in england are expecting mm in england are expecting ma'or disru-tion as - in england are expecting major disruption as junior - - in england are expecting \ major disruption as junior doctors stages 72 hour strike over pay. colorado's supreme court bar is donald trump from the primary ballot in the 2024 election. the former president says he will appeal to the supreme court. the head of hamas has arrived in egypt for talks on a fresh ceasefire in gaza as israel says it is willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages. uk inflation fell to 3.9% in the year to november hitting its lowest rate in more than two years. warned more on oui’ warned more on our top story. nhs bosses are warning of disruption, as junior doctors begin a 72 hour walk out this morning. the british medical association says it's members are striking in a dispute with the government over pay. the government's urging junior doctors to "come back to the negotiating table." junior doctors make up more than half of the medical workforce.

lots of routine care has been cancelled. not everywhere. patients are being advised to have a look on the website of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many appointments and operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, ofjunior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. so, a significant impact on hospitals overwinter. doctor lizzie greenfield is one of the junior doctors. you were just telling me before we came on air why you've come out here today, just talk us through why. from day one of work as a junior doctor, there was low staffing, gaps not filled on the rotas, corridor nursing, and the hospital was at a critical capacity. that's from my first day. so, ithink, you know, to have experienced that, just makes you realise how people

are getting so burned out, how we're not being paid fairly for the amount of responsibility that we have to deal with. everyone is so tired and they're all trying to support each other but they are pouring from an empty cup, i think that's really why i'm here today. doctor greenfield, there. dr trivedi, you represent the british medical association, tell us what it would take to call off these strikes because it's a very difficult time for these strikes. we have seen our pay drop. take lizzy was saying. like lizzy was saying. not only are we not paid fairly, we have had real terms pay cut of the pay cut for 15 years and all we want to do- is reverse those pay cuts. iwe are not asking for that to bei done in one go but we need to be able to pave the way for that in an appropriate time. - that means that doctors -

who are paid £15.50 an hour, we want them to be paid between £20 and £216“ hour~ — it is not a tall ask. we need an offer that - makes headway into that. very difficult for patients to have their operations cancelled and potentially today to have long waiting times. what do you say to the patients? i am so sorry for any patient that has had activity disrupted. - i am an anaesthetist and we have had |to cancel so many on non—strike daysj because we simply don't have enough staff. - people are talking about winter pressures — people are talking about winter pressures now _ people are talking about winter pressures now during _ people are talking about winter pressures now during our- people are talking about winter. pressures now during our strikes. but it is winter all year— round because we don't have enough people to look after patients. hospital bosses have been dreading this. is it fairfor you to be putting so much pressure to be out here when there is so much stress going on in the hospitals? l this is our eighth round of strike l action, we have shown we can strike safety in our seven previous rounds, because they are consultants, - the most experienced doctors looking after patients in these _ hospitals at the moment.

ultimately, we don't| have to be on strike. we would happily go back to work if we had an offerj that we could put to our members. but when the latest pay uplift - that the government put forward, an average 3%, would still have been further real term pay cuts _ for doctors this year, i it is simply not enough and we need to do more. what would it take to call off these strikes? not a real terms pay cut . but making way to reverse the ones we have had so far. the government and us needs to negotiate and i wish- they would meet us there l but they have walked away from talks, we can't| make progress now. the government has said, victoria atkins, has said my door is open, carry on with these talks. they say you walked away. i am happy to meet her if she wants to but they have a precondition - where they do not talk whilst strikes are on the table. - but that is a rule they have made. they could talk and if they put forward an offer we can take l to our members today, - we can cancel these strikes and they can go back to work

now and we don't have - to strike tomorrow. thank you very much. that's all for now. this strike is going on until saturday morning but, again, six days being called injanuary from the 3rd, that would be the longest strike action in nhs history. live now to matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation. they represent hospitals. hello to you and thanks for coming on. you were saying that this has been a realisation of health leaders' worst fears, what do you mean by that? well, i think the next few days are going to be difficult. but i'm confident that we can manage them. of course, managing them will be a result of the fact that the leaders i represent, instead of being able to focus all their energies on meeting demand and making inroads into our waiting lists, have had to spend time on staff rotas and contingency plans to deal with these strikes. but the period immediately before christmas tends to be a

