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aslef say about this the lner strike.y're saying that breakdown in industrial relations bullying by management . they claim management. they claim persistent breaking of agreements apparently goes back to a row about lner staff managers driving trains to break previous strikes. and that's what may have wound up aslef, mick, mick whelan, the aslef general secretary, says it's different to the pay rise agreed by government, this issues here for nick thomas—symonds. he's the cabinet office minister. he's saying they don't think that this generosity with pay deals going back to junior doctors, 22%, 5.5% for public sector workers, that is not fuelling it. but many think it is. and age uk now that's a whole different story there because pensioners have lost their winter fuel payments. they're saying they've had lots of people emailing in about the impact of that. some are commenting. age uk says that they feel they are being treated as a lower priority and that's not fair. what they mean there is pensions to go cold this winter

been claimed, and aslef has announced today.r are today. train drivers on lner are to stage a series of strikes on the separate issue of claims breakdowns in industrial relations and the breaking of agreements by the company . the agreements by the company. the number of pharmacies in england could fall below 10,000 for the first time in almost 20 years. that's a warning from the national pharmacy association, which claims seven pharmacies a week have so far closed this yeah week have so far closed this year. cuts to budgets and medicine becoming more expensive has been blamed . if numbers fall has been blamed. if numbers fall below 10,000, it will be the lowest number since 2005 and prince harry has appeared to subtly weigh in on the recent riots in the uk, which were partly sparked by online misinformation. the duke and duchess of sussex have used their first day of their official visits to colombia to highlight online safety, where harry said and i quote what happens online within a matter of minutes, transfers to the streets

and because the rail delivery group were unable to strike a deal with aslef. over, over.was two years or whatever it was in the end, wasn't it? the government, the new government said in july, completely correctly , in my opinion, this correctly, in my opinion, this is going nowhere . we are going is going nowhere. we are going to negotiate through the department of transport directly with the aslef trade union, with a view to reaching a settlement, they've they've struck a deal which has to go to the aslef members now. they will have the final say on it, but they've certainly struck a proposed deal between the two sides, which i think is fair and i think is reasonable. and i think if it's accepted, which i think it will be, we'll end the disruption, we'll end the dispute. and i think that's a good thing . and i think that's a good thing. and i think that's a good thing. and i think if the previous government had been as constructive in its deaungs had been as constructive in its dealings with the union, rather than taking a hostile approach, we would have saved ourselves

was given. similar terms to what aslef was riven. ., �* , similar terms to what aslef was riven. .,ening fixture tonight. ipswich are back in the top flight, after over 20 years. liverpool have got a new manager, and manchester city are looking to win an unprecedented fifth league title in a row. but, as nesta mcgregor reports, matters off the pitch could cast a shadow over the action on it. manchester city, champions again! a familiar sight — come next may, will it be five in a row for pep guardiola�*s team? 0r runners up the past two years, for arsenal, could it be third time lucky? and it's an arsenal goal! for me, it�*s to get a top—class forward into their squad, then i think that would be enough to take them over the line. and i think if they can do that, then that�*s why i would say arsenal can definitely win the league. meanwhile, ipswich town�*s resurgence is a remarkable one, back in the english top flight for the first time in 22 years. after sponsoring their kit, their most famous fan, ed sheeran, went a step further, buying a stake in the club. and the action in the boa

our transport correspondent, katy austin, joins us from outside aslef headquarters now. this? well, sophie, a deal now looks very immanent in this dispute, which, as you say, has gone on for more than two years now. there have been 18 strikes during that time, and there were talks at the department for transport today, direct talks between the aslef union and department for transport officials began last month under the new labour government. if aslef�*s committee agrees, i expect a new offer to be put out to members to vote on, with a recommendation to accept. full details are yet to be confirmed, but i think the pay offer will be above the successive 4% rises that were on the table last year. attached to those previous proposals were conditions that the union particularly objected to, changes to ways of working. the previous government and the rail industry said they were necessary to save money and modernise the railway, but as i said, the union particularly objected to them, and i think many or all of those are expected to be removed in this new offer. katie, thank y

