welsh government -lans best practice. welsh government lans to best practice.to make more _ best practice. welsh government plans to make more than - best practice. welsh government| plans to make more than 112,000 appointments from twice to once per year. dentists see new patients take longer to treat, while many existing patients are already being just seen annually. practices that do not meet their requirements will face financial penalties. a lot are handing back the contracts, a lot are considering it. i am considering it as well if things don't change going forward. i would be handing back my contract. in a survey more than one third of practice owners working under the reforms said would reduce the nhs contract by april, 13% said they would hand their is back entirely. their patients would have to choose between paying privately, or trying tojoin between paying privately, or trying to join an nhs surgery elsewhere. with most dentists at capacity that could meanjoining a waiting list for years. a very real possibility that nhs dentistry as we know it will

by slamming on the brakes, the welsh government says it can accelrate that change.. clearly a highly controversial decision. let's talk to felicity evans, political editor at bbc wales. felicity, gave us the context, what is the thinking behind this and how will it play out? you is the thinking behind this and how will it play out?— will it play out? you are right, huw, it is _ will it play out? you are right, huw. it is very _ will it play out? you are right, huw, it is very controversial. will it play out? you are right, l huw, it is very controversial and will it play out? you are right, - huw, it is very controversial and a complete upheaval of traditional road—building policy, and something which raises a question perhaps for other uk government about how aggressive they want to be in driving the reduction in carbon emissions from road building and personal car use. now, the welsh government says that in doing this, they are not saying they will never build another new road, but when you look at the criteria that new projects will now have to meet, it is hard t

by slamming on the brakes, the welsh government says it can accelrate that change. clearly a very significant and potentially controversial decision. felicity evans joins us. tell us a little more about this and the context in which it has happened. you are right on both counts. this review marks the end of an era. it is a complete upheaval of traditional road—building policy. the welsh government says that it doesn't mean they are not going to build any new roads but if you look at the criteria that a new project would have to satisfy, it's really hard to see any major new road getting the go—ahead and you are right, that is very controversial. the welsh conservatives for example are saying they think it is going to damage the economy. but even some of welsh labour's own backbenchers have been critical today, i think fearing voter backlash in their own constituency as local people see projects scrapped there. welsh labour has been in power here now font more than two decades and the public transport system is poor in many places. the nationalist party, plaid cymru,

the welsh government _ comment on stuff. the welsh government said _ comment on stuff.it would - comment on stuff. the welsh - government said it would provide an update on reform before easter as it aims to ensure the changes come into force ahead of the next election in 2026. force ahead of the next election in 2026. next week it will be exactly a year since russian forces invaded ukraine. in the early days of the war many here rallied round to support those caught up in the conflict by collecting and sending aid and, in some cases, opening their homes to refugees. that aid effort hasn't dimmed in swindon as will glennon has been finding out. at the main depot of the swindon humanitarian aid partnership they're getting ready to take another load to ukraine. the russian bombings have left ukrainians facing daily power cuts. that's why here they're also making candles. donations of old half—burned ones are melted down and made into big during the day or night they don't have even any power. so we are here is our part of family here. we prepare candles for them to heat t

maw; from the welsh government. many thanks. from the welsh government.lsh government. many thanks. hugh pym. _ police in the city of karachi in pakistan are back in control of their headquarters, hours after it was stormed by taliban militants. explosions there was a grenade attack, a series of blasts and a fierce gun battle — seven people have died. it's 12 days since devastating earthquakes hit parts of turkey and syria, and this cctv footage has emerged of the moment the first one struck in the middle of the night. it's from a petrol station at the epicentre in gaziantep in southern turkey. you can see shelves shaking and people running for their lives as buildings nearby collapsed. this satellite image of that neighbourhood shows the extent of the devastation there, and there is fury over why so many buildings collapsed. the turkish government is accused of accepting billions of dollars in payments for approving buildings that didn't meet earthquake safety standards. this is one of the apartment blocks in that neighbourhood. 136 people living here we

