hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a big story in the uk. more thani million national health service staff in england will get a 5% pay rise after health unions here backed the deal. ambulance workers, nurses and physios will also get a one off sum of at least £1655. but the pay deal was signed up at a meeting between the government and 1a health unions, representing all nhs staff above doctors and dentists. one minister said it was time to bring the strikes to an end. the uk health secretary steve barclay said he was pleased with the this is a good day for nhs staff who will benefit from this pay rise, an extra will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., :: :: :: ., ., , will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., 11:11: ., ., , ., extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, so - extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a
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jesse: nancy pelosi thinks her boogie man will disappear if we stop talking about him. at the direction of donald trump. yeah. a very sick person. i think that we spend too much time talking about him because this was a real taint on our democracy to have that person there. but we cannot keep giving him all the press he wants. jesse: this is coming from the lady that impeached trump twice. ignore trump and he will just go away. obama didn t get that message. barry and michelle took a private jet down to australia this week. michelle looked miserable. what does she have to be so sad about? her husband is making millions in australia. people are paying $900 a ticket just to hear him talk? now, obama met australia s prime minister. look how happy they are. they didn t even need the marine to hold the umbrella. obama greeted by indigenous elder anti-joy murphy. elder ante only comes out for the big shots. and when you go to melbourne, she gives you a welcome bush.
saying an improved pay offer could be enough to stop strikes, scheduled for monday and tuesday. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for how to heal the nhs. we ve been almost 12 hours in an ambulance. there were people sitting on the floor, people on trolleys everywhere. it was just horrendous. record waits in a&e, trolleys stacked up along busy corridors, ambulance crews forced to queue outside for hours with their patients. it does get tricky when you see a time come on the call and it s hours ago and you are thinking, oh, gosh, what are you going to turn up to? and they are in a bad state. the health service in every corner of the uk has been battling through its worst winter in a generation. we are running two and three times above our capacity continually, and often more than that. we ve had crises in the nhs before, but doctors say nothing like this. this is undoubtedly a crisis, and it s undoubtedly a national scandal. we simply haven t seen the action that was nec
detectives searching for nicola bulley, who disappeared during a dog walk in lancashire more than a week ago, say they want to speak to a woman who was seen pushing a pram. the forced installation of pre payment metres the bbc learns that magistrates in england and wales were given advice suggesting permission could be waved through. a peace mission to south sudan the pope makes an unprecedented visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. you are watching bbc news. now, jim reed examines the underlying causes of the nhs crisis, with the help of medical experts and analysts, and looks at ways to make it better in how to heal the nhs. we ve been almost 12 hours in an ambulance. there were people sitting on the floor, people on trolleys everywhere. it was just horrendous. record waist in a&e, trolleys stacked up along busy corridors, ambulance crews forced to queue outside for hours with their patients. it does get tricky when you see a time