�* .., , how many platforms there should be at euston? �* .. , ., , at euston?e of this project _ at euston? because the government is in charge of this project and _ at euston? because the government is in charge of this project and it - in charge of this project and it probably micromanaging most of the stuff hs2 does and my estimate of the budget now is about £186 billion. ., �* ., ., billion. you've got the bagatelle there, billion. you've got the bagatelle there. the _ billion. you've got the bagatelle there, the highest _ billion. you've got the bagatelle there, the highest estimate! i i billion. you've got the bagatelle i there, the highest estimate! i want to turn to henri murison and i will ask you why the government is deciding how many platforms there should be at euston pond are we just not able to do this stuff? i should be at euston pond are we 'ust not able to do this stuff?i not able to do this stuff? i think we are able _ not able to do this stuff? i think we are able to _ not able to do this stuff? i think we are able to do _ not able to do thi

simon jones at euston station for _ promise. simon jones at euston station for us, _ promise.ise. simon jones at euston station for us, thank you - promise. simon jones at euston station for us, thank you very i promise. simon jones at euston - station for us, thank you very much. meanwhile, the port of dover has warned that people has warned that people traveling to continental europe are waiting up to two hours to clear border controls. it's asking travellers to be patient and check with their ferry operator for information on next sailings. at least four people are feared dead after an australian military helicopter crashed into the ocean off the coast of queensland. the helicopter came down in an area near to where us and australian soldiers have been taking part injoint military exercises. in the last hour, police in australia have said they've recovered debris from the helicopter, that's according to the afp news agency. australia's defence minister, richard marles, gave more details: the helicopter was engaging in a two helicopter mission, and there were four air crew h

yes, and down here at euston station, there are quite a - euston station, there are quite a lot of people have pretty much overall looked up the train they wanted to get and have found a train, so most people have found a train, so most people have found they can get where they want to go. on the board here, there are trains to manchester, birmingham, liverpool and glasgow but they are running less frequently than usual. so a lot of people here are not too frustrated because they have planned ahead. but this is a long—running dispute. another rail strike in what's been a year of industrial action. for the second saturday in a row, some of the 1a affected train operators are running very limited services. these cricket fans have come all the way from australia for the ashes, and while the cricket may have gone their way, the trains haven't. the trip is supposedly to take two and a quarter hours, but we got there five hours later. the train was overbooked, people were arguing within the train and it was getting very testy. the rmt and the drivers' union aslef rejected the train company's la

we opened our first to store at euston station in - to store at euston station in london back in thes in travel for 180 years. one of the first ever airport stores was heathrow, and we had a store at heathrow, and we had a store at heathrow airport back 85 years ago. we have always sold products that people need for their travel journey. increasingly, we have branched out into selling all of the travel essentials that people need for their journey, travel essentials that people need for theirjourney, so, tech accessories. products that make your hardware work. health and beauty, pain relief, as well as food to go — all of those products. about four years ago we acquired a business in the us called in motion which sells attacking salaries and a year after that we acquired another business in the us called mrg and they have a variety of brands so in america we have got lots and lots of different retail brands and the difference with our american businesses, we almost a bespoke retailfor airports. so, we sit down with an airport and we talk to them about the sort of brands that they wan

to be honest, passengers down here at euston station, which j down here at euston station, which is onestations in the uk normally, have been very relaxed about this. most of them have said to me they are used to planning beforehand and finding alternative methods of travel for example. 0ne alternative methods of travel for example. one group were here going to our scot today and they decided to our scot today and they decided to get a bus rather than the train. —— ascot. there is a resignation, and people are willing to work around the strikes because this is a dispute that is long running. another rail strike in what's been a year of industrial action for the second saturday in a row, some of the 14 affected train operators are running very limited services. these cricket fans have come all the way from australia for the ashes and while the cricket may have gone their way, the trains haven't. the trip is supposedly to take two hours, but we got there five hours later. the train was overbooked. people were arguing within the train and it was getting very testy. the rmt and the drivers

