it s thursday, the 6th of october. our main story. hundreds of thousands of nurses across the uk are being asked if they re willing to walk out over pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its members for strike action for the first time in the union s 106 year history. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered close to that. our correspondent, caroline davies, has more. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uk s nurses were some of the nation s heroes. now, they re being balloted to strike over pay. my love for it was to make a difference in people s lives. and that s why i am here. but then, sometimes when i look at it, it s like, is it really worth it? victoria is a mental health nurse in an nhs trust. after she came back from maternity leave, she went part time and receives universal credit because she says her pay wouldn t cover the cost of childcare if she worked full time. even now, she struggles. sometimes you end up ha
the first time in its history. multiple explosions rock the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the british home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals he d been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 3a people including 23 children have been killed at a nursery in thailand. it happened that a child care facility in non bua lam phu province with the gunman fleeing the scene before killing himself, his wife and his children. he has been identified as 35 year old panya kamrab. after the shooting, the man fled the day centre in a white pick up truck and thai media are reporting he was sacked by police last year over drugs offences. i m joined by our thailand editor. thank you for coming in, can you tell is more about what ha
the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, the government will give thousands of people an interim payment of £100,000 each. i think it s a vindication of the work of the inquiry and the fact that this is an interim compensation payment suggests to me that liability has been accepted by the government. there are pollution warnings for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales after untreated sewage is discharged with heavy rain. and britain s emma raducanu knocks serena williams out of the cincinnati masters in straight sets. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we will have the latest from lord s as england take on south africa in the first test of the series. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says the rise in the price of goods is now at its highest rate for more than a0 years. inflation hit 1
thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, will get initial compensation, of £100,000 each. dozens of pollution alerts were issued at beaches across england and wales today and some untreated sewage was released into the water because of the heavy rain. and on the move, the rocket that could pave the way for astronauts heading back to the moon. and coming up heading back to the moon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the rain shortened is a day dominated by south africa at lord s with england reduced to 116 6 on the first day of the test. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the rate of inflation has hit double figures, for the first time, in a0 years. it was running at 10.1% in the year tojuly, higher than analysts were predicting. rising prices of certain food and soft drinks are particularly to blame, with bread and cereals up 12.4%, milk, cheese and eggs up 19.4% and cooking oil up 23.4%, all compared to this time last ye