this— to a senior negotiator from network rail this morning on this picket line who — rail thisblem? i think the | problem is that we have put a very good _ problem is that we have put a very good deal— problem is that we have put a very good deal on the table, that gives guaranteed jobs for everyone who wants— guaranteed jobs for everyone who wants it. — guaranteed jobs for everyone who wants it, that deals with a lot of the long—standing issues and is 8% pay rise _ the long—standing issues and is 8% pay rise over two years, but that has not — pay rise over two years, but that has not been put to my staff. the rmt have — has not been put to my staff. the rmt have refused to put that to a referendum and that is the problem because _ referendum and that is the problem because if— referendum and that is the problem because if they had a chance to vote and that _ because if they had a chance to vote and that we — because if they had a chance to vote and that we believe they would accept — and that we believe they would accept it — and that we believe they would accept it. when we p

network rail sadie politicising situation is making it worse. sing situation is makin: it worse. ,, , making it worse. i think the problem is that we have _ making it worse. i think the problem is that we have a _ making it worse. i think the problem is that we have a very _ making it worse. i think the problem is that we have a very good - making it worse. i think the problem is that we have a very good deal- is that we have a very good deal on the table, that gives a guarantee of jobs for everyone that wants it, that deals with a lot of the long—standing issues and is an 8% pay rise over the years. but that hasn't been put to my staff. the rmt have refused to put that to a referendum. that's the problem, if they had a chance to vote on that, we believe they would accept it. the disute we believe they would accept it. the dispute continues, another strike is planned for saturday. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is in great yarmouth now — katie, what is the disruption so far today? how bad has it been? weill. today? how bad has it been? w

i spoke to a senior negotiator from network rail this morning on this picket line.next year contingent on some reforms going ahead. when i spoke to the ceo of network rail, andrew haines, who was not at all calling for the government to get more involved, he suggested politicising the situation has the potential to make it even worse. i think the problem is that we'vel put a very good deal on the table that gives guarantee ofjobs to everyone that wants it, i that deals with a lot - of the long—standing issues and is 8% pay rise over two years but that hasn't - been put to my staff. the rmt have refused to put that to a referendum - and that's the problem _ because if they had the chance to vote on that, we believe they'd except it. - when we put a similar deal to a different union, - that got a very strong endorsement. that's the way to unlock this, that's the way to i get rid of this huge frustration for passengers today. - the department for transport issued a statement today saying it is time to get off the picket lines and back around the negotiating table. unio

that is not necessarily the case at network rail where the budget is more or less decided by governmentve universal view of this, we have to look case by case. in some cases, it is quite clear employers can meet the demands of work fought without putting up prices, they can absorb the wage increase and should be doing so. let the wage increase and should be doinu so. ., the wage increase and should be doin. so, ., ., the wage increase and should be doinu so. ., i. ., ., doing so. let me ask you on that question. — doing so. let me ask you on that question. he _ doing so. let me ask you on that question, he said _ doing so. let me ask you on that question, he said the _ doing so. let me ask you on that question, he said the unions - doing so. let me ask you on that question, he said the unions are| question, he said the unions are this is about the particular concerns of the workers, we haven't put the pay offer to them because they said don't come back with anything worse than inflation. the company has come back with less than inflation. a lot of unions are settling for less than infla

network rail thinks the rmt should put the offer it rejected last month to its members. a lot of the long—standing issues and is an 8% pay rise over two years, but that hasn't been put to my staff. the rmt has refused to put that referendum, and that is the problem because if they had the chance to vote on that, we believe they would accept it. the rmt argues the government is blocking train companies and network rail from making a reasonable offer. there is a deal to be done. i spoke to a senior negotiator for network rail this morning on this picket line who came along to say hello. we have a decent relationship with them. we could build a solution if we were allowed to. but at the minute, the politics of the conservative party leadership election, i fear, is stopping this dispute from being resolved. but the department for transport called on union leaders to work with industry to agree a deal to bring the railways into the 21st century. another strike is planned for saturday. and the time we have been hearing from the key players in this dispute todayis from the key

