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Tonight at 10.30, a second strike by junior doctors in England as time

Not safe, not fair, Jeremy Hunt doesn't care.

There's still no sign of an end to the argument over pay and working

hours as doctors consider their next move in this long-running dispute.

We are coming out to say that tired doctors do not make good doctors.

We are seriously concerned about this new contract.

Nearly 3,000 non-emergency procedures were cancelled today

as Ministers claimed they were still ready to negotiate.

I think what we are proposing is going to mean that the vast

majority of doctors don't see their pay cut -

in fact many of them will see their pay go up -

but it will mean we can offer better care for patients.

But the NHS employers say time is running out,

hinting that a new contract could be imposed within days.

Scotland Yard orders a review of its procedures after criticism

of the way it's handled allegations of historical child sexual abuse.

Rebel Syrian forces near Aleppo say they've been abandoned by western

countries, including Britain and the USA.

42 years after the Birmingham pub bombings, the victims' families call

Tonight on BBC London: An emotional appeal is made by the family

of a businessman shot dead by masked men.

And the London tour that swaps Buckingham Palace for homes

of the super rich owned by offshore companies.

Time is running out to agree a deal with junior doctors in England,

according to the man who's leading the talks

Danny Mortimer was speaking as junior doctors took a second day

of strike action in their long-running dispute over the terms

Some 3,000 non-emergency operations and treatments were cancelled today.

There's now mounting speculation that ministers will impose

the new contract if a deal isn't reached within days,

as our health editor Hugh Pym reports.

They came to protest at Westminster and they mounted pickets

and demonstrations at hospitals around England.

I think if we're working longer hours we're tired and we're not

getting the support and training that we need, then I don't how

Junior doctors walked out of routine and non-emergency care

in their dispute with the Government over pay and working hours.

We will stand firm for the sake of our patients and for the sake

of future generations of doctors of the NHS in this country.

A pensioners group joined junior doctors demonstrating

here at Milton Keynes University Hospital.

Patients and visitors were divided in their view on the merits

This isn't doctors shouldn't do that.

One visitor showed her sympathies by delivering food to the pickets.

It's the middle of the day and the Outpatient Department

here in Milton Keynes is usually pretty busy, but not today

because of the strike, though the hospital says it's

cancelled fewer outpatient appointments than it did on the last

strike day in January and it's the same story for

Where was he, the Health Secretary was making his case

that the Government had moved a long way to meet doctors' concerns

There's just the one issue about pay rates for Saturdays and what we're

offering is something that is better for doctors who work regularly

on a Saturday and for nurses working in the same hospital

and for the ambulance driver who takes a patient to the hospital

and for the healthcare assistants in that hospital.

It's a fair deal and we should be working together to do

So what happens next in this dispute?

Well, the Government's made pretty clear that if negotiations don't get

anywhere it will impose a new junior doctors contract and that point

seems to have got a lot closer given that talks have stalled again.

One senior NHS leader said it was legitimate for the Government

to consider imposing a contract, though at this hospital the boss

acknowledged it wasn't clear how it might work.

We don't know what imposition looks like.

What I do know is that we've got some brilliant relationships

with our junior doctors here and I have no doubt

that we will work through things here at Milton Keynes.

As doctors took to social media, it emerged the Government made

what it billed as a final offer late yesterday,

it was rejected by the BMA today, leaving imposition of the contract

NHS officials in England have told Ministers that detailed plans need

to be made now if a new contract for junior doctors is to be brought

But right now there's no sign of agreement,

and the prospect of imposing the new contract is growing more

With more detail on that and the issues at the heart

of the dispute, here's Christian Fraser.

Let's remind ourselves of the contract

that is currently on the table and consider for a second

So, we know the Government has offered this 11% rise in basic pay

in return for a cut in the hours that currently qualify

The key issue for the Government is that by the end of this process

Saturdays are considered a normal working day for the NHS.

The extra pay for unsociable hours would only start from 5.00pm

Sundays will still attract the higher premium.

