iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
shortly, alongside british police. at the moment, we know that alex has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to his grandmother back in the uk. he hasn t told the authorities where his mother and grandfather are. they are believed to be somewhere in europe but we don t know exactly where. they are considered to people of interest with regards to this. like i say, alex batty, the 17 year old found after being missing for six years. we will follow the developments closely. hungary has blocked more than 50 billion dollars in eu aid for ukraine, hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks with kyiv. after late night negotiations, the hungarian president, victor orban, posted on social media, summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to ukraine. he then left for the night. speaking to reporters, charles michel 7 the president he saw as a positive the opening of membership talks
of the population vote. caveat number two, we don t know what impact so called greeters had on the numbers. these were people employed by some local authorities to meet voters outside the polling stations, they are there to manage queues, help those with mobility issues etc. some reminded people they needed id to vote. we don t know who was discouraged at that stage. the figures we have got do not record those numbers. according to the electoral commission that is one aspect that they are going to investigate. one final thing to consider whatever the impact at polling stations, and whatever the level of voter fraud that id is meant to tackle which in terms of recorded offences or convictions is tiny there has been a big positive impact on voter confidence in the electoral system according to polling by the electoral commission. at a time when trust in institutions is low, that fact on its own, say supporters of voter id, is a not insignificant benefit. bob posner, chief
let s renew more on that story. we can join let s renew more on that story. we canjoin our let s renew more on that story. we can join our correspondent in norwich. take us through what the police have told the bbc. fix, norwich. take us through what the police have told the bbc. police have told the bbc. a really siunificant police have told the bbc. a really significant developments - police have told the bbc. a really significant developments in - police have told the bbc. a really significant developments in the i police have told the bbc. a really i significant developments in the last few minutes. we ve had a statement from norfolk police who have been investigating the disappearance of gaynor lord. she was last seen here in the park behind me, and they were said from fairly early on, there was a high probability that she had gone into the water. that is gaynor lord, 35 year old married mother of three. we ve had this statement from the police, police searching for mi