a planned strike by teachers has also been postponed following an improved pay offer by the welsh governmenthello. good afternoon. the number of people killed in monday's earthquake in turkey and syria has passed 19,000. rescuers are still trying to save people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings — but there's concern too for survivors made homeless by the tremors. many have spent a third night outdoors in freezing conditions — some rummaging in the ruins of buildings to find wood to burn to keep warm. let's take you to 0smaneer in the south of turkey — about a0 kilometres from the syria border — and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet has been giving us the latest. yes, you join us here in southern turkey. about a two hour drive of the epicentre of the earthquake which struck four days ago. even now, this clean—up effort goes on. he can see behind me the diggers which are at work in a building which are at work in a building which collapsed as part of this neighbourhood. and the buildings still standing all around them. but if you could look as close as we did, all o

the welsh government cancelled. the welsh government blaming environmental concerns.s it puts climate change at the heart of making when of decision making when opponents have argued that it's anti car and it harm the anti car and it will harm the welsh economy. well, we're now joined by the founder of fair fuel uk, howard cox. so you will have read this like we will have read this, but just just a thought and i'm placing it with you. shouldn't the motorists take some pain for the environment . hello esther. environment. hello esther. hello, phillip. lovely to be on your show. look, here we go again. mean the whole country in terms of local authorities, local councils and even the devolved councils , etc, and devolved councils, etc, and governments, etc. especially the wonderful greater london one back home are totally anti the car . they're trying to stop this car. they're trying to stop this driving and it's wrong. their drivers are already nearly the highest tax drivers in the world to try work and you're you're supporting in the backbench mp like yourselves we've

those four unions postponed their strike action after the welsh government, the welsh health ministerthat, 1.5%, will be a one—off payment, half will go to salaries across the future. now, unite was the only union that decided to carry on with their strike and they held further talks over the weekend. their leader was here this morning and she was saying, well, we are very close now, the welsh government does need to go much further to get there. but when they put this offer to the raps over they put this offer to the raps over the weekend, it was unanimously rejected. but she is confident, sharon graham, that they can get it over the line. she seems to think the fact that the welsh government are continuing to negotiate, as are the scottish and, it will put pressure on westminster to do the same there eventually. time will tell. ., ., same there eventually. time will tell. ., s, same there eventually. time will tell. ., a rolling programme of teacher strikes ends today with walk—outs in inverclyde and shetland. but across the country, further industrial action is planned for the end

they have still been talking to the welsh government over the weekend, the general secretary of unitedis that these deals might be put into place in wales and scotland and could push things over in england as well. you have walked in the ambulance service for nine years, what is your reaction to this new deal? ., , ,., ., , what is your reaction to this new deal? ., , ., , , ., deal? for me personally it is not enou~h, deal? for me personally it is not enough. i _ deal? for me personally it is not enough, ithink_ deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we _ deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we need - deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we need to - deal? for me personally it is not enough, i think we need to take| deal? for me personally it is not i enough, i think we need to take in it is not— enough, i think we need to take in it is notiust — enough, i think we need to take in it is notjust about enough, i think we need to take in it is not just about the enough, i think we need to take in it is notjust about the pay enough, i think we need to

the welsh labour government will take money from its own budget to boost the 4.5% offer to nhs staff,year. on top, there's an extra 1.5% one—off payment on offer. that is contentious, unions have always said they want consolidated pay rises, a permanent part of the pay packet from one year to the next. but most unions are willing to put this offer to their members and call of the strikes due next monday and tuesday. most, but not all. unite union which represents about a quarter of ambulance staff in wales, they are not so far calling off monday's strikes. the royal college of nursing are also saying if their members don't accept it, they are willing to take more industrial action. the gmb are saying maybe the westminster government should take a know on this that they can only reach a deal by being prepared to talk. . ~ , ., reach a deal by being prepared to talk. . ~' , ., , reach a deal by being prepared to talk. . ~ i. , , , talk. thank you, hywel griffith reporting- _ the spanish designer paco rabanne has died, aged 88. he was best known for his couture outfits made from metal, a

