paramedics workers like nurses, midwives and paramedics do, whilst also being affordable for the taxpayer. the offer covers all nhs in england staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. also on the programme. the social media app tikto, kowned by a chinese company, is to be banned from uk government devices for security reasons. in eastern ukraine, a special report on the fighters in the trenches of bakhmut trying to resist the russian advance. gunfire. the russians are only 500 metres away. that s automatic fire. all along this line, grenade fire, automatic gunfire and tank fire. and, following the dry summer and winter, parts of england are facing a high risk of drought unless there s much rainfall in the weeks ahead. 0n bbc london. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. there s a surprise in the big race of the day at cheltenham as 33 to one shot sire de berlais wins the stayers hurdle. good evening. after months of strike action by nhs staff in engla
to one shot sire de berlais wins the stayers hurdle. good evening. after months of strike action by nhs staff in england, there s hope that a new pay offer will put an end to the dispute. the staff, who include nurses and ambulance workers, are being presented with a deal negotiated over the past two weeks by trade unions and government. doctors are not included as they are on a different contract. the government and the nhs staff council representing nurses, ambulance staff and other nhs workers have completed negotiations and reached a final offer, a government spokesman has said. the offer is in two parts. first, a one off payment for this financial year, to be paid within weeks,