iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
groups from unions, to students and others coming forward to raise their objections. in part, it is crystallised around the pension age, but so many different analysts saying the same thing, that so many different grievances weaved into these numbers on the streets. a more complicated one for the government to solve, i suspect than simply yes or no on the legal age. but that news coming and that the constitutional council has given it the thumbs up. there will be no referendum, that was a possibility. let s bring in a french political analyst and he is there waiting to talk to us in paris. it s not surprise decision of the constitutional court because a lot of people were saying that the referendum will pass and that the constitutional court will not avoid it. so, it s not a surprise, but i think that we will see in the upcoming hours and the weekend a lot of riots and strikes in the country, because there is still 70% of the french population that is against the referendum,
preston crown court after falsely claiming she was the victim of an asian grooming gang. eight and a half years. the devastation left by the earthquake in turkey. now uk engineers fly out to help assess why so many buildings collapsed. and the public swimming pool that is being heated by a tiny data in exmouth. coming up on the bbc news channel, a privilege to play him, but that didn t stop him winning. jack draper faces and beats andy murray for the first time in an all british battle at indian wells. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the total amount people can accumulate in their pension pots before paying extra tax is expected to be increased in tomorrow s budget. it s thought people could save up to £1.8 million over a lifetime, up from just over a million currently. the change is part of the government s plans to persuade people to stay in work for longer but critics say the move will only benefit a small fraction of the workforce. here s our econ
of the sun, moon and earth. and coming up on bbc news, we look ahead to manchester united against sevilla. can a fit again marcus rashford help them progress to the semifinals of the europa league? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. in the last hour, it s emerged that rishi sunak has received an independent report into allegations of bullying made against the deputy prime minister, dominic raab. a senior lawyer has been investigating eight complaints mr raab has always denied the claims. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart has the details. dominic wallace lockhart has the details. raab has been th an dominic raab has been the subject of an investigation since november. eight complaints involving 2a people. eight complaints involving 24 eole. , eight complaints involving 24 eole. v eight complaints involving 24 neale, , ., people. let s make our next prime minister, please people. let s make our next prime minister, please welcome - pe