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. it s 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. we re 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 walko
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
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 in this first week of january, a notoriously tough time for hospitals, and they ve been bracing themselves. i mean, it s unprecedented to have six days of strike. we ve been preparing for this now for the last two weeks. 0ur teams feel ready and confident to cover the gaps, but we are really anxious and worried about how we re going to look after our patients during that period. this is no doubt the toughest strike the nhs has faced. but over the past 12 months a series of walk outs by staff has resulted in well over a million cancelled appointments. and paul geoghegan s hip replacement is one of those. i got a telephone call eight days before the operation to say
It has to be done all in one go. it can be done over several years. but the government says it will not negotiate while the doctors are striking. they picked this week, which we all know is one of the busiest weeks in the nhs diary. we have coronavirus, we have flu, we have norovirus increasing, and it will have we re very concerned about the consequences it will have, notjust for this week of industrial action, this six days, but also the consequences in the weeks following. nhs england says this has been one of the most difficult starts to the year. and with neither side backing down, there are likely to be more challenges ahead for patients. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. our health correspondent, sharon barbour, joins us now from the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle. what impact is this likely to have
To breakfast withjon kay and sarah campbell. our headlines today. junior doctors in england go on strike for six days the longest walk out in the history of the nhs. significant disruption expected across england. thousands of appointments are being cancelled. but if you have a medical emergency you should still call 999. investigators search for answers after a plane burst into flames as it landed on a runway in tokyo they ve said it s miraculous that 379 people escaped. storm henk batters parts of england and wales, leaving flooding, power outages and transport disruption in its wake. 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.