a huge response to the tv drama about the post office scandal that saw hundreds of innocent branch managers wrongfully prosecuted for theft. we ll hear from one who s fought forjustice for 20 years. whilst there are some brighter skies ahead for us all there is still some rain in the forecast today particularly across the south, i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 4th january. our main story. a row about emergency cover has broken out between nhs bosses and union leaders, as a strike byjunior doctors in england enters its second day. yesterday nhs leaders made 20 requests for striking doctors to return to the wards and help overstretched services but the british medical association accused them of misusing the system, which is known as derogation. a number of nhs trusts have reported long waiting times in a&e, with some declaring critical incidents. here s more from our health editor hugh pym. # hey, vicky, ooh, ahh # i wanna know when you ll pay u
frequent. temperatures today down a little bit but still above where we should be injanuary. let s focus on the rain in the south, heavy, and persistent in southern counties, pushing into london and east anglia, could see 50 millimetres of rain in one or two spots and the winds are whipping up across the channel islands. elsewhere, the showers are becoming fewer across the north, more pushing into the west later on. the rain will go into eastern england through the night as the winds pick up. in the clear skies across central and western areas later, there could be a touch of frost to take us into tomorrow morning. fewershowers frost to take us into tomorrow morning. fewer showers tomorrow but the emphasis continues to be on dry weather as we head towards the weekend and beyond. chilly by night and mist and fog in the mornings. that sounded like a song when you told us anyway. very lyrical. it’s told us anyway. very lyrical. it s ust the told us anyway. very lyrical. it s just the s