yesterday, starting off with some frost and ice, snow showers in parts of scotland and northern ireland, rain clearing the far south and more snow coming into the south pushing north tonight into tomorrow. it s wednesday the 7th of february. proposals to improve access to nhs dentists in england are being announced by the government today. the plans include offering top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients as well as bonuses to work in under served areas. but health leaders say the measures don t go far enough. here s our health editor, hugh pym. a long queue outside a new dental practice in bristol. local people simply wanting to register as nhs patients. the opening following a public campaign after the previous site closed. the story was covered on bbc breakfast yesterday. the images illustrate the growing sense of frustration at the lack of nhs treatment in areas of the country which have been branded dental deserts. a new government and nhs plan for engla
us, really. that rain is across many areas. quite heavy for scotland and northern ireland at the moment and it will spread across england and wales and willjust be sitting across the far south east and east anglia first thing tomorrow morning. by the post office to pay the stolen money back. they tell us they received little or zero support from the post office following the traumatic events and were told they were liable for the loss of money. i v e i ve worked for the post office, on behalf of the post office, for 43 years and i ve never had any sympathy for anything at all. and we ll talk to a subpostmaster who was the victim of an armed robbery twice. also tonight, the chairman of the conservative supporting spectator magazine, andrew neil, is here. in an exclusive interview he s going to urge the government to block a takeover bid of his title and of the daily telegraph by a