they took over the bma. they're now taking on the government.ack down any time soon. thanks for watching. hello. it was a very soggy night across many parts of the uk and especially wet in the south earlier on today. but here's the good news. if you want some dry and bright weather, well, it's arriving this afternoon. there will be a few showers around, though. here's the weather front on the satellite picture as it clears from west towards the east, a definitive clearance behind this weather front. but even when the sunshine does come out in east anglia, and the southeast, there could be some showers following behind. now, the temperatures on the mild side once again, we're used to this now — 13 in aberdeen, about 11, though, in liverpool and in the south and the southeast, 14 or 15. a clear evening, and then later tonight, another weather front moves in. this one's quite narrow, though. could be quite heavy, but i don't think the rain is going to last for very long in any one location. again, a relatively mild night — eight in belfast, six or

they took over the bma. they're now taking on the government.k down any time soon. thanks for watching. hello, there. good evening. some very mild air across the uk at the moment. some pretty spring—like scenes too, such as here in perth and kinross, lots of snowdrops. but for many it's been a grey, damp and drizzly day today. the ground already saturated too in places, especially out towards the west. and there's a band of heavy rain sweeping eastwards overnight tonight. could potentially lead to some more surface water flooding. of course, very large puddles out there, as this heavy rain just pushes southwards and eastwards through the night, moving into shetland and lingering across east anglia and the far south east of england. but some clear spells developing behind, although temperatures won't drop very far, staying in double figures for most. a few isolated showers out towards the north and the west as we head into tomorrow morning. but a rather soggy start to the day across the south east of england, down towards the south coast as well,

recruit us and pay us basically the rates we were being paid 15 years ago, and so the message from the bma has always been to try and get that... back to 2008 levels, in other words, a 35% pay rise to make up for previous below inflation pay rises. an extra 3% top of the average of nearly 9% received last year was being discussed before talks between the government and the bma, the trade union for doctors broke down in december, but the walkouts come out a cost. they're happening a critical time of year when hospitals are especially busy dealing with the challenges of the coal season and with an nhs waiting list a staggering 7.6 million. over 1.3 million hospital appointments had to be rescheduled since the industrial action began over year ago, and yet the striking doctors continue to enjoy the support of over half of britains. the doctors say they're doing this to bring the government back to the negotiating table and to get it to... recognize their value, they're also saying that feeling undervalued and being underpaid is pushing them to seek jobs abroad. the bma says four and... 10 doc

the bma says four in 10 doctors plan to... leave the nhs at the first opportunity, the government says it won't negotiate while the strikes are ongoing. there's an overall focus on privatization, which means the health care insurance companies will be taking over many aspects of the running and resources of health, and that's led to record low wages, especially compared to a massive inflation and cost of living crisis, so that it no longer justifies the cost of training in terms of the actual remuneration. medical students are leaving with. medical school with 10000 pounds worth of debt and they're not looking to pay that off for well over decade, whereas if they go to other countries, simply next to ireland or australia they can immediately double their way. the british government seems nowhere near loosening its per strings, but the consensus is that the longer these strikes grind on, the wider the damage. cypera press, london. leaders of economic... community of west african states have resolved to lift the economic and financial sanctions with immediate effect on niger republic, bu

before talks between the government and the bma, the trade union for doctors, broke down in december,ing doctors continue to enjoy the support of over half of britains. the doctors say they're doing this to bring the government back to the... negotiating table and to get it to recognize their value, they're also saying that feeling undervalued and being underpaid is pushing them to seek jobs abroad. the bma says four in 10 doctors plan to leave the nhs at the first opportunity. the government says it won't negotiate while the strikes are ongoing. there's an overall focus on privatization which means the healthcare insurance companies will be taking over many aspects of the running and resources of health and that's the to record low wages, especially compared to a massive inflation and cost of living crisis, so that it no longer justifies the cost of training in terms of the actual remuneration. medical students are leaving with medical school with 100,00 pounds worth of debt, and they're not looking to pay that off for well over decade, whereas if they go to other countries simply ne

