the strikers say urgent care isn't affected, and call on the prime minister to sit down to talks. he can bring this strike to a conclusion before the end of this week. he owes it to this profession. every member of the public in the country so let's do it right now. we are keen to talk, we are engaging with the trade unions. on pay, we have an independent process and we have accepted that in full and, of course, that comes on top of the extra prioritisation of the nhs last year. the nhs confederation says its leaders cannot guarantee patients safety as the current strikes unfold. we'll have more on that. in our other main news today... a 97—year—old former secretary at a nazi concentration camp, has been sentenced for complicity, in the killing ofjewish prisoners. surgeons perform ground breaking surgery on a two—year—old boy, using stem cells to correct a heart defect. it's come home to argentina.

thousands greet the world cup winners in buenos aires. # do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?# the voice of a generation. tributes to terry hall of the specials, who's died at the age of 63. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england cruise to an eight wicket victory in karachi to become the first visiting side to clean sweep pakistan with a comfortable 3—0 series win. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. members of the royal college of nursing in many parts of england, wales and northern ireland are on strike. it's their second day of industrial action, in a dispute over pay and conditions. urgent care isn't affected.

the rcn says if there's no resolution before christmas, more strike dates will be announced for next year. the health secretary argues a 19% pay rise for nurses is unaffordable. meanwhile, more talks are due to take place today, ahead of a strike by ambulance workers tomorrow. the nhs confederation says all the industrial disputes mean its leaders cannot guarantee patient safety and strikes unfold. our correspondent sanchia berg has more details. nurses have been out on picket lines again this morning. members of the royal college of nursing, they say they are striking for the sake of they are striking for the sake of the nhs and for its future. enough is enough! they say without however

pay, they cannot do theirjob properly. ! pay, they cannot do their “ob ro erl . ., , pay, they cannot do their “ob properlvfi pay, they cannot do their “ob --roerl. ., , , , properly. i love my patients, i “ust wish properly. i love my patients, i 'ust wish i could — properly. i love my patients, i 'ust wish i could care i properly. i love my patients, i 'ust wish i could care for i properly. i love my patients, i 'ust wish i could care for them i properly. i love my patients, i 'ust wish i could care for them as h properly. i love my patients, i 'ust wish i could care for them as i“ properly. i love my patients, ijust| wish i could care for them as i want to, ratherthan wish i could care for them as i want to, rather than trying to cut myself into four pieces every shift. in northern ireland at least 3200 appointments were postponed both in hospitals and the community. in england the strike only affected one in four trusts and 16,000 hospital appointments did not happen. the welsh government says there was a significant impact with at least 2000 hospital procedures postponed. in scotland there was no disruption as nurses have posed industrial action to consider a new pay offer. the rcn can escalate this action to affect more areas and potentially last for months but they say they want to sit down with the government as soon as possible. i will! want to sit down with the government as soon as possible.— as soon as possible. i will not take and if they — as soon as possible. i will not take and if they were _ as soon as possible. i will not take and if they were not _ as soon as possible. i will not take and if they were not taken - as soon as possible. i will not take and if they were not taken but - as soon as possible. i will not take| and if they were not taken but they need to find a room and bring me

into it. i am looking for that room every single hour of the day. the nurses asked _ every single hour of the day. the nurses asked for a pay rise of 19%, the higher measure of inflation plus 5% but the government says that is not affordable and in any case, they should not be negotiated directly with them. and as the deadlock continues the nhs faces worse disruption tomorrow. paramedics are holding a national strike. ambulances will still respond to calls known as category one calls, where there is an immediate threat to life, for instance when someone has stopped breathing but chest pain, for instance, might be category two and what happens depends on where you are. in parliament this morning the gmb union says its members had agreed with most trusts what they recover. life and limb cover will be provided. the last thing our members want to do is put patients in harms way but the reason we have ended up

