we ll have the latest from picket lines in england, scotland and wales. also on the programme: large crowds are expected in memphis for the funeral of tyre nichols, the black man who died after being detained by police. two men get life in prison for killing a 71 year old woman, to steal her life savings. and the potentially deadly radioactive capsule the size of ap retrieved from the australian outback. and coming up on the bbc news channel: chelsea confirm they have completed the signing of argentina midfielder enzo fernandez from benfica for a record £107 million. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade across the uk, with tens of thousands of people on strike, in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers all are on strike in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union the largest g
british steele is considering cutting 800 jobs at the plant in scunthorpe. in premises questions keir starmer questions prime ministers claims regarding document rob. a search onjoe biden delaware home as a part of investigation into classified documents. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action, according to unions, in more than a decade across the uk, with hundreds of thousands of people thought to be on strike, in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers, all are on strike, in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union, the largest group of workers on the picket lines. it s estimated up to 85% of schools are affected. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been speaking to some of those on strike, in liverpool. cheering. from london to stoke, from cardiff to aberdeen, teachers are out on strike across britain. at chesterfield high in crosby, th
the military takeover there. we start in the uk, which has seen the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade, according to the unions, with up to half a million people walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. among those striking are train drivers from the aslef union impacting most train companies across england. bus drivers in london about 100,000 civil servants from over a hundred government departments. thousands of university staff from 150 universities across the uk. and teachers from the national education union. these aerial images show demonstrators marching past the bbc s headquarters in london. 0ur employment correspondent was with them nearby at whitehall. the scale of this. this is the biggest straight for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that. there are unions who have decided not to strike today. it certainly could be a lot bigger. what s interesting is there are un
we begin in china where we ve just had a slew of data that shows how deep the impact of both the pandemic and its demographics is having on society and the economy. data from the national bureau of statistics shows china s economy grew by 2.9% year on year for the last three months of 2022. that beat expectations reuters expected the economy to grow byjust1.8%. for the full year growth came in at 3% far below china s official target of 5.5%. excluding the year covid hit in 2020, this is china s worst showing in nearly 50 years. also today, the news that china s population has shrunk for the first time in more than 60 years a change that is expected to have deep economic, social and political implications for china. for more on that let s go to katie silver in our asia business hub. tell us more. that s right. the bi . tell us more. that s right. the big figure tell us more. that s right. the big figure that tell us more. that s right. the big figure that we ve tel