it s five weeks since nurses first went on strike this winter. yet there s no resolution in sight. in fact, the dispute is only intensifying. nurses are taking industrial action at even more nhs trusts today than they did before christmas. we want to make nursing a safe and sustainable profession for all. we want our colleagues and the patients we care for to receive the care they deserve. nurses at 55 trusts in england are on strike today and tomorrow. next month, the industrial action will be more widespread, covering 73 trusts. 12 health boards and organisations in wales will also go on strike. a decision on further strikes in northern ireland will be taken in the coming weeks, while in scotland industrial action remains paused as negotiations continue. the advice for people who have medical appointments on strike days is to assume they re going ahead if the hospital hasn t been in touch. nhs leaders are warning that the strikes couldn t come at a more difficult time for t
against another veteran in stanislas wawrinka in the opening round, a former winner in paris and fellow three time grand slam champion. at 39, wawrinka is two years older, but he took advantage of murray s lack of court time, winning in straight sets. they shared a nice moment at the net afterwards, having had a fair few battles across the years, and murray, who reached the french open final in 2016, as well as multiple semifinals and quarterfinals, was in reflective move afterwards. idid i did really well here over the years and i guess a lot of the results and stuff, i think the issue for me is when you compare it to watch rough on or novak djokovic achieved in the same time is obviously minuscule in comparison, that most players would sign up for the results i had here, played a final, four semis, the results i had here, played a final, foursemis, i made the results i had here, played a final, four semis, i made the quarters how many times, a couple of times as well, maybe
It is as if i have been stabbed with something hot. I dont want to eat. I dont want to venture out too far. It started out being agony, absolutely fire burning agony. Well bring you that exclusive story in about 15 minutes. And look at this. A blue shark terrified Holiday Makers when it appeared in shallow waters off the coast of majorca surrounded by swimmers. Its now been captured. Well hear from some of those in the water at the time. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today the democratic unionist leader, Arlene Foster, has said she believes her party is close to securing a deal with Downing Street which would see the dup agree to support the minority Conservative Government. Shes due to hold talks with theresa may in london this morning. Our Political Correspondent iain watson i
Were live until am this morning. Are you waiting for a non urgent operation . If so, wed love to hear from you this morning about how long youve been waiting. Are you one of the many people whove arrived at hospital only to have your operation cancelled on the day . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. We are going to go and live now to hear from donald we are going to go and live now to hearfrom donald tusk, the president of the European Council. You can see the podium there, he is waiting to speak in malta in the next few minutes, he will of course be talking about those brexit negotiations, so we will go back to that live as soon as it happens, you wont miss anything at all. Our top Story Today Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements as a trade off, so that improvements can be made in other areas like a e. That
yes, that s right. and nhs providers, that represents hospital trusts like colchester, say they are expecting widespread disruption today. it will be greater than the strikes that happened last year. in part because more trusts in england are taking part, one in full. and also because these 12 hour strikes are on consecutive days. so it will have an impact for longer. we are expecting for patients, emergency care can will take place, there will still be chemotherapy and kidney dialysis. but for more routine procedures, like hernia operations, hip replacements, they are expected to be badly affected. the advice for patients is that if your operational