09/01/2017

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:00:11. > :00:15.Welcome to BBC London News with me Riz Lateef.

:00:16. > :00:18.The Prime Minister's called it "unfair and

:00:19. > :00:22.Millions of commuters struggled with journeys today as the tube

:00:23. > :00:25.strike closed all underground stations in central London -

:00:26. > :00:28.Services won't be fully back to normal until at

:00:29. > :00:39.Our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards is at Oxford Circus station,

:00:40. > :00:50.It doesn't look too promising. Frustrating day for many, Tom. Yes,

:00:51. > :00:55.this strike finished more than four hours ago but as you can see many

:00:56. > :00:57.stations in zone one remain shut. This strike has had a considerable

:00:58. > :01:00.impact. It has been a long day

:01:01. > :01:02.for London's commuters, and as they headed home tonight,

:01:03. > :01:06.a weary indignation. It's been a complete,

:01:07. > :01:10.absolute nightmare today. I should be revising with my

:01:11. > :01:13.daughter, who's taking her mocks. I'm probably not going to get

:01:14. > :01:15.in and have at least I'm not quite sure what their

:01:16. > :01:20.striking about, to be honest. I think us commuters should

:01:21. > :01:22.have a ticket strike instead. I do have sympathy,

:01:23. > :01:27.because I imagine they are striking for something, but I think doing it

:01:28. > :01:30.like five days after everyone gets back to work, they could have timed

:01:31. > :01:33.it a little bit better. This was a day of long queues,

:01:34. > :01:35.delays and disruption. This was Waterloo, as commuters

:01:36. > :01:39.switched to the buses. It is a nightmare, because I'm

:01:40. > :01:42.going to get to work I know what they're after,

:01:43. > :01:52.and it seems to be OK, what they want, but it's wrong

:01:53. > :01:54.affecting people Many didn't know about

:01:55. > :02:03.the strike, and couldn't get We were here at 5:30am

:02:04. > :02:15.and I couldn't get on the 29, You've not been here

:02:16. > :02:26.since five though, have you? No, I've been here

:02:27. > :02:28.since half past five. I've tried to get on three buses

:02:29. > :02:31.this morning so far and I haven't been able to get on yet,

:02:32. > :02:33.it's so busy. At Clapham Junction

:02:34. > :02:35.the station struggled to cope. At one point overcrowding meant it

:02:36. > :02:39.had to be evacuated. To be honest, I don't know

:02:40. > :02:42.why they're striking, but I know it's affected me

:02:43. > :02:44.because I'm late for work. The roads took the brunt,

:02:45. > :02:54.with average speeds dropping to two miles an hour in some areas,

:02:55. > :02:57.as old heritage buses were brought The Thames Clippers

:02:58. > :03:01.on the river did cope well, It's not our fault,

:03:02. > :03:05.we're paying money, OK? Why I'm paying money and have

:03:06. > :03:07.to walk, run, for what? Today was also the start of the exam

:03:08. > :03:11.season, and for some students the strike couldn't have come

:03:12. > :03:13.at a worse time. At Kings, the university

:03:14. > :03:15.says it will offer Most did make it to their exams,

:03:16. > :03:23.but it wasn't straightforward. Clapham Junction station was closed,

:03:24. > :03:26.so we ended up getting a one-hour bus to Shepherd's Bush,

:03:27. > :03:28.and then running from Shepherd's Bush here,

:03:29. > :03:30.which meant we were just in time for the exam, but it

:03:31. > :03:32.was quite stressful. I think it was probably more

:03:33. > :03:35.stressful than the exam itself. And many Londoners

:03:36. > :03:45.took to social media. At Liverpool Street,

:03:46. > :03:47.this was the bus queue. It stretched right

:03:48. > :03:52.around the station. And while many took to two wheels

:03:53. > :03:56.and cycled, the bike hire scheme This dispute goes back

:03:57. > :04:04.to 2015 and the closure of all London Underground ticket

:04:05. > :04:07.offices and the loss of 838 jobs. London Underground now admits more

