be fresher but brighter. your full forecast here on breakfast. it s friday 30th june. our main story today. a formal pledge for thousands more doctors and nurses is being unveiled by the nhs in england. the 15 year plan is backed by more than £2 billion of government funding. there ll be a greater emphasis on apprenticeships, and five year medical degrees could be shortened by 12 months. but labour has accused the government of adopting its ideas, and said the move had come a decade too late. here s our health correspondent dominic hughes. does daniel represent the future of the nhs workforce? he s what s known as an apprentice operating department practitioner learning on the job about how to be a scrub nurse in an operating theatre. his apprenticeship at royal derby hospital is backed up by a university degree, and for daniel, it s the ideal foundation on which to build a career in the nhs. i train and practise within the trust itself, so i am able to work alongside othe
high court privacy case brought against mirror newspapers group over claims of phone hacking and unlawful gathering of information. the duke of sussex is one of four claimants in the trial. closing statements from solicitors are expected today but it s thought the trialjudge will deliver his ruling at a later date. swimmers have been told they can go back into the sea at blackpool. it follows a sewage leak earlier this month when a pipeline burst at a treatment works in fleetwood. the environment agency says its advice against swimming there could now be removed. a newly built prison has opened in leicestershire, bringing the number of new prison places in england and wales to more than 5,000. the government has set a target of creating 20,000 places by the middle of the decade ministers insist they are on track to meet it. a new energy price cap comes into effect this weekend which will see a small drop in household bills, but the boss of centrica the owner of british gas says
Assam Rights Commission has sought the name and address of the company that installed the pipeline and the measures taken by the administration to support and provide relief to the affected people.