live now to louisa pilbeam, who's at the euston picket line.ou are, not the usual picture of euston station on a saturday morning?— saturday morning? absolutely. definitely not _ saturday morning? absolutely. definitely not the _ saturday morning? absolutely. definitely not the usual- saturday morning? absolutely. l definitely not the usual situation down here at london euston. there are people here, but it is definitely not as busy as it would normally be, and those who are here are welcome comic waiting for the few trains that are running. there are trains going on the board here, people's eyes are fixed on that, because the trains are running to the main cities in the uk, manchester, birmingham, liverpool, glasgow, but they aren't running very frequently, and as you heard, around half the trains are cancelled. in terms of the unions and the government, they are not around the table talking, and the rmt's around the table talking, and the rmt�*s mick lynch has said that this isn'tjust rmt�*s mick lynch has said that this isn't just about pay,

it also says that even now the full cost of completing hs2 at euston is unclear.tra the pause is adding to the bill, and the project is affected by huge swings in the costs of raw materials. the department for transport insists it remains committed to delivering hs2 from euston to manchester in the most cost—effective way for taxpayers. but with the project said to be "floundering" by the chair of the report today, there aren't expected to be any trains travelling to and from hs2 euston until at least 2041. there are doubts surrounding the whereabouts of the head of the wagner para—military group, yevgeny prigozhin following his attempted coup on moscow. he was reported to be in belarus, but president lukashenko has said he isn't there. the wagner leader hasn't been seen in public since calling off the mutiny against russia's president putin, last month. twitter is considering legal action against the social media giant meta. it's claiming the company's newly launched threads platform uses its intellectual property and is a copycat. the app launched yesterday, wit

we opened our first store at euston station in london, back at the beginning of the 19th century. for 180 years, and one of the first ever airport stores was heathrow. and we had we had a store at heathrow airport back 85 years ago. and we've always sold products that people need for their travel journey. increasingly, we've branched out into selling all of the travel essentials that people need for their journey. so tech accessories products, products that make your hardware work, health and beauty, pain relief, as well as food to go. all of those products. about four years ago, we acquired a business in the us called inmotion, which sells tech accessories. and a year after that, we acquired another business in the us called nrg and they have a variety of brands. so in america, we've got lots and lots of different retail brands and the difference with our american business is we almost do bespoke retail for airports. so we sit down with an airport and we talk to them about the sort of brands that they want and the sort of product categories that they want. and then we design spec

nay not even reach london euston itself. in old oak itself.. you can't even get a straight on from straight answer on that from government ministers. i think government ministers. so i think it's when you see it's no wonder when you see these kind of kerfuffles that these kind of kerfuffles that the project is now the the whole project is now in the red. >> last time i looked, >> now, the last time i looked, we'd sunk about billion we'd sunk about 8 billion sterling into is that sterling into this. is that figure than now? sterling into this. is that figlle than now? sterling into this. is that figli believe than now? sterling into this. is that figli believe it's n now? sterling into this. is that figli believe it's somewhere i? sterling into this. is that figli believe it's somewhere in >> i believe it's somewhere in the region of 19 billion. 19, yes. >> okay. because we were we were in about six months in uxbridge about six months ago. a massive ago. and this was a massive local the disruption that local issue. the disruption that was cause

nay not even reach london euston itself. in old oak itself.. you can't even get a straight on from straight answer on that from government ministers. i think government ministers. so i think it's when you see it's no wonder when you see these kind of kerfuffles that these kind of kerfuffles that the project is now the the whole project is now in the red. >> last time i looked, >> now, the last time i looked, we'd sunk about billion we'd sunk about 8 billion sterling into is that sterling into this. is that figure than now? sterling into this. is that figlle than now? sterling into this. is that figli believe than now? sterling into this. is that figli believe it's n now? sterling into this. is that figli believe it's somewhere i? sterling into this. is that figli believe it's somewhere in >> i believe it's somewhere in the region of 19 billion. 19, yes. >> okay. because we were we were in about six months in uxbridge about six months ago. a massive ago. and this was a massive local the disruption that local issue. the disruption that was cause

well euston is usually one of the _ to travel?ton is usually one of the busiest _ to travel? well euston is usually one of the busiest stations - to travel? well euston is usually one of the busiest stations in . to travel? well euston is usually| one of the busiest stations in the country but it doesn't feel like that this morning. i havejust been inside and it is eerily quiet. six o'clock on a saturday morning isn't going to be peek for travel. the boards over there really tell the story. —— peak. reduced services, the first train after seven 0'clock. normally they would be earlier. train services when they do run are starting later and going to finish earlier. the warning is check before you travel. there is already a cancellation on the train to birmingham, that has been cancelled. that will be the picture throughout the day from stations where trends are actually running from. but many stations will actually have no services at all. what is concerning for passengers who are being caught up for passengers who are being caught