the bma says four in 10 doctors plan to leave the nhs at the first opportunity. government says it won't negotiate while the strikes are ongoing. there's an overall focus on privatization, which means the health care insurance companies will be taking over many aspects of the running and resources of health, and that's led to record low wages, especially compared to a massive inflation and cost of living crisis, so that it no longer justifies the cost of training in terms of the actual remuneration. medical students are leaving with medical school with 100,000 pounds worth of debt and they're not looking to that off for well over decade, whereas if they go to other leaders of the economic community of west and states or ecoas have resolved to lift the economic and financial sanction sanctions with immediate effect on niger republic but demanded for the immediate release of former president of niger muhammad bazum. press tv correspondent donjum abdullahi has details from abuja, the nigerian capital. the summit of icoas leaders which ended in abuja, the nigerian capital, resolved that clos

the bma says four in 10 doctors plan to leave the nhs at the first opportunity. the government says it. don't negotiate while the strikes are ongoing. there's an overall focus on privatization, which means the health care insurance companies will be taking over many aspects of the running and resources of health, and that's led to record low wages, especially compared to a massive inflation and cost of living crisis, so that it no longer justifies the cost of training in terms of the actual remuneration. medical students are leaving with medical school with 100,00 pounds worth of debt, and they're not looking to pay that off for well. decade, whereas if they go to other. hailing the indian port workers refusal to load or unload any shipment bound to israel, indians from different walks of life held a public meeting in the indian capital new delhi, demanding immediate cease fire in palestine. mon has more from new delhi. it all started aloud from the river to the. say palestine will be free, people from all works of life converged in indian capital, new delhi to e

the bma wants a 35% increase to make up for what is says were below inflation payrises since 2008. correspondent catherine burns is with me. so, another run of strike days. we are looking at five days of walk—outs, from 7am on the february until midnight. some background, junior doctors first walked out in march last year. since then they have had 3a days of strike action. they want that 35% pay increase. they say it doesn't need to be in one go but they do want it. what they have had is a pay rise of 9% on average, there is talk of an extra 3%. there is a gulf between what they want and being offered. hunting recently the mood music has been —— until recently the mood music had been positive but not any more. the bma has talked about the progress of government. and one interesting thing here is the timing. the mandate forjunior doctors runs out at the end of this month. this action takes them through to just before that. already they are voting on whether to do an extra six months. the question is if this will be one last strike or one more strike. president biden has angrily reje

well, already the bma is balloting its members on another six months, so we'll find out about that invernment have it as one of their key pledges in terms of cutting waiting lists. the prime minister already accepting that they're going to miss that because of this. that's what the prime minister blames. but you not only have the junior doctors, the government thought they'd resolved the consultants, the senior doctors, that seemed to unravel. they've got a huge problem here now, haven't they? yeah. the background of all of this is, 7.6 million people on the waiting list for treatment on the nhs in england right now, which has been growing and growing and growing steadily. the government, though, is pointing to november as a month where there wasn't any strike action, saying, "see, when there was a no strike action, actually the waiting list fell." to be fair to the nhs staff who've been out on strike actually, those waiting lists have been going up and up and up since before the pandemic. so it's not quite as clear as that. and the public support, interestingly, is pretty solid. so,

the bma there is a of light.e . if we get offer is made. if we get anything from the health secretary on that, we will bring it to you here on gb news. >> but that breaking news this morning, junior doctors will go on strike from february the 24th to february. the 20. that's from the british medical association. now lots of you have been emailing in this morning. now lots of you have been emailing in this morning . thank emailing in this morning. thank you so much for your company. lots of you getting in touch on the idea of, well, labour's u—turn. shall we start with that on the green pledge, the £28 billion green pledge ? uh, brian billion green pledge? uh, brian says in reality it should be scaled back totally as it's not even necessary in many people's eyes. >> yeah, and i've got plenty in front of me on this park run . front of me on this park run. i'm going to say park run business. are you are you a park runner? do you do that? five k every saturday morning ? if you every saturday morning? if you are. >> h

