this is a transpennine express service to scarborough.ave been late, very late, or canceled. and this has been ongoing for months. so the company has agreed to compensate season—ticket holders. they will get a 3% rebate, but it's not what passengers really want. you're getting to work late, so your boss is angry with you. you're getting home late, so your partner's angry with you. it's not a great time to be traveling with transpennine, it's about putting this right and recognising that the compensation package is welcome, but, actually, what passengers really want is stable service. for a few months last year, transpennine express was the worst performing train company in britain, with only 40% of services arriving on time. it's been poor again in recent weeks, this is anything but first—class. it's every week. yeah. it's every week, would everyone agree? last month, a hospital consultant told us how bad it is. all the cancellations and delays really impact on my working week. to the point where i, sometimes, it's really quite embarrassi

this is a transpennine express service to scarborough.services have been late, very late, or canceled. and this has been ongoing for months. so the company has agreed to compensate season—ticket holders. they will get a 3% rebate, but it's not what passengers really want. you're getting to work late, so your boss is angry with you. you're getting home late, so your partner's angry with you. it's not a great time to be traveling with transpennine, it's about putting this right and recognizing that the compensation package is welcome, but, actually, what passengers really want is stable service. for a few months last year, transpennine express was the worst performing train company in britain, with only 40% of services arriving on time. it's been poor again in recent weeks, this is anything but first—class. it's every week. yeah. it's every week, would everyone agree? last month, a hospital consultant told us how bad it is. all the cancellations and delays really impact on my working week. to the point where i, sometimes, it's really quite

this is a transpennine express service to scarborough.ess services have been late, very late, or cancelled. and this has been ongoing for months. so the company has agreed to compensate season—ticket holders. they will get a 3% rebate, but it's not what passengers really want. you're getting to work late, so your boss is angry with you. you're getting home late, so your partner's angry with you. it's not a great time to be travelling with transpennine, it's about putting this right and recognising that the compensation package is welcome, but, actually, what passengers really want is stable service. for a few months last year, transpennine express was the worst performing train company in britain, with only 40% of services arriving on time. it's been poor again in recent weeks, this is anything but first—class. it's every week. yeah. it's every week, would everyone agree? last month, a hospital consultant told us how bad it is. all the cancellations and delays really impact on my working week. to the point where i, sometimes, it's really

and in the second quarter of last year, only a 40% of services on transpennine express made it withinr arrival time. the punctuality record of london north eastern railway and cross country were only slightly better. the trains were so unreliable last year on west midlands and london northwestern railways that season ticket holders there will not pay more this year. the body representing train companies says it's not all bad. there are surveys taken of passenger satisfaction, not by the rail industry, they're done independently, and they consistently show 83—84% satisfaction levels. but too often passengers are let down. the government will soon publish a blueprint on how our railways can improve. tom burridge, bbc news. now a look at the global makeup industry. what makes lipstick glossy and foundation smooth? 70% of make—up products contain palm oil — so what are our beauty products doing to the planet? emmy burbidge has been finding out. what helps make our lip gloss shiny and colourful? our face cream soft and our foundation smooth? in many cases, it's palm oil. it's in 70% of bea

we are only 7:45 transpennine express service from leeds to manchester.t seeing the longer trains and the more frequent service that we were promised. i started a newjob in manchester just before christmas and i was late every day to work for, like, the first month. season tickets are increasing, but the service is progressively getting worse. it's absolutely ridiculous. you feel like cattle moving about, in and out. and than now they're asking people to move down. where are we supposed to move down to? so we've just left huddersfield. the train, as you can see, is now incredibly crowded. i've actually got a reserved seat, down there, but there's actually no chance of getting to it. and as that quite a common occurrence? yes. this train's always a nightmare. it is notjust have trevor's job that is affected by his commute but his family life and mental health. they've not increased capacity, regular delays, it's just unusable. i'm regularly late for work, have to work through my lunch break to make up the time. sometimes i may not see the kids when i get h

and in the second quarter of last year, only a 40% of services on transpennine express made it withintuality record of london north eastern railway and cross country were only slightly better. the trains were so unreliable last year on west midlands and london northwestern railways that a season ticket holders there will not pay more this year. the body representing train companies says it's not all bad. there are surveys taken of passenger satisfaction, not by the rail industry, they're done independently and they consistently show 83—84% satisfaction levels. but too often passengers are let down. the government will soon publish a blueprint on how our railways can improve. tom burridge, bbc news. derbyshire police force has referred itself an early and accurate diagnosis of breast cancer is quite often the key to successful treatment. now researchers at google health and imperial college in london have developed an artificial intelligence computer program that is more accurate at assessing a mammogram than one radiologist working alone — and as good as two experts working together.

