of scotland, temperatures in stornoway are 10 degrees into the morning. away from that, single figures, a fresh start into the weekend. when you re out in the sun first thing it will feel cool but tomorrow, england and wales, sunny and warm, 23 degrees against in north east england and yorkshire. showers will push into england and wales for sunday. the full forecast in half an hour. the switch to home working could be contributing to a shortage of foster carers, as more people use their spare rooms as offices. that s according to a fostering agency, which says the rising cost of living is also putting off potential carers. emma glasbey has been looking into this. the weekly food shop is a lot bigger here than it used to be. i ve never bought so many of these before. patrick and sebastian are foster carers in north yorkshire.
ending up in care. the pressure now is on local councils to find enough foster carers to meet that growing demand. emma glasbey, bbc news. sarah thomas is the head of the fostering network. good morning. good morning. it sounds like good morning. good morning. it sounds like there good morning. good morning. it sounds like there are good morning. good morning. it sounds like there are lots - good morning. good morning. it sounds like there are lots of - sounds like there are lots of factors involved when it comes to why there is a shortage of foster carers. how concerned are you by the shortage? taste carers. how concerned are you by the shortate? . ., carers. how concerned are you by the shortate? . . ., , carers. how concerned are you by the shortate? . ., , , shortage? we have always been concerned. shortage? we have always been concerned, as shortage? we have always been concerned, as a shortage? we have always been concerned, as a charity - shortage? we have always bee
emma glasbey, bbc news. 50 years ago today on a street corner in new york, a phone call was made that changed modern life across the planet the first ever call from a mobile phone. our technology editor zoe kleinman has been talking to the man who made that historic call, back in 1973. mobile phones we love them. the un estimates three quarters of the world s population owns a mobile phone, and there are more mobiles than people in the united kingdom, according to the industry s trade body. this man helped make it all happen. marty cooper was an engineer at motorola. on the 3rd of april, 1973, on a street corner in new york, he made the world s first public mobile phone call. i was on sixth avenue demonstrating this cell phone. i took out my phone book that gives you an idea