network rail say this is short—term painfor network rail say this is short—term pain for long—term gain. network rail say this is short—term pain for long-term gain. we have a significantly reduced service coming into waterloo, with ten platforms closed. that will mean fewer trains are much lower capacity. we have been working hard to prepare passengers for that, whether that's being able to work from home, take annual leave our plan an alternative journey. but the messages, check before you travel, see what the service is like before you get on a train or make your way to the station. it will be disruptive, potentially cure is up to and are at some stations. network rail insisting it has been warning people about these changes for the past year, but some passengers who turned up year, but some passengers who turned up today haven't heard about them. 0thers told me they received an e—mail yesterday telling them about the changes. and that advice to stay at home or take a holiday, but many say they cannot do that and they certainly cannot do it for a three—week period. so some pass

network rail is the same. people have been warned. there's been lots of warnings that these changes were going ahead. network rail and all the authorities are waiting and hoping that people have taken that on board and are planning theirjourneys have taken that on board and are planning their journeys over the next few days. thank you very much. we'll be carrying on the discussion about transport issues facing the uk at seven thirty this evening. joining me will be ben southwood from the adam smith institute and anna round from the ippr north think tank. join us then for our discussion about how the uk can meet the transport challenges ahead. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are susie boniface, columnist the daily mirror and the public affairs consultant alex deane. it's just about quarter past seven. let's look at the headlines. hundreds of rbs customers have claimed they were mistreated. rbs denies the

from the network rail point of view this is a good weekend to carry out the engineering work. not so good for passengers who wa nt to work. not so good for passengers who want to get somewhere and people have been travelling into wigan this weekend for a example the portsmouth fa ns weekend for a example the portsmouth fans who will see we can play football here this afternoon and they have a particularly long journey. the advice from network rail if you are planning to travel today or tomorrow is to check your journey to see how long it could ta ke journey to see how long it could take and whether or not it is sensible to take your normal rate. it is always the same on a bank holiday, isn't it? thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: several people have died and four others taken to hospital after a crash involving a minibus and two lorries on the m1 in buckinghamshire. counterterrorism police investigate after three officers were injured while arresting a man with a four foot sword outside buckingham palace. hurricane harvey slams into texas with winds of 130mph, it'

network rail have also told us they have half a million bottles of water lined up to give to commuters and also 120,000 ice creams, so that might help to ease some of the pain for commuters. live at waterloo station. it was a disappointing day 3 for britain, at the world athletics championships in london, with the heptahlete katarina johnson—thompson finishing fifth, while holly bradshaw said she was "heartbroken and confused," after only coming sixth in the pole vault. the home crowd's disappointment, gave way to excitement after a thrilling women's 100m, as america's tori bowie powered her way to gold, beating the favourite, and olympic champion, elaine thompson of jamaica. well, andy swiss is at the london stadium for us today. welcome to the london stadium after what has been such a dramatic weekend. so many talking points, but the biggest is that win forjustin gatlin over usain bolt in the men's 100 metre final. justin gatlin is a two—time drugs cheat and his father has now criticised the fans here for booing him, saying it was disrespectful to the sport. but it didn't stop th

they are longer than they were before, so we can run, network rail cameron, south—western rail can run longer trains with more seat passengers. it's about making a better railway. —— network rail can run. so you are not surprised? not ina run. so you are not surprised? not in a least because in the middle of this work they had a deal raiment and collision, which will have disrupted their efforts to extend the platforms. it will have taken effo rts the platforms. it will have taken efforts to fix and put right and find out what went wrong. it will have used that some of their contingency time. so three hours late after three and a half weeks... it could be better but it's not too bad. you say, stuff happens. and the bottom line, as network rail say, because you have such an increase in passenger numbers in recent times, you have got to have more rolling stock in order to deal with this. as a result of the platforms have to get longer. absolutely. longer trains, more seats, more space for passengers to stand, and many of them will be standing. it's a bit like the underground, plenty

