going to take a taxi to blackpool so | to take a taxi to blackpool so that — to take a taxi to blackpool _ that will cost us 120 quid. 40,000 members of the rmt union at 50 rail operators watch out for the day for that mainly guards and signal staff at up but crucially there is a network rail which operates the tracks and signals. it's all part of a long—running series of disputes involving various unions overjobs, pay and work conditions. there is now been 11 strikes with no obvious end in sight. 11 strikes with no obvious end in siuht. , , , 11 strikes with no obvious end insiaht. ,, ,., in sight. the issues are the same now _ in sight. the issues are the same now as _ in sight. the issues are the same now as they - in sight. the issues are the same now as they were - in sight. the issues are the same now as they were at l in sight. the issues are the i same now as they were at the start of the dispute. we got nothing from these employers will who are acting on behalf of the government. until we get in agreement we will have to continue this dispute. and in agreement we will have to co

blackpool had laready lost two men to red cards so finished with eight players on the field.me to swansea. there were notable wins for bottom club coventry at cardiff and managerless west brom at reading. norwich can go top if they beat watford in the late game. and watford in the late game. that starts in two minute time. celtic thrashed third placed hibernian 6—1 to make it nine wins out of ten in the scottish premiership. a hat—trick from james forrest on his first start of the season took his goal tally for the club to 100. celtic are five points clear of rangers who play tomorrow. livingston are up to fifth after beating stjohnstone1—0. the bottom two, ross county and dundee united, drew1—1. and it was goal—less between st mirren and kilmarnock. aston villa dropped their first points of the women's super league season as west ham beat them 2—1 at bescot stadium. the hammers were two up inside the first fifteen minutes. but a late villa goal and the loss of defender hawa cissoko to a red card meant they were hanging on at the end. the result lifts them to sixth in the tab

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jim connelly, bbc news, blackpool.home in los angeles, at the age of 96. in a career spanning more than eight decades, she was perhaps best known for her role as the tv detective jessica fletcher in the hit series, �*murder she wrote'. robert townsend looks back at her life. suppose the master comes back and asks where you've gone? tell him ijust went for a walk. by yourself? she was 17. it was her first part, playing alongside ingrid bergman, for which she was nominated for an oscar. angela lansbury�*s career couldn't have started any better. in due course, there were starring roles in hollywood and on television. you are to shoot the presidential nominee through the head. in the manchurian candidate, she played the monstrous mother of a brainwashed son. increasingly, it was character parts like this, which she came to be offered. rallying a nation of television viewers into hysteria to sweep us up into the white house with powers that will make martial law seem like anarchy. in her 60s, she reinvented herself as a te

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received the ballon d'or, which is traditionally awarded to french publications , the day before. blackpooltriker from turbulent england stanley matthews last season benzema scored 27 goals in the spanish la liga and won the title also he was included in the champions league 15 times and as a result also took the trophy ovechkin's breakthrough alexander veliky . the season, having scored twice the gates of vancouver , the russians 2 + 2, and the total score of the duel is six-four in favor of the belarusian washington, striker alexei pruto of the capital played the third link and ended the meeting with a plus one. alexander, well, they won’t believe it either, that you just drove by in a car and stopped and saw the cameras. they say it's a staging. well , as a matter of fact, i saw it, i looked at it, i thought so, maybe i could measure something, yes, then i look at the minsk numbers. i think that they will measure it here. what a curiosity beat me, well, in the country it is important to know the opinion, add your heroes. as far as there are 7 billion in the world, it doesn’t work at all.

st cuthbert�*s academy is in the shadow of blackpool's pleasure beach.increasingly feels less like teaching, more like social work. we sometimes have toilet rolls and other hygiene products, nappies are a really sought—after resource. they keep essential items here to help struggling parents. and run a free community washing machine. if electricity is an issue for families, they can use our electricity, our water and the products are here. so it an amazing resource. lindsay, the school safeguarding officer, used to support only a small number of families known to social services. not any more. we've got, you know, working families who are not eligible for free school meals but they cannot afford to pay for the child's school meal. i know for certain there is one family who have in excess of £1000 worth of debt. they send their children to school. i can't not feed their children, can i? see you, be good, now. alex's childhood was hard. marred by domestic violence, she'd love much more for her son. i want him to have everything i never had, car, holidays.

i we're going to take a taxi to blackpool, so that'll cost us, like — that'll cost us 120 quid. 40,000for the day — mainly guards and signalling staff but, crucially, also those at network rail, which operates the tracks and signals. it's all part of a long—running series of disputes involving various unions overjobs, pay and working conditions. there have now been 11 strikes with no obvious end in sight. the issues are the same now as they were at the start of the dispute. we've got nothing from these employers, who are acting on behalf of the government. and so, until we get an agreement, we will have to continue with this dispute. and that could go on well into next year? well, we don't want it to, but it could go on, you know, for an undefined period, but we'd like to get a settlement and we'll be saying to the companies next week make us some offers that we can consider and then we can put to our members. unlike the rail operators, network rail has tabled a pay offer, which it says amounts to 8% over two years. we have significantly changed what we were proposing originally and we

