But even small reductions in the calories we consume can make a big impact across the whole population. Experts say this is a simple, cheap measure that could make a real difference to the obesity crisis. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Here is darren bett. The weather looks and feels very different today. At long last, the winds have dropped, and for many eastern parts we had pleasant sunshine after what was a cold start. We are starting to see more showers pushing their way through the english channel, affecting southern coastal counties of england, but at least its a change from yesterday. That band of cloud brought us rain yesterday, and this band will bring wetter weather tomorrow. Today, in between the two in colder air, with some sunshine and showers. They will continue in scotla nd and showers. They will continue in scotland and Northern Ireland, some wintry weather over the hills of scotland, and showers pushing east into england and wales, so more sh
Hurricane. Id had a shot at one of the bombers, and i was overtaking the squadron, so i turned to come back and have another go when i was hit. Maurice landed in these essex fields. His hands and legs were badly burned, and he endured months of treatment in hospital. The pain comes later. Oh, yes. Burns are rather uncomfortable. Hmm. Maurice mounsdon never flew again, but he did serve until the end of the war. Now, just three of his fellow Pilots Remain all of them over 100. But the courage shown in that long and costly summer will outlive all of them. Tributes to maurice mounsdon, one of the few, whos died aged 101. 0ne one of the heroes of the battle of britain. Thats it. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im chetan pathak. Banned for four years from all major sporting events russia is punished by the world anti doping agency. Arsenalfight back at the london stadium for their first win in ten matches. And fighting
To sell their home again, and you have no idea what it costs. The metropolitan police is to pay the former mp Harvey Proctor £900,000 in compensation and legal costs he was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. A manuscript written by elizabeth i is discovered a translation of a book praising the monarchy, complete with her distinctive messy handwriting. Unai emery is sacked as arsenal manager after 18 months in charge. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The energy firm npower is set to cut up to 4,500 jobs in the uk as it plans to restructure to make itself more profitable. Unions have called the move a cruel blow for workers. The company, which is german owned, described the uk market as particularly challenging. Npower has a uk workforce of around 5,700 staff. They announced plans injanuary to cut 900 jobs. Npowers owners, e. 0n said that profit for the first nine months of its Financial Year fell 27 to two billion pounds. Lets get more from our B
Cloud and rain. Behind it, quite a few showers, nine or 10 degrees but windy. Further south, some sunshine but quite chilly and it could be that fog lingering across the far south east. On thursday we see substantial change. A more vigorous area of low pressure will arrive to bring a windy day for all but very windy across parts of scotland with gales in the north and west and persistent and heavy rain for western scotland where we could see some localised flooding. Further south, some sunshine, its going to be milder. Temperatures io south, some sunshine, its going to be milder. Temperatures 10 ii degrees. It looks like it will turn u nsettled degrees. It looks like it will turn unsettled as well to thursday night and into friday with that rain sniffing there slipping south eastwards. Maybe not quite as windy but what you will notice on fridays how mild it will be, particularly for england and. Fridays thats a pretty wet across northern and western areas, sunshine will appear, a few s
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