with this strike today and another one planned on the national rail network for saturday, the knock—onk to us. let's tell our viewers first of all what you are hoping to do, what your requirement was and what you have actually got. diya mistry, first of all, you are hoping to study interior architecture and design at nottingham trent university. what nottingham trent university. what was he requirement _ nottingham trent university. what was he requirement for— nottingham trent university. wist was he requirement for that course? bs. ., ., , ., bs. -- what was the requirement. two aa stars bs. -- what was the requirement. two m stars and — bs. -- what was the requirement. two m stars and an _ bs. -- what was the requirement. two m stars and an a _ bs. -- what was the requirement. two aa stars and an a grade. _ bs. -- what was the requirement. two aa stars and an a grade. how- bs. -- what was the requirement. two aa stars and an a grade. how do - bs. -- what was the requirement. two aa stars and an a grade. how do you l aa stars and an a grade. how do you feel? it aa stars and an a grad

network rail thinks the rmt should put the offer it rejected last month to its members.ts it, that deals with a lot of the long—standing issues and is an 8% pay rise over two years, but that hasn't been put to my staff. the rmt has refused to put that referendum, and that is the problem because if they had the chance to vote on that, we believe they would accept it. the rmt argues the government is blocking train companies and network railfrom making a reasonable offer. there is a deal to be done. i spoke to a senior negotiator for network rail this morning on this picket line who came along to say hello. we have a decent relationship with them. we could build a solution if we were allowed to. but at the minute, the politics of the conservative party leadership election, i fear, is stopping this dispute from being resolved. but the department for transport called on union leaders to work with industry to agree a deal to bring the railways into the 21st century. another strike is planned for saturday. trains to and from norwich. some hours ago, the station behind me is co

network rail say that politicising situation is making it worse.he table, that gives a guarantee ofjobs for everyone that wants it, that deals with a lot of the long—standing issues and is an 8% pay rise over two years. but that hasn't been put to my staff. the rmt have refused to put that to a referendum. that's the problem, if they had a chance to vote on that, we believe they would accept it. the dispute continues — another strike is planned for saturday. 0ur transport corresondent katy austin told us more about the disruption from great yarmouth station. she gave us more in detail. this is one of the places around the country where there are no trains at all today come in the station behind me is completely closed. a few more routes are running in scotland today than the last time there was a national scale strike like this, but the overall picture is that about 20% of usual services are able to run today, and they will finish a lot earlier than normal. the last train on some long distance routes will actually to depart mid afternoon. some peop

largely because of the involvement of network rail�*s signalling staff only about 20% of the usual dailynothing after about 6:30pm in the evening. meanwhile, there is no real sign of any recent progress towards a resolution in these ongoing disputes. rail bosses insist they do want to give a pay rise but with lower fare revenue, want to give a pay rise but with lowerfare revenue, changes and modernisations need to be made to afford that while union leaders insist they will continue to push for pay that reflects the increased cost of living, and they say that job security and conditions need to be protected. 0k, katy austin there in norwich, thank you. thejury in the rape trial of former manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has heard from the first of his alleged victims that he had a predatory look in his eye as he pursued her around his cheshire mansion. he denies eight counts of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault. the former manchester united footballer, ryan giggs broke down in court today, recalling the night he spent in a police cell, after being arrested on

network rail say that politicising situation is making it worse.ofjobs for everyone that wants it, that deals with a lot of the long—standing issues and is an 8% pay rise over two years. but that hasn't been put to my staff. the rmt have refused to put that to a referendum. that's the problem, if they had a chance to vote on that, we believe they would accept it. the dispute continues — another strike is planned for saturday. katy austin is at great yarmouth station. ,, ., , ., station. she told us the extent of the disruption. _ station. she told us the extent of the disruption. this _ station. she told us the extent of the disruption. this is _ station. she told us the extent of the disruption. this is one - station. she told us the extent of the disruption. this is one of- station. she told us the extent of the disruption. this is one of the| the disruption. this is one of the place is there are no trains at all on the station behind me is completely closed. a few more routes are running in scotland today than the last time there was a national

