critical about the front of metro. critical levels in red and a black and white headline. the whole purpose of the critical aspect of this is that so many gps are leaving the profession, some earlier than you might have thought, and one of the reasons for thatis thought, and one of the reasons for that is going to be pressure at work coming into stress and one reason will be the pensions that are available to the gp profession is going to be brought more in line with the private sector, paying more in and get less out. the public sector have had it too good for too long, and all that means is that an approaching doctor thinks it is best to get out now and not risk it later. that is about what the doctor might think, the other side, and it is always difficult for people like us is always difficult for people like us to understand which part of this is relevant. if you have less demand on certain parts of the city and more demanding another part of the

city, then one of the good things to do is to close that one, you merge it into this bigger one, you don't need as much administration costs and you save money for the taxpayer. you asked doctors to move and you ask some of those patients to walk 15 minutes to get there. upside, you save money, then said it becomes more of a factory and therefore a lot of doctors and gps say i don't like this. and it might be longer than 15 minutes, especially if you are old! and it is difficult to see at what point is this good for us and what point is it not. tony blair changed the relationship between the nhs and you, fundamentally paid a lot more money and then worked in a harder. a lot are working incredibly ha rd harder. a lot are working incredibly hard but quite a few but like the screws being twisted. if you think about it, a lot of figures on this story, let's go through one north

two. 57 gp surgeries shut last year. doesn't sound like much but it affects a quarter of a million patients because that is the average. the number of practices closing up 15% on 2015 and 100% on 2014. i will take a different tack. it is because of stress, it is because of underfunding. we the great british public expect more and more out of the nhs and who is on the front line? gp surgeries, even talk of a seven day a week service and you saw how angry they were. it sounds great on paper but it is the human beings in the end. the private sector is very difficult as donald trump is finding from the public sector. he made a point about public sector. he made a point about public sector pensions compared to private ones, do you agree? just looking at

the figure, the amount you can save before being taxed as being reduced from 1.8 million to one million and they are saying as a result of that gps are retiring early. but it is a vocation, not about money. let's show you the front of the telegraph because it has that on the front page as well, saying much the same thing. the answer is why is this happening and that is the question. it is never going to be simple and not going to be just one answer. but it is true to say they are trying to bring service levels, response levels and volume of work in line with a lot of people in the private sector who don't feel there is a fair balance between public and private. specifically on pensions? private sector pensions have been absolutely devastated than the last 10-15 absolutely devastated than the last 10—15 years and public sector

pensions have not. it got to the point with the civil service when a lot of people got into the public sector just to get such a lot of people got into the public sectorjust to get such a good pension. last word on that one. if you use your local gp surgery and see the impact it has when it closes especially for older people who are more infirm and you see how hard most gps work, they really do, a vocation and not about the money, and they are being pushed to the limit. i don't wholly disagree with that. thank you. i knew there would be harmony in the end! takers to the other story in the telegraph we were looking at with regards to syria and the british and american position. things moving quickly. a few days ago rex tillerson said the us didn't really feel that they wanted to get rid of president assad. it wasn't really something they were worried about some people felt that has been about some people felt that has been a shift of emphasis from president obama to president trump but no president trump has done a 180

degrees turn because of the appalling chemical weapons attack people are blaming on the jets of bashar al assad. we have all seen the terrible pictures, people who have lost children, men and women, really terrible, and donald trump says something has to happen. options for the military strike being considered. and the one thing, i don't think syria was barack obama's finest moment. right from the day he said chemical weapons are a red light and the day he said chemical weapons are a red lightand i am not the day he said chemical weapons are a red light and i am not putting up with and he did, they knew what they we re with and he did, they knew what they were getting away with. saying up with this i will not put, the upside is the sponsoring of the president assad regime, they will think, there's a new player in this, thread a little carefully. it is another dimension and a good thing on the other hand, another red line. just like barack obama said, another red

line. you have used the words and it is true, people immediately think guns. and if the node don't do that they weaken their possession. potentially to take a military strike on syria when there are russian forces involved. do you coordinate with the russians? what exactly do you bomb? what about civilian casualties? do you give them a slap on the wrist or go much harder. borisjohnson is saying we need to calm down and investigate to see if it really was the syrian government but most people seem to say. and that is the motion the un will be looking at, calling for an investigation. really poor show, 48 hours afterwards, let's have an investigation. it is a good thing in terms of it is more than nothing but the problem you have with the security council of each member has a veto. russia is never going to not

