learned the government and the bma, the junior doctors' union, learned the government and the bma, thejunior thejunior doctors' union, have agreed to sit down with an independent mediator, a new step forward which suggests possibly a mood of compromise. remember that the ma asked for a pay rise of 35% phased over a number of years, the government awarded just over 9% on average last year and would not go further. but now with this mediator, possibly progress can be made. victoria atkins, the health secretary covering england, said she was hopeful it would provide a way forward, the bma said it was about establishing trust and the independent media could help break the logjam. they still have a mandate for strike action so it is not over until it is over. in wales there are talks between the junior doctors' union and the government and in northern ireland there is a junior doctors strike planned for next week. hugh pym, thank you. two men have appeared before magistrates in newcastle accused of chopping down the sycamore gap tree in northumberland. 38—year—old daniel graham, from carlisle, pl

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the doctors union, the bma, called for a 35% pay rise phased in over a few years.warded an average ofjust under 9% for the last financial year and suggested anything higher would be unaffordable. the process will not involve the conciliation service acas and the outcome will not be binding on either side. but the bma, which still has a mandate to stage further walk—outs, said an independent mediator could help break the logjam. the health secretary, victoria atkins, said she was pleased that mediation would take place and it was a significant step forward which could see an end to strike action. last month, consultants in england agreed to a deal to end their pay dispute with the government. in a separate dispute, the welsh government is in talks over pay with junior doctor representatives and in northern ireland a 48 hour strike byjunior doctors is planned next week. hugh pym, bbc news. more now on the water situation in south devon where people are being told to boil their tap water because of an outbreak of sickness and diarrhoea. more than 20 cases have been co

while the chair of the bma , professor phil banfield, bma, professor phil banfield, stated today thatry victoria atkins mp commented a little earlier the ability for professionals to report their concerns to me is a vital part of ensuring that our health care system meets the needs of patients and indeed of other staff members. >> and i understand that many of the reports that have rightly been focused on are several years in the making, as in, there is perhaps a little bit more historical, since the steps that we have brought in. so, for example, nhs england has brought in a freedom to speak up guardians in every health trust. what that means is there is a person whose responsibility it is to ensure that staff can report their concerns to this guardian so that they can then take action. we have also set up a confidential helpline for people who wish to report their concerns. and again, we know that that is not only being used by clinicians, but importantly, cases are being dealt with. >> well, that was the health secretary speaking a little earlier . i'm secretary speaking a little e

this mediation is fascinating, because the bma says in its press release that this is a way to restoretion i asked your department was, "well, who's doing the mediation?" and you're not telling us, are you? why aren't you telling us? i'm not, because, again, you know, referencing our conversations earlier, sometimes we have to give people the time and the space to be able to have these discussions. and so, for this process, i just want to ensure that all the people around the table are not feeling that they're beholden to, you know, deadlines or tweets they have to put out that we can have these discussions. because for me, you know, i want this to be resolved so that we can continue to see the reduction in waiting lists that we already have seen over the last six months. i want patients to be treated. the nhs is there to look after us all and industrial action does not help with that. but, just to be clear, these are effectively talks in secret, if they can be, a bit like you'd have an a peace process where people are going away for some time, away from the glare of the media and the

the bma says it came to the table, it indeed. the bma says it came to the table. it has — indeed..— caused to the nhs under 13 years of the conservatives. they have had the chance to do — the conservatives. they have had the chance to do this _ the conservatives. they have had the chance to do this in _ the conservatives. they have had the chance to do this in wales _ the conservatives. they have had the chance to do this in wales already, i chance to do this in wales already, where they already run... 0n chance to do this in wales already, where they already run... on that point, the labour had been running the nhs in wales and we have seen waiting list to the exact opposite, they have gone up, but since september of last year 2023 waiting list for them by 200,000, that is the fastest drop that we have seen in the last ten years. so frankly we need to contrast and compare the record with labour run wales nhs and our record with that waiting lists falling. our record with that waiting lists fallina. . . . our record with that waiting lists fallin. . , . our record with that waitin