in a position of dispute now is because they feel they are prevented from delivering patient care. hhs from delivering patient care. nhs leaders are _ from delivering patient care. nhs leaders are now _ from delivering patient care. nhs leaders are now so _ from delivering patient care. nhs leaders are now so concerned they are writing to the prime minister calling on the government and unions to bring a swift end to the dispute. we never want to alarm people but we have reached the stage where our leaders feel it is necessary to say that they cannot guarantee patient safety. they cannot avoid risks. as these strikes unfold. the? safety. they cannot avoid risks. as these strikes unfold.— safety. they cannot avoid risks. as these strikes unfold. they urged the prime minister _ these strikes unfold. they urged the prime minister to _ these strikes unfold. they urged the prime minister to be _ these strikes unfold. they urged the prime minister to be prepared - these strikes unfold. they urged the prime minister to be prepared to - prime minister to be prepared to negotiate about pay. up to this point, ministers have refused to do that. we point, ministers have refused to do that. ~ . ~ point, ministers have refused to do that. ~ ., ~ ., ., ~ ., that. we are keen to talk of engaging — that. we are keen to talk of engaging with _ that. we are keen to talk of engaging with the - that. we are keen to talk of engaging with the trade - that. we are keen to talk of- engaging with the trade unions. on paper— engaging with the trade unions. on paper we _ engaging with the trade unions. on paper we have an independent process and we _ paper we have an independent process and we have _ paper we have an independent process and we have accepted that info. government ministers are due to meet the unions later today. sanchia berg, bbc news. let's get view from across the uk. tomos morgan is in cardiff

for us this lunchtime, and chris page in belfast. but first to howard johnson, outside st mary's hospital in west london. the overriding message here is that nurses are at breaking point. they say they have nothing to lose because of inadequate conditions and poor pay. we have heard from staff members today who said there simply is not a sense of teamwork in the nhs any more because of their staffing shortages. i curse the day, we have seen people come and support the star pier, one came off his bike and gave a reverential salute to the 50 or so nurses here causing hoops and cheering but we met another man who had broken his hand and he was told his operation would take a week, because the operation had been delayed due to strike action. the

picket line will be here until a pm and the nurses say they are willing to strive for as long as it takes to get their demands heard and we also hear a march will be held this afternoon heading to downing street to tell the government their views. there are more people today here in cardiff _ there are more people today here in cardiff outside the university hospital in wales than there wasn't thirsty— hospital in wales than there wasn't thirsty possibly because of the cold weather _ thirsty possibly because of the cold weather but possibly also because there _ weather but possibly also because there seems to be more of an appetite — there seems to be more of an appetite to come out and show the reason _ appetite to come out and show the reason why— appetite to come out and show the reason why they are striking. i have spoken— reason why they are striking. i have spoken to _ reason why they are striking. i have spoken to nurses about the reason they have — spoken to nurses about the reason they have come out, and melissa, heading _ they have come out, and melissa, heading up — they have come out, and melissa, heading up the epilepsy unit here says she — heading up the epilepsy unit here says she has advertised a senior staff— says she has advertised a senior staffiob. — says she has advertised a senior staffjob, she would have got a run 20 applicants usually but this year 'ust 20 applicants usually but this year just one _ 20 applicants usually but this year just one person, just one example of the other— just one person, just one example of the other issue is why people are striking _ the other issue is why people are striking which is about staffing numbers, the reason so many people are leaving _ numbers, the reason so many people are leaving the profession and there are leaving the profession and there are rotate _ are leaving the profession and there are rotate gaps meaning as the

