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and the other main stories on tonight s programme. junior doctors in england announce three consecutive days of strikes in march over pay it will affect both routine and emergency care. and a third candidate slips in before the deadline to run to succeed nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. on bbc london, a year after the war in ukraine began, and coming up on the bbc news channel: a semifinal shock as england lose to south africa at the women s t20 world cup and the hosts go through to play australia on sunday. good evening. welcome to the ukrainian capital kyiv, where exactly one year ago today, before dawn, the people of this city were woken up by the sound of air raid sirens, signalling russia s invasion. what s followed has been a year of tears and savagery, defiance and hope. many thousands have died. we ve seen the worst fighting and refugee emergency on european soil since 1916. there s world food insecurity, a major energy crisis and rising globa ....
operations likely to be impacted so cancer treatment for example we know that 140,000 operations have had to be cancelled over the winter because of a range of strike action but what are they calling for? well, it is all about pay and conditions and the british medical association is calling for a 35% increase in wages and they say it hasn t kept up with inflation of the last 15 years and they ve essentially had a pay cut. junior doctors as well themselves say that people are leaving the profession to find better paid jobs elsewhere. joining me is doctor robert levenson who is co chair of thejunior robert levenson who is co chair of the junior doctors committee on the british medical association. people will be wondering why you are not at work and you are here on the picket lines. . , u, work and you are here on the picket lines. . , , , , lines. there are significant issues that face junior lines. there are significant issues that face junior doctors, - lines. there are s ....
tony christie about living with dementia, music therapy and recording a new song for this year s thank you day. it isa it is a cold start for many but largely dry, with sunshine. that will change as heavy rain barber and strengthening winds push in from the south west. all the details later. it s tuesday the 11th of april. our main story. a four day strike by junior doctors in england that begins this morning is expected to be the most disruptive in the nhs s history. more than a quarter of a million appointments and operations could be cancelled, but doctors say they are striking for patient safety as well as pay, as our health correspondent catherine burns reports. what do we want? payrise! 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 mo ....
severe gale and a pretty blustery winter northern ireland. as well as that, aside from the wind, all these showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail showers to come. lengthy spells of rainforsome, hailand showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail and thunder as well. really unsettled and i have mentioned snow so it is going to be chilly tomorrow, temperatures between seven and ten for most of us. more showers taking us into thursday. perhaps not quite as voracious as wednesday. but we have got more rain waiting in the wings to come in on friday but slightly less chilly thursday with a bit more brightness between the showers but some nasty weather. thanks, helen. that s it. more analysis of the day s top stories is over on newsnight news where you are. have a very good night. as england s junior doctors strike for 96 continuous hours, hospital bosses worry about what overnight cover there will be tonight. and with the government and bma union b ....
with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. lots of storis in the mix today we d love to hear your thoughts on them. get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the #bbcyourquestions. and coming up, the final countdown. preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk s space race. harry has accused members of his family of being complicit in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs he admitted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn t commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry s book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury ....