live from london. this is bbc news. thousands of senior doctors in england take strike action. nonemergency care comes to a standstill. there is a shock win at the women's world cup as the co—hosts, new zealand, beat norway 1-0 co—hosts, new zealand, beat norway 1—0 in the opening match. uk supermarkets are told to make pricing clearer to help shoppers — struggling with the cost of living crisis. hello. welcome to bbc news. we have three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. let's start with strike action by thousands of senior doctors in england. they forked out for 48 hours in a dispute with the government over pay. it

means that almost all planned nhs care in england has come to a standstill. consultants have been offered a 6% pay rise by the government. they say that is not enough. the doctor's union, the british medical association says that since 2008, consultants�* take—home pay has fallen by 35%, taking changes into tax and pensions into account. it says this fall is a bigger percentage than other groups within the nhs. a 6% pay increase would mean basic pay, starting at nearly £94,000. the most experienced consultants would receive more than £126,000, the reaching that salary takes on average around 19 years of working in the nhs. let�*s cross live now to our correspondent who has been gauging the mood among strikers in central london. john, what other strikers saying about what they want

from the government and how far they are willing to go? you from the government and how far they are willing to go?— are willing to go? you are right, this is all about _ are willing to go? you are right, this is all about pay. _ are willing to go? you are right, this is all about pay. you - are willing to go? you are right, this is all about pay. you can . are willing to go? you are right, | this is all about pay. you can see the picket line behind me. it has really expanded throughout the morning. it started with a handful of people, and now you can see several dozen at least. you can see on some of their placards it says over 14 years there take—home pay in real terms has dropped by almost a third, according to the british medical association. the government would dispute that, they say their pay demands, 35% restoration of pay, is simply unrealistic. the government are offering 6%. i�*ve been speaking to a number of consultants here this morning. i spoke to doctor simon walsh. he is a consultant working in emergency medicine in london, and i put it to him that a demand of 35% was unrealistic. him that a demand of 3596 was unrealistic.— unrealistic. we've not been demanding _ unrealistic. we've not been demanding a _ unrealistic. we've not been demanding a 3596 _ unrealistic. we've not been demanding a 3596 pay - unrealistic. we've not been demanding a 3596 pay rise i unrealistic. we've not been i demanding a 3596 pay rise this unrealistic. we've not been - demanding a 3596 pay rise this year, demanding a 35% pay rise this year, we've _ demanding a 35% pay rise this year, we've been— demanding a 35% pay rise this year,

we've been very clear that we want to have _ we've been very clear that we want to have no — we've been very clear that we want to have no further erosion of her new _ to have no further erosion of her new we — to have no further erosion of her pay. we need to have a system of restoring — pay. we need to have a system of restoring our pay. 0ne pay. we need to have a system of restoring our pay. one of the problems— restoring our pay. one of the problems is that the pay review body, _ problems is that the pay review body, which is described as independent by the government, is demonstrably not independent. its whole _ demonstrably not independent. its whole purpose is to keep consultants' pay in line with the cost _ consultants' pay in line with the cost of — consultants' pay in line with the cost of living, and a 35% pay loss compared — cost of living, and a 35% pay loss compared with inflation means it hasn't _ compared with inflation means it hasn't done that. i compared with inflation means it hasn't done that.— compared with inflation means it hasn't done that. i put it to doctor walsh that — hasn't done that. i put it to doctor walsh that many _ hasn't done that. i put it to doctor walsh that many people _ hasn't done that. i put it to doctor walsh that many people watching | walsh that many people watching around the uk will think, most consultants are earning more than £100,000 a year in the uk, that�*s a lot of money. he simply said, look, there�*s a hell of a lot of training you need to do to get to be a senior doctor, and people are simply leaving the nhs to go and work abroad because conditions simply weren�*t good enough. abroad because conditions simply weren't good enough.— abroad because conditions simply

weren't good enough. thank you very much indeed- — weren't good enough. thank you very much indeed. let's _ weren't good enough. thank you very much indeed. let's cross _ weren't good enough. thank you very much indeed. let's cross live - weren't good enough. thank you very much indeed. let's cross live now - weren't good enough. thank you very much indeed. let's cross live now to l much indeed. let�*s cross live now to the ceo of the east sussex and north essex nhs foundation trust. thank you forjoining us. people at home watching this thinking, they may get paid enough already, but consultants have had six years of medical school and £90,000 of debt, four years of training within thejob and £90,000 of debt, four years of training within the job covering shifts and covering clear and present lack of staff within the nhs already that precedes the strikes, so they have a point, don�*t they? good afternoon. there is no doubt that there is an existing and growing level of frustration and anger among a lot of our doctors, including consultants, believing they have not kept up with inflation rises and now they feel they are being underpaid for the amazing work they do. there is the risk that people who have a qualification that is internationally recognised that people will leave the nhs.

thankfully, in the organisation i worked with, we are not seen huge numbers of people leaving, but unless we address the retention issues of the nhs, partly which is pay, partly there are other issues around peoples terms and conditions, there is a risk that we will lose people to our international neighbours. people to our international neighbours-_ people to our international neiuhbours. ., ., ., neighbours. what are the level of care that peeple _ neighbours. what are the level of care that people within _ neighbours. what are the level of care that people within those - neighbours. what are the level of i care that people within those areas that are affected by the strikes can expect today? find that are affected by the strikes can exneet today?— that are affected by the strikes can exect toda ? �* ., .., , expect today? and that we can ensure that emergency _ expect today? and that we can ensure that emergency services _ expect today? and that we can ensure that emergency services will _ expect today? and that we can ensure that emergency services will be - that emergency services will be provided. we are providing what you�*d call a christmas service, what you�*d call a christmas service, what you would expect on christmas day, and services will be provided up and down the country where the nhs is working. there is significant disruption and cancellation with outpatients and for inpatient care, particularly for operations. in the two hospitals i am responsible for, we cancelled 750 outpatient appointments, and over 200 operations. this is a significant number when you think about that

being multiplied across the whole of the nhs. patients are paying the price for this industrial action. what is the answer here? to think the government should step forward and increase the pay offer that has put forward of 6%? consultants say they are not asking for 35%, the clearly one somewhere in the middle. my clearly one somewhere in the middle. my frustration is that listening to the media and reading social media, of course i am not party to the conversations, is that both sides, both injunior doctors�* negotiations both in junior doctors�* negotiations and both injunior doctors�* negotiations and in consultants�* negotiations backed themselves into a corner, and there is resistance to find and negotiate a compromise. both sides will have to move. we cannot find a negotiated solution unless both sides come to the table with some flexibility and agree that we need to find a solution. thousands and thousands of patients are suffering every single day we have industrial action, and for weeks and months ahead. we need to find a solution quickly, but it will require compromise on both sides so that we

can get back to doing what we need to do, which is treating patients. thank you very much indeed coming on and talking to us today. from one strike to another, as rail passengers in england are facing more disruption today and saturday with station staff starting a fresh round of industrial action. members of the union at 14 rail companies are striking over a long—running dispute over pay and conditions that will affect passengers across england and some services running into scotland and wales. there will also be further strikes on the 22nd and 29th ofjuly. bbcjournalists are on strike again today in a dispute to cuts to local radio services. there are picket lines outside local radio stations across england, as well as new broadcasting housein england, as well as new broadcasting house in london. the action will hit coverage of thursday�*s three parliamentary by—elections. union representatives say they are receiving huge public support for the campaign. the uk�*s competition

watchdog is calling on supermarkets to make the pricing systems clearer to make the pricing systems clearer to help shoppers find the best deals. it says it hasn�*t found evidence that weak competition between the stores has fuelled food price inflation. for more on this we can cross live to our business reporter who joins us. what kind can cross live to our business reporter whojoins us. what kind of an impact is this going to have on consumers?— an impact is this going to have on consumers? given food inflation is runnina at consumers? given food inflation is running at above _ consumers? given food inflation is running at above 1796, _ consumers? given food inflation is running at above 1796, the - consumers? given food inflation is running at above 1796, the key - consumers? given food inflation is| running at above 1796, the key thing running at above i7%, the key thing shoppers will want to see is their food bill being a little bit cheaper. i don�*t think today�*s report is going to mean an average basket or trolley will be cheaper, but hopefully it should mean in theory things are a bit clearer when you go shopping in store. the competition and markets authority has been looking at two things. one, are supermarkets protecting profits rather than passing on wholesale costs to us in store? the regulator

found no evidence of this. it found not all retailers are displaying prices as clearly as they should, which could be hampering people�*s ability to compare product prices. 0n tea bags, they found some stores labelled them per 100 grams, and another as they were labelled per tea bag, making it harder to work out which product offered the best value. 0n out which product offered the best value. on this, they have written to retailers asking them to make changes or face enforcement action. they also want to war, which could take a bit longer. the government says it is going to consult on those law changes, and the regulator says it is also in to look elsewhere in the supply chain to see if there could be other problems that mean that profits are essentially contained in parts of the supply chain, and lower costs are not being passed on to us. chain, and lower costs are not being passed on to us— passed on to us. what are the supermarkets _ passed on to us. what are the supermarkets in? _ passed on to us. what are the supermarkets in? we - passed on to us. what are the supermarkets in? we heard i passed on to us. what are the i supermarkets in? we heard from passed on to us. what are the - supermarkets in? we heard from the british retail — supermarkets in? we heard from the british retail consortium _ supermarkets in? we heard from the british retail consortium this - british retail consortium this morning. they represent the supermarkets. 0n the first part of this report, they say they welcome the conclusion that the market is

competitive. they�*ve also said the uk continues to have some of the cheapest bursaries in europe, and essentially say that this report vindicates that. on the issue of unit pricing, they say they will reflect on the recommendations and work with any changes to the law. they say the cma, the regulator, has found it is the rules themselves that are a bit confusing, and say they welcome changes to those. interesting timing, as to this morning have said, the third—largest supermarket in the uk, saying they will cut the prices on 200 of its own brand products, and that�*s the thing that supermarkets say they are doing, the ones they have control over, they own brand items, they are passing on lower costs.— passing on lower costs. thank you very much — passing on lower costs. thank you very much indeed. _ passing on lower costs. thank you very much indeed. let's _ passing on lower costs. thank you very much indeed. let's bring - passing on lower costs. thank you very much indeed. let's bring you| very much indeed. let�*s bring you some breaking news. we are talking about the cost of living in the uk, believes brother matt out to a global viewpoint, because turkey�*s central bank has raised interest

rates by 2.5 percentage points to 17.5%. to think we have it bad here in the uk with our high interest rates and worries about them hitting 6.5%, 17.5% in turkey. turkey has been under pressure in recent years, and until recently, the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has very much focused on trying to keep interest rates down, but that hasn�*t helped the turkish economy at all, and a recent u—turn in economic plans and policies for turkey has meant that they have started raising interest rates. back injune, they raised interest rates to 8.5% to reach 15%. now they are up another 2.5% to 17.5%. turkey�*s inflation is huge as well. there inflation is around about 40% or so. they are in the grip of a cost of living crisis, and they very much have issues with

inflation and interest rates. just to reiterate, turkey has just said that it to reiterate, turkey has just said thatitis to reiterate, turkey has just said that it is increasing its interest rates to 17.5%. the move is trying to bring the rate of inflation down in turkey. we will bring you more on that story as we get it here on bbc news. let�*s move on and talk about something a little more uplifting, i would say. the fee for women�*s world cup is under way in australia and new zealand. we have already had a big surprise in game one. guess what? co—hosts new zealand has beaten norway 1—0 at auckland�*s eden park. their star striker, beaten norway 1—0 at auckland�*s eden park. theirstarstriker, hannah park. their star striker, hannah wilkinson, park. theirstarstriker, hannah wilkinson, scored the goal. it is new zealand�*s first win at a world cup, and they have beaten one of the tournament�*s favourites. a moment of silence was heard before for all the victims of the shooting in central auckland that we have been reporting

on bbc news, which happened shortly before the opening of the tournament. three people, including the attacker died in the incident. it is important to reiterate that the authority said it had no link at all to the football competition. in the other game of the day, it is half time between australia and ireland, and the score so far is 0-0. ireland, and the score so far is 0—0. australia�*s star player sam care is injured, and is not playing today�*s game. this year is the biggest competition ever, with 32 teams competing for the first time, compared to 24 in previous tournaments. record crowds are expected. 1.4 million tickets have been sold to fans for 64 games, a sell—out crowd of 83,000 people is currently at that stadium ends at stadium australia in sydney to watch the matildas against the republic of ireland. fifa, football�*s governing world body is hoping to billion people watch the tournament