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talking about particularly acute here. there is an _ talking about particularly acute here. there is an added - talking about particularly acute here. there is an added level. talking about particularly acute i here. there is an added level of comulexlty— here. there is an added level of complexity and _ here. there is an added level of complexity and uncertainty- here. there is an added level of complexity and uncertainty in l here. there is an added level of. complexity and uncertainty in that northem— complexity and uncertainty in that northern ireland _ complexity and uncertainty in that northern ireland is _ complexity and uncertainty in that northern ireland is currently- northern ireland is currently without _ northern ireland is currently without a _ northern ireland is currently without a devolved - northern ireland is currently- without a devolved government, there has not _ without a devolved government, there has not been _ without a devolved government, there has not been a — without a devolved government, there has not been a fully— without a devolved government, there has not been a fully functioning - has not been a fully functioning stormont — has not been a fully functioning stormont executive _ has not been a fully functioning stormont executive since - has not been a fully functioning i stormont executive since february because _ stormont executive since february because of— stormont executive since february because of and _ stormont executive since february because of and senior— stormont executive since february because of and senior officials - stormont executive since february because of and senior officials in l because of and senior officials in the civil— because of and senior officials in the civil service _ because of and senior officials in the civil service have _ because of and senior officials in the civil service have told - because of and senior officials in the civil service have told the - because of and senior officials inl the civil service have told the bbc more _ the civil service have told the bbc more strike — the civil service have told the bbc more strike action _ the civil service have told the bbc more strike action in _ the civil service have told the bbc more strike action in the - the civil service have told the bbc more strike action in the new- the civil service have told the bbcl more strike action in the new year could _ more strike action in the new year could have — could have catastrophic consequences. - howard, tomos, and chris, thank you. our chief political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. is there any light at the end of the tunnel? the nurses said they will not cave then so is there any chance the government might? hot not cave then so is there any chance the government might?— the government might? not at the moment if you _ the government might? not at the moment if you listen _ the government might? not at the moment if you listen to _ the government might? not at the moment if you listen to what - moment if you listen to what ministers say and take it at face value. yes, the unions are being summoned to fight this afternoon for talks but steve barclay is adamant thatis talks but steve barclay is adamant that is not about pay, it is about exactly what emergency cover will be on offer tomorrow during the ambulance strike. there is little

sign that the government is prepared to budge at the moment. unions continue to say if there is not on the table then they will continue with their slice and escalate them in the new year. i think there is pressure on the prime minister to come up with something on this, for example there are some conservative mps who want to help strikes to be sorted out. the opposition parties say the government needs to get back around the table and be prepared to talk about pay at the moment but because the sides are at loggerheads and their positions are so entrenched, as things stand, it looks like we are in for a few weeks of industrial unrest. nick, thank you. and you can find out if nurses are striking in your area by going to the bbc news website. nick, thank you. and a new train drivers�* strike date has been announced by the union, aslef union. it's forjanuary 5th, and comes in between the rmt rail strikes on the 3rd,

4th and the 6th and 7th. in what could be the last trial into nazi—era crimes in germany, a 97—year—old woman has been given a two—year suspended sentence for complicity in the holocaust. irmgard furchner had worked as a secretary at a concentration camp, in what is now poland. prosecutors argued that by handling the camp commandant�*s correspondence, furchner facilitated an operation that killed 65,000 people. here's our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. wheeled in to hear the verdict against her in what could be one of the very last holocaust trials. irmgard furchner, herface blurred by order of the court, a blanket over her lap. almost eight decades ago she was a typist in the camp, a secretary to the commandant. the judge rejected her lawyer's argument that she didn't know about the killings and ruled she was complicit in the murder of more than 10,000 people.

in all, over the course of the second world war an estimated 65,000 prisoners died in the stutthof camp in nazi occupied poland in horrific circumstances. they were killed in its gas chamber, hanged and shot or succumbed to starvation and disease. irmgard furchner was only 18 and 19 at the time. she was tried in a special juvenile court, which, together with her age now, presumably accounts for the leniency of the sentence. the now 97—year—old had tried to evade justice, calling a cab from her care home at the start of the trial and going on the run before she was arrested. earlier this month, after a0 days of silence, she told the court she was sorry for what had happened and regretted being in the camp. but the prosecutor said her secretarial work had ensured the smooth running of the nazi machine there. modern germany is still grappling with the darkness of its past, the public prosecutor said this was a trial of outstanding

