a second film is about british rail. but first, there is something nasty on our roads that can cause serious problems. vehicles are being damaged and in some cases people are being seriously hurt. the cause of all this misery? the humble pothole. potholes are the bugbear of every road user. it seems there are more now than ever. they are the cause of a big spike in breaks pounds this time of year. it seems everyone who uses them has a story to tell. but how bad is it? i've come to northampton, i will meet someone who has made it his mission to allow roads of potholes. you can't make it out now, but at this very spot five years ago there was a massive pothole in the road. tell me what happened here. it was a dangerous pothole on that bend. it was over four inches deep. if you hit it in a car you would hear the card. people were trying to avoid it, because obviously they did not want to damage their vehicles, but we have very good vehicles coming along here. i reported it to the council and nothing happened. i reported it

before that, it ran for almost 50 years under british rail.ish rail was the jewel in the crown of our national transport system. though there are some who don't remember it like that. charles swift spent his working life on the railways, based in peterborough. he started at lner when he was 15 years old in 1945, three years before nationalisation. when it went from lner and it was run privately, into nationalisation, did it feel differently straightaway? no, it had to work its way. for several years after, when we were first nationalised, we still had the same, then we started getting a different type of management in. people that started to tell you what you should be doing when they did not even know what the hell they were doing themselves. are you with me? people then eventually wanted to get off the job. to be quite honest, i was quite happy to get away at the end of the day because there were not supervisors that had been railway drivers and things like that. you had someone coming from outside to do the job. people did get a bit peed—of

trains here, the east anglia and railway museum. 2018 is the 17th anniversary of the creation of british railur railways were originally private companies. then 70 years ago there were nationalised and became british railways. in 1994, john major's government privatised them again. i am looking back at the history of rail to see what lessons we can learn for the east coast line today. this station closed to passengers in 1968, now the mid norfolk railway is a tourist attraction and proof that railways are still very popular. i am going to discover how our railways have been affected by nationalisation and in turn privatisation. once there were 120 private lines, by the 1940s these have become four big companies which were nationalised. why were the railways nationalised in the first place? after the second world war, railways are hugely worn out. we don't have any money. there are big railway companies, great western, southern, lms and lner, two of them are particularly struggling, lms mostly, they will go bankrupt. one reason for nationalisation is to stop that happening. in 1994 it was all

ithink british rail is more a vote winner than anything else.the la st is the only thing, certainly at the last election, that labour were polling high in against the conservatives. i'm waiting. people do want to see the roadways improve. john mcdonnell's big problem is convincing us all how he's going to paper at this. he said yesterday he is going to borrow money as exit and everyone gasped. he said it'sjust like borrowing a mortgage to buy a house, and he rented out and get money back in from the people you read too. you make so much profit, pay off the mortgage and spend some money on dealing with the repairs inside, riding a better service. the problem is, who were you going to get to do the dealing with it? politicians don't normally make a good job of running things. visibly and man in the audience at question time a week or two ago, saying, they are already owned by nationalised industries. —— there was a brilliant man. the company ‘s own utilities, oui’ man. the company ‘s own utilities, our water are so man. the company ‘s own utilitie

it's kind of the perfect place for the programme really, because our second film is about british railg damaged, and in some cases people are being seriously hurt. the cause of all this misery? the humble pothole.

rail. the british government has categorically ruled out any return to a "hard border" between northern irelands after the leak of a letter from the foreign secretary boris johnson to the prime minister in which he appears to contemplate the possibility of future customs border checks after the uk leaves the eu customs union. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. they are the cabinet's true believers. brexit‘s wishful thinking say the critics today, but no, senior ministers agreeing that britain, all of britain and northern ireland, too, will stick together and win, despite all the obstacles and all the doubts. so, today, the international trade secretary said critics were wrong to say that britain should stay in a european customs union and give up the freedom to strike independent trade deals. notjust wrong. we would be in a worse position than we are today. it would be a complete sell—out of britain's national interests and a betrayal of the voters in the referendum. but even before that warning, the critics were joined by the former head of dr fox's own department and free to spea

british father. she won an historic bronze medal in the ski slopestyle. ben croucher reports. this is the face of history, great britain's first silverware on skis. slopestyle is about nailing the railsthe bumps andjumps. this teenager adds substance to style. izzy was raised in the usa by a british father and a malaysian mother, she has been skiing since she was three. tricks like this have taken 16 years in the planning. before the final of three runs, she was pushed from the podium, this had to be flawless. every grind, twist and jump jiving with jeopardy. she put down a score enough for fourth, but could anyone deny her slopestyle silverware? she's down! izzy atkin takes a bronze! there were big names in the field, it could have been anyone's. i knew i had skied the best i could and i was waiting for those last three or four girls to drop. my heart was racing, i can't believe it. believe it, izzy, you're an olympic bronze medallist. well, let's keep with the family theme — they are the ones who see these athletes through thick and thin on their olympicjournies. this was izzy's dad michael after that bronze medal winning performance. he was born in county durham, grew up in birmin

at the rail companies, saying operators are profiting from compensation and counselling services —— compensation from cancelling services for passengers. and the sun has gone with the great britishs have a closer look at those. welcome to sebastien and ten two. —— and dia. jeremy corbyn's big speech yesterday. we now know that labour is supporting a position where we are to remain permanently in some sort of customs union. jeremy corbyn said was to be some form of customs union. where we allow the eu to do trade deals with the rest of the world on our behalf. but as far as jeremy corbyn is concerned, that is one way of getting around the northern ireland question, about having a border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, and also having frictionless trade with the european union. but it is sebastien's story. just looking at this story here, do we think that some of these rebel tories will really side with labour? the ft seems to suggest they will be. the story is whether this will mean anything. jeremy corbyn is not in power at the moment. the only way this matters is because of the parliamentary arithmetic. theresa may has a gossamer majority, so she has to do

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rail and avoiding the bumps on thejumps. this teenager adds substance with some style. born and raised with the us to a british, atkin honed her skills on the slopes of maine when she was three. tricks like this have taken her 16 years to plan. before the final of three runs, atkin was pushed from the podium. this had to be flawless. biggest run of her life. now. every crime, twist and jump jiving with jeopardy. she laid down a school good enough for third, but could anyone deny her some slopestyle silverware? oh, no, she's down! great britain's is the atkin takes a bronze. there were tonnes of big names in the field. it could have been anyone's i was standing at the bottom after my third run, i had skied the best i could and i was just waiting for those last three or four girls to drop my heart was racing. but ijust can't believe it. well, believe it, you're and olympic bronze medallist. it's a big event for the short skaters. we have charlotte gilmartin there. she's in second place the moment. going pretty well at the moment. going pretty well at the moment. this is the long distance event, the 1500 metres.

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people want to take high-speed rail, so it's a question of finding opportunities where we can make money. areas in thed at southwest of france, which is popular with britishourists. we have seen the future, let's balance faster. anna: good morning. tell me a little about the logistics on this amsterdam route. i understand that on the way back, passengers going back to the u.k. will have to return from the netherlands, changing for border checks in brussels. is this still a work in progress? will that be changed in the future? solution,temporary because dutch and british governments still have to completely agree, just a put into place controls in the netherlands. come, and i am hopeful it will end before that. on the way out from london direct and on the way back, you will have to change . thewe are celebrating trains, everything in place, and we have the customers. anna: what is your latest expectation on brexit? in the past about how you don't think it will damage the business too much, people will still commute. what is your latest assessment of what impact this will have on your business? well, we know brexit is difficult to forecast, but at the momen