a new pay deal , strikes aslef union strikes a new pay deal, strikes a aslef union strikes a new payith the government. >> see what we did there? the deal , which >> see what we did there? the deal, which must now be approved by members of the union, the aslef union, will see train drivers receive a pay rise of 15% over 30 years, taking the average three years. three years. what did i say? 30. oh. i'm sorry. three. if only. yes. that wouldn't be very generous. over 30 years, should we get more from our political editor? who knows the numbers? perhaps a little better than i do. our political editor, christopher hope. 15% over three years, not 30 years. is this what they were actually demanding, or is this a completely new offer that the government came up with? >> it goes towards what they were demanding, that that's worth £60,000, increase. rise. forgive me. from £60,000 to the average driver to 70,000, criticism from the tory party. no strings. but you heard from louise hague. she's the transport secretary. she says she wanted to move fast and fix things when she became transport se

if we look back to the wider pay dispute, so not to do with the strikes, that deal aslef was offereds the previous governments that were necessary and the rmt union, which represents lots of other rail workers is due to have pay talks next week and its general secretary has made it clear he is a similar offer, similar terms to aslef�*s deal. similar offer, similar terms to aslef's deal.— and paddy o'connell will have more on those strikes on newsnight on bbc two shortly. though strike busting pay deals, is the new labour government caving into the unions are clearing up after austerity? the 100 bestselling books of the last 50 years, how many have you read? newsnight is a 10.30 on bbc two, bbc news and on iplayer. thank you very much, paddy. the new premier league season kicked off this evening as manchester united beat fulham 1—0 at old trafford. tomorrow ipswich will start their first season back in the top flight after more than 20 years, and manchester city will be looking to win an unprecedented fifth league title in a row. but as nesta mcgregor reports, matters off the pitch co

the aslef lot got.say that more people should work from home as well, which means fewer people using the railways? how on earth are we going to be paying how on earth are we going to be paying for all of this? are the unions taking starmer for a mug? >> and the mystery of the sunken superyacht. the captain has now spoken for the first time. he says he did not see the tornado coming. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18 year old daughter are still missing. our reporter adam cherry is on the scene as it emerges. reporter adam cherry is on the scene as it emerges . mr lynch's scene as it emerges. mr lynch's business partner died after being hit by a carjust a few days before him and the queen, the late queen, apparently slammed trump, a bombshell new biography claims that the queen thought trump was very rude and had some kind of arrangement with his wife, melania. >> but is this massively disrespectful to the legacy of our queen to publish? what is a private conversation, if indeed it happened at all

aslef and the dft are understood to be hopeful a deal can be reached.ill have additional ticket checks. the performances are sold out and ticketless fans have been warned to stay away. it comes after three shows in vienna were cancelled over an alleged plot by suspected terrorists to attack the venue and fans. chi chi izundu reports. this is what wembley bosses do not want to see. 40,000 ticketless swifty �*s took over the grassy hill outside the munich venue to listen to her perform her eras at all. fans call it tailgating, soaking up the atmosphere and last time taylor was in the uk, ticketless fans taygating. 0fficials in the uk, ticketless fans taygating. officials are asking fans not to do this. a reminder was posted on the venue�*s website which read, everyone will be checked before entry, we don�*t want any bad blood. we would hate to turn you away. they added, to support the safety of everyone in the stadium, no one is allowed to stand outside any entrance or at the olympic steps at the front of the stadium. non—ticket holders will be moved on.