worldwide. in fact, their president, gianni infantino, has said it will be the greatest women�*s world cup ever. many people who still believe that women�*s football is still not great a great game, or it is not so entertaining, or it is kind of a bad copy of men�*s football or some stuff like that, well, when they watch a game for the first time, they will actually see that it�*s a fantastic game. it�*s very entertaining. it�*s great athletes playing. the level has grown incredibly in the last ten years. and the best are coming here. the best are playing here in new zealand. they�*re playing in australia. so the entertainment is assured and guaranteed. let�*s cross live to our correspondent who is in sydney. i know you are a massive women�*s

football fan, as am i, and what an incredible start to this tournament! what a day it has been, what a first day, what an opening to that tournament, and that win by new zealand against norway, after the day they have had, remember this day started with the shock of the news about the shooting in auckland just hours before the start of that kick—off of the first game. it happens not very far from where some of the teams were staying, not very far from a fan zone where some of the fans were saying how shocked they were. norway�*s captain before they were. norway�*s captain before the game said that the team members woke up to the sound of helicopters hovering over them. fast forward a few hours, they were on the pitch, there was a minute�*s silence of respect to those who lost their lives in the shooting, and then new zealand delivered that win. hannah wilkinson with that goal. it could have been 2—0, but ria percival missed a penalty. they got out a

happy team, they delivered for their fans, and they were really giving norway a hard time. the win of itself is quite historical. it is the first time that they went, and they win as they were playing co—host to the opening game of this women�*s world cup on a very difficult day for their city and their country. it was a really, really special day for the football ferns as they delivered that win against norway. it is also quite a difficult day for the matildas. here in australia, there is a great deal of excitement for that team, who are up of excitement for that team, who are up there with the united states, with the european champions england, who are top favourites. i think the matildas have also been favoured here to win or to go deep into that tournament, and as a team, they have quite the spirit, they are quite the force, they are experienced, but to actually pay without sam kerr, it

cannot be overstated the whole she is leaving and that team. not only is leaving and that team. not only is she the captain and top goal—scorer in that team, she is a big, big leader. she is a very effective leader. the thing she does, the runs she makes, the spaces that she creates, she is an all—rounder, and i think she�*s really missed the day. when she came on screen, sitting on the bench, there were huge cheers in the crowd, telling her how much they value her and miss her. she sustained a calf injury and will be missing the first two games, and they are feeling it out on the pitch.— out on the pitch. thank you very much indeed. _ out on the pitch. thank you very much indeed. our— out on the pitch. thank you very | much indeed. our correspondent out on the pitch. thank you very i much indeed. our correspondent in much indeed. 0ur correspondent in sydney, following all the ups and downs of the women�*s fifa football world cup, as we will be here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. now — let�*s have a look at some other news from across the uk. polls are open in three parliamentary seats where

by—elections are being held. voters are casting their ballots in the south—western tory stronghold of somerton and frome, in borisjohnson s old seat in the west london suburb uxbridge and south ruislip, and in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. nigel farage has praised the government following reports ministers are considering making new laws to stop banks closing customers�* accounts because they disagree with their political views. this comes after his bank accounts were closed by coutts. under plans, banks could lose their licences if they blacklist people with controversial views. the king�*s speech will be on november the 7th, it will be the first speech by king charles, although he did give the queen�*s speech in place of queen elizabeth. he will announce the programme for the following year. you�*re watching with his knees. southern europe is

still battling extreme heat and some places have fires as extreme heat continues. let�*s cross live now to greece where our reporterjoins us. i can see burnt out ruins behind you, talk me through what you have been seeing and what devastation has been seeing and what devastation has been rocked by those wildfires. this area is west — been rocked by those wildfires. this area is west of _ been rocked by those wildfires. ti 3 area is west of athens, and is one of the worst hit. we have been appointed here by firefighters because they say the problem with these wildfires is that they have hit residential areas. for example, if you take a look at this house here, you will see there is nothing but rubble behind me. and often is completely charred, as is a washing machine on the site as well. i will take you round the house. you will