Instead they want to retain the extra pay

for a cut in the basic salary - so instead of that 11%,

And that's because some junior doctors are complaining that under

the Government's offer their pay is going to fall.

They might also say - and they do - that it is about safe working hours.

The question is, does Jeremy Hunt impose it?

In the past 24 hours, the Government have sent what it

calls its last significant last offer, and in turn the BMA has

come back with its counter proposal, neither of which appear acceptable.

As for the NHS employers, well, they've had enough.

This issue can't go on forever. The NHS needs some certainty in terms of

how it moves forward. What Jeremy Hunt is not going to do

is accept any offer that makes Saturdays special, because that

would complicate negotiations with other groups in the NHS,

like the consultants, The hospitals need to prepare

for the next intake of junior doctors, who start work in August,

and the job rotations that follow. The employers say a deal must be

found my mid February. So what options are left open

to junior doctors if Mr Hunt does There's not much opportunity

to negotiate with Government. It's not like you can strong

arm them into saying, I won't work for you if you don't

increase my pay, but I suppose if enough junior doctors say,

I am not going to work on this pay, then the Government may find itself

having to increase pay rates And doctors will know there is an

the doctors, don't they. And doctors will know there is an

alternative. Health is an issue devolved to the nations.

alternative. Health is an issue have no plans to adopt the

Government's contract. What's more, they spy an opportunity.

In terms of training is running at the moment

In terms of training you diversity of training.

It is a possibility that without the right deal,

England could see a brain drain - with some of their brightest

doctors, heading across the borders - for more lucrative contracts.