the junior doctor's union the bma want a 35% pay rise to compensate for inflation over more than a decade that wasn't reasonable and awarded 9% on average last year, mediation talks started earlier this month but they stalled, and the bm. a has called another strike. the latest walk out by junior doctors in england will start at 7.00am on thursdayjune 27th and end at the same time on tuesdayjuly 2nd, that of course is just two days before polling day, onjuly 4th. last week, the government decided to walk away from negotiations, and throw their hands up and abdicated themselves of any responsibility of solving a dispute we have had with them over pay for the last 20 month, but there was criticism from conservative mps. it but there was criticism from conservative mps.— but there was criticism from conservative mps. , ., ., conservative mps. it feels to me to be very political— conservative mps. it feels to me to be very political this _ conservative mps. it feels to me to be very political this move, - be very political this move, constructive talks had been held, but frankly, this is what

the doctor's union in the bma has been in dispute over pay for more than a year now.there was criticism from conservative mps. it feels to me to be very political, this move, constructive talks had been held, but frankly, this is what you will get more of if labour get in, because we have passed some tough laws when it comes to strikes, and frankly they are going to be unravelled. the labour leader said ministers should have done more to end the dispute. firstly i'm shocked that we're in this position, because this has been going on a very long time. i think the government should have resolved it and negotiated a settlement, and what they have effectively done is kicked it to the other side of the general election. that is unforgivable. there are still disputes between junior doctors and the devolved administrations in wales and northern ireland. i will be speaking to matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation and former director of policy forformer prime confederation and former director of policy for former prime minister tony blair, he gave me his rea

for pay campaign by the bma calling for pay restoration. the health secretary, victoria atkins, said she was pleased the bma have agreed to explore mediation . agreed to explore mediation. fought the latest stories? you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or you can go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's time for headliners . time for headliners. >> hello and welcome to headliners. >> you'll run through of tomorrow's front pages with three comedians, two and a half voices. tonight possibly. i'm one of them. simon evans. i'm joined by the fabulous josh howie and paul cox, who's suffering some laryngitis challenges. >> i am . >> i am. >> i am. >> it's the worse. >> it's the worse. >> it's the worse. >> it's getting better. gradually you feel fine. i feel absolutely fine. i'm getting lots of sympathy i don't deserve. sure you're not going through puberty? well, i could well be a squeak. i'm 44 now. so is that when puberty sinner fullerton, who used to have that lovely, croaky voice in the old carry on films

of both hospice uk and marie curie cancer centre and on the bioethics committee and a member of the bmammittee and she has chaired the national mental capacity forum for england and wales and the ministry ofjustice. i would like to invite doctor david randall to answer questions from a health care professional perspective. he has a research post at the william harvey research institute. he is a leading medical practitioner and has campaigned on euthanasia and assisted suicide and helped found a duty of care campaign which represents the health care workers to change the law. in summary, he is a practising clinician and an expert in assisting dying. i am very pleased we have such high calibre witnesses who have travelled to the island today so i hope you will allow us to solve and is committed to hear them. allow us to solve and is committed to hearthem. i break allow us to solve and is committed to hear them. i break to move. i baked a second. i to hear them. i break to move. i baked a second.— baked a second. i will put the cuestion baked a second. i will put the question and _ baked a

the patients, members of the bma are set to strike.general election. is it a political move? yes has to be. this gb news. >> 1023 was britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. the noise. you can hear is carole malone going through her notes and the political commentator jonathan lewis is here as well. morning to you both. good morning. carol you probably nearly fell off your chair when you saw me writing positive things about carole malone in the mail today about carole malone >> so freudian slip . yeah. no, >> so freudian slip. yeah. no, neven >> so freudian slip. yeah. no, never, never know about diana stone. >> ever . stone. >> ever. i mean, you and i have probably have always agreed with diana, but we've never agreed with a word she's ever said, but never agree with a single word she's ever said. >> however, what i couldn't believe is the way starmer starmer and his cohorts have treated her. because whatever however you look at her, she's been a loyal cohort of the labour party for the last 35 years. she's be

