Anger over a proposed one per cent pay rise senior doctors in england will be consulted on possible industrial action if there s no improved offer. The family of saskia jones who was murdered by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation conference near london bridge speak about the impact of her death. People need to know what has actually happened here. The enormity of what happened. And what a devastating effect it has had on our family and a number of other people. And not even a teenager yet 12 year old sky brown is set to become britain s youngest summer olympian of all time after being named in the team gb skateboarding squad. Good morning. Labour has narrowly won the batley and spen by election in west yorkshire. The new mp kim leadbeater now represents the seat previously held by her sister, jo cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016. The result will ease pressure on labour leader sir keir starmer after recent election defeats for his party. Ms leadbe
correspondingjim corresponding jim reed correspondingjim reed is here. what are we expecting from the prime minister? what should we read into it? , ., ., , it? this covid alert level is different it? this covid alert level is different. there it? this covid alert level is different. there are - it? this covid alert level is different. there are five i it? this covid alert level is - different. there are five levels and it is decided by the chief medical officers of the four nations of the uk and within the last hour they have increased it from level three to level four. that would signal that rather than the virus circulating generally in the population we have now moved to a situation where transmission is at a high or is rising exponentially. as for what that means, we are not at level five and that is the top level and that would suggest the nhs has come under unsustainable pressure and could be overwhelmed. we are not at that point and that is when you would imagine
in formula 1 max verstappen takes the world title, in a nail biting race that came down to the final lap. and coming up later this hour, ros atkins examines the ethical arguments around vaccine mandates. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the past few minutes the uk s covid alert level has been increased. the four chief medical officers have recommended the move from level 3, which means the epidemic is in general circulation, to level 4, which means transmission is high and direct. at 8pm the prime minister will give an update on the booster vaccination programme. we understand no new restrictions will be announced. you can watch it here on bbc news. meanwhile health officials say the first people in the uk have been hospitalised with the omicron variant of coronavirus, with the uk facing an inevitable large wave of infections. ministers say the uk is in a race to get the covid booster to as many eligible people, as quickly as possible, with bookings opening to e