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picket lines if lives are in immediate danger. under trade union laws, life—and—limb cover must be provided. live now to londons trafalgar square, where we can speak to nickjohnson, whos at the rally there. what are people saying to you? things are just getting under way here. the rally itself starting in the next few minutes. this will be ground zero for the junior doctors strike in england. this is the second track byjunior doctors in the space of a month. the bma says patrons ha...

is sacked over complaints about his behaviour at work. preparations in belfast ahead of president biden�*s visit to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. a vast area of ukraine is covered in landmines — officials say it will take many years to clear. # thank you for being a friend... #. and singer tony christie — diagnosed with dementia this year — unveils plans to sing for britains carers. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a huge night for manchester cit...

departments, and to make inroads into the backlog of care that built up into the backlog of care that built up and was building up before covid and built up a lot more during covid. that balancing act, meeting demand and making inroads into the backlog, is a tough thing to do it the best of times, it is impossible to do when you are losing around half your medical staff. so there is no question that the targets we have set for ourselves, the aims we have got to reduce those waiting lis...

this is the impact that we will see as a result of those strikes. at least a quarter of a million appointments and operations affected, but that number could be higher. it could be as high as 350,000 appointments affected. —— 250,000 appointments. lets look at the uk in terms of doctors and nurses compared to other 0ecd nations. so you have austria at the top and the uk at the bottom. when we look at the number of doctors and nurses, compared to western europe. of course, this is t...

the economy and we must account for them in order to assure more inflow of money for our investments. i propose to create a special government programme for that purpose, to create extra conditions for our citizens, to invest their money. that they have earned within the country. and at the same time to encourage the preservation of the saving intention funds. at the same time, the assurance of bank deposits, whose repayment will be guaranteed. for voluntary pension savings, i suggest ...

for their country will prevail. well be hearing from steve rosenberg in moscow, sarah smith in warsaw, and jeremy bowen, whos in kyiv. also on the programme: its just been announced that strike action by nurses in england is being paused. the royal college of nursing says it is starting talks with the government tomorrow over the long—running dispute. some supermarkets begin limiting the amount of fruit and veg you can buy because of problems with supplies. and the worlds biggest tri...

atlantic, head of atmore cloud moving up from northern france, which could lead to some showers in east anglia and the south—east. ahead of the main rain band which was the growth northern ireland into scotland and eventually into wales and western parts of england. some clear spells following to the north—west but generally with a lot of cloud it will be fairly mild, temperatures down to around 5 or 6. tomorrow the rain and eastern scotland moves away, sunshine and showers, wintry...

you for what youre doing and god you for what youre doing and god you all. presidentjoe biden with a pretty defiant speech stressing the united states and nato allies, support for ukraine will not waiver speaking of course in the run—up to the first anniversary of russias full—scale invasion of ukraine. he has been in warsaw and a cheering crowd there that as he put it, president putin lust for power and land would fail. he painted the struggle as a generational one for freedom he ...

two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. the government spent less than it received in tax injanuary leaving a £51; billion surplus and finances. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of englands grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies, despite most taking steps to be more inclusive. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two—hou...

severe gale and a pretty blustery winter northern ireland. as well as that, aside from the wind, all these showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail showers to come. lengthy spells of rainforsome, hailand showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail and thunder as well. really unsettled and i have mentioned snow so it is going to be chilly tomorrow, temperatures between seven and ten for most of us. more showers taking us into thursday. perhaps not quite as vorac...