little bit quieter. real concern is around the january dates. what we are talking about there is the longest strike we've ever seen, affecting half of our medical workforce, in the busiest, one of the busiest weeks, in the year for the busiest weeks, in the year for the nhs. so, we are extremely concerned about that. we are extremely concerned that still there has been no agreement on derogations to provide life and limb, over those january strike days.— to provide life and limb, over those january strike days. already, having to close cheltenham _ january strike days. already, having to close cheltenham a&e, - january strike days. already, having to close cheltenham a&e, a&e - to close cheltenham a&e, a&e services are being affected this time round as well.— services are being affected this time round as well. yes, there will be an impact _ time round as well. yes, there will be an impact. it's _ time round as well. yes, there will be an impact. it's important - time round as well. yes, there will be an impact. it's important to - be an impact. it's important to emphasise that, firstly, if you have an appointment, that appointment will be going ahead because you would have been contacted by now if it had been cancelled. those kind of outpatient appointments, for example, will take place. of course, our a&e departments will be meeting people's need, the nhs will be there

for you, people's need, the nhs will be there foryou, but people's need, the nhs will be there for you, but the issue is we can meet the emergency needs but it has an impact on the other work that we want to do, particularly in relation to those long waiting lists that you've heard about. injanuary, however, i still think there are deeper concerns about the capacity even then of accident and emergency departments to be able to cope because it's already a very busy time of year. as your and interviewee said, yes, these strikes have an impact, if we were not to have an impact, if we were not to have strikes, winter is always an extremely challenging time for the health service. you extremely challenging time for the health service.— extremely challenging time for the health service. you heard the piece before, health service. you heard the piece before. which _ health service. you heard the piece before, which had _ health service. you heard the piece before, which had doctors - health service. you heard the piece before, which had doctors talking l before, which had doctors talking about how they are concerned about a real term pay cut for the last 15 years and we heard earlier from doctors saying they were thinking about leaving. there have been deal is reached for other medical staff and consultants will be voting soon. what is it, when it comes to these negotiations and do you have

sympathy with the junior doctors? we sympathy with the junior doctors? - have enormous sympathy with the junior doctors both in terms of the case they make about pay and also the case they make about working conditions in the health service which is under pressure and where there are many vacancies. what is difficult is when you hear as it were both sides blaming the other side for the fact that they are not talking. this issue is too big and the impact is too great for people to be kind of standing behind their pride or worried about the public perception. listening to the interviews, we can see a way forward, the government needs to indicate a willingness to respond to the fact thatjunior indicate a willingness to respond to the fact that junior doctors' pay has gone down. we have seen pay settlements in other areas. the bma need to be willing to enter those talks not with guarantees they are going to get exactly what they want but with an openness to try to find a deal. it is very difficult, i

think, for my members, for other clinicians, who will have to fill in for thosejunior clinicians, who will have to fill in for those junior doctors, and for the public to hear that the two sides are standing on ceremony when they really need to get down to it. it's not too late to stop those january strikes. you talk about the other staff having to stand in for the stuff on strike, are you sensing there is a conflict between the junior doctors there is a conflict between the junior doctor— there is a conflict between the junior docto there is a conflict between the “unior docto - ., , , ,, ., junior doctors doing this strike and the others, — junior doctors doing this strike and the others, perhaps _ junior doctors doing this strike and the others, perhaps other - junior doctors doing this strike and the others, perhaps other workers| the others, perhaps other workers who reached agreements and these consultants, who are being close to voting for the deal being voted for. when one group of staff take action, it has an impact on everybody else. i don't sense there is conflict. but i don't sense there is conflict. but i don't sense there is conflict. but i do talk to leaders dot if you are an nhs leader, you know the number one asset is your staff and the incredible importance of a culture of togetherness and commitment in your organisation. certainly, year of industrial action has put that kind of strong togetherness under strain. it will be put under further

