unveiled next weekend s coronation concert at windsor castle will take place on a stage shaped like a union flag. a record breaker at the crucible, as mark selby becomes the first player to make a maximum 147 break at the final of the world snooker championship. good morning. there will be a bit of sunshine breaking through for your bank holiday monday, but also a scattering of showers. things turning colderfrom scattering of showers. things turning colder from the scattering of showers. things turning colderfrom the north. details on bbc breakfast. good morning. it s monday, the 1st of may. our main story. members of the royal college of nursing have begun their latest strike in england, as part of a long running dispute about pay and conditions. the walkout will last until midnight. it is the first time some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket lines. our health reporter, katherine da costa reports. from london to bristol, live
hello. welcome to the programme. at least 56 people are dead and almost 600 injured in sudan because of a power struggle between the sudanese army and a notorious paramilitary force. among the dead were three un workers, who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting amid fears it will derail the transition to civilian rule. both the army and its opponents, the rapid support forces, claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in khartoum, where fighting continued overnight. the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, the uae and the united states who ve been backing the civilian transition process have issued a joint statement calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. the sudanese telecom provider mtn says it s blocked internet services following orders from the authorities. violence was reported around the country, with eyewitness a
It was very different to the first trip we had to al aqsa. We didnt see a huge amount of trauma. We did some trauma cases, but the amount of trauma was much, much worse before. But what we did see were the most appalling effects of the malnutrition that were seeing across gaza. Severe malnutrition prevents Wound Healing and will prevent these patients from recovering from injuries that otherwise they would recover easily from. And you get this vicious cycle where they really rapidly deteriorate in their health. They will then die of that if theyre not treated. But these are often very young people who under normal circumstances, would recover fairly well from their operations. But because they have such severe malnutrition, their wounds will not heal properly at all. One of my patients, lhama, was an 18 Year Old Girl who had significant explosive injuries. Theres no doubt in my mind she would have survived these injuries if she had not been malnourished. Very sadly, she died the day we
Splashes of light rain across parts of northern scotland, further south for the rest of us, a day of sunshine and showers. most showers will be across central and eastern england, they will ease from the west through the day, could be the odd heavy one. temperatures, about 1a to 17 for most places but stuck in single figures for the northern isles down towards the highlands, as well. heading through into the latter part of the afternoon and the evening, we will notice the pollen levels are moderate or high for most. if you do suffer from levels are moderate or high for most. if you do sufferfrom hay fever, and it s an easy day. the showers in the east will tend to ease into the evening another sneezy day. it could be a misty and murky as it pushes south pump, sea fog rolling in from the west. most frost free on tuesday morning, temperatures in mid to high single figures put the blues return across the north of scotland so a touch of frost likely. through the day tomorrow, most of us