we will be negotiating next week with network rail _ are at. an agreement.— try to continue to problem solve to get an agreement. grant shapps was on this programme, _ get an agreement. grant shapps was on this programme, the _ get an agreement. grant shapps was on this programme, the transport i on this programme, the transport secretary, he was on the programme yesterday and he said a very fair pay offer has gone on the table. he said it's on the wider network of 8% over two years. in most cases no compulsory redundancies will be neededin compulsory redundancies will be needed in return for modernising work practices. what is the issue with that? he work practices. what is the issue with that? ., , ., , ., work practices. what is the issue with that? ., , ., ., with that? he was on your programme demonstrating — with that? he was on your programme demonstrating his _ with that? he was on your programme demonstrating his incompetence. - with that? he was on your programme demonstrating his incompetence. he l demonstrating his incompetence. he

it has been a similar picture across the rail network, which has 20% of trains running today. vernment and rail companies. they say salaries should increase to reflect the rising cost of living. the rmt union, whose members are on strike, has accused the government of blocking train companies from offering its workers a better deal, and insist that the majority of the public are behind them. we are seeing public support for this dispute entrenching. you know, there are campaigns and rallies being launched right across the company, right across the country, rather, in support of these type of activities. we have seen unite bus workers coming into the dispute. we have seen many groups of workers winning significant pay deals. i think the british public are fed up with being ripped off by this government. but as travellers in york struggled to get to the races, ministers say it is the unions causing the block, adding that if the deals on offer were put to workers, they would be likely to accept them. negotiations are expected to resume early next week, but the rmt has warned that

passengers are being warned of more severe disruption across the uk's rail network today as more than, in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running as normal. 0ur correspondent sanchia berg is at euston station. a miserable day if you are trying to get anywhere, i suppose sanchia? tt is far more difficult for people to get to their destinations than usual but people i have been speaking to inside the station said they did see ways they can get two to liverpool or scotland, and the services. sooner than usual. people were pretty supportive of the strikers though, even though their own day, their own journey had been severely disrupted. as you are saying, this is a familiar sight across a railway stations in the uk, as the rmt strike days go on and on. there are negotiations scheduled for next week, they will be sitting down with their employers again, but the union say they are ready for more strikes and certainly the mood here, people joining the picket line seem ready to strike again. as i say, it is different fro

a couple of times with network rail, it's...ing. "we want to give a pay increase, but this has to be funded by modernisation and reform." a lot of sticking points and it doesn't feel very likely right now. things can change with all of these disputes. a strike doesn't happen until it happens, but they don't feel particularly close to a resolution at the moment. the latest details on those various rail strikes. nhs england says it has reached a milestone — by all but eliminating waits of more than two years for routine operations. the number of people waiting had soared in the last two years routine operations. health experts, though, warn there's still a long way to go to reduce the much larger number of patients waiting more than a year. here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. sally ann wright from dudley in the west midlands uses swimming to help manage her chronic pain. she says she's been waiting around 18 months to have knee replacement surgery and hopes plans to cut waiting times will mean she gets a date for

network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running as normal. happening now? as you can robabl what is happening now? as you can probably see. _ what is happening now? as you can probably see, euston _ what is happening now? as you can probably see, euston station - what is happening now? as you can probably see, euston station is - what is happening now? as you canj probably see, euston station is now far busier than it was first thing this morning. there are fewer services than usual over the course of the whole day and what that means is it's quite busy now and trains are going to stop after 4p this afternoon, so far earlier than usual. euston is the hub station for people travelling from the capital up people travelling from the capital up to the north—west of england and into scotland, so here you have people trying to get to glasgow, edinburgh, crewe, liverpool, and the people i spoke to hurley said they had managed to organise their journeys, though they were a bit disrupted and whilst some people looked stressed and anxious about what wa

a couple of times with network rail it...se but this has to give a pay increase but this has to be funded by modernisation and reform. a lot of sticking points and it does not feel very likely right now. things can change with all of these disputes. a strike does not happen until it happens but they do not feel particularly close to a resolution at the moment. thanks for that update- — the jury in the trial of the former wales manager ryan giggs has been shown a recording of the police interview with his former girlfriend, kate greville, who he is accused of controlling and assaulting. in the interview, she says that their relationship was volatile and the former footballer was often abusive to her. he denies the charges. 0ur correspondent matt graveling told me more. a little earlier today, the jury were played a video that was taken in 2020 with miss greville where she thought she was in a love story from the movies, but instead the relationship was volatile with the former footballer and he would threaten her if she broke