let's speak to junior doctor and deputy chair of the bma uk doctors' committee, dr sumi manirajan.e to come with a credible offer and force us and strike — credible offer and force us and strike action again for the 11th time — strike action again for the 11th time. ~ , ., , time. the prime minister has said that the timing _ time. the prime minister has said that the timing of _ time. the prime minister has said that the timing of the _ time. the prime minister has said that the timing of the strike, i - that the timing of the strike, i quote, et look incredibly political. is that what you are trying to do? derailed the election word derail things for the conservatives ahead of the election? the things for the conservatives ahead of the election?— things for the conservatives ahead of the election? ., ., of the election? the government have had 20 months _ of the election? the government have had 20 months to _ of the election? the government have had 20 months to negotiate _ of the election? the government have had 20 months to negotiate with - of the election? the government hav

, the the reaction from the bma, the trade union. >> what might they have to say about this?ey've been quite hostile to wes. he's admitted that in the past over question marks of the word privatisation and using private facilities and that sort of thing. so what will they have to say about this? >> well, i think better relations with the, the nhs unions are about the only kind of real potential benefit i can see in, in labour's plans, because they've given the tories a really tough time and some of that, i think people look at the sort of things the junior doctors on strike have been chanting. they just appear overwhelmingly left wing. so perhaps they would give a labour government a slightly easier ride, i guess so i guess, i mean, on the other hand, they might have more power to push wes on policy. they might do, and they will know that obviously, if labour doesn't deliver on the nhs, that will be a kind of massive political problem for labour, so they'll have plenty of leverage while we're on the sunday telegraph, i must just mention go on, go on. there's a rather nice pic

but the bma which still has a mandate to stage further walkouts set an independent mediator could helpon would take place and it was a significant step forward which could see an end to strike action. last month consultants in england agreed to a deal to end their pay dispute with the government. in a separate dispute the welsh government is in talks overpay with doctor representatives and a northern ireland a 48—hour strike by junior doctors is planned next week. hugh pym, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take you to new york. a trial is under way. but not talking about donald trump this time. defence lawyers for the us senator bob menendez have sought to blame his wife on the opening day of his corruption trial in new york. the court was told that nadine menendez kept her own financial problems from her husband. prosecutors accuse mr menendez of selling his political power for gold bars, cash and a luxury car. both the senator and his wife deny wrongdoing. she is due to go on trial at a later date. the pictures owned by sir eltonjohn and his husband david furnish are one of the greatest p

by pay restoration, the bma mean a 35% increase phased in to compensate for inflation over more thant said that wasn't reasonable, and awarded an average 9% last year. the health secretary, victoria atkins, had this response to the doctors' union. i'm angry. we know that industrial action last year had the impact that 1.4 million appointments were cancelled as a result of strikes, and to call this strike now during a general election campaign i think shows very cynical politicisation. out in sheffield today, there was a mixed view of the junior doctors' strike plan. i really support what they're doing in many ways, but i think they'll have to be careful that it doesn't backfire on them. why would you upset the apple cart when you don't know - who is going to have the reins. of power to make the decisions in your favour a few weeks hence? if now, when are people going to listen, you know? like they're doing it for a reason, for unfair pay and stuff. labour said the chaos would continue under the conservatives, but what would they do to resolve the dispute? that 35% pay claim is not on

by pay restoration, the bma mean a 35% increase phased in to compensate for inflation over more thanth secretary, victoria atkins, had this response to the doctors' union. i'm angry. we know that industrial action last year had the impact that 1.4 million appointments were cancelled as a result of strikes, and to call this strike now during a general election campaign i think shows very cynical politicisation. out in sheffield today, there was a mixed view of the junior doctors' strike plan. i really support what they're doing in many ways, but i think they'll have to be careful that it doesn't backfire on them. why would you upset the apple cart when you don't know - who is going to have the reins. of power to make the decisions in your favour a few weeks hence? if now, when are people going to listen, you know? like they're doing it for a reason, for unfair pay and stuff. labour said the chaos would continue under the conservatives, but what would they do to resolve the dispute? that 35% pay claim is not one that i would be able to meet onjuly 5th. i'd be willing to sit down and ne

