Breakfast on gb news. Now ive got a friend whos got Rheumatoid Arthritis like that andifs Rheumatoid Arthritis like that and its particularly affected by the weather. And sometimes she everythings painful when its cold she just sees the. Yeah, yeah. And just doing ordinary things with your hands particularly becomes really, really painful and its Awareness Week so well be talking about that through the programme if you if you suffer from it , how do you programme if you if you suffer from it, how do you manage and in what sort of way, what sort of help is available . Yeah. And also how do you get going in the mornings . Because my auntie celia has a and she has a, she works in a lace factory for all of her life. So she really depended on her hands, but used to have to hands, but she used to have to warm them up the morning, warm them up in the morning, blast them with water or massage. Its. Yes. And yet its still painful. Think must painful. Yeah. I think it must be horrible. Minutes t
Sebastians directing. Mark is producing. Its going to be a corker. Two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. It is friday. Lets have some fun, shall we . And plenty of debate along the way. Lots to get through. You wont want to miss a second. First, headline polly first, the headline with Polly Middlehurst. Middlehurst. Mark, thank you. Good evening. Will the top story tonight from the gb news is that the former nurse, lucy letby, has filed a bid to challenge her conviction at the court of appeal. The 33 year conviction at the court of appeal. The 33 year old was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at the countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016, the most prolific child serial killer in modern british history was sentenced to a whole life order at Manchester Crown court last month. Well, also the news today, unions have vowed to fight the government, as they say, tooth and nail. After a half billion pound Government Inves
Of followers. The New York Times was barred from publishing any more classified and Steven Spielbergs new film on nixon and the press, and why the director sees echoes of donald trump. Anybody that offends, you know, there is a label that is immediately attached to them which is called, well that cant be true because theyre all fake news. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, slam dunks and celtics the bright lights of the nba hits london again this evening. Good evening. Dozens of senior doctors who run accident and Emergency Departments in england and wales have written a stark letter to the Prime Minister warning that patients are dying prematurely in hospital corridors and conditions are at times intolerable. They say thousands of patients are left in the back of ambulances waiting to get into a e. And very high rates of flu recently mean that some hospitals are running out of beds. Today, theres fresh evidence of the pressure a e units are under. More than 300,000 patients waite
Weinstein. A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt. We speak to one young woman about the risks of easy credit. Ijust i just used to ijust used to ignore the letters. I would rip them up as soon as i got them and the letters kept coming and them and the letters kept coming and the phone calls and i knew i was way in over my head. And from one storm to another. Its exactly 30 years since the uk was battered by the great storm of 1987. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news england are on the up but they wont be one of the top seeds at the world cup good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. One person has died in ireland as a result of storm ophelia. Gusts of over 100mph are reported off the coast of ireland. Troops have been deployed to coastal areas in the republic in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. More than 20,000 homes and businesses are without power in the irish republic. An amber warning for Norther
Also this morning attempting to break the brexit stalemate, theresa may heads to brussels for surprise talks with eu leaders. New kid on the block, Sebastian Kurz is on course to win austrias election. At 31 hed be the worlds Youngest National leader. Good morning. Are young people in too much debt . A third of them are worried about repayments, and the regulator says its an issue. Ill be looking at what can be done a little later. In sport, a last minute penalty from wayne rooney saves everton from another defeat, but is it enough to save mangaer Ronald Koemans job . Good morning. First, our main story. All schools in Northern Ireland will be closed today in preparation for storm ophelia, which is expected to hit the uk with strong and potentially dangerous winds in excess of 80mph. Ophelia is already beginning to make its presence ophelia is already beginning to make its presence known in the republic of ireland, where schools will also be kept shut after a red warning was issued acr