ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379
i am here in dorset where the school of your 150 million year old sea monster is going on public display. new tax rules mean leading online platforms will have to hand over details of people who make money from so called side hustles on top of their regular income. i ll explain who s affected and how. in sport, ready, set, and taking aim 16 year old luke littler becomes the youngest ever player to reach the semi finals of the world darts championship, and has his sights set on a spot in the final later. and we have a drier week this week. for the time being today we could see more disruptive rain and strong winds across the country. good morning. it s tuesday, the 2nd of january. routine school inspections won t take place for the next couple of weeks, while more training is given to 0fsted assessors to protect the wellbeing of school staff in england. in his first interview, sir martyn 0liver told the bbc that the organisation could also be far more empathetic, following t
i m going to do it for him. he deserves that. i m not going to abandon him. that report was from abi smitton. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised. help is available from bbc action line just visit bbc.co.uk/actionline from today, working parents in england can apply for more help with their childcare costs. at the moment government support is only available for children over three, but from april eligible two year olds will receive 15 hours of free childcare a week during term time. but some daycare providers are worried they won t have the resources to cope with the increased demand. here s our education reporter, vanessa clarke. sisters jill and lyndsey know all too well how expensive childcare can be. but in just a few months, their bills will go down for their youngest children.
was hit by a car while trying to help a stranger. hassanjhangur who s 23 has been remanded in custody. working parents in england can apply for more help with childcare costs from today. eligible two year olds will receive 15 hours of free childcare a week during term time, from april. but some daycare providers say they won t have the resources to manage the increased demand. last year was provisionally the second warmest year in the uk since records began in 1884 according to the met office. the national weather service said the provisional mean temperature of 9.97 degress celsius was just behind the figure recorded in 2022 the warmest year on record. scientists say climate change is to blame. those are some of the stories we ve been looking at here in the uk. you re live with bbc news. now to ukraine.