that's why the transpennine express is not that express because of the difficulty of the track.rains, not a00 kilometres, but they also have to have slower trains for stopping trains and freight and all that needs to be done and it can be done ata needs to be done and it can be done at a cost, probably the half the cost of hs2. at a cost, probably the half the cost of h52. politically, your argument the existing project is financially not working, too expensive for what we are going to get. politically, there is a way around this that could allow the government to preserve the name hs2 but, in reality, just go for those key bits in the north? they've got to go for the key bits and they want to go for the key bits and they want to add on the other bits which need to add on the other bits which need to be done to give a really good network, rather like you have around london, actually. whether it is called hs2, ithink london, actually. whether it is called hs2, i think that's the wrong name. the name is not good at the moment, they have done some bad things, i believe, with some o

government owned company on a warning for contributing to delays on networks such as northern and transpennine expresspassengers and said that problems would be fixed. there are fears that ethnic minority foster children are growing up without a full sense of their identity because they are being placed with white families. nearly a quarter of children in foster care are from a black, asian or minority ethnic background, but two thirds of local authorities in england have a shortage of bame carers. sabbiyah pervez has more. will you grab me the pasta so i can put it on for tea tonight? no worries. fatima and sagheer have been fostering children for 16 years. over that time, they've cared for children from many different backgrounds. i think you need a lot more to have that experience because you've got a lot more kids coming into care at the moment. they need to know their roots. we get a lot of phone calls from carers who are, white carers, who say, "this child needs care, "how do we meet their needs?" if there were more carers from bame backgrounds, they'd be able to meet these needs. at the moment

transpennine express will refund 3% of the annual cost of season tickets to customers who email them the company has acknowledged was unacceptable. england's cricketers still need five more wickets to win the second test against south africa in capetown. at 30 to pull, south africa were holding on a 225—5. —— at the tea interval. joe wilson reports. one last chance to glimpse the mountain. why not? final day in cape town, an extreme test of south africa's endurance. 0h, bat broken! you can replace the bat, but not the batsman. when you're gone, you're gone. maharaj soon misjudged, and anderson had struck early. just seven more wickets needed, seven more moments. a mis—hit from south africa's captain faf du plessis, but the ball flew above the fielder, and the bowler had to persevere. still hours left, ben. meanwhile, the other batsman, pieter malan, was a model of concentration. there. du plessis is famous for sticking around. what was this? taken! there was the reaction from the catcher, then the reaction from the batsman. tells you everything. pieter malan, on his test debut, had r

and in the second quarter of last year, only a 40% of services on transpennine express made it within. the punctuality record of london north eastern railway and cross country were only slightly better. the trains were so unreliable last year on west midlands and london northwestern railways that season ticket holders there will not pay more this year. the body representing train companies says it's not all bad. there are surveys taken of passenger satisfaction, not by the rail industry, they're done independently, and they consistently show 83—84% satisfaction levels. but too often passengers are let down. the government will soon publish a blueprint on how our railways can improve. tom burridge, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: a state of emergency is declared in southeast australia amid warnings of more bushfires. it's the largest forced evacuation new south wales has seen, as thousands flee the path of the flames. delays and cancellations on the railways, but fares still go up from today by an average of nearly 3%. and researchers say artificial intelligence can be better than

this train company, transpennine express, has also been losing money and failing its passengers., the rail franchising system that we've had since the days of privatisation is on its way out. the government wants performance—based contracts instead. so, rather than this franchise system, which i think has now run its course, have a system of service contracts for passengers, perhaps over a longer period of time and, most of all, they get paid when they actually do theirjob, when trains turn up on time. at the moment, that is not the system on our network. whatever the system, whoever is in charge, passengers want basic things. i am late for everything i do. i'm not going to lie, one time ijust cried because my train was cancelled. but it's horrible, because itjust affects all your plans. when you just want to get home from work... it's the little things like that, when you want to go home and spend time with your family and you can't even do that. it's a massive impact. tannoy: the northern service to leeds... there will not be an immediate change for long—suffering passengers on