the train drivers�* union aslef has defended its decision to call a series of strikes on lner, sayingthe company is toxic. aslef said its members working for lner would take strike action every weekend between — just after midnight on one september and ten november — after what it called a complete "breakdown in industrial relations." the government has recently agreed a nationwide pay deal with drivers, but aslef says this dispute is not about pay. lner said it was disappointed by the strikes. it's been described as the worst unsolved terrorist attack on the british mainland and this november marks 50 years since the birmingham — pub bombings. the atrocity took the lives of 21 people, and injured more than 200 others. now, campaigners are hoping the city will come together for a minute's silence to remember the victims. 0ur reporter, rebecca wood has the story. forjulie hambleton, whose sister maxine was killed in the bombings this is a really important part of the city. it catches all of the traffic, and it means that anyone who passes it, who reads it, will know of who our loved on

the train drivers, aslef union.st part of two years over pay, and they've been given a 15% pay rise over three years, taking the average driver pay to £70,000 a year from £60,000 a yean £70,000 a year from £60,000 a year, big increase. louise. louise hague, the transport secretary, says i wanted to move fast and fix things. fair enough tory. she said the tories were happy to see taxpayers pay the price as strikes dragged on, and on and passengers suffered. it's easy spending money, it's harder saving money and it's very hard attacking , attaching strings to attacking, attaching strings to deals. there's no strings attached here. in this deal, the tories say helen whately, the shadow transport secretary. no strings deal means that this will be paid for by, by, by passengers and by taxpayers, she says. it comes after, as you said , there in that graphic, 22% said, there in that graphic, 22% pay said, there in that graphic, 22% pay rise for junior doctors , pay rise for junior doctors, 5.5% pay rise for millions of pub

the train drivers�* union aslef has defended its decision to call a series of strikes on lner, sayingner would take strike action every weekend between — just after midnight on i september and 10 november — after what it called a complete "breakdown in industrial relations." the government has recently agreed a nationwide pay deal with drivers, but aslef says this dispute is not about pay. the duke and duchess of sussex have spoken to schoolchildren in spanish, as they continue their four—day tour of colombia. they were visiting a school in the capital bogota . more from our south america correspondent ione wells: a colombian spectacle to greet prince harry and meghan. they spent their second day of their trip to colombia meeting more young people at this school, known as one of the top schools in the world. the focus of this trip has been to highlight their campaigns to make the internet safer for children. they were shown activities these children do to help their physical and mental health. it comes after meghan said on the first day of their visit that being a mother drove her to

that's been announced by aslef union today.alks at the department for transport, which started after won labour the general election following months of a stalemate under the tory party. the new offer is for a 5% backdated pay rise for 2022 to 2023, a 4.75% pay rise for 2022 to 2023, a 4.75% pay rise for 2023 to 24, and a 4.5% increase for this year and next. the drivers are being recommended to accept that offer, which would end the two year long dispute during which they've taken 18 days of strike action, as well as refusing to

the train drivers�* union aslef has defended its decision to call a series of strikes on lner, sayingorking for lner would take strike action every weekend from — just after midnight on i september until 10 november — after what it called a complete "breakdown in industrial relations." the government has recently agreed a nationwide pay deal with drivers, but aslef says this dispute is not about pay. private renters across the uk have faced an increasingly difficult environment in the past few years, with the cost of renting rising by nearly a quarter since the end of 2019 — and the number of available homes dropping. the government has promised to improve the situation, including by abolishing no—fault evictions — but the threat of those evictions remains for many tenants. one of those people is carly. she's a mother of six and was given just two weeks' notice before being evicted from her home of 6 years. tara welsh went to meet her. i don't even know how to prioritise what to take, because i don't think we'll get a place to stay immediately. it'll be emergency accommodation. it's 9

is aslef mick whelan. yeah.> yeah, but but but look, look at the stance. the comments of aslef towards the labour party. >> they are but but the guy who has just successfully negotiated a 15% pay rise for his union is on labour. >> do they fund labour? >> do they fund labour? >> march with them. yes, they do through their members, through their members fund labour, the members decide that their political levy should go towards the labour party, and that's what is a conflict of interest. >> well, and what about the conflict of interest? with huge funding from to business the tory party, which in terms of scale has been way above what the trade unions give to the labour party? >> because i don't think people will have much sympathy with somebody who's already earning such a larger salary than them earning, and having having more, you know, a higher salary that they're paying for. >> what we'll see is what what we'll see is and the same will apply we'll see is and the same will apply with junior doctors, and the sa