historical importance, which serves as a record. it is also a message and a warning that complicity is a crime and the age of the perpetrator no impediment to the pursuit of justice. caroline hawley, bbc news. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has made an unannounced visit to the eastern city of bakhmut, which has seen intense fighting against russian forces. pictures on ukrainian television, show him meeting troops and handing out awards to soldiers. for months, bakhmut has been a key target for russia in the donetsk region, and has been partially destroyed. a thai sailor missing from a naval ship which capsized on sunday has been pulled alive from the water. he'd been clinging to a life buoy for ten hours, and was still conscious. rescuers have recovered five bodies

but a search is continuing for a further 2a people who are missing. thousands of ecstatic argentinian fans have welcomed home their world cup winning footballers, after victory over france in the final in qatar. the captain, lionel messi, was the first player to emerge from the plane, bearing the trophy. our south america correspondent, katy watson, is in the argentinian capital, buenos aires. but she does not seem to be there at the moment! you can see the crowds as they are waiting for the team to arrive. the time is 1a minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime... thousands of health workers in england and wales of northern ireland have staged another day of protest. and still to come how researchers using lasers and 3d scanning showed that old trees lock away twice as much planet—warming carbon as previously thought. coming up on the bbc news channel: british and irish lions fly—half

finn russell says he is excited to bejoining bath from french side racing 92 after next year's rugby union world cup. surgeons in bristol have performed a ground breaking procedure, using stem cells to correct the heart defect of a two—year—old boy. if successful, he maybe spared repeat operations, as he grows older. our correspondent matthew hill has that story. this is a sight finley�*s parents never thought they'd see. six hours after he was born, everything started to go downhill. and he was just.. he was very poorly. they didn't say there was much chance of him surviving, to start with. finley was born with the main arteries in his heart the wrong way round. atjust four days old he had his first open heart surgery to correct this. at that time we were told it was a heart transplant or nothing. so under compassionate grounds, as a world first, heart surgeon

professor massimo caputo used stem cells to inject directly into finley�*s heart with a second surgical procedure, in the hope they would help damaged blood vessels grow to increase the blood supply to the left side of his heart. after that, he made a really incredible recovery. what was the percentage function? instead of being around 60, 70%, which is normal, down to, really, ten, 20%, so severely affected. and now he has significantly improved to 40, 50%, so almost reaching the normal capacity. so how does it work? well, it involves extracting stem cells from a placenta bank at nhs blood and transplant in bristol. they are then grown by scientists at the royal free hospital into millions of cells to be injected into finley�*s heart muscle. these are known as allogneic stem cells, which come from unrelated placentas. but in finley�*s case they have not been rejected and his heart

has been regenerated. and the same stem cells are now being used to make the first type of stem cell patch of its kind to repair abnormalities to the valve and the large blood vessels, and to mend holes between the two main pumping chambers of the heart. this is the artificial tissue that has so far been used on babies who need repairs to their hearts. the problem is it can fail and it doesn't grow with the heart. however, this is the new stem cell tissue, which is a living scaffold which grows into the heart and it can even be bioprinted into any shape required that's missing. and that gives hope to patients like louis from wales who needs repeat heart surgery to correct congenital problems. the 13—year—old is hoping to take part in a clinical trial on the stem cell patches due to start within two years. it would mean the world. every couple of years i'll have to have an operation and procedure, and it willjust probably make me

a lot more relaxed. matthew hill, bbc news. members of the scottish parliament are to vote on proposals aimed at simplifying and speeding up the process for trans people to legally change their recognised gender. supporters say the reforms will make the process less intrusive and bureaucratic, but critics argue vulnerable young people could be put at risk. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is live in edinburgh. alexandria, ardee is changes likely to get through? —— alexandra, are these changes? we to get through? -- alexandra, are these changes?— to get through? -- alexandra, are these changes? we expect when it comes to the _ these changes? we expect when it comes to the final— these changes? we expect when it comes to the final vote _ these changes? we expect when it comes to the final vote tomorrow. comes to the final vote tomorrow that they are expected to go through, but a long way until then. we expect a very long debate today which is due to start in about an hour and we have been told this could go on until possibly eight o'clock this evening, possibly ten

