What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? 2023 BBC. Read about our approach to external linking. Trains are being cancelled and rail services disrupted after the UK recorded its hottest day on record. More than two dozen services leaving from London King's Cross and Euston stations were axed or delayed on Wednesday morning. Proportionately, stations in north-west London saw the most trains cancelled in the capital. And hope I'm not going to be stranded," she said. The issue has emerged repeatedly in labour disputes in recent years, as workers, empowered by a strong job market and contending with coronavirus and an unusually severe flu and virus season, demand more from employers. When trains are running, Ms Blackburn said they are often crowded and strikes have added extra stress and expense. 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It comes after Tuesday's record-breaking temperatures above 40C, which caused damage to overhead electric lines and railway tracks. South Western Railway said it had only seen a small number of alterations this week, but was closely monitoring the impact of the new Omicron variant on staff availability. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. Avanti West Coast is another operator experiencing staff shortages and warning of short-notice cancellations. The operator is advising customers not to travel on Saturday or Sunday. In addition to rising rates of Covid among staff, the operators website also advises that its driver training programme has been severely disrupted by the virus and social distancing constraints. A CrossCountry spokesperson said: "Over the past week we have suffered a spike in short-term sickness, resulting in a number of late-notice cancellations for which we apologise. But it says more drivers are, steadily, qualifying. Services on the East Coast Main Line, which connects London and Edinburgh, were disrupted after a fire on the track near Sandy in Bedfordshire. Hitachi said: "Safety is our number one priority and as a precaution, the decision was taken to halt the entry into service of our intercity fleets pending inspection. It said that when the works were completed later this year, this should "vastly improve the reliability of service for customers on both the London Overground and the Bakerloo line". Passengers await further information at St Pancras station. Some passengers arrived unaware that anything had gone wrong while others had allowed plenty of extra time in a bid to still make their journey by rail. The persistent disruption in recent months has prompted outcry from commuters, leisure travellers, politicians and business groups, particularly in the North of England. "He's trying to keep away from people and so is a bit loathe to seek help from staff in person. Aslef announced its members will walk out on Saturday, 13. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. By Hugh Schofield. Geoff Hobbs, Transport for London's director of public transport planning, said: "At times things can go wrong and services may need to be cancelled or delayed. In Scotland, ScotRail reported more than a hundred cancellations on Monday. Newly released data from the Office of Road and Rail shows 3.8% of trains in Great Britain have been cancelled in the year up to 12 November - or one in every 26. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Rail companies say the RMT announcement came too late to prevent disruption and a temporary revised timetable for Saturday, Sunday and Monday will remain in place. Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, LNER, Scotrail and West Midlands Railway have all reported cancellations. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. When taken with on-the-day cancellations, this has seen total. If caught early, it could have been treated with medication, but as it was, Gabe learned he would have to have some of his tissues removed. It acknowledged that the national dispute involving three rail unions had caused severe disruption and on cancellations it said "the industry is working hard to cope with an unprecedented convergence of issues". "This is of course an essential journey for me or I wouldn't have booked," she says. 2023 BBC. It said the main reason was drivers suddenly stopped volunteering to work on their rest days. 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Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? Same in the opposite direction. Are you affected by issues covered in this story? "It's made getting getting into central London a nightmare and you end up having to squeeze on to a packed bus if you can find space. The RMT union said it would now enter "a period of intensive negotiations" with Network Rail and train operators. Rail passengers are being warned of fresh disruption to services due to a planned strike by train drivers at nine companies. The National Railway Labor Conference, the organisation representing the freight rail firms in the labour negotiations, argued that rail workers have ample personal and holiday leave, which can be used in the event of illness, as well as the ability to take unpaid time off. Now, most train operators are paid on a performance-related fixed fee basis, and it is the government, that bears the financial risk - and holds the purse strings. The affected routes are between London Kings Cross and Leeds, and London Kings Cross and Lincoln. But it said it expected the disruption will continue to have "a significant impact" on services between Newcastle and York for the rest of the day. They are handing out water and offering guidance to those whose plans have gone up in smoke. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. ", She added: "Over this year I've had to have hotels because I've not been able to get home on the last train because it's been cancelled and lots of taxis. Zelensky says fatal crash was consequence of war, New Zealand PM Ardern to step down next month, Arizona town with no water using rain to flush toilets. Read about our approach to external linking. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. How has your train journey been affected? They won't include planned strike timetables, or the list of advance cancellations TransPennine Express releases on a daily basis. According to Gabe, his company's attendance policy meant marks against a worker for any time away, "so I was putting off going", he said. Industrial action is currently due to take place across four 48-hour periods: 13 to 14 December, 16 to 17 December, 3 to 4 January and 6 to 7 January. 1 billion (November estimate) 1.2 billion. Sherry Leiwant, co-founder of A Better Balance, who has been working on paid sick leave campaigns since the early 2000s, called the decision not to extend the benefit in 2020 "the most disheartening thing that has happened in my work on this issue". However it urged customers to check for late-notice changes, saying as cases continue to rise, some short notice alterations may be required throughout the festive period. 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"Some of it is actually downright poor management," he said. A spokesperson for LNER said services were being reduced as a result of an increase in the number of our staff self-isolating due to Covid. She doesn't drive and on strike days there were no trains running. At the capital's 15 busiest stations, just under a third of all services were either delayed or cancelled. This led to improvements in punctuality and reliability. Ms Blackburn said a taxi home from Warrington to Chester usually costs between 30 and 40, depending on the time. