday morning on one of the main roads through the london borough of croydon. The bus driver and passers by tried to save the 15 year old. Witnesses said there had been an argument with a boy who tried to give her or her friend flowers. The girl, who has not been named by police, died before she could be taken to hospi
be. otherwise, we will have to look at what campaigns we have got going forward. we think other unions will join this dispute on the railway. the rail industry is under pressure to save money after the financial hit from the pandemic, and says ways of working need updating, from using more technology and maintenance to making weekends part of the normal rota. network rail says changes involving 1800 fewerjobs will enable a higher pay offer. it now hopes to push them through. thea;r hopes to push them through. they could stop that hopes to push them through. iie: could stop that process hopes to push them through. tie: could stop that process at hopes to push them through. tierg could stop that process at any hopes to push them through. tieg could stop that process at any point if there is a willingness to strike the deal. ~ , the deal. the prime minister told cabinet the the deal. the prime minister told cabinet the country the deal. the prime minister told cabinet the country mu
was not as unpopular as people said it was and we know how that turned out. wandsworth is a very important result in symbolic terms, whatever it is, because the conservatives have made a big issue of lower council tax while, they say, maintaining services so they say that has been the winning formula. charlotte rose is our correspondent in wandsworth, which hasn t changed at all, the hall there, so what s the latest state of play there? thea;r the latest state of play there? they miaht have the latest state of play there? they might have given the latest state of play there? they might have given it the latest state of play there? tie: might have given it a little lick the latest state of play there? tierg might have given it a little lick of paint since 1990 but maybe not much more. counting is under way already and it s a busy and noisy council hall and if you look into the corner, that is nine elms ward, the newest and smallest of all the words here because it was a development
intrigued by. no one is talking about creating extra capacity. timer;r about creating extra capacity. they are not, about creating extra capacity. they are not. and about creating extra capacity. they are not. and if about creating extra capacity. they are not, and if you about creating extra capacity. tie: are not, and if you think back about creating extra capacity. tierg are not, and if you think back when they were first put up my one of the stories about them as they were not used for anything like the extent that was expected. of course, it s all well and good to suggest putting these things up to have more literal beds, but the truth is that we face a problem with nhs staffing numbers because there are not in great shape in the first place before we even started the pandemic, but when you have so many cases and you have the self isolation rules, which came down to ten days to seven days, what that means is notjust the rest of us might be at home for christmas or locked up b