The final decision hasn't been rubber starched but it

The final decision hasn't been likely it will happen in the next

couple of days, perhaps as early as tomorrow. The Government's chief

negotiator was clear tomorrow. The Government's chief

that went in last night was tomorrow. The Government's chief

final and best offer. He put that in black and white. The BMA have

rejected that. One of the things that has so riled doctors throughout

this, that they that has so riled doctors throughout

the Government has always said, if you don't like it, in the end we

might force you to take it. It looks as if that is going to happen. If

that happens, not withstanding the emotion and anger we've seen over

the last few months, would that be the end of the matter? I think even

after four years it wouldn't be the end of the matter. This has got very

bitter on both sides. Both sides frankly have got very dug in. One of

the interesting things about it is there are good political reasons why

in the end Governments have tended not necessarily to back down to the

BMA but certainly to give more ground to them. This time on this

particular issue, with the feeling that it was in the Government's

manifesto that they won on, and in the general election, they believe

that it is probably this time worth toughing it out. But that strategy

carries a very high risk. The relationship between the medical

profession, important, well respected, popular with many members

of the public, and did Government if it hasn't already happened is on the

verge of breaking down. An imposition of the contracts, which

the Government can do, they can rewrite them if they want but it

wouldn't necessarily spell the end of industrial action. I think the

Government is on the verge of taking this credential mover. Laura, thank

you. The Commissioner of

the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe,

has asked a former High Court judge to review its procedures

after persistent criticism of the way it's handled allegations

of historical child sexual abuse Those individuals included

the former Home Secretary, Lord Brittan, and the former Chief

of the Defence Staff, Lord Bramall. Our home affairs correspondent

Tom Symonds has more details. The most serious allegations

possible have been made against men The Met said it would examine them

without fear or favour, but no-one's been arrested and no

charges are being considered. And now Scotland Yard appears to be

admitting it can learn some lessons from the way this sort

of case is handled. Surely it's right that someone

should look at that and try and produce some balance and perhaps

give some guidance about how police officers and others approach these

difficult and historic allegations where the evidence sometimes

is lost, where people's It's so easy to make allegations,

but then how do we prove them? I think we all need

to look at that seriously. The Henriques Review will examine

past sexual allegations involving public figures, examining police

procedures rather than evidence. Findings and recommendations will be

published, but not sensitive A key question is whether the Met

went too far when one alleged victim, known by the pseudonym

"Nick" came forward describing abuse by powerful people,

including Lord Bramall, one of Britain's most

senior soldiers. If it hadn't been so serious I felt

like roaring with laughter. I don't see how a level-headed

policeman could have believed one Nick's claim that former

Conservative MP Harvey Proctor killed a child is being investigated

by a dedicated murder squad. It is based here in Sutton,

South London, but with no bodies and uncertainty about who might have

died, the Met has faced bitter criticism that it has been too

willing to believe Nick's allegations and too heavy-handed

in investigating them. When those allegations come forward

it needs to be assessed if they have any basis to them at all, and,

if they have, investigated quickly and a decision made quickly

and those people not left in the public domain,

hung out to dry and not The Met Commissioner,

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Shortly he'll face the family

