there will be formal talks between aslef and the rail companies next week.ustrial action by members of other transport unions. the rmt and tssa are striking on the 18th and 20th of august. the advice has been to check before travel and make alternative plans if need be. court documents indicate that papers marked "top secret" were taken during an fbi search of donald trump's home in florida on monday. the search warrant shows that the former president is being investigated for allegedly breaking espionage laws and removing government records. he denies doing anything wrong. chichi izundu reports. this has been quite the week for the former president of the united states. monday started off with an unprecedented search of donald trump's primary residency in florida, mar—a—lago, by fbi agents. what they were looking for was only made public through the unusual move, during an ongoing investigation, of unsealing the warrant used to enter the property. receipts attached gave little detail, but did indicate the kinds of things removed, including several miscellan

aslef have consistently said this dispute centres aslef have consistently said this dispute centres oning. they should come to the table and offer a decent pay rise, that's what we do. we talk to our employers about our terms, conditions, our wages in the context of where the economy is at that point in time. and at this point in time, we know where the cost of living crisis is, and rail workers and all workers deserve a decent pay rise. the train companies say that revenues have fallen sharply and insist that reform is needed first before any pay settlements are agreed to. we can look at reform, when we can see what type of reform we are able to get. that then frees up money. we do want to give our staff a pay increase, it's not that we don't want to do that, but we need to generate money to do that. disruption from today's action is likely to spill over into tomorrow. however, formal talks between aslef and the train companies will take place for the first time next week. perhaps a glimmer of hope in this dispute. but on thursday, commuters will face more industrial action as the rmt

the aslef union and the train operators are due to meet for discussions and talks next week.rom members of other transport unions, the rmt and tssa, they are striking weekend on the 18th and 20th of august, this has been a summer of disruption on the railways. the advice to travellers, anyone wanting to take a train is to check before travelling and make alternative plans if needs be. thank ou. a critical incident�*s been declared by the nhs in shropshire. the crisis has been put down to a high number of patients arriving at hospital, difficulties discharging people because of a lack of capacity in the care sector, and staff absence because of covid. it means some non—urgent operations will be postponed. the headlines on bbc news... a man has been charged with attempted murder of acclaimed author sir salman rushdie, who's now on a ventilator, after being stabbed on stage in new york. more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. that, as experts also warn england's drought could last into the next year. travel disruption after thousands

general secretary of aslef, the train driver's union. - aslef, the train driver's union. thank you. in a car crash a week ago. she'll be remembered for her roles in films such as donnie brasco, volcano and i know what you did last summer — and six days seven nights. it's the perfect weekend for a day out at the beach, but a lack of public toilets in some seaside towns is catching people short and potentially affecting tourism. campaigners in cleethorpes are concerned that visitors are leaving the beach and heading home early due to a shortage of facilities. lizzie steel has more. sun, sea, sand. bog—standard ingredients for a great day at the beach. spending a penny here has never been so hard. i personally saw people urinating on the beach. it's not acceptable, but people haven't been given any choice. this man started a petition for more public toilets after an influx of visitors caused chaos on armed forces day. along four miles of beach, there is three lots of loos. i've spoken to several hundred people personally about this, as well as on social media, and it is keeping people

there will be formal talks between aslef and the rail companies next week.med by both sides of this dispute. there is separate industrial action by members of other transport unions. the rmt and tssa are striking on the 18th and 20th of august. the advice has been to check before travel and make alternative plans if need be. a critical incident�*s been declared by the nhs in shropshire. the crisis has been put down to a high number of patients arriving at hospital, difficulties discharging people because of a lack of capacity in the care sector, and staff absence because of covid. it means some non—urgent operations will be postponed. court documents indicate that papers marked "top secret" were taken during an fbi search of donald trump's home in florida on monday. the search warrant shows that the former president is being investigated for allegedly breaking espionage laws and removing government records. he denies doing anything wrong. chichi izundu reports. this has been quite the week for the former president of the united states. monday started off wit

this time, it's the train drivers, members of the aslef union on the picket line at euston station. and it's caught some travellers out. no, i'm not going home today. i was going to go home on thursday, but i can't because of the strike, so i'm going home on tuesday instead. it's annoying that the general public has to get inconvenienced, but i understand where they're coming from. i'm trying to get back to the town of buckingham so i can resume my studies like next monday, but i didn't know that euston's completely closed right now. nine train companies are impacted by today's strike — avanti west coast, crosscountry, greater anglia, great western railway, hull trains, lner, london overground, south—eastern and west midlands trains. aslef have consistently said this dispute centres on pay and the rising costs their members are facing. we didn't ask for pay. we didn't ask for anything during the pandemic. they worked on the front line, you know, as key workers. and now it's, you know, people are saying the cost of living crisis is engulfing them, too, and they want a fair pay rise.

