down. what do you think? i like that since the line was put down. what do you think? i think it does look likely down. what do you think? i think it does look likely that down. what do you think? i think it does look likely that this down. what do you think? i think it does look likely that this is - does look likely that this is sabotage, and the leaks are coming as russian sabotage, and the leaks are coming as russian gas supplies have dwindled as part of put in s efforts to shut dwindled as part of put in s efforts to shut down support for ukraine. i mean to shut down support for ukraine. i mean rush to shut down support for ukraine. i mean rush up has slashed gas deliveries mean rush up has slashed gas deliveries to europe in recent months deliveries to europe in recent months since it invaded ukraine, and it isjust months since it invaded ukraine, and it isjust to months since it invaded ukraine, and it is just to look like months since it invaded ukra
how about that? desert island discs last and now found. louise is here with the weather. it looks likely we will see cloud around today but a beautiful sunset this evening in east yorkshire. sunshine certainly at a premium as we go into tomorrow because of the amount of cloud spilling in as we speak. sun down to the south west but it is this cloud which will bring the heaviest of the overnight rain across north west scotland and northern ireland. it weakens as it pushes its way south and east and further south of that, it is a drab affair, a lot of low cloud, drizzly and murky, perhaps persistent rain pushing into the far south west. but at least that cloud keeps temperatures up so a mild start to friday morning but a murky one, there could be fog around and it stays overcast and drizzly for much of the day with much of that rain sitting and hanging around across the south coast. there will be sunshine, north wales, northern england. eventually that frontal system from scotla
asi as i said earlier this week people know i take classified documents seriously. russians fighting in ukraine claimed they have found the body of one of two british aid workers who ve been reported missing. bumper christmas sales for some of britain s biggest retailers despite the cost of living crisis. and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who 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. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. (ani 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 eve
calls to stop punishing addicts if it is to end its reputation as the drugs capital of europe. president biden has tested positive for covid. the white house says the symptoms are mild. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. and no ordinary telescope for the first time scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars good evening. now that the conservative leadership contest has been whittled down to two candidates rishi sunak and liz truss, the focus is shifting to what each of them stands for. it s early days but the battleground appears to be economic policy. mr sunak was chancellor for nearly two and a half years but ms truss sa
catastrophic consequences, perhaps even trigger a recession. just when they thought it couldn t get any worse, this hotel is still recovering from covid shutdowns. now its energy bills are soaring and if gas supplies aren t secured, germany could how face rationing. translation: if we don t get gas any more, we can t cook. the kitchen closes. we won t be able to heat, either. i don t believe it will come to that but we have to act now. it would be the death of hospitality. germany s hoping to import liquefied natural gas to boost reserves. it doesn t have enough to get through the cold months. it could be bad, there could be - shortages if we don t prepare enough and that said we have to import gas from other sources as well, - we have to diversify - the import even further. we have to fill the storages as high as possible, - we need to get the gas demand down and also to increase renewables more. vladimir putin has forced germany s climate conscious government back to co