Good morning.
The UK rail network will be effectively shut down for a full week later this month on the biggest strike in more than 30 years.
The national strikes were announced on June 21, 23 and 25 by the RMT in what it described as the biggest dispute on the network since 1989.
More than 50,000 National Rail workers and 13 other operators will leave on June 21 to coincide with a London Underground strike, and another 40,000 unionists will go on strike in later dates.
Two critical by-elections will be disrupted, while partygoers are also facing chaos ahead of events such as Glastonbury, various concerts and England’s cricket match against New Zealand.
5 things to start the day
1) Ban on gas boilers to deal with the cost of living crisis, demands Tsar of Infrastructure Sir John Armitt, chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, said ministers should reproduce the ban forced the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2030 to apply it to natural gas as well. boilers.
2) 50,000 railroad workers close UK travel network with three-day strike in June Railway union leaders have started strikes to coincide with the by-elections and the Glastonbury festival as they lobby the government.
3) The UK launches the first post-Brexit satellite navigation system to prevent the threat of Russian piracy. The British satellite navigation system will give punctual locations to drones, ships and driverless cars after Brexit meant the expulsion of the UK from the European alternative.
4) Tesco’s vegan burger ads are banned for “misleading” environmental claims The Advertising Standards Authority said Tesco had hinted that buying Plant Chef burgers “would positively affect the environment” by suggesting that customers they could “make their grain of sand” by changing environment for planting. burgers based on -.
5) Three out of four Londoners will never return to office full time The study found that few agree with Boris Johnson’s criticism that working from home is inefficient because people are “walking very slowly into the fridge, cutting a small piece of cheese. ” “and forgetting what they were doing.
What happened overnight
Hong Kong shares began on Wednesday with a big gain after a strong Wall Street advantage.
The Hang Seng index rose 1.2 units. The Shanghai composite index rose 0.1%, while the Shenzhen composite index of China’s second-largest stock market rose 0.06%.
Shares in Tokyo opened higher, with the Nikkei 225 benchmark rising 0.6%.
Arrive today
- Corporate: Aveva Group, Wizz Air Holdings, Workspace Group (annual results); Nexus Infrastructure, Ramsdens Holdings (temporary)
- Economy: Halifax Home Price Index, Construction PMI (UK); Industrial production (Germany); GDP (EU); Crude Inventories (US)