29/04/2014 BBC London News


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the papers on the BBC News Channel in a few minutes. Now

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Good evening. Millions of commuters had their

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journeys disrupted on the first full day of the tube strike. Today's

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action, over plans to close ticket offices, brought parts of the

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network to a standstill. But there's a row over how effective it's been.

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The walk`out continues until tomorrow evening, with another

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strike planned for next week. Here's our transport correspondent Tom

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Edwards. It was dubbed Crush hour. Millions

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had to battle to work through the queues, delays and disruption. It

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brings London to a relative standstill. It is chaos. It has

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caused murder on the buses and cabs and everywhere you go. The strikes

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are about changes to some of the biggest in the tube history. London

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Underground want staff at busy stations on the concourses. That

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will mean at more of the quieter ones staff will work alone. I can

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understand people want to be paid properly but don't take it out on

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ask. I absolutely support them. Of course it makes travel difficult but

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that is the point. It will allow London Underground to move their

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positions, stop being so dogmatic and call a halt to the job losses.

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Call a halt to closing every single booking office and have proper

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meaningful consultation. The RMT thought they had got a review of

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ticket offices from London Underground in every station. This

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letter to the late Bob Crow outlines it which could result in some ticket

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offices remaining open. Transport bosses blame a lack of engagement

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and say all to get offices will be closed. Unfortunately, the RMT's

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approach has been to say no to everything. I have not heard a

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single constructive proposal from them. The underground closed for a

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one`day strike... The tube has a history of strikes. This was 1962.

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But we are entering a turbulent period. London Underground has to

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save money after a government grant was cut. These changes could also

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provide valuable retail space. Why don't we keep the ticket office is

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open to give people a sense of safety and security that they want?

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The Mayor once opposed to good office closures. Politics is a big

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part of this dispute. There is also a leadership contest at the RMT. Our

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London are suffering because of your dispute? What is happening, I do not

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want to intrude into the private grief of the RMT, but I think there

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is unquestionably an issue about the succession of the leadership there

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and there is a little bit of a power vacuum. The RMT deny that but so

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far, compromise looks a long way off. Commuters can expect the same

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thing tomorrow. And Tom's outside Warren Street

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Station.What's your assessment of today? The last trains have left

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central London. I think privately TFL will be quite pleased with

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themselves, talking about running 50% of services. The flip side of

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that is 50% of services did not run and that caused Heck of a lot of

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disruption interestingly, TFL released some oyster data. They said

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90% of cards which were normally used were used today on TFL

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services. Presumably that means a lot of people switched over to

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buses. It also implies 10% of people worked from home, walked or cycle to

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work. In terms of this dispute, weighed we go from here? We have

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three days of tube strikes planned for next week. I think the earliest

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we could get talks is Friday. That Israeli cutting it fine. At the

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moment, both sides are completely entrenched. Thank you.

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So with the strike continuing until tomorrow evening let's see how

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things are looking for tomorrow. We can cross to Alice Bhandhukravi

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who's got the details. Thank you.

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The main problem today was on the roads, there was gridlock in parts

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of central London, especially in the West End, and that may well be the

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case tomorrow. Now on public transport, the services which worked

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well today are expected to operate tomorrow, that means the Overground

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and the DLR will be running, and there will be extra bus services.

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But of course, it has been very difficult for most of us travelling

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around today. This is the current picture and we can expect more

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problems tomorrow on the following lines:

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Firstly the Waterloo and City Line, which has no service at all. There

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are some station closures on the Northern Line, the Jubilee Line and

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the Victoria Line although all three are running a limited service. The

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Circle Line is running between Hammersmith and Aldgate, but there

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are station closures. The Hammersmith City is running but

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only between Edgware Road and Barking, again with station closures

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along the way. For the Piccadilly Line, there is no service, except

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for the west end of the line. Check before you travel especially if

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you're trying to get to Heathrow. There's a patchy service on the

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District Line, with some stations closed. And it's a similar picture

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for the Central Line, some trains are running, especially to the far

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west and the far east of the line, but trains are not stopping at all

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the stations on the line. Finally there is no service on Heathrow

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Connect. That is because of separate strike action. Heathrow Express has

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a reduced service. And we'll be keeping you up`to`date

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with all the latest travel information throughout the strikes.

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There are regular updates on our radio station BBC London 94.9. You

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can also follow developments on our website and on Twitter. And we'll

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bring you the latest in our TV bulletins tomorrow morning during

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Breakfast. That's all from me. So I'll wish you

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a very goodnight and hand you over to Sara for the weather.

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Thank you. To add to the travel woes, tomorrow morning we could be

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looking at the fog which could affect some of the airports. Once

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the fog clears away, it is looking like a nice day tomorrow and warmer

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than today. We do have some mist and fog to form by tomorrow morning. It

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could be Gatwick Airport which is affected by that. And of course if

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you are travelling on the roads. Eventually, that starts to clear

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away. Then the sun starts to come out and it could be warmer than

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today. It is all change on Thursday. A lot of rain to start the day and

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some sharp showers. It will be colder still on Friday.

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Hello again, the holiday weekend is not far-away. We are still expecting

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the weather to change significantly before then. Some patchy rain from

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northern Scotland tomorrow. There is a lot of cloud coming in from the

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North Sea which is pushing its way inland. There could be quite a bit

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of fog around in the morning. It should be a mild, misty, murky start

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to Wednesday. The mist and fog should lift quickly. The cloud

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thinning and breaking. Sunny spells developing in many places. That

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could trigger some or showers. Over the Pennines we could get some late

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showers, and tricky for the evening rush

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