of the late Lord Brittan to discuss the handling of a rape

case against him. Today he has effectively asked

a judge to decide if what his force In America the Republican,

Donald Trump, and the Democrat, Bernie Sanders, have moved a step

closer to winning their parties' nominations for the presidential

election in November. They were both defeated in Iowa last

week, but New Hampshire delivered Our North America editor,

Jon Sopel, reports from At 8.00pm last night,

the news of unusual seismic activity in what they call,

The Granite State. Heralding a political

earthquake and two landslides, one on the left,

the other on the right. At Trump headquarters,

the news that their man had won I wanted to congratulate

the other candidates, OK! You know, it's always

tough and then tomorrow And then it was on to his

favourite riff - winning. We are going to start winning again

and we're going to win so much, We are going to make

America so great again, # You say you want

a revolution...# . Donald Trump is leaving the stage

to the tune of Revolution What he's done, he has

turned hype into reality. He's turned large rallies

into votes at polling stations and who would bet now against him

going all the way and winning Record numbers queued to reach

polling stations to vote People expressing unhappiness

with their economic prospects, Washington politics,

America's place in the world. And this lunchtime, at one

of Manchester's most famous diners, We are routinely, in my own opinion,

pushed around and humiliated by much We don't have any of those

core values that we did, The other politician to tap

brilliantly into this disenchantment is the self-described

democratic socialist, He was to be found playing

basketball with his grandkids just On stage, he was taking a shot

at more familiar targets. Given the enormous crisis

facing our country, it is just too late for the same old,

same old establishment politics Hillary Clinton put on a brave

face last night, it's There's a long way to go and,

in a drawn out battle with Sanders, she's still the favourite,

but a few months ago she'd been Some 50,000 people have fled

the fighting in northern Syria, according to the Red Cross,

who say there's an urgent need for deliveries of food,

water and medicine. They're fleeing the fighting

in the countryside around Aleppo where Syrian government forces,

backed by Russian air strikes, Only a few towns

remain in rebel hands. A senior rebel commander

inside Aleppo has been telling BBC that his fighters felt abandoned

by countries such as Britain and the United States

as our correspondent, In broad sweeps and bold

strokes above Syria, Russian aircraft are redrawing

the landscape below. This is Tarafat, one of the last few

remaining rebel towns, it's not expecting to

hold out much longer. It's impossible to get there,

but in secret we were taken to a location in Turkey to speak

remotely to the western-backed rebels at the heart

of the battle for Aleppo. TRANSLATION: We feel

that we were sold to the Russians The regime says it will take

Aleppo city, it will take If that happens,

is your rebellion over? TRANSLATION: The rebellion won't be

over, but some 15 million Syrians will flee to Europe and different

countries all over the world. The resistance against the regime

will continue as long as the olive Yesterday, he stood with his men

on the front-line, but they are outgunned

and losing ground daily. They were trained in and equipped

by America, but they say the West TRANSLATION: The West is so scared

of the IS ghost they have chosen Bashar Assad, but we would

like to tell the West that there is a moderate

opposition that can give more. If the West trusts Iran and Russia,

then they should choose Bashar The rebels say they can't protect

the people any longer. A mother in Tarafat searches

a hospital, room by room, Quentin Sommerville,

BBC News, Gaziantep. In a week's time, European leaders

will be preparing for a vital summit on the future of the EU

when David Cameron will be hoping to finalise his new deal

on British membership. That deal will then be put

to voters in a referendum, To get a sense of what some

undecided voters will be weighing up in the weeks ahead, the pollsters,

Britain Thinks, have helped the BBC to assemble a jury

of undecided voters. Our home editor, Mark Easton,

went to meet them in Lichfield in Across its long and troubled

history, Lichfield Cathedral has often borne witness to a nation's

divisions and its search Thank you all for coming

to Lichfield Cathedral, a building dripping

with the artefacts of Britain and Empire, and we want

you to think about Britain's Fist of all, come up with one word

that comes to mind when I say - None of our jury has made

up their mind how they'll vote in the EU referendum,

many said they didn't yet know Using clips from news reports,

we asked first about identity, whether EU membership dilutes

or enhances Britain's way of life? We can be part of the EU,

but also keep your own identity, and we've managed to do it

for so many years as it is. I think we've already submerged

a little bit already. Our British identity has been

diluted, but I think quite postively because it makes us more open

to greater integration. I still maintain a certain degree

of my cultural roots whilst living in the UK and feeling

part of Europe. Our jury was also asked to consider

the financial impact All I've read is it costs something

like ?39 million per day to be in the EU, but we're not informed

of what benefits we're getting I just feel quite ignorant

to it all, you know, as to what we're informed

and what we're told. Those figures are staggering, aren't

they? When you think about it,

?39 million, where does We are forgetting some of the major

issues that are lying It benefits us because, obviously,

if we come out of Europe we're going to have to pay

more to deal with them. So cost of stuff is

going to have to go up. If we do pull out of the EU,

there'll be a lot of bad feelings like it would raise

the prices for us. Not for us as like the general

public, where the businesses are and where the trading's done

and the deals that are made. Our final discussion focused

on whether the benefits of membership outweighed the loss

of control in terms of British law I think it's quite a positive thing

that I could work anywhere and a lot of my friends work in other

European countries. I think it's really good that we've

got that passport to go all around. The problem is that you are you're

getting people coming over or Poland or other countries

in the EU, very poor countries, they can come straight here,

not necessarily having a job and they can get

benefits straightaway. They've got free

healthcare straightaway. There are people that

have come from Poland, who are doing jobs -

without being rude to British people - that the younger people

in our generation just won't do. We're only small and there's only

so many that we can take before it, sort of, drains our resources

to the point where we are one of the countries that

will be struggling. I'm just wondering whether it is

just safe to pull up that drawbridge now, otherwise we will be completely

sucked up and dried up and Great Britain

won't exist any more. You can't live in splendid

isolation, I just don't I know it's been hard,

but we are going to make you choose, as you will have to in

the referendum when it comes. In our case, we're going to ask

you a simple question - A narrow 9/7 victory for staying in,

but our divided jury were in total agreement on one thing -

they all wanted to learn more and think more before

referendum day. Police in Germany, who have been

searching the wreckage of two commuter trains which collided

head-on in Bavaria yesterday, say all the passengers

are now accounted for. 10 people were killed in the crash

and many others injured. Reports in the German media tonight

suggest the investigation is focusing on human error

in relation to signalling. Nestle has ended its partnership

with the world governing body of athletics, the Iaaf,

with immediate effect. The company said it feared

that the doping and corruption surrounding the sport

would affect its own reputation. Last month, Adidas ended

its sponsorship deal with the Iaaf. The world's financial markets

are still gripped by uncertainty, especially about the state

of the banking sector. The Chief Executive of Credit Suisse

has insisted his bank is "stronger than ever" amid fears that Europe's

biggest lenders are vulnerable. The Head of the US Central Bank

has acknowledged fears Let's join our correspondent,

Michelle Fleury, in New York. Michelle. Huw, her testimony comes

at an important time, not since the 2008 financial crisis have people

been so worried about the health of the big banks, as you mentioned, in

particular the European ones. Now, not only did we see a selloff of

banking stocks in the last week, investors have raised their bets

that some won't be able to repay some of their riskier debts in the

event of a global economic recession. Also, if we continue to

see oil prices fall. Then, the question remains - what does all of

this mean for America's central bank whose job in essence is to

anticipate what the US economy is going to look like? Well, she was

sounding more cautious compared to her last appearance in December.

