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iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it's wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three—day strike in a dispute over pay. they'll walk out from seven o'clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs�*s...

are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia's gold coast — three others are critically injured. brazil's new presidentjoins thousands of mourners paying their respects to football legend pele at the santos stadium. and coming up, we've been talking to a guide dogs charity that's recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. that afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. downing street has admitted that the nhs is facing an "unprecedented challenge" but insists the government is doing "ev...

energy bosses have held talks with the government to discuss plans to help customers struggling with soaring bills. ministers are promising more help in the coming months. a british man accused of being a member of the islamic state group is remanded in custody charged with terror offences. and the crisis of local swimming pools. the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. hello. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. a&e departments in england had one of their worst months ever injuly, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to...

bid tomorrow too. it says the pair will fight it out to be the candidate to take on rishi sunak. meanwhile, the mail claims sunak — the former chancellor — has been forced to deny links to the former number 10 adviser dominic cummings. the express concentrates on sunak�*s successor as chancellor, nadhim zahawi. they quote him as saying he's being "smeared over tax". the ft says senior conservative party figures are planning to thin out the field of leadership candidates rapidly, to stop the campaign becoming ugly. the guardian says the tory rivals as "scrambling to get enough s...

Areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into Southern Lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday President Biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. One british citizen, jake marlowe, is missing. He was working as sec...