another day of strikes more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern makes a surprise announcement saying she ll stand down in less than three weeks time. a day of national strikes begins in france over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. king charles asks for millions of pounds in profits from the crown estate to be used for the wider public good rather than for the royal family. the government has released details of projects which will benefit from its levelling up fund, which is intended to spread economic growth more widely across the uk. in all, £2.1 billion will be spent on regeneration projects. they span more than a hundred areas across the country. some of the biggest winners include a new eden project at morecambe bay which gets £50 million. there s 50 million pounds for
and triangle of sadness s dolly dillion. this is really, really bad. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. some wintry scenes in the north of england, there was some disruption at manchester airport, some of the travel problems too but over the next few days the snow will ease and gradually, it will be a gradual process, things are set to turn milder. we had this stream of snow showers affecting northern ireland, south west scotland, north west england, wales, parts of the midlands, this morning and now we have this area of sleet and snow that s pushing southwards across scotland, some of that getting into north east england as we go through the afternoon but the broad theme is for the wintry showers to become fewer and further between. many others seeing crisp blue skies and sunshine overhead. temperatures 3 7, for most not quite as windy as yesterday but it does stay blustery through northern scotland and parts of north east england where w
train operating companies make their best and final offer to the rmt union in a bid to break the deadlocked dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. another ambulance strike this time, in wales as nurses in england also stage more industrial action. and it s 4am in melbourne and andy murray is still playing tennis there. he s into a fit set beside her at the australian open. fifth set decider. hello. the actor alec baldwin will be prosecuted over the 2021 rust movie shooting, which resulted in the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins. baldwin and the film s armourer hannah gutierrez reed will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. in a statement, district attorney mary carmack altwies said. his attorney because it a terrible miscarriage ofjustice and says he and his team will fight the charges. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, gave us more details about the charges, which were released in a statement by the new mexico district attorney s off
tomorrow. this little ridge of high pressure quietening things down, there will be light winds, lots of sparkly winter sunshine to look out for. that s will put a smile on our faces with a bit of luck. you might need an extra layer first thing in the morning and the northerly breeze might drive in a few showers on exposed eastern coast, some dense fog in northern ireland as well, but elsewhere dry, settled, sunny, not particularly warm. temperatures generally at around 3 6, particularly warm. temperatures generally at around 3 6 , may be milder in the west, you have probably heard milder air is heading our way but it will be a slow process for some of us this weekend. it starts to push in across northern ireland and up into scotland with that southerly wind. here we will see a lot of cloud but it never really gets into the far south east corner through the weekend. on saturday, showery outbreaks of rain through scotland and northern ireland but england and wales will start of