concerns about safety. paramedics and support staff are taking further action in their dispute over pay and conditions. they say the current situation is not sustainable. we don t meet minimum levels now on a day to day basis. i cannot stress enough how difficult it is for us to be able to deliver that care to patients. here at westminster, the government not was planning ahead. it wants to change the law to force unions to offer emergency cover during strikes. labour say that is insulting to workers. we ll have the latest on the series of disputes in different public sectors and the likelihood of resolution any time soon. also tonight. 2022 was a year of climate extremes, weather experts say. europe and the polar regions were hardest hit by global warming. the latest on the fighting in eastern ukraine, where the mining town of soledar is reported to be under russian control. and the popularity of gaming helps boost the uk s home entertainment industry to record levels. and s
scrabble. what is that? i mean, what is this idea that we re going to dumb down scrabble now where one side of the board is your traditional scrabble, and the other side of the board is for those, i guess, who are less capable of putting together words and sentences. it s a word game. like, if it s children s scrabble, that s one thing. if we re adults playing, you gotta play. you gotta play. can t change the rules because you re bad at picking words. you can t change the rules because you re bad, and they do. can guess we re going to stick with simple stuff like cat. dog. i m going to tell you something here s a stretch. pasta. rigatoni. have to get the book out for that one. michael, my mom is not big into the tv public stuff so i don t bring her in much, but i don t think she ll mind me saying we grew up playing
titles like football simulator, fifa and fantasy action adventure. elden ring helped the video games industry lead the way, responsible for 4.7 billion of the overall figure. people have consistently underestimated how important the gaming market is and just the broad number of people engaging with games. it s notjust about console playing and, you know, playing fifa or call of duty. it s actually games on your tablet, you know, playing scrabble, backgammon, more traditional games. in years gone by, people would rush excitedly to shops like this one on the high street in newcastle to buy the latest triple a game on its release date, but less so now. these figures suggest that 90% of video games are now bought digitally, and it s a similar story for music too. sales grew to their highest level since 2003 last year, with thanks to people like harry styles. but physical sales are down and it s