three months and then advance of this timetable, i was raising this in the chamber, writing to chris graylingn, i wrote grayling, writing to the rail minister, jojohnson, i wrote to the northern powerhouse minister, who didn't even bother to reply, so there is no way that chris grayling cannot say that he was not warned, that he was not aware of the problems or could not have done anything sooner. the question is, what would you do practically today, given the scale of these problems, which you have underlined yourself, what in practical terms can be done today? a couple of weeks ago, chris grayling came to the house of commons to say he was stepping in to ta ke commons to say he was stepping in to take over the east coast main line, because of problems that had emerged. we are now in a state of emergency on our railways in my part of the country. some lines have been suspended altogether, and others have been put onto an emergency timetable which is not even running itself, even though this was meant to be the first day it would come into force. the government has to step in, take these over

he blamed network rail and the rail companies involved but labour said chris grayling should resign.emented temporary schedules today, removing hundreds of trains from the timetable, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. cancelled. quite diabolical. stuck on platforms for hours. just disaster. waiting for trains that never come. i was supposed to start work at half seven but i don't think i'm going to get there until eight now. travellers wondering what's going on and who to blame. a new timetable sent services around the country haywire. northern, great northern, southern and thameslink. tonight, network rail owned up. i'm saying it's our fault. i'm recognising network rail‘s position in that, which is that we are to blame and actually we have to fix it for everybody. order. statement, the secretary of state for transport. but that is not how more and more mps see it. the transport secretary promised an enquiry and some form of compensation today. mr speaker, i would like to be able to tell the house that there is an easy solution or that the department could simply step

—— chris grayling all mark came.on the lake district line have been cancelled for the next week and the last week, chris grayling has signed off an extension for another two weeks of com plete extension for another two weeks of complete cancellations. to things being merged into one here. obviously your criticism of chris grayling, when it comes to mark carne, you have mentioned his pay packet, we have people on this list who owned millions of. surely the honour shouldn't be related to that. this is a distraction, but the question is, what are they for? if he was in a charity and wouldn't have mentioned his name. however, he has been honoured for his services to the transport industry. he is the chief executive of the most important rail company of all and he is alongside with chris grayling, looking over the most unsuccessful, shambolic railway system in the western world. you don't honour people for that kind of failure. department of transport has said that mark carne has presided over the biggest modernisation of

anyway we will hear from chris grayling about half past 12.e does get this through, that i think will come as some relief to her and her tea m come as some relief to her and her team because it will go some way to rebuff the kind of ditherer charge, that mrs may lacks the leadership and decisiveness to do anything. because she will have pulled off what successive prime ministers really going all the way back to harold wilson and edward heath have dodged. so, if she manages to pull it off, and the signs are that she has got the commons numbers, that would be a significant achievement. and if you think you're having a bad day it is worth looking at those pictures again of chris grayling, thatis pictures again of chris grayling, that is pressure, having to face the gamut of those reporters and the door not even opening! the grenfell tower inquiry has been told that the company which carried out the last fire risk assessment concluded that there was only a risk of slight harm in a risk of fire. tom burridgejoins us of slight harm in a risk of fire

chris grayling. he has written an article for the daily telegraph saying coming of prevarication, it is time to make a decision and he is calling for his party to give the green light to it in the house of commons of the votes tomorrow evening. i mean, it... the big question is how he can, with a straight face, go to his mps and say, you've got to give us his mps and say, you've got to give us all votes when the foreign secretary is going to be a war. no one knows where he's going to be. —— he is going to be awol. it is a big problem for the conservatives. there are some very strongly held views one where the other. it seemed like theresa may will have some kind of victory where it seems like she has got the unifi cabinet and then something else comes up, statement is made. but i want to focus here on this interesting sort of change, so la st this interesting sort of change, so last week we were hearing our bus talking about how, in a no brexit situation, it's going to be very bad and our bus might h

blame chris grayling, always! every single train time has changed him every single day of the week.et used to that. and then you turn up... and they are not there. if the cancellations is that of the problems. customer service is all very much the train companies but that said, it is network rail‘s job to provide the infrastructure in the infrastructure has not been meeting the increased demand. the timing of this, signed off by the department for transport, chris grayling, against him is going to make a lot of people unhappy. we have to ask ourselves, why was the timetable not... is privately owned. in the attic and it's that they do not have the money. daily express. a victory for the paper, it says. new lot to tackle moped motors. a number of such crimes happened outside this building. george osborne was one of the victims. really? when was that? a while ago. it's gone up in the la st a while ago. it's gone up in the last few years. one new lot do we need? been a number of stores in which police officers are driving cars, following people on mopeds, and they give up early on beca