veto, if you don't mind the double negative, anything that censors president assad because he is their puppet. it is going to test the russia— friendly donald trump in ways not tested before. especially with the 180. interesting conversations. exactly. it is a line in the sand. there's a problem, i am agreeing with you again. test it further, the financial times.|j agreeing with you again. test it further, the financialtimes. i like the photograph at the top, and i would draw a bubble lover less and have word bubble, have you heard the one about... ? a very serious person, let's not get all daily mail. i am very impressed with the orderliness of prime minister. multiparty political thing. as a

personality. that fourth graph suggests a reasonably friendly cordial moment. it does say they agree we need to lower tensions but how much control do they have over the other actors. i am not talking about nigel farage. don't worry about nigel farage. don't worry about what these actors do in public posturing, worry about in private. that is where the deals will be. not until the books are published! the other story is then at the bottom. until the books are published! the other story is then at the bottomlj am other story is then at the bottom.” am so other story is then at the bottom.” am so pleased you have allowed me to say this, because i have had big executive pay up to here. when i was at the cbi went on about it and as a minister, and frankly, there are so many chief executives who might deserve it, but so does a nurse deserve it, but so does a nurse deserve it, but so does a nurse deserve it but we can't afford to pay nurses, and these people ought

to set a better example. the other example as you have some people who have failed or field relatively on thejob and have failed or field relatively on the job and they still gate great pay rises. it is doing nothing for the reputation of the business or for wealth creation and capitalism and always at the end of the day, my solution was always that has to come from within. here you have rich countries, usually oil—based, norway is one of the best because it has a serious good values. it has a huge amount of money because of oil, and they are saying, the boss of the welfare fund, he is saying, what we don't want to have any more is a lack of transparency, complication and two short term. his exact words are, pay should be long—term, so in other words you can fiddle the figures to have a good year and the big bonus. two, simple. so many of

these peer awards are made after complications and they get a great check possibly when the company has done badly. lastly, transparent. so that you and i can understand it. that will not solve it but it is a very big step in the right direction. theresa may and jeremy corbyn would agree with this. direction. theresa may and jeremy corbyn would agree with thism involves the words create profit which i don't think he understands! jeremy corbyn unavailable to respond to that he ran now. parents face price after losing school holidays. the father from this case is furious because he won the original case but it has been overturned by the supreme court. it means you have to turn that might bring your child into school when the headteacher says so. and one of the problems is if you are not a tour operator holiday company you have been

charging a lot more for the product, this was going to actually i learned that out and now they can go back to exploiting it. iwould that out and now they can go back to exploiting it. i would say, wouldn't i. exploiting it. i would say, wouldn't i, welcome to the market, not much you can do. i think what's going to happen isa you can do. i think what's going to happen is a lot of parents are going to look at the situation and consider it worthwhile fine. you got the last word! don't forget you can see the front pages online and on the bbc news website, all graf review seven days a week. if you mist the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc. thank you. the warmest weather today was in london where the temperature this afternoon rose to 18, lovely blue skies, much calmer. wasn't blue

skies, much calmer. wasn't blue skies everywhere, here in cumbria, the temperature struggled to make double figures. for much of the night across north—west england and northern ireland, going to remain cloudy, could be summed the result towards the western highlands but otherwise the ride. clear skies and southern parts of england and eastern scotland bringing the temperature in the countryside could be close to freezing for a short while but warms up quickly in the sunshine and we start with the best of the sunshine although the cloud should break through the midlands and wales and eventually across northern england, it may well stay cloudy for northern ireland and western scotland so the temperature struggles, elsewhere looking at the temperature widely in the mid teens, strong sunshine and feeling quite warm, but high pollen levels, birch is the main problem and high levels in many parts of england and wales

and possible again on saturday, more sunshine in england and wales, cloud breaking to the south—east, more sunshine into northern ireland and all but northern scotland, warming up all but northern scotland, warming up nicely, a promising start to the weekend and looking good for the horse racing, grand national on saturday and looking at a friday, no rain at all for the national meeting. high pressure in charge of the weather, slipping eastwards over the weather, slipping eastwards over the weekend allowing the weather front to head into the north—west of the uk and allows us to draw up some warm airand sunshine the uk and allows us to draw up some warm air and sunshine from the south, in the sunshine we see the temperature rising quickly. not sunny everywhere, maybe more cloud wandering and off the irish sea and we find more cloud across scotland and northern ireland with some rain pushing into the north—west, that rain may be quicker than the yearly forecasts, the high temperature across east wales and eastern england, 2223 likely. warm air on

sunday but the weather front will change things, not much rain on that as it pushes south words but the wind direction changes to more northerly and that one to reduce malaria and showers. this is bbc news. can donald trump do a deal with the chinese president