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
english channel coastline. feeling chilly in the showers, seven to 12 the maximum temperatures. wednesday into thursday the low pressure drifts in the direction of the north sea, the isobars really white and so it will not be as windy, it will still be breezy and it will be a day of sunshine and scattered showers, pushing eastwards in england and wales, some heavy and thundery, temperatures eight to about 14 degrees. the rain waiting in the winds has the potential to cross other areas. winds has the potential to cross otherareas. in winds has the potential to cross other areas. in the north of the country it is likely to be showers, for turning milder into the weekend. but turning milder.