this time it's the train drivers, members of the aslef union on the picket line at euston station.shut and it's caught some travellers out. no, i'm not going home today. i was going to go home on thursday but i can't because of the strikes, so i'm going home on tuesday instead. it's annoying the general public has to get inconvenienced, but i understand where they are coming from. i'm trying to get i back to the town of buckingham so i can- resume my studies next monday but i don't know that euston _ is completely- closed right now. nine train companies are impacted by today's strike... aslef have consistently said this dispute centres on pay and the rising costs their members are facing. they should come to the table and offer a decent pay rise, that's what we do. we talk to our employers about our terms, conditions, ourwages in the context of where the economy is at that point in time. and at this point in time, we know where the cost of living crisis is, and rail workers and all workers deserve a decent pay rise. the train companies say that revenues have fallen sharply and insi

aslef, they have accused them of this being an unofficial strike action which aslef said is not the caseanti trying to blame other people for the fact they do not have enough drivers. so that will be a limited timetable coming into effect from sunday.— will be a limited timetable coming into effect from sunday. gymnast alice kinsella has won great britain's first medal of the european championships in munich, taking silver in the women's all—around final. it's her third medal injust over a week, after she won two golds at the commonwealth games in birmingham. this afternoon, all eyes will be on gb's charlotte worthington at the bmx park, as she goes for gold in the freestyle final. 0ur sports correspondent nesta mcgregor is in munich. good afternoon from what will no doubt be one of the liveliest venues on day two, it is quiet now with the last few minutes of practice but when the action is under way it will get loud. the ingredients for the atmosphere is simple. 0ne dj playing loud music and a sprinkle of riders going through the air and garnished with screaming fans. the food analogy,

the aslef strike, or train driver strike, rather, involving members of the aslef union, that is around give the pay increase but you need to come to talk about reforms to fund it." they have called aslef to come to the table. aslef have said, "we'll talk to you but only if there is something meaningful on the table to discuss." it does not feel like now that dispute is particularly close to a resolution. with the other disputes, any sign of resolution on those? with this larger dispute with the rmt union, this has rumbling for a while, there had been talks for months and months. a couple of times with network rail, it's... the mood music has been that progress is being made, but at the moment, it feels like things are at a bit of a stalemate and again, the union is saying we need a pay rise that reflects the cost of living. "we want to give a pay increase, but this has to be funded by modernisation and reform." a lot of sticking points and it doesn't feel very likely right now. things can change with all of these disputes. a strike doesn't happen until it happens, but they don't feel p

in terms of why these tracks are happening, we know the aslef union which represents train drivers hasd the cost of living crisis. the company said they want to give drivers more pay but to do that they need the workers to be agreed to have more flexible conditions. at the moment there has been no formal talks between both sides but those first talks are taking place next week, not early enough to stop this strike but the hope is that could avert future strikes because aslef say they are willing to continue to have strike action or continue this dispute into the winter. the second point is about avanti, they run train services from here in euston station and from sunday they will run a significantly reduced service. that is because avanti relies on about 400 services a week being done by train drivers on their rest days. they are having to significantly reduce services because those individuals have dramatically dropped to only about 50 so that service will start from sunday, so a difficult time on the railways over the course of the summer. caroline, thank you- — an extra 7,000 nhs ho

mick whelan is from the union aslef.3 _ week, it is an average for the week, sometimes working 13 days - week, it is an average for the week, sometimes working 13 days to - week, it is an average for the week, sometimes working 13 days to 14, i sometimes working 13 days to 14, some _ sometimes working 13 days to 14, some days — sometimes working 13 days to 14, some days working _ sometimes working 13 days to 14, some days working seven - sometimes working 13 days to 14, some days working seven on - sometimes working 13 days to 14, some days working seven on the i sometimes working 13 days to 14, - some days working seven on the trot. it's some days working seven on the trot. it's not _ some days working seven on the trot. it's not as— some days working seven on the trot. it's not as simple _ some days working seven on the trot. it's not as simple as _ some days working seven on the trot. it's not as simple as some _ some days working seven on the trot. it's not as simple as some days - it's not as simple as some days wor

