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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 of nurses have voted to walk out in a dispute over pay. the department of health in england has urged unions to think hard before taking action which might affect patients. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. there have been a series of balance among the rcn s 300,000 members at individual workplaces. pay rises lower than inflation over several years and workforce shortages reasons given by the roy ....
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 on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are cur ....
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 parts. through the early hours the rash of showers moving eastwards affecting south east england, thundery for some. you can see the ridge of high pressure building on and for some that means it s a quiet night, a dry night, a chilly night. through parts of scotland, even in the central belt towns and cities, down to freezing, if not lower, so for someone friday morning scraping the windscreen i imagi ....
the leaders of china s ruling communist party gather for a summit in which ruler xijinping is expected to secure a historic third term in office. communities in three australian states are ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding. and the flying scotsman the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour celebrates a century on the tracks. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. britain s chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has cut short his visit to the us, to hold urgent talks with the prime minister, as pressure mounts on the government over its mini budget. mr kwarteng had been in washington for a meeting of global finance ministers. he d originally been expected to return back to london on saturday. speaking to the bbc yesterday before the change of plans, mr kwarteng said he believes 100% that he will still be a chancellor and liz truss will still be prime minister in a month s time. later today, the chancellor and ....