:00:17. > :00:22.Welcome to BBC London News. A 48`hour tube strike came to an end
:00:23. > :00:25.at 9pm this evening. The dispute is over the closure of ticket offices.
:00:26. > :00:28.Fresh talks are to take place on Friday between London Underground
:00:29. > :00:31.and the RMT Union to try and prevent another walk`out, this time for
:00:32. > :00:37.three days, planned for next week. Here's our transport correspondent
:00:38. > :00:44.Tom Edwards. The strike is now over but today there's another weary
:00:45. > :00:48.resignation, as again the RMT strike hit London's Tube. Commuters
:00:49. > :00:54.struggled into work and back home again. I couldn't get the train
:00:55. > :00:58.because it was full. I'm waiting for the bus. There was an hour wait for
:00:59. > :01:05.cabs at Paddington. Data from TfL shows nine out of ten regular Oyster
:01:06. > :01:08.users still used its services. Many switched to buses, old Routemaster
:01:09. > :01:14.'s were again in service today. The rest stayed at home or found other
:01:15. > :01:18.ways to get to work. The roads were a lot more congested than usual. For
:01:19. > :01:22.example, junction four of the M4 to Piccadilly, which would normally
:01:23. > :01:26.take an hour, was taking something like two hours 45 minutes. This
:01:27. > :01:31.dispute is about the closure of all ticket offices. London Underground
:01:32. > :01:34.says they are underused, and 950 job losses. This was in Loudon. As
:01:35. > :01:39.usual, there was claim and counterclaim over the real impact of
:01:40. > :01:45.the strike. I'm going to be late to work because of the strike. It's a
:01:46. > :01:52.huge inconvenience. The journeys that I've had to make, it's been
:01:53. > :01:56.very easy and NT. I do apologise to everybody who's been having a tough
:01:57. > :02:00.time of it this morning. Today, answering calls on a phone in, the
:02:01. > :02:04.mayor said he'd been told by the Prime Minister that tougher strike
:02:05. > :02:07.clause will be a priority if the Conservatives form the next
:02:08. > :02:16.government. I've had it from his lips in public that on day one of a
:02:17. > :02:22.new Cameron administration, let's hope it's a majority government, he
:02:23. > :02:27.will be able to deliver a deal that gives us exactly the protection I
:02:28. > :02:31.think Londoners want. Downing Street say they have no plans to introduce
:02:32. > :02:35.a strike law on day one, although nothing is off the table long term.
:02:36. > :02:39.The RMT has accused the mayor of posturing. Talks are planned for
:02:40. > :02:44.Friday. We don't think ticket offices are part of our future, but
:02:45. > :02:47.we wait to hear constructive ideas from the trade unions. I look
:02:48. > :02:52.forward to constructive thoughts from the RMT, but you don't have
:02:53. > :02:57.constructive thoughts when you hold London to ransom. What is quite
:02:58. > :03:00.clear, unfortunately, is London Underground are turning around
:03:01. > :03:04.saying, you can have a review but the booking offices will close. To
:03:05. > :03:08.us, that's not the proper way to have a review because you are
:03:09. > :03:13.pre`determining the outcome. Tomorrow the Tube will be back to
:03:14. > :03:16.normal. At the moment, though, three days of strikes planned for next
:03:17. > :03:19.week. The first strike ended this evening, but when will services get
:03:20. > :03:29.back to normal for commuters? Louisa Preston is outside Great Portland
:03:30. > :03:34.Street station with the latest. Yes, the strike finished an hour and
:03:35. > :03:37.a half ago but, as you can see from behind big, stations are still
:03:38. > :03:41.closed. A number of stations are closed tonight across the entire
:03:42. > :03:45.network, causing lots of disruption for people trying to get home or
:03:46. > :03:48.you've been out for the evening. London Underground are saying
:03:49. > :03:51.services will be up and running normally tomorrow morning. What we
:03:52. > :03:54.have seen as people who have struggled for the last couple of
:03:55. > :04:03.days won't be happy to hear that the RMT union is planning further
:04:04. > :04:06.strikes the next week, starting on the Bank Holiday and lasting for
:04:07. > :04:08.three days. We do know that fresh talks are taking place at ACAS on
:04:09. > :04:11.Friday. The good news is both sides are still talking, but we do seem a
:04:12. > :04:14.long way from any sort of agreement. The European Court of Justice has
:04:15. > :04:17.rejected the UK's challenge to the introduction of an EU financial
:04:18. > :04:20.transactions tax, which ministers have said will damage London's
