couple of examples quoted, a great western railway ticket being on sale in early october direct london paddingtons running on december the 27th, well, that can't happen on december27, december the 27th, well, that can't happen on december 27, paddington is shut. actually selling tickets for journeys that they could not possibly make, at least not without changing, ortaking possibly make, at least not without changing, or taking buses possibly make, at least not without changing, ortaking buses as possibly make, at least not without changing, or taking buses as well. the rail companies, the six big ones. . . the rail companies, the six big ones... network rail always the bogeyman, always. it is always blamed. they have some huge engineering works happening over christmas holidays, so £160 million worth of engineering works going on over the christmas holidays around london and manchester. that will affect so many people. all of this will feed well into what the government is pushing for, which is to switch network rail and the train companies together. to bring track and train together. the first

the travel editor of the independent, simon calder, is at london paddington station this morning.ery deserted for reasons you are about to explain but these works really cover the whole country. lamb they certainly do. here we are at one of return's busiest rail way stations. —— they certainly do. today, there isjust a trickle of foreign tourists who are finding the heathrow express service isn't running and the next train of any sort of all isn't going to be and to thursday. we have also got disruption on the other side of london. liverpool street station and the main lineout to ethics, suffolk —— —— essex. southampton central going up towards london, the main line is closed to much for the new year. as is the link on the west coast main line from preston up to lancaster. also problems between birmingham and wolverhampton. if the engineering works don't get you, these strikes might. we have strikes today and wednesday. country trains. 0ther strikes coming up later in the week. you'd better tell them behind you. —— those people behind you. new guidance on how local autorities comb

from london paddington station, we are joined by the independent‘s travel editor simon calder.iet today, isn't it? it is really eerie, actually, roger. i havejust been up to the concourse and effectively it was me, a security guard and a trickle of poor foreign tourists hoping to catch the express train to heathrow airport. that along with everything else will not be running from now until next thursday. so there is a whole lot of taxis doing some really good business. that is all to do with the crossrail project. they have closed this main terminal station, which would normally have on sunday 50,000 people coming in from the west of england, from south wales, theyjust say no, no trains running and they will be back on thursday. a similar story on the other side of london. liverpool street station, same reason, the big crossrail project going through london. the main line continuing onwards to suffolk and norfolk will be closed on to the new year. heading south from the capital you have problems at charing cross station, cannon street and london bridge station. effectively they

line is urging passengers to complete their journeys by the end of play on saturday because london paddingtonstmas eve. and if you are travelling on the west coast main line, there is going to be no service between preston and lancaster to be no service between preston and la ncaster west. to be no service between preston and lancaster west. if you have to travel between london and glasgow, you are being urged to travel via edinburgh. and that will add an hour to your journey. as edinburgh. and that will add an hour to yourjourney. as far as the airports are concerned, there are going to be 4.3 million people trying to fly to different climbs over the festive period. heathrow airport is expected to deal with 130 passengers today alone. gatwick airport will deal with 67,000 passengers. there are no specific problems if you are travelling by air today, but the advice is that if you are going to fly, then arrive at least an hour before you normally would. jane. e-on, thank you. richard westcott, how was it looking on the roads? well, that board behind me sums it up. this is the nerve centre of h

the travel editor of the independent, simon calder, is at london paddington station this morning.s largely quiet this morning but these works are notjust there but right across the country. yes, it is as traditional as mince pies and mariah carey, the annual shutdown for engineering works, as you say, the biggest ever project, 32,000 engineers working on 260 roderick ‘s including the line from here at one of britain's‘s busiest rail stations. 0n here at one of britain's‘s busiest rail stations. on a normal sunday, you get about 50,000 passengers travelling in and out from the west of england and south wales. today, there are none, just a trickle of tourists who are appalled to find the express service to heathrow airport is not running. problems on the other side of the capital, the main line from liverpool street to east anglia, south of the river from canning street, charing cross and london bridge and elsewhere, the mainline north from southampton central and the west coast main line between preston and lancaster, all of those are closed at least until thursday and if you are o

we are about to take paddington apart. this is london. lisation. it is working in extremely low five fashion, to be able to explore camera angles, moves, working with animators who have a familiarity with paddington himself. filming without paddington makes the process extremely abstract, that is for sure. so we employ a variety of techniques, as for the best part standing called lauren, who is about paddington's height. she would give us paddington's height. she would give us and everybody under set a brilliant insight into his presence. you don't want to make it difficult and expensive for having to paint blots out. you try and minimise what is in the place of paddington on the shot you will use. what is most difficult is when paddington is interacting with objects or people. you need somebody to do that, to create either the touch, the cloth thatis create either the touch, the cloth that is going to be touched. as a statistic, if you put all the man hours together, it would be 75 years of someone's like to do the visual effects on paddi

