and higher pressure is here this weekend, so we should see plenty of dry and settled conditions. 0ver weekend, so we should see plenty of dry and settled conditions. over the coming days we will see quite a dramatic change. i ll be back with more details. it s saturday, the 6th of march. our top story: pressure is mounting on the government over its proposed pay offer of 1% for health workers in england, after it was claimed that a long term plan had assumed an increase of double that. nhs providers, which represents trusts in england, accused ministers of snatching planned pay rises from the pockets of deserving nhs staff. four health unions have written to the chancellor, urging him to reconsider. our health editor hugh pym reports. nhs providers is the first employers group to wade into the health service pay row in england. it argues that a long term government financial plan for the nhs in 2019 included a commitment to pay staff a wage increase ofjust over 2% from this
the oxford vaccine to the over 65s germany looks set to follow suit up and down on your tonsils, a good four strokes. with schools getting ready to start teaching again on monday, we ll be asking how pupils will prepare for a new kind of test. tributes to the liverpool legend and telly favourite ian stjohn, who s died at the age of 82 i m here, mummy, i m here. as close as she can get: we hear from west end star ruthie henshall, who doesn t want to have to sing to her mother online she wants to hold her hand. and coming up on bbc news, trainer gordon elliott fears his licence could be taken away. he s been suspended from racing in great britain after being pictured sitting on a dead horse. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the figures speak for themselves and they paint a picture which suggests the battle against covid is on the turn. the number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to t
hello and welcome to our second look to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. we arre joined by the economics correspondent at the spectator, kate andrews, and the author and journalist rachel shabi. thanks for being back with us. so let s start with some of the front pages we already have. the i says that nurses are preparing to ballot for strike action, over the government s proposed 1% pay rise. there s a play on words on the same story in the mirror, along with an image of the prime minister clapping for carers earlier in the pandemic. same story on the express, who say nursing unions have branded the 1% rise as pitiful . the times leads on comments from the head of the scientific body, which says new variants are unlikely to delay the lifiting of restrictions. the telegraph goes on the covid travel permits, where passengers will have to prove they re on essential travel, while holidays are still not permitted. and allegations in the mail that borisjohnson persua
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are olivia utley, assistant comment editor for the telegraph and uk political editor at politico jack blanchard. welcome back to you both. we have a few more titles in. let s just flick through some of them. the telegraph s front page focuses on the uk s covid vaccination roll out with figures showing the number of over 80s being admitted to high dependency units falling sharply. it s a similar lead for the i. it reports that the pfizer and oxford vaccines cut the risk of hospitalisations from covid by 80% for over 80s. the guardian says the health secretary used today s downing street briefing to challenge other countries scepticism of the oxford/astrazeneca jab, as it revealed by some measures it is slightly more effective than the pfizer vaccine. for the front page of the times brussels has pledged a vaccination passport scheme which will be open to british travellers in tim
killing 18 people. and new charges are filed against oppose the don t understand suchi including inciting public on breast. protesters gather outside a court in hong kong where pro-democracy activists are accused of violating beijing s national security law. harrowing tales from civilians caught up with the conflict in ethiopia s northern 2 great beaches. and a french court prepares to rule on the corruption case against former president nicolas sarkozy. and i m here to stay with all your sports one of the world s top race horse trainers called an alias apologizes off to confirming a picture of him sitting on a dead horse is real. best . before hours after me and miles most violent days since its military coup prosecutors have filed 2 new criminal charges against depose the the un santucci was the 1st time she was seen in public since her detention of a month ago she appeared in court through a video link and even after the deaths of 18 people on sunday demonstrators remain d