i am joined by phil campbell of scotrail. what does this 24 phil campbell of scotrail.? this 24 hour strike mean for your customers?— this 24 hour strike mean for your customers? ., . , ., , customers? today we are seeing only three routes — customers? today we are seeing only three routes operating _ customers? today we are seeing only three routes operating across - customers? today we are seeing only three routes operating across the - three routes operating across the country. — three routes operating across the country. a — three routes operating across the country, a significant reduction in services — country, a significant reduction in services that our customers would likely— services that our customers would likely see — services that our customers would likely see. particularly frustrating given— likely see. particularly frustrating given we — likely see. particularly frustrating given we are hosting the scotland — australia _ given we are hosting the scotland — australia game today. far fewer services, — australia game today. far fewer services, as a result

there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workershan 2,000 rmt members are on strike. and at li.30pm here on the news channel, bbc wales investigates — and today the team is asking, what's killing our rivers? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds. the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means octopus will take onboard bulb's one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company... it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the government, who pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business, but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to custome

that's because scotrail workers, more than 2000 of them belonging to the rmt union, are on strike.een rejected, and the rmt union has said that industrial action will continue for as long as necessary. the global hair extension and wigs market is worth over 6 billion dollars and is being driven by demand for the most affordable type of hair — synthetic. but that hair is made up of plastic fibres, which are not biodegradable. combating plastic waste is a key issue at next month's cop27 climate summit in egypt. so is there a way of making synthetic hair use more sustainable? the bbc�*s eunice gatonye reports. kampala, the bustling capital of uganda. the city council garbage collectors are hard at work. but it's notjust the everyday household waste like cardboard, tins and plastic bottles that they have to deal with. there's a huge amount of discarded synthetic hair, too. from this stop alone, they've emptied six bins of waste from salons. the hair wigs and extensions market is growing fast. as suppliers talk shop, the salons pack with women getting the latest weaving and braiding sty

there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workershan 2000 rmt members are on strike. now on bbc news: we are england: a1 by night: against the clock the road surfaces will warn out. it has been down, some of it, for 30 years. it was so frustrating stuck in traffic every day. we have major mechanical issues. we're kind of stuck in the middle of the a1. never ever happened in my life before. there was a lot on my shoulders. the amount of language has been atrocious. i can see you all super keen. you've got six hours to do what we need to do. time is not our friend now. this is the biggest project both value wise and duration —wise i've ever worked on. there is an perception there is not a lot happening on roadworks but to have people on site every night and the public are sleeping. it involves installing a new lane. i don't think people fully realise how much people do use ai. it's for things like food, clothing, going to hospitals and to improve them roads, it's very good for the community and for the northeast as a whole. hi, everyon

scotrail has warned of widespread destruction as star stage a 24—hour strike over pay.ction of the latest pay of a major non—driving rail workers. a very limited number of scotrail services will operate and passengers have been warned to only travel if they really need to. snp leader nicola sturgeon will use her speech to the body converts later this afternoon to accuse the covenant of denying democracy and damaging the nations of the uk. she'll also tell party members gathered in aberdeen that scotland could establish a sustainable new economy, based on renewable energy, if it becomes independent. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart is in aberdeen for us. in relations between the uk conservative government and the snp are not in a particularly good place at the moment. this afternoon, nicola sturgeon will argue that independence could improve those relationship, saying it will be more about equality between the country rather than as she sees it, muscular unionism. officially there is no independence referendum in the offing currently, but later this wee

there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walk—out by scotrail workersh trains running onjust three routes in the central belt, and all other services cancelled. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie is at queen street station in glasgow. so, yet more disruption for travellers. yes, absolutely. this is saturday afternoon in queen street station. it would normally be very busy with shoppers, but as you can see behind me, it is deserted. trains are standing idle and the board behind me is almost like. as you said, there are three services running in scotland, mostly or all around the central belt. you can get a limited service from here through to edinburgh or, if you want to go to glasgow central station, you can go to larkhall or lanark, but absolutely nothing out with the central belt and trains that are running. at 6:30pm this evening so, if you wanted to travel around other cities in scotland, dundee, inverness, aberdeen, there is absolutely nothing available today stop and that is because scotrail workers, more than 2000 of them belonging to

