a 24—hour strike begins today on arriva rail north north as part of an ongoing dispute over the rolearted is still going. that is because he is crawling, dressed as a gorilla. he has reached the 19 mile point, four days after the race began. this is tom harrison, in his suit, as you can see. he calls himself mr gorilla. he is aiming to com plete himself mr gorilla. he is aiming to complete the route on his hands and knees. it is all for the gorilla 0rganisation. he had a few people join him on the way. i think that was spiderman. lots of people still turning out to give him support, which is nice. he is going to need back support. must really hurt. he is trying to raise £20,000. we wish him all the best. i think you start at eight o'clock every morning.” think we should all embrace how difficult it is by trying it around our living rooms. 100 metres, i did that once, and it took me nearly a minute. i had to keep stopping. how he is doing 26 miles, i don't know. now, let's put ourselves in the emotion of a heated manchester derby, towards the end. you have just been booked right in fr

members of the rmt union at merseyrail, arriva rail north and southern or in dispute over the role of year of the year in liverpool, passengers pouring off trains on their way to aintree. today, those arriving at lime street station were met by a picket line, manned by train conductors belonging to the rmt union, striking over the introduction of driver only trains. the fact that there is strike action on today is solely down to the employers and their intransigent attitude for refusing to negotiate a sensible solution with the trade union. during the course of the whole grand national festival, one in three race goers gets to and from aintree by merseyrail train. and today, on grand national day itself, the company carries an extra 20,000 passengers. as long as they're still running, that's fine. they shouldn't take guards of the train and just have drivers. i totally agree with the strike. i think they deserve a medal actually. the strikes, fair play, they need to get a better deal for their jobs, then fair enough, quite right. are you concerned enough about getting home? no, i'll b

workers on arriva rail north are to stage a 24—hour walk out on april 28th in a row over new driver—onlyounced the strike after talks failed to break the deadlocked ongoing dispute, which has seen a series of walk outs across the rail network. it comes as staff on the virgin route between scotland and england voted to walk out for 48 hours, starting on the same day. with easter fast approaching, for some, thoughts are turning to demolishing chocolate eggs. for most people, they don't last more than a few minutes. in some cases, maybe a day or two. but could you leave them untouched for nearly a century? well, someone has, and this weekend they're going on show at york castle museum. let's find out about the untouched eggs. richard saward is the head of visitor experience at york castle museum, and he joins us from there now. good evening. can you hear me, richard? i am afraid there is a deathly hush in europe. we can see a man and we can see some eggs, but it does not appear there is any sound between us and him, so we will have that conversation in a few moments' time if that is possibl

the action, involving southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north, is part of a dispute over staffinghe role of conductors. an lead the author i will speak to the author scarlett thomas about her switch to writing for children and the creation of a fictional world full of magic and danger. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcasters penny smith and charlie wolf. good evening to you both. before we speak to them, let's have a look at some of those front pages, starting with boris johnson's some of those front pages, starting with borisjohnson‘s decision to cancel his trip to russia, that the lead in many of the papers. the mail on sunday says the kremlin has "slammed" mrjohnson for cancelling his visit. the sunday times says britain and america will directly accuse russia of complicity in war crimes in syria. the sunday telegraph says the foreign secretary's cancelled trip —but the picture that dominates the front page shows the owners of the grand national winner, one for arthur. and the independent has it's own

workers at southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north are conducting a 24—hour strike, as part of anispute over staffing. the strike is expected to affect thousands of racegoers making their way to the grand national. now, on bbc news, snooker player ding junhui is a superstar in china. in this documentary, we follow ding, with behind—the—scenes access, as he plays in guangzhou at the china championship. if you want to know what it is like to be a sporting icon in a country with more than a billion people, ding junhui can tell you. there is the sense of national pride when you win a major tournament. there is the media attention — everyone wants to speak to you and a vast television audience watches every match to play. you get invited to glamorous events. your adoring friends are always thrilled to meet you. social media needs to be kept updated, with nearly five million people following you. there is also knowing that your success has helped spark a snooker revolution in china. the next generation of stars has been inspired to play because of you. and a new type of snooker luxury c

