you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties. and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. mega chippy. and the once humble chip shop in coventry, that s now at tiktok sensation. there are calls today to give more children in england free school meals to help tackle the cost of living crisis. teaching unions say all children from families on universal credit should be eligible forfree meals as part of an urgent expansion of the scheme. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ao year high. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. more children than ever are coming through the doors. at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we ve only got a small room, we are going to be busy. at this free half term
we are looking at an unsettled day weather today. we are looking at an unsettled day weathertoday. it we are looking at an unsettled day weather today. it is a day of sunshine and showers and if i shower you the radar picture you can see just how extensive the showers have been recently. nationwide. with so many showers around even the hay bails out in the countryside have decided to don their waterproofs. for the west of the afternoon the showers are going to turn heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. some of the wettest will tend to be across north england close to this area, the winds will converge ebony heavy downpours from northumberland down to yorkshire and lincolnshire as well. a few big storms as well across the south east of england but showers should tend to become less frequent for wales and south west england. becoming a bit dry here with some sunshine. be on the day with some sunshine. be on the day with a band of rain pushing across northern ireland. overnight, that area
british warship hms northumberland has been at sea for four months monitoring undeclared submarine activity and protecting the uk s nuclear deterrent. the bbc was granted exclusive access to the ship last month during its heightened state of readiness as russian troops were invading ukraine. the bbc s religion reporter, clairejones, followed the chaplain onboard to understand how the crew were connecting to their faith while at sea. the north seem. cold and unforgiving. and the home of warship hms northumberland. this is chaplain louisa pitman. she has come to meet us and take us back to the ship. her role is to look after the welfare of the 190 members of the ship s company. this ship has been at sea