Good morning and im curling in perth this morning on the ice where most of the british team train. They will today try to sweep their way into the gold medal match at the Winter Olympics, as eve muirhead and her team take on against sweden in the semifinals. And nick has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start this morning. High pressure in control, plenty of dry weather for the weekend, increasing sunshine and blue sky but if you think it is called yet, do have not seen anything yet wait until next week yourfull seen anything yet wait until next week your full forecast is coming up. Good morning. First, our main story for every five prescriptions handed out in england, an error is made, and the governments warned these mistakes could be linked to hundreds and potentially thousands of deaths a year. The health and social care secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the findings as appalling. He cites the case of a 92 year old woman whose vital medication was stopped afte
All the sport with hugh. Well, its disappointment for team gb as eve muirhead and her team mates miss out on a place in the gold medal match, but they will be back tomorrow to fight for a second straight bronze medal. We will have more of that later in the hour. And alina has all the weather. Some chance of significance now later in the week. Stephen fry has taken to twitter to reveal he has been battling Prostate Cancer. He underwent surgery last month and says, for the moment, he is fit, well, and happy. This was an aggressive little thing, so this was an aggressive little thing, so what next . You have to recover and that is what i have been doing, if you have been wondering why i have been out of the public eye. I am sure you havent i have been keeping my head down as much as possible. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Theres a warning that vulnerable young women are being abused across the uk and that the extent of the crimes isnt yet recognised. A serious c
Its taken days of wrangling, but the Un Security Council has finally tonight voted unanimously for an immediate 30 day ceasefire across syria. Its hoped the truce will allow medical help to reach areas that have seen intense bombing, with hundreds of civilians, including children, killed by Government Air strikes. Rebel held Eastern Ghouta is the worst affected zone, and its been impossible for aid convoys to get in to help. The vote had been delayed repeatedly. But the haggling meant that it avoided a veto from russia, an ally of the syrian government. This is how it finally got through, about two hours ago. Translation the results of the vote are as follows. The draft received 15 votes. The draft is hence adopted unanimously. As solution a01 for the year 2018. As resolution. So, that was the moment this ceasefire was approved. To some, it was unexpected. But its been broadly welcomed by all sides. Earlier, i spoke to panos moumtzis, the un Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the sy
Scotland are facing england at murrayfield. Wales lost to ireland earlier. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The United Nations Security Council is voting about now on a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in syria. The vote was due to be held yesterday, but was delayed by disagreements over the wording. The Syrian Government is continuing its bombardment of the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta, near the capital, damascus. Activists say about 500 civilians have been killed in the last week. Richard galpins report contains distressing images. The relentless bombing which began a week ago has shattered whole neighbourhoods in Eastern Ghouta. And shattered the lives of hundreds of people, many of them children. Besides those who have been injured, at least 120 children have been killed since last sunday, according to human rights activists. The number of casualties are overwhelming hospitals, some of which themselves have been targeted in the air raids. And despite all
And members of the campaign. That is why this is very significant. He has been called in on charges unrelated to the main investigation because so much pressure has been applied to him he is in his mid 40s, he has a young family, he does not want to spend years and years injail he is in a position to co operate and might be in a position to further incriminate the campaign chair, paul manafort, fought who has so far protested his innocence. So far, it seems the special counsel is reeling people the. Lift security quncil has in syria, until saturday. The resolution would have allowed aid to reach Eastern Ghouta. Opposition activists say hundreds have now died in aerial attacks. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports. This is what happened in Eastern Ghouta as diplomacy stuttered. The enclave was pounded. 400,000 or so people spend most of the day underground. Above them, russian jets, with their syrian allies, were in action. As the russians demanded guarantees that rebel fighter