network rail say they have 500,000 right. network rail say they have 500 , 000 bottles right. network rail say they have 500,000 bottles of water lined up to hand out to people of the next few weeks until the work is completed here on the 28th of august. they also have a 120,000 ice cream is so that should, they hope, help to ease the pain was some commuters getting home tonight. as i say, the work is expected to continue but three weeks. they are extending the platforms to make way for longer trains and that will lead to more space and extra sleeper passengers from december next year. once the work is completed, there will be a 30% extra capacity but passengers on board those trains from december 20 18. if you‘re squeamish, you might want to look away now. an australian teenager is recovering in hospital after being bitten by "mite—sized sea critters". 16—year—old sam kanizay, found his feet and ankles covered in blood after soaking his legs in melbourne‘s brighton beach on saturday evening. the teenager had stood still waist—deep in dark cold water for about half

network rail say they have to do this work. it will be short—term painfor this work. it will be short—term pain for long—term gain. they see fewer people travel at this time of year. check before you travel and stay safe. the time is quarter past eight. a leaked report accuses the royal bank of scotland of abuse of its business customers. hundreds complained they were mistreated. rbs denies the accusations. texas is preparing itself for a life threatening hurricane, the to hit the mainland since hurricane katrina in 20 05. it is a category three storm. major travel disruption expected across the uk. millions are trying to get away from the bank holiday weekend. engineering works will be hitting the busiest rail routes. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. ben stokes hit a century for england's on the opening day of the 2nd test against the west indies but the story of the day was the much—improved performance from the tourists at headingley as patrick geary reports. etched into headingley‘s memory, great west indian cricketers of the past,

companies and network railare why the rail companies and network rail are advising people not to travel if they don't have to, even saying to workers, consider taking a summer holiday now so you don't have to commute in when there is going to be problems. but some of the passengers i have spoken to this morning are finding it frustrating. i was trying to goat milford and i don't know when that's going to happen because the trains that are running are delayed. so it's a mess. it's an absolute mess. my boyfriend lives in earlsfield and he will have a nightmare getting to work. i'm just trying to get there now and it's crazy. it is supposed to not be affected on saturdays and already within one day, i mean it'sjust a nightmare. they are not even telling us nightmare. they are not even telling us how long the trains are delayed. transport focus say they will be among forking the situation. there is concern over what is going to happen during rush hour on monday particularly people trying to leave this station on monday evening, and they will be looking at monday morning as a particular pinc

well, that is not really an issue for network rail, thatis really an issue for network rail, that is train operators who can resolve these issues. people will have a fantastically improved service for years ahead. the shift is about to start. there will be more from me in a bit. we will be more from me in a bit. we will see you later. the helicopter is on its way to waterloo this morning. yes. a picture of what is going on. it left this morning from the brighton area. we have seen weybridge. now it is in wimbledon. weybridge. now it is in wimbledon. we will have more on the weather later on. the weather in the foreground seems ok. you can see foreboding clouds in the background at wimbledon. carol has a technical issue but she is solving it. i know her. shared bicycle schemes are a cheap and green way to travel around our towns and cities but most of them need to be returned to a specific place. now, dockless bikes are changing all that. using a mobile app, they can be located and left anywhere, ideally, on a pavement, but there have been reports of people finding them dumped in back

but the warning from network rail is that if you come to the station, particularly at peak times, you may have to queue just to get on trains, they are likely to be packed. and for some passengers, it is not great shoes. i think there are problems. i is not great shoes. i think there are problems. lam involved with is not great shoes. i think there are problems. i am involved with the world athletics, and i hope it would affect people trying to get to the championships. it's not great, considering they make you pay for your tickets, you expect to get the service. i'm trying to get to guildford. the trains that are running adelaide, it's a mess. it's not supposed to be effected on a saturday, so already, within one day, it's a nightmare. transport coupled focus represents passengers and they've had members of their team out today observing. they say they are pleased they have seen so many members of staff in high viz jackets seen so many members of staff in high vizjackets directing passengers and warning passengers of the problem is that they are going to see in the coming weeks. but

that is why network rail ta kes normally. that is why network rail takes the opportunity over the summer takes the opportunity over the summer when it is quieter to do this work. some commuters have been put off by this. the new longer platforms, the new longer trains are great, it has to be done. it is one of those things, the work has to be done and they have handled it ok over a period. done and they have handled it ok overa period. ithink done and they have handled it ok over a period. i think the done and they have handled it ok over a period. ithink the real way is suffering under its own success. ijust tried to take a in my stride. i knew this was going to happen sol am not going to let that stress me. what can you do? you just put up at the? exactly, exactly. it's not the end of the world, is it? 0ther london stations are being affected with planned work, london bridge station is closed today. if you are waiting at waterloo and are delayed, free ice cream is being handed out. something to cool down those overheating c