network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running as normal.re affecting those travelling today. i have been speaking to inside the station said they did see ways they can get two to liverpool or scotland, and the services. sooner than usual. people were pretty supportive of the strikers though, even though their own day, their own journey had been severely disrupted. as you are saying, this is a familiar sight across a railway stations in the uk, as the rmt strike days go on and on. there are negotiations scheduled for next week, they will be sitting down with their employers again, but the union say they are ready for more strikes and certainly the mood here, people joining the picket line seem ready to strike again. as i say, it is different from the first days of the strike because trains are leaving, there just aren't as many of them and they will be stopping earlier. the insolvency service says it won't take criminal action against p&o ferries — after the company fired nearly 800 workers in march. p&o's actions sparked outrage from politi

a fire broke out on the railway archway, causing damage to infrastructure. officials from network rail release, a statement announcing that the line will need to be inspected after the blazer has been passed out before it can reopen london fiber gate of the fire is now under control and there were no reports of any injuries or many thanks for joining us there are naughty international. we'll be back in about 30 minutes with the very latest with a wrong. i just don't move out date because the attitude and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. doing my daily liquidity. she'll know it will show the portion of my down in that oh, we'll take a shot at the court. where did you wanna put a shell? norwalk, with a cushion, not in the pony. she really surely was near please. no, i put the most of them will be stupid for the fee. i'm to consider. so only goes to madison. if you model it was running the home like will you be for me like that? it was with the universe without us because she, she knew, mean yet, the russian speaki

many parts of britain will have no trains at all, with network rail urging passengers to travel onlyuding treason, after allegedly being caught in the grounds of windsor castle with a crossbow. the court heard jaswant singh chail repeatedly told a police officer, "i am here to kill the queen," as he was arrested on christmas day last year. the 20—year—old didn't enter a plea. the betting company entain has been fined £17 million for breaching anti—money—laundering rules, and for not having proper checks in place to support struggling customers. our business correspondent, emma simpson, is here with more details. thanks, clive. entain is one of the world's biggest betting companies and owns a host of brands in the uk including ladbrokes, coral and foxy bingo. today it had to pay out £17 million for not doing enough to protect customers who may be gambling too much or doing the necessary checks on where some money was coming from. it's a record penalty, though just a tiny fraction of the company's annual profits. here are a couple of examples — one person deposited more than £230,000 o

tomorrow will see the latest national strike by members of the rmt and tssa unions working for network railout 20% of the usual train services will run. the transport secretary said today, if settlements in those national disputes couldn�*t be reached, changes would be pushed through anyway. if we can�*t get this resolved through the unions actually putting the offer to their members, then we will have to instead impose these changes, and that�*s what we�*re moving to. more talks are expected, but the summer of transport disruption continues. katy austin, bbc news. new figures suggest more than a third of young people, are spending much higher proportions of their income, on rent. housing experts say paying landlords more than a third of wages on accomodation, is �*unaffordable.�* the numbers of young people struggling with high rental costs, is now said to be at a five year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent ,colletta smith, has that story. megan and richard have been struggling to pay the rent on zero—hours contracts in london. they had been paying £560 a month each in a house share

tomorrow will see the latest national strike by members of the rmt and tssa unions working for network railf the usual train services will run. that strike tomorrow is over different issues, involving pay, jobs and conditions, while rail bosses say modernisations are needed to afford higher wages. the transport secretary said today if settlements in those national disputes couldn't be reached, changes would be pushed through anyway. if we can't get this resolved through the unions actually putting the offer to their members, then we will have to instead impose these changes, and that's what we're moving to. more talks are expected, but the summer of transport disruption continues. katy austin, bbc news. the former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson has told a court his ex player ryan giggs has a "fa ntastic temperament". the former footballer is accused of assaulting his ex partner and her younger sister, charges he denies. our sports news correspondent laura scott reports. at the end of the second week of ryan giggs�*s trial, thejury heard 100 pages of sometimes explicit text mess

