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a huge response to the tv drama about the post office scandal that saw hundreds of innocent branch managers wrongfully prosecuted for theft. we ll hear from one who s fought forjustice for 20 years. whilst there are some brighter skies ahead for us all there is still some rain in the forecast today particularly across the south, i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 4th january. our main story. a row about emergency cover has broken out between nhs bosses and union leaders, as a strike byjunior doctors in england enters its second day. yesterday nhs leaders made 20 requests for striking doctors to return to the wards and help overstretched services but the british medical association accused them of misusing the system, which is known as derogation. a number of nhs trusts have reported long waiting times in a&e, with some declaring critical incidents. here s more from our health editor hugh pym. # hey, vicky, ooh, ahh # i wanna know when you ll ....
Surprise a bit there. Well, i was pausing out of politeness, so alex could go first. Ladies first. So, you know the other day there, we started our new feature, which was getting people to email in where theyd seen politicians at gigs . In where theyd seen 0h, right. In where theyd seen and then that very night, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, played a gig in kyiv, almost like hed been listening to newscast on his armoured train from poland. Well, he might have been. Whos to say he wasnt . Well, paul was. He said, i was backstage at live aid when i got locked in the portaloo gents with charles kennedy. The main door got stuck. We listened to Coldplay Sing fix you, as we pulled on the door with force and eventually freed ourselves. Thats quite the story i mean, theres a whole other thing there, not just politicians at gigs, but locked in a loo with a politician. I dont know, could that be a. . A side genre. Heres another ....
Water supplies in south devon, meaning around 40,000 people are now being told to boil their water before they drink it. South west water believes a faulty air valve in a pipe in a Farmers Field that leads to a reservoir is the likely source of a Waterborne Parasite Infection that causes sickness and diarrhoea. 22 cases of cryptosporidium have been confirmed so far in brixham. Residents in the area are being told it could be another week before the problem is sorted. 0ur South Of England correspondent jenny kumah is in brixham tonight. Its been a day of people telling me about their frustration and disappointment at the situation here, but tonight, people are slightly closer to knowing the answers to the key questions of what may have caused the outbreak and how long the disruption could go on for. Th ....
Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. This is what sir keir starmer handed out at an event in essex today what he says are the first steps he would take as Prime Minister. The labour leader unveiled the six point plan to take to voters ahead of a General Election expected later this year. He rejected suggestions that his party was scaling back its ambitions and said the plans were fully costed and would be delivered in the first term of a labour government. Labour will also soon unveil separate sets of priorities for scotland and wales. The conservatives called his speech another relaunch. 0ur Political Editor chris mason reports. Flashing red, the Morning Commute in purfleet in essex today. The commuters, the people who want to run the country bef ....