this train company, transpennine express, has also been losing money and failing its passengers.ry, the rail franchising system that we've had since the days of privatisation is on its way out. the government wants performance—based contracts instead. so, rather than this franchise system, which i think has now run its course, have a system of service contracts for passengers, perhaps over a longer period of time and, most of all, they get paid when they actually do theirjob, when trains turn up on time. at the moment, that is not the system on our network. whatever the system, whoever is in charge, passengers want basic things. i am late for everything i do. i'm not going to lie, one time ijust cried because my train was cancelled. but it's horrible, because itjust affects all your plans. when you just want to get home from work... it's the little things like that, when you want to go home and spend time with your family and you can't even do that. it's a massive impact. tannoy: the northern service to leeds... there won't be an immediate change for long—suffering passengers on

this train company, transpennine express, has also been losing money and failing its passengers.hising system that we've had since the days of privatisation is on its way out. the government wants performance—based contracts instead. so, rather than this franchise system, which i think has now run its course, have a system of service contracts for passengers, perhaps over a longer period of time. and most important of all, they get paid when they actually do theirjob, when trains turn up on time. at the moment, that is not the system with our network. whatever the system, whoever‘s in charge, passengers want basic things. i'm late for everything i do. i'm not going to lie, like, one time, ijust cried because my train was cancelled! they laugh but it's horrible, because itjust affects all your plans. and when you just want to get home from work, it's just the little things like that, when you just want to go home and spend time with your family, you can't even do that. it's a massive impact. well, the new public company which will run the bulk of services in and out of this statio

and in the second quarter of last year, only 40% of services on transpennine express made it within ass country were only slightly better. the trains were so unreliable last year on west midlands and london northwestern railways that season ticket holders there will not pay more this year. the body representing train companies says it's not all bad. there are surveys taken of passenger satisfaction, not by the rail industry, they're done independently, and they consistently show 83—84% satisfaction levels. but too often passengers are let down. the government will soon publish a blueprint on how our railways can improve. tom burridge, bbc news. derbyshire constabulary has referred itself to the police watchdog, after it was revealed that a woman found stabbed to death on new year's day alongside her partner had contacted officers before she died. the couple have been named as helen hancock and martin griffiths from the village of duffield. the woman's estranged husband has been charged with their murder. the former nissan boss carlos ghosn has insisted that he acted alone in fleeing f

we are only 7:45 transpennine express service from leeds to manchester.dersfield. the train, as you can see, is now incredibly crowded. i've actually got a reserved seat, down there, but there's actually no chance of getting to it. and is that quite a common occurrence? yes. this train's always a nightmare. it is notjust trevor's job that is affected by his commute but his family life and mental health. they've not increased capacity, regular delays, it's just unusable. i'm regularly late for work, have to work through my lunch break to make up the time. sometimes i may not see the kids when i get home before they go to bed. it doesn't help your well—being because you know you're going to be faced with an absolute nightmare for the best part of an hour before you even start the working day with whatever stresses you have to deal with when you get to work. to many it's a mystery. compared to other places, why are some rail services here so bad? if you go back even 15 years, there were half the number of people using the railways in west yorkshire. so what

transpennine express will refund 3% of the annual cost of season tickets to customers who email themhave begun their first royal engagement of the new decade, visiting canadians to thank them for the warm hospitality of their homeland. harry and meghan have recently returned from an extended private break in canada with their eight—month—old son, archie, and wanted to express their gratitude to the commonwealth nation and its people. time for a look at the weather. this was part of the mix today but it was a real mixed bag right across the british isles. the further south and east we were the dry and your day was for a time because you that much further away from the action. a lot of isobars on the chart and the weather front adding to that mystery. disrupted travel today. we we re mystery. disrupted travel today. we were all swayed with those mild airs but you will notice as we take you one through into wednesday a change in the way to something cooler. in the short term, we will have further disruption to your travel plans and particularly so across the north of britain because tha

transpennine express will refund 3% of the annual cost of season tickets to customers who email them of buchan in victoria. out to pasture but unable to graze. farmer scott has had to rely on donated feed to keep his animals alive after 80% of his land was destroyed by fire. and when you see pictures like this, it‘s amazing they did survive. this was his town of buchan when the fires swept through, just before new year‘s eve. farmland burnt out, buildings were destroyed and a community is now isolated. scott‘s family chose to stay and defend their property. all of that land is yours? yep. black... yep, all that blackened land out in the distance, yeah. when you were told there were warnings saying you need to get out, you wouldn‘t go? no. 0ur fire plan always has been to stay here. and it... yeah, we‘ve proved it this time and we‘d do the same again next time. these past few days of cooler temperatures have helped authorities here regroup and start recovery. but the fear is of what‘s to come. bushfires aren‘t new, they happen every year, but just look around. the scale and intensity