are switching accounts for better service for our money. in sport, seven points clear now. chelsea close in on the premier league title with a vital victory over southampton. we ll also be looking at how your garden grows, as a new report says climate change affects the north and the south in very different ways. and carol has the weather. good morning. another cool day in prospect. still some wintry showers in the forecast but there will be some sunshine as well. later, cloud coming in from the north west and the wind eases but i will have more detail in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and to restore bursaries for nurses in training if it wins the general election. the party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to i%. it also plans to introduce a law that ensures staffing levels in hospitals are safe. our health editor hugh pym reports. marchers by student
trump s plan for a wall and mexico to play fritz. the last bits might be happening any time soon but the preparations are happening soon and it needs to begin because it will stretch over 3000 kilometres along the border along the us and mexico, estimated costs but anyone is certain of that is not straight. this is a complicated project and will cost is unknown. landowners in texas have been told to sell their land to the government and 200 firms have submitted bids to build the wall. this is a report from el paso. on the us mexico border a bizarre beauty contest is about to begin. some 200 companies have submitted bids to build donald trump s wall. soon a handful will be invited to make prototypes. the bids include some eye catching designs. there is a wall in the medieval style. another which doubles as a nuclear waste store. this one, made of solar panels, and even a design for a barrier adorned with glittering gems. some though, are less outlandish. this will be 30 feet h
newsday. glad you could join us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, dc, where the administration has given new details about its plans on how to deal with north korea. the us state department said the president aims to put pressure on pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear and lipstick programmes. in an unusual move, all us senators we re in an unusual move, all us senators were given a classified briefing on the strategy. ballistic missile programmes. one us senator called the briefing sobering. this isn t for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. a live fire exercise conducted by 2000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. it s a show of force, and a show of unity. a military exercise with an unmistakable message to the south s unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we are ready for all eventualities. in washington this morning, the head of us pacific command put