with eurostar services at st pancras— with eurostar services at st pancras. , ., pancras.uption and _ pancras. they do indeed. the disruption and the _ pancras. they do indeed. the disruption and the knock-on. pancras. they do indeed. the. disruption and the knock-on of pancras. they do indeed. the i disruption and the knock-on of the disruption and the knock—on of the strikes is huge. we know as soon as services get going again after a strike things take time to ramp back up. trains are out of place where they would normally be on the network. but also eurostar are affected. they said yesterday that the strikes your corresponding just mentioned over christmas mean there will be no services to the continent at all on boxing day, which is a very busy day for people travelling in both directions, having spent christmas with family and loved ones. ., ., ., ones. you have written about accusations _ ones. you have written about accusations from _ ones. you have written about accusations from some i ones. you have written about - accusations from some conservatives in particula

not for this because, of course, domestic services interconnect with eurostar services at st pancras. mean, the disruption and the knock on of these day strikes is huge. we know that as soon as services get going again after a strike, things take time to ramp back up. trains are out of place where they would normally be on the network. but also, yes, eurostar are affected. they said yesterday that those strikes that your correspondent just mentioned over christmas mean that there will be no services to the continent at all on boxing day, which is a very busy day for people travelling in both directions, having spent christmas with family and loved ones. you've written about accusations from some conservatives, in particular chris loder, who's the conservative mp for west dorset, that the rmt strikes are politically motivated. but the labour party has not come out officially in support of these strikes. so where does the idea that it is politically motivated come from? i think the main point to that is that actually it's the first time since franchising that the rail unions have been a

with you on that you probably know nonetheless when he was transport secretary was coming out of st pancrase's a wonderful in in granite that says hs1 opened by the queen ironically . it doesn't the queen ironically. it doesn't have to say which queen. sadly like now, but nonetheless opened by the queen. that was it, you know. and, and andrew said , you know. and, and andrew said, you know, i wanted there to be kind of network of high speed rail like there is in the rest of europe. and if i may say, i've seen you holding a big banner that said we should a that said we should have a network high speed rail, because remember that, but remember saying all that, but you i've travelled all over you know i've travelled all over . yeah, remember the geography . yeah, i remember the geography different. yes of course i it's highly different. and you can go from euston right into manchester, to the manchester, piccadilly to the hall, the business district, i think it's 2 hours, 7 minutes. that's right. but just wonder that's right. but i just wonder whether should start speed. whether we should star

. between corby and st pancras. the same picture no matter where you go. lots of routes have been closed altogether . lots of train closed altogether. lots of train stations have been closed altogether. the advice is to do your journeys. altogether. the advice is to do yourjourneys. if you have altogether. the advice is to do your journeys. if you have to. if they are absolutely necessary as early as possible because most trains are going to be terminated at about 3:00 ahead of the rail strike for rmt, which officially starts at around 6 pm. thousands of members of rmt. there are of course other unions on strike today in different parts of the country. unite are on strike right now here at this particular station . of course, particular station. of course, those affected those trains means that some people can't carry on their journeys. lots of people will have already made new arrangements. but for one group of people that i met, a group of people that i met, a group of people that i met, a group of croatian univer

staff are actually on strike themselves on 26 december, euro star services cannot run to and from sam pancrasink from the middle east at a hearing at westminster magistrates' court. our arts correspondent david sillito has more. these seven charges were brought after a review of evidence by the crown prosecution service, they are all being brought by one man, allegations of indecent assault, sexual assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. they are all alleged to have taken place between 2001 and 2004. kevin spacey is also facing five other charges brought by three other men, all of these will be tried at crown court injune of next year. kevin spacey spoke briefly to confirm his name, birth and address. he was speaking from the middle east, via video link. but we understand he will be appearing in person for a preliminary hearing which will be taking place in january of next year. two endangered red panda cubs have been found dead at safari park in wiltshire. suspected hypothermia combined with the weaning process. despite the part providing initial food, shel

a historic tree in old st pancras churchyard has fallen down.t the tubes now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. london overground is part suspended between liverpool street and chingford. now onto the weather with sara thornton. morning to you. it's been a blustery night across london and the south—east. we've also seen some showers in the last little while. they're just clearing off towards the east now. behind all of that, generally dry with some sunshine through the day today. couldn't rule out the odd stray shower just blowing through quite quickly. it will still be windy through the day and temperatures down a little on what we have seen. still above average for the time of year, but feeling cooler because of that wind. overnight tonight, we are dry and clear. still have enough of a breeze to stop the temperature falling too far. perhaps just down to mid single figures in the very coldest spots. tomorrow morning, though, we've got more cloud and rain pushing in again from the south—west. of course, that's brought us some mil

they're not running any services whatsoever except a severely limited one between corby and st pancrasst like most trains. the advice, of course, today has been to finish your journeys by 3 pm. course, today has been to finish yourjourneys by 3 pm. because your journeys by 3 pm. because that's when most trains will terminate ahead of that rmt strike, which starts at 6 pm. there are of course other unions on strike for all the different reasons , depending on where you reasons, depending on where you are in the country. so it is going to be very and it has been very patchy throughout the whole of the day. of course , this is of the day. of course, this is to do with that pay dispute as well as conversations around conditions in the future of what work is going to be like. people that work at railway stations and on on trains for their careers , of course, it is one of careers, of course, it is one of the busiest travel days of the year and lots people are hoping to get home. whether to that's places around the country here in britain or maybe to places much further afield. and i this mo

east midlands railway is able to run one train per hour north to sheffield or south to london st pancras j but we are going to the commons told me... sorry to interrupt you, - but we are going to the commons and rishi sunak. �* ., , ., but we are going to the commons and rishi sunak-— rishi sunak. before i start, another whole house _ rishi sunak. before i start, another whole house will _ rishi sunak. before i start, another whole house will want _ rishi sunak. before i start, another whole house will want to _ rishi sunak. before i start, another whole house will want to join - rishi sunak. before i start, another whole house will want to join in - whole house will want to join in expressing our sympathies to the families of those who lost their children in solihull. with your permission, i would like to make a statement on illegal migration. i hope the whole house would agree that there is a complex moral dimension to illegal migration, the balancing of our duty to support people in dire need with the responsibility to have genuine control over our borders, and are stunningly it provo

midlands to me by someone at midlands connect, creating a new kind of kings cross in kings cross pancrasingham by, having loads of local into moore local trains go into moore street that people then to be able to walk around the corner into the cousin street station and those services and hs2 and use those services to say manchester or to go to say manchester or london. so it's not just about levelling up course. this was in the conservative manifesto in 2019 to invest in this midlands railway , but hs2 is still a big railway, but hs2 is still a big part of this plan if it is to be successful in the long run . jack successful in the long run. jack curzon street, thanks very much indeed for updating us on that bit of levelling up. if it happens. course, thank you very much indeed. you're watching gb news coming up, strap news live. coming up, strap a case is on the rise. at least six children confirmed to have died from the infection. what should doctors telling ? should the doctors be telling? us. from an us. we'll be hearing from an expert contagious . first to expert and contagious. fi