That was when the Federal Reserve raised interest rates from record

low levels. Since then the picture in the US economy has changed a lot.

Indeed, around the world. She said that financial turmoil would

potentially hurt growth in the world's largest economy, but, at the

same time, there was a glimmer of optimism shechl said it was too soon

to assess the damage. America continued to add jobs and for now

the Fed would stay the course and consider its options for raising

rates later this year. Michelle thank you very much for the latest

there in New York. Michelle Fleury, our correspondent.

the victims' families say there is a "compelling" reason

The original inquest was adjourned when six men were jailed

Their convictions were quashed in 1991.

A lawyer for the families said today that there were suspicions police

officers had lied during the original investigation,

They are the families who've campaigned for 41 years for answers,

sisters and brothers of some of the 21 who were killed,

making the case now for the inquests into their deaths to be resumed.

On the 21st November 1974, two bombs exploded in the heart

of Birmingham City centre, in two pubs full mostly

A terrible atrocity that killed the innocent and injured

18-year-old Maxine Hambleton was one of those who died,

And I ran upstairs and I jumped on the bed and I gave her a hug

I said, "see you Friday, Mackie," and that's the last time

Six men were convicted of the murders in 1975 and served 16

years in prison before this - the moment they walked

Their convictions overturned in what became known

as the miscarriage of justice of the Birmingham Six.

Paddy Hill was one of those wrongly convicted.

Today, he too is still looking for answers.

We never get justice, but the one thing we can get

is the thing we deserve the most, and this's the truth.

After hearing legal argument, the coroner will now consider

whether the inquests can be held, four decades on.

Representing the victims' families, Ashley Underwood QC told her many

questions remain, including what West Midlands Police knew

He said they may have been tipped off by an IRA informant.

Who carried out the Birmingham pub bombings remains unanswered

West Midlands Police told the court their investigation

Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Birmingham. has no legal power to resume

The owners of Liverpool football club have reversed the planned

increases in ticket prices for next season.

Thousands of fans walked out of Anfield before the end

of the game against Sunderland on Saturday.

Liverpool's American owners say they'll now freeze the highest price

for general admission tickets at ?59 and have apologised,

For 1,000 years the most significant documents of state,

including the Domesday Book and Magna Carta and thousands

of Acts of Parliament have been recorded on vellum, or calf-skin.

But the ancient tradition is coming to an end,

partly to save money, a decision which some members

For more than 500 years every law in the land has been stored here,

in the Parliamentary Archives, statutes recorded for prosperity,

not on paper, but on vellum, a long lasting parchment made out

of animal skin, but that tradition will come to an end in April.

For the House of Lords has decided that every new Act of Parliament

that's going to be kept here should be printed not on vellum,

which is expensive, but on special archival paper which is cheaper,

and not everybody's happy about that.

It's always a pity to give up things that you've done forever

unless there's a really good reason to do it and I'm not sure the cost

argument against the other costs in this place really stack up.

Making vellum takes time, money and years of training,

expertise some fear will be lost if this, the last firm that makes

the stuff, suffers by losing so much of its business.

We have these weird things that happen because they've been passed

down through the generations and it seems very strange to me that we're

breaking that link with our heritage.

But the House of Lords says that paper, like this,

has been used for some of its records for hundreds of years

already and of course everything these days

This is the House of Lords being responsible with taxpayers' money.

There is a saving of ?80,000 and the materials that are used

for modern-day printing are so much better.

So parchment that has kept the Domesday Book and Magna Carta

safe for centuries will no longer do for Acts of Parliament.

James Landale, BBC News, Westminster.

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