the northern section of the bakerloo line and the london overground from euston to watford junction ares park and harrow & wealdstone is shut until the 17th of august — with the london overground between euston and watford junction affected until august the 25th. let's take a look at the tubes now. apart from those engineering works i've just mentioned, all lines are currently running a good service. and for all the latest information on the roads and the rails where you are , tune into your bbc local radio station for regular updates throughout the morning. time for a look at the weather now, here's sara thornton. a really mild start this morning across the capital and the whole of the south—east but we do have some wet weather heading towards us, a weather front slipping south in the coming hours. behind it for tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure should make things a bit more settled, but typically a few showers or bursts this morning and then some rain moving across us could be heavy and thundery for a time, and some following showers this afternoon, although more sunshine later and i

euston station project in london.port by the public accounts committee, the government's accused of lacking clarity in its objectives. despite eight years of planning the project has experienced delays and hs2 trains are now not expected to run into euston until 2041. the government says it remains committed to delivering the project and twitter is threatening to sue mark zuckerberg after claims metas new app threads is a copycat of twitter. twitter's lawyers alleged meta has unlawfully misappropriated its trade secrets and intellectual property . it also accuses meta property. it also accuses meta of hiring former twitter employees with access to confidential information. meta denies the claims and says that no threads team members are former twitter employees . this former twitter employees. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to mark and . back over to mark and. pip rhiannon . rhiannon. >> thank you and welcome back to the live desk. you will always be our shining star.

you get off the train at euston station, _ is. you get off the train at euston station, you — is.tion, rob. good morning. i used to be self-employed, _ situation, rob. good morning. i used to be self-employed, stripping - to be self—employed, stripping floors and various woodworkjobs in houses, mainly in bath and bristol. i ceased trading basically because of the zones that have been brought in because it is another tax. when you are trying to run a business. we've had so many years of austerity, two years of covid, inflation seems to be running away. and that's not including that lunatic in russia who has probably just started world war iii. it's not as if people haven't got enough expenses as it is and they are loading another tax basically young people with vehicles. i used to drive a van, which is legal, using fuel which is legal and heavily taxed. someone also mentioned about charging people per mile to drive, you always pay by mile to drive, it is burning fuel. the more fuel you burn, the more tax you pay. for me, sadiq khan and the other borough cis in various places who ar

hs2 high speed rail line say they're worried they might not survive after work on the station at euston to birmingham in full but it's taking time to reconsider the station design. camden council says it needs progress. we need urgently for them to come forward with a proposition that delivers the the homes and jobs our community deserve. if we could get some green space here, some some businesses, some activity, so we're notjust left with a partially abandoned construction site. 20,000 railway workers across 14 train companies will go on strike tomorrow, meaning reduced services for passengers in london. the dispute is over pay, jobs, and working conditions, which has now been going on for over a year. the government says it has played its part by facilitating fair and reasonable pay offers that would see generous increases for rail workers. the mayor of london is calling on the government to help protect london's housing supply from being drastically reduced by short—term lets. it's thought the growth in platforms such as airbnb is fuelling the capital's housing crisis. sadiq khan say

we opened our first store at euston station in london back beginning of the 19th century, we have hadyears ago. we have always sold products that people need for their travel journey, increasingly, we have branched out into selling all of the travel essentials people need for their journeys, travel essentials people need for theirjourneys, tech for their journeys, tech accessories products for theirjourneys, tech accessories products to make hardware work, health and beauty, pain relief, as well as, four years ago we acquired as, four years ago we acquired a business in the us called emotion which tech accessories, a year after that we acquired another business in the us called mrg. they have a variety of brands, in america we have got lots and lots of different retail brands, and the difference with our american businesses, we always do bespoke retail for airports, businesses, we always do bespoke retailfor airports, we sit down with an airport and talk to them about the kind of brands they want and product categories they want then we design specific brands for them. in us we have t