secretary chris grayling.r speaker, i come to this house to mark a historic moment which signals our commitment to securing global connectivity, creating tens of thousands of local jobs and apprenticeships, and boosting our economy for future generations, by expanding heathrow airport. so this is a test of whether the government is fit for purpose on big projects. it's going to be a battle going forward. there's still strong opposition to this, there's still some difficult stages to overcome. but we are absolutely determined to deliver this project which we think is crucial to all of our futures. at least, that is the plan — thousands of new jobs, around £2.6 billion in compensation and noise insulation for neighbours. 800 homes could be demolished. many here in harmondsworth don't believe cleaner, quieter planes mean less noise and air pollution. labour is split in two. protesters lined party headquarters this week, and the labour leader is not backing expansion yet. tests must be undertaken on the economic i

secretary, chris grayling. come to this house to mark an historic moment which signals our commitment to sing global connectivity, creating tens of thousands of local jobs global connectivity, creating tens of thousands of localjobs and apprenticeships are boosting our colony for future generations by expanding heathrow airport. —— boosting our economy. this is a test of whether the government is fit for purpose on big projects? there will bea purpose on big projects? there will be a battle going forward, there is strong opposition, there will be difficult stages to overcome that we are determined to deliver this project which we think is crucial to all of our future's. at least that's the plan. thousands of newjobs, almost £150 million compensation and noise insulation for neighbours. 800 homes could be demolished, many here in harmondsworth. and many don't believe cleaner, quieter planes means believe cleaner, quieter planes m ea ns less believe cleaner, quieter planes means less noise and air pollution. labo

chris grayling and his "almost entirely universal support".ave backed calls to decriminalise abortion in northern ireland. a labour mp had called an emergency debate, following the decision of the irish republic last month to liberalise its abortion laws. the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, welcomed the yes vote in ireland a week ago, saying that, "ireland will no longer say to women take the boat or take the plane when they need an abortion." instead, he said, "ireland will say take our hand." it is now time for us to offer our hands to the women of northern ireland in the same way. women who face a situation where if they are raped and seek a termination they will face a longer prison sentence than their attacker. she proposed repealing the parts of the act that made abortion a criminal offence. but there was angry opposition. i made the mistake that many mps make of actually reading my e—mails today. "your views are a disgrace to humanity and a betrayal of the truly innocent." "women can always say no or keep their clothes on." "you, madam,

it is worth saying we did ask chris grayling to speak to us today, but he chose not to.ming, it is almost like the only person who didn't was the transport secretary. it seems that the rail industry didn't see it coming either. they clearly assured chris grayling that they were ready and that the timetable would go ahead with only minor glitches. and that was my own experience. i had many discussions with gtr in the run—up to the new timetable and they said they were ready. i can understand the sense of frustration people feel, and that's why we need an investigation, to find out why the rail industry got it so massively wrong. not only the lack of planning incompetence in delivering the new timetable, but not seeing the risks ahead. it wouldn't have been impossible just postponed or scale down the implementation of the timetable and avoid these problems. we needed an early warning system from the rail industry and we didn't get it. we do have to have this kind of enquiry to make sure this kind of catastrophe doesn't happen again in the future. thank you for your time th

incredibly underwhelming and i'll say that to chris grayling.tagecoach for the east coast main line a couple of weeks ago and actually remove a franchise from an operator who is failing. a reader northern have completely failed to deliver on their contract. —— arriva northern. the lakes line from 0xenholme to windermere has had permission to suspend all services for eight fortnight, which i raised with him in the commons earlier. this is the result of the department for transport cancelling and shelving electrification and the other things you mentioned in your package. it's unacceptable. i'll tell chris grayling that and he needs to act on that by removing the franchise from northern. will you tell him he should resign?” franchise from northern. will you tell him he should resign? i don't see the point, he made the point himself, he made the point about network rail, you shouldn't sack people whose job it is to sort it out. people will try and play politics and there are people who have resigned for less than chris grayling is under scrutiny fo

that was chris grayling.ic impact for the whole country, noise pollution, air pollution, and connectivity to heathrow for transport links. those are the tests that have to be put before any decision is made. yes, there is a demand for increased airport capacity across the south—east. two of the south—east‘s airports are working somewhat undercapacity, sta nsted and luton. gatwick and heathrow are working at the moment at pretty well maximum capacity. let's look at it in that context. but the tests put forward by the select committee are very important ones and they should be the main consideration. that was jeremy corbyn. cait hewitt is the deputy director of the aviation environment federation, who campaign for aviation's impacts on people and the environment to be brought within sustainable limits. thank you forjoining us. i guess you will pick on whatjeremy corbyn said sailor is a way to go yet.” would say we have not seen any evidence, either in the government's state m e nts evidence, either in the gover