and so this is, i hope, a welcome step forward with the junior doctors committee of the bma to ensureconversations about pay , that conversations about pay, but also working conditions can happenin but also working conditions can happen in private . happen in private. >> the prime minister defended the government's controversial changes to sex education. rishi sunak says parents should know what their children are being taught and sex education should come at an appropriate time. the new proposals would ban it for children under the age of nine, and would recommend the concept of gender identities, not part of gender identities, not part of the curriculum. education secretary gillian keegan says gender ideology should not be taught as fact. >> we're also making it crystal clear that it should be transparent to parents, and parents should be able to see the materials. they are the first educators of their children , so they should be able children, so they should be able to see what's also going on in school and we're also on the on top of our gender questioning guidance, which we publ

the doctors union, the bma, called for a 35% pay rise phased in over a few years. ofjust under 9% for the last financial year and suggested anything higher would be unaffordable. the process will not involve the conciliation service acas and the outcome will not be binding on either side. but the bma, which still has a mandate to stage further walk—outs, said an independent mediator could help break the logjam. the health secretary, victoria atkins, said she was pleased that mediation would take place and it was a significant step forward which could see an end to strike action. last month, consultants in england agreed to a deal to end their pay dispute with the government. in a separate dispute, the welsh government is in talks over pay with junior doctor representatives and in northern ireland a 48 hour strike byjunior doctors is planned next week. hugh pym, bbc news. labour leader, sir keir starmer, will outline his party's core messages for a general election in a speech later today. he will set out what he calls his "first steps" for government. we'rejoined n

it's after the bma confirmed another five day walkout starting on the 27th of june.he strike during an election proves that it's a political move and not about patients or staff, but the union says its demand for a 35% increase is only to make up for what it says is 15 years of below inflation. pay the owners of royal mail have agreed to a £35 billion takeover by czech £3.5 billion takeover by czech billionaire daniel kretinsky. the deal will see universal service obligations continuing, including one price goes anywhere and first class post six days a week. the company's branding will also remain, as will its uk headquarters. the sale has attracted heavy scrutiny from senior politicians and unions . scrutiny from senior politicians and unions. some breaking news just in welsh , first minister just in welsh, first minister vaughan gething will face a motion of no confidence tabled by the welsh conservatives on the 5th of june, that just in more on this developing, breaking story as we get it. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr co

and so this is, i hope, a welcome step forward with the junior doctors committee of the bma to ensureat conversations about pay , that conversations about pay, but also working conditions can happenin but also working conditions can happen in private . happen in private. >> and for the latest stories. sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . michelle. >> thanks for that. tatiana and michelle dewberry , and i'm with michelle dewberry, and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight alongside me. i've got my panel, the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the author and political organiser james schneider. good evening to both of you. and you know the drill on this program. everyone is not just about us three. it is about you guys at home as well. what's on your mind tonight that you can get in touch with me all the usual ways? you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can go to the website then you snazzy route in town gbnews.com/yoursay and you can chat there. of course you can tweet or x me there's lots th

he's already said he's going to take on the bma, for example.who's coming from a party that is committed to strike action. >> yeah. i mean, and what he knows, as he says in the guardian piece is, is you've got to talk to people. i mean, you've got you don't go and say, this is this is what's going to happen. >> well, you don't have to listen to people. you can't talk to them. i mean, people want everything on the national health service and they expect everything to be cured. and they've got to be told that the national health service can only be funded to a certain degree, and it will only do certain, procedures. now, i was the last bank holiday. i was in hospital, nhs hospital and a bank holiday is runs from a friday or a saturday through to a monday evening. no it doesn't. i went in on a wednesday . basically in on a wednesday. basically people were off from thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday and sort of started floating back on tuesday. so it was so the idea a bank holiday weekend is a bank holiday time to be ill. yeah, it's a bad ti

