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good morning. for most of the uk it is a day of sunny spells and showers. some of those will be quite heavy. it is a different story for east anglia and the south—east, where it's going to be raining for most of the day with the threat of some localised flooding. they will have the full forecast for you a little later on. it's sunday, 6 november. good morning. our main story: the biggest ever strike by nurses looks set to go ahead, after a ballot of around 300,000 members of the royal college of nursing. the final results are still being counted, but the union says a large majority...

in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should "carefully consider" the impact o...

when it happens so quickly. as we head through the next few hours we've got that rain in the south—east clearing away, elsewhere some sunshine and also a rash of showers across parts of wales and the south—west. those could well be thundery. for much of scotland and northern ireland some sunshine, a few showers and temperature is about average. this evening, you can see the circulation of showers across the circulation of showers across the south—west, these will be heavy, perhaps thundery, and accompanied by brisk winds coming in from the north—west affecting some coastal pa...

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