it s thursday, the 6th of october. our main story. hundreds of thousands of nurses across the uk are being asked if they re willing to walk out over pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its members for strike action for the first time in the union s 106 year history. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered close to that. our correspondent, caroline davies, has more. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uk s nurses were some of the nation s heroes. now, they re being balloted to strike over pay. my love for it was to make a difference in people s lives. and that s why i am here. but then, sometimes when i look at it, it s like, is it really worth it? victoria is a mental health nurse in an nhs trust. after she came back from maternity leave, she went part time and receives universal credit because she says her pay wouldn t cover the cost of childcare if she worked full time. even now, she struggles. sometimes you end up ha
their work in afghanistan. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, who s the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentatorjo phillips. belated merry christmas to you both. i ll be with you in a moment. i m just going to take our viewers there if the front pages. the guardian has analysis of train delays on its front page. the paper claims over half ofjourneys from the uk s busiest stations have experienced delay an investigation into energy companies leads the front page of the daily telegraph/ of the daily telegraph. the paper says direct debits are going up even when accounts are in credit. the i leads on a survey from the british medical association, which suggests two thirds ofjunior doctors are trying to leave the nhs. meanwhile, the front page of the daily mail claims fees for agency staff are sucking the nhs dry. it says that the health service is being charg
the national health service this winter. a number of hospitals have declared critical incidents. three people have died after fire broke out at a hotel in perth in scotland. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the incident. thousands have waited in line to pay their respects to brazilian football legend pele, who s lying in state at the ground of his former club, santos. the three time world cup winner died at the age of 82 on 29 december. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, who s political editor of huffpost uk and eleanor langford, political reporter at politicshome. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. you the ft leads with its annual survey of uk economists, finding a majority believe the recession here will be worse than in other countries. the i reports comments by a leading health boss that extreme pressure on hospitals will continue for
says his party hasn t got complacent, and repeats calls for a general election. these people are so fed up. they are entitled, they want a say in this. there is a choice to be made. we need a general election. let the public in to decide. do they want to continue with this utter chaos? elsewhere, headteachers in england say 9 in 10 schools will have run out of money by the next school year due to the cost of living crisis. good afternoon. rishi sunak has formally entered the contest to become the next conservative leader and prime minister. the former chancellor says he wants to lead the country with integrity, professionalism and accountability . he already has the required backing of more than 100 fellow tory mps. this afternoon, suella braverman, the former home secretary became the lastest high profile mp to endorse him. writing in the telegraph ms braverman says the tories all need to compromise but that rishi is the only candidate that fits the bill to deliver u