one of the nhs s most busy periods. 0ur health correspondent sharon barbour has the story. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? 0ur nhs! dr greenhlagh is a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patient in the accident and emergency department, and i can t examine them in a room because there s no space, and so they re on a trolley in the corridor, it s not right. and when you see how little it seems the government values us, again that is a real blow to many doctors morale. we re not asking for a huge pay rise. what we re asking for is our pay to stop being cut and to reverse the pay cuts we ve already suffered. have you thought about leaving? i think alljunior doctors, to be honest, i think most have thought about leaving. the strike action will mean the c
let s cross live now to our correspondent sharon barbour, just outside the manchester royal infirmary. you say, a care has been cancelled. not patients are being advised to have a look on the website of of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, of junior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. a significant impact on hospitals over winter. doctor lizzie greenfield is one of the junior doctors. you were just telling me before we came on air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. dar; air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. just talk us through why. day one of work as a junior just talk us through why. day one of work as a junior doctor, just talk us through why. day one of work as a junior d
british gas suspends its force fitting of prepament meters following a report that it was imposing them on vulnerable customers. its chief executive, chris 0 shea has apologised. there chris 0 shea has apologised. is nothing that i can 5 can there is nothing that i can say that can express the horror i had when i heard this, when i saw this. it is completely unacceptable, that language is completely unacceptable. the largest ever outbreak of bird flu is now infecting mammals in the uk. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. europe s biggest energy firm, shell, has reported record annual profits of nearly $40 billion in 2022, more than double what it made in the previous year. the profits are the biggest in the firm s history boosted by higher energy prices since the start of the ukraine war. shell has already said it will pay tax in the uk for the first time since 2017 as a result of the government s windfall tax. let s take a closer look at t
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