Thats been working its way in from the east on the radar picture. Its been a really soggy morning across parts of east anglia, the rain getting across the midlands into parts of north west england, north wales, thundery downpours in the South West Of England but for the northern half of the uk spells of sunshine, the odd thundery showers and temperatures in the highlands up to 24 and temperatures in the highlands up to 2a degrees. Not at all is that further south because of the cloud and outbreaks of rain and across parts of the north and west of midlands, north and mid wales, we could see enough rain through the afternoon and evening to give local Surface Water Flooding and travel disruption and the risk of these thundery downpours dumping a lot of rain in a short space of time across the South West Of England. However, tonight, all of that weather slides away westwards, a band of cloud left behind across wales and northern england, the mist and fog patches elsewhere and temperatures
Dispute with ten rounds of strikes by Junior Doctors. Adding together all the walk outs by Health Unions in england, more than 1. 4 million Hospital Appointments and operations you were cancelled. There have been few signs before now of any possible resolution of the dispute between the government and Junior Doctors. But the fact that both sides are prepared to sit down for talks with an independent mediator suggests a willingness to consider compromise. The doctors union, the bma, called for a 35 pay rise phased in over a few years. Ministers awarded an average ofjust under 9 for the last Financial Year and suggested anything higher would be unaffordable. The process will not involve the Conciliation Service acas and the outcome will not be binding on either side. But the bma, which still has a mandate to stage further walk outs, said an independent mediator could help break the logjam. The health secretary, victoria atkins, said she was pleased that mediation would take place and it