aslef said the offer was made in talks at the department for transport, which started after won labour the general election following months of a stalemate under the tory party. the new offer is for a 5% backdated pay rise for 2022 to 2023, a 4.75% pay rise for 2022 to 2023, a 4.75% pay rise for 2023 to 24, and a 4.5% increase for this year and next. the drivers are being recommended to accept that offer, which would end the two year long dispute during which they've taken 18 days of strike action, as well as refusing to work non—contractual overtime . a work non—contractual overtime. a woman has been jailed for admitting to sending a threatening message on facebook in the wake of the recent rise in the wake of the recent rise in disorder across the uk. 53 year old julie sweeney sent the following facebook message on the 3rd of august, saying don't protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it. a judge has encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played central roles in the re

kelvin mackenzie, aslef, the union here. they are delighted with this . this. they describe it as they should be. no strings . offer. >> no. it's a disgrace . first of >> no. it's a disgrace. first of all, that lady louise hague, you should know her background . should know her background. unite shop steward. both her grandfather and her uncle were trade union officials. so when she sits around the table, she might as well sit on the same side as wheelan. i mean, they were going to sail through this no matter what happened. so there is that aspect to it. so what i want to know is, is the government acting for the taxpayer or is it is it acting for the consumer, the passenger? is it acting for anybody except the trade union? i love that dispute that was going on because what it proved over 18 months, over 18 days, over two years is they had no strength. this is not like when i was, you know, i was a journalist, a journalist, where actually, if the aslef went on strike or the rmt went on strike, wallop, everything was shut down. honestly, we learned somethi

that is according to aslef.he drivers are being recommended to accept the offer, which would end the long the long two year dispute dunng long the long two year dispute during which they have taken 18 days of strike action, as well as refusing to work non—contractual overtime . in non—contractual overtime. in other news, the australian department of foreign affairs has confirmed an 11 year old girl stabbed in leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the girl's family. it's also been reported that the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic surgery . a woman has plastic surgery. a woman has been jailed for admitting to sending a threatening message on facebook in the wake of the recent rise in disorder across the uk. 53 year old julie sweeney sent the following facebook message on the 3rd of august. she said don't protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it. a judge has

and sticking with aslef, there's some breaking news in the last few minutes.kes claiming a breakdown in industrial relations and the breaking of agreements by the company. that is what aslef union has just announced in the last few minutes. more on that as we get it. in other news, foreign secretary david lammy has arrived in jerusalem with his french counterpart stephane sojourn to urge a ceasefire in the war in gaza. it's the first joint uk visit. uk france visit to the region in over a decade, where the ministers are expected to visit the occupied palestinian territories, as well . palestinian territories, as well. lamy and sojourn are expected to stress that there is no time for delays or excuses from all parties on a ceasefire deal. delays or excuses from all parties on a ceasefire deal . and parties on a ceasefire deal. and in other news, prince harry appeared to subtly weigh in on recent riots in the uk, which were partly sparked by online misinformation. the duke and duchess of sussex have used their first day of their official visits to colombia to hi

hundreds of members of aslef will walk out every weekend for a total of 22 days.is dispute is separate from the long running dispute over pay, which is set to be resolved after a new offer this week from the government . this week from the government. two men have received the longest prison sentences yet in relation to rioting that erupted in parts of england and northern ireland after the southport stabbings. 48 year old david wilkinson, who was jailed for six years, and john honey were part of a baying mob who attacked a car containing three men attacked a car containing three, m ww, men in attacked a car containinn tnteea m ”ww men in hull attacked a car containind tnteea m ”ww men in hull on the 3rd romanian men in hull on the 3rd of august. 25 year old honey also looted shops and received a sentence of four years and eight months. more than a thousand people have been arrested so far over the disorder , with around over the disorder, with around 480 charged and at least 99 sentences handed down. the number of pharmacies in england could fall below 10,000 for

