living where i will be. in sport, a missed opportunity for manchester united, as they throw away a two goal lead to put their europa league hopes injeopardy. and we find out about how donating something usually discarded after childbirth the umbilical cord can save lives. and here at aintree, it is ladies day in the grand national festival. looking promising behind me at the moment, but rain and the focus for many of you today. all the detail on that and your weekend forecast all coming up here on breakfast. good morning. it s friday 14th april. our main story the royal college of nursing will announce whether its members in england have voted to accept the government s new pay offer later today. the union, which represents nurses and other health workers, has recommended that its members accept the deal, which includes a 5% pay rise for this year. it comes as junior doctors in england start the final full day of a 96 hour walkout over a separate pay dispute. our cor
mission control. a 21 year old us air national guardsman will appear in court later today charged with the most serious leak of secret intelligence documents in years. jack teixeira is expected in court in boston in the next few hours. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum, and has exposed details of ukraine s war plans. it also reveals the extent of the us s spying on its allies. here s what we know about jack teixeira. the 21 year old is a us air national guardsman. he was listed as a member of the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard based at otis air national guard base in western cape cod. according to his service record, which was obtained by our us partner cbs news, teixeira joined the force in 2019. his identification first came on thursday when the visual investigations team at the new york times tracked him down. it s an extraordianary story. christiaan triebert from that team told the bbc how they managed it. these new
Junior doctor Sumi Manirajan is striking this weekend for adequate pay to 'be valued as a doctor was in 2008 and bring back former NHS colleagues who left for Australia'
Ahead of the junior doctors' strike that begins this weekend, polling by Savanta shows the majority of people back the medics in their fight with the Government over pay