paddington apart. what's this? this is london.eas that we began with is previs, or pre—visualisation. it's working in an extremely low—fi fashion, to be able to practically explore camera angles, moves, using — working with animators who have a familiarity with paddington himself. filming without paddington, it makes the process extremely abstract, that's for sure. and so we employ a variety of techniques. for the best part, there is a stand—in called lauren, who is about paddington‘s height. and she'll give us, everyone on the set, a brilliant insight into paddington‘s presence. you don't want to make the work in post very difficult or expensive, by having to paint lots out, so you try and minimise what is in the place of paddington on the shot. i think the things that are most difficult are where paddington is interacting with objects or people in the plate. so you always need somebody to do that, to create either the — you know, touch the cloth that's going to be touched. there's statistic that, if you put all the man hours tog

paddington has a lot of him in him. there's parsley. sometimes mr 0nion lets him ring the bell. # london # you can go to france or america, india, asia, australia. # you've got to come back to london city. # london is the place for me. i think there was a sort of reticence and nervousness that the women might take over altogether. we might not present an acceptable face of cricket and i actually cried as i walked out onto the pitch. it was the most incredible feeling. rachel flynt, what a good piece of fielding, but not good running between the wickets, though. advantage missed. 0vercome with the emotion of it all. shejust told me, "jana, you will do it, i believe one day you will do it." she's done it! 50-1. blackburn rovers 7—0 nottingham forest. after our last problem, the editor of final score came along with a box and when he opened it and pulled out opened it and pulled out this trophy, i thought, "that's absolutely made my day" because that is something that i have always thought, having watched the sports personality of the year, i would love to have something like that as a souv

paddington has a lot of him in him. good afternoon, he said, can i help you? there's parsley. sometimes mr onion lets him ring the school bell. hello, parsley! # londonity. # you can go to france or america. # india, asia, australia # you're gonna come back to london city. # london is the place for me. i think there was a sort of reticence and nervousness that the women might take over altogether. we might not present an acceptable face of cricket and i actually cried as i walked out onto the pitch. it was the most incredible feeling. rachel flynt, what a good piece of fielding but not good running between the wickets, though. advantage miss graf. overcome with the emotion of it all. she just told me "jana, you will do it, i believe one day you will do it." she's done it! scores read out. after our last programme, the editor of final score came with a box and when he opened it and pulled out this trophy, i thought that's absolutely made my day because that is something that i have always thought, having watched the sports personality of the year, i would love to have something like that as a souvenir of my career. grandstand theme. batman theme. it w

paddington apart. what's this? this is london.ng with animators who have a familiarity with paddington himself. filming without paddington, it makes the process extremely abstract, that's for sure. and so we employ a variety of techniques. for the best part, there is a stand—in called lauren, who is about paddington's height. and she'll give us, everyone on the set, a brilliant insight into paddington's presence. you don't want to make the work in post very difficult or expensive, by having to paint lots out, so you try and minimise what is in the place of paddington on the shot. i think the things that are most difficult are where paddington is interacting with objects or people in the plate. so you always need somebody to do that, to create either the — you know, touch the cloth that's going to be touched. there's statistic that, if you put all the man hours together, it would be 75 years of someone's life to do all the visual effects on paddington. so that sort of gives you a bit of perspective on how much work is involved. fun

paddington has a lot of him in him. that afternoon, he said, can i help you. there's parsley. sometimes missed only the let's bell. londona lovely city. you can go to france oi’ a lovely city. you can go to france or america, india, asia, a lovely city. you can go to france oramerica, india, asia, australia, is going to come back to london city. london is the place for me. london is the place for me. london is the place for me. i think there was a sort of reticence and nervousness that the women might take over all together. we might not present an acceptable face of cricket and i actually cried asi face of cricket and i actually cried as i walked out onto the pitch. it was the most incredible feeling. rachel flynt, what a good piece of fielding but not good running between the wickets, though. advantage missed graf. overcome with the emotion of it all. she just told mejana, the emotion of it all. she just told me jana, you will do the emotion of it all. she just told mejana, you will do it, i believe one day you will do it. she's done at! 50-1, 50—1, blackburn rovers seven, nottingham forest nil. after our last problem

london charing cross station between tomorrow and january end of play the first. if you are travelling on the great western railway mainline, there will be no service from paddingtonthese closures and the work being carried out will disrupt all routes across the country. on the west coast main line there is no service between preston and lancaster. people travelling from london to glasgow are being urged to travel via edinburgh. that will add an extra hour to your journey. what about the roads, what is the situation? the rsc are saying if you haven't completed your road journey by lunchtime you will experience some congestion. in the run—up to christmas there is going to be around 11.5 million leisure trips by road. today alone there will be1.3 trips by road. today alone there will be 1.3 million trips. just to give you an idea, the friday before christmas of last year and the a303 at stonehenge there was a seven mile tailback at 6pm. that's the east—west road between cornwall and the south—east. that's the sort of congestion they are expecting. the m6 between merseyside and staffordshi re m6 between merseyside and staffordshire is expected to be very busy today,