Yesterday was the warmest day of the year, 28 celsius, a month. Today feeling fresher with sunny spells and showers. The full forecast throughout the programme. Its friday, the 11th of august. Our main story. The latest round of strikes byJunior Doctors in england will start in just over an hour, as a long running dispute involving half of all doctors working in the uk continues. Nhs leaders are warning it means more significant disruption to the Health Service, with thousands of appointments and procedures postponed. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Were now into the fifth round of strikes byJunior Doctors in england with little sign that their union, the british medical association, or ministers are prepared to yield. But the continuing Industrial Action is having an impact on patients. Former teacher margaret is trying to plan a holiday, but she also needs to get a new Pacemaker Battery fitted. One nhs appointment was cancelled because of an earlier walkout, and marg
At a near standstill since the beginning of the year. The Bank Of England has raised the cost of borrowing 1a times since the end of 2021 to try and rein in soaring prices. That has weighed on the economy, but experts have warned the full effect of those Interest Rises has yet to be felt. Emma vardy reports from morecambe in the north of england. Rowing is a delicate art. A bit like managing economy. A year of slow growth, business is feeling the pressure from rising costs, means as no surprise that many are feeling cautious about their ambitions were branching out. We cautious about their ambitions were branching out. Were branching out. We have struggled were branching out. We have struggled to were branching out. We have struggled to try were branching out. We have struggled to try to were branching out. We have struggled to try to work were branching out. We have struggled to try to work out i were branching out. We have| struggled to try to work out a rationale for expanding. So w
expecting temperatures of up to 28, possibly 30 degrees. that is hotter than e peter and madrid at the moment and that is why an amber heat health alert is in place and what that means is that people of all ages are at first but particularly those over the age of 65 and some concern it could put pressure on the nhs. let s speak to a general manager at a care home. how are you coping there? coping there? good afternoon, how are ou? coping there? good afternoon, how are you? yeah. coping there? good afternoon, how are you? yeah, we coping there? good afternoon, how are you? yeah, we are coping there? good afternoon, how are you? yeah, we are ok. - coping there? good afternoon, how are you? yeah, we are ok. we - coping there? good afternoon, how are you? yeah, we are ok. we are | are you? yeah, we are ok. we are managing the heat quite well. our care home as part of a big organisation care home so we have got a lot of support. 0nce organisation care home so we have got a
we start in pakistan where the former prime minister, imran khan, has been remanded in custody for eight days after his arrest on corruption charges. his detention has sparked protests across the country, and at least eight people have died in clashes. a conviction would disqualify mr khan from standing for election. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has been monitoring the days events from islamabad, and sent us this report. burning into the night protests from lahore, karachi, peshawar. this was the singed aftermath, the reaction to imran khan s arrest yesterday. but the unrest is far from over. morning in islamabad. police blocked roads into the compound where imran khan was due to appear in front of a judge. some party officials were stopped at the gates. have you spoken to him since yesterday? no, we have no access yet. that is why i m demanding access. we are being denied access. beyond the boundaries of the compound, imran khan s supporters began to gather
welcome to the program. in iceland european leaders are talking about how to support ukraine and how to manage migration. we ll have the very latest live. also on the programme. we look at the threat of ai artificial intelligence. politicians in the us are trying work out what to do about it. also in the us president biden is in talks right now to try to make sure the country can pay its bills, the so called debt ceiling looms. and five men are found guilty of a huge jewel heist in germany. we head into the world of art theives and priceless artefacts. first to the summit in reyjavik in iceland. these are live pictures that you can see the crowd there for the playing music, it seems a musical interlude right now for the over the last hour we have seen european leaders stand up we have seen european leaders stand up and give speeches and crucially give ongoing commitment to support and stand by ukraine. the technicalities, this is a meeting of the council of europe and h