aslef, the drivers, that is different.not as militant of this, they are not going on strike in other regions yet and they are not calling for more strikes on southern yet. when drivers go on strike, that is when you could be devastating stoppages because you cannot run a drink—drivers. the rmt is more of the conductors. it's about staffing, it is about the second person, whether you have to have a second person at all and who does the safety stuff like closing doors which is a critical safetyjob and there was always a threat this would spread around the country because people buy nutrients, they are more modern, the driver tends to do the 7o modern, the driver tends to do the 70 staff and the unions don't like that. they said we want a second person on board. you say it was a tight result, talks go on, no more imminent strike action. as is the positive. no more imminent strike action from aslef, the drivers. they could and is more strike days if they wanted, they have demanded. they said they would do that, they wa nt they

aslef says it will not be calling more strikes.ave plunged in value, after its biggest customer, apple, said it would end a deal to use its products within two years. apple's phones, laptops and watches all contain computer chips designed by imagination, but the us giant says it wants to develop its own versions of the technology. officials in colombia have started to release the bodies of some of the victims of the weekend flooding and landslides in the south of the country. more than 250 people are now confirmed to have died in the city of mocoa. many families spent all night digging through the debris to try to locate missing relatives. residents are still without water and electricity. our correspondent laura bicker is at the scene. laura the rescue operation is continuing, but what's the likelihood of finding survivors? with every passing hour the hopes of finding someone alive is incredibly slim. you mentioned the rescue effort. rescuers have been working with people here in mocoa, sometimes with people here in mocoa, sometim

yes, no more imminent strike action from drivers, from aslef.e the mandate, but they are saying, look, we are going to go into more talks, they think they're very close to finding something that their members like and that the company likes and that they like, the rmt‘s a different story. they're much further away from agreement. it's the rmt that is striking in different parts of the uk. let us get a weather update. good afternoon. huge variety of weather across the uk so far. lingering mist and fog in the south. inland, plenty of sunshine around. all the cloud in the north and west has been bringing rain to northern ireland. a couple of weather fronts will make their way eastwards, bringing some rain with them. a lot of cloud too. england and wales not as cold as last night. scotland and northern ireland will turn chilly with the clearing skies. some sunshine in eastern scotland, parts of northern ireland through tomorrow morning. a few showers coming in on the breeze. it will take all day for things to brighten up in the south—eastern corner.

train drivers belonging to the aslef union have narrowly voted to reject a deal intended to settle their role of conductors, the rmt, is due to strike again this saturday. southern's parent company, govia thameslink railway, said it was a "hugely disappointing outcome". an american doctor who would carry out experimental treatment on a seven—month old baby from london with a rare genetic condition has told a judge that the case is "uncharted territory". charlie gard is currently being treated by doctors at great 0rmond street hospital — who have started legal action for permission to turn off his life support. his parents have raised more than a million to take him to the united states. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight. tonight: an exclusive interview with john brennan, the head of the cia, until donald trump entered the white house. what does he think of the presidential twitter strategy? i think that there are some things that have been tweeted coming out of washington, where the care was not taken and that was, it

to do that presumably managers have to get involved, because i understand the aslef union drivers arerfon 13th of march our drivers have decided not to cross picket lines. the service todayis to cross picket lines. the service today is operated with drivers, managers and guards managers. you are operating with the grand national is a priority but the rest of your network is suffering as a result. unfortunately yes. we had to focus on aintree in terms of the volume of people. we would transport apart —— approximately 20,000 people to the races today and 25,000 back so to the races today and 25,000 back so the priority has been on the race meeting. unfortunately that has meant a reduced or indeed in some cases no service on some routes meant a reduced or indeed in some cases no service on some routes and we can only apologise to our customers for that. lastly, do you think this is something which will have any effect, will be rmt choosing today to encourage merseyrail to get back round the table, will it result in any change to your policy? we have a strong relationship with the rmt and

train drivers belonging to the aslef union have narrowly rejected a deal intended to settle a disputehe dispute about the role of conductors, the rmt, is due to strike again on saturday. the parent company of southern rail said it was hugely disappointing outcome. credit card companies have been told to do more to help millions of customers in long—term debt. the financial regulator has published proposals that could mean credit card companies cancelling any interest or charges in extreme cases. figures suggest credit card debt is growing at its fastest rate for more than 11 years. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertzjoins me now. so why is the watchdog calling for this? the financial conduct authority is very concerned about more than 3 million people who have what they call persistent credit ca rd what they call persistent credit card debt. that is where they have gone for 18 months paying high charges and interest but not whittling away at the underlying borrowing. 2 million of those people have gone for three years like that and of course the costs just mount so for e

members of the aslef union have rejected a deal aimed at ending the long—running dispute about trevorrs. passengers have injured almost a year of disruption as a result of the dispute. the man has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of two young girls and it hit and run into them. a 12—year—old and an 11—year—old killed while crossing a road on new year's eve. shares in british technology company have plummeted by more than 60% after its main client, apple, said it would no longer be using its products. imagination technologies pictographic chips for iphones and ipads, apple says it is developing its own graphics platform. talks aimed at restoring northern ireland's power sharing government have resumed. stormont parties missed last week's deadline for forming an executive after negotiations broke down and sinn fein said it would not nominate a deputy first minister. we have spent the day engaging with the two governments and the other political parties on a range of issues, however, the issues and challenges have not changed. the governments in particular are acutely aware of what n