reeta, thank you very much.withers across the north, and another is barrelling its way in from the atlantic between just a brief weather window, but not for long. that dry spell for

reeta. hugh, thanks.celled in the first rail strike of 2023, which is due to last 48 hours. today the hospitality industry said that the months of disruption to travel sincejune are likely to have cost it around £2.5 billion. you can see here the train lines that run on a normal day — the grey lines, and here are the services running today. in red. there are whole areas of the south west, wales and scotland which are completely without a rail service — and those trains that are running will be severely disrupted, with later start times and earlierfinishes. industrial action is set to continue all week — as the ongoing row over pay and conditions means strikes every day until saturday. our transport correspondent katy austin is here to explain what's going on, and what hope there is for a resolution. these national strike days have been a regular occurrence for months now, since the end ofjune. we've entered a new year, but the industrial action continues. i spoke to commuters at basingstoke station in ham

well, reeta, i can reveal this evening that borisjohnson was made aware of a formal complaint about allegedris pincher when he was a foreign office minister from 2019 to 2020. a revelation followed by a damning interview from a former senior civil servant. i think they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous. it's sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time. day after day after day, people speaking on your behalf were talking rubbish. well, i'm afraid i was focusing on other things at the time. but what i'm telling you now is my recollection of events. even his most ardent supporters looked dejected. for some, it would be too much. breaking news this evening. the chancellor rishi sunak and health secretary sajid javid resign from the cabinet, telling the prime minister that the tone he sets reflects on his colleagues and party. good evening. i'm just going to spend some time with my family. thank you for coming. borisjohnson is holed up in downing street with aides, trying to plug the holes in what looks like a sinking premiership. is it all over,

reeta, thank you very much. it's mild, it's wet, it's windy, we've had large waves around the coast this morning. large waves are certainly a feature of the forecast this weekend. why? low pressure. one still withers across the north, and another is barrelling its way in from the atlantic between just a brief weather window, but not for long. that dry spell for many today, replaced by wetter weather over the weekend particularly tomorrow, then showers follow, some of the wettest weather perhaps wales and the southwest. that's where the met office have won it out for further concerns for flooding but ahead of that at least we've had drier weather, hazy sunshine for the rest of the day but it time the rain is gathering, light and patchy to start with but you can see waiting in the wings something more significant. it's still relatively mild, average is around 6—7 this time of year and temperatures won't drop below much of that tonight but the rain, once it arrives, its stock for 6—10 hours. it looks set to clear f

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