situation at euston?r gateway to the north west. however, today you can only go to a place called watford junction. let's take a look at the departures board over there. you can see there every 15 minutes. you can head watford junction as many head to watford junction as many times as you like, because all of the other destinations have been cancelled today. you can see over there they're disrupted and cancelled section of the board. so they're not board. so actually they're not bothering anything bothering to write anything because many because there are so many disruptions and cancellations. so where can't you go because of these major engineering works? well, west coast routes well, avanti west coast routes and london northwestern railway, they are completely gone today. so destinations such as so that's destinations such as birmingham, wolverhampton, liverpool, milton keynes , liverpool, milton keynes, northampton and as far as glasgow and edinburgh as well. and that's all the way through until 5 am.

there are no trains coming into euston today.ment buses in place at some parts of the country. however, when you add that combine that into the problems we're going to be seeing at the footfall at the airports and of course the ferry delays and increased traffic on the motorways, in part due to the motorways, in part due to the fact that you can't get on some train services over this weekend. obviously today that is going to be a big problem for commuters. network rail has apologised and said that this maintenance and improvement work that they're carrying out is vital to keeping the railway running safely and improving performance . they're spending performance. they're spending around £135 million actually, this weekend to across the north west and central region. this is work on hs2 preparation , on work on hs2 preparation, on track improvements, drainage and the like. however we'll see the benefits of that in the future. but right now , for people trying but right now, for people trying to travel into euston, into london, fro

katiera winfrey from our cbs euston station will start us off tonight with the developing details. >>vehicle that crashed into the dps office. >> reporter: tense moments tonight after 42-year-old clenard park or of brenham,. he was arrested at the scene. >> stolen 18-wheeler earlier. he was being chased by a deputy and ran into our building. we had several people that were injured and one is deceased at this time. >> reporter: the truck was carrying a heavy load of rebar steel reinforcement when parker slammed it is the building were various licensing resources are provided. authorities say he had been there the previous day. >> parker did come to the dps brenham office yesterday to proximally 3:00 or 4:00 p.m., where he was denied his commercial driver's license. >> reporter: the mayor said it could have been even worse had parker not been pulled out of the driver's seat and put in handcuffs by law enforcement. >> had it not been for their quick action, as you can see across the street, the suspect was backing the vehicle up with the intent of going into it again. >> reporter: tonigh

it is very quiet here at london's euston station today.is because this is the first day of three days of rolling strike action planned by train drivers here in the uk who are in dispute about their pay and working conditions. this station would normally connect london to the uk's major cities, including birmingham, manchester, liverpool, glasgow and edinburgh. but none of those mainline services are running today because of the industrial action. the only services running from here are transport for london trains. the aslef union is the union in question and its general secretary is one of those on the picket line here this morning. well, the people behind me haven't had a pay rise for half a decade, and at the core of this is the right for everybody in the cost of living well, the people behind me haven't had a pay rise for half a decade, and at the core of this is the right for everybody in the cost of living crisis to have a pay rise and enjoy it. now, we have done 17 pay deals in the last 12 months — scotland, wales, freight, open acce

here we go again, picket lines, including at euston this morning, quiet stations, like birmingham newuding for some families on easter holiday trips to the harry potter studios near watford. we got up very early to make sure we'd make it here on time. so, there are some trains, right, but not as many? well, we should have been able to get a direct line, but we had to catch three or four... four. ..four trains. we did take the overground, we did i not take the train, because there. was a strike. we had to leave a bit earlier, that's it. - take a different train? yeah. think about all the businesses that don't operate because of this. i'm headed to work, but we're going to have a quiet day because of all of this. they already get paid enough, i don't get it, to be honest. i think it's terrible. i think we've not been notified enough about it. we got a taxi here and the taxi driver didn't even mention it oranything, sojust messed our day up completely. train operators in different areas of the country are affected by strike action today, tomorrow and on monday. they will run a limited se

it's very quiet at a london pub euston station today. even the pasty shop is closed.rike action by train drivers in the uk, indisputable pay and will bear working conditions. it will affect transport to the major cities including liverpool, birmingham and edinburgh. none of the main line services are running because of industrial action. the only service is running for the only services running from your transport for london trains. the aslef union is the union in question. the general secretary is one of those on the picket line here this morning. the --eole picket line here this morning. the people behind me haven't had a pay rise for— people behind me haven't had a pay rise for half— people behind me haven't had a pay rise for half a decade. with the cost _ rise for half a decade. with the cost of— rise for half a decade. with the cost of living crisis, the call is to have — cost of living crisis, the call is to have a _ cost of living crisis, the call is to have a pay rise. we have done 17 pay deals _ to have a pay rise. we have done 17 pay deals in— to have a pay

