looking at the cost of season tickets at the moment, warrington to liverpool is £1600 per yearfor warringtonton to liverpool is £1600 per yearfor top glasgow to warrington to liverpool is £1600 per year for top glasgow to edinburgh warrington to liverpool is £1600 per yearfor top glasgow to edinburgh is £2500 per year. you would like a 5% cut in those new season—ticket prices which could save season—ticket holders up to several hundred pounds. who needs to take that decision and who is that message for? its industry issue, we need to get people back using the railway. for people to do that they need to feel they are getting reasonable value for money. the rail industry needs to be innovative and actually think about how people are planning to travel in the future and what kinds of tickets will suit those travel patterns. things like flexible season tickets, where they are perhaps valid to travel to days or three days per week, not the five days. and then you can use them flexibly around your own work patterns. that's really important and much more suited to the way people think they will be

we found a range of views on all this in warrington. are missing it, but i'm not 100% confident that the right precautions are getting put in place. i do feel it's better that they go back to school for education purposes. but obviously we are all frightened, all the family, of the coronavirus and the children bringing it back into the home. i think it is starting to affect some children, not being able to get out and meet their friends and move about in general like they usually do. so, yeah, i really do think they need to go back to school. and there are lessons from other countries that have already reopened their schools. denmark was the first to try in europe. it already had a low level of infections, children were told to socially distance in class, while parents were kept involved and knew that care was needed. in germany, many schools insist on masks in the classrooms. even so, there have been outbreaks. but the risks are judged to be worth it for the sake of the children. david shukman, bbc news. scientists in hong kong have id

wigan's jackson hastings, huddersfield's james gavet and warrington's riley dean have all been sanctioned steel has already served his two—week ban and will be available to face catala ns on saturday. the trio have also been fined. alex dowsett missed out on a medal in the men's time trial at cycling's uec road european championships in france. the reigning british champion was the last rider to go and improved a place on last year, but could still only finish a distant fourth. switzerland's stefan kung won to claim his first individual road title. anna van der breggen, wearing orange, beat her dutch compatriot and reigning champion ellen van dijk by 30 seconds to win the women's title. britain's lizzy banks and hayley simmonds were 13th and 16th respectively. the tokyo paralympics should be getting under way this week, but instead athletes will have to wait until next year to compete at the rescheduled games. five—time gold medallist wheelchair racer, hannah cockroft, says some para—athletes may choose not to compete next year because of fears for their safety. i think ithinka i think a

some of us starting with blue skies, you can see the rainbow in warrington.ing brighter skies for parts of wales, south—west england and cheshire. wet start in parts of scotland, most of that will move away and a fair bit of cloud in england and scotland to the day with just a few showers. could see showers in northern ireland. further south and west, we will see some sunshine. temperatures, 13 to 22 degrees, maybe 23 but not feeling as cold as yesterday. remember, the winds are also easing. this evening and overnight it will be cloudy in the northern half of the country. clearer skies in the south, still a few showers around, but by the end of the night, an area of the pressure coming our way will introduce a more showers. here it is, coming in with its collection of france to the west and that will be over the next day or so, moving towards the east. isobars quite well space, not as windy and we are starting thursday with some sunshine where we have had the clear skies. in the north we hang on to the cloud with a few showers. showers coming in with the low

our education editor branwen jeffreys has spent the day in warrington in cheshire.me dread. that walk to the results table at school. gcse grades this year like none before. after turmoil and u—turns, they have got what their teachers think they deserve. i just didn't know what was going to happen, if i was going to have lower than what i was hoping for, but it is, yeah, it's pretty nerve—racking. i was worried about being downgraded. i put in all of that time and effort in the last four years, not being able to continue my life and go to college or apprenticeships. english literature, which i'm doing at a—level, i never thought i would have got a nine at that which i'm really proud about. same at french, grade eight, which i'm really happy about. my target was six, so two above that, i think i did really well. oh, my god! i got an a! they are not the only ones pleased today. overall good grades are up, and no pupil will lose out, getting whichever is the higher mark. in maths and science, we have a number of students, between ten and 15 students in each of the subj

warrington wolves are level on points with the dragons, as they beat huddersfield giants 19—18.ng into the final day at the crucible. wilson had an incredible comeback from 8—2 down but missed the chance to close the gap to just one frame with this shot. 0'sullivan finished the evening off to take his lead to 10 frames to 7. the pair will return to the table later today and you can watch that on bbc two from half past one. lewis hamilton will start on pole position later today in the spanish grand prix, his 92nd career pole. it was a mercedes 1—2 in qualifying as he finished just ahead of his teammate valterri bottas. red bull's max verstappen, who won last week's race at silverstone was just behind in third, 30 points behind hamilton who leads the drivers' standings. cricket fans will be paying close attention to susan's weather forecasts this mornig — england could do with a bit of sunshine in southampton later after more bad weather wiped out the third day against pakistan. their hopes of victory in the second test are fading quickly as rain prevented a single ball being play