lot of the big names have got on their privatejets. lot of the big names have got on their private jets. lot of the big names have got on their private jets. their private ets. thank you, adam fleminu. a leading scientist advising the government on its response to the coronavirus pandemic has stepped down from his role. in a statement, sirjeremy farrar said he resigned from sage at the end of last month to focus on his work as the director of a medical charity. but he also warned that the covid rates in the uk were concerning , saying the situation was a long way from over . a new recruitment campaign to fill more than 100,000 vacancies in the social care sector has been launched in england. it comes as providers warn of an increasing staffing crisis fuelled by compulsory covid vaccinations for workers, and rising wages in other areas of the economy. we need an enormous investment, the monies that have been released thus far are just the tip of the iceberg. we need to really get to
hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. coming up on breakfast this morning. why madagascar is on the brink of the world s first climate induced famine . we ve a special report from the island nation at 7.30. a milestone match for middlesbrough manager, neilwarnock. we ll get his reaction to breaking the record for most games in charge of an english professional football team. and we ll get the lowdown on season two of medical drama temple, from star daniel mays, who joins us just before eight. there were more than 9,500 people in uk hospitals with covid yesterday, the highest number since early march. let s check in with one of our frontline gps to find out
progress across northern england into the ward is the midlands. more cloud across england today than yesterday, still cloud across scotland with sunny breaks. risk winds down the north sea coastline. northern ireland and north west scotland, brighter, but still showers in wales and the south west. a few were in central areas, and some of the showers making their way into the wash and east anglia. i mention to the brisk winds down the north sea coastline particularly, so if you are exposed to this if you are out for a walk later, it will feel cold. generally it is not as windy as it was yesterday. temperatures eight to 12 or 13 degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we start off with showers but they will fade, anywhere north of wales on the mountain, they are likely to be wintry in nature. risk winds gusting down the north sea coastline and
covid boosters. also if you have been sent in and invitation and you can get a flu jab, lots of pharmacies are giving out flu jabs, lots can go to their local pharmacy. once you have had your information, go and get it done. go and get it done. always good to chat, thank go and get it done. always good to chat. thank you go and get it done. always good to chat, thank you very go and get it done. always good to chat, thank you very much. - later on we ll be speaking to the deputy chief medical officerfor england, professorjonathan van tam, and putting your questions to him in a special programme with radio 5live. he will remember for many of his press conferences, he has a way of communicating which people don t and he loves a metaphor
said, to her parents, there is someone who wants to speak to you. that was the moment they knew for sure that their daughter who had been missing for 18 days was to be reunited with them. we will have more on that story at 7am. let s go to carol for the weather. a cold start particularly in southern parts of the country, temperatures just below freezing. also some mist and fog around with visibility in parts of the midlands and the south east as low as 100 metres and for some, even more below that. today it will be chilly with sunshine and showers. risk winds down the north sea coastline and a lot of the showers are blowing in on the wind on the coastline but some of them will make progress in nine through the day. some of them have been thundering through the day, and you can see how they are draped around the coast, and a few making