there has to be some deliverables written down on paper that people like chris grayling, and if chrise held to account, then the prime minister, theresa may, must be held to account. but what effect does that message have? as services rattled to and fro, the political leaders had their say. when northern rail seems surprised at their own timetable announcement, and are incapable of running services properly all across the north of england because they are unprepared for their own changes, well, that says an awful lot about the nonsense of a privatised railway and the franchise system. the prime minister agreed that the situation is absolutely unacceptable, and said it was vital for the government to get to grips with the problem. but do passengers now feel like the focus is finally on them? it really needs to be sorted out. people pay lots of money to go on trains, and you need to get to work, and yes, it needs to be on time. is your boss understanding? not very understanding, no, so i won't have a job if it carries on. with all newspapers coming together with one voice in northern en

terms, i am interested to know what you make of the decision today about heathrow as well because chris graylingwas adamant that this was not just about london, that this would benefit the whole country. do you think that is right?|j would benefit the whole country. do you think that is right? i am on record some yea rs you think that is right? i am on record some years ago as saying, that the east west train connections is more important than hs2 and if the government wanted to be serious about rebalancing, they would have chosen birmingham rather than heathrow or gatwick. others, including important people in the north think that heathrow was the right choice and now it looks like it has finally been decided. linked to why i'm saying this, the government should use this as a springboard for demonstrating that it can make big and powerful transformative decisions it can make big and powerful tra nsformative decisions more quickly than the ridiculous amount of time it has taken to decide about heathrow and they have made very friendly comments about doing all sorts of things to improve the daily

chris grayling says that he's meeting mps on monday to discuss problems.e to interview but in a statement he blamed network railfor taking too long to complete the new timetable. northern rail say that they will be reducing services from monday, at for some their patience is wearing thin. it's incredibly shrubsole is wearing thin. it's incredibly shru bsole and really is wearing thin. it's incredibly shrubsole and really frustrating when you have paid money for a ticket to get somewhere. and you do not get that service. a growing number of passengers will be getting one of these rather than on a faster train. two police officers are seriously ill in hospital after they were stabbed in greenock this morning. it is understood they were responding toa is understood they were responding to a call—out. lorna gordon, what can you tell us? fiona, this incident, which was not terror related, took place on a streetjust down the hill. tonight, it remains cordoned off after this attack that took place at about 9am this morning, where one officer was stabbed in the ar

chris grayling says he's meeting mps on monday to discuss the problems.e patience is wearing thin. incredibly stressful and really frustrating when you paid money for a ticket to get somewhere and you don't get the service. and a growing number of passengers are getting on one of these, rather than on a faster train. sima kotecha, bbc news. two police officers are seriously ill in hospital after they were stabbed in greenock this morning. it's understood they were responding to a call out. 0ur correspondent lorna gordon is at the scene, what more can you tell us? —— she had more details. all day this has been the centre of a larger investigation after officers were assisting with what should've been a routine call were stabbed. their injuries described by senior officers as significant and serious. iam officers as significant and serious. i am blown away byjust the courage of them. i am told they didn't quite have hurt their shoulders and they accepted being a police officer comes with a police officer comes with the risk. i was actually very moved and pr

in the commons, labour said it was time for chris grayling to go as well.emonstrate more than ever that our railway isn't integrated. i'm afraid the breach of faith and trust is so great that the secretary of state's credibility will never recover. there comes a point where the publicly accountable politician in charge of the railway should step up and shoulder the blame. it seems to me and i suspect to many rail users, that we have more than reached that point. i know the secretary of state and i also know his ministers. and i bet you a pound to a dollar the secretary of state and his ministers pulled in the people responsible for railway companies and got assurances from them that this would work well. and i really feel it is quite unfair because i'm absolutely convinced that the secretary of state, who i know well, would actually have checked this out and he has been let down very badly by the railway companies. well, i mean, he makes an excellent point but he makes an excellent point for me, he is demonstrating that it didn't work, did it? that was not

