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As you will have heard, rail fares have gone up today | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
at a time when strikes, delays and cancellations have | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
blighted the lives of hundreds of thousands of commuters | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
It's left many passengers angry, including those who thought | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
New year, new real prices for Londoners and for hundreds of | :00:30. | :00:41. | |
thousands of commuters, the only way is up when it comes to the cost of | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
their journey. Many had hoped they would be included in the mayor's | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
four-year fare freeze. I have a fully funded package to freeze fares | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
over four years, so Londoners pay not a penny more until 2020. It | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
emerged the mayor can only set fares not travel cards or caps. He said | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
his pledge only referred to TfL prices. Many say they feel duped. He | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
said he promised to do this thing and he's failed us. It's another | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
disappointment. Always delays. Always cancelled trains. I don't | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
think that's very fair. He should stick to his promise of freezing the | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
fares till 2020. I don't think it's acceptable really. They've | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
privatised it, but don't, yeah make it better or put on more or make the | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
trains bigger or make the service a nicer experience. Tomorrow morning, | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
some will be protesting at London's stations. There's still no end, it | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
seems, to these disruptions. We have no guarantee that there will be no | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
disruptions next year. Passengers need to come together and work with | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
us to lobby the Government. Fares won't change for those commuters | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
making tube journeys within London. How that will be funded is another | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
point of political contention. Sadiq Khan will be out and about at London | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
rail stations in the morning. Not only to defend his pledge, but also | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
to appeal for TfL to have more control over commuter trains. | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of people affected | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
by the strikes and disruption on our trains, we'd | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
We're hosting a televised debate - recorded on Sunday evening - | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
Just e-mail your contact details, including your opinion | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
about the service you've experienced, to bbc | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
Well, the increasing frustration of the London commute | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
is affecting drivers too, and at least one has decided to take | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
action about the delays over the Dartford Crossing. | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
Anand Surve from Orpington has started a petition calling | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
on the Government to pay compensation to drivers | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
Thomas Magill has been speaking to him. | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
Rush hour at the Dartford crossing and queues like this is a familiar | :03:00. | :03:09. | |
sight for those who use it regular. Anand commutes from Orpington to | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
brents wood in Essex. What's more frustrating is the fact that he has | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
to pay for the pleasure of sitting in traffic, a situation he's decided | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
to do something about. These delays are unacceptable. They're getting | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
worse day by day. Therefore I've launched this petition calling for | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
drivers to be compensated in the event of long traffic delays. The | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
petition calls on high ways England to compensate drivers who get stuck | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
in traffic. If he manages to get 100,000 signatures, the idea will be | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
debated in Parliament. One motoring organisation has concerns about the | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
proposal. You can never really be completely sure who is to blame for | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
the congestion. It could be on a high ways England managed stretch of | :03:53. | :03:54. | |
road, it could be the crossing itself. There could be a broken down | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
vehicle. So it's very difficult to be able to Pinochet the blame. But | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
in theory this sounds great. In practice it might be more difficult | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
to operate. In a statement, hayways England said: | :04:08. | :04:26. | |
This commute continues and whether things change in the future, well, | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
that, he hopes, will depend on the success of his petition. | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
There's been a large fire at a recycling centre in west | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
London, which sent thick smoke billowing across the M4 motorway. | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
Firefighters were sent to Transport Avenue in Brentford | :04:42. | :04:43. | |
this afternoon, after dozens of calls were received from | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the Government spent | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
an average of ?10,000 a day on consultants and law firms, | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
ahead of its decision to build a third runway at Heathrow. | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
The bill was paid by the Departments of Transport. | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
The Government says it was right to seek expert advice. | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
And now a look at the weather with Sara. | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
Good evening. Today's clear skies are allowing temperatures to drop | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
rapidly across the London area. As we go through the night, subzero for | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
most of us. Minus one to minus three degrees that. Leads to a Met Office | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
weather warning for the risk of ice on the roads that. Runs until | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
mid-morning. The day itself not as bright as today. Drizzle from the | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
north. It's largely fine and perhaps even not as cold as today, with a | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
high of seven degrees. Next few days dry and settled with overnight | :05:46. | :05:46. | |
frosts. But sunshine by day. We're back again from 6.30am | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
tomorrow with the latest news, Good evening. It's been a dry and | :05:51. | :06:10. | |
bright day across most parts of the country today. Despite the chilly | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
feel to the weather, there has been some sunshine. Clear skies as the | :06:14. | :06:23. | |
sun set in east Essex. With those clear skies around, temperatures are | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
plummeting, particularly across southern parts. Here we see the | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
coldest temperatures. We could see icy stretches on untreated surfaces, | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
pavements and roads first thing Tuesday morning. Not quite as cold | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
towards the North West. Cloud moving in here through the overnight | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
period. Lows to minus six or minus seven degrees in one or two spots. A | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
cold start to Tuesday. If you have the commute | :06:48. | :06:48. |