the head of network rail has apologised to passengers. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports. the train now arriving at waterloo is delayed and crowded. again. and that's one of the better services. some passengers waited ages for trains that never arrived, others got on board only to find they were being taken to a different station. they are getting used to this, after a miserable month of disruption. but this morning was supposed to be different. i'm not surprised, let's face it. we've all been saying we were sure it would be overrunning. so i had to get a train to canning street, walk from canning street to bank, get the tube from bank to waterloo and now i am waiting for a train to kingston. improvement is good but yeah, it's a bit annoying. network rail‘s orange army took over waterloo at the start of august, under a huge project to extend the platform is so longer trains can deliver more passengers through the country's busiest station. but important safety checks on new signals took longer than expected, hitting the post bank holiday commute. the station is much quie

well, network rail warning they are likely to be difficult days ahead. if you do have to come to the station, they are warning fewer trains, bigger queues, perhaps even to get into the station. some six stations, mainly the route up to chessington, are being closed totally, so that will cause problems, as well as the extra staff being brought in, network rail say they have 500,000 bottles of water and 100,000 ice cream is to hand out to passengers if they become frazzled by it all. simon, thank you very much indeed, we will check out later in the day, see how things are going. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, continues his first official visit to northern ireland today. the openly gay taoiseach will attend a pride event in belfast later. yesterday, he focused on brexit, suggesting that a bilateral customs union could be the best way for the uk to deal with the issue of northern ireland's border with the republic. our ireland correspondent chris buckler explains. the irish border has become a divisive issue in the debate about brexit. the scores of

this is because network rail is carrying out what has been described as one of its biggest engineering works. it is costing £130 million and 17,000 staff are involved. the aim is to improve services. you may wonder why it is happening now when network rail say there is never an ideal time but actually fewer people travel over the bank holiday weekend. if you were thinking of avoiding the trains and getting in your car then be aware it is very busy on the roads. there are problems on the m1 where there has been an incident and the advice is that if you are going to travel, check your journey and expect some delays and allow extra time for your journey. a man has been shot and killed by security forces in brussels after attacking soldiers with a knife. prosecutors are treating the incident as terrorism. soldiers have become a familiar sight on the streets of the belgian capital since the terror attacks which killed more than 30 people last year. north korea has fired three short—range ballistic missiles, according to the american military. two of the missiles failed in flight, the thi

the head of network rail apologised to passengers. let's get an update from danjohnson. passengers. let's get an update from dan johnson. how is passengers. let's get an update from danjohnson. how is it looking? still some trains are delayed and some cancelled as well, some people will have long delays getting home tonight. they had disruption on the way in this morning and this comes on top of that miserable months of disruption throughout the services coming into the station because network rail was carrying out work to make platforms longer so that longer trains could eventually come here and more passengers will be able to get through. this is already the busiest transport hub in the uk and today it has not been as busy as normal because of the time of year. that is why network rail took the opportunity to do this work now but things overran this morning and that army of engineers were here for a bit longer than they should've been. that prompted the disruption and although train services tried to get back on track the day, promising that things would be all right by 12 o'clock

so network rail asking for some patients. unfortunately this isn't the only major london station where passengers have seen disruption. there are also issues at london bridge, london charing cross, and waterloo east which serves south—eastern passengers. that is due to major works on the thames link programme, that will run until saturday, so not a happy time for commuters here in london. the united nations security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting about the north korean missile launch later. speaking ill of the us representative said something serious as to happen. we are going to talk about what else is left. no country should have missiles flying over them like those 130 million people in japan. it over them like those 130 million people injapan. it is unacceptable and they have violated every single un security council resolution we have had so i think something serious has happened. our correspondent is in washington. nikki haley seeing something serious as the happen. we have already had sanctions agre

this will be the biggest ever august bank holiday engineering project by network rail, costing more than £130 million, involving 17,000 engineers. the work's expected to benefit millions of passengers. the work will see platforms extended to make way for longer trains as well as improvements to platforms and preparation work for hsz. i think it is absolute madness because people will struggle. it is going to cause some disruption, but they have planned for it. people know. obviously, they will take alternative routes. ijust think it is a failure of important public service for londoners and for people around the country. rail services in the midlands, wales, and across the north will also be disrupted. transport campaigners say it is well overdue. there has been historic underinvestment in the railway going back decades, and some of what is going on this weekend, not just at euston, but at waterloo, london bridge, and elsewhere on the rail network, is about putting that right and actually providing better and more reliable services. euston isn't the only station affected in london. work

