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
the european political community. the visit will include talks with the french president emmanuel macron, who mrs truss criticised during the leadership contest. our political correspondent damian grammaticas is in westminster. morning to you. i suppose in a way the meeting with mr macron could be a little bit awkward. that was then and this is now. and that was before the events around the queen s funeral and the very warm words mr macron had for the queen and the uk then, which i think has set a bit of a new turn. this is all about a much sought a bigger agenda will stop this is an idea that has been pushed by president macron to bring a grouping of european countries commit much broader than the eu, a0 plus countries together. european countries together. european countries which will be meeting as individual nations, not really as
i m from the north, so i m used to the cold. and are you ok with having to wait this long? yeah, i ll wait as long as i have to. and what have you been doing to keep your spirit up in the queue? i ve been listening to audiobooks. i ve been playing some games on my phone. i ve called my mother twice. further down the line, they have snacks. delivered by a colleague from a nearby office block. let me just inspect, what have you got here? i think these are some rice crispy reindeers, and some fudge and marshmallows. and what do you make of how long you re having to wait, do you mind? i mean, it s a bit stupid, though, isn t it? it was known that this would happen today because obviously we have gone from a0 plus being allowed to get the jab to 18 plus. and yet here we are five hours then, so! and who do you blame for that? laughter. i blame the fact that boris