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Mr Shoveller said on Monday there will be "limited ability" to change the strike timetable. CrossCountry has apologised for its cancellations over recent weeks, saying they are due to "short-term sickness". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The company said cracks were detected on "more than one" Hitachi 800 train, so all 93 in its fleet are being inspected as a "precaution". The picture at Leeds station was better, with 61% arriving on time. Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, LNER, Scotrail and West Midlands Railway have all reported cancellations. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. She said she took taxis to and from work which cost her more than 160. Damage to overhead wires means trains are being cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised. "However, lockdowns and the Covid-19 crisis made training very difficult, if not impossible. 21:17, 14 JAN 2023 Full list of new series on ITV, BBC and Channel 4 this week (Image: Shared Content Unit) Telly lovers are in for a treat this week as a number of popular programmes return with. BBC Both EastEnders at 7.30pm and. Passenger numbers are currently only around 80% of pre-Covid levels - although they have been higher at some points recently. Rail services across the country are being cancelled in the run-up to Christmas as rising numbers of staff fall ill with Covid. Erik Loomis, a professor of labour history at the University of Rhode Island, said the Biden administration made a mistake not to take the issue more seriously as it worked to broker a deal between unions and railroads earlier this year. ", "They could give me 300 personal leave days but what are they worth if I can't use them? Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Read about our approach to external linking. "You don't realise how much you rely on something until you don't have it.". She says the situation is "being handled in the worst way" and that she "got less than 30 minutes' notice by email" of the cancellations, by which time she was already at the train station. 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Fox News Virginia mom details moments that reportedly led up to 6-year-old shooting teacher Abby Zwerner, the 25-year-old teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student on Friday, is described by fellow teachers, city officials as a hard-working educator devoted to her students. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train companies, said that it was "positive" that the RMT had "stepped back from the brink". The train operator has apologised for the "enormous amount of frustration and inconvenience". He said that employing more drivers would "cost money" and "would go into their profit margins". We were supposed to see each other in March and then Covid happened.". Read about our approach to external linking. "At least four times this year I've spent more on getting here and back than I have actually earnt that day," Ms Blackburn said. On Sunday, train drivers in Aslef stopped working overtime at LNER, after a recent vote. 12:36 Lauren Cole-Lomas All the trains cancelled from Woking between 12:30pm and 1:30pm 12:34 to Portsmouth Harbour - Cancelled 12:44 to London Waterloo - Cancelled 12:46 to Exeter St. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is. 2023 BBC. Emilia Fox returned. BritBox original Magpie Murders has found a new home at the BBC, which will also make a sequel series Moonflower Murders. Trains are being cancelled and rail services disrupted after the UK recorded its hottest day on record. On some days, numerous trains in a row have been cancelled. Flooding on the road to Nether Heyford from Upper Heyford Northamptonshire in April. "And that opinion comes not just from me as a railway watcher but from a lot of the senior railway people I talk to.". DISRUPTION: Monday 05 DecemberSorry, we have a fair few cancellations tomorrow due to driver shortages. London Bridge has seen the number of its on-time trains decrease by 10% since 2020, London Victoria by 6%, Waterloo has stayed the same while Liverpool Street has seen an improvement, of 3%. By Adriana Elgueta. Mr Lynch previously told the BBC that he expected workers to vote in favour, and warned that there could be strikes for another six months if no agreement is reached. For a moment, during the pandemic, it seemed like a national policy might emerge. It has removed all peak restrictions over Christmas, to try to spread out demand. "I started doing some work in Cardiff a few months ago, so have been trying to get the direct train on at least eight occasions," he said. It said staff were also taking time off after receiving booster jabs. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Network Rail warned that services. All high-speed Great Western Railway services between London, Bristol, Cardiff and Penzance have been cancelled and customers are advised not to attempt to travel today. Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Manchester for customers with an open ticket, TransPennine Express between Manchester, Leeds and York, East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Sheffield, Northern services between Sheffield, Leeds and York and via any other "reasonable" route, Thameslink services between London, Stevenage and Peterborough, Avanti West Coast trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston, London Northwestern Railway trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston, West Midlands Railway trains between Hereford/Worcester and Birmingham New Street, The Class 800 is electric - but almost half have a diesel engine enabling them to operate on lines that have not been electrified, Formal orders for the trains were made in 2012 and 2013 at a cost of around 5.7bn for a 27.5 year programme, including maintenance, The Class 800 began regular service for Great Western Railway in October 2017 - but an embarrassing start saw air conditioning units, In May 2019, they began service on the East Coast Main Line, with operator LNER branding the train Azuma - or "east" in Japanese, They were hailed by operators as helping to increase capacity and reduce journey times, The trains were assembled at Hitachi's plant in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham. The trains have either been cancelled completely or terminated at Birmingham. They involved staff at Network Rail, which employs signalling workers across England, Scotland and Wales, as well as workers at 14 train companies. In Scotland, ScotRail reported more than a hundred cancellations on Monday. Rail passengers are facing delays and cancellations across the UK after cracks were found on some high-speed trains during routine checks. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Read about our approach to external linking. Read More. Passengers at King's Cross station faced further disruption on Wednesday. "Delay repay is about 6. BBC News reporter Harry Low at London Paddington. In total, 520,853 services were scheduled across Great Britain between 16 October and 12 November, 15% lower than the same time in 2019. "Theoretically maybe a situation like this could spark some conversation but I think it's unlikely.". It added that while it was true that the Department for Transport now pays train operators a fee to run train services, that payment was performance-related. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. His father was planning to stay with him because Rob's brother needed to self-isolate at their father's house in Bournemouth after arriving in the UK from Thailand. Earlier this month I spoke to Steve Montgomery, the boss of First Rail; parent of both TransPennine Express and Avanti. 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