Severe gale and a pretty blustery winter Northern Ireland. As well as that, aside from the wind, all these showers to come. Lengthy spells of rain for some, hail showers to come. Lengthy spells of rainforsome, hailand showers to come. Lengthy spells of rain for some, hail and thunder as well. Really unsettled and i have mentioned snow so it is going to be chilly tomorrow, temperatures between seven and ten for most of us. More showers taking us into thursday. Perhaps not quite as voracious as wednesday. But we have got more Rain Waiting In The Wings to come in on friday but slightly less chilly thursday with a bit more brightness between the showers but some nasty weather. Thanks, helen. Thats it. More analysis of the days top stories is over on Newsnight News where you are. Have a very good night. As englands Junior Doctors strike for 96 continuous hours, Hospital Bosses worry about what overnight cover there will be tonight. And with the government and bma union both adamant they won
and around the world. i m samantha simmonds. we begin here in england, where thousands ofjunior doctors have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. a four day strike from this morning through to saturday morning. rbma is being accused of picking dates to ma
will risk patient safety. it s three and a half hours since the action began. let s go around the country and join our reporters on the picket lines. first, to our correspondent sanchia berg, who s outside the university college london hospital. we hospital. can see those pictures behind you, we can see those pictures behind you, junior doctors on the picket line, tell us what they are saying to you. line, tell us what they are saying to ou. ~ . , ., line, tell us what they are saying to ou. . , , to you. what they are saying is they are resolute- to you. what they are saying is they are resolute. they to you. what they are saying is they are resolute. they want to you. what they are saying is they are resolute. they want the - are resolute. they want the government to come, sit down and negotiate with them. they are saying they are prepared to strike, to continue to strike and saying they want a restitution of what effectively they say a pay cut over the last ten years
other countries, like spain or france, the pay of doctors there is either slightly below that you would expect in the united kingdom or ruffling on that level. it does depend which country you pick if you re at comparisons. fix, depend which country you pick if you re at comparisons. a, lot depend which country you pick if you re at comparisons. you re at comparisons. a lot of eole you re at comparisons. a lot of peeple might you re at comparisons. a lot of people might have you re at comparisons. a lot of people might have sympathy l you re at comparisons. a lot of. people might have sympathy with you re at comparisons. a lot of- people might have sympathy with the government position that 35%, even if it is going back in time and trying to bring them back to the level they should be out, it is not affordable in a cost of living crisis and they can submit to these demands because if they do then we have wage inflation as well. the government make the argument that the
severe gale and a pretty blustery winter northern ireland. as well as that, aside from the wind, all these showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail showers to come. lengthy spells of rainforsome, hailand showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail and thunder as well. really unsettled and i have mentioned snow so it is going to be chilly tomorrow, temperatures between seven and ten for most of us. more showers taking us into thursday. perhaps not quite as voracious as wednesday. but we have got more rain waiting in the wings to come in on friday but slightly less chilly thursday with a bit more brightness between the showers but some nasty weather. thanks, helen. that s it. more analysis of the day s top stories is over on newsnight news where you are. have a very good night. as england s junior doctors strike for 96 continuous hours, hospital bosses worry about what overnight cover there will be tonight. and with the government and bma union both ad