there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workers running on just three routes in the central belt and all other services cancelled. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie is at queen street station in glasgow. this is saturday afternoon in queen street station, the concourse behind me is pretty much deserted. there have only been three services running in scotland today. all of those services have been within the central belt area. there has been one service between here at queen street going through to edinburgh, and there have been two services from the nearby central station, one going to lanark and one going to larkhall. very limited services and they came to an end at 6:30pm this evening, so no trains running in scotland at all this evening. during the day, out with the central belt, so that includes the central belt, so that includes the cities of dundee, inverness, aberdeen, absolutely no trains at all today. that is because scot rail workers in the rmt union, around 2,000 of them have been on our 24—hour strike. that

scotrail has apologised for the disruption.ngers for the disruption that they'll experience today. it's a very limited service on just three routes in the central belt area. our advice to passengers is to visit scotrail.co.uk. download the scotrail app to check what's running. but if you live beyond the central belt, you will have no service today. the snp leader, nicola sturgeon, will use her speech to her party conference to accuse the conservative government of denying democracy and damaging the nations of the uk. the first minister has also been forced to defend words she used in a bbc interview, when she said she detested the tories. 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart is in aberdeen for us. it will be interesting to see if she refers to that interview and the words that she used in her speech. yeah, there may well be a reference to that later this afternoon when nicola sturgeon gets on the stage here on the final day of the snp conference. i think what we cannot expect any big announcement on independence b

there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workers than 2000 rmt members are on strike. now on bbc news: bbc wales investigates — what's killing 0ur rivers? you see herons and dragonflies. you see lots of little shellfish in the shallow parts. sometimes you will see a salmonjumping out of the water. you start to realise that how many people don't have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown when we were very grateful to have it. these school friends have made the most of a record—breaking summer. like thousands of others. but there is something wrong with our rivers. the sad sight to see. it's absolutely devastating what with finding out here today. but of the water, look at this. this is algae. it's taking over our rivers and waterways. and when human and animal waste gets into a river not only is it bad for our health it is also full of nutrients like phosphate which act as a kind of super and his algae gets into the river it here more than 35% of phosphates come from rural land runoff. as our demand for cheap food have grown farm

there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workers than 2000 rmt members are on strike. now on bbc news: talking business with aaron heslehurst. a very warm welcome to a special edition of talking business weekly with me. let's go take a look at what is on the show. the airline industry is roaring back to life after covid and thinking about how to get us back on board so here we are at the airline passenger experience summit in long beach, california. this is where you can find everything from the next generation of in—flight tvs to the seats in the fit. it is where the airlines work out what we want to make ourjourney is even better. investing in the future, it can be a pricey affair, especially when covid has cost you billions. the big boss of air new zealand will tell me how he is reshaping things after getting through some of the words toughest lockdown restrictions and once you've got all those passengers on board, a dup and entertain them? well, i'm going to take some of the latest in—flight treats and find out what is coming to

staying in scotland because scotrail has warned of widespread disruption as the staff stage a 2k hourgers have been operating and passengers have been operating and passengers have been warned to only travel if they really need to. well chancellor has bowed to pressure. he's going to balance the finances on the 31st of october, a month earlier than originally planned. a fiscal statement is expected to give details about how the chancellor intends to pay for £113 billion worth of tax cuts. as well as proposals to reduce debt. remember back to that budget he presented, those tens of billions of pounds worth of tax cuts, which spooked markets. initially, we saw the value of the pound falling. they were worried about, the markets, about the government having to borrow tens of millions of pounds every year to make up the shortfall and so the costs the government will have to pay to pay that money going up in interest rates, then home loans going up as well, interest rates on those. so the first u—turn we had was a week ago. the prime minister saying she wasn't going to go ahead with that t

rail passengers in scotland will face widespread disruption from today as more than 2,000 staff at scotrail which includes staff working as conductors, ticket examiners and cctv operators, means there will be "a very limited number of services operating "on a small number of routes". the union says the strikes will continue "as long as it takes". it comes as rugby fans travel to murrayfield to see scotland take on australia. tributes have been paid to the rock'n'roll legend jerry lee lewis, who has died at the age of 87. famous for his flamboyant showmanship, his songs included whole lotta shakin' going on and great balls of fire. he was one of the pioneers who created rock'n'roll in 19505 america. but his career was also marked by scandal, addiction and violence. david sillito looks back at his eventful life. # come on, baby. # whole lotta shakin' goin' on... # come on, baby. # baby you can't go wrong. if you ever wondered why rock �*n' roll was called the devil's music, jerry lee lewis is your answer. it was his piano—playing that got him expelled from bible college. rock �*n' roll was hi