network rail says this is because of significant work on major rail projects. they say 17,000 rail engineers will be working on the network this weekend. they say in the end it would be good for passengers but in the meantime passengers but in the meantime passengers travelling this weekend, many of them will find it difficult. travelling by train this bank holiday weekend will be difficult for many, and somejourneys will be impossible. engineering work is taking place at five of london's main stations. waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street and paddington will have greatly reduced services. euston will be closed completely on saturday and sunday. work on hs2 means there will be no trains from scotland and the north of england to london on the west coast main line on saturday and sunday. services from the midlands will only run as far south as northampton. great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. a

network rail have also told us they have half a million bottles of water lined up to give to commuters and also 20,000 ice creams, so that could help ease some of the pain on commuters. the police watchdog in scotland is investigating why it took over a month to find the body of a man in his own home. divers, sniffer dogs and a helicopter were used in a high profile search operation to find anold mouat from bo'ness after his family reported him missing july. police scotland reported finding his body at home yesterday. laura gordon is beer. what information has emerged about how this happened. so far no information about what happened to anold mouat, but what we do is that his family moved to boldness about three years ago and he was last seen by his family here in the town just before midnight on the 6th ofjuly —— moved to bo'ness about three years ago. his family reported him missing the day after, it is not. as you see, there were a number of high—profile searches for the 64—year—old involving police divers, sniffer dogs, rescue and dozens of volunteers. there were a number

network rail have told us they have half a million bottles of water lined up to give to commuters and 120,000 ice creams. that may help to ease some of the pain on commuters. sports direct has apologised for what is describes as any misunderstanding or upset caused by a notice apparently banning staff speaking any language but english in a store in bangor. in a statement the company said the notice was not intended to restrict the use of the welsh language, or prohibit staff from communicating in their local language, outside these briefings or with customers — and that it was intended to ensure that all staff, who attended briefings on health and safety and other important issues, fully understood the content of these communications. jeremy clarkson has said he won't be back at work for quite some time after being diagnosed with pneumonia. the former top gear presenter was admitted to hospital in majorca, where he's on holiday with his family. he said it was the first time he'd been off sick since he started working in 1978, and thanked fans for all their good wishes. if you're squ

the head of network rail has apologised after passengers travelling into london waterloo, the uk's busiest railway station faced yet more delays. the station had reopened today after three weeks of engineering works. but rush hour services on several lines into waterloo this morning were cancelled, after signalling problems. and euston station in london has reopened after an exploding e—cigarette sparked an evacuation. the station was closed for around 90 minutes while british transport police investigated the incident. officers explained that a "small contained explosion" had caused the security alert and that nobody was injured. theresa may has been accused of "watering down" plans to tackle excessive executive pay. from nextjune, britain's biggest firms will have to reveal how much more their chief executives are paid, compared with the average worker. but critics have called the government's attempt to make boardrooms more transparent and accountable "feeble" and not as radical as originally planned. our business editor simonjack reports. a leadership and an election pitch to a party

this will be the biggest ever august bank holiday engineering project by network rail, costing more than £130 million, involving 17,000 engineers. the work's expected to benefit millions of passengers. the work will see platforms extended to make way for longer trains as well as improvements to platforms and and preparation work for hs2. i think it is absolute madness because people will struggle. i think it is really mental to do that. it is going to cause some disruption, but they have planned for it. people know. obviously, they will take alternative routes. ijust think it is a failure of important public service for londoners and for people around the country. rail services in the midlands, wales, and across the north will also be disrupted. transport campaigners say it is well overdue. there has been historic underinvestment in the railway going back decades, and some of what is going on this weekend, not just at euston, but at waterloo, london bridge, and elsewhere on the rail network, is about putting that right and actually providing better and more reliable services. euston isn