strain. it will be put under further strain injanuary. everyone in the nhs does what they need to do to pull through in these difficult circumstances. you can't have industrial action going on for a year without stresses.- industrial action going on for a year without stresses. thank you very much _ year without stresses. thank you very much for— year without stresses. thank you very much for coming _ year without stresses. thank you very much for coming on, - year without stresses. thank you l very much for coming on, matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation. the uk inflation rate has fallen to 3.9% in the year to november. food and fuel have driven that drop but the office for national statistics predicts that food is about a third more expensive now than it was two years ago ? and those high costs are going to have an impact on things we all enjoy, as the bbc�*s cost—of—living correspondent coletta smith has been finding out. whether you're planning it, buying it, orjust dreaming about it, everyone's got a favourite part of a christmas dinner. it's got to be the parsnips and sprouts. controversial, but got to be sprouts. i like dessert, and i also like pigs in blankets. stuffing. — a bit of lovely stuffing. the potatoes are the best, i think, especially when mum makes them. christmas pudding's

my main thing, yeah. not christmas pudding, no. i sticky toffee, we usually have. the turkey. my kids have offered to cook this year. oh, wow! they're i6. wow! they volunteered. we all got super excited about it. and now i think they're changing their mind because they're wondering what they got themselves into! let's start with the good news, shall we? stuffing and sprouts have actually fallen in price this year, but everything else has gone up. the biggest price increases this year have been for carrots, which are up 26.7%. earlier on in the year, they did go up in price, and it is down to having to import them from other countries, down to weather and things like that. apple stuffing, onions. mince pies are next. they're up 25% after big butter price rises. unfortunately, due to the cost of ingredients, etc, the company has had to meet that, as well, haven't they? so, they have gone up. so, whereas before people would buy mince pies plus other cakes, now they are just

buying the mince pies. and that lovely gravy is up 17.6% this year. while most products have increased in price, the cost of turkey has only gone up by i.2%. bird flu caused problems last year, and that impacted the price of frozen and fresh turkeys. we did have the big increase last year, but it has all settled down now. no shortage of turkeys at all this year. no, we've got as many as you want this year. we can sell, sell, sell. across the six supermarkets, a standard dinner has actually increased faster this year than the dinner of premium products, particularly when it comes to potatoes and christmas puddings. their posh ones have increased by less this year than the standard ones. that's because the supermarkets have put on more deals and discounts to try and tempt us back to those big brands and encourage us to splash out more. but those increases make it even harderfor anyone already on a tight budget. it will be a struggle.

i've just been assisted to get the food bank myself tomorrow, because there just isn't the finances to go out and do a major shop. so if you are trying to keep your costs down this christmas, jay has some expert tips that could save you cash. open space is quite hard to come by. 0ven space is quite hard to come by. a lot of people are using air fryers these days as well, so maybe see what you can do. rotate everything. yeah, vegetable soup — next day you can put it into a pan with a bit of veg stock, let it simmer. it's an easy meal. i know everyone's a bit sick of roast dinners after christmas day. and how important is the way that you cook the meat? make sure you just cut it correctly. not making the big fat steaks, just nicely thin, and you can get more out of it, really. whatever the cost, for those settling down to a slap—up festive dinner in the days ahead, the focus will be on enjoying it. coletta smith, bbc news, in chester. i'm glad she got some, making me starving, watching that. the movie maestro has been playing in theatres

for three weeks. and is already available for streaming on netflix today. the biographicalfilm centres on the relationship between american composer leonard bernstein and his wife felicia montealegre. the film has been nominated for golden globe awards for the best picture and nods for its stars, bradley cooper and carey mulligan. we go now to siobhan synnot who is a film critic joining us from glasgow. what do you think the thinking is, the logic, behind this quick move to streaming straight after it has basically been in the cinemas, what did i say, for three weeks? that basically been in the cinemas, what did i say, for three weeks?- did i say, for three weeks? that is netflix's decision. _ did i say, for three weeks? that is netflix's decision. worth - did i say, for three weeks? that is netflix's decision. worth bearing i did i say, for three weeks? that is | netflix's decision. worth bearing in mind that maestro was offered first of all to warner brothers, which made a star is born, they passed and so did come next apple and paramount. netflix picked up the movie. you can see why some risk averse studios would be taken by the idea of maestro. it is partly in black—and—white, a biography of the

musician and conductor, leonard bernstein. and netflix is driven by subscriptions. rather than theatrical releases. the reason it has any sort of theatrical release is so that it qualifies for award season. it is something that all the streamers would really like, and oscar—winning or award—winning movie. oscar-winning or award-winning movie. , , , movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter — movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at _ movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all _ movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all how- movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all how long - movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all how long it | movie. did you sense perhaps it i didn't matter at all how long it was in the cinema for, whether people go to see it there, as long as it was out in time for the awards? absolutely. it is a very, very short window they have gone for. one of the things about the awards is that it has to have some sort of theatrical release but it doesn't have to be too long. for netflix, releasing maestro creates a bit of buzz by showing it theatrically, they make a bit of money, but really what they are looking for is for people to sign up for netflix subscription is in order to watch maestro at home. in some ways, you

