position, with their 1% pay rise, a real terms pay cut, rejected by the independent peabody. so what do the government do? nothing. less than an hour ago, there were competing briefings on what the deal was going to be but it turned out to be nothing. our nhs staff deserve better than this. they have worked incredibly hard throughout this pandemic, the personal sacrifice is astounding. their hard work never stops, and that is not without consequences. work related stress has increased by nearly io%, mental health is consistently the most reported reason for staff absence in the nhs, accounting for approximately half a million days lost every single month. half a million days lost every single month to mental health. these issues preceded the pandemic, but the increased pressure, intensity and trauma experienced by staff is taking its toll. reports published in january found that nearly taking its toll. reports published injanuary found that nearly half of front line nhs staff
than half of america s new infections. and later, the battle over history. schools and teachers under pressure over how much context to give students when teaching about america s past. good to have you with us. millions of people along the u.s. gulf coast are bracing for impact this hour as tropical storm elsa barrels toward florida. elsa briefly strengthened to a hurricane late tuesday but has since lost a little bit of its punch. still 33 counties are under a state of emergency. the storm is expected to make landfall in the coming hours along florida s northern gulf coast. before that, elsa has been battering southwest florida. this was the scene on marco island tuesday as the storm skirted up the coast. our meteorologist tyler mauldin is tracking the storm and joins us now. tropical storm elsa no longer a hurricane. it had a brief little flare-up where it restrengthened into a category one hurricane around the evening hours on tuesday. but it has since weakened. how
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, john stapleton, and kate andrews, who is the economics correspondent at the spectator. very at the spectator. good to have them both with us. let s very good to have them both with us. let s have a look at the front pages starting with the metro warning of a third wave alert reporting that the end of lockdown three weeks today is on a knife edge because covid infections could overwhelm hospitals. the guardian adds that scientists are demanding a rethink on the 21 june end to lockdown. the daily telegraph leads on a plea to richer countries to share more covid vaccines with poorer nations to slow the emergence of new variants. the i reports on the failure of the police to tackle racism by officers with only 30 officers sacked or resigning in five years despite almost 8,000 complaints to forces across the uk. the financial times writes that the accountancy g