we're going to be speaking to the chair of the bma council. now. some of the analysis, the investigation here in that paper, because he's claiming doctors are being forced to choose between patient safety and their own careers, because nhs bosses don't want to hear any whistleblowers . they hear any whistleblowers. they don't want to see hear what's going wrong. they just don't want to hear it. and sometimes he claims that doctors are having to choose so we'll get to the bottom of that. >> is there a culture of cover up but also it is 81 years to the day since the damn busters mission with, 617 squadron going over the ruhr valley, destroying two hydroelectric plants, flooding that valley, making a huge contribution to the war and weakening the nazi war machine machine, a series of current raf servicemen are cycling to the netherlands today. will hollis is following them and we're going to be live with, with those raf servicemen who are honounng those raf servicemen who are honouring that remarkable raf mission, one of my favourite films. >> i love

curious. >> because they'll say, oh, the bma is not affiliated to labour party. >> it's stuffed fullever, actually . no, no, i don't think actually. no, no, i don't think it will go down with the british pubuc it will go down with the british public too. well, but there is quite a lot of support for the junior doctors. so perhaps, you know, some quarters, almost an echo of what was happening in 1974 here, when ted heath was being ground to the floor with the unions striking and grinding the unions striking and grinding the country to a halt . the country to a halt. >> and he then said, well, you know what? i'm fed up with this. i'm calling election. and the country will decide who governs britain , the elected government britain, the elected government or the unions. and he asked, who governs britain? and he lost the answer. the answer of the country was not you . country was not you. >> well, this is a thing. picture it. people aren't able to see a doctor . yeah. on the to see a doctor. yeah. on the day that they're considering who to for . vote what? to for. vote what? >> what else

. >> but i mean, you know, the bma, very, very powerful union.it's the unions that pay vast amounts of money to the labour party. yes, exactly. how are they going to get around this one? well, they're going to have to, because they have at least a man with conviction , a man with with conviction, a man with moral standing, with moral fibre , and a man who seems to know exactly what is needed at, you know, at the level of the nhs in terms of doing it. it was nigel lawson who affirmed the nhs to be some sort of religious state in this country. be some sort of religious state in this country . and wes in this country. and wes streeting quotes him in his article in the telegraph today. and i think it is completely right . i and i think it is completely right. i think in and i think it is completely right . i think in 1948, when nye right. i think in 1948, when nye bevan set the nhs up, it was set there for all it was meant for. it freed it free at point of sale, at point of interest, a point of consultation. but now you it's like a menu. it depends o

there is a serious fear, is there not that the labour party would have to cave in to things like the bmahing done? yeah. >> i mean, a 35% pay demand is a bit rich, isn't it ? >> i mean, a 35% pay demand is a bit rich, isn't it? i mean, my own view is that people should be rewarded for their productivity and in general, in the public sector we're seeing productivity fall. so you wouldn't expect to see wages rise where wes streeting might be as cunning as a fox here. patrick as he said, waiting list. you know, we'll get waiting lists down. we'd expect them to fall naturally. there's such a backlog still from covid when we didn't do, you know, cancer screening and all the rest of it. but as time passes, the waiting lists will will fall from a horrific level to something slightly less horrific. what he's not yet addressing is the nhs system is broken. pretty much the worst health, health care system anywhere in western europe. we've got to change it fundamentally to actually improve outcomes. >> all right guys, thank you very, very much. i will come back to you. but i've just been informed t

it's after the bma confirmed another five day walkout starting on the 27th of june.the walkout startingys its demand for a 35% increase is only to make up for what it says is 15 years of below inflation pay well, the health secretary, victoria atkins, says that announcing strike action during announcing strike action during an election proves it's a political move and not about the welfare of staff. junior doctors had a 10.3% pay rise last year. they walked out of negotiations towards the end of the year when i wanted to give them more. i've tried to keep the channels of communication open. i have gone over and above the junior doctors committee heads in order to produce a programme of work with nhs england to improve working conditions for junior doctors , because i understand doctors, because i understand they have genuine concerns. i want to help them and now i've entered mediation with them in good faith to try to find solutions to this. but they walk away yet again. an inquiry into crimes committed by former paediatric nurse and serial killer lucy letby will not be streamed live to