euston station project in london. in a report by the pubuc london.ves, despite eight years of planning the project has experienced delays and hs2 trains are now not expected to run into euston until 2041. the government says it remains committed to delivering the project . and delivering the project. and twitter's threatening to sue mark zuckerberg after claiming meta's new app threads is a copycat of twitter . twitter's copycat of twitter. twitter's lawyers alleged meta has unlawfully misappropriated its trade secrets and intellectual property . it also accuses meta property. it also accuses meta of hiring former twitter employees with access to confidential information . meta confidential information. meta denies the claims and says that no threads team members are former twitter employees . former twitter employees. kyrees. this is gb news. we'll bnng kyrees. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now though, it's back over to tom and . tom and. ellie >> good morning and welcome to britain's newsroom with tom harwood and me, ellie co

there's no service on the overground between euston and watford junction.ve quite a bit of cloud, thick enough for a touch of drizzle here and there. over the next few hours, the cloud is thinning and breaking, and a lot of dry and increasingly sunny weather through the afternoon. in the best of it, 22, 23 degrees. dry at first through this evening and overnight, but by tomorrow morning we have a system working its way through the west which will bring heavy pulses of rain to start the day tomorrow morning, a mild start again typically, and then on the pressure chart here's the bigger picture. there are frontal systems around, but also we do have some drier slots of weather and that looks like it will be unsettled again at the start of the new working week. so it is topsy—turvy, when you look at the outlook you can see quite a lot of unsettled weather symbols but there will be some dry weather with sunshine at times, especially later today. over on bbc radio london in a moment, riz will be getting your thoughts on ulez ahead of the high courtjudgement. that

if i am so pleased that he spends his entire day outside some some rail station actually in the eustonst claptrap at people who are roaring past in their cars. >> it'll be very welcome to come in to defend himself. but in his absence, kevin, will you? >> well, jacob, when did you last take a train? >> i a on saturday >> i took a train on saturday and i got my ticket on an app. yeah, and it all worked extremely well. >> but don't you think it might work well for an intelligent young man like you? but there's a lot of benefit from staff at ticket machines for people who've disabilities who need who've got disabilities who need help. also makes the public help. it also makes the public transport network a safer thing to travel on. well, you can't have been on a train lately. >> i'm on a train. i would say, every other day. >> so you're on. >>— >> so you're on. >> you're back. you're you're on a budget. this guy goes by bike. >> he doesn't know what a train looks like. >> really important point. >> it's really important point. no about some people who no talking about some people who can't

they're wondering about stripping back euston about stripping back the euston terminal and that wouldi mean, these are billions of someone's making billions of and someone's making a of money out of this. a lot of money out of this. >> yeah. and it's one of those issues i campaigned for months in west midlands and this in the west midlands and this issue came time and time and issue came up time and time and time again or campaigned time again or i campaigned in the and when we ask people the area. and when we ask people about could barely about this, you could barely find resident in the find a single resident in the west midlands that wanted this. it be something that it seems to be something that business want people business leaders want or people that london and that ferry between london and birmingham minutes quicker birmingham ten minutes quicker in the punters, they in terms of the punters, they had interest. had no interest. >> small of time, >> such a small amount of time, you for the for the you know, for the for the benefits that, you know, that it reduces journey . and ye

when you get off the train with him at euston he brings euston to a standstill. family of a 14—year—old who drowned in the thames has urged councils to take measures that will prevent people from dying in the water this summer. brian sasu drowned at tagg 5 island in richmond on one of the hottest days of last year. his family and london fire brigade are calling for councils to make sure safety measures are in place. they's also asking parents to talk about the dangers of open water with children. radiographers across london will begin 48 hours of strike action in the next few minutes in a dispute over pay. the society of radiographers union says worrying numbers of their members are leaving the profession, and not enough is being done to recruit more. some appointments across many hospitals will be affected today — but there will be emergency cover. the governement says the 5% pay rise offered is "fair and reasonable". ok, let's take a look at how the tube is running at this time of the mornng. the bakerloo line is part suspended. minor delays on the circle line.

