from the pay review bodies in full but it came with a warning from the prime minister, rishi sunak, that this was a final offer and further industrial action would not change that decision. the teaching unions responded immediately, saying they would recommend their members accept the offer. and end strike action. the announcement came as junior doctors began five days of strikes, what their union calls, the longest stirke action in the history of the nhs. they re demanding a pay increase of 35%. ministers have said, that s unreasonable and risks fuelling inflation. we ll have more on that in a minute. let s have a quick look, though, at the recommendations, which affect millions of workers. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gps, 6%. junior doctors, 6%. prison officers, 7%. the armed forces, 5%. teachers 6.5%. this was rishi sunak a little earlier. i can confirm today that we are accepting the headline recommendations of the pay review bodies
nothing as windy as we saw earlier on in the week. that hello. ukraine doesn t deny shooting down a russian plane inside russia, killing we re told, ukranian prisoners. 700 days in how dangerous a moment is this? our defence editor, mark urban, is here to explain the significance. ukraine nears the second anniversary of russia s invasion full of uncertainty has western commitment faltered? and how much more can they send even if they want to? we ll ask a ukrainian mp and the former us ambassador to nato. coming up. what do the post office scandal, me too, newsnight s investigation into university hospitals birmingham foundation trust and the tavistock gender identity clinic have in common? all featured whistleblowers and some of them weren t protected by the law that s supposed to keep them safe. time for a new whistleblowers bill, say these two women. we ll talk to the chair of the parliamentary group on whistleblowing and the head of whistlebowers uk in ten minutes. a
accused of stealing £25,000 lee castleton. the only reason why he wasn t believed really was because a fujitsu employee took to the stand and said that the horizon software was operating properly. he signed a witness statement to that effect. that s why lee castleton wasn t believed. and yet we heard yesterday that one of the fujitsu managers involved in that case had sent an e mail calling lee castleton a nasty chap who was out to rubbish the fujitsu name. italked chap who was out to rubbish the fujitsu name. i talked to lee castleton at the end of the hearing yesterday and asked for his reaction to that e mail. he said he was surprised because he had never had any conversation with fujitsu employees, he never had any correspondence with them, he didn t know the person who had sent this e mail. i asked know the person who had sent this e mail. iasked him know the person who had sent this e mail. i asked him what his thoughts were when it comes to this fujitsu manager and
exclusively to our midlands correspondent navtej johal. bronson! come on, then. every time i saw him, you know, he were happy, he were smiley. he were. he learned to walk, he were learning to speak. he was just a really beautiful, sweet natured little boy. my dad was a character. he was born to be wild. he was.funny, hilarious sometimes, he was stubborn. he really, really loved his children and i know how proud he were of every single one of us. he absolutely doted on him. you know, he never complained. i think he loved doing what he were doing for him, seeing him with him. it was really, really heart warming. and it made me proud, you know, proud of my dad for what he was doing for his little boy. melanie s dad, kenneth, and her two year old half brother, bronson, who she simply called her brother, died in the most tragic of circumstances. it s believed the toddler starved to death after his dad had a heart attack. they were found alone in their home in skegness last week. t
mismatches? yes and the fourth bullet point, there appear to mismatches? 1c; and the fourth bullet point, there appear to have been bullet point, there appear to have been instances of these repulsed block been instances of these repulsed block errors from at least september 2000 block errors from at least september 2000 so block errors from at least september 2000. so we get the start date. and in this 2000. so we get the start date. and in this instance, a postmaster reported in this instance, a postmaster reported an error when trying to re-declare reported an error when trying to re declare their cash, the call was discussed re declare their cash, the call was discussed between various teams from post office discussed between various teams from post office and fujitsu and then you -ive post office and fujitsu and then you give some post office and fujitsu and then you give some further examples of those. then a give some further examples of those. the