the action, involving southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north, is part of an ongoing dispute over. merseyrail said choosing to strike on the day of the race meeting would damage liverpool's reputation. we have a strong relationship with the rmt and we have engaged in previous discussions and we would welcome further discussions. we made it quite clear that should a dispute ta ke it quite clear that should a dispute take place on grand national day it would not change our stance. however we are willing to negotiate because we are willing to negotiate because we need to resolve this for the benefit of customers. new trains is a fantastic opportunity for the city region and is something we should both graphs with both hands and make it happen. the survey indicates massive support from the public to retain guards. we had no issue from racegoers today. passengers are paying for this level of safety in their ticket prices, so why, as a passenger, would you want to pay even more on your ticket price for less safety solely to benefit the province of the private train operators? we think i

the action, involving southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north, is part of an ongoing dispute over of conductors. merseyrail said choosing to strike on the day of the race meeting would damage liverpool's reputation. there are just over four hours to go before the start of the grand national horse race. 600 million people from around the world are expected to watch. its exactly a0 years ago that red rum won his third grand national, and two of this year's favourites are linked to the colour red. here with the latest from aintree is our sports correspondent, andy swiss. yes, welcome to aintree, glorious conditions for the 70,000 fans here, and even by grand national standards, this year's race is wide open. you would be brave to rule out any of the a0 runners. as you say, there is a red theme to this year's two favourites, definitely read a nts ants veux lion rouge. among the spectators today, five—year—old bradley lowry, whose fight against cancer won him so many admirers, so the stage is set for the grand national, getting under way at 5:15pm. thank you very much. you can see more

members of the rmt union at merseyrail which services aintree, as well as arriva rail north and southernnductors. here'sjudith moritz. grand national day is also the busiest day of the year of the year in liverpool, passengers pouring off trains on their way to aintree. today, those arriving at lime tree station were met by a picket line, manned by train conductors belonging to the rmt union, striking over the introduction of driver only trains. the fact that there is strike action on today is only down to the employers and their intransigent attitude for refusing to negotiate a sensible solution with the trade union. during the course of the whole grand national festival, one in three race goers gets to and from aintree by merseyrail train. and today, on grand national day itself, the company carries an extra 20,000 passengers. as long as they're still running, that's fine. they shouldn't take guards of the train and just have drivers. i totally agree with the strike. i think they deserve a medal actually. the strikes, fair play, they need to get a better deal for their jobs, then fair

the action, involving southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north, is part of a dispute over staffingion to strike on the day of the race meeting would damage liverpool's reputation. we have a strong relationship with the rmt and we have engaged in previous discussions and we would welcome further discussions. we made it quite clear that should a dispute take place on grand national day it would not change our stance. however we are willing to negotiate because we need to resolve this for the benefit of customers. new trains is a fantastic opportunity for the city region and is something we should all grasp with both hands and make it happen. survey shows massacre of respect from the public. —— show support. passengers are paying for this level of safety in the ticket prices so why is the passenger would you want to pay more on your ticket price or less easy? to benefit the profits. we think it is unacceptable and passengers deserve a safer railway and is safe —— a second safety critical person on the train. the chief executive of ford has said he cannot guarantee the company will con

arriva rail north said it was disappointing that the union was unwilling to change its position during 9:30am. thank you very much. alexander blackman, marine, released a overnight having his murder conviction overturned to manslaughter. we talk will to someone manslaughter. we talk will to someone who was with him in prison as he left, just after midnight last night. the man who managed the campaign to get him released, john davis, he willjoin us later. get in touch. use the hashtag victoria live. and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport with hugh. a big game in the premier league last night, but not exactly a classic? exactly. good morning. like me, if you watched the manchester derby last night, you will know it was a frenetic encounter, end to end play with all the passion you would expect, perhaps too much passion at times but the drs sides were lacking in composure and quality. it's best described as attritional and it ended goalless at the etihad stadium, leaving city in the all—important final champions league qualification spot bu

mersey rail, arriva rail north as well.s on around the time you want to get home but you are going to have to leave before the last races if you wa nt to leave before the last races if you want to go back on a northern train. the last one leaves liverpool at 6. 6. 30, so you need to check that out. aslef the drivers is different. they are not being as militant on this. they are not going on strike in other regions yet and they are not calling for more strikes on southern yet. when the drives go out on strike, that is when you get the devastating stoppages because you can't run a train without drivers. the rmt is more the conductors and it's all about staffing, it's about what the second person on that train does, it's about whether you need a second person at all, it's about the safety stuff like closing the doors, which is a critical safetyjob. there was always a threat it was going to spread around the country. people buy new frains, they are more modern, the driver tends to do the safety stuff then the unions don't like