conservatives, liberal democrats, and labour, cross—party, not a lot of friends chris grayling has atthing this morning was when the meetings about cancelled trains got cancelled. that was my favourite moment of the day. due to over scheduling. we will leave it there. lura hughes, henry zeffman, thank you forjoining me. thank you for watching. you can see all of the front pages and all of the papers on the website. if you missed a programme any evening there is always iplayer. goodbye. many eastern areas have cloud to start and end the day today. tomorrow may start cloudy, but the sun will reappear. we have extensive cloud cover overnight. parts of northern ireland in the western fringes of scotland england and wales have a clear spells. with the cloud there could be drizzle. patchy mist and falkirk cannot be ruled out. some areas dipping into single figures. cloudy and drizzly in places tomorrow morning, but slowly the sun will appear across scotland, then northern england, then we will see sunny spells in eastern and south east england. and in north wales. leaving the midlands and s

chris grayling the transport secretary is not only dealing with problems on the railways, there's alsoat heathrow, which the cabinet is considering tomorrow. there are some big ideas on the table to try and untangle the stress and prevent this thing happening in the future. but one of those meetings he was open to the idea potentially, breaking up northern, the huge franchise in the north—west that has had huge trouble and chaos for passengers in recent. however chris grayling tries to look determined today to fix this, there i5 determined today to fix this, there is this belief in westminster, ju5t a5 is this belief in westminster, ju5t as there is pop art is around the country at just how as there is pop art is around the country atju5t how bad this has been. and how it was allowed to happen when there was so much preparation in advance, how did that billy mcbryde the department for transport allow the train companie5 to go ahead if this kind of mess wa5 ju5t to go ahead if this kind of mess wa5 just around the corner. but he has plenty to do and plenty in his in trade and early tomo

the secretary, chris grayling.r, i come to this house to mark a historic moment which signals our commitment to securing global connectivity, creating tens of thousands of local jobs and apprenticeships and boosting our economy for future generations by expanding heathrow airport. so this is a test of whether the government is fit for purpose on big projects? it's going to be a battle going forward, there's still strong opposition to this, there's still some difficult stages to overcome. but we are absolutely determined to deliver this project which we think is crucial to all of our futures. at least that's the plan — thousands of new jobs, around £2.6 billion in compensation and noise insulation for neighbours. 800 homes could be demolished, many here in harmondsworth and many don't believe cleaner, quieter planes mean less noise and air pollution. labour's split in too. protesters daubed party headquarters this week and the labour leader is not backing expansion yet. tests must be undertaken on the economic impac

i asked if he felt any sympathy for the beleaguered chris grayling. use he was on the rack. add another level i was almost shouting at the tv to say, chris, you should have learned rule one about being a minister which was advice given to me bya minister which was advice given to me by a conservative minister patrick mayhew when we were in opposition. that is, whatever goes wrong in your department, however much it is at arms length from new york have to take responsibility for it. because the british people expect that one of their elected ministers should be held accountable to the department and if they try to say it wasn't me, governor, it was network rail all those other people, they just network rail all those other people, theyjust think this network rail all those other people, they just think this man network rail all those other people, theyjust think this man is washing his hands of these things. is it ha rd his hands of these things. is it hard because he had responsibility without control or power, is that a ha rd without control or power,

transport secretary chris grayling has been accused of hiding but today he has released a statement in which he says he has been in discussions with network rail, northern rail and the other train companies involved and he says that the situation we are experiencing has been totally unacceptable. alison, thank you. there's a warning today that too many young people are being shifted around the care system. the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield, says that in one year, nearly 2,400 children in care changed their home, their school and their social worker. she described them as "pinball kids", being "pinged around the system". ministers insist they have taken steps to create a more stable environment for vulnerable children. 0ur education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. jack — not his real name — went into care three years ago after a troubled home life. but he struggled with the instability of constantly being moved around to different foster homes. at first i was a bit more, i don't want your help, i'm just here because you guys have put me here. so i was being

chris grayling is the transport secretary, he is in charge of the department for transport.o be worse than any of us could have predicted. we have people standing on platforms across the north of england waiting for trains that are not coming. this is bad for our economy, but —— bad for local communities and bad for the reputation of the north. as you identified, every service between oxen home and windermere in the lake district has been cancelled, at a time of school holidays. you said, we knew this would be bad in advance. did you say that then? yes, we knew, they were already having problems with the previous timetable operating it because they had chronic drivers shortages and an overreliance on overtime and they have had industrial relations problems for over 12 months. 20 days of strike action from the gods. they cannot comprehend how to run a rail service. it isn‘t free fall. i‘m afraid everybody is suffering and thatis afraid everybody is suffering and that is down to chris grayling failing to get a grip of the situation. this new timetable, clearly the introduction