this brings the total number of trained companies where aslef says there is a mandate for strike actiones the increased cost of living, so inflation as we all know has been really high recently and they have said that the way to avoid further strike action is that in talks they said they are calling on the companies to come to the table with a proper proposal that they say would help their members, the drivers, by this year with a could last year.— with a could last year. what about long-running _ with a could last year. what about long-running action _ with a could last year. what about long-running action by _ with a could last year. what about long-running action by the - with a could last year. what about long-running action by the rmt. long—running action by the rmt union, any sort of progress there? not of the moment. strike action continues there and there are no dates in the diary again with the national strikes, so the national dispute that has involved more than 40,000 members of the rmt union has already seen six days of national strike action there. but what the train compan

the train drivers' union, aslef, says that pay needs to reflect the rising cost—of—living and it is risingorkers to work, they moved food and medicine around the country, and our reward is to be castigated, demonised. the politics are put upon us. as inflation goes up day—by—day, as we see new figures about how much energy crises are going to cost by the end of the year this could be a moving feast. maybe they should settled this earlier. the industry says it wants pay drivers more, but to do that, they need workers to agree to more fixable conditions, not least because of the legacy of the pandemic. we've got 80% of the revenue, but 100% of the cost, - so it is really important we work with the unions to try to look i at how we can reduce the cost, | but obviously we also recognise the need for staff to have a pay increase and we want to work l towards that, but by doing reform, we can then achieve that. - there will be formal talks between both sides for the first time this week, but if no resolution is found, aslef has said it is prepared to continue with strike action into the winter.

the aslef strike or train drivers strike rather involving members of the aslef union, that is aroundspute with the rmt union, this has rumbling for a while, there had been talks for months and months. a couple of times with network rail it... the mood music has been that progress is being made but at the moment, it feels like things are at a bit of a stalemate and again, the union is saying we need a pay rise that reflects the cost of living. network rail and the train companies are saying we want to give a pay increase but this has to be funded by modernisation and reform. a lot of sticking points and it does not feel very likely right now. things can change with all of these disputes. a strike does not happen until it happens, but they do not feel particularly close to a resolution at the moment. the latest details on those various rail strikes. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. the temperature is going to steadily rise through the course of the week. from thursday we are expecting the mid 30s across parts of england and wales and i think the peak will be

they are both affected by this strike action by the aslef members who are striking today. this morning and one will return this morning and one will return this evening back to leeds from london. there are nine companies affected, they are arriva rail london, avanti west coast, crosscountry, great western, greater anglia, lner, south—eastern and west midlands trains. as i say, trans pennine and northern train, they are unaffected. i havejust spoken pennine and northern train, they are unaffected. i have just spoken to some aslef members on a picket line outside the station, they say they don't want to strike but they are wanting a deal done. there are talks due to take place later this week. they say they are wanting to break this deadlock and of course there is other strike action as well, with the rmt. they are striking on the 18th and 20th of august. the advice to passengers is to check before travelling. to passengers is to check before travellinu. , ., ., ., ,, , ., travelling. philip norton, thank you ve much travelling. philip norton, thank you very much indeed. _ c

aslef deny that accusation.or of the train company. all parties are a bit to blame, but for avanti to say that it's all down to the drivers who don't want to work on their rest days is actually pretty outrageous, because the drivers have every right not to work on that rest days, and indeed they get reasonable salaries, so if they don't want to work on their rest day, yes, it is difficult for avanti but they should have sorted this out when they took over the franchise a couple of years ago. grant shapps has written to the mayors of the cities and he remains adamant that the fault of this lies with the union. he is calling for major reforms of the railways but that's little comfort to the thousands who will face much tougherjourneys to their destinations. razman karmali, bbc news. our reporter anisa kadri is at london euston for us this morning, anisa, how is it looking, are there many passengers around? look so quiet that, even though it isjust look so quiet that, even though it is just after seven o'clock. are

