football league. hello i m maryam moshiri. we start with a story that is a big deal in the uk. a breakthrough in the long running health service strike. more than a million national health service staff in england will get a 5 percent pay rise after health unions here backed the deal. looking to and action. ambulance workers, nurses and physios will also get a one off sum of at least £1,655. the pay deal was signed off at a meeting between the government and 1a health unions representing all nhs staff apart from doctors and dentists. ministers said it was time to bring the strikes to an end. ina in a moment we will speak to the general secretary of the rcn, pat: but first here is steve barclay who says who was pleased with the offer. this is a good day for nhs staff who will benefit from this pay rise and extra over £5,000 for a band six nurse or paramedic or midwife. so it s a good day for nhs staff, but it s also a good day for patients. it will allow us to move forward.
the latest. hello. leeds are set to sack managerjavi gracia. they are in talks to bring in former england boss sam allardyce. director of football victor orta has also left the club. leeds are only the above the drop zone on goal difference. alla rdyce allardyce worked with the leeds chief executive at west ham and would become the fourth manager this season. gracia wonjust three of his 12 games in charge. they have four games to go this season. arsenal can go back to the top of the premier league later with a win over london rivals chelsea. the blues have lost five out of five, under interim boss frank lampard, and arsenal will hope that extends to six. but arteta says the club must be pleased with qualifying for the top four and having a chance at the title at this stage in the season. because we have achieved what was difficult to achieve, and we can still achieve the premier league, because there are five games to go, and lots of things will happen. we have to forget what
particularly treacherous conditions here. this is the radar picture showing us where the snow is falling. furthersouth showing us where the snow is falling. further south across much of england this is falling as rain and they could be some heavy and possibly thundery downpours clearing away later on this afternoon. of most concern is where we are seeing the falling snow, this weather front is stalling, some very strong winds too particularly over pennine routes where we could see blizzards and drifting snow. a wide range of temperatures today, 12 or 13 celsius in devon and cornwall later this afternoon with that much milder air towards the south. a weather system is going nowhere overnight tonight, particularly for central parts of the uk where the snow totals start to stack up even further, strong gusty winds on the edge of this as low as well, coastal gales towards the far south west, the channel islands potentially and we may see -15 islands potentially and we may see 15
this is rowan bridge in mold in north wales, where an amber weather warning for significant ice and snow could bring disruption through today. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least nine people have been killed in ukraine as the country has again come under sustained russian missile attack. there s been severe damage to parts of its energy infrastructure as well as residential areas. the mayor of kyiv says 40% of the capital s residents are without heating. shelling overnight in southern ukraine has damaged the only functioning power line used for electricity to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is occupied by russia. the ukrainian military said more than 80 mostly missiles were fired at areas, including these shown here. just under half are said to have been intercepted by air defences. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is what a cruise missile can do. a residential part of lviv in the far west of ukraine. homes turned to rubble, str
live from london. this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes all the main uk stories together with the latest breaking developments internationally. a breakthrough in the long running health service strike. more than a million nhs staff in england are to get a 5% pay rise after health unions backed the government deal. the suffering of afghanistan s children bbc goes into the hospital where the young die from preventable diseases. and the man often called the godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job at google and has been telling the bbc why he did it. the hollywood ending. wrexham fans prepare to celebrate their team winning the national league. and returning to the english