unveiled next weekend s coronation concert at windsor castle will take place on a stage shaped like a union flag. a record breaker at the crucible, as mark selby becomes the first player to make a maximum 147 break at the final of the world snooker championship. good morning. there will be a bit of sunshine breaking through for your bank holiday monday, but also a scattering of showers. things turning colderfrom scattering of showers. things turning colder from the scattering of showers. things turning colderfrom the north. details on bbc breakfast. good morning. it s monday, the 1st of may. our main story. members of the royal college of nursing have begun their latest strike in england, as part of a long running dispute about pay and conditions. the walkout will last until midnight. it is the first time some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket lines. our health reporter, katherine da costa reports. from london to bristol, live
of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies in khartoum, people are fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing quite a long journey, people talking 16 30 hours to get to the coast, to get to port sudan and then hoping to get on these. well, there s a range, a flotilla, if you like, of warships, saudi arabian warships
rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honour it. that they will honour it. air strikes continued to pound the capital of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations has warned that the humanitarian crisis in sudan is at a breaking point. world leaders, including the african union, are calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies again in khartoum, people fleeing
trying to get out of the country during a tenuous 72 hour ceasefire that threatens to break. among them are british people being told to go to this air base outside the capital where they are being flown to safety in cyprus then on to the uk where we are expecting very soon the first plane to arrive. the uk says more than 300 people have been evacuated from sudan with more flights expected in the coming hours. full nearly 2000 people from other countries have taken another route out by crossing the red sea on a ship organised by saudi arabia. tens of thousands of sudanese continue to try to reach neighbouring chad, egypt and south sudan. as thousands leave, residents in khartoum tell us about their fears that the world is abandoning them as supplies of food, water and medicine are running low. officials wanted for war crimes have been released from prison although the army says they have been moved to a military hospital. our correspondent is at the airport in cyprus. this is