. - thousands of train drivers who are members of the aslef union will stage a strike across nine railrators warning disruption may continue into sunday. our business correspondent, caroline davies, gave us more detail on the action. avanti west coast, greater western, greateranglia, hull trains, south—eastern and west midlands trains included. this is the second time train drivers have gone on strike previously. it was at the end ofjuly. the train drivers' union aslef said they want a wage that reflects the cost of living and terms and conditions need to be protected. the rail companies say they want to give a pay rise to drivers but they need to have reforms in place to be able to pay for those pay rises. in terms of the disruption we can expect, those companies will have no services. some will be very limited. there is a suggestion there could be a knock—on impact on some other train services so the advice is to check before you travel. seven uk cities have been announced as the contenders to host next year's eurovision song contest. the shortlist, whittled down from 20 places that

a reliable service, fewer trains going to manchester and birmingham and glasgow, they say that —— aslefa look at the weather. there is still an amber weather. there is still an amber weather warning. weather. there is still an amber weatherwarning. heavy weather. there is still an amber weather warning. heavy showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland, temperatures in the north in the mid 20s but further south in the mid—30s once again. it's 34 and 35 degrees. through this evening and overnight downpour start to creep a bit further east, is still hot, especially in southern and eastern areas, temperatures and one or two spots not falling below 20 degrees. heavy showers and thunderstorms could be more widespread, if you do catch one of these, large hail and localised flooding is possible. still hot in the south—east, not quite as hot, 30 or 31 degrees tomorrow. this is bbc news. the headlines... sir salman rushdie, stabbed at an event in new york state, has reportedly been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk. in ukraine, president zelensky warns that russians shooting at the z

aslef deny that accusation.y haven't hired enough drivers, and says that train companies in general have lost the goodwill of their employees. the labour mayors of both manchester and london put the blame of the dispute firmly at the door of the train company. all parties are a bit to blame, but for avanti to say that it's all down to the drivers who don't want to work on their rest days is actually pretty outrageous, because the drivers have every right not to work on their rest days, and indeed they get reasonable salaries, so if they don't want to work on their rest day, yes, it is difficult for avanti but they should have sorted this out when they took over the franchise a couple of years ago. grant shapps has written to the mayors of these cities and he remains adamant that the fault of this lies with the union. he is calling for major reforms of the railways, but that's little comfort to the thousands who will face much tougherjourneys to their destinations. anisa kadri is at euston for us this morning. i

aslef denies the accusation and says that avanti simply has quite an of drivers at the train companiesor of manchester and london put the blame of the dispute firmly at the door of the train company. mil firmly at the door of the train company-— firmly at the door of the train coman .~ ., , ., company. all parties are to blame but for avanti _ company. all parties are to blame but for avanti to _ company. all parties are to blame but for avanti to say _ company. all parties are to blame but for avanti to say that it - company. all parties are to blame but for avanti to say that it is - company. all parties are to blame but for avanti to say that it is all l but for avanti to say that it is all down to the drivers who don't want to work on the rest days is actually pretty outrageous because the drivers have every right not to work on the rest days and indeed they get a reasonable salary so if they don't want to work on their rusty, yes, it's difficult for avanti, but they should have sorted this out when they took over the franchise a couple of years ago.— they took over the franchise a

the train drivers' union aslef said the strikes were a last resort — but the rising cost of living meantes. can you run us through the services affected? can you run us through the services affected? i can you run us through the services affected? .., . , can you run us through the services affected? ., , , ., can you run us through the services affected? .,, i. , affected? i can, as you can see behind me _ affected? i can, as you can see behind me some _ affected? i can, as you can see behind me some of _ affected? i can, as you can see behind me some of the - affected? i can, as you can see behind me some of the last - affected? i can, as you can see - behind me some of the last passenger is a before the last, file services, people here would have been trying to get away before that strike happens tomorrow. this is a strike for the train drivers and it is over pay, and terms and conditions. these are the nine train companies that are the nine train companies that are affected. you can see avanti whiskers, and some of these will be running reduced services, some running reduced services

nine train companies will be affected when 6,500 members from train drivers union aslef take action in 9th september. hundreds of thousands of nhs nurses in england and wales are to vote on whether to strike over pay. the royal college of nursing said that if members voted in favour, it would be the first strike in england and wales in the union�*s history. the jury in the trial of the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs has been shown a recording of the police interview with his former girlfriend kate greville, who accuses him of controlling and assaulting her. in the interview she says that their relationship was volatile, and the former footballer was often abusive. he denies the charges. 0ur correspondent laura scott was in court. ryan giggs, back in court today to listen to evidence from his former partner. the jury were first played a lengthy police interview that kate greville gave in november 2020, two weeks after giggs had allegedly assaulted her and her sister. miss greville told police she initially thought the former manchester united star was her soulmate. but s