:04:08. > :04:12.staff are needed on the tube. The sticking point and the reason

:04:13. > :04:24.for this strike is, how many? At King's Cross, more

:04:25. > :04:26.queues for cabs and buses. There were some tube

:04:27. > :04:28.trains, but not many. What are they striking for,

:04:29. > :04:30.was it the 24-hour thing still? It's making it very inconvenient

:04:31. > :04:38.now, but they have to do And tonight the bad news

:04:39. > :04:42.for commuters is this dispute First let's hear from

:04:43. > :04:48.both sides involved - including the Mayor,

:04:49. > :04:50.who during his election campaign said he would roll up his sleeves

:04:51. > :04:53.to make sure there are zero So does he see today

:04:54. > :04:57.as a sign of failure? Here's our political

:04:58. > :05:02.correspondent Karl Mercer. Sadly, not to each other,

:05:03. > :05:07.but fighting a war of The Mayor and Transport for London

:05:08. > :05:12.condemning the strikes. Their only common ground they both

:05:13. > :05:19.claim - a willingness to talk. Yeah, we are absolutely open

:05:20. > :05:22.to talks at any moment in time. We will get back there

:05:23. > :05:24.tomorrow, as soon as We have to resolve

:05:25. > :05:28.these things amicably I would suggest once

:05:29. > :05:31.we get through this we get Are you discussing

:05:32. > :05:39.when you will talk them? Are you discussing

:05:40. > :05:42.when you will talk then? At the moment we have said

:05:43. > :05:45.that we will do this We have made it clear to Acas

:05:46. > :05:54.that we are available for talks and we would expect them to be in

:05:55. > :05:58.contact with Acas in a similar way. Not good news then for Londoners

:05:59. > :06:04.who battled to work today. I think the strike today is

:06:05. > :06:08.completely unnecessary and causing Businesses will lose

:06:09. > :06:11.millions of pounds in to reach their hospital

:06:12. > :06:15.appointments, the strike could have We have to draw the powers that be,

:06:16. > :06:21.the Mayor and his senior that we cannot essentially

:06:22. > :06:25.be pushed away with It's an embarrassment for the Mayor,

:06:26. > :06:29.who said during his election campaign he'd aim for

:06:30. > :06:32.zero days of strikes. Much harder to deliver

:06:33. > :06:34.when you're actually in power. And to put more staff back

:06:35. > :06:36.in stations to help solve the dispute would mean taking money

:06:37. > :06:41.from somewhere else. If as a result of this we must

:06:42. > :06:45.change things within our organisation, to ensure

:06:46. > :06:48.that we provide that right service at the front line,

:06:49. > :06:50.those are the decisions that we will make and

:06:51. > :06:52.that is what we will do. So you are saying there

:06:53. > :06:55.might be extra money, you might have to move

:06:56. > :06:56.the budgets around? I don't think there's extra money,

:06:57. > :06:59.it is about moving the The politics of the strike will be

:07:00. > :07:03.far from the minds of commuters, but it seems they have also put

:07:04. > :07:07.the Mayor at odds with his party. Would you like to see the Labour

:07:08. > :07:11.Party nationally condemn the strike for the damage caused, as you say,

:07:12. > :07:15.to the economy of London? It is for them to talk about what

:07:16. > :07:18.they do nationally. All I can talk about is London

:07:19. > :07:21.and I know that the strike could have been avoided, I know

:07:22. > :07:24.that the strike is unnecessary. The Labour Mayor has described this

:07:25. > :07:28.as unnecessary, the strike. Well, look, I was not in the room

:07:29. > :07:33.when the discussions were But I do know that

:07:34. > :07:36.there's a legitimate beef when over 800 jobs go

:07:37. > :07:39.out of the system. Not quite on the same

:07:40. > :07:41.page it would seem then. The Mayor's immediate focus

:07:42. > :07:43.though will be on getting Let's go back to Tom

:07:44. > :07:50.at Oxford Circus. The strike finished

:07:51. > :08:01.almost five hours ago - There are some services running

:08:02. > :08:06.tonight but not many. Tfl says the Tube will not get back to normal