tomorrow will see the latest national strike by members of the rmt and tssa unions working for network railbout 20% of the usual train services will run. the transport secretary said today, if settlements in those national disputes couldn't be reached, changes would be pushed through anyway. if we can't get this resolved through the unions actually putting the offer to their members, then we will have to instead impose these changes, and that's what we're moving to. more talks are expected, but the summer of transport disruption continues. katy austin, bbc news. it is just it isjust shy it is just shy of quarter past six. coming up, finland's prime minister takes a drugs test, after a video of her partying, raises concerns. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel, we'll have all the details from saudi arabia from the heavyweight weigh—in as anthonyjoshua looks to win back his world titles. a drought has officially been declared in south west wales, stretching from swansea to the west coast. it follows the driest five month period in the region, for a0 years. se

tim shoveller, network rail's lead negotiator said he was expecting the strikes would have a significant my apologies to passengers and freight travellers obstructed on thursday and saturday, i'm great have adapted journeys to fit with brakeman published, 50% will operate, very similar strike plan to last time which operated successfully for four days and looking forward to delivering the service for passengers tomorrow need to rely on rail. joining me now isjustin urquhart—stewart, founder of the investment platform regionally. another day, another rail strike, why is it proving so intractable, ? strike, why is it proving so intractable,?_ strike, why is it proving so intractable,? ., ., ., _ , intractable,? you have a system which is going — intractable,? you have a system which is going through _ intractable,? you have a system which is going through a - which is going through a radical amount of change, a few years ago many people were travelling by train, and many people staying at home, with the pandemic they are still staying at home, usage of trains is fundamentally changed, that

another rail union, the tssa, says members at nine train companies and network rail will walk out onight it was health care, tonight its social care. very closely related. alison holt, our social affairs editor, is with me to explain more. alison? social care is that vital help that supports working age adults with disabilities and older people in the community. the care system works differently depending on where you live in the uk, but because we are an ageing population, the new prime minister will find many of the pressures similar. in england, there are currently more than 540 thousand people waiting for a care assessment or service from their council. there are about 165,000 unfilled carejobs, nearly 10% of the workforce. now, the government has promised an extra £5.11 billion over three years to reform the care system with some of that money going on staffing. but a committee of mps recently estimated it would take at least another £7 billion a year to cope with existing pressures. all big numbers, but what does it mean in reality? we've been to nottinghamshire to find out. la

network rail says its latest offer — portrait. network rail says its latest offer is _ portrait.e i our sister trade unions and we are not involved in the talks but if you have had no pay rise for three years and someone offers 5% went inflation is 11 and wants to destroy european conditions by giving you a pay cut to 40% going forward, and also making thousands of you redundant i can quite possibly see why it's not attractive to any worker in the rail industry. t attractive to any worker in the rail indust . . .. . attractive to any worker in the rail indust . ., .. , ,~. attractive to any worker in the rail indust. , , ., industry. i accept you see you have not been negotiating _ industry. i accept you see you have not been negotiating with - industry. i accept you see you have not been negotiating with them. i not been negotiating with them. network rail said there would be no more than 2000 job losses and all redundancies can be voluntary. but those left redundancies can be voluntary. iet,ii those left as i redundancies can be voluntary. blt those left as i understand and i s

they have been stripping away income bit by bit from the rail network whilst meddling profusely in theassive extensions of high—speed rail and then cancelling it. there is no strategy, no real involvement, they seem to be obsessed about a big project but as soon as the rubber hits the road if you excuse the pun, they end up falling apart. that is part of the character of people who have been running the transport sector, grant shapps and borisjohnson. they will be no changes with rishi sunak or liz truss who may become prime minister in the next couple of weeks. ., ~ minister in the next couple of weeks. ., ,, , ., minister in the next couple of weeks. . ~' , ., , minister in the next couple of weeks. ., ,, i. , . sport and we have a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. so to saudi arabia then where anthonyjoshua lost his world heavyweight rematch against 0leksandr usyk. whilst closer than their meeting 11 months ago, the ukrainian edged joshua on a split points decision and dedicated the win to the fighting the war in his homeland. forjoshua — whose post fight ant

laura: nationwide strikes have brought parts of britain's rail network to a standstill and caused dayssruptions. only one in five trains were running on thursday and saturday. london's underground transport has been hit by four 24-hour walkouts this year. that's had a knock-on effect on other services where there weren't any strikes, including the eurostar. criminal lawyers and rubbish collectors also stopped working. it's not just the public sector. private companies are also being affected. staff at telecoms giant bt stopped work for four days at the end of july for the first time in 35 years. amazon warehouse staff have also staged walkouts. and some proposed strikes have been halted after pay deals were agreed. these include some by british airways ground staff and plane refuellers at london's heathrow airport. but other workers are holding firm. postal staff plan action later this month, and teachers and health workers have hinted at possible walkouts if they don't get pay deals they consider acceptable. ♪ let's bring in our guests at this point. all of them are joining us from lo