aslef have got a better deal than we did.ou know, have a look again at the agreement which they made some time ago, and, and that's a worrying thing if we're going to get into retrospective changes, we may also see that of course, in the health service, where the nurses and some other auxiliary workers settled some time ago at a much lower rate than the junior doctors have managed to win. so this is this is all, it's very much in the public sector. of course, it's not, as yet. unions in the private sector are considerably weaker than in the pubuc considerably weaker than in the public sector. i think the, in the public sector, it's something like 49% of workers are in unions, whereas in the private sector it's only about 13%. labour say they're going to make it easier for, for unions to recruit and to be recognised. and we may see a spread of this to the private sector over the next few years. >> so what should labour, the labour government do about this? and clearly they thought that if they would reasonably settle some of t

he's saying, you know this is this is the aslef general secretary, aslef general secretary.th utter contempt by the tories were now are now being listened to. yeah. you know, you're being listened to by your, you know , their the by your, you know, their the paymasters of the labor party. so you know it is just outrageous. i think and i think people have every right to be furious about this. >> and how are they going to pay for this, jonathan. because this is going to presumably be passed on in even higher fares than our train fares are pretty high already. >> that's now that is a legitimate question. i think that one really interesting part of rachel reeves announcement before parliament broke for recess was the despite the cuts that she announced to tory infrastructure plans. and i happen to disagree with a lot of those cuts, because i think we need to invest in our infrastructure to boost productivity. and also, you know, the winter fuel payments cut that sort of divided the left in quite an interesting way, because a lot of the left objects to means testing, for example,

bosses say workers expect the same terms as those offered to aslef train drivers, which was a 15% threer backdated pay rise. even then, their members working for the lner are threatening to strike over working agreements . police say working agreements. police say they are now treating the stabbing in manchester, which left a woman dead as a domestic incident . 17 year old girl and incident. 17 year old girl and a man aged 64, are still in hospital with life threatening injuries following that attack, while a 43 year old died from her injuries. a 22 year old man is currently in custody after police were called to an address in gorton on sunday night. the number of drug related deaths in scotland has increased by 12% in the last year, figures just released this morning show a 1172 people died, reversing a trend of improvements seen since the peak in 2020. the national records of scotland found the country continues to have the highest rate of drug deaths in the whole of europe . well, young the whole of europe. well, young people suspended from secondary school are reportedly twice as li

they had a donation of 100,000 from aslef.s they send that woman with the red hair off to talk to them. the professional negotiators are pushed to one side. she's a take charge of the negotiations. they see her coming ten minutes later. she walks out and she's given them everything they want. if that isn't a blank cheque, i don't know what it is. rachel reeves saying there is no blank cheque. they've been given a blank cheque. and of course, it turns out they have another dispute that they've been festering away, that of course they're still on strike about. and she hadnt still on strike about. and she hadn't even twigged that, and the same will be true. i said at the same will be true. i said at the time, what will happen when the time, what will happen when the rmt the other big rail union, hear about this? well, of course, we found out the next day they're they're threatening to go on strike over pay and conditions as well. so i think it was very foolish the way they went at it. >> do you know what, daniel? i'm actually in

we know that the general secretary of aslef, mick whelan, arrived at the department for transport thisr emerged to say there hadn't been a new offer at that point but he said the meeting had been temporarily adjourned. i expect talks to resume at some point mid—afternoon. my understanding was that, ahead of today, there was a degree of optimism that we were getting close to something that could be a deal to end all this. if there was a breakthrough, it would herald the end of the dispute, which has now spent over two years and seen 18 strikes by train drivers during that time. the way these things tend to work is, if there was a new offer, it would probably be put to members to have a vote. the last offer came back last april and was rejected and involved two 4% pay rises but came with conditions attached which the union didn't like. the question is, how would the pay and conditions elements be different under a labour government, and would that be something that the union thinks its members would accept? union thinks its members would acce t? . ~ union thinks its members would accet?

