we take to the skies with the what red arrows as they prepare for the fly past at buckingham palace. hello and welcome to bbc news. flight cancellations are continuing at british airports as the industry struggles with staff shortages. british airways has dropped 124 short haul services from heathrow today, but says passengers were given advance notice. the transport secretary, grant shapps, is meeting with airline bosses this afternoon, after saying he hasn t seen enough progress in tackling the disruption. airlines have blamed the government for tough covid restrictions and a lack of support. unions have warned that the situation could get worse before it gets better. our correspondent dan johnson reports. as you can see, the case is packed, everything ready to go, but we have nowhere to go. steve s bags are packed, he said goodbye to the parrot, but there was a nasty surprise very early this morning. the e mail came through at two o clock this morning. he and his wife s fl
patients support doctors, gps and their staff who are working under intense pressure at the moment, but he says that when the abuse and the violence happens, it is very distressing. i think most gp teams will reflect that the people who are at the brunt of the abuse are our reception teams. they re at the frontline and patients come in and if they get aggravated by the fact they can t get what they want when they want, quite often they start screaming or shouting, threatening violence or damage to property or staff members. and certainly as a gp, i ve been spat at on one occasion and it sjust really distressing. doctors say there are several reasons that lie behind this. they point to patients understandable frustration at the growth of remote or phone consultations. they say there are fewer gps being asked to do more and more, and so that means that a lot of people are really struggling to get the care they feel
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