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To make your own way to hospital. despite those reassurances, the government has warned that a national deal to agree a minimum level of cover hasn't been agreed, with crews already struggling to respond in time to calls for emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes. ambulance staff, along with other nhs workers, have been offered a pay rise averaging 4.75%. but unions want an above inflation pay increase, saying that low wages are contributing to staffing issues across the service. despite the strikes, the vital message to the public is, if it is a critical, life—threatening emergency, ...

Good afternoon. picket lines like this one in manchester are now in place outside ambulance stations across almost all of england and wales. the strike involves around 20,000 workers from the ambulance service. paramedics and also call handling staff. principally the strike is over pay. the unions say an offer of 4.75% is nowhere near enough to cope with the rising cost of living and inflation. but we've also heard today from paramedics on the picket line that they are also worried about the state of emergency care and the impact that that is having on patient safety. ambulances are still resp...

>> reporter: others told to evacuate or shelter in place. >> i've been here six years. this is as worst as it's ever been. >> reporter: the storm system causing significant flooding in urban areas and leaving creeks and rivers in northern california overflowing. >> when you see the water moving this quick and rising like this, it's a little unsettling. >> reporter: on saturday 4.75 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period in oakland, the wettest day on record. roads were so impacted that the national weather service said closures were too many to count. >> when i opened one of my gates, there w...

If the fed, jerome powell could telegraph we're going to stop at 4.75 and see how the patient takes the medicine, that would be good news. there's fear that the fed's going to go above 5%, maybe stop and keep them at 5%. and that could be recessionary. that would just be a cry uncle point for a lot of people with maybe even devastating the housing market. there's fear going into '23. >> one thing that doesn't get a lot of attention, though it's got attention when it was going up, was the price of gas. the number now hovering at $3.13 a gallon. is that likely to have an impact to help inject ne...

4.75% in line with the recommendation of an independent pay review body. the government said it will not deviate from this author but the unions have said that it isn't enough. the inflation rate in the uk was 10.7% for november. the unions have been set a specific figure, but they argue that any offer needs to be high enough to prevent a recruitment crisis. officials have warned that patient safety is at risk. here is the uk's health secretary. the safety is at risk. here is the uk's health secretary.— safety is at risk. here is the uk's health secretary. the system will be under significan...