the train drivers union aslef have said the company is lying and must recruit more staff. the goodwill of drivers, working extra days and hours to keep trains running, and now they aren't they've had to make drastic changes and they've apologised to passengers for any disruption caused. with all the sport now, here's karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre. thanks, mishal. great britain are still top of the medal table at the multi sport european championships, with eight gold medals now, including one for 17—year—old jessica gadirova, who retained her artistic gymnastics floor title. plus there were emotional gold medals in rowing, too. nesta mcgregor reports from munich. erin kennedy, one part of a crew of five, the centre of attention. herjob, guiding the para—mixed coxed four, a boat unbeaten in over a decade, and again, another convincing victory. one of two golds on the water. remarkable considering after being diagnosed in may, the 30—year—old is receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. i'm just really proud. i think it's a lot for me to take and it's also a lo

is because of a strike by aslef union. is there. _ because of a strike by aslef union.ing on their— and typically with drivers working on their rest days. it is entirely voluntary _ on their rest days. it is entirely voluntary. it has been characterised by the _ voluntary. it has been characterised by the transport secretary grant shapps — by the transport secretary grant shapps as — by the transport secretary grant shapps as an unofficial strike. the union. _ shapps as an unofficial strike. the union. i_ shapps as an unofficial strike. the union, i have spoken to whalen, he flatly— union, i have spoken to whalen, he flatly denies it. he says, we are in dispute _ flatly denies it. he says, we are in dispute we — flatly denies it. he says, we are in dispute. we have had an overwhelming mandate _ dispute. we have had an overwhelming mandate to _ dispute. we have had an overwhelming mandate to strike. we are going on strike _ mandate to strike. we are going on strike tomorrow. as soon as you go on strike _ strike tomorrow. as soon as you go on strike, people are not inclin

members of the aslef union, which represents around 6,500 train drivers at nine rail companies, havepay and conditions. further action is planned for next week. the leader of plaid cymru has called onjonathan edwards to stand down as an mp. mr edwards, who has sat as an independent mp, was cautioned by police in 2020 for assaulting his wife and suspended from the party. earlier this week, it was announced he would be permitted to represent the party at westminster again, but adam price has since advised mr edwards to resign. the welsh secretary, sir robert buckland, has switched his support from rishi sunak to liz truss, becoming the first cabinet minister to publicly change sides in the conservative leadership race. he told the daily telegraph that, after deep reflection, he'd decided ms truss was the best person to take the country forward. a critical incident�*s been declared by the nhs in shropshire. the crisis has been put down to a high number of patients arriving at hospital, difficulties discharging people because of a lack of capacity in the care sector, and staff absence be

union aslef which represents drivers insists that's not the case and says the company does not employnotting hill. i thought it was the industry that made me do what i did, for wrong. but since going into recovery and becoming fitter in the head and physically, ifound solace in the job itself. so maybe it was a maturity thing, but, yeah, it's going good. travel now and this is how tfl services are looking at the moment. there are severe delays on the cirle line due to an earlier signal failure at edgware road. they have never a chilly gone to minor delays. —— now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. another hot spell of weather with us this week across the capital. the blue sky and sunshine was captured by our weather watchers yesterday and is set to continue through the rest of this week. of course, it is looking bone dry. high pressure dominates. not a drop of rain in the forecast until, perhaps, we get to the second half of the weekend and into the start of next week, when there may well be some heavy, thundery downpours, but that is still rather uncertain. toda

the driver is�* union, aslef, says the company is lying and simply needs to recruit more staff.gising to passengers for the disruption it will cause. philip, thank you. legal action against six protesters for attending a vigil for sarah everard has been dropped after the crown prosecution service said the "legal test" for prosecution had not been met. the six were accused of breaking covid lockdown rules by attending the vigil in march last year following the abduction, rape and murder of sarah everard by police officer wayne couzens. there were clashes with police after several hundred people attended the unofficial gathering. a—level grades in england, wales and northern ireland today is the last of four days of the intense heat which sparked an amber weather warning for much of southern england and wales. concerns about drought and the impact on vulnerable people continue, but many have tried to make the most of it and head to the coast. however, as emma simpson's been finding out, labour shortages mean not all businesses are in a position to benefit from the extra trade. it'