the welsh government say this is good news for parents, for carers, for staff across wales. even during strike action, suggesting that pork has been —— that pork has been in short supply across—the—board. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the company that backed the failed european superleague, has returned with a revamped format for the tournament that would see up to 80 teams competing. real madrid, barcelona and juventus were among 12 clubs to announce a breakaway super league in april two years ago. but the move collapsed within 48 hours after an outcry from fans, governments and players. a22 sports management have released a ten—point manifesto stating it's "time for change". a new esl would contain 60 to 80 teams, each guaranteed a minimum of 14 matches per season and continue to play in their domestic leagues. well, spain's la liga is the first european league to respond. this is what they've tweeted... "the super league is the wolf of little red riding hood. now they are disguised as open and meritocratic competition, but under

the welsh government.orkers in the west midlands have been on the picket lines today with patients yet more delays as a result . members of delays as a result. members of the gmb and unite unions are staging a walkout . their long staging a walkout. their long running dispute over pay and staffing . the home secretary has staffing. the home secretary has asked for an explanation over the disclosure of nicola belly's private life and has questioned why lancashire police decided to release details of . nicholas release details of. nicholas private life. at a press conference . the force says ms. conference. the force says ms. billy suffered some significant issues with alcohol in the past and has with the perimenopause . and has with the perimenopause. a lancashire police have referred to the police watchdog who shadow justice secretary steve reid says it's the right thing to do the police. should be sharing extreme private personal information about an individual without the consent of that individual. if t

i think it is - reassuring that the welsh assembly government has engaged with nurses in wales and aread and disheartened that england has not done so yet. i am hopeful that, as we continue to strike, that it will encourage them to get around the negotiating table with us so that we can start talking about better pay and conditions. but in the meantime, it sounds as though you are prepared to continue with strikes and industrial action, is that right?— strikes and industrial action, is that riuht? , ~ , , ., that right? yes, i think this is our only course _ that right? yes, i think this is our only course of— that right? yes, i think this is our only course of action _ that right? yes, i think this is our only course of action left - that right? yes, i think this is our only course of action left to - that right? yes, i think this is our only course of action left to us, i that right? yes, i think this is our| only course of action left to us, we are quite literally desperate. it takes a lot for us as nurses to do this, because it goes against everything we stand for, but we are defin

_ in wales, some unions have suspended strikes to consider a new offer from the labour—run welsh governmentsters responsible for setting pay in england are showing no sign of giving ground. i don't think we need to be having these strikes at all. the reality is, as i said, actually, over a million nhs workers got a pay rise last year when there wasn't one on offer. there is a pay rise on the table this year. and just to clarify one point, the government has actually, the system is agreed by the unions, asked for by the unions, that there is an independent pay review body that accepts evidence from the unions, from the management, and then they recommend a figure to the government. labour hasn't said how it would fund higher pay for nhs staff in england or what its offer would be, but insists the government should at least engage. it is the government's responsibility. they can sort this. you know, the unions have said even before this started at christmas, if you meet us to discuss pay, we'll call this strike off. we have seen when proper negotiations take place about pay, not everything el

. >> health unions are in talks with the scottish and welsh governments over new pay offers, but thereof that happening in england. >> that is just about it from me for this half-hour. we will be back in a couple of minutes time. we will have the latest on those rescue efforts through the night in turkey and northern syria. narrator: funding for presentation of this program is proded by.. the freeman undation. by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation. pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ ♪ narrator: funding for presentation of this program is provided by.. the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation. pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. woman: and now, "bbc world news". laura: i am a

in wales, some unions have suspended strikes to consider a new offer from the labour—run welsh governmentsponsible for setting pay in england are showing no sign of giving ground. i don't think we need to be having these strikes at all. the reality is, as i said, actually, over a million nhs workers got a pay rise last year when there wasn't one on offer. there's a pay rise on the table this year. and just to clarify one point, the government has actually, the system is — agreed by the unions, asked for by the unions — that there is an independent pay review body that accepts evidence from the unions, from the management, and then they recommend a figure to the government. some conservatives have joined calls for the prime minister to look again at public sector pay. but rishi sunak has made reducing inflation his number one political priority and argued that giving nhs staff and others higher wages would make that problem worse. so he's unlikely to undermine his own argument and negotiate, even if the strikes and the disruption they cause continue. labour hasn't said how it would fund hi

