and coming up at 3:30, operation relocation, looks behind the scenes of one of the uk s biggest hospital s transitions from old to new. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members, but it says those counted so far suggest support for strike action possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident and emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and, as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. here s our health editor hugh pym. possible strike action is already looming of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have v
in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently
And we begin tonight in the northeast. Snow, ice and now coastal flooding causing problems all over the region. In massachusetts, waves sent crashing into homes. Storm ask blamed for the deaths of 13 people so far and if you think last night looked bad from the ground, take a look at this picture from outer space once the storm moved out, cold moved in. Richelle carey is out there. Richelle, how is it out there . Theres cold and then theres out here. Ive been out here most of the take. Its dropped about four or 5. Throughout the day, i do have an update real quick about some of the airports. The major airports, la guardia, kennedy and newark, most delays were about 30 to 45 minutes for a departure. The issue of course is people trying to get into the airport. Thats where you want to check if you are headed to any of those airports. Some of those delays are up to an hour and a half. Its actually much better than it was. This morning, kennedy was closed for two hours. We knew the snow st
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