:08:07. > :08:11.until tomorrow, until first thing tomorrow. If we look at the

:08:12. > :08:16.statistics that Tfl have put out, they say 70% of stations in the end

:08:17. > :08:20.today were open. But I think it's still really a pretty appalling

:08:21. > :08:24.service for commuters. And obviously the worrying thing for passengers is

:08:25. > :08:31.this dispute has still got a long way to go. It's still a long way

:08:32. > :08:36.from being resolved. Tom, is it fair to say this week will test the

:08:37. > :08:40.resilience of Londoners? Yes, and I have been struggling to

:08:41. > :08:47.think of a worse week for commuters. Certainly rail and Tube commuters.

:08:48. > :08:51.Tomorrow there is a drivers' strike again on Southern Railway is and

:08:52. > :08:55.also a strike on Wednesday the 11th and Friday the 13th, another

:08:56. > :09:00.three-day strike later in January. The operator says there will be no

:09:01. > :09:05.service at all on Southern. It is all pretty grim for commuters, I'm

:09:06. > :09:07.afraid. Tom, many thanks, transport correspondent, Tom Edwards.

:09:08. > :09:11.And leave you with Wendy for a look at the weather -

:09:12. > :09:16.which wasn't too kind to commuters today.

:09:17. > :09:24.All we needed was a bit of rain. At least while we went about time it

:09:25. > :09:29.was on the mild side, that is how we start this week. It was 11 degrees,

:09:30. > :09:33.I know it didn't feel it in the rain. It is becoming windy through

:09:34. > :09:38.this week and that will turn it much colder. Here is the rain we had

:09:39. > :09:42.today, it really set in once it got to us and as it shifted through

:09:43. > :09:51.during this evening's rush hour a line of showers went through quite

:09:52. > :09:54.heavy in some clear sky above. We have the moon and stars out and that

:09:55. > :09:59.is how it will stake through tonight. Just a bit of patchy cloud

:10:00. > :10:02.and maybe the odd shower. Mostly dry with the breeze picking up which

:10:03. > :10:05.works in our favour because temperatures will not fall to freeze

:10:06. > :10:10.and although near enough, three or four and maybe as low as one in some

:10:11. > :10:14.rural parts. Either way, a chilly start to the day tomorrow for the

:10:15. > :10:17.next struggle into work. There will be sunshine first thing but the

:10:18. > :10:21.breeze picks up from a westerly direction and it is from that

:10:22. > :10:24.direction cloud will arrive later in the day. Probably bringing one or

:10:25. > :10:28.two outbreaks of rain into the evening rush hour once again but not

:10:29. > :10:32.so much as today. Temperatures will be down on what we had today at

:10:33. > :10:35.around 7-9 but the really cold weather starts to dig in and

:10:36. > :10:39.eventually through Wednesday after this cold front has gone through. We

:10:40. > :10:43.have north-westerly winds and you can see wintry showers across the

:10:44. > :10:47.North of England and Scotland. I think Wednesday will start on the

:10:48. > :10:52.mild side but when the cold front works through and the wind picks up

:10:53. > :10:56.as well it will feel quite bitter by the end of the day. You will more so

:10:57. > :10:59.feel that on Thursday and Friday unfortunately. They will be some

:11:00. > :11:02.sunny crisp weather but any precipitation we get will be of a

:11:03. > :11:05.wintry nation and precipitation we get will be of a

:11:06. > :11:09.wintry nation and Thursday is one we have to watch out for. The weekend

:11:10. > :11:11.outlook, it stays chilly with a northerly wind and possibly frosty

:11:12. > :11:20.nights. The national weather forecast now.

:11:21. > :11:27.Wet and windy weather across the western side of Scotland.

:11:28. > :11:28.Blood-pressure is in charge of the weather, lots of isobars and it