use i'm in my report before, but here is ross eastern from network rail. remind us why this work is important? there is ever an ideal time to carry out this engineering work, but passenger numbers in the past 20 years have more than doubled and as a result of that it more than doubled and as a result of thatitis more than doubled and as a result of that it is required. we need to do these huge megaprojects, upgrade the where ways, deliver better services for passengers in the future. why during the bank holiday weekend knowing that so many people are planning to get away and the parmley friends? as i say, there is no ideal time. most of our work is carried out during the night. during bank holiday weekend, we have the opportunity to get in there and carry out much bigger projects. opportunity to get in there and carry out much bigger projectsm terms of contingency plans, revised timetables, how's that affected there are 17,000 people out there working to deliver £133 million of upgrades across the railway this bank holiday. travel experts and campaigners

as the road and rail networks face the full force of the bank holiday getaway, we'll be asking what's the best way forward for britain's transport system. texas prepares for hurricane harvey — we'll hear the latest predictions for what could be the worst storm to hit the us in 12 years.

that is what network rail wa nts to here. that is what network rail wants to see. they don't want to see what is happening on the departures board above them, delays. i have seen transporting and leaving. frustration amongst passengers, but the rain station is trying to get back to normal. there are signs that some of it is working, but not enough, not yet. a look at the travel now. southeastern has no trains to and from charing cross, waterloo east or london bridge until saturday for engineering works. trains are diverting to cannon street, victoria or blackfirars. there are minor delays on the dlr at the moment. and on the roads, camden road is closed in both directions between camden and lower holloway after a collision. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. looking like another warm and sunny day today. things are on the turn. make the most of it. yesterday, largely dry with some sunshine around. temperature wise, very much dependent on whereabouts you are. cloud increasing from the north—west, a cold front is approaching.

this will be the biggest ever august bank holiday engineering project by network rail. costing more than £130 million, involving 17,000 engineers. the works expected to benefit millions of passengers. the work will see platforms extended to make way for longer tails as well as improvements to platforms and and preparation work for hs2. as improvements to platforms and and preparation work for hszi as improvements to platforms and and preparation work for h52. i think it is absolute madness because people will struggle. i think it is really metal to do that. it is going to cause some disruption, but they have planned for it. people know. obviously, they will take alternative routes. ijust think it isa alternative routes. ijust think it is a failure of important public service for londoners and for people around the country. rail services in the midlands, wales, and across the north will also be disrupted. transport campaigners say it is well overdue. there has been historic underinvestment in the railway going back decades, and some of what is going on this weekend, not

it involves hundreds of network rail engineers, closing ten of the station's platforms, with disruption to thousands of commuters. i'm fed up, fed up. considering how much you've got to pay, it's ridiculous. it's inconvenient, i guess, for tourists and people who have to work, but at the same time, what can they do? this was waterloo this morning. packed platforms with people scanning information boards. and the engineering work has had a knock—on effect at other stations. i can't believe there aren't any rail replacement buses. we've got to figure it out ourselves. and we pay all this money. i'm really angry about it, actually. i'm probably going to be very, very late, but i will deal with it. an average of 270,000 journeys are made to and from waterloo every day. in fact, it's the uk's busiest station. this is an £800 million improvement by network rail, which is responsible for track maintenance and some of britain's biggest stations. 1,000 engineers and site workers will be working on the upgrade every day. and it will mean longer platforms and bigger trains, making room for more

it involves hundreds of network rail engineers, closing ten of the station ‘s platforms with disruption to thousands of commuters. i'm fed up, considering how much we have to pay as well, it's ridiculous. quite inconvenient i guess but itsjurists and people who have to work but i guess they need to do repairs. this was waterloo this morning. packed platforms with people scanning information boards. the engineering work has had a knock—on effect at other stations. i can't believe there aren't any rail replacement buses. we've got to figure it out ourselves. and we pay all this money. i'm really angry about it, actually. i'm probably going to be very, very late, but i will deal with it. an average of 270,000 journeys are made to and from waterloo every day. in fact, it's the uk's busiest station. this is an £800 million improvement by network rail, which is responsible for track maintenance and some of britain's biggest stations. 1,000 engineers and site workers will be working on the upgrade every day. and it will mean longer platforms and bigger trains, making room for more seats and

