Yesterday was the warmest day of the year, 28 celsius, a month. Today feeling fresher with sunny spells and showers. The full forecast throughout the programme. Its friday, the 11th of august. Our main story. The latest round of strikes byJunior Doctors in england will start in just over an hour, as a long running dispute involving half of all doctors working in the uk continues. Nhs leaders are warning it means more significant disruption to the Health Service, with thousands of appointments and procedures postponed. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Were now into the fifth round of strikes byJunior Doctors in england with little sign that their union, the british medical association, or ministers are prepared to yield. But the continuing Industrial Action is having an impact on patients. Former teacher margaret is trying to plan a holiday, but she also needs to get a new Pacemaker Battery fitted. One nhs appointment was cancelled because of an earlier walkout, and marg
53 according to the latest Statement Released in the last hour from the maui county government. Joe biden has already issued a major disaster declaration and the governor has said it is the deadliest Natural Disaster for generations. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals have been treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. Nomia iqbal has this report. Much of the Hawaiian Island of maui is now scorched earth. A pilot can hardly believe what hes seeing. Oh, my gosh look at the harbour this looks like baghdad or something. The Historic Town of lahaina barely exists anymore. Since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by Hurricane Force winds, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets and instead of historic buildings, there are Smoking Piles of rubble. Everybody still out here, its time to go for anyone still in the town, the message is clear get out. If anybody s still here, the fire is on front street and it is time to go this Satell
Hi there, thank you for being with us. We begin with an ongoing tragedy in hawaii. At least 36 people have died in wildfires and President Joe Biden has issued a major Disaster Declaration. Hawaiis governor says it was the deadliest Natural Disaster for hawaii for generations and he expects the number of deaths to go up significantly. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals are treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. Much of the Hawaiian Island of maui is now scorched earth. A pilot can hardly believe what hes seeing. Oh, my gosh, look at the harbour this looks like baghdad or something. The Historic Town of lahaina barely exists any more. Since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by Hurricane Force winds, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets, and instead of historic buildings, there are Smoking Piles of rubble. Everybody still out here, its time to go for
three years ago, you went up kilimanjaro. today, you went to space. how are you going to top this? what s next forjon goodwin? the great thing of waiting 18 years was it wasn t a problem, i got something to look forward to which was very few other people had done. and that has now happened. i suppose i ve got to go to the moon. a giant leap for those on board and a major milestone for space tourism, at least for those who can afford it. tickets currently cost more than £350,000. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. the women s world cup quaterfinals get under way in just a few hours and one of the teams hoping to go all the way is japan, who play sweden. the former competition winners are one of several asian countries to make it further than their male counterparts ever did. in fact, every single women s football team in asia is ranked higher than the men. nick marsh spent some time watching singapore s next generation to find out why.
in 2014, you got diagnosed with parkinson s. three years ago, you went up kilimanjaro. today, you went to space. how are you going to top this? what s next forjon goodwin? the great thing of waiting 18 years was it wasn t a problem. i d got something to look forward to, which very few other people had done. and that has now happened. i suppose i ve got to go to the moon. a giant leap for those on board and a major milestone for space tourism, at least for those who can afford it. tickets currently cost more than £350,000. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. a question for you. have you ever received the bill at the end of a meal whilst abroad and spotted charges you didn t expect? well, one couple visiting italy