let s cross live now to our correspondent sharon barbour, just outside the manchester royal infirmary. you say, a care has been cancelled. not patients are being advised to have a look on the website of of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, of junior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. a significant impact on hospitals over winter. doctor lizzie greenfield is one of the junior doctors. you were just telling me before we came on air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. dar; air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. just talk us through why. day one of work as a junior just talk us through why. day one of work as a junior doctor, just talk us through why. day one of work as a junior d
lots of routine care has been cancelled. not everywhere. patients are being advised to have a look on the website of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many appointments and operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, ofjunior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. so, a significant impact on hospitals overwinter. doctor lizzie greenfield is one of the junior doctors. you were just telling me before we came on air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. from day one of work as a junior doctor, there was low staffing, gaps not filled on the rotas, corridor nursing, and the hospital was at a critical capacity. that s from my first day. so, ithink, you know, to have experienced that, just makes you realise how people are getting so burned out, how we re not being
the trade union congress says uk families are at breaking point, as the country experiences the longest squeeze on real wages since the 18005. squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. we will have the latest from the tuc conference in brighton and from westminster. ukraine s president says that nearly one third of his country was at power stations have now been destroyed after another round of russian air strikes on energy facilities. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. herfamily say climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and environment campaigner greta thunberg tells the bbc why she does not want to go into politics. just feels like that world is so toxic. but also, as it is now, the changes necessary will only come if there s enough public pressure from the outside. and coming up on the bbc news channel: we will hear from one of the men trying to find a
fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab her family say they ve good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the prime minister will be meeting more backbenchers as she continues to try to shore up her leadership, a series of difficult headlines this morning following yesterday, following that interview as well, with our political editor chris mason in which she apologised for issues since she became prime ministerjust 41 days ago, earlier on today, it was business as usual, almost, with a cab neating, she and cabinet meeting, she and the new chancellor speaking at that meeting and the chancellor was setting out his plan, his thoughts on spending cuts which he said were on the way, he said that departments should agree those spending cuts by the end oaf week so a tight timetable there, and, they were meeting of course after he tore up most of that mini budget, the liz truss economic policy, t