ok, but are you going to call chris grayling, are you going to sit him down as ask how he is going tocussing on monday afternoon what future action we want to take, in order to either investigate or conduct an inquiry. that is a matter for the committee. we meet on monday afternoon. 0k, that is a matter for the committee. we meet on monday afternoon. ok, but in the here and now, people following this today, they are thinking, 0k, compensation is one thing but they are thinking i need to get to, who on monday morning, what are politicians going to do to sort this out and make sure i can? well, i mean there is no doubt, there is anger among politicians up and down the country, you have said what has happened with the mayor of greater manchester and i am sure mps are equally concerned is. there is no question in my mind that answers need to be given from the secretary of state, from network rail and from the train operators, because this is a shared responsibility, railways are complex, it requires everyone to be working together, everyone needs to ta ke be working together, everyone nee

there's renewed pressure on the transport secretary, chris grayling, after another day of chaos for railh of england. customers have vented their anger at northern and govia thameslink railway following weeks of disruption blamed on the introduction of new timetables. the two operators were responsible for almost a thousand late or cancelled trains in just one day alone. mr grayling insists the government is driving the biggest modernisation of the network since victorian times. alison freeman reports. they stand, they watch, they wait. for almost three weeks now, passengers on the northern rail network have been facing severe disruption after a new timetable was introduced. here at manchester piccadilly station, frustration is growing. very inconvenient and inconsiderate. i don't think it's cost—effective, what they're doing. everybody‘s disgruntled with it. every day, it's the same thing, it's cancelled or delayed. after work, i have to get a taxi to get home. these things probably don't count for the national rail service, but for me, it's money lost out of my pocket. it's five miles

chris grayling claiming "almost entirely universal support". support was something that he was very much lacking the day before when he was again on his feet to answer questions about the chaos caused by timetabling changes on the railways. passengers on the northern and govia thameslink networks had faced repeated delays and cancellations. in the commons, the transport secretary began by apologising. passengers on these franchises are facing unsatisfactory levels of service. it is mine and my department's number one priority to make sure the industry restores reliability for passengers to an acceptable level as soon as possible. i will assure passengers that i share the frustration and i'm sorry this has taken place. no one will take responsibility for great britain's rail industry. amid the clamour, recriminations and buckpassing, there is one person who is ultimately responsible, that is the right honourable gentleman, the member for epsom and ewell, the secretary of state for transport. why, in his letter to mps and today, does he fail to t

whatever your week has been like so far, thank your lucky stars you're not chris grayling.l free, chris, to call in to the programme. yesterday, northern rail was called a company that had ‘declared war on its passengers and staff'. the blame was laid squarely at the transport secretary's feet — by both the opposition and his own party. today, 25 local newspapers from towns and cities across the north united to call for the government to grip the crisis. meanwhile, back in parliament we moved from trains to planes. chris grayling was tasked with telling the commons that heathrow airport would be expanded "in the national interest". a move that simultaneously managed to anger some in the south living nearby and others in the north who are too far to benefit. so what should we make of all of this? and what is the truth about whether spending on transport has been unfairly concentrated in the south? helen thomas looks at the numbers. when it comes to transport investment, is the north having a rough ride? this is one think—tank's analysis of planned transport spending. yorkshi

the transport secretary chris grayling, has apologised to rail passengers and staff badly affected byteenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london, as part of britain's first all—female cell pledging allegiance to islamic state. and at least 38 people have died in guatemala following the eruption of a volcano. hundreds have been injured, as it continues to spew out rock, ash and mud.

chris grayling, having a testing time in the commons.een mulling over how to respond to a controversial decision by the us president donald trump to impose import tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminium from the european union, canada, and mexico. the move poses a potentially serious blow to the british steel industry. so, will the uk retaliate against us products? the international trade secretary insisted the government was committed to free and fair trade. we're deeply disappointed the us taken this unjustified decision, particularly on grounds of national security. we share a strong defence and security cooperation relationship. the use of national defence as the rationale for this action threatens to create a worrying global precedent. we are clear that these unjustified additional tariffs could harm consumers, hold back growth, and alternately damage industry by driving up the price of imports and productions, and diminished global competitiveness. he said it was important not to escalate the situation. we remain committed to defendi

the yorkshire post is also going for the transport minister, chris grayling, saying they have no confidencey when he was defending what was going on and trying to explain what was happening just was not good enough. they are calling for more priority to be given to a new rail link across the pennines but that should be just as important, across the pennines but that should bejust as important, if not across the pennines but that should be just as important, if not more so, banned the crossrail services that are being proposed in london in future. deep frustration in the north about the situation and sending a clear message to london. the crown prosecution service has revealed that 47 cases of rape and sexual assault have been dropped after vital evidence was withheld from defence lawyers. well, with me is our legal correspondent, clive coleman. this is about disclosure. explain more. disclosure where the police gather evidence and prosecutors look at it and the defendant is entitled to any evidence that assist the defence case or undermines the prosecution. last year high profile rape trial

