traces of uranium arrived at london s heathrow airport last month. a star studded comeback for the golden globes in hollywood, as colin farrell picks up the best actor award for the dark comedy the banshees of inisherin. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of ambulance workers in england and wales are walking out for the second time this winter in a dispute over pay. managers have warned the impact is likely to be worse than that of the strike held before christmas, saying pressure facing the nhs means it s in a more precarious position. well, in total, around 20,000 ambulance workers, including call handlers and ambulance dispatchers, are going on strike. two thirds of ambulance staff, from the gmb and unison unions, are involved in the industrial action. but bosses say they will still respond to the most urgent calls. gareth barlow reports. it s the second walk out by ambulance staff this winter. workers, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulanc
because of it housed is currently operating on a daily basis is not attractive, we are going to go into next january where there will be a further 5% increase and we will see a further increase in what we call transport property and people s ability to travel on our railways. but as the choice for a trade union when your employer and the government deliberately causes a dispute not to react and to do nothing? this was a fully expected political and industrial reaction from the bad actors who set this up in the first place. the companies that signed a new contract in the post pandemic world knew exactly what they were doing, knew how we organise, bargain with them for the last to have decades, and the government in doing what they did knew there was going to be a reaction from the trade unions, i think what they did not expect was to still be here six or eight months on, but for many people in this industry, is existential. thank you.
that are resolve. for rmt, 36% of members that are network rail employees voted that are network rail employees voted yes for the deal, so we are a bit short voted yes for the deal, so we are a bit short of voted yes for the deal, so we are a bit short of the 50% that we need to stop a bit short of the 50% that we need to stop a couple of thousand people that need stop a couple of thousand people that need to change their vote. so we meet that need to change their vote. so we meet again with the rmt leadership yesterday, after discussions, we are planning to meet again discussions, we are planning to meet again next discussions, we are planning to meet again next week. so i would place it at seven again next week. so i would place it at seven. we again next week. so i would place it at seven. ~ ., ., .,, , . at seven. we are more optimistic, we have ust at seven. we are more optimistic, we have just heard at seven. we are more optimistic, we have just heard from at
what broke me, and what wakes me up now to this day, is the noise that mum made when baby was declared dead. and it s those sorts of things, those sorts of parts of the job that people don t see. so i delivered baby to resus, the consultants and everybody were working on it. i was cleaning up my trolley and as i m walking out, i heard her scream, and that scream, being a dad, i knew exactly what that was. so it s these pressures that are out there that stay with you. that don t go away, don t leave you. but that s why we do the job. we do the job to do what we can for people. ambulance workers taking part in this strike say that this dispute is about so much more than pay. they also want people to know of the pressure they re under, of the days when they feel they failed the public they so desperately want to serve. zoe conway, bbc news.
this is bbc news. i m annita mcveigh. the headlines at 10:003m. around 20,000 ambulance workers in england and wales are striking for a second time over pay and staffing. health bosses warn of the impact to the nhs, but unions say the most urgent cases will be covered. in scotland, exams are being rescheduled as secondary teachers strike in an going dispute about pay. strike in an ongoing dispute about pay. rail unions appear before a committee of mps, with little sign of their long running dispute over payjob security and working conditions being resolved. i wouldn t be able to say. it depends on discussions. i m not going to use a scale, but we haven t got an agreement until we get an agreement and we are not close to it, really. counterterrorism police investigate how scrap metal containing