the bma this morning talked about the casing speed of progress from the casing speed of progress fromh secretary put out a statement saying this action shows that they are not acting in a reasonable way. victoria atkin says we have already provided them with a pay increase of 10.3% and we were prepared to go further. there is a massive gulf air. their mandate is about to run out at the end of the month. that will necessarily be an end to this book is already there are balloting members about whether to continue with another six months of strike action. this could be one last try, orjust one more strike. he talked about the recent strikes. there was the very long one that we saw injanuary, the longer strike in nhs history, the six day walk—out. where do you think public opinion is on this? it where do you think public opinion is on this? , . , where do you think public opinion is on this? , ., , ., ., on this? it is really hard to tell. i haven't seen _ on this? it is really hard to tell. i haven't seen any _ on this? it is really hard to tell. i haven't seen any studies - on this? it

if that's according to the bma.f nhs bosses give more time for negotiations , the latest wave of negotiations, the latest wave of walkouts were announced this week after the bma said that the government had failed to put an improved pay offer on the table. they're also asking for a 35% pay they're also asking for a 35% pay rise, but that has so far been rejected by the government . been rejected by the government. under the current plans, thousands of medics will strike in england for five days from . in england for five days from. the 24th to the 28th of february and finally royal navy aircraft carrier hms prince of wales is setting sail this weekend . the setting sail this weekend. the £3 billion vessel will take oven £3 billion vessel will take over, leading the largest nato exercise since the cold war, and it comes a week after its sister ship, hms queen elizabeth, was forced to cancel its deployment because of an issue with its propeller shaft. that's just 18 months after hms prince of wales itself suffered a s

the actions show that the bma aren't ready to be reasonable when comes to pay offer, when it comes to offer, but the labour leader, sir keir starmer , says it's up to the starmer, says it's up to the government end to it. government to put an end to it. >> i don't want these strikes to go ahead. i don't think anybody who uses the nhs wants the strikes to go ahead. i don't think the doctors want them to go ahead. i do want is for go ahead. what i do want is for the government in the the government to get in the room and negotiate bring room and negotiate and bring this to an end. >> rishi personal tax >> rishi sunak's personal tax documents today revealed documents have today revealed that over half £1 that he paid over half £1 million in uk tax last year. that he paid over half £1 million in uk tax last year . the million in uk tax last year. the prime minister's earnings include nearly £1.3 million in capital gains , with over capital gains, with over £290,000 from other interests and dividends, rather than a full tax return. downing street published a summary of his taxable income i

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the bma wants a 35% pay rise but ministers say the pay claim is unreasonable. nhs bosses warn the walk—out will cause major disruption. as ukraine's war enters its third year, there is still no end in sight. both ukraine and russia have suffered heavy losses. neither country discloses the full scale of casualties. but ukraine has released some details of the many injured peope, including more than a thousand who've been blinded on the battlefield, half of whom have also lost most of their hearing. many are being helped to readjust to their new lives by ukraine's many volunteers. translation: i can't say i love to talk about the war. _ i don't like to get into these details. but of course, it has affected me, my family, and all people i love. we met in a local cafe. on the 14th of february, we went on our first date. we had to separate because vlad went to the front line. we couldn't see each other for half a year, but we were always in touch online, texted each other. translation: i went to the front line as a volunteer, _ 100 force batallion, defence of bakhmu

health secretary victoria atkins criticised the move, saying the actions show the bma aren't ready to be reasonable when it comes to pay offer. meanwhile, comes to a pay offer. meanwhile, shadow health secretary wes streeting says the responsibility lies with the prime minister and tesco has announced the sale of its retail banking operations to barclays in a deal worth around £600 million. barclays is to take over tesco bank's credit cards, loans and saving accounts and has also agreed to market tesco branded banking services . tesco branded banking services. tesco will receive an income for the use of its brands, and barclays will participate in the tesco clubcard scheme, the uk's largest loyalty programme. the retailer says the deal will help it trim its debts and allow it to focus on core retail business. 2800 tesco employees are to be transferred to barclays under the agreement over the time . for the latest , over the time. for the latest, 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 tom and . emily. tom an