health unions are in talks with the scottish and wealth governments over new pay offers -- and welsh governments pay offers. laura: in other news around the world, israel's army says it has killed several palace dealing militants -- several palestinian militants. israeli officials say the operation was aimed at arresting members of hamas, who were in field -- involved in a failed attack last month. in hong kong, the biggest trial since beijing introduced sweeping restrictions on free speech in the territory has begun. defendants are accused of breaking hong kong's national security rule. the trial is taking place without a jury, which is unusual in hong kong. most of those charged have already spent two years behind bars. chile is under -- parts of chile are under a state of emergency due to wildfires. more than a dozen people have died. beyoncÉ has become the most decorated artist in the history of the grammys, winning her 32nd award on sunday. other big winners included harry styles, adele, and lizzo. >> ♪ >> harry styles was one of the first to perform, but it wasn't the last time he took to

tia: welsh government is should go ahead and do that. you think about this figure. £300 — in wales? when you think about this figure, £300 million _ in wales? when you think about this figure, £300 million is— in wales? when you think about this figure, £300 million is spent - in wales? when you think about this figure, £300 million is spent on i figure, £300 million is spent on agency— figure, £300 million is spent on agency staff in the nhs in wales. we are talking _ agency staff in the nhs in wales. we are talking about £21 million. we can look— are talking about £21 million. we can look at— are talking about £21 million. we can look at that in a more detailed way~ _ can look at that in a more detailed way. they— can look at that in a more detailed way. they are looking to make savings — way. they are looking to make savings but only of 60 million. we can look— savings but only of 60 million. we can look at— savings but only of 60 million. we can look at that and see how savings can look at that and see how savings can be _ can look a

unions are considering an offerfrom the welsh and some unions are considering an offer from the welsh governmentllege of nursing is in talk with ministers about pay in england. but no news yet on how that is progressed. thank you. police in northern ireland say they are treating the shooting of an off—duty police officer as a terrorist—related incident. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell, who had worked on high profile terror cases himself, is in a critical condition in hospital following wednesday's attack in front of his son in omagh. four men have been arrested. the leaders of the five biggest political parties at stormont have joined the chief constable of the police service of northern ireland to send a message of unity. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. police remain at the spot of the brutal attack on one of their own. dci john caldwell was shot multiple times after coaching youth football. while he remained heavily sedated in hospital today, political leaders should stood shoulder—to—shoulder with northern ireland's top officer in a rare show of unity. sadly on this occas

i would like to see the welsh government take the bull by the horns and develop a system that is robusthat happen? i don't know. the mp wants a senedd inquiry into the wru, on a par with yorkshire cricket. she's also written to the wru's most famous patron about what women have told her. the prince of wales needs to know that this is a real issue. the well—being and mental health of people that have worked at the wru is a concern, and it should be a concern for him. the wru said how sad it was to hear how individuals in this programme felt, and said it will continue to work with staff to ensure they feel valued and listened to. two months after we interviewed charlotte wathan, her case against the wru was settled in what both sides described as an "amicable agreement" — that means there won't be an open hearing. the wru says the settlement also prevents them from responding to charlotte's complaints in this programme. for those who've walked away from the welsh rugby union, there's still hope that the women's game can keep moving forward as they try to do the same. it doesn't matter how

action in scotland after a higher pay offer and some unions are considering an offer from the welsh governmentnursing is in talks with ministers about pay in england. these are said to be ongoing and are set to continue next week. reeta. thank you very much. now a look at some other stories making the news today. there are fresh hopes that a new deal on post—brexit trade rules for northern ireland could be announced in the coming days. it follows a call between rishi sunak and the european commission president ursula von der leyen, which was described as positive. it comes after plans to sign an agreement earlier this week were delayed. police have confirmed they're treating the attempted murder of an off—duty officer in omagh as terrorist—related. detective chief inspector john caldwell remains critically ill after he was shot at a sports centre on wednesday. five men have been arrested. investigators say they're focused primarily on the dissident republican group the new ira. sir bernard ingham, who was margaret thatcher's press secretary for the majority of her 11 years as prime minister, h

