we ll have the latest from picket lines in england, scotland and wales. also on the programme: large crowds are expected in memphis for the funeral of tyre nichols, the black man who died after being detained by police. two men get life in prison for killing a 71 year old woman, to steal her life savings. and the potentially deadly radioactive capsule the size of ap retrieved from the australian outback. and coming up on the bbc news channel: chelsea confirm they have completed the signing of argentina midfielder enzo fernandez from benfica for a record £107 million. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade across the uk, with tens of thousands of people on strike, in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers all are on strike in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union the largest g
minister respond? let s go to jonathan- minister respond? let s go to jonathan- we minister respond? let s go to jonathan. we have minister respond? let s go to jonathan. we have got - minister respond? let s go to jonathan. we have got that l jonathan. we have got that demonstration not too far away from the prime minister s front door. what is the government saying about the action today? the action today? well, the strike is reaching the action today? well, the strike is reaching the the action today? well, the strike is reaching the front the action today? well, the strike is reaching the front door- the action today? well, the strike is reaching the front door of- is reaching the front door of downing is reaching the front door of downing street, but anyone watching prime downing street, but anyone watching prime minister s questions in the house prime minister s questions in the house of prime minister s questions in the house of commons today might have felt
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade across the uk, with tens of thousands of people on strike, in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers all are on strike in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union the largest group of workers on the picket lines. it s estimated up to 85% of schools are affected. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been speaking to some of those on strike in liverpool. cheering from london to stoke, from cardiff to aberdeen, teachers are out on strike across britain. at chesterfield high, in crosby, the school gates are closed. more than 1,000 children are at home, whilst teachers are on picket lines, in a dispute over pay. i ve been doing it 20 years now and, unfortunately, you watch a lot
about half a million people to be out striking today. most people behind me are teachers, but some are civil servants, they work in these fancy buildings here in whitehall. but that is not all. there are also civil servants in the country working on relatively low paid jobs, job centres and call centres, so they are looking for a pay rise close to inflation of 10.5%. in terms of the scale of this, this is the biggest strike for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that and there are unions who have decided not to strike today and it certainly could be a lot bigger. but what is interesting is that our union leaders here today like the leader of the civil service union promising more days like today, more coordinated action. they are being very noisy, they hope the prime minister can hear them. the question of course now is, how does the prime minister respond?
out later today how many schools have been closed due to the strike action and let s you live pictures of members of the national education union marching through central london as part of their dispute. you get a bit of a sense of the scale of the action. the unions are estimating as many as 100,000 teaching staff would be taking part. the march of course is not far from number ten downing st. let s get some closing thoughts on all of this. nick eardley is at westminster. we can go back and forth on numbers but there is no question that many hundreds of thousands of people will be affected by all the strike action right across the country today. and they will want to know is where i ll be in terms of trying to resolve so many of these disputes? plat many of these disputes? not particularly many of these disputes? not particularly close many of these disputes? iirrt particularly close seems to be the