it has been a similar picture across the rail network, withjust a similar picture across the rail network _ trains running today. the unions are still— trains running today. the unions are still in - trains running today. tue: unions are still in dispute with the government and rail companies. they say salaries should increase to reflect the rising cost of living. the rmt union, whose members are on strike, has accused the government of blocking train companies from offering its workers a better deal, and insist that the majority of the public behind them. we are seeing public support for this dispute and trenching. there are campaigns and rallies being launched right across the country in support of these types of activities, we have seen united bus workers coming into the dispute, we have seen many groups of workers willing with significant pay deals. i think the british public are fed up with being ripped off by this government. has fed up with being ripped off by this government.— this government. as travellers in york struggled _ this government. as travellers in york struggled to _

and road is much betterfor network, rail and road is much better for the environment, network,with shareholders, iam not discuss any things with shareholders, i am not aware of secret talks. the cwu have put that out there, purely deflection. if you don't want to face the reality of the scale of change that this network needs to be the best employee in the industry. we already pay well above competitors. our employees are fantastic but we need to make sure that we need to be able to make sure that we need to be able to do that into the future, which means the network needs to deliver. ricky mcaulay, royal mail operations director, thank you. we have been talking about rocketing energy bills and how we might create more sustainable energy in the uk. here is a story for you. the world's largest operating offshore wind farm becomes fully operational today. hornsea two is located 55 miles off the yorkshire coast and will power more than one million homes. our environment correspondent jonah fisher is in grimsby for us this morning. somewhere out at sea, way behind him, is this gian

network rail thinks the rmt should put the offer it rejected last month to its members. power plant — in russian—controlled territory — to be demilitarised. let's go to saudi arabia now — because a woman has been jailed for 3h years after she posted on social media calling for reforms and the release of activists. this is the woman, salma al—shehab. she's a saudi citizen and a student — she was studying a phd at leeds university, here in the uk. she was arrested in 2021 while on holiday in saudi arabia after making the posts. she's accused of aiding dissidents seeking to "disrupt public order". and warned it was "the longest prison sentence ever for a peaceful activist". one of her twitter posts praised a group of leading women's rights activists, including this woman — loujain al—hathloul — she and others were detained just before the ban on women driving was lifted a few years ago. the bbc spoke to loujain's sister, lina, who works for an independent organisation that supports human rights in saudi arabia. it is outrageous, and it's actually unprecedented. i mean, we'v

many parts of britain will have no trains at all, with network rail urging passengers to travel onlyens of thousands of people. at london victoria, one of the capitals busiest stations, at least two platforms had to be shut after excess water flooded into the station. flooding has also been reported at a number of stations on the tube. and the downpours also caused problems on some of the main roads around london. these shots from the m25, where two lanes were closed and underwater. elsewhere, gatwick airport warned passengers to check before flying as the poor weather conditions were likely to use delays and some cancellations. now, have a look at these remarkable pictures. diego schultz and valentin villalba were paddleboarding off the coast of argentina when they suddenly joined by this group of whales. and it wasn'tjust a quick encounter. the whales swam alongside the pairfor about an hour. and we can speak to diego and valentin now. theyjoin us from buenos aires. thank you for coming on bbc news. we havejust seen the thank you for coming on bbc news. we have just seen the pictur

tomorrow will see the latest national strike by members of the rmt and tssa unions working for network railday, if settlements in those national disputes couldn't be reached, changes would be pushed through anyway. if we can't get this resolved through the unions actually putting the offer to their members, then we will have to instead impose these changes, and that's what we're moving to. more talks are expected, but the summer of transport disruption continues. katy austin, bbc news. the former manchester united manager, sir alex ferguson, has told a court his former player ryan giggs has a "fa ntastic temperament". the footballer is accused of assaulting his ex—partner and her younger sister, which he denies. 0ur sports news correspondent laura scott was in court. at the end of the second week of ryan giggs's trial, thejury heard 100 pages of sometimes explicit text messages and a letter that kate greville wrote but never sent the former footballer in 2020. titled the final goodbye, it detailed his alleged infidelity with eight women. miss greville wrote... as the defence neared the end