chris grayling is expected to make a statement later on the situation.er in one of the flats. a report found that advice to "stay put" during the fire had "effectively failed" within around half an hour of the blaze starting. and the inquiry hear that there was "an early need for total evacuation of grenfell tower", but that was not an "easy decision to make". 0ur correspondent tom burridge is in central london. lots of information coming out today. go through the key headlines. we don't only have the opening state m e nts we don't only have the opening statements from the leading barrister representing the enquiry, there has been plenty of material coming out about that. we have five experts reports, live from the enquiry, published at the same time. all the people who have done those reports are expert in fire safety, fire engineering, that type of thing. some of the findings are quite damning. doctor barbara lee and is one of the authors of one of the reports and she said there was a culture of noncompliance in terms of the refurbishment of grenfell t

chris grayling says he's meeting mps on monday to discuss the problems.n a statement he blamed network rail for taking too long to complete the new timetable. northern rail says it will be reducing services from monday — 165 fewer trains. and for two weeks buses will replace the service on the lakes line which runs between windermere and 0xenholme. for some, patience is wearing thin. it's incredibly stressful and really frustrating when you've paid money for a ticket to get somewhere, and you don't get the service. and a growing number of passengers are getting on one of these, rather than on a faster train. sima kotecha, bbc news, preston. some visa card payments have been disrupted across europe. the company says some transactions can't be processed. and some of the big supermarkets are reporting problems with customers using visa. let's get more from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. how widespread is it? mckenzie greenock restarted getting reports soon after lunchtime from across the country of people having trouble with their cards, se

attitude that they are now so fed up, that this is part of life, but what are you going to say to chris graylinghink will suddenly magic a solution? i met passengers on the line this morning who had come south to get a better train back to london. they are not passive about, they are very angry, their lives have been disrupted, they are running into trouble by being late for work and their children are getting penalised for being late for school, so this is not acceptable and the secretary of state is in charge and he has got to find a solution to this. more train drivers, trained drivers, from other companies, borrowed freight train drivers, if necessary, and above all thameslink being told they have got to sort out a problem that they should have addressed properly. the passengers you were should have addressed properly. the passengers you were talking to, what was their message to chris grayling? their message is this has to be sorted out and it is no use people blaming each other and one operator saying it is responsible for this and the other that, the secretary of state is in charge and th

the rmt union has called for the transport secretary, chris grayling, to resign following days of delaysions on trains in the south and north—west of england. the government are blaming network rail for leaving it too late to finalise new timetables. earlier on breakfast, robert nisbet from the rail delivery group told us that all the companies were now working on solutions. network rail, northern, gdr, they have let down passengers and now it's up to the industry to make things right and give certainty to customers, hence the interim timetables, which will see a number of services reduced but overall there will be more trains than before the recent timetable change. a man is due in court this morning charged with the murders of two well—known criminals in the north—west of england. paul massey, who was known by the nickname "mr big", was shot dead outside his home in salford in 2015. john kinsella was killed while walking his dog near st helens last month. 37—year—old mark fellows will appear before south sefton magistrates‘ court charged with two counts of murder. the new prime ministe

the person who takes most responsibility is chris grayling.icians who make the decisions. it was chris grayling's decision to scrap an education or delay it on certain lines around the country. ——electrification. he should be carrying the can. yes or no, do you think he should be handing back that cbe? if i was him, i would hand it back. if i was him, i would feel personally embarrassed about it. iam not i am not saying he hasn't got personal qualities that deserve an honour. for the sake of the rail industry, and for himself, i'm sure he has not asked for it himself, yes, he should decline this honour because frankly, the rail industry as a whole does not deserve to be awarded honours at the moment. it needs a kick up the backside. thank you. we should say that we did of course invite network rail and the honours committee at the cabinet office to join us tonight but nobody was available. for their part, network rail told us the timing of mr carne's cbe was "difficult" but said he had overseen a significant modernisation programme and created

i think chris grayling, the transport secretary, is indeed on his feet! there he is.the detailed planning process that can lead to final consent. i would like to thank the many honourable members and right honourable members across the house who have gone on the record to export expansion heathrow, and have made significant effort to persuade others. this is a divisive debate for many. it also a debate where there is strong support across the whole house for what i believe isa the whole house for what i believe is a really important step for our nation. i‘m grateful to all of those who have been involved in supporting the way forward that i believe is right for our country. i'm grateful to my right honourable friend for giving way. when he talks about divisiveness. i would say that i think this is well overdue. i know it isn‘t on the cards but i would support a fourth and fifth runway, actually, at heathrow, and at gatwick. does my right honourable friend accept that just as with gatwick. does my right honourable friend accept thatjust as with hs2, when constituency m