it's a scheme supported by the welsh government, but there is a catch matthew wilkinson and his wife caris, have agreed to a life with a minimal ecological footprint. a simple life that requires a lot of imagination. oh, is that we're good? that is where a luxury elsa and billy are collecting eggs. their father, matthew watkinson, has made his dream come true. he and his family made a fresh start. oh, matthew gave up his job as a veterinarian. so did his wife caris. ringback ringback now they farm a small piece of land in new port wales where their property overlooks the water. oh, is a wealth of opportunities and possibilities for those were the vermont donation to say on a char, something different? a miss was the outlet. we would just wanted to let creativity and imagination go and turn what is just bare sheep fields into something full of life to what concerns live from what nature provides their property is completely off the grid. instead of a washing machine, they have a makeshift hand power device. a small wind mill and solar panels provide electricity. but when it still lowe

action in scotland after a higher pay offer, and some unions are considering an offer from the welsh governmentwith ministers about pay in england. these are said to be ongoing and are set to continue next week. let's get some of the day's other news. large parts of southern california are being hit with wintry weather as a storm system moves through the region. a blizzard warning for ventura county and los angeles county mountains remains in effect until saturday afternoon. a flash flood warning has also been issued for much of the la area. the number of people killed by the catastrophic earthquakes in turkey and northern syria has risen above 50,000. civil defence workers in syria have called for more international help to save children injured in the disaster. floods and landslides in brazil are now known to have killed at least 5a people, with about 30 still missing. most of those killed were in and around sao sebastiao in sao paulo state. more than a month's worth of rain fell in 2a hours last weekend. the world health organization says it's working with officials in cambodia to tackle an

planned for next week have been postponed as union members consider a new pay offer from the welsh governmentngland looks unlikely. jonathan blake, bbc news. chile has declared a state of disaster in several central—southern regions, after a heat wave sparked forest fires that left at least 13 people dead. more than 100 homes have been affected and 117,000 hectares of forest destroyed since the wildfires broke out on wednesday. stephanie prentice reports scenes of devastation in chile. these are just some of the homes razed the ground by fires raging out of control. some of the people living here in santa juana trying desperately to save their communities. doing what they can to salvage the dry earth on arable land. thousands of firefighters and civilian support crews have been sent out to try and contain the fires on the ground between the capital, santiago, and southern farming regions. but on friday, a helicopter trying to assist them came down, killing two of the rescuers. 0ther civilians have died trying to flee in cars through the smoke, at least two when their car crashed. translation:

four other health unions in wales have postponed their planned action after the labour—run welsh government uk government said unite had been represented at a meeting of several health unions with the health secretary earlier this year but acknowledged it had not met the union since, although it had met others. the government insists the door remains open. the business secretary said he didn't think the action was necessary. i don't think we need to be having these strikes at all. the reality is, as i've said, overi million nhs workers got a pay rise last year when there wasn't one on offer. there's a pay rise on the table this year. the government has urged the unions to call off this week's strike action and get back round the table, but pressure has been growing over the weekend on ministers to be the ones to unblock talks. it is the government's responsibility. they can sort this. you know, the unions have said, even before this started at christmas, if you meet us to discuss pay, we'll call this off. 0k. we have seen, when proper negotiations take place, about pay, not everything else,

that's after the welsh government made a new pay offer.eanwhile, rail passengers are facing more travel disruption today. facing more travel disruption today . train drivers walking out today. train drivers walking out for the second time this week. rail operators say they are. there are severe with no trains at all in some areas. aslef general secretary mcquillan says the union wants to continue to and find a solution . quite and find a solution. quite deceitfully the dg for a protocol would say do a payoff for over two years. hasn't been discussed. this trade union hadnt discussed. this trade union hadn't been through the framework agreement that we'd agreed for them to allow some sort of national national talks to our franchise to take place in our franchise industry . and it probably set industry. and it probably set the whole process back months and want to and months. if they want to negotiate media, i'll tell negotiate via media, i'll tell you what i want. then can you what i want. then you can relate to then come relate to them. th

meanwhile, welsh government.eanwhile, ambulance workers in the west midlands have taken to the picket lines today, with patients facing yet more delays as a result . patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of patients facing yet more delays as a result . members of the patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of the gmb and unions are staging the walkout in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . dispute over pay and staffing. the department for transport has announced a cap on bus fares in england will be extended by three months. th e £2 cap, which three months. the £2 cap, which appues three months. the £2 cap, which applies more than 130 bus companies outside of london , was companies outside of london, was due to end in march . but that's due to end in march. but that's been extended until the end of june.the been extended until the end of june. the aim is to increase passenger numbers, but also to help bus users during the cost of living crisis . people have of living crisis.