could argue that if you are a bit tentative as a viewer, if you are not sure if maestro is for you, watching it at home is likely how you will watch it. 0k, thank you. a prominent businessman from north yorkshire who was kidnapped in ecuador has been released from captivity. colin armstrong was abducted on saturday from a farm he owned in south america. local police posted this image on social media, saying that mr armstrong was found safe and well. nine people have been arrested in connection with the kidnap. bbc sports personality of the year award is in safe hands with england goalkeeper mary earps claiming the top prize. that's three years in a row the prestigious award has gone to a female athlete. 0ur colleagues on bbc breakfast were at salford's media city to chat to her for us.

sum up tonight in one word. extraordinary. very, very special night for you tonight. you must be looking forward to it. it's very special. it's very humbling. well, stars are arriving here on the red carpet. one of the hosts, gabby logan, is in position with the trophy and it's almost time for people to take their seats. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our lifetime achievement award winner, sir kenny dalglish. - # walk on...# kenny, lovely to see you. i thought we had done one. well, we can never have too much of king kenny, can we? surely. right? especially on a night like this. i think your viewing figures will collapse, by the way! what does this trophy mean to you? it means i'm old. it means... no, it means a lot, really. because, at the end of the day, you don't do it for the recognition,

you did it because you love playing sport and love playing football. and, fortunately, we were successful as well in doing the football. it's just that award on top. any success you've ever had, itjust adds a wee bit more to it. and the unsung hero award goes to... ..desmond's. hello, there, john. hiya. bbc breakfast. i know who you are. welcome, welcome. come on in. come and take a seat on the sofa. hi, john. how are you? i'm good. is it desmond? call me des. des. you arrived here as part of the windrush generation. you were passionate about your cricket. it was a game, though, you couldn't play when you arrived here in the uk. there were no opportunities for you. but now, you've been spending your life tirelessly giving

opportunities to others when they weren't there for you. i came here in 1966 and i went to the youth club, which is crookesmoor youth club, as a youngster. many of us went there because, as you quite rightly say, we had difficulty breaking into well—established teams in this country. and so we had to set up our own teams and i'm very pleased that the club is there and it's catering for so many young people, in particular, from all backgrounds and from all communities, which makes you very proud, really. in third place is katrina johnson—thompson. true hollywood style. it's like we're making a blockbuster movie. many, many congratulations. mary earps, queen of saves winning.

you are the queen of comebacks, though, aren't you, katerina, it's fair to say? yeah, i think if i was to describe this year, as... with one word, it probably would be that word for sure — come back. it feels, like, really nice. like, 12 months ago, i wouldn't have imagined being able to sit here and say that i came third, or even be nominated for this... for this show. and i feel so grateful. i think i've been saying that a lot tonight, like, the gratitude that i'm feeling and the fact that i'm able to, like, share some happy moments with the people who have supported me as well, itjust feels really good. in second place is stuart broad. talk to us about the part that your family have played in your career. your fiancee, molly, your daughter, annabella. this must be for them, as well. 0h, absolutely. yeah.

for, you know, for so many people, for my mum and dad, carol and chris, the sort of sacrifice they made for when i was younger of getting me to all sorts of different sporting fields, now i've got a daughter, i get it. i get the sacrifice that parents make. i think maybe it takes a bit of time to understand it, but to have grown up with such positivity around me and such an energy, to sort of go out and try and grab whatever your dreams were, was incredible. and i hope that i can influence annabella and my family going forward in that route, because it was a great way to grow up. it's time to reveal the 2023 bbc sports personality of the year. and the winner of the 2023 bbc i sports personality of the year is... ..from nottingham, mary earps.