report says the government still doesn't know what it's trying to achieve with the hs2 station at eustonpent eight years planning and designing the station . station. >> yeah, the station work has been suspended for two years, but the government says it's committed to delivering the project in a cost effective way i >> -- >>aman >> a man handcuffed himself to the gates of buckingham palace yesterday afternoon . yesterday afternoon. >> the met police says he also threatened to harm himself and the london ambulance was called to the scene, too. he was later detained under the mental health act and twitter is threatening to take legal action against meta over the new social media platform threads. >> more than 30 million people gone, up to 30 million now have signed since the app launched on wednesday night. >> but twitter says it's stealing ideas and trade secrets . and while you're busy on your phone looking at twitter and threads and keeping your phone away from your partner and keeping it away from your partner, do you use your phone when you go shopping? is now when you go shopping? is

they are taking a train to london euston from preston on thursday to attend a wedding on the friday,ne announced that the card machine was not working and they weren't taking cash. so can't even taking cash. so you can't even get a glass of water or a beer or a sandwich on a now, or a sandwich on a train now, because take cash . because they won't take cash. it's an outrage. >> britain. we're not >> broken britain. we're not ready we're just ready to lose cash. we're just not tech isn't there ever not the tech isn't there or ever , frankly. teaching union , frankly. right. teaching union in england is due to announce the results ballot on the results of its ballot on whether to accept the government's a 6.5% pay government's offer of a 6.5% pay increase end strike action. increase and end strike action. >> and let's speak to gb news political reporter, catherine, for this. catherine the for more on this. catherine the strikes been going on strikes have been going on forever. it feels like groundhog day. i thought a few weeks ago the government had made a full and offer 6.5. the new a

euston alone is late. the cost balloon there 2.6 to 4.8 with no trains until 2041. , it's probably not all his >> um, it's probably not all his fault . fault. >> not every government contract does this. every government contract is over. >> budget. come comes in late and they end up just being vanhy and they end up just being vanity projects for politicians because once they've once a politician says we're going to do this, it's they just go for it because they want to have that pitch in the history books of them with the golden shovel going in the ground or with a big pair of scissors cutting the fibbon big pair of scissors cutting the ribbon so they become vanity projects . it's we used to rule projects. it's we used to rule the world. we used to we built railways all over the world and we were good at it. this isn't even new technology. this is ancient technology. now, in the grand scheme of things, and we still can't build . we can't still can't build. we can't build more now we can't build them any more now we can't build them any more now we can't build project

the midlands again by helicopter , a 90 minute train by helicopter, a 90 minute train journey from eustonse people, it's making you angly. those people, it's making you angl can sense that you're angry >> i can sense that you're angry and i'm worried. >> be all right. >> i'm look, i'll be all right. i mean, you'll be okay. ellie is probably going to be okay. but, you know, children out you know, grand children out there going to be okay. there are not going to be okay. we've got a responsibility to future deal future generations to deal with thisthat's the news. but the >> that's the bad news. but the good news is we've 40 years good news is we've got 40 years to something about it. and to do something about it. and for instance, country file on bbci its for instance, country file on bbc1 its whole bbc1 on sunday, its whole programme devoted to programme was devoted to wildfires. and looking wildfires. yes and looking at how country is forested and how the country is forested and what we should do about it and how we could change the vegetation wherever there's a lot of work to do, but we

paul hawkins is at euston for us this morning.l, they are saying that large areas of the network, especially in england, because this is going to affect all 14 train operators in england , will train operators in england, will be affected. that's according to the national rail website site. and that will have a knock on effect for services that run into wales and scotland and a little bit reluctant to use the term travel chaos only because a lot now work from lot of people now work from home, as we say. and this industrial been industrial dispute has been going long that people going on for so long that people are kind of used to it. they can see it coming and they can make adjustments see it coming and they can make acneeded. ts see it coming and they can make acneeded. but there is if needed. but there is disruption to the rail network. we can say that much. 20,000 people from the rmt who work on the railways are on strike and this is over pay conditions and jobs. the most recent grievance being the closure of ticket offices. th

and of course it's only a couple of years ago since people tunnelled euston station against hs2.and they were used to in the future and they were used ro cranb— in the future and they were used ro cranb down— in the future and they were used to clamp down on— in the future and they were used to clamp down on something that we bobb— to clamp down on something that we both wanted— to clamp down on something that we both wanted to— to clamp down on something that we both wanted to go out and broresre— we both wanted to go out and broresre bo— we both wanted to go out and protest? do you— we both wanted to go out and protest? do you worry about that 7 protest? do you worry about that e bur— protest? do you worry about that e bur r— protest? do you worry about that e bur r never— protest? do you worry about that ? butl never think— protest? do you worry about that ? but i never think that- protest? do you worry about that ? but i never think that it's proportionate to stand in the middle of the road and block an ambulance. so fundamental. middle of the road and block an ambulance. so