meanwhile, welsh government.eanwhile, ambulance workers in the west midlands have taken to the picket lines today, with patients facing yet more delays as a result . patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of patients facing yet more delays as a result . members of the patients facing yet more delays as a result. members of the gmb and unions are staging the walkout in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . dispute over pay and staffing. the department for transport has announced a cap on bus fares in england will be extended by three months. th e £2 cap, which three months. the £2 cap, which appues three months. the £2 cap, which applies more than 130 bus companies outside of london , was companies outside of london, was due to end in march . but that's due to end in march. but that's been extended until the end of june.the been extended until the end of june. the aim is to increase passenger numbers, but also to help bus users during the cost of living crisis . people have of living crisis.

planned for next week have been postponed as union members consider a new pay offer from the welsh government royal navy is conducting an investigation after sailors on a warship needed hospital treatment for drinking contaminated water. hms portland returned to portsmouth after the incident, which is thought to have been caused when a crew member put the wrong chemical into the ship's drinking water system. nearly all of the sailors have been discharged from hospital. the ministry of defence said it's taking measures to safeguard personnel. and just before we go, how's this for beginner's luck? 18—year—old juliette lamourjust scooped nearly $36 million in canada's gold ball lottery jackpot on her first try. although she's the youngest canadian to ever win such a big prize, she still plans to finish her university studies and become a doctor. this is bbc news. hello there. a tale of two halves with the weather for this weekend. there's a lot of cloud around today, and that's because we've got a weather front slipping southwards, it's mild air, as well, it is mostly cloudy. tomorrow behind our

been suspended, after several health unions agreed to consider an improved pay offer by the welsh governmente to take part. members of the unite union are still planning to strike uk athletics has clarified its position on transgender participation in athletics in the uk. it wants the government to change the law to ensure the women's category is reserved for those registered female at birth. and they're calling for an open category to replace the current men's category. let's speak to our lgbt and identity correspondent, lauren moss. give us more details. that is right, reeta, uk athletics has said it wants the men's category to become an open category in which transgender women can compete. the women's category for women registered female when they were born. this is similar to what the british triathlon federation announced last month, and in its statement uk athletics says it does not think there is enough evidence that suppressing testosterone for trans women eliminates male advantage, and each out, ian beattie, says he wants the sport to be welcoming and also fair. the news has been we

will be joined by staff in wales after the gmb followed unite in rejecting a pay offer from the welsh governmentke part in a dispute that shows little sign of being resolved. minister has not met with us for several weeks and there is no date in the diary and it seems the government simply wants to put their head in the sand and hopes this disappears. our members movement is strong and they are getting increasingly angry about the way they are treated over this, they fear it should be addressed but the government are more interested in playing politics. the reality is that this public had their way we would have won this already. one ambulance district has tightened what calls it will respond to today. elsewhere in the nhs a ballot of 115,000 junior doctors from the british medical association, one of the smaller health unions today confirmed several hundred of itsjunior confirmed several hundred of its junior doctor members will also strike next month. health secretary steve barclay said the government remains keen to talk to unions about a fair and affordable deal but that strikes are in nobod

planned for next week have been postponed as union members consider a new pay offer from the welsh government in england have a week left to get a free covid—19 boosterjab, that�*s a third dose of vaccine, before the scheme ends. it�*s the last opportunity for healthy people, aged between 16 and a9, to get a top—up if they haven�*t already. nhs england says almost 400,000 appointments are still available. a 16—year—old girl has died after being attacked by a shark in western australia. she was pronounced dead after being pulled from the swan river in perth. reports say the girl was riding jet skis with friends when the incident happened and local police say it�*s possible the girl had jumped in the water to swim with dolphins nearby. it�*s believed to be the first fatal shark attack in the swan river in a hundred years. the royal navy is conducting an investigation after sailors on a warship needed hospital treatment for drinking contaminated water. hms portland returned to portsmouth after the incident, which is thought to have been caused when a crew member put the wrong chemical into the s