and other french institution who has licensed one of your songs, the look is the french public rail network. i wondered if you had to soundtra and other organization or service you particularly support or enjoy. who deserves a tune or jingle? >> i once tried to write a load of jingles for a local radio station in brighton. i would say local radio. i would go for very small cal radio stations and give them some jingles. >> nhs? >> it is very worthy. i was going to say an oil company. the n. why not? nhs radio. >> as long as you are not taking any contracts away from nhs tile writers. -- nhs jingle writers. >> a valid concern. the music industry has changed quite a lot since much on a miss started out. we engage with a lot of music digitally and that opens you up to new audiences but also complicates things sometimes. recently in bill young and joni mitchell pulled their music from spotify because they did not want to be on the same platform as joe rogan because ohis political opinions. it sparked the whole debate. what do you think about that? >> i mean, it is difficult for us to take some k

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is rail network. dock workers are also planning industrial action for higher wages amid high inflation. anti ones air force has showcase some of its most powerful anti aircraft weapons saying it was ready to defend it. so this comes as china carries out military exercises around the democratically governed island. china claims taiwan as it's territory and has never reynolds the use of force to bring it under its control. now to afghanistan and a bombing at a mosque and in the capital, cobble has killed at least $21.00 people, including a prominent cleric and wounded dozens more. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but the country has been witnessing regular attacks since the taliban seized power last year. mostly claimed by islamic state. oh, the mosque was crowded, and the bomb was powerful. dozens died and several children are believed to be among the wound. it casualty numbers are expected to rise. security forces have now sealed off the blast seen. but this neighborhood is still in shock . elena, go on. the soda, i was there when the explosion happened. it was a ve

k. rail network. dock workers are also planning industrial action for higher wages amid high inflation. di one's air force is showcase some of its most powerful anti aircraft weapons, saying it was ready to defend itself. this comes as china carries our military exercises around the democratically govern island. china claims taiwan is its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. the remains of 2 young children have been found in a suit case bought at an auction in new zealand. please say the children aged between 5 and 10 could have been dead for a number of years. the auction lot was part of the storage unit clearance. police are investigating german government is to cut sales tax on the price of natural gas in a further bid to stem rising inflation. german chancellor, olive sholtes announced the decision here in berlin. sales tax will drop from 19 to 7 percent as a temporary measure. german's arguments are set to see fuel costs rise quickly later this year when an extra surcharge on natural gas comes into effect or political correspond. nina h

it's a similar picture across the rail network with only 20% of trains running today. e with the government and rail companies. they stay salaries and should increase to reflect the rising cost of living. the rmt union whose members are on strike has accused the government on blocking train companies from offering its workers a better deal. and insist that the majority of the public are behind them. we that the majority of the public are behind them-— that the majority of the public are behind them. we are seeing public su ort for behind them. we are seeing public sunport for this — behind them. we are seeing public support for this dispute _ support for this dispute intervention. there are campaigns and rallies being launched right across the country in support of these type of activities. we have seen unite bus workers coming into this dispute had many groups of workers winning significant pay deals. i think the british public are fed up of being ripped off by this government. but are fed up of being ripped off by this government.— are fed up of being ripped off by th

harry force it, i'll jazeera felix on the nation wide strikes, have brought parts of britain's rail network to a standstill and cause days of disruptions. only one in 5 trains were running on thursday and saturday. london's underground transport has been hit by for 24 hour war counts. this year has had a knock on effect on other services where there weren't any strikes, including the eurostar, criminal lawyers and rubbish collectors also stopped working. it's not just the public sector, private companies also being affected. sarvard telecoms giant bt stopped work for 4 days at the end of july for the 1st time, and 35 years. amazon warehouse staff have also staged walk outs. and some proposed strikes have been halted after pay deals were agreed. these include some by british airways, ground staff, and plain refueling at london heathrow airport. but other work as a holding firm, hostile staff plan action later this month. and teachers and health workers have hinted at possible war counts. if they don't get pay deals, they consider acceptable. ah, let's bring in our guests at this point and ol