o'clock this evening, possibly ten o'clock this evening, and that is because there are 153 amendments that will be debated in the chamber behind me this afternoon and voted on before the main vote tomorrow. the scottish government had said these changes will make it easier and quickerfor trans people to change their legally recognised gender. there are several reasons for this, gender. there are several reasons forthis, one gender. there are several reasons for this, one being vague would no longer need a medical diagnosis or medical report to apply for a gender recognition certificate —— one being that they would no longer need to. and they would no longer need to wait six months or live for two years in the acquired gender, this would be three months plus a three month period of reflection. one of the controversial things has been the controversial things has been the reduction of the age where you can apply for one of those certificates, due to be reduced from

18 to 16. one of the amendments already agreed to is people aged 16 and 17 would need to live in their acquired gender not for the three months but for six months plus the three—month period of reflection and it would be a criminal offence for anyone to make a false application. there are campaigners from both sides of the debate here earlier, those against the new legislation have expressed concern about access to women only spaces, that would be changing rooms and hospital wards. supporters say it would be less intrusive and bureaucratic. thank ou, intrusive and bureaucratic. thank you, alexandra _ intrusive and bureaucratic. thank you, alexandra mackenzie - intrusive and bureaucratic. thank you, alexandra mackenzie at - you, alexandra mackenzie at holyrood. the reality tv star georgia harrison has described herself as lucky after her ex—partner, stephen bear, was successfully prosecuted for sharing videos of them having sex online without her permission. the former love island contestant, who waived her right to anonymity

in order to raise awareness of the effects of so—called "revenge porn," says she wants the laws in this area to be simplified. here's annabel rackham. georgia harrison has been waiting since 2020 to bring her revenge porn case to trial. a week on from her ex—partner�*s conviction, i met up with her at home to ask how her life has been over the last couple of years. the way it's affected my work life, people won't ever really understand. financially, it has been really hard for me. more importantly, it's been really hard to be silenced, to have to read the comments every day on my instagram, to have to hear so many opinions about myself, but not be able to speak about something. the influencer and reality tv star's ex—boyfriend secretly recorded intimate footage of them and then sent it to friends and sold it online. the case is being described as one of the highest profile uses of the revenge porn law, which was first brought in in 2015. i've actually had people who were affected by it in the past

sort of bring it up and say how much it means to them to see that this sort of crime is finally being taken seriously in our society. currently, those prosecuting must prove that a sexual photo or video of someone was published without their consent to cause distress or embarrassment. georgia hopes that this clause can be removed under a new law as part of the online safety bill. i think anyone who has a private image, a sexual image, whether you send it to ten people or one person, you need to know the effects that that could cause on someone's life. are there things that you think, "i would love this to change in the law" or "i think this should happen" that would make your life easier? i think online platforms really do need to make sure that their users are safe online and that they're monitoring the content, just as we would in the real world. so ijust think, really, that needs to be strengthened from the top to make sure that content isn't posted without people's permission, and just that people are safe and if they're not, that companies are held accountable

and not just individuals. the government says the online safety bill will make social media companies more responsible for their users' safety online. georgia's ex—partner stephen bear is due to be sentenced injanuary. annabel rackham, bbc news. the press regulator says jeremy clarkson's sun newspaper column, in which he said he "hated" the duchess of sussex, has become the independent press standards organisation's most complained about article. the piece, which was removed from the sun's website on monday at clarkson's request, had received more than 17,500 complaints as of 9am today. the bank of england has unveiled new look banknotes featuring king charles. his portrait will be the only change to existing designs for the five, ten, 20, and £50 notes. they'll enter circulation in 202a. a study which used lasers