we'll be talking to the transport secretary chris grayling just before eight.n, who was 7a and his 71—year—old wife, gayle, were — say friends — hugely popular and loved by many. they retired to jamaica about a year ago, but now they have been found dead and their dream home set on fire. the house was partially burnt, however one room was totally destroyed by fire. the bodies we observed to have the wounds to the neck and face, however we are not able to say at this time what could have caused those injuries. the couple had been married for 55 years, in a statement their family said: 0ne former neighbour said the couple may have been the victims of fraud. he told me about some money which was taken from either himself, or is wife's account, which he came to personally investigate. jamaica has a high crime rate. last year there were 1,600 murders, but at the moment the police say they have no one in custody and have given no clue as to why the anderson's were killed. ben ando, bbc news. a man and a woman have been arrested in cyprus on suspicion of the murder of

the transport secretary chris grayling has ordered an independent inquiry into the chaotic introductionts of the network. he blamed network rail and the rail companies involved, but labour said he bore ultimate responsibility and should resign. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. a new timetable sent services around the country a why. i'm saying it's our fault. i'm recognising network rail‘s position in that, which is that we are to blame and actually we have to fix it for everybody. but that is not how more and more mps see it. the transport secretary promised an enquiry and some form of compensation today. mr speaker, i would like to be able to tell the house that there is an easy solution or that the department could simply step in and make the problems passengers are facing go away. if there was a way to do so, i would do that without hesitation or a moment. but ultimately this solution can only be delivered by the rail industry. these problems can only be fixed by network rail and the train operators methodically working through the timetable. there is one person who i

and what we heard from the transport secretary chris grayling was quite a lot of blue sky thinking, thealong, will be electric cars helping with the problem of emissions vehicles, which is a very significant issue when you're building any new big airport like this. maybe it could actually be electric aircraft. the whole issue is surrounded, as you suggest, by quite a lot vagueness and only now i guess will we start to work out how much it is going to cost, where the money is going to come from, and what the effects will be. talking about the money, the owners of the airport have invited people to kind of bid to build parts of it. they have come up with this figure that it is going to cost £14 billion, but we just it is going to cost £14 billion, but wejust do not it is going to cost £14 billion, but we just do not know. we just do not know and in fact, a leading businessmen and a gentleman who owns quite a lot of the real estate in the area says the plans you have a way to expensive, i can actually show you how to save billions of pounds on the cost. by the way, why building it, let's h

chris grayling says he is meeting mps on monday to discuss the problems, he was unavailable for interviewlong to complete the new timetable. northern rail says it will be reducing services from monday, 165 fewer trains, and for two weeks, buses will replace the service on the lakes line which runs between windermere and oxen home. to some, patience is wearing thin. -- oxen. it is in credit with stressful and frustrating, when you paid money for a ticket to get somewhere and you don't get service. and a growing number of passengers are getting on one of these then on a faster train. visa has apologised to customers after a system failure meant some could not use their cards. earlier today users of the credit and debit cards across europe were unable to make contactless payments. the company is investigating the failure but says they have no reason to suspect it was due to malicious activity. two police officers are in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in greenock this morning. pc laura sayer and pc kenny mackenzie were attacked while attending a call—out. a a3—year—old ma

the transport secretary chris grayling, has apologised to rail passengers and staff badly affected byhanges to timetables in the north and south east of england. labour says he should resign. a teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london, as part of britain's first all—female cell pledging allegiance to islamic state. and at least 38 people have died in guatemala following the eruption of a volcano. hundreds have been injured, as it continues to spew out rock, ash and mud. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we will have the main developments from the first day of evidence hearings at the grenfell inquiry. our correspondent tom burridge has been following it. after a british teenage girl is found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london, we will be speaking to an expert in the radicalisation of women. and coming up at 10:40 this evening in the papers, our guestsjoining me are laura hughes, the political correspondent at the financial times, and henry zeffman, the political correspo

