katharine da _ table. 0k, katharine, thank you for that. katharine da costagton. now for a look at the weather. we had a decent day of sunny weather across most of england and wales. for scotland and northern ireland, different story in the way of cloud here. a weather front moves in, bringing more rain across western scotland and western counties of northern ireland. across the midlands, wales, east anglia, southern england, it's a cold night. i think there's going to be widespread and dense fog across parts of southern england and east anglia. could bring some localised disruption into the afternoon. that weak weather front light southwards from scotland and northern ireland. might see an odd spit of rain, but not that much. most of us will have a dry day tomorrow. wednesday, the risk of seeing some fog across england and wales to start the day, but for the north, windy ever and northern ireland. we start to see some rain getting in here, and across the far northwest, some very strong winds. gust could reach 75 mph, potentially bringing some disruption. thi

our health correspondent katharine da costa has this report.rial action in nhs history, affecting nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists. nowjunior doctors in england willjoin other health unions on the picket line in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay. when 98% of us vote to strike, i think it says a lot. dr andrew meyerson moved from the us to london eight years ago to study medicine. now a junior doctor in a&e, he says too many of his colleagues feel burnt out, can't provide the patient care they'd like, and are looking for better—paid jobs overseas. we're not asking for a crazy amount of money here. we're really, really not. we're asking to be able to afford to live in this country, to afford to be able to pay our bills, and to afford to continue working in the jobs that we absolutely love. we don't want to see... i wish that we don't see another day of strike action in the nhs. junior doctors in england received a 2% rise in april as part of a four—year deal worth a total of 8%. the basic salary of a junior doctor in theirfirst year'

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we can get more from our health reporter katharine da costa. some good news for the nhs in england.cland. , , england. yes, so this winter has been one of— england. yes, so this winter has been one of the _ england. yes, so this winter has been one of the toughest - england. yes, so this winter has been one of the toughest for - england. yes, so this winter has| been one of the toughest for the nhs, and despite demand for emergency care still very high, ambulance response times have improved considerably in england. if we look at patients with suspected heart attack or stroke, they waited an average 32 minutes last month. if we look at the chart, you can see there was a big drop from december�*s record high of 90 minutes, so that is an hour faster, record high of 90 minutes, so that is an hourfaster, the best performance in 19 months, but it is still nearly double the time it should take, which is 18 minutes for category two calls. if we turn to a&e figures, 72% of patients were treated within four hours, that is “p treated within four hours, that is up from a record low of 65% in d

katharine da costa, bbc news.ley described her as the centre of their world after police confirmed her body was found in a river in lancashire. the mother—of—two went missing more than three weeks ago while walking her dog in the village of st michael's on wyre. her body was recovered from the river wyre on sunday, around a mile from where she was last seen. president biden will hold talks with european leaders in poland today — hours after he left ukraine following a secretly planned visit. mr biden�*s meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in kyiv came just days before the first anniversary of russia's invasion. vincent mcaviney reports. american presidents normally arrive to military—band fanfare, but in kyiv yesterday, joe biden�*s historic visit was to the sound of an air—raid siren. after months of planning, biden travelled in secret via train for ten hours to an active war zone to mark the one—year anniversary of russia's illegal invasion on friday. with unprecedented security in the capital, t

to take part in a 72—hour walk—out, possibly as early as mid—march. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costaon in nhs history, affecting nurses, paramedics and physiotherapist. now, junior doctors in england willjoin other health unions on the picket line in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay. increasingly bitter dispute over pay-— increasingly bitter dispute over pay. increasingly bitter dispute overa. ., , over pay. when 9896 of us were to strike i _ over pay. when 9896 of us were to strike i think— over pay. when 9896 of us were to strike i think that _ over pay. when 9896 of us were to strike i think that says i to strike i think that says a lot. , ~ ~. ,.. to strike i think that says a lot. , ~ .. to strike i think that says a lot. , ~ ~. ,., ., .. lot. dr andrew mason moved from the us to london _ lot. dr andrew mason moved from the us to london eight _ lot. dr andrew mason moved from the us to london eight years i the us to london eight years ago to study medicine. now a junior doctor in a&e, he says too many of his colleagues feel burnt out, can't provide the patient care they w

katharine da costa, thank ou for patients. katharine da costa, thank you very — for patients. backlog of cases in the court system, a report out today warns. the cross—party levelling up, hosing and communities committee says that the proposals could be too easily exploited by bad landlords and become a back door to no—fault evictions. joining me now from westminister isclive betts mp, who chairs the committee. hello to you, thank you for your time today. so your report raises a number of concerns, the ones we have just highlighted about no—fault erections, also you highlight threats to private rentals because of the increase in holiday lets, and you're concerned about the impact on accommodation for students in the private rental sector. and all of this, you say, links back to backlogs in the courts. i was not going to be fixed?— backlogs in the courts. i was not going to be fixed? well, what we have said is _ going to be fixed? well, what we have said is that _ going to be fixed? well, what we have said is that abolishing - have said is that abolishing no—fault erections is

katharine da costa, bbc news.ar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies — despite most taking steps to be more inclusive.this comes after an informal agreement between the government and the schools, intended to make them more socially diverse, expired last year. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys has been investigating. # it's like a story of love. # can you hear me? not a typical grammar school. the pupils chosen through an academic test come from a wider range of backgrounds. a quarter of pupils are from families with very low incomes. # only you. because here, places are set aside for girls who've had free school meals. i sat down with some of these pupils for a chat, and they told me they were encouraged to be ambitious. i didn't know how inclusive it was compared to other grammar schools, and i think it's really good that we have this kind of environment here. my friends, for example — one wants to be a lawyer, j one wants to be something else. and it's like... they push you to be the best you

our health correspondent katharine da costa has been speaking to nurses on the picket line at st mary'scause there have been improved offers to wales and scotland but the westminster government has said it is not willing to improve the pay offerfor �*22, �*23, and it says other public sector workers would then demand the same and that would be unaffordable. instead, they are focusing attention on the next pay deal starting in the new financial year in april, and there is an independent pay review process going on into that. but a number of unions have decided not to participate until the government addresses this current pay dispute. that is the tipping point essentially. we can talk to a couple of nurses out on the picket line. what are your roles at the hospital? i am an intensive care nurse in background but working in trauma research at the moment, with my colleague. over the past few years we have worked in intensive care, and it has been very stressful. we have had few staff and we can't retain staff and we cannot train enough staff quickly enough, and all of that has added up and