you've got aslef again. i mean who knows.r doctors may decide that, as you say, 22% isn't enough to agree on that one. i mean, it could spiral out of control because if you give people a pay offer with no strings attached, which is what keir starmer has done with the aslef, with the train drivers there, then there's, you know, you've lost there's, you know, you've lost the bargaining power, haven't you? as a government i mean, i think most people believe that more money has to be spent on pubuc more money has to be spent on public services. >> in fact, you know, you talk about the liz truss government, for example, when tory voters were polled, when liz truss was running for to the be conservative leader, do you want more money to be spent on public services or do you want tax cuts? >> yes. more people, more people wanted either higher taxes or taxes to remain the same because they want better public services. >> so you're only talking a moment ago about people's sense that things are broken, things are falling apart. the pri

aslef said the offer was made in talks at the offer was made in talks at the department for transportwhich started after labour won the general election following months of stalemate under the conservative party. the offer is for 5% for 2019 to 2022, 4.75% for 5% for 2019 to 2022, 4.75% for 2022 to this year, and a further 4.5% for this year and next. that is to according the union. the drivers are being recommended to accept that offer, which would end their two year long dispute during which they have taken 18 days of strike action, as well as refusing to work non—contractual overtime . the australian overtime. the australian department of foreign affairs has confirmed. an 11 year old girl stabbed in leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the girl's family at this time. it has also been reported that the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic surgery . in require plastic surgery. in other news, violent attacks against women on british railways have more

aimed at ending the long—running pay dispute between drivers and train companies in england, the union aslef the end of industrial action which has spanned more than two years. our transport correspondent, katy austin, reports. after two years, 18 strikes and one change of government, the train drivers' bitter pay dispute is on the verge of resolution. union leaders arrived at the department for transport this morning for talks. by the end of the day, a new offer was on the table. the last offer, back in april 2023, was a 4% pay rise for each of the past two years, on condition that a list of changes were agreed to working arrangements, for example around training and sunday working. they were a big sticking point. this new three—year offer includes slightly higher pay rises, a backdated 5% for 2022, then tapering down to 4.5% for this year. importantly, the conditions attached appear to have been dropped. members will vote on whether to accept it. it's a no—strings deal. it's a deal that resets industrial relations within the industry. it's a deal that will help us move on. it's the best de

hundreds of members of aslef will walk out every weekend for a total of 22 days.te over pay, which is set to be resolved after a new offer this week from the government . this week from the government. two men have received the longest prison sentences yet in relation to rioting that erupted in parts of england and northern ireland after the southport stabbings. 48 year old david wilkinson, who was jailed for six years, and john honey were part of a baying mob who attacked a car containing three romanian men in hull on the 3rd of august. 25 year old honey also looted shops and received a sentence of four years and eight months. more than 1000

leaders of the drivers union aslef are due to meet officials at the department for transport for the the general election. aslef general secretary mick whelan has previously expressed optimism that a deal on pay can be achieved, and that now can be constructive talks . those are constructive talks. those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.2841 and ,1.1652. the price of gold is £1,925, and £0.80 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is 8280 points. >> cheers ! britannia wine club >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . what? financial report. what? >> he's been pretty brilliant. no, i haven't because banksy has now left a trail of nine pieces of artwork over nine days in the capital city. >> but why ba

. >> now, train drivers for aslef have reached a deal with the government that could end more than twoperators and unions. >> well, the offer, thought to be around 15%, will now be put to its members and could bring an end to a standoff stretching back to july 2022. >> on the international front, authorities in russia's kursk region have evacuated 200,000 people following continued ukrainian advances in parts of the area. >> so after two and a half years, is war in europe finally coming to an end? >> all right, lots to talk to. former conservative armed forces minister james former conservative armed forces ministerjames heappey about this morning. good to see you . this morning. good to see you. and can we start can we start with trains . because obviously with trains. because obviously strikes were a plight, that we've all had to cope with over the last few years. it's been an absolute disaster for a lot of us. do you agree with what the government seems to have done and put forward this, or arranged at least with, with the operating companies this much better deal? >> well, look, ev

