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again on 23rd january. i know there's a lot of controversy about us striking, and that we're not kind of getting those calls and getting to patients today, but in realistic terms, day—to—day, we're not getting to patients. we'll be talking to a paramedic in devon who says it's notjust about pay, it's about the intense pressure on staff. it's notjust the nhs, 100,000 civil servants are to strike on 1st february in their campiagn for better pay. also tonight... as russian forces intensify their efforts to occupy eastern ukraine around the mining town of soledar, there's a heightened conce...

Concerns about safety. paramedics and support staff are taking further action in their dispute over pay and conditions. they say the current situation is not sustainable. we don't meet minimum levels now on a day—to—day basis. i cannot stress enough how difficult it is for us to be able to deliver that care to patients. here at westminster, the government not was planning ahead. it wants to change the law to force unions to offer emergency cover during strikes. labour say that is insulting to workers. we'll have the latest on the series of disputes in different public sectors and the likel...

In ukraine, and fighting has been raging in the east of the country as russia continues its attack on the donbas region. the uk�*s ministry of defence says it�*s "likely" that the ukrainian mining town of soledar is now under russian control after fighting intensified over the past four days. this image from five days ago gives a sense of the destruction even before the latest russian attacks. soledar had a population of around 10,000 before the war. now president zelensky says there is �*almost no life�* there. two british nationals andrew bagshaw and christopher parry have gone missi...

In addition to personal imagery, young Nichols photographed miners, industrial infrastructure, and a small town’s adjustment to a sudden, but ultimately fleeting, population increase.

It's like my world. so, yeah, ifeel quite safe. i like it. i couldn't imagine doing anything else. but all this is to end, or so we've been told. bent�*s company, the government—owned store norske, has announced that mine 7, svalbard and norway's last remaining mine, will soon close forever. it makes me sad. i'm... you know, being there all my life, almost, and that's what i've been knowing. it was a mining town and now it's coming to an end. it's more and more of a tourist town. what do you say to those who argue coal mining's a thing of the past, it has to finish, if we're going to save ...