to bring the party together. we ll be looking at the week ahead as the conservative party chooses its third leader in three months. also on the programme. the social care system in england is gridlocked, says the watchdog, with staffing shortages a majorfactor. covid infections rise above 2 million for the first time since the summer. and the first baby bison born in britain for thousands of years. on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have the latest on cristiano ronaldo s fall out with manchester united as their star player gets benched. and booted out of first team training after he walked out on them on wedneday. good evening. in a day s time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons, has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet, but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. mrjohnson left offic
at stansted as heathrow extends its passenger cap to the end of october. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars almost 50 years ago. good afternoon. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up a.7% between april and june this year, compared to 2021. but taking inflation into account, wages are actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financia help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, a.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is dealing with astronomical price rises that more than cancel that out. aiming to attract the insta
a new dual covid vaccine will form part of the uk s autumn booster campaign the jab targets both the original covid and omicron variants. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars, almost 50 years ago. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up 4.7% between april and june this year, compared to last year. but taking inflation into account, it s actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financial help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, 4.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is deal
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) can no longer facilitate the medical needs of the population. Dr. Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said that wait times [.]
relative to the population. this is the year before the pandemic. last year with limited social contact figures were very, very low. this time they ve picked up a bit sooner than usual, expecially among the under fives. flu is always a common cause of hospital admission in young children. i think what we re seeing is that these young children over the last two or three years haven t seen flu, so we re getting more than one season in one go. so there is a risk that we re going to see more admissions in youngsters and that s going to take off. so it is very important that your two and three year olds that can have the nasal vaccine come forward. the coverage is lagging a little bit in that group so we really want them to come forward as soon as they re called. there have been flu increases in scotland and wales not yet in northern ireland. officials are set to step up efforts to get more people to come forward for covid and flu vaccinations. reeta.