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the bma wants a 35% pay rise but ministers say the pay claim is unreasonable.still no end in sight.

the bma is balloting their members on another six months so we will find out about that in march willernment have a ke ledue of this, and the government have a key pledge of— of this, and the government have a key pledge of cutting _ of this, and the government have a key pledge of cutting waiting - of this, and the government have a key pledge of cutting waiting lists | key pledge of cutting waiting lists with the prime minister accepting they will miss that because of this, thatis they will miss that because of this, that is what the prime minister blames, but you have the junior doctors and the government thought they had resolved the senior doctors which now seems to have unravelled, they have got a huge problem? the they have got a huge problem? tie: background of all of this, 7.6 million people on the waiting list for treatment on the nhs in england which has been growing and growing steadily and the government is pointing to november is a month where there was no strike action saying, when there was no strike action, actually, the waiting list fail, and to be fair to the nhs st

and you know, rcn, the bma, unison, know, the rcn, the bma, unison, whomever it be, it's whomever its paramedics, nurses, doctors that are match are striking, they do match those levels. are striking, they do match tithink levels. are striking, they do match tithink there levels. are striking, they do match tithink there are levels. are striking, they do match tithink there are the levels. i think there are the precautions taken. but the fact that we had what was it, steve barclay, was health barclay, who was health secretary the last few years secretary for the last few years now victoria, they've just failed table. failed to come to the table. it's last you know, it's the last you know, striking, striking miners. you know, i was under striking miner. on strike when know, i was under striking min were on strike when know, i was under striking min were a on strike when know, i was under striking min were a miner?| strike when know, i was under striking min were a miner? yes. ke when you were a miner? yes. >> you know, started the pit >> you know, i started the pit fight. check. fight

the bma has been asking for a 35% rise, which has been rejected . royal navy been rejected. royal navy aircraft carrier hms prince of wales is set to set sail this weekend. the £3 billion vessel will take over the lead of the largest nato exercise since the cold war. the announcement comes a week after its sister ship, hms queen elizabeth, was forced to cancel its deployment because of an issue with its propeller shaft . the setback came 18 shaft. the setback came 18 months after hms prince of wales itself broke down off the isle of wight when it suffered a similar malfunction. the ministry of defence has not confirmed if the ship will take over all of its sister ships scheduled duties , as. over all of its sister ships scheduled duties , as . are you an scheduled duties, as. are you an elton john fan.7 a super fan.7 well nearly a thousand items from his former home in atlanta are up for sale in new york. maybe you've always dreamed of playing danny on the music legend's yamaha grand piano, climbing into his 1990 bentley two door converted maybe , or two door converted maybe

the bma has been asking place. hms prince of wales is setting sail this weekend. the £3 billion vessel will take over the lead of the largest nato exercise since the cold war. the announcement comes a week after its sister ship, hms queen elizabeth, was forced to cancel its deployment because of an issue with its propeller shaft . the setback came 18 shaft. the setback came 18 months after hms prince of wales itself broke down off the isle of wight when it suffered a similar malfunction. the ministry of defence has not confirmed if the ship will take over all of its sister ships scheduled duties . two people scheduled duties. two people have died after a plane crashed onto a busy highway in florida. smoke was seen from the accident after the plane collided with a car on a busy interstate just a few miles from its final destination on florida's gulf coast. a statement from the national transport safety board says the pilot radioed the naples airport tower requesting to make an emergency landing. when its two turbofa

