in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes
And ten out of ten Max Verstappen makes formula one history as his domination continues. Also coming up on sportsday before 8. England are outplayed by new zealand with their hopes of winning their t20 series Hanging In The Balance and farahs farewell. As sir mo races for the final time in his home City Of London its very emotional but as i said when you achieve everything it must come to an end at some point. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. So we were heading for a draw in the days big game between arsenal and Manchester United. But not for the first time in that fixture there was late drama. Which left the home side celebrating at the end. Nick parrott reports things are little different these days from the heights of the rivalry between arsenal and Manchester United. That tension in the tunnel has disappeared and despite the london whether it took time for things to heat up at the emirates. There were miss Mudgett Misjudgments and mistakes, we gave a goal away. We did not ha
You re live with bbc news. here in the uk, the government says pupils at schools in england which are partially closed because of dangerous concrete known as raac won t get extra help in their exams. some science and technology students have had to change courses, after being unable to access workshops, labs or equipment since september. 0ur education correspondent hazel shearing has more. it s really dangerous because we don t know what could happen to it and it could fail at any point. from southend to leicester. this was one of the first areas that they found that we had raac. so that area was out of use. up to durham. it s heartbreaking. it s really heartbreaking. and down to suffolk. it s not how we teach at this school. we get great results. it s disappointing, but the children are better with us than at home. exams are edging closer, but schools are still waiting for a dangerous type of concrete, called raac, to be made safe. we ve got the heavy machinery around us here for
Says it is not possible to make changes to exams and assessments for only some groups of students. st leonard s catholic school in durham says it s an extremely challenging experience forfamilies, students and staff, and it s in discussions to ensure its students are not disadvantaged. nicola cooke wants special consideration for her son, who has his a levels coming up at the school. he said to me the other day, oh, mama, i m kissing my a stars goodbye. i m not going to be able to get that now. and i was like, 0k, well, do you still think you ll get the grades that you need to get into your chosen university? and he s like, well, i m going to try my best. it s frustrating. ijust.i have no answers. i can t solve the problem myself as one parent. none of us can. we need the government to come together and to really understand what the impact of this is. the government says most of the 231 schools confirmed to have raac in england are teaching pupils in person, but that can
Could fail at any point. from southend to leicester. this was one of the first areas that they found that we had raac. so that area was out of use. up to durham. it s heartbreaking. it s really heartbreaking. and down to suffolk. it s not how we teach at this school. we get great results. it s disappointing, but the children are better with us than at home. exams are edging closer, but schools are still waiting for a dangerous type of concrete, called raac, to be made safe. we ve got the heavy machinery around us here for the room. students at shoeburyness high school have had to change their whole gcse from design and technology to 3d design because they can t get to the machinery they need. it s very difficult. obviously, we want them to do what their passion is, what their choice is, what they wanted to do and what they expected to do. and for anyone, particularly when they re doing exams, it s very, very difficult partway through a course to be told you suddenly don t have an optio