in order to consider an improved pay offerfrom the welsh government.erstands that a one—off pay deal as well as an improved consolidated pay rise has been put forward. about a quarter of the ambulance service in wales, including paramedics, koroma staff and ambulance technicians are represented by the gmb union. bill gates, the billionaire co—founder of microsoft, says he'd rather pay for vaccines than travel to mars — which he doesn't think is a good use of money. bill gates has donated tens of billions of pounds to global health causes, including fighting malaria and tackling climate change. he's been talking to the bbc�*s amol rajan. i decided that the death of children, when i read that diarrhoea was killing 500,000 children and that the vaccine to stop those deaths was being given to the rich kids but not to the poor kids, i said, "wow, now i know the area of inequity most of my money will go on." well, and you can watch that interview in full tonight: that's amol rajan interviews: bill gates at 7.30pm on bbc two. it will also be on iplayer and as

health unions are in talks with the scottish and welsh governments over new pay offers, but there's nosom college — a private school in surrey — has been found dead along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter in their home in the school grounds. 45—year—old emma pattison — who became the first woman to lead the prestigious school last september — was found with her husband george, and their daughter lettie in the early hours of yesterday morning. police say they are confident there was "no third—party involvement". here's our special correspondent, lucy manning. the school that she led, where she inspired, has police cars, detectives, and a major crime investigation. emma pattison was the first female head of award—winning epsom college in surrey. she was an example of female leadership — a woman at the top of her career. but yesterday morning, her body and that of her seven—year—old daughter, lettie, and her husband were found. i am absolutely loving my time here so far. in an interview with pupils just two months ago, emma pattison spoke about how much she was enjoying her new

this is significant because a few weeks ago the gmb almost had a deal with the welsh government, theyerage for workers, with a bonus of 1.5%. but when that was put to gmb workers, around 66% of them rejected it. which is why you are seeing people on the pickets behind me. what do you do if you need an ambulance today? we are told the most urgent calls will still be answered, as soon as they possibly can. things like cardiac arrests, time critical care. there is less urgent calls, things like falls or burns, they might take a little bit longer to get to today. it is important because this is the first of three days of strike action. unite are also walking out in wales tomorrow and on wednesday. we are expecting significant disruption in the days to come and the hope is that something will change soon. qm. that something will change soon. 0k, lu , thank that something will change soon. 0k, lucy. thank you _ that something will change soon. 0k, lucy, thank you very much. to keep up to date with strikes in your area, you can visit the bbc news website to see where walk—outs are planned —

, welsh government about , to the welsh government about wasting because wasting taxpayers money because think of the wastage today michelle, all those departments being renamed , think of all the being renamed, think of all the headache paper, the business cards that have to be i mean, if i had the stationery concession for whitehall, i'd now be a multi millionaire because they change their names every eight months. the thing is, the months. but the thing is, the i think people would struggle think most people would struggle to the cabinet anyway. so to name the cabinet anyway. so you could perhaps even just do away with all the business cards. to change that cards. seems to change that frequently. looking into frequently. i was looking into the language do the cornish language today. do you many fluent you know how many fluent speakers cornish there are in speakers of cornish there are in this do not now. but this country? i do not now. but it i do now. kernow i'm going to guess 10,000 and tune out how many ? i'm going to go higher. many? i'm going to go higher. 50,000. well, unless my

the welsh government were waiting for the uk government to ban pavement parking, but have now decidedy copley from the sustainable transport charity sustrans. good morning to you. i suspect you would welcome this sort of change in the law. we will come to the legal implications injust the law. we will come to the legal implications in just a second, the law. we will come to the legal implications injust a second, but this is something you would welcome? absolutely. at sustrans, we have just published a report where we talked directly with disabled people across the uk, and we found when we followed up what disabled people told us, when we surveyed even greater numbers of disabled people, what we found was that a staggering 73% of disabled people said that parking on the pavement really does stop them getting out and about. find stop them getting out and about. and a lot of people will be surprised that it a lot of people will be surprised thatitis a lot of people will be surprised that it is not actually illegal to park on the pavement right now, and so therefore people may not conside