see the front door has been blasted off, and all you see is rubble. i will keep taking you around, because we spoke to local residents who said that they believed the fires started back here, and made their way back up. for us, as we have been travelling through this neighbourhood, we have seen time and time again house after house completely razed. just earlier, we were speaking to the civil protection unit, who have been coming around, taking a look at houses like this one, and trying to decide which signs they should mark on the door, whether this is the kind of house that be rebuilt, or whether it needs to be rebuilt on different land. this one and another we were at earlier has been decided to be completely unlivable, and that�*s a task that the government now. these are the trees i was talking about right here, and as you can see, there is barely anything left. the fire is completely

consumed houses like this after coming from here. talk consumed houses like this after coming from here.— consumed houses like this after coming from here. talk me through this new heatwave _ coming from here. talk me through this new heatwave that _ coming from here. talk me through this new heatwave that we - coming from here. talk me through this new heatwave that we are i this new heatwave that we are expecting the next few days. the civil protection _ expecting the next few days. tue: civil protection unit expecting the next few days. t'te: civil protection unit is expecting the next few days. tt2 civil protection unit is able to do this because there is this brief respite where wildfires in greece, for example, are largely contained. we still have firefighters coming round, we still have helicopters flying over, because the heat could potentially mean that some of these wildfires could reignite, but as you say, there is a second heatwave which is going to hit southern europe. today in greece they are protecting and forecasting temperatures above 40 degrees, and there are alerts in spain and italy, and that will have big effects on people�*s health. that�*s what the government is particularly concerned about right now.— about right now. health is front and centre as you _ about right now. health is front and centre as you said _ about right now. health is front and centre as you said of _ about right now. health is front and centre as you said of government i centre as you said of government concerned. what is the advice being given to people in greece as we

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hello. as summer goes even more into reverse this weekend, there will be some strong winds around, a cool feel and plenty of rain. this chart shows just how rainfall will tot up across the uk as you go through the weekend. some of the brighter colours, snowdonia, around cumbria, and also towards the south—east of scotland, where we will see some of the highest rainfall totals and potentially the greatest impacts. it�*s the cloud here which has been gathering just off the coast of canada which will bring that area of low pressure but, for the time being, we are seeing reasonably well broken cloud across the uk. a few more showers, though, brewing into the afternoon and beyond. some of the most widespread showers will be across parts of central and northern scotland. but, elsewhere, fewer showers than yesterday. more of you will spend the afternoon completely dry, if not the bulk of the day dry. but whilst it will feel pleasant in the sunshine when you�*ve got it, out of it, temperatures down the little bit on yesterday�*s values and still below where we should be at this stage injuly. that includes at old trafford

and hoylake, where we�*ve got the ashes and the open taking place. but increasing amounts of sunshine through the afternoon. breezy, though, on the coast at hoylake. now, as we go into this evening and overnight, the strongest of the breeze, as we�*ve seen today, in the far north of scotland. lighter winds elsewhere. many of the showers will fade, but cloud in scotland and northern ireland will remain, some further patchy rain to come here to take us into tomorrow morning. temperatures to start tomorrow morning not far from what we saw this morning for many of you, down to single figures in some parts of the countryside. so it might be a bit on the fresh side. a dry and bright start from any, but already some patchy rain in central and southern scotland, northern ireland, some developing in northern england. a few showers towards the south, many will stay dry. a few heavier showers towards the north—east of scotland, and temperatures tomorrow similar to today�*s values, but with cloud increasing from the west, not as much sunshine around. and even less sunshine as we go into saturday. here is that area of low pressure spreading down from the north atlantic. strongest winds on the southern flank of it, so it is england and wales that will have the windiest

conditions on saturday. gales towards the south—west. heaviest of the rain across central and western parts. east anglia and the south—east, you might not see rain until late in the day, good and proper. the far north of scotland may stay dry and bright through saturday. temperatures, well, in the teens for all. it will feel colder where you are stuck with that wind and rain. that area of low pressure will push its way eastwards slowly through the night into sunday. stronger winds developing across scotland and into the north—east of england. and it is the northern half of the country where we will see the heaviest of the rain for the second half of the weekend. take care.

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