like this? to put it in a bit of context, there has been - like this? to put it in a bit ofj context, there has been that increase to a record high in england, first time above 7.5 million in latest monthly figures of june. you go back tojust before the pandemic in early 2020, there were 3 million fewer on that list. the pandemic and all the postponed treatment, postponed operations and so on, created this backlog which is underlying the set of figures. attempts have been made to try to get through that backlog as well as coping with all the new patients coming on stream and the figures were plateauing a bit but according to nhs england, their view is that industrial action byjunior doctors industrial action byjunior doctors injune industrial action byjunior doctors in june had industrial action byjunior doctors injune had an impact and there were about hundred thousand appointments and procedures postponed because of thatjunior doctor action. the british medical association, represent
it could take years, but if the claim succeeds, customers could get compensation of around £40 each. but it s notjust about money. professor roberts hopes it will force water companies to clean up their act. ben king, bbc news. rail passengers faced major delays after a gas leak halted all trains at london euston for several hours. national rail said the incident was cleared overnight but warned of further disruption until saturday due to the latest industrial action by train drivers. the true impact of nhs strikes on patients is being masked and the number of cancellations and postponements is just the tip of the iceberg , according to nhs confederation. so far, since december, almost 835,000 appointments have been affected by industrial action. junior doctors in england are set to walk out for another four days from 7am on friday. hundreds of firefighters in portugal
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cancelled, they are saying we cannot be a burden on anybody who is looking after the safety of the people in that area. we ve had bad weather, we ve had typhoons, which had earthquakes in japan which led to postponements or cancellation of qualifying. i m not sure if we had the whole race, the whole weekend cancelled because of that. it is a very packed schedule and i m looking at my calendar now, if i look at it, we originally had a 2a race record calendar this year, reduced to 23, still a record, because we lost china in april. now we have a couple of, imola was going to be the first of a triple header. imola, monaco and barcelona, and one week s break in canada. i ve heard a rumour that we might go to imola after canada, end ofjune but it s only a rumour and i ve heard another one, it could be the first week of august