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The first of February will go down as the biggest day of industrial action in a decade, as half-a-million workers strike in bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.

Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards are all involved in the disputes. The government's is continuing to push through its controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by business correspondent Paul Kelso, to look at the economic impact of the action, and political correspondent Ali Fortescue, who explores the pressure it's putting on the government.

Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott
Assistant podcast producer: Charlie Bell
Digital promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editors: Paul Stanworth and Philly Beaumont

Tyre Nichols was brutally assaulted by five police officers during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. He died from his injuries three days later on 10 January, with the beating having striking similarities with the 1991 Rodney King assault in Los Angeles. The family of Tyre Nichols have been invited to meet US president Joe Biden.

On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson talks to history professor Brenda Stevenson about the systematic problems with police and the wider justice system in America, and our US correspondent James Matthews about another example of brutality towards a black man.


Warning: Sound from the police bodycam footage is used during the first eight minutes of the podcast. There's discussion of violence throughout.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont

After facing weeks of scrutiny, Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi was sacked on Sunday, following an ethics inquiry into the handling of his tax affairs that found he made a "serious breach" of the ministerial code.

On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson and our deputy political editor Sam Coates analyse the fallout of Zahawi’s exit from the cabinet, and what it means for prime minister Rishi Sunak.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Paul Stanworth

Returning from assignment, Seva speaks with comrades in the eastern city of Bakhmut who are in desperate need of more advanced weaponry but happy to be alive.

In Kyiv, Ilyas turns his birthday into a military fundraising exercise.

And as Ukraine pleads to the West for more heavy weapons, the story of displacement continues as Oksana supports the arrival of more refugees into Kyiv.

OUR DIARISTS
Seva, 41, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the war, he travelled across Europe for business. Now, he makes regular supply drops of medical aid and rations to Ukrainian troops on the front line in Eastern Ukraine. He’s originally from a small village near Dnipro.

Oksana, 35, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv. Many of Oksana’s closest friends have left the country to begin new lives in Europe. Some may never return. She’s continues to try and make a life there.

Ilyas is an IT specialist and married father who fled from Kyiv to Lviv shortly after the war started. His wife Natalia, and two young sons are taking refuge in Poland. As of January 2023, Ilyas is back living in the family apartment in Kyiv.

Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.

EP64 diary entries were recorded using WhatsApp voice note.

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Charging for GP appointments and A&E visits is "crucial" to the survival of the NHS, according to former health secretary Sajid Javid. But is asking patients to pay for GP appointments the answer to long waiting lists.


On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson hears from GPs at one surgery in Cheshire about their thoughts on paid-for appointments, and Sky’s health correspondent discusses the future of the NHS, 75 years after it was founded.

Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott & Annie Joyce
Editor: Philly Beaumont

The NHS is in crisis. Ambulance response times are the worst on record and most departments are struggling to cope with a surge in demand this winter. That includes most people's first port of call when they're feeling unwell, the GP surgery.

On this episode of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson spends the day on the frontline at a GP practice in Cheshire. There he meets staff and patients to uncover the pressures the practice faces during a time when the healthcare system is on its knees.

Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott
Digital podcast producer: David Chipakupaku & Emma-rae Woodhouse
Editor: Philly Beaumont