blackpool beat preston 4—2. middlesbrough could only draw 0—0.g's when edged them towards the play—off places. a managerless hull 14-2 the play—off places. a managerless hull 14—2 at rotherham. sheffield united and norwich drew 2—2. in the scottish premiership, leaders celtic came through a seven goal thriller to beat hearts 4—3 at tynecastle. var took centre stage on the weekend it was introduced to the league, with one of hearts�* goals coming from the spot after scottish football's first on—field review. jim lumsden was watching this one. making just its second appearance in the scottish premiership, all eyes were on var. following james forrest's opener for celtic, a chance to monitor its progress. a penalty for hearts just before half—time after scottish football's first ever on—field review. lawrence shankland stepped up and made no mistake. when the teams re—emerged, the frenetic pace continued, lawrence shankland grabbed his second. giorgos giakoumakis and daizen maeda put celtic in front. hearts were then granted another penalty with var

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the blades are nowjust one point clear of norwich city, who won at blackpool.t bristol city. burnley stay fourth, despite a draw with cardiff. bottom club coventry got their first win of the season, beating middlesbrough. that keeps boro in the bottom three. reading beat huddesfield 3—1 to stay third. wigan won at rotherham, sunderland and preston was goal—less. and swansea came from behind to win at west brom. celtic stay top of the scottish premiership, after a hard fought 2—1 win at home to motherwell. they briefly lost top spot to rangers, who played at hearts earlier in the day and won 4—0, as paul frostick reports. a premiership contest in at the scottish capital, as third placed hearts hosted rangers, but it was the visitors who struck first. tynecastle are inside six minutes. a nightmare start for robbie neilson, but gratification for giovanni van bronckhorst. hearts countered but were unable to produce, unlike rangers. the lead was doubled. the magic was obviously unappreciated by the home side, cammie devlin are shown a straight red. no premiership gr

we've got to take a taxi to blackpool, so that i will cost us 120 quid. 40,000 members of the rmt unionuards and signalling stuff, but, crucially, also those at network rail, which operates the tracks and signals. it's all part of a long—running series of disputes involving various unions, overjobs, pay and working conditions. there have now been 11 strikes, with no obvious end in sight. the issues are the same now as they were at the start of the dispute. an agreement, we will have to continue with this dispute. well, we don't want it to, but it could go on, you know, put to our members. unlike the rail operators, network rail has tabled a pay offer, which it says amounts to 8% over two years. we have significantly changed what we were proposing originally and we'll continue to have discussions, but i think what we need to see is compromise from the other side as well, and some realism, frankly, about the state of the railway and that hurting our passengers is never going to make it easier or make it possible for us to make a pay award. all this is having a wider impact on britain's ec

blackpool beat local rivals preston 4—2.ter beating second bottom west brom 2—i. reading's 2—0 win over bristol city edged them towards the play off places. managerless hull won 4—2 at rotherham to earn back—to—back wins for the first time this season. sheffield united and norwich drew 2—2. and coventry moved to third bottom with a 2—0 win at stoke. in the scottish premiership, leaders celtic came through a 7 goal thriller to beat hearts 4—3 at tynecastle. var took centre stage on the weekend it was introduced to the league, with one of hearts' goals coming from the spot after scottish football's first on—field review. jim lumsden was watching this one. making just its second appearance in the scottish premiership, all eyes were on var. james forrest's opener for celtic, a chance to monitor its progress. a penalty for hertsjust before half—time after scottish football's first ever on field review. lawrence shankland stepped up review. lawrence shankland stepped up and made no mistake. the frenetic pace continued, lawrence sh

widely we have been in the high teens today, 18 in blackpool and edinburgh. second column is the average for the time of year. clearly we are well above that and will be for the rest of the month. we have the dilemma now, concerns of climate change, benefits of not having the heating on as much. we are dragging in the airfrom a long way on as much. we are dragging in the air from a long way south of the uk. with low pressure anchored to the west, we are seeing spells of wet and windy weather. we have another one sweeping the wet weather through into tomorrow morning, then clearing to sunny spells and the chance of a shower. patchy rain in scotland will clear away northwards. here is the wetter weather after midnight, running into western scotland tomorrow morning. the risk of disruption, coastal gales in the west and another mild night. tomorrow morning wet already in the west, that rain feeds north and east. not too much at all for east anglia and south england. behind it, it clears away for an afternoon of sunny spells. largely dry with the chance of a show

jim connelly, bbc news, blackpool. some breaking news from nhs blood and transplant.s and platelets were seen to be dropping, but it didn't actually reach that amber alert level. it has, now, and the nhs needs to maintain fairly steady supplies of blood across the group types and across the service to make sure that anyone in need gets it. there have been appeals recently from the blood transfusion services asking for donors to come forward, asking for donors to come forward, asking for donors to come forward, asking for new people to come forward as well, so we'll keep an eye on that as well. there be reaction from the health service as well stop a first ever amber alert status because blood supplies have dropped. netflix will have its audience numbers measured externally and regularly reported for the first time. that means its ratings can be more directly compared with shows on more traditional mainstream services and providers. the new move comes a month before the streaming giant releases an ad—supported subcription tier. earlier i spoke to the tv critic and broa

