continues in the eastern town of soledar, despite russia s claims to have captured it. aston villa push leeds closer to trouble. it took them just three minutes to breach the yorkshire side s defence in the win. that could mean leeds are in the relegation zone by this evening. plus, there is risk of some more flooding around today after a fairly wet night. this morning, it will ease the many, looking a bit lighter into the afternoon but tomorrow, set the tone colder stop all the details here on first. all the details here on first. all the details here on first. all the details here on breakfast. it s saturday 1a january. our top story. some single use plastics will be banned in england from october. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls as part of a new plan by the government to tackle plastic pollution. sean dilley reports. quick, convenient and no washing up from october, the government says it plans to ban re
time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. perhaps not so inspiring today. we got snow weather changes today. some big contrasts from place to place. for many of us, quite cloudy, some rain in scotland this morning, it will ease i think as we go on through the day. we have also seen some sunshine coming through the clouds. a lovely picture here from hampshire. the satellite picture shows the extent of today s cloud. a few breaks coming and going across the south. the midlands and east anglia. clearskies the south. the midlands and east anglia. clear skies to the north west as well but in between, a lot of cloud today and rain showing up lot of cloud today and rain showing up on the radar picture. most of it is falling along this cold front and will continue to put eastwards over the next few hours and, as it does so, we will get something brighter coming in from the west and scotland and into northern ireland as well so becoming drier and brighter and cooler. some w
a mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her 15 year old son in huddersfield in west yorkshire in a campaign of torture that lasted weeks. the european union launches fresh legal action against the uk for failing to comply with the post brexit northern ireland protocol. and later in the hour, will the millions of people who loved the book enjoy the film of where the crawdads sing? find out what mark kermode thinks of it, and the rest of the week s main releases, on the film review at 5.45. good afternoon. a critical incident has been declared at the port of dover, with holiday makers and lorry drivers facing queues of several miles to the ferry terminal. bosses at the port have blamed what they ve called woefully inadequate staffing at french border controls. this weekend marks the start of the school summer holidays in most of england and wales, and the rac estimates that nearly 19 million leisure trips will be made between now and monday. our correspon
to the outside world. scientists are t in: to to the outside world. scientists are trying to identify to the outside world. scientists are trying to identify why to the outside world. scientists are trying to identify why thousands i to the outside world. scientists are trying to identify why thousands of| trying to identify why thousands of fish have died in a river between poland and germany. the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in europe have been found in a back garden in portugal. good afternoon. the chancellor nadhim zahawi has said the country is in a national economic emergency which could last for two years, leaving even middle income earners in need of support. his comments come as another minister defended the deferral of an announcement on further government help with energy bills until a new prime minister is in place. yesterday, the regulator ofgem announced an 80% rise in the energy price cap from october, taking the average a