and just after eight, we'll be speaking to an industry analyst on whether network rail are to blame for the latest delays at london waterloo. that's all ahead on bbc news. president trump has arrived in texas with his wife, melania, to see for himself the damage caused by tropical storm harvey. the authorities are urging residents, who live close to a levee which has been breached by floodwaters, south of the city of houston, to leave their homes immediately. the national guard says more than three and a half thousand people have been rescued from their homes in the last few days. donald trump has been receiving a briefing on the relief effort from local leaders and this is what the president had to say. local leaders and this is what the president had to sayli local leaders and this is what the president had to say. i want to thank my staff and my cabinet, quite a few of them are here. when you add it allup a few of them are here. when you add it all up you will be helping a lot of people in texas and doing a fantasticjob. we of people in texas and doing a fantastic job. we have of peo

you may be wondering why this is happening now for not well, network rail say there's never a good time, but there are fewer travellers who travel in august and in the long run there will be long—term benefits for passengers. thanks very much for the moment. north korea has fired three short—range ballistic missiles, according to the american military. two of the missiles failed in flight. the third blew up almost immediately after it was launched. the latest firings come during a joint us—south korea military exercise, which has been strongly criticised by pyongyang. the final countdown has begun in what is expected to be the most watched pay—per—view boxing match ever. at the pre—fight weigh—in for the much—hyped contest, mixed martial arts star conor mcgregor vowed to knock out the unbeaten floyd mayweather. from las vegas, here's our sports news correspondent richard conway. the hype has been unrelenting and while the finalface—off the hype has been unrelenting and while the final face—off for this mega— fight was another spectacle, it is clear conor mcgregor a

network rail has asked the public to view the train from a safe distance and place. dogs are being signed up to become blood—donors due to increased demand from vets. three practices in surrey, hertfordshire and berkshire run special donation clinics where people can bring their dogs along — provided they meet a special criteria. more than a thousand dogs needed a transfusion last year — and that number is growing. a look at the travel now, and you may already know there's a major disruption at six main london rail stations due to planned engineering works. but let's look at the tube board. the dlr has no service between stratford and bow church due to crossrail work. an amended timetable is in place elsewhere. 0n the 0verground, crossrail work means no service also between stratford and bow church. the victoria line has late finishing engineering works. tfl rail is affected out of liverpool street. and on the trams, there's no service between new addington and lloyd park. and it's mainly quiet on the roads. but there are closures due to the notting hill carniv

you may be wondering why it is happening now, network rail said there is never an ideal time. if you are thinking of avoiding the trains and getting in your car, they are warning that a record 15,000 motorists are expected to hit the roads this weekend. north korea has fired three short—range ballistic missiles, according to the american military. two of the missiles failed in flight, the third blew up almost immediately after it was launched. the latest firings come during a joint us—south korea military exercise, which has been strongly criticised by pyongyang. england are set to take on new zealand in the women's rugby world cup final in belfast tonight. the red roses will attempt to defend their title against the black ferns, who have never lost a world cup final. the sides last met injune when england scored five tries to win 29—21 and end a five—game winning streak for the kiwis. good luck to them. conor mcgregor, the mixed martial arts star claimed he has never seen champion boxer, floyd mayweather in worse physical shape as the pair exchanged words at a raucous

network rail is being candid with people turning up at the station, they are saying that particularly at peak hours during the week you might have to queue just to get into the station. if you get onto a train they are likely to be far busier than normal. that is the warning that has led passenger groups to say there should be some compensation for people who are going to have to face three weeks of misery. the rail company that operates out of here says that is not going to happen, it will be normal, you will only qualify for compensation if your train is delayed for a significant time, not because the timetable has been changed. south west trains said people had been warned this was going to happen. compensation will continue to be available as always, that is based on the journey passengers have compared to the timetable we have an advertising since january. we have been talking to passengers for about 12 months trying to raise awareness of these works and getting people to realise the impact on theirjourneys. if passengers are disrupted there is compensation procedures in place an

and network rail say they choose bank holidays because there are fewer people travelling, 5 million people less travelling, 5 million people less travelling so it makes sense for them to do the work now. although if you are trying to get away it can seem to be an extremely bad time to do the work. baby summer, there are fewer commuters travelling into the railway stations. —— being the summer. railway stations. —— being the summer. wigan is affected because of what 200 miles away on the other end of the west coast main line at euston station in london where preparatory work for the new hs2 out to birmingham is getting underway. so the west coast mainline trains from the north—west travelling to london are stopping at rugby almost keynes and passengers from wigan, wanting to get to london, are being told to travel via manchester and then sheffield to st pancras station. one group of passengers could have been severely affected, the fans of wigan warriors rugby league team who are competing in the challenge cup final at wembley in one hour. many of them were expecting to travel by