the rmt union has called for the transport secretary, chris grayling, to resign following days of delaysions on trains in the south and north—west of england. the government are blaming network rail for leaving it too late to finalise new timetables. yesterday, northern rail announced it is to introduce an emergency timetable from monday, scrapping i65 daily train services until the end ofjuly. we'll be hearing more from commuters and the rail delivery group in the next few minutes. lots to ask them about. indeed. if you've got questions, do let us know. the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, will officially be sworn into office today less than 2a hours after forcing out the former leader, mariano rajoy. the head of the socialist party won the backing of several other parties to bring his motion of no confidence against mr rajoy. the bbc‘s europe reporter gavin lee is in madrid for us now. gavin, a wet day clearly on the streets of madrid, what is the mood? has been so much change, historic, unprecedented change, people getting their heads around it, is it going to come down? th

the transport secretary chris grayling, he should take ultimate responsibility for the crisis facingays across the govia thameslink franchise, across the northern franchise, the disruption, the people and the suffering that is hitting people's lives on a daily basis at the moment. the department for transport said it was working to deliver improved services for passengers, as charles horton prepares to appear before mps on monday, one of two enquiries aiming to get to the bottom of what happened. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up, on this week's show. iron meet the new robot helping to keep beaches clean here in thailand. meet the new robot helping to keep beaches clean here in thailandli meet the new robot helping to keep beaches clean here in thailand. i am cleaning the beach! we travel to the most crowded island in the world. you asked for a seven story bronze statue of yourself. ady tries his hand at comedy improv in new york. its beautiful, man. and we go behind the scenes at the lab that looks after priceless old masters in florence. we are starting this week in thail

the transport secretary chris grayling has ordered an independent inquiry into the chaotic introduction of new rail timetables, which has disrupted parts of the network. he blamed network rail and the rail companies involved, but labour said he bore ultimate responsibility and should resign. govia thameslink and northern have implemented temporary schedules, removing hundreds of trains from the timetable, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. cancelled. quite diabolical. stuck on platforms for hours. just a disaster. waiting for trains that never come. i was supposed to start work at 7:30am seven but i don't think i'm going to get there until 8am now. travellers wondering what's going on and who to blame. a new timetable sent services around the country haywire. northern, great northern, southern and thameslink. tonight, network rail owned up. i'm saying it's our fault. i'm recognising network rail‘s position in that, which is that we are to blame and actually we have to fix it for everybody. order. statement, the secretary of state for transport. but that is not how more an

the transport secretary chris grayling has ordered an independent inquiry into the chaotic introduction

although there have been calls for transport secretary, chris grayling, to resign, mary creagh said she'dhdale. with all the sport — here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. hello, good evening. in the first of two friendlies before they head to the world cup, england beat nigeria 2—1, but there is room for improvement with their opening match in russia just over two weeks away. from wembley, here's our sports correspondent david ornstein. chanting the sounds and sights that say a world cup is on the way. with the road to russia almost complete a chance for nations to fine tune their preparations. this england squad is low on age and experience, and exception being gary cahill, and the defender used his 32—year—old head to full effect, the home side into an early lead. shortly before half—time it was two, harry kane with the help of some questioning goalkeeping leading from the front, the captain, you sense, will prove key to england's ambitions. nigeria had been obliging opponents, though after the break they broke, alex iwobi on hand to give them hope and show why the super eagles be

although there have been calls for transport secretary chris grayling to resign, mary cray said she wouldrrested in connection with the death of a man following a hit—and—run near glasgow. 27—year—old steven campbell had been walking in ruh—ther—glen in the early hours of this morning when he was hit by a transit van. earlier police said they were treating his death as murder. a 43—year—old man's been charged in connection with the attempted murder of two police officers yesterday. constables kenny mckenzie and laura sayers were stabbed as they attended a routine visit at a house in green—uhk. they're due to be discharged from hospital today. police say around 10,000 people held a demonstration in dumfries this afternoon — in support of scottish independence. the event was organised by campaigners all under one banner — and follows a recent march in glasgow, which attracted an estimated 35,000 people. the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today — by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 24 hours after his predecessor, mariano r

chris grayling says he is meeting mps on monday to discuss the problems, he was unavailable for interviewn a statement, he blamed network rail for taking too long to complete the new timetable. northern rail says it will be reducing services from monday, 165 fewer trains, and for two weeks, buses will replace the service on the lakes line which runs between windermere and 0xenholme. to some, patience is wearing thin. it is incredibly stressful and frustrating, when you paid money for a ticket to get somewhere and you don't get service. and a growing number of passengers are getting on one of these rather than on a faster train. now on bbc news — the travel show. this week we are in the netherlands capital amsterdam. battling the city's monster crowds. the streets are city's monster crowds. the streets a re really city's monster crowds. the streets are really small, the canals are really narrow and those areas are com pletely really narrow and those areas are completely overcrowded. we have lentils, chit these, these fried onions... chomping our way around cairo. and listen up. best tech f