hundreds of members of aslef will walk out every weekend for a total of 22 days.is dispute is separate from the long running dispute over pay, which is set to be resolved after a new offer this week from the government . this week from the government. two men have received the longest prison sentences yet in relation to rioting that erupted in parts of england and northern ireland after the southport stabbings. 48 year old david wilkinson, who was jailed for six years, and john honey were part of a baying mob who attacked a car containing three romanian men in hull on the 3rd of august. 25 year old honey also looted shops and received a sentence of four years and eight months. more than 1000 people have been arrested so far over the disorder, with around 480 charged and at least 99 sentences handed down. the number of pharmacies in england could fall below 10,000 for the first time in almost 20 years. that's the warning from the national pharmacy association, which claimed seven pharmacies, a week have so far closed this yeah a week have so far closed this year. c

their union aslef said the offer was made in talks at the department for transport the offer the offerto accept the offer, which would end the two—year—long dispute, during which they have taken 18 days of strike action as well as refusing to work non—contractual overtime, causing huge disruption to passengers. the us space agency nasa says the two american astronauts who are stuck on the international space station, could be in orbit for eight more months until a spacex flight can retrieve them. astronauts sunita williams and barry �*butch' wilmore launched into space on fivejune for a mission expected to last eight days — they've been in space for more than two months. the spacecraft that took them there — boeing's starliner — has faced technical issues that has halted their return to earth. nasa officials have been giving a teleconference on the astronauts stuck in space. there were no major updates, as you mentioned, annita. they postpone all the final decisions to the end of august. is not so surprising. they want to have more data to decide. i think another interesting point is t

members of the train drivers union, aslef, had planned to walk out every weekend until mid—november overtly to people who make genuine mistakes, the passenger watchdog has said. transport focus said it accepted the need for a penalty—fa re system but added that there was "an overwhelming need for reform of the fares "and ticketing system". finally, the long—awaited sequel to the 1980s film beetlejuice has premiered in london. stars of the new film beetlejuice beetlejuice, including familiar faces michael keaton, winona ryder and catherine o'hara, took to the appropriately themed black and white carpet in the city's west end. stay with us here on bbc news. all the business news is coming up all the business news is coming up with me after this short break. hello there. despite a few sharp showers in the far north of scotland, thursday was a perfect late summer's day. in fact, quite a rarity for august because we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. yes, it was glorious at times. now, it's likely that we're going to keep that quiet theme for the next few days, despite a little bit

at ending the long—running pay dispute between drivers and train companies in england — the union aslef action, which has spanned more than two years. our transport correspondent, katy austin, reports. after two years, 18 strikes and one change of government, the train drivers' bitter pay dispute is on the verge of resolution. union leaders arrived at the department for transport this morning for talks. by the end of the day, a new offer was on the table. the last offer, back in april 2023, was a li% pay rise for each of the past two years, on condition that a list of changes were agreed to working arrangements, for example around training and sunday working. they were a big sticking point. this new three—year offer includes slightly higher pay rises, a backdated 5% for 2022, then tapering down to 4.5% for this year. importantly, the conditions attached appear to have been dropped. members will vote on whether to accept it. it's a no—strings deal. it's a deal that resets industrial relations within the industry. it's a deal that will help us move on. it's the best deal that we believe w

however, aslef told the bbc late on thursday a "resolution" had been reached and confirmed drivers wouldmadueke, along with morgan gibbs white, tino livramento and angel gomes for the games against ireland and finland. there are recalls for harry maguire and jack grealish, who both missed the euros, while the defender,kieran trippier has announced his retirement, from the international game. now time for the weather with louise lear. hello there. despite a few sharp showers in the far north of scotland, thursday was a perfect late summer�*s day. in fact, quite a rarity for august because we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. yes, it was glorious at times. now, it�*s likely that we�*re going to keep that quiet theme for the next few days, despite a little bit of early morning mist and fog around exposed west coasts, an the whole, there�*ll be a lot of sunshine to start the day on friday. cloud will develop as we go through the afternoon, but nevertheless the temperatures will start to pick up quite nicely. we�*re looking at 15—19 degrees in scotland, maybe highs of 2a degrees a