network rail say the reason why they choose bank holidays is because there are fewer people travelling, up to 5 million less people travelling, so it makes sense for them to do the work now. although, if you are trying to get away over the bank holiday, it can seem to be an extremely bad time to do this work. being summer, there are fewer commuters travelling into the main railway stations. wigan is affected today — not because of engineering work directly happening here, but 200 miles away, at the other end of the west coast main line down in london, at euston station, where preparatory work for the new hsz, the new high speed rail line out to birmingham, is beginning to get getting underway. so that means all the west coast main line trains from the north—west travelling down to london are stopping at either rugby or milton keynes and passengers from wigan, here for example, wanting to get to london are being told to travel via manchester and then sheffield to st pancras station. there was one group of passengers this morning who could have been quite severely affected, and that'

network rail say it is has to do this work because this is one of the quieter periods of the year. they say 50% fewer passengers use the trains during the period. the advice, check before you travel and of course give yourself plenty of time. thank you. driverless cars, they are the future, so we are told, and some have already been trialled on british roads. now it's the turn of lorries because from next year convoys of semi—automated, self—driving lorries will be trialled in britain. they will connect to each other via wi—fi, but will only have one driver. as the reality of driverless cars moves ever closer, the insurance industry is grappling with the impact that it will have on our insurance premiums. there are still key questions to resolve, such as who would be responsible for a driverless car crash — the driver or the computer? the insurance giant axa, which is advising the uk government, has begun tests to try to get some answers. 0ur transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports. on a military base in switzerland, important tests are going on. one of the world

it involves hundreds of network rail engineers and staff. today has seen the real test for commuters. the work started on saturday but today commuters have been facing some disruption and there has been a mixed response. three hours so far, to come from greenwich. it is about 15 minutes late but i know that there were some people making calls because they we re people making calls because they were quite late for work and stuff. you have got a face that uncertainty every day but for the south west, it is not looking good. it is a bit of a nightmare for tourists and for people that have to work. but what can you do, they have to do the repairs. hopefully it will happen quickly so that everyone can get moving again. this work has caused a significant reduction to south—west trains, europe's busiest commuter operator. normally they put on 1600 trains a day but they've had to severely condense their trains. that has had a knock—on effect at some other busy london stations such as clapham junction and vauxhall. waterloo is the busiest train s

network rail is being candid, they are saying particularly at peak hours during the week you may have to queuejust to get during the week you may have to queue just to get into the station. if you get onto a train they are likely to be far busier than normal. that is the warning. that let has led to some passenger groups to say there should be compensation for people who are going to have to face three weeks of misery. but the rail company here that operates out of here is saying actually that's not going to happen, it's going to be a normal situation. you will only qualify for compensation if your train is delayed for a significant time, not because the timetable has been changed. south west trains say people have been warned this was going to happen. compensation will be available throughout august. we have been talking to passengers more about 12 months now as well trying to raise awareness of the works and get people to understand the impact on yourjourneys. for some people that means not travelling or working from home. if passengers are disrupted during august, there is compensa

the head of network rail has apologised after passengers travelling into london waterloo, the uk's busiest railway station, faced yet more delays. the station had reopened today after three weeks of engineering works, but rush hour services on several lines into waterloo this morning were cancelled after signalling problems. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the british government that none of its brexit position papers is "satisfactory" and an "enormous" amount needs to be settled before talks on a trade deal can begin. one of the key issues brussels wants to agree on first is the status of more than 3.5 million eu nationals who live and work in the uk. our correspondent, emma simpson, has been talking to some of them about their concerns. david lenehan runs a small family business in blackburn repairing and revamping old industrial parts, he says his foreign staff are crucial. there's amilcar from spain. and lucas from poland. ramadan‘s from bulgaria. aru nas from lithuania. there's danesia from slovakia. and finally lisa, who moved here two year