based prospective open access company grand union trains plans to launch services between london eustonhe city of stirling in central scotland, from june next year. it's also been given the go ahead to run trains between london paddington and south west wales . for the latest stories, wales. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news comment alerts now it's back to andrew and . andrew and. bev. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with me bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, world leaders are calling for calm after israel has, of course, vowed to take revenge or to retaliate against iran after those 300 drone and missile attacks on saturday night. >> that's right. so these 300 missiles were dispatched by iran, 99% of which were brought down before entering israel, according to their defence minister, the british prime minister confirmed our involvement in shooting down some of missiles . some of those missiles. >> i confirm that our planes >> i can confirm that our planes did down a number of d

the complexity of how to buy tickets from euston station and which company to go with is, i think, franklying. and there is a general feeling that whilst a lot of people still use the railways and they do it, of course, because the roads are simply so busy and so unreliable in terms of time, there is a feeling that privatised railways are not working and the labour party are going for this in no uncertain terms. here was shadow transport secretary louise haigh speaking earlier on today. >> they amount to the biggest reform of our railways for a generation. labour will sweep away the broken model and bring private operators into public ownership as their contracts expire. we will establish great british railways, a single directing mind to control our railways in the passenger interest . we will deliver interest. we will deliver simplified fares and ticketing, a best fare guarantee across the network has, as trainline has already managed to achieve, and we will roll out the kinds of innovations that you have trialled here. digital season tickets and automatic delay repay so that they are av

if get on a train at king's if you get on a train at king's cross or euston, go the cross or euston,ow the arsenal emirates stadium is behind . the rest of it is behind you. the rest of it is usually fields. then until he gets the north—west, there is plenty this country plenty of land in this country which commandeer which we could commandeer and build houses on. that would bnng build houses on. that would bring price housing. bring down the price of housing. it ease the problem we've it would ease the problem we've got with illegal immigration and i think politicians have got to get tougher and insist on doing it . it. >> they won't because they'll be worried about losing votes in the community. the local, local community. >> here's the odd thing on >> well, here's the odd thing on the the times the front page of the times today, says, today, there's a story. it says, actually, winner in actually, it's a vote winner in actually, it's a vote winner in a of a large number of constituencies, which i find quite extraordinary. but, you know, big a drill know, they've done a big a drill

based prospective open access company grand union trains plans to launch services between london eustonhe city of stirling in central scotland from june next year. it's also been given the go ahead to run trains between london paddington and south—west wales , and universal credit will wales, and universal credit will need to change to meet the challenges of an older and sicker population . that's sicker population. that's according to a new report. the resolution foundation says the number of benefit claimants who are out of work due to ill health has almost doubled since 2013, the report says both the benefit system and the country have changed significantly since universal credit was introduced. the government recently announced changes to the credit scheme, aimed at encouraging people health to seek people with ill health to seek work . for the latest stories, work. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now it's back to tom and . emily. tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:07 and

so if you want to go to milton keynes from euston , go to milton keynes from euston, there are two trainke the first train, you have to take the right train. it's either virgin or something else. i mean, the whole thing mad i mean, the whole thing is mad and, and actually they're so bad that things like the north east line, i mean, have been taken back into. i mean, they have been basically renationalised , been basically renationalised, but it's not called that. and you so clearly and then we have the railway workers coming out and clearly there is something wrong. and so where are the strikes happening. they're happening in places that are very, very unhappy. and that's what we have to remember. i mean, the consultants strike amazing. i mean , i mean amazing. i mean, i mean consultants, they don't go into work to go on strike. right? i have a cancer consultant . and have a cancer consultant. and she said to me, she's wonderful. she said, i'm on my knees. i just can't i mean, you know , i'm just can't i mean, you know, i'm sure she was paid well. and she just said, we just cannot go sca

planning on travelling from here in manchester piccadilly down to say, birmingham new street or london eustonring the 20th month of these rail strikes. many people starting to show the frustrations as train drivers ask for better pay and better working conditions. we've been asking people here at manchester piccadilly today what they make of these strikes as we enter that 20th month, and this is what they had to tell me. what are your thoughts on them? do you think just need to get you think we just need to get a deal now, sorted out or got to get sorted? get something sorted? >> going on for over >> it's going on for over 18 months trains missing months now, trains missing today, trains missing tomorrow. and you've the usual and then you've got the usual bits pieces of trains, bits and pieces of trains, delayed trains cancellations. it's harder to get to work when using public transport. how do you think this should be over by now, affected quite now, i've been affected quite a lot them , so yeah, i think lot by them, so yeah, i think it's gone on too long. it's gone on for too long. >> you