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in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently
Bbc-newsHeadlinesBen-brownFiveStrike-actionNursesGavin-williamsonText-messagesPrime-ministerUnion-leadersDowning-streetScottish-government when it happens so quickly. as we head through the next few hours we ve got that rain in the south east clearing away, elsewhere some sunshine and also a rash of showers across parts of wales and the south west. those could well be thundery. for much of scotland and northern ireland some sunshine, a few showers and temperature is about average. this evening, you can see the circulation of showers across the circulation of showers across the south west, these will be heavy, perhaps thundery, and accompanied by brisk winds coming in from the north west affecting some coastal parts. through the early hours the rash of showers moving eastwards affecting south east england, thundery for some. you can see the ridge of high pressure building on and for some that means it s a quiet night, a dry night, a chilly night. through parts of scotland, even in the central belt towns and cities, down to freezing, if not lower, so for someone friday morning scraping the windscreen i imagine. fo
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