and at why so many workers in other sectors are also still at loggerheads with the government over pay. also on the programme: ten month old finley boden, murdered by his parents after being placed back into their care. 21 year old us guardsman jack teixera appears in court, charged with espionage over a huge leak of secret government documents. deux, un.top! and coming up in sport on bbc news. her second title this week britain sjessica gadirova wins all around gold at the european artistic gymnastics championships in turkey. good evening. nurses in england who are members of the rcn have voted to reject the government s pay officer. the move has been described as concerning for patients. the rcn says what has been offered today to simply not enough. a five percent pay rise from april was offered as well as a one off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year s pay award. but 54% of members who voted rejected the deal. and so the union have announced a 48 hour str
have the latest. also tonight. the man accused of the worst leak of us intelligence documents in years appears in court. the brief life of finlay boden, dead at ten months old. his parents, guilty of his murder. the european space mission to the icy moons ofjupiter. could there be life out there? and take that are among a line up fit for a king at the coronation concert. and coming up on bbc news, england s man of the moment harry brook hits the first century of this year s ipl, including 12 fours and three sixes. good evening. members of the royal college of nursing in england have voted to reject the government s latest pay offer and will continue their strike action. the government describes the move as hugely concerning for patients. nursing leaders say what has been offered is simply not enough. a 5% pay rise from april was offered as well as a one off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year s pay award. but 54% of rcn members who voted rejected the deal. a
with any disruption robustly. for those concentrating only on the national race card, last year s winner, noble yeats, is back, butjockey sam waley cohen has since retired. and the name rachel blackmore always piques interest. the 2021 winner won this afternoon and will be on board ain t that a shame tomorrow. as you might have guessed, the going is soft, but the weather is due to get better. patrick geary, bbc news, at aintree. here is the man who can tell us if it is going to get better. it should be fine for the grand national and mostly fine for the rest of us. we have had sunny spells today and widespread showers to contend with. through the weekend, there will be fewer showers, still some sunny spells and it will start to feel just a little some sunny spells and it will start to feeljust a little bit some sunny spells and it will start to feel just a little bit warmer. but today it has brought no shortage of showers, even more persistent rain in places. quite wet right now across
of the grand national. 0rganisers insist they are prepared, and police say they will deal with any disruption robustly. for those concentrating only on the national race card, last year s winner, noble yeats, is back, butjockey sam waley cohen has since retired. and the name rachael blackmore always piques interest. the 2021 winner won this afternoon and will be on board ain t that a shame tomorrow. as you might have guessed, the going is soft, but the weather is due to get better. patrick gearey, bbc news, at aintree. take that, lionel richie and the pop singer katy perry will all be performing at the coronation concert as part of an eclectic line up of artists. the grounds of windsor castle will be the venue for around 20,000 people on sunday the 7th of may. lizo mzimba has that story. gary barlow is of course no stranger to big royal events. he helped organise the queen s diamond jubilee concert in 2012. this time he ll be performing with take that.