test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q
in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes
the world health organization has described the al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qa
Says it is not possible to make changes to exams and assessments for only some groups of students. st leonard s catholic school in durham says it s an extremely challenging experience forfamilies, students and staff, and it s in discussions to ensure its students are not disadvantaged. nicola cooke wants special consideration for her son, who has his a levels coming up at the school. he said to me the other day, oh, mama, i m kissing my a stars goodbye. i m not going to be able to get that now. and i was like, 0k, well, do you still think you ll get the grades that you need to get into your chosen university? and he s like, well, i m going to try my best. it s frustrating. ijust.i have no answers. i can t solve the problem myself as one parent. none of us can. we need the government to come together and to really understand what the impact of this is. the government says most of the 231 schools confirmed to have raac in england are teaching pupils in person, but that can
Teachers assessing students grades like they did when exams were cancelled because of the pandemic, grades being assessed on a case by case basis, or schools being given a blanket percentage increase on their results. thejoint council for qualifications says exam boards have extended coursework deadlines and england s exams regulator 0fqual says schools should reach out for support. but the department for education said in a statement, it is not possible to make changes to exams and assessments for only st leonard s catholic school in durham says dealing with raac has been an extremely challenging experience forfamilies, students and staff, and it s in discussions to ensure its students are not disadvantaged. nicola cook wants special consideration for her son, who has his a levels coming up at the school. he said to me the other day that, oh, mum, i m kissing my a stars goodbye. i m not going to be able to get that now. it s frustrating. ijust, i have no answers.