civil servants just staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servants just some - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of those | staff. but with nurses, teachers, l civil servantsjust some of those in civil servants just some of those in dispute, we have one big question this morning can we avoid a summer of strikes? in the last half hour, the health secretary has written to pat cullen, the woman who ll lead the nurses onto the picket lines for their most serious strike. she s here in the studio. and so will be the the cabinet minister, tory chairman, greg hands. how will the government stop that strike from happening? but you might wonder, does labour have a better answer? the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, is with us. and we ll lift our eyes to the heavens thejupiter icy moons explorer begins its eight yearjourney hunting for life beyond earth. professor carole mundell is the
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300,000 co2 monitors in england going out to schools, but if you decide that between early years schools and colleges, you might be talking about a handful for a secondary school, so some schools are moving them around from one classroom to another. if they go over the certain level, the only solution is to open the windows and of course we are in the middle of winter, it is freezing and also energy bills for schools are also going up. energy bills for schools are also auoin u. energy bills for schools are also auoin u -. ., ~ energy bills for schools are also moinu ., energy bills for schools are also uu-oinu. ., , . going up. ok, thank you very much for that, branwen going up. ok, thank you very much for that, branwen jeffreys, - going up. ok, thank you very much for that, branwen jeffreys, our i forthat, branwenjeffreys, our education editor. the time is almost 3pm. let s ta ke take a look at the weather stabbed in a house. a lot of missed and merck, as we head for this evening a