members of aslef, they are going to walk out at 12 train operating companies. happened today-— much, just take us through what happened today. yes, clive, this trial has lasted _ happened today. yes, clive, this trial has lasted three _ happened today. yes, clive, this trial has lasted three and - happened today. yes, clive, this trial has lasted three and a i happened today. yes, clive, this trial has lasted three and a half. trial has lasted three and a half weeks now with the jury at the end of that deliberating for more than 20 hours over three counts faced by the former manchester united footballer, ryan giggs, but about an hour ago thejudgejudge hilary hour ago the judgejudge hilary manley hour ago thejudgejudge hilary manley called them into court to to ask if they had reached a majority verdict on any of the three counts faced by the former player, to which they said they have not. they have since been discharged now. as a reminder, ryan giggs faced three charges. 0ne reminder, ryan giggs faced three charges. one was about controlling behaviour towards

that is not the case was that there has recently been an issue where aslef has called for action shortfered by the treasury across all of the public sector, which is 3% or 4% this year. obviously transport has had to operate within that, there is an 8% offer on the table, in return for modernisations, and the government has to balance that with pay rises for other very crucial areas. that with pay rises for other very crucialareas. doctors, that with pay rises for other very crucial areas. doctors, teachers, nurses, police and so on. of course government has to the overall mandate but only the unions and the employers and sit down and hammer this out. people may be watching this out. people may be watching this and thinking, where will this end? .16 point plan i put forward and the answer to this comic is if we can't get this resolved through the unions putting the office to their members we will have to instead impose these changes and thatis instead impose these changes and that is what we are moving to with what is called section 188, which is a letter that says we have not been abl

the union, aslef, insisted drivers were making their own decisions. we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down _ that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over _ that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over time _ that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over time either i that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over time either says| turning down over time either says that the drivers have suddenly become so well—paid that they no longer need to work overtime, which might sounds of it unlikely, that suddenly it would so dramatically change especially when inflation is so far ahead of what people are getting paid, or it suggest that people arejust unhappy? getting paid, or it suggest that people are just unhappy? ter getting paid, or it suggest that people are just unhappy? people are 'ust unhappy? ter mag one sa s we people are just unhappy? ter mag one says we have — people are just unhappy? ter mag one says we have this _ people are just unhappy? ter mag one says we have this industrial— says we have this industria

because this area has also been hit repeatedly by train drivers�* strike involving a different union, aslefure. kt, thank you, our transort more in future. kt, thank you, our transport correspondent _ more in future. kt, thank you, our transport correspondent in - more in future. kt, thank you, our. transport correspondent in norwich. —— katie austin. one of the directors of the energy regulator, ofgem, has quit because of changes to the way the energy price cap is set. christine farnish said she felt the regulator had not "struck the right balance between the interests of consumers "and interests of suppliers". the watchdog thanked ms farnish "for her many "years of devoted service" ukrainian officials are warning that the situation at the russian—occupied zaporizhia nuclear power station "is approaching critical". emergency workers have been staging drills and practising cleaning operations in the event of radioactive contamination. russia took control of the nuclear plant — which is the biggest in europe — in early march. our correspondent hugo bachega in kyiv has the latest what is happ

this is just the latest, members of aslef, the train drivers at chiltern, northern and trans— penninehis week, they will celebrate getting the keys to their first flat. but the couple say family members in odesa, still suffering in the war, should not be forgotten. our correspondent linsey smith has more. thinking, you know the wardrobe and the drawers in that room, you can take them if you want. making plans for the future. six months ago, mary and hwan were escaping their homeland. today, they are looking forward to connecting the keys to collecting the keys to their very first flat. the work ethic is second to none, so they... i don't think either of them have missed a day's work in the last six months. and obviously, with that, they have managed to save money and that is what has kind of enabled them to be independent and move out as well. dancers in their native ukraine, mary and hwan left their dance studio in odesa unlocked. it ensured their students had a safe space, which was on their mind when we first met. it was pretty hard at the beginning to adapt to everything, to like,