a 24—hour strike on arriva rail north will go ahead on friday.ng the failure of talks to resolve an ongoing dispute over the role of guards. it's the third time workers have walked out over the row. the us military has begun installing parts of an advanced missile defence system at a site in south korea, amid continuing high tensions with north korea over its missile and nuclear programmes. in washington the entire us senate will get a security briefing on north korea at the white house today in what's a highly unusual move. from south korea, here's stephen evans. just a few miles south of north korea, 2,000 american and south korean troops practise with real ammunition. they attack targets in the hills with fearsome weaponry. a true show of force. and a show of unity between the military of the two nations, all watched from the grandstand by south korean spectators, unfazed by the current war of words between washington and north korea. she says, as we see in these drills, kim jong un will know how strong the south korean military is. and i don'

a 24—hour strike on arriva rail north will go ahead on friday.ke place following the failure of talks to resolve an ongoing dispute over the role of guards. it's the third time workers have walked out over the row. the number of senior bbc managers earning more than £150,000 a year has risen despite assurances that it would fall. the national audit office says the total went up from 89 to 98 during the past four years. but overall the number of managers fell from 540 to 319. next week will be the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of madeleine mccann. detectives say they are still pursuing what they describe as a "critical lead" in the case. the little girl was three when she vanished during a family holiday in portugal. her parents kate and gerry say the tenth anniversary is a "horrible marker of stolen time". and they've promised never to give up looking for their daughter. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. ten years, no answers. a desperate search with the media following every step. what happened here? where is madeleine

and we're just hearing from the rmt union that workers on arriva rail north are to stage a 24—hour strike grounds, have been found at 71 other schools across scotland. although most have been repaired, work has yet to be completed on six of the buildings. fiona walker reports. it was only when nine tonnes of wall came crashing into the playground at box gang ‘s primary lastjanuary that they realised the school hadn't been built properly. the official report into the incident said it was lucky no one was killed. it turned out that all 17 schools built under that private finance contract were found to be potentially dangerous. now the bbc has discovered that 71 more schools in scotland have had similar defects across 15 local authorities, taking the total to 88 40 schools. it is actually frightening to think there are so many schools that potentially have the same problem associated with them. let's not forget that at 0xgangs, someone could have been killed and we would have been thinking about something completely different then. the faults that were found were not down to one or two rogue

a 24—hour strike on arriva rail north will go ahead on friday.ts commission has highlighted serious failings by the force and said the way firearms are licensed across the country needs to be improved. an annual survey of people treated in accident and emergency units after being assaulted suggests there's been a significant fall in violence across england and wales. 188,000 people attended a and e in 2016 — 10% down on the previous year. but the results are at odds with police statistics which show an increase in violent crime. as our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. across the police, there's huge concern about levels of violent crime. in some areas like london, stabbings and shootings are on the increase. while the most recent set of figures for england and wales showed an overall rise in violence of 22%. but a survey of casualty units and clinics, which treat victims of violence, paints a very different picture. it suggests that fewer people are suffering violent assaults. according to the survey, 188,000 people attended hospita

rail workers disrupted travel to the grand national on one of the biggest days of industrial action in the wave of disputes over staffing and driver—only trains. members of the rmt at merseyrail, arriva trains northrail said it transported around 12,000 people to aintree for the grand national, compared with 18,000 last year. more now on that discovery of a bomb—like device by police in norway. the gronland area of the capital oslo has been cordoned off and a suspect has been detained. there have been reports of a possible controlled explosion. the police are quoted as saying the device has limited potential to cause damage. officers in some norwegian cities are carrying guns in response to the lorry attack in neighbouring sweden. yes, i'm right in the heart of the gronland area, near the central station of oslo. now the police cordon has been lifted. life is going back to normal. i can confirm that there was a controlled the nation. i heard the blast myself, quite a big blast. now behind me you can see a green tarp. behind that, about 20 metres back, is where the bomb or bomb like device was detonated. what sort of an idea might there be for a target round there are? it's obviously not right in