out today. lots of flood warnings in force, 57 for england, 2a wales and a couple in scotland. poor conditions out and about this afternoon. this brought heavy rain but if i zoom out into the atlantic we are looking at the next weather system developing just to the east of the united states. that s bringing heavy rain back into our shores for friday night so we are not done with the flooding story just yet even though through the afternoon actually for england and wales brighter weather will be moving on. we are looking at a zone of very strong winds through this afternoon affecting northern ireland, through the west of england and wales and with gusts of 50 60 miles an hourfor the most part that s strong enough to bring down tree branches and perhaps one or two trees, the winds could cause disruption this afternoon. it s miles. temperature is 13 degrees in london, that s 6 degrees above average forjanuary. overnight average for january. overnight united average forjanuary. o
from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. in the us, where a fresh batch of classified documents relating tojoe biden s time as vice president have been discovered at an unsecured location. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office in the uk and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrai
will hold up above freezing. we are looking at around three to 7 degrees. we start off tomorrow morning with a northerly wind driving showers into the north coast of scotland, this band of rain moving into north west england, but on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drierand on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drier and brighter with more sunshine coming through. may be fresher but the sunshine will compensate seven to 11 degrees. but there is more wet weather to come and in areas where we don t need it, we have already seen localised flooding across south wales and south west england. that will move gradually northwards for the start of the weekend, but that frontal system eases away to a trail of showers following on behind. saturday will be a wet start, cooler but showery for sunday. but showery for sunday. louise, thank yom but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that is but showery for sunday. louis
and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who s died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england, ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. were the worst on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average, the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency, 35% waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls ever, record waits in a&e, new figures today show in blunt terms the pressure the nhs is under. martin started feeling chest pains in his home in east sussex in november. his family rang three times for an ambulance. we kept thinking, the ambulance will pull up any minute, it is going to ar
thank you for supporting ukraine, this victory is for every ukrainian, slava ukraini! and ukraine wins the eurovision song contest they take an overwhelming share of the public vote to push the uk into second place. hello and welcome to bbc news. a 18 year old white american man has been charged with first degree murder after allegedly killing ten people in what appears to have been a racially motivated hate crime in the us city of buffalo, new york. most of the victims were african american. police say the gunman, payton gendron, was wearing body armour which protected him when he exchanged fire with the store s security officer. he livestreamed the killings with a video camera, before surrendering to police. nada tawfik reports. a busy grocery store in a predominantly black community. this was the shooter s intended target. the horror started immediately in the parking lot as the gunman emerged from his car, heavily armed and wearing tactical gear he shot four people, k