Summary
The biggest train strike in 30 years has disrupted travel for millions. Simon Jack and Anna-Jane Hunter, a former Network Rail director, join Adam to discuss the prospect of further disruption over the summer, and not just on the rails.
And BBC Sport’s Jane Dougall takes us through the latest decision to ban transgender players from women’s international rugby, while rugby league’s governing body considers its inclusion policies.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with Chris Flynn and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producers were Cassie Galpin and Ash Taylor. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.
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| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's the first day of the train strikes in Wales, Scotland and England and of a |
| 0:11.0 | tube strike in London. |
| 0:12.0 | And I'm halfway through my walk to work and I've got to my first nameline train station. |
| 0:16.4 | It's bus train stations, it's King's Cross, Hanson, and Vancouver. |
| 0:19.9 | And it's definitely much quieter than usual. |
| 0:22.2 | It's complicated by the fact that the Euro Star is still running so you can still get |
| 0:25.8 | train to Paris or Brussels or Amsterdam and most people are. |
| 0:29.6 | But you can't get a train to Bedford because if I walk further down the station, the |
| 0:33.8 | National Rail platform has their shutters down, although it doesn't look like there's |
| 0:39.0 | some decent influence trains going. |
| 0:40.8 | So yeah, definitely a mix of pictures. |
| 0:43.0 | Although what I would say, I came through this station, really every day on my walk to |
| 0:46.9 | work during the pandemic and all those lockdowns and it was deserted. |
| 0:50.5 | Absolutely deserted then. |
| 0:52.5 | It's not deserted today. |
| 0:54.4 | So it may feel like the network's going to halt but it's not going to be far and round |
| 0:59.6 | to a halt. |
| 1:00.6 | Oh, there's a huge queue of people getting taxis. |
| 1:03.4 | So it's been a long time for taxi drivers. |
| 1:06.4 | And you can see there's people in high bays all over the place giving advice about how |
| 1:11.5 | you can actually get places and I think the advice is probably to get the bus or carry |
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