At the 149th open, the gates have just opened at royal St Georges. The first golfers tee off in half an hour. And well reveal the total amount raised for Children In Needs 2020 campaign. Plus, it is a dry sense within state. Will it last for the next a0 days . We have at least got the prospect for the next five. Good morning. Its thursday, the 15th ofjuly. Our top story this morning is a call for Sugar And Salt taxes to be introduced in england, to improve the nations health. A landmark report, commissioned by the government, says the money raised by the levy should be used to extend the free school Meals Programme and pay for gps to prescribe Fruit And Vegetables. Ellie price has more. Its just what the doctor ordered, but not what you might expect. Cathy runs the charity care merseyside, involved in whats called social prescribing. Patients are referred by their local gp, and then offered things like Exercise Support and Cooking Advice here. They also provide healthy food to low inco
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cyprus and portugal say they ll welcome vaccinated british tourists from may. the duke of edinburgh is transferred back to the king edward vii hospital in london after a heart procedure. as an adult who lived a really independent life to then go into this construct. the duchess of sussex suggests life in the royalfamily was not what she expected. and coming up on bbc news: a brilliant century from rishabh pant puts india in control after day two of the fourth and final test against england in ahmedabad. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. two unions representing tens of thousands of health care workers are warning of possible strike action after the government suggested a one per cent pay rise for most nhs workers in england. it has been branded an insult and hypocrisy in its greatest form by nhs workers. but the government insists i% is all it can afford at a difficult time for public finances. around a million other public sector staff including teachers, the
we can expect the waiting list to continue to grow and the people who are waiting, unfortunately, being asked to wait longer. we meet some of the patients turning their backs on the nhs to go private. £7,000 is not a light amount of money. we, as a family, we don t have that type of money. ifeel like i m begging for money, but i don t have a choice. i need the nurse to confirm that so let me get you a call back. it s early morning in this north london gp surgery the busiest time of the day here, when patients call in trying to get an appointment. next thursday, would you like him to phone on your landline or mobile? for most, the gp is the first person they turn to when they get sick. when is he due? not for the next couple of months. this scene is being played out across the uk as surgeries struggle to cope with unprecedented levels of pressure. this is non stop, answering the phone, then someone comes in, face to face. at the height of the pandemic, many held back from g