jim connelly, bbc news, blackpool.t the moment? i circumstances of people are having to live in at the moment?— circumstances of people are having to live in at the moment? i mean, it is shocking- — to live in at the moment? i mean, it is shocking- i _ to live in at the moment? i mean, it is shocking. i think _ to live in at the moment? i mean, it is shocking. i think everyone - to live in at the moment? i mean, it is shocking. i think everyone can - is shocking. i think everyone can agree that. i am absolutely not surprised whatsoever. from my experience i have mainly focused on social housing but i have learned it is much worse in the private sector. there is a lack of regulation there and people's health and safety is being put at risk. we saw it in that video, tenants in complete despair and worried for their health and safety, and their voices are not listened to. these tenants do complain about these situations, as anyone would, but they are ignored are not taken seriously. this has been going on for years and ge

the likes ofjacob rees—mogg and a gentleman from blackpool and the other tory from blackpool and theline. that is why they don't want a general election and they want borisjohnson back. they want mrjohnson back because they see it as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob _ as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob rees-mogg i as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob rees-mogg has i as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob rees—mogg has come out for borisjohnson in stowe, jacob rees—mogg has come out for boris johnson today. in stowe, jacob rees—mogg has come out for borisjohnson today. stefan, how are you doing? irlat out for boris johnson today. stefan, how are you doing?— how are you doing? not too bad, ourself? how are you doing? not too bad, yourself? this — how are you doing? not too bad, yourself? this is i how are you doing? not too bad, yourself? this is interesting. i how are you doing? not too bad, | yourself? this is interesting. from the off, the _ yourself? this is interesting. from the off, the believers i yourself? this is

i just spoke to scott benton, the mp for blackpool south, who is a fierce critic of fracking and hasa serious motion about fracking. so maybe it's not going to work. ii i i fracking. so maybe it's not going to work. ii , , i, , work. can i 'ust put to use something _ work. can ijust put to use something that _ work. can ijust put to use something that is - work. can ijust put to use something that is being i work. can ijust put to use i something that is being reported this afternoon in the guardian and the sun, we have not been able to confirm this yet but that suella braverman has left office from the government as home secretary, that she is no longer home secretary. this is after the prime minister cleared her diary and called off a planned visit to an electronics manufacturer this afternoon. according to the guardian, there is speculation that grant shapps, the former transport secretary, who had backed rishi sunak in the tory leadership race, will replace suella braverman. this is all according to the guardian, and the sun are reporting it as well. if that is true, another huge

in one local authority area blackpool, the cut has been about £40 in real person since 20152016. an incredible result for ireland at the men's t20 world cup. they beat england by 5 runs in a rain affected match — a major blow to their chances of reaching the knockout stages. it leaves england needing to beat australia, new zealand and sri lanka in their remaining games. joe lynskey reports. for irish cricketjust to be here was a breakthrough. a world cup match with england. gorgeous shot. with each six their hope grew. they went to 157 but when england came to bat they got into a tight spot. the captain, jos buttler out on his second ball, now one of the lowest ranked teams in the tournament. england's top buttons collapsed. at 67 to four but based on ireland 's school adidas rate england trailed. the rain meant defeat. we would have loved to have stayed on and hit a couple of sixes, if we could, but it got heavy and the game is lost at that point. we were a long way short of where we needed to be and ireland deserved to win. ,, . , needed to be and ireland deserved to win. ,, .,

higher constituency, every constituency, and in some conservative constituencies as well such as blackpooloing without essentials.— without essentials. you very much for talkinu without essentials. you very much for talking to _ without essentials. you very much for talking to us, _ without essentials. you very much for talking to us, a _ without essentials. you very much for talking to us, a senior- for talking to us, a senior economist there at the joseph rowntree foundation. forgive me. the nhs in england has declared an amber alert for critically low blood supplies for the first time. a spokeswoman said there were just over three days worth of overall blood stocks, but supplies of o—type blood , which is important during emergencies and when someone�*s blood type is unknown, had fallen to below two days. our health correspondent catherine burns has more on this. ideally, the nhs blood and transplant likes to have about six days blood supply in england. for 0 negative right now, it has less than two. it's just over two for 0 positive and there are several other blood types with shortage

st cuthbert�*s academy is in the shadow of blackpool�*s pleasure beach. summer season is over.et rolls and other hygiene products. nappies are a really, really sought—after resource, so... they keep essential items here to help out struggling parents, and run a free community washing machine. and if electricity is an issue for families, they can use our electricity, our water, and the products are here. so it's an amazing resource. lynsey, the school's safeguarding officer, used to support only a small number of families known to social services. not any more. we've got, you know, working families who aren't eligible for free school meals, but they can't afford to pay for the child's school meal. what happens then? debt increases. do you have that figure? do you know what that figure is? has it increased ? i know for certain that there is one family that have in excess of £1,000 worth of debt. they send their children to school. i can't not feed their children, can i? and this isn't families exploiting you. no, those families are families that are doing their very best, trying