network rail says the closures are necessary to improve services. emma simpson is there. emma, it still looks busy behind you. it is busy, george, but the trains have been replaced by noisy diggers in this part of waterloo. this is possibly the biggest and most complex engineering that this train station has seen in a century. ten platforms are closed until august 29, the day after the bank holiday. that is practically half the station. it is going to involve around 1000 engineers and on—site workers doing shifts around the clock. what they are basically doing, i don't know if you can see it, is extending the platforms to allow longer trains. this will eventually mean an extra a5,000 passengers will be able to go to and from waterloo during rush hour every day. that's the game. but the pain is big disruption. but for months now, the real bosses have been urging passengers to work from home, find alternative routes, even go on holiday. they do seem to be heeding that. because we have had no payoffs today. one commuter said it was the best to meet the dive had. it was so

millions of travellers taking to the road and rail network this weekend face disruption because of major engineering works. the south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool street. there will be limited services at other stations. in the north west of england engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. jenny kumar is at king's cross station for us. give us a round—up of how it's going to look for people as they try to travel by rail today's. as you say, lots of disruption across the country. here at king's cross i've noticed it said the increase in passengers. it is expected to get quite busy today, particularly on those services between here and scotla nd those services between here and scotland because london euston is closed and that's impacting on services between there and the midlands and the north and scotland. also the edinburgh festival is coming to an end this weekend, it is expected to get pretty busy here. trains are running to time, there have been a few minor cancellations

this is about putting right under investment in the rail network. that is welcome, it is notjust about investment in the rail network. that is welcome, it is not just about the railway, it is about making the railway, it is about making the railway fit to take more passenger and freight traffic off the roads, giving people a choice in how they get about. we welcome that and we just want to see the work done. it's never the right time to do it, we wa nt never the right time to do it, we want to see it done on time and in ways that the passengers informed and up to speed about what is happening. the work isn'tjust happening. the work isn'tjust happening in london, there are improvements in other parts of the country as well. what impact will they see, what benefits will they bring? we hope it will bring real upgrades in amount of services, and the quality of services. however, we still want to see the government reinstate some of the work they have talked about dropping, particularly outside london, in the midlands and the north of england, which have

network rail has warned of "challenging days" ahead for passengers. security forces in venezuela are searching for 10 men who escaped with weapons after they tried to storm an army base in the city of valencia. the president nicolas maduro congratulated the army for successfully stopping the assault — although two people died during it. earlier, a video posted on social media showed uniformed men saying they were rising against a murderous tyranny. greg dawson reports. venezuela has grown used to rebellion, but this time it was different. a small group of men in military uniform openly defying their president. translation: this is not a coup. this is a civic and military action to restore constitutional order and save the country from total destruction, to stop the murders of our youth and relatives. as members of the military, we demand that the will of the people be recognised to free themselves of tyranny. any hopes of an uprising were quickly deflated, though. venezuelan authorities claim to have foiled the attack within a couple of hours, with

the warning from network rail is, if you don't need to come to this station, try and keep away. they have even been telling people to take their holidays over the next three weeks if they can because there will be queues at the station, trains will be busier than usual, and there are going to be far fewer trains. be busier than usual, and there are going to be farfewer trains. they have got information points here, they have brought in around 10,000 people to offer advice to customers to try to keep things running smoothly. simon, thank you very much indeed, simon, thank you very much indeed, simonjones live at simon, thank you very much indeed, simon jones live at waterloo simon, thank you very much indeed, simonjones live at waterloo station in london this morning. how do you feel about alligators? don't like them, same as crocodiles, scary! little ones? they grow into big ones! an alligator has been spotted relaxing by a lake in somerset. the two foot long reptile was seen getting out of the water at chew valley reservoir by a bristol water engineer. a spokesman could not con

the former chancellor, george osborne, says a northern powerhouse rail network connecting liverpool to hull, must be established. jon kay has been speaking to passengers travelling between liverpool and manchester to gauge opinions. this train will be calling at manchester victoria, huddersfield... heading across northern england tonight, the 17.10 service from liverpool. on time, but, for some, it's just too slow. yeah, it's terrible, it's absolutely terrible. rona has spent six hours today commuting between yorkshire and merseyside and it's only 70 miles each way. it's a really long day. so for me, i left home at 6:30am this morning and i'll get home at 7:30pm tonight, so that's a very long day. so for my productivity, it impacts me tomorrow because i'm just shattered. while she is recovering, tomorrow the north of england's politicians and business leaders will be holding a summit to discuss building a high—speed link across the region. it could cut the journey from manchester to leeds from 48 minutes to 26, and the 90 minute journey from liverpool to leeds to just one hour. just