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civil servants just staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servants just some - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of those | staff. but with nurses, teachers, l civil servantsjust some of those in civil servants just some of those in dispute, we have one big question this morning can we avoid a summer of strikes? in the last half hour, the health secretary has written to pat cullen, the woman who ll lead the nurses onto the picket lines for their most serious strike. she s here in the studio. and so will be the the cabinet minister, tory chairman, greg hands. how will the government stop that strike from happening? but you might wonder, does labour have a better answer? the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, is with us. and we ll lift our eyes to the heavens thejupiter icy moons explorer begins its eight yearjourney hunting for life beyond earth. professor carole mundell i ....
britain s largest energy supplier, centrica, is to reveal record profits today on the back of a surge in wholesale gas prices linked to the war in ukraine, just weeks after suspending the forced installation of prepayment meters over concerns of its treatment of vulnerable customers. many families are struggling to pay their energy bills, with a quarter losing sleep over it. centrica s boss chris o shea has been urged to waive his bonus. kathryn porter is an energy consultant and founder of watt logic. by by any one s numbers, £3 billion, it is a huge amount of money and it s going to mean a huge amount of criticism today as well from people across the board. is centrica profiteering in your view? board. is centrica profiteering in your view? no, i don t think the are in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, - in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, the - they are profiteering, the record profits are driven by its upstream business, produc ....
temperatures around ten to 12. going through the evening hours, these showers will run down through that kent coast. skies will then clear as high pressure starts to build and look at the difference, from a mild night to a colder night, frost is likely again in the far west of scotland. with that high pressure comes the sign of something quieter and sunnier, as we go into the longer easter weekend. there will be some weather fronts pushing longer easter weekend. there will be some weatherfronts pushing in longer easter weekend. there will be some weather fronts pushing in from the west, but probably not arriving until sunday or monday. not a bad start. we will be chasing some cloud rent, particularly in eastern england, but there will be some rain on sunday and monday as well. enjoy. peter murrell, the former chief executive of the snp, was released without charge tonight in an allegation that £600,000 donated for a second referendum campaign is missing. we ll be joined by t ....
through really traumatic circumstances. they are going through a difficult time in their lives and we are finding that their cases are not being dealt with quickly enough. we really need to see proper investment in the justice system so we need morejudges, more courts, more police officers, more lawyers and there is not enough funding in the system at the moment. i was going to say, what is happening is that victims are now getting to a stage where cases are being adjourned a number of times before they get to conclusions, some trials are taking 2 3 years before they are concluding and victims are just getting to a stage where they have had enough. it s hanging over them and they get to a point where they just can t support action them and they get to a point where theyjust can t support action any further. ., , , . further. from my experience, certainly. further. from my experience, certainly. as further. from my experience, certainly, as a further. from my experi ....
an nhs strike ballot gets underway nurses, paramedics and hospital porters in england, wales and northern ireland vote in their dispute over pay. and, the annual poppy appeal is launched by the royal british legion, in the run up to armistice day. and coming up on the bbc news channel. ian poulter responds to rory mcilroy s recent criticism, saying he hasn t betrayed anyone by being involved with the liv golf series. making £8.2 billion betweenjuly and september. that s more than double what it made in the same period last year, although it s a slowdown from the second quarter of this year when it announced record figures. high oil and gas prices, and the war in ukraine, have all fed in to the increase. the figures have prompted calls for the tax on energy firms profits to be raised, to help people with bills. we ll have more on that in a moment, but first this report from our business correspondent, marc ashdown. our energy pain is shower s game. while we ve all been f ....