, the latest wave of walkouts were announced this week after the bma said the government had failed torove their pay offer. they're asking for a 35% pay offer. they're asking for a 35% pay rise, which the government has rejected under the current plans, thousands of medics will strike in england for five days from the 24th of february to the 28th of february, and i just want to bring you a quick line that we're hearing from wales, a pilot has been airlifted to hospital after a plane was seen to crash into a garden in anglesey. you can see here on the screen it's hard to make out, but what appears to be two parts of the wing, those yellow sections in the centre of the screen. for those watching on tv, witnesses say they saw the small plane nosedive spinning mid—air before it disappeared out of sight, and one witness, who lives next door to the crash site, said that he heard what sounded like engine malfunction , sounded like engine malfunction, as police say officers , the fire as police say officers, the fire service and paramedics were all in attendance at the scene of that crash this

the bma is offer to its members. bma is asking for a 35% pay restoration asking for a 35% pay restoration as a starting position, but says it's open to negotiations for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or go to qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to dawn . it's back to dawn. >> thank you very much, pip. right. okay, let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? now former conservative deputy chairman lee anderson has been suspended from the party after refusing to apologise for comments aimed at london mayor sadiq khan. anderson said the london mayor had given the capital away and was controlled by islamist islam . sadiq khan by islamist islam. sadiq khan had this to say yesterday. comments from a senior conservative or islamophobe are anti—muslim and are racist. >> i'm unclear why rishi sunak why members of his cabinet aren't calling this out and aren't calling this out and aren't condemn this . it's like aren't condemn

there is no strike fund from the bma , is no strike fund from the bma, despite it being a very wealthyage that it does to patients and the and the nhs, so what happens from here? i don't know. it'll be interesting to see what the upshot of the ballot is this time around . um, ballot is this time around. um, my guess is i think quite a lot of , uh, doctors may well say, of, uh, doctors may well say, well, look , you know, we've had well, look, you know, we've had just over a 10, uh, it's better than the offers that the nurse had , nurses had, and the had, nurses had, and the paramedics . had, nurses had, and the paramedics. uh, let's wait and see what the incoming labour government's going to do for us. um, so i'm not sorry. yes yeah. >> i was just going to say, roy, who's to blame for the fact that we aren't reaching a resolution on is it the unions for on this is it the unions for just simply demanding far too much , or is it down to the much, or is it down to the government for not willing to sit around the table? >> well, the, the, the 35, it depends how you do the calculations. >>

who was you at that bma's backstage who was the star amongst the stars in that room? amongst the stars were the people you could not have access too. axl rose was notoriously prickly. everyone wanted to have a story. everyone wanted to be doing jamison shots with a pickle backs or even worse. they are doing shots of something else in the guns of roses dressing room and i'm trying to keep it clean. he was really, really hard to access. madonna was the same way. everyone wanted to talk to madonna half the time she be great and accessible in half the time should be a total jerk break like to think about madonna she's intimidated because she's so tall. [laughter] she is actually here hold on. [laughter] you are the greatest. you know how much i love you. thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you kenny, michelle, brett, gina coming up at me with michael breaux and his secret location to talk dirty jobs and that time he got bit by a shark it. you do not want to miss it, it's next. (tony hawk) skating for over 45 years has taken a toll on my body. i take qunol turmeric

health secretary victoria atkins criticised the move, saying the actions show the bma aren't ready tosonable when it comes to a pay offer. meanwhile, shadow health secretary wes streeting response streeting says the response ability lies with the prime minister and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to . martin >> thank you sophia . now let's >> thank you sophia. now let's get stuck into this show on friday. there really is only one place to start today. and that's that extraordinary interview . that extraordinary interview. vladimir putin's blockbuster interview with american journalist tucker carlson, and almost two years after russia invaded ukraine, putin revealed that he's ready to hold negotiations to end that war. in fact , the russian president even fact, the russian president even claimed the war could have been over 18 months ago. but boris johnson stopped it . johnson stopped it. >> i think you're saying you want a negotiated settlement to what's happening in ukraine, right?

