at a0 years 207 days, anderson is the oldest bowler to hold top spot since australian clarrie grimmett in 1936. anderson returned match figures of 7 54 in the first test win in new zealand earlier this week to end australia captain pat cummins four year reign at the top. the england seamer has has 682 test wickets, third on the all time list behind sri lanka spinner muttiah muralitharan and late australia great shane warne. that s all the sport for now. we will talk more about grass roots support but before we do that there is a lot of news this afternoon about strikes so let s bring you another date that has just come through from unison. we are hearing from the union its members are to out across england on march the 8th. so that as health staff such as ambulance workers, some nurses, blood collection workers, categories of stuff like that. a fresh date
are being held between the government and the royal college of nursing about pay and conditions. ambulance and some other health workers have voted for another strike in their dispute about pay. they will be a unison strike in england on march the 8th. at least 260 jobs are going as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. before we cross to the sports room in salford, let s head over to walsall. it s getting dark there but it is a false one and we re looking at images that earlier. we are there because president biden is due to leave shortly after those substantial talks that have been going on in poland with the focus so
that has come through, two weeks today, march the 8th. all part of their long running dispute over pay. there are talks ongoing this afternoon in relation to health strikes and those are talks between the government and members of the royal college of nursing. so members of that union have posed their strike which was due to be next week because of the talks that are taking place but this is a different union, this is unison, so they will be strikes by members of that union in two weeks time. that is an england on march the 8th. unison accusing the government of failing to hold proper talks to resolve this long running row. quite a lengthy statement has come through in the last few moments from the union. that is the essence of what they are saying. so talks on the one hand but
if they backdated it to january, it would effectively mean a double boost in pay forjanuary, february and march. so it s potentially given both sides a little bit of something of what they wanted. but let s remember, the talks this afternoon are just with the nursing union. ambulance staff and physios are also taking strike action. but it does come off the back of fresh offers in wales and scotland that have led to the unions consulting their members. so we could perhaps be seeing the turning point, certainly in the nhs, of the pay dispute this winter. ambulance and other health workers, including blood collection workers, are to stage further strike action. the new walkouts are an escalation of industrial action in a long running dispute over pay. members of unison will strike across england on march the 8th. the union has accused the government of failing to take part
its view that the government should step in to try and resolve this - problem. the problem isn t threatened strike action on the railways, the problem is a government that is on strike and not doing itsjob. in wales, there are no strikes, why? because you have a labour government. in england, we have strikes because we have got a conservative government that, since the beginning of march, has not lifted a finger to resolve this. they have not met or engaged in the talks since march the 8th. that is simply not good enough and i don t know how grant shapps when the buses aren t working, the airports are in chaos, the railways are about to grind to a halt and tell people it is somebody else s fault. what is the likely impact going to be on passengers and businesses? strikes will take place on almost all major airlines on tuesday, i thursday and saturday and on the - london underground on tuesday, very |few services running on those days| and the advice to passengers is not to travel by tr