to determine how much carbon is stored in trees in a wood in oxfordshire suggests there's almost twice as much locked into british forests as previously thought. researchers used 3d scanners to get the results and say it's more evidence of the importance of woodland areas in combating climate change. here's our science correspondent victoria gill. even in the cold quiet of winter, this woodland is revealing scientific secrets. we're doing a six hectare area. researchers are weighing the trees here in wytham wood in oxfordshire, using a laser scanning technique that measures each tree in fine detail. but you can really see that we capture the full 3d structure of these trees. each laser—scanned point is a dot on a three—dimensional map of a tree, and that's converted into a solid model. this is the measure of each tree's volume, which scientists can use to calculate the amount of carbon that's locked into every inch of trunk and branch.

this one was about 25 tonnes, of which about half of that will be carbon. we have more than almost 1,000 trees that will be weighed here with laser and we found significantly more carbon storage in those trees, almost a factor two. wytham is a very typical uk deciduous woodland in terms of the mix of tree species and age. of course, trees do much more thanjust store carbon, but what this study has done is put a whole new measure on the value that's locked into woodland like this. and the researchers say that big, old trees are particularly important. protecting that value that you have in those large, old, mature trees is almost incalculable. so you should avoid losing it at almost any cost. capturing detailed pictures of what's locked inside each tree, the researchers say, reveals just how vital our existing forests are in the fight against climate change. victoria gill, bbc news, wytham wood. england's cricketers completed

another victory this morning. they have become the first touring side to win three matches in a series in pakistan. they beat pakistan by eight wickets in karachi in the third test to complete a record breaking, clean—sweep series success. england, in fact, have won more matches in pakistan in the past three weeks than they managed in their entire history before. joe wilson reflects on the success. final steps, the concluding runs of england's extraordinary year. here it was again, the invention and the confidence which was too much for pakistan in this series. all led by ben stokes, always positive, always pushing. 38 minutes of tuesday morning — that's all england needed to reach their target. 82 not out for ben duckett, just one of england's successes on this tour, there with his captain. and he is the context. pakistan had never lost a series 3—0 on home soil before. they have now. the way in which we speak and i've spoken, obviously, since i've done this role, is it's almostjust, you know, not worrying about the result, just going out, playing, expressing ourselves as a team and trying to give ourselves

the best chance of winning and always thinking like that. so yeah, i guess, you know, winning 3—0 proves that it can work on the odd occasion. well, it's almost every occasion. this trophy is substantial. the change in england's team is phenomenal. they began this year in australia, remember, absolutely humbled in defeat. they finished the year with nine test victories since the change in captain, coach, mentality. that's 18 year—old rehan ahmed in the centre of this team. winners represents the present and with genuine ambition — the future. joe wilson, bbc news. the singer terry hall, best known as the frontman of the ska band the specials, has died. he was 63. the band had seven consecutive top 10 singles, including too much too young and ghost town. here's our music correspondent, mark savage. music: gangsters by the specials.

# why must you record my phone calls? # the specials emerged from coventry at the end of the 19705, bringing black and white musicians together at a time of racial tension. # a message to you, rudy. # fronted by terry hall, their music was upbeat but socially conscious, and their first seven singles made the top ten, culminating in this: # this place is coming like a ghost town # bands won't play no more # too much fighting on the dancefloor...# ghost town, released in 1981 as riots spread and unemployment soared across the uk, and terry hall's downbeat delivery captured the despondency. # this town is coming

like a ghost town # why must the youth fight against themselves?# after ghost town, hall formed another band, fun boy three. their songs were often lighter, but hall didn't shy away from more difficult topics. one song dealt with his abduction and sexual abuse at the age of 12. # it ain't what you do, it's the place that you do it.# and that's when my mental health problems appeared and in that period, the only thing that i could do was take valium, at 1a, and that's not great. it really isn't good. # you're wondering now what to do, now you know this is the end...# although the episode left hall with lifelong depression, music was a solace. # enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink...#

he rejoined the specials in 2008 and a decade later, the band