the bma is offer to its members.sking for a 35% pay restoration as a starting position, but says it's open to negotiations . for it's open to negotiations. for all the latest stories , sign up all the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com slash alerts. now it's back to michael. >> uh, thank you very much. pip tomson on the morning of the 24th of february, 2022, the world woke up to see russian tanks and soldiers streaming into ukraine as a full scale invasion began. although the attack had been anticipated, it was nonetheless a shock to see rockets landing in ukrainian cities. thousands of troops marching along ukraine's roads and civilians fleeing en masse against the odds. ukraine managed to stem the invasion and turn the russians back from around half the territory that they had occupied . but now the they had occupied. but now the war is bogged down in an attritional contest that favours russia with its enormous suppue

the latest wave of walkouts were announced this week, after the bma said the government had failed tout an improved pay offer on the table. they're asking for a 35% pay table. they're asking for a 35% pay rise, which has been rejected by the government. under the current plans , under the current plans, thousands of medics are expected to strike in england for five days from the 24th . to the 28th days from the 24th. to the 28th of february. royal navy aircraft carrier the hms prince of wales is setting sail this weekend . is setting sail this weekend. the £3 billion vessel will take oven the £3 billion vessel will take over, leading the largest nato exercise since the cold war . the exercise since the cold war. the announcement comes a week after its sister ship, hms queen elizabeth, was forced to cancel its deployment deployment because of an issue with its propeller shaft . it comes just propeller shaft. it comes just 18 months after hms prince of wales itself suffered a similar malfunction . for the latest malfunction. for the latest stories , you can sign up to gb stories, you ca

the doctors' union, the bma, says the welsh government's offer of a 5% increase is the worst in the ukin england and wales are to be given a new duty to report evidence of child abuse. mandatory reporting was a key recommendation of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, and failure to comply could result in being barred from working with children. a pioneering european satellite is set to fall back down to earth later today. the second earth remote sensing satellite, described as one of the "grandfathers of earth observation", has been gradually descending since it stopped operating in 2011, and will finally fall into the earth's atmosphere some time today. don't worry, sally! i'm not worried, carol is here _ don't worry, sally! i'm not worried, carol is here and _ don't worry, sally! i'm not worried, carol is here and she _ don't worry, sally! i'm not worried, carol is here and she will— don't worry, sally! i'm not worried, carol is here and she will tell - don't worry, sally! i'm not worried, carol is here and she will tell us - carol is here and she will tell us more abou

negotiations , as the for negotiations, as the industrial action was announced yesterday after the bmaaid the government had failed to meet the deadline line to put an improved pay offer on the table. thousands of medics plan to strike in england for five days from february, the 24th until february the 28th, but now the doctors trade union has written to nhs leaders urging a longer time frame for pay talks to take place . prince william has hired place. prince william has hired a former government diplomat as his private secretary. ian patrick also worked under the late former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown from 2002 to 2006, before joining the foreign office. the prince of wales returned to royal duties earlier this week following his father king charles's cancer diagnosis. a man's due in court this morning accused of the attempted murder of detective chief inspector john caldwell in northern ireland. dci caldwell was seriously injured after he was seriously injured after he was shot several times in front of his son at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone, in february las

the doctor's union, the bma, says the welsh government's offer of a 5% increase is the worst in the ukreatest guitarists of all time. jimi hendrix was just 27 when he died in 1970. but 110w now a rare autograph of his worth thousands of pounds has been discovered in an attic. it was found byjohn hicks in an old autograph book belonging to his wife shirley. what price for an autograph from before he was famous? jimi hendrix, the iconic guitarist, who toured lincolnshire in 1967 and whose signature has just been found in an attic in scunthorpe byjohn higgs, which his late wife shirley had collected all those years ago and left unknown in a scrapbook. suddenly, i turned the page and there was the autograph. could you believe it? no. at first i thought, "oh, this is somebody having a bit of a joke." but when i compared it to ones online, it was exactly the same. shirley wasn't there to see jimi hendrix, though, was she? she was there for another act. yeah. shirley went to lincoln primarily to see the walker brothers. # the sun ain't gonna shine any more...# she was a big, big fan of scott