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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...

Into mental health services, if you compare that to physical conditions. yet the rates of people with mental health issues are increasing. between may and september last year, six teenagers took their own lives in west sussex. mason, kaylee taylor and robin skilton were just 14. marcy walter was 16. marcus 0'neill marcy walter was 16. marcus o'neill and another boy were both 17. the access to and another boy were both 17. tie: access to appropriate and suitable mental healthcare provision has time and time and again been inflicted by the same problems. failure to communicate between the agenci...

I wish west sussex was an unusual example, but sadly, we've seen that all over the country. there are systemic issues with mental health services. if you look at the funding, very little funding is going into mental health services, if you compare that to physical conditions. yet the rates of people with mental health issues are increasing. between may and september last year, six teenagers took their own lives in west sussex. mason, kaylee taylor and robin skilton were just 14. marcy walton was 16. marcus o'neill and another boy were both 17. the access to appropriate and suitable mental heal...