from the pay review bodies in full but it came with a warning from the prime minister, rishi sunak, that this was a final offer and further industrial action would not change that decision. the teaching unions responded immediately, saying they would recommend their members accept the offer. and end strike action. the announcement came as junior doctors began five days of strikes, what their union calls, the longest stirke action in the history of the nhs. they re demanding a pay increase of 35%. ministers have said, that s unreasonable and risks fuelling inflation. we ll have more on that in a minute. let s have a quick look, though, at the recommendations, which affect millions of workers. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gps, 6%. junior doctors, 6%. prison officers, 7%. the armed forces, 5%. teachers 6.5%. this was rishi sunak a little earlier. i can confirm today that we are accepting the headline recommendations of the pay review bodies
nothing as windy as we saw earlier on in the week. that hello. ukraine doesn t deny shooting down a russian plane inside russia, killing we re told, ukranian prisoners. 700 days in how dangerous a moment is this? our defence editor, mark urban, is here to explain the significance. ukraine nears the second anniversary of russia s invasion full of uncertainty has western commitment faltered? and how much more can they send even if they want to? we ll ask a ukrainian mp and the former us ambassador to nato. coming up. what do the post office scandal, me too, newsnight s investigation into university hospitals birmingham foundation trust and the tavistock gender identity clinic have in common? all featured whistleblowers and some of them weren t protected by the law that s supposed to keep them safe. time for a new whistleblowers bill, say these two women. we ll talk to the chair of the parliamentary group on whistleblowing and the head of whistlebowers uk in ten minutes. a
hello, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. the boss of fujitsu s european operations has admitted that although the company knew for many, many years of bugs and errors in the computer system, details of this were not included in witness statements by fujitsu employees which were used to prosecute subpostmasters. paul patterson told the public inquiry into the scandal that it was shameful and appalling that details of bugs were not included and said he d seen some evidence of editing of witness statements by others although he didn t specify who those others were. hundreds of subpostmasters were prosecuted for theft and false accounting because of the faulty horizon system. here s our business correspondent, emma simpson. the evidence i shall give. the fujitsu boss answering more questions, but this time under oath. the whole truth. and nothing but the truth. paul patterson admitted there were problems with the h
he s hoping the move will improve his chances of playing for england at this summer s euros. today he reiterated his apology to the lgbtq plus community and anyone upset by his move from liverpool to saudi in the summer, and says he s looking forward to the challenge ahead at his new club. i just felt as though this opportunity was a huge one, and i felt as though this was the right next move for my career and what i wanted to do. obviously it was a big decision, with how long i d been out in saudi. but they fully respected the decision and i was just thankful that it was handled in the right way. brentford s ivan toney has been handed the captain s armband for his return to football in their premier league game against nottingham forest on saturday. brentford boss thomas frank confirmed toney will skipper the team on his comeback fom an eight month ban for breaching betting rules. that s because captain christian norgaard is unavailable. toney has been linked with a move to
but elizabeth williams thought it was given too much time. bbc breakfast editor richard frediani told us, it wasn t just breakfast that covered the post office scandal extensively this week. that was true of most bbc outlets, and indeed the media in general. but why did it take a tv drama to bring the issue to such prominence? even one as powerful as this. tthey say money somehow gone missing from this branch, which it hasn t, and i have to pay it back, which i won t. so i say, prove it. prove that i m wrong and you re right. show me the figures . but they can t or won t do that. so now they want to close me down to shut me up because they don t want everyone knowing what i know. which is? that the fancy new computer system that they ve spent an arm and a leg on is faulty. chris williams emailed us to say, it has taken an itv drama and an anonymous viewer had the same concern. well, ifjournalism has been found wanting here, and we ll be exploring that question in a moment,