aimed at ending the long—running pay dispute between drivers and train companies in england, the union aslef herald the end of industrial action which has spanned more than two years. our transport correspondent, katy austin has the details. after two years, eating trucks and one change of government, the train driver is better pay dispute is on the verge of resolution. union leaders arrive at the department of transport for talks and at the end of the day and offer was on the table. the last supper back in april 2023 was the beau pearson pavers for each of the past years on condition that a list of changes were agreed to working arrangements. for example about training and sunday working. they were a big sticking point. as new three—year offer includes both higher pay rises and backdated 5% for 2022 and tapering down to 4.5% for this year. importantly the conditions importa ntly the conditions attached importantly the conditions attached appear to have been dropped. members will vote on whether to accept it. it is dropped. members will vote on whether to accept it.— whether to accept it. it

it follows talks between the aslef union and the government.o members for a vote. under the deal, they'd get two increases of between 4.75% and 5%, for the first two years of the dispute — with 4.5% for 2024-5. the scottish government has scrapped a universal winter fuel payment and is introducing emergency spending controls to make up for budget shortfalls. it's understood a number of other projects will also be cut. scotland's finance secretary, shona robison, said the snp government faced "the most challenging financial circumstances since devolution." you're live with bbc news. the world health organization has declared mpox, the disease which was once known as monkey pox, a global public health emergency. it follows the african cdc calling the mpox outbreak a public health emergency. the highly infectious disease is spreading across other parts of central and east africa. the who's declaration of the mpox outbreak as a global emergency means that research, funding, and public health measures will be prioritised. the bbc�*s global health co

aslef being given a pay rise to £69,000 a year and then deciding to subsequently strike again, you knowe to have those conversations in the wider perspective. we cannot afford it and we have to be clear that the labour party and keir starmer need to be so much firmer with the unions. >> jonathan, liz . >> jonathan, liz. >> jonathan, liz. >> well, i think that look, as ryan points out, the labour party exists to serve working people. the unions are completely interwoven with the labour party and have been from the day labour was born. so it's not a surprise that labour takes money from the unions and that labour mps take personal donations from the unions as well. it's also related to that absolutely embedded in labour ideology, that people that working people should be paid fairly for the work they do and that obviously we have had just had a period of extraordinarily high inflation. and so people workers were being given real terms, pay cuts and on a, on a political level, the labour so is everyone else on a political level, but on a political £9,000, i mean , they're not struggling. >

not all of them. >> aslef granted 100 grand, didn't they?ses deserve a pay rise ? rise? >> do the nurses deserve a pay rise? well it depends at what level you start to look at. >> the thing is, you deserve a pay >> the thing is, you deserve a pay rise. >> do doctors deserve a pay rise? >> but we're talking 20%. >> but we're talking 20%. >> we're talking. we're talking 20% here. and if we're talking 20%, £30,000 a year. >> so not nurses, no doctors. >> you mentioned doctors. >> you mentioned doctors. >> how about train drivers and how £69,000 a year? let's take let's take. are they poor? >> let's take the case. are they poor? >> let's take the case of the train drivers then. okay. are you happy to get on a train dnven you happy to get on a train driven by some 23 year old who's hung over and had. well, they probably do. >> probably happens anyway. probably happens anyway . no. probably happens anyway. no. just look. >> responsible job that takes a lot of training. >> not poor neither. 20%. a 20% increase. look i don't know. i don't know if yo

their union in the main is aslef. that's led by mick whelan.on labour's national executive committee . national executive committee. that means that train drivers could now earn £70,000 a year, andifs could now earn £70,000 a year, and it's set to cost the taxpayer roughly £100 million. then there's the old 22% for junior doctors. they haven't actually ruled out striking again next year by the way, ed miliband says labour will pledge £11.6 billion in overseas climate aid. the prime minister announced an additional £84 million for foreign aid. the 5.5% that's above inflation by the way, public sector pay rises for teachers and some nhs staff is set to cost roughly £3 billion. that's according to the institute for fiscal studies. they tried to claim the tories were going to waste £10 billion on rwanda. well, each illegal migrant apparently costs us around £400,000 over the course of their lifetime. so by the time we've had 100,000 of them, we've hit 40 billion, haven't we? and they've removed the deterrent. so how long is it before that happens?