:04:21. > :04:23.economy. The court described the challenge as premature, since the
:04:24. > :04:27.details of the tax had not been finalised. The UK says it's prepared
:04:28. > :04:38.to take further legal action. Chris Rogers reports. Anger over bank
:04:39. > :04:42.bonuses and salaries outside Barclays' annual general meeting
:04:43. > :04:48.last week. For many, the root of our economic crisis lies with the greed
:04:49. > :04:51.of banks. Since the heat of the credit crunch and the eurozone
:04:52. > :04:56.prices, there's been a determination to make the bankers give something
:04:57. > :04:59.back to the taxpayers. In this atmosphere of anger, the EU proposed
:05:00. > :05:04.a tax on transactions, often called the Robin Hood tax will stop a small
:05:05. > :05:09.charge on trades in equities and bonds across the EU's markets,
:05:10. > :05:13.including London. This tax would rebalance the economy, it would stop
:05:14. > :05:17.the gambling of the city, it would make sure that the city paid back
:05:18. > :05:21.some of the money that we all lost because of the financial crisis that
:05:22. > :05:25.they caused. And would give government the money to save public
:05:26. > :05:29.services, like the NHS. The Government is refusing to sign up to
:05:30. > :05:38.the tax and today lost its legal challenge the European Court of
:05:39. > :05:40.justice. It argued that increasing costs will mean London's financial
:05:41. > :05:43.centre will lose up to competition in New York or Singapore. The value
:05:44. > :05:46.of our savings, pensions and much of the economy relies on things going
:05:47. > :05:50.well over there. They need to make money not lose it. That's why the
:05:51. > :05:54.Government and our own London mayor have vowed to carry on challenging
:05:55. > :06:00.the EU's proposal for a transaction tax. The debate is over whether they
:06:01. > :06:03.are backing the bankers or you. The taxpayer. The Government is
:06:04. > :06:08.undoubtedly sticking up for the British taxpayer in its bill against
:06:09. > :06:13.the financial transaction tax. RS Dummett are that if the FTT was
:06:14. > :06:18.introduced, it could cost the UK taxpayer ?3.6 billion. Despite the
:06:19. > :06:22.likelihood of more legal challenges, the European Court's position
:06:23. > :06:26.matters. The Government's determination to protect the City of
:06:27. > :06:30.London is seen as a test of the UK's influence over the EU. It
:06:31. > :06:34.failed, and the European elections are just round the corner. That's
:06:35. > :06:38.all from me so I'll wish you a very goodnight. And hand you over to
:06:39. > :06:43.Helen Willets for a look at the weather.
:06:44. > :06:48.Come tomorrow evening, some pretty miserable weather coming through
:06:49. > :06:52.with big thunderstorms. For tonight, a lot more cloud around than last
:06:53. > :06:57.night and some patchy rain and drizzle. Again, a lot of misty, low
:06:58. > :07:01.cloud, potentially some fog. A relatively mild night. Getting off
:07:02. > :07:04.to a little bit of a great start for tomorrow, but hopefully things will
:07:05. > :07:07.brighten up through the morning. Come the afternoon, there's the
:07:08. > :07:15.potential for some slow`moving, heavy and thundery downpours, which
:07:16. > :07:18.could lead to localised flooding. A little bit, not as bright as today
:07:19. > :07:22.and there is already a warning out from the Met Office for those
:07:23. > :07:26.potential torrential downpours. Fewer in number, Friday but still
:07:27. > :07:32.quite a cloudy day. Getting colder as well. The outlook, it shows you
:07:33. > :07:32.it will get cooler as we had through the
:07:33. > :07:35.it will get cooler as we had through the weekend but brighter, although
:07:36. > :07:43.gardeners beware, night-time frosts. It was a day of contrasts across the
:07:44. > :07:48.UK today, rain coming in from the West but in the south-east, like
:07:49. > :07:52.winds and sunshine, up to 20 degrees. Contrast that with six
:07:53. > :07:54.degrees in the East of Scotland. In between we've seen some
:07:55. > :08:01.thunderstorms and more general showers coming in to the western
:08:02. > :08:05.side of the UK. Northern Ireland, Wales and the south-west. The best
:08:06. > :08:07.chance of staying dry is across Lincolnshire and East Anglia. A lot
:08:08. > :08:12.of cloud around generally overnight, some patches of mist and
:08:13. > :08:17.maybe a few patches of fog as well. The lowest temperatures will be in
:08:18. > :08:18.the far north of the UK, but the Northern Isles will also see