mary, you are a game—changer because best goalkeeper at the women's world cup, you're making sure young fans around the world can buy your goalkeeper�*s jersey. you're a game changer, aren't you? trying to be. trying to change the world in whatever small time that i'm here. because you are a role model now. i mean, does it feel like things have changed so, so quickly for you? because one of the big things tonight, i guess, to come out was you very nearly quit football. you very nearly didn't continue with the game. i enjoy the responsibility of being a role model. i try and inspire as many people as possible, young, old, whatever. i want people to relate to me and myjourney and see i'm just a normal person trying to live out her dream. let's be honest, you are making goalkeeping cool. i'm trying, yeah. it's happening. it's happening slowly but surely. it's the mearps mission. it is. goalkeeping is cool. #goalkeeping is cool. mary earps, queen of saves.

do you like that? i do, i do. but i want young kids to want to play in goal because it's fun and not because they're put off by the criticism, or the other elements of it, which i think happens quite a lot, especially at grassroots. so there's a lot of work still to be done, but the participation levels 100% are improving. you know, i'm hoping to do a study to see how much has improved since the euros and the world cup. but we're getting there. so it's a good time to be a goalkeeper. mary, many congrats. thank you very much. i appreciate that. amazing to chat to you. thank you. news from scotland now. beavers have returned to the cairngorms after beavers were driven to extinction in the country. 0ver

beavers were driven to extinction in the country. over the next five years, 15 families could be released in the cairngorms national park. some landowners have raised concerns the damage they could do to animals and woodland. they were released under a licence on monday. just time to show you some more of the pictures of the volcano in south—west iceland, which started erupting on monday. it is still going. it is starting to weaken but i slid's me to a logical office says that new events could open up at short notice —— meteorological office. that crack you can see along the ground where the lover is blasting out is now several kilometres long. you can see it from the aerial shots, much better. such a huge length of crack showing where the lather is spewing out from. experts say this eruption can actually last weeks or maybe even months. this area, volcanic a volcanic and seismic hotspot isn't

far from the volcanic and seismic hotspot isn't farfrom the capital, volcanic and seismic hotspot isn't far from the capital, reykjavik. volcanic and seismic hotspot isn't farfrom the capital, reykjavik. —— this area which is a volcanic. these are live pictures, you can see it in the distance where there is a camera feed. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. hello. windy weather on the way for the next 36 hours with outbreaks of rain affecting northern and western areas. this area of cloud we are keeping a close eye on because this is a deep area of low pressure or will be a developing area of low pressure moving close towards iceland and it has been named by the danish metrological institute as storm pia. it will strengthen and it will give us breezy conditions. today, some rain affecting western scotland, north—west england and wales, the south—west as well. early sunshine in eastern areas will be replaced by cloud moving its way in. maximum temperatures this afternoon for most getting into double figures. in shetland, colder air and temperatures will be about 4 celsius.

through tonight, we will continue with lots of cloud and still some rain affecting these western areas. the wind will pick up particularly across the north of scotland with some gales developing in the early hours of thursday morning. overnight temperatures down to about 9 or 10 or ii, above the average for night—time temperatures. here's that storm. storm pia, named by the danish met service, will move its way into scandinavia and you can see white lines, the isobars close together in northern areas, the strongest winds and showers moving their way in. cloudy skies for england and wales, outbreaks of rain which will move its way south. these are the wind gusts, a windy day for all of us, 40, 55 mph but up to 75 and 80 mph around the far north, north—east and there will some big waves down the north sea coasts. temperatures will come down across scotland. temperatures about celsius two in shetland, mild further south. that colder air gives a few wintry showers towards northern and eastern areas on friday. some outbreaks of rain across england and wales with fairly cloudy skies.

we will keep the generally milder conditions here, temperatures 10—12. again, feeling a bit chilly across scotland and the far north. christmas weekend and christmas day, for many it will be fairly unsettled, some dry weather around but those temperatures 7—ii, about average for this time of year. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. patients in england are warned to

expect major disruption as junior doctors staged a seven to a two hour strike over pay. colorado's supreme court bans are donald trump from their primary ballot in their 2094 election. the former president says he will appeal to the us supreme court. the head of hamas arise in egypt for an expected talk in the ceasefire in gaza. to allow aid to reach civilians. israel is willing to agree to another pause for an exchange of more hostages. uk inflation fell to 3.9% in november hitting its lowest rate in two years. hello, iam lucy hello, i am lucy gray. junior doctors in england have begun a 72 hour strike in their long—running dispute about pay. medical director the medical medical director director of nhs england has warned the walkout

will cause "huge disruption". this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs�*s most busy periods.