Doctors strike, more caesareans & UK's sunniest year on record
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
Sky News
4.0 • 224 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Resident doctors in England are walking out for 5 days in the middle of flu season as their union says there's been no credible offer to end a "job crisis" and "real-terms pay cuts".
The first funeral for one of the victims of Bondi has been held.
UK could be rejoining the EU's Erasmus student exchange scheme.
Plus, 2025 has been the sunniest year on record in the UK.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | At just four weeks old, Molly was rushed into Evelyn London Children's Hospital. |
| 0:05.0 | She had a rare virus and sepsis. |
| 0:08.0 | Using cutting-edge equipment, combined with their expertise, |
| 0:11.0 | Everlina London's teams were able to save Molly's life. |
| 0:15.0 | Evelyn London provides life-saving care for children. |
| 0:19.0 | Now they're opening a specialist centre to help children with cancer too. |
| 0:23.3 | But they need your help to make it happen. |
| 0:25.9 | Donate today. |
| 0:27.2 | Search Evelyna London Children's Charity. |
| 0:32.5 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:41.5 | It's Wednesday the 17th of December. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Safie Ridge. |
| 0:42.7 | We did that again. |
| 0:43.4 | I was looking down. |
| 0:47.7 | I was trying to remember what my name was, just checking the script. |
| 0:49.2 | Wolf, you're going to be a nightmare now. Big line, I'm Wilfred Frost. |
| 0:51.2 | Yeah, you got it. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm doing practice. |
| 0:53.4 | This is your cheat sheet. |
| 0:54.8 | I just had to check. |
| 0:56.4 | It's Wednesday the 17th of December. |
| 0:58.7 | I'm Sophie Rich. |
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