this is bbc news. the headlines nhs leaders say more people will fall ill unless there s action on rising energy costs they say households will be forced to choose between eating meals and heating their homes. when people cannot stay warm, we note that there more likely to pick up note that there more likely to pick up infections, we know that their long term conditions like heart disease, diabetes are likely to get worse. in a phone conservation with president macron vladimir putin agrees on need to send inspectors to the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine amid fears over its safety because it s on the front line. generation rent: a growing number of young people are paying unaffordable rent more than 30 per cent
muscle weakness. as a baby, edward became floppy, he couldn t move his legs. doctors feared that one day he might lose the ability to breathe. and then along came the most expensive drug in the world zolgensma. it costs £1.8 million, although the nhs got a discount and approved it for use last may. this is edward being given zolgensma via a drip last august. the one off treatment lasted an hour. in that time, his life was transformed. his muscle tone is a lot stronger. he s almost feeling like a child that doesn t have sma. he can roll, he can hold his head. i mean, honestly, it s endless, what he can do, compared to what he was doing before treatment. it s incredible. # if you see a crocodile.# the earlier a baby is given the drug, the better ideally before the symptoms start. it wasn t clear whether edward
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this is bbc news. the headlines nhs hospital staff covid related absences in england are up by more than 40% in the space of a week according to the latest figures. meanwhile the armed forces have sent personnel into hospitals across london and the north west to help with staff shortages. the australian government deny claims they re holding tennis star novak djokovic captive, after he failed to meet vaccine entry requirements: they say he can leave whenever he wants. dementia cases are expected to almost triple across the world by 2050. experts say it s down to ageing and growing populations. the president of kazakhstan addresses the nation after days of unrest saying protesters who don t give themselves up will be destroyed and thanks the russian president for sending troops. labour says the prime minister
the north west of england will need help from army personnel as well, but there are big variations across the country. the headline figures that we get are not representative as averages, they cannot be, of the best and the worst? absolutely not, we are seeing real chefs both in infections and in their consequences. london which led their consequences. london which led the omicron wave is starting to flatten. that is what the infections are saying. in the staff absence that we are seeing that pattern as well. in london in the week to the 2nd ofjanuary, staff absences well. in london in the week to the 2nd of january, staff absences from the nhs for people who are isolating or were sick due to covid, that was flat, but if you want to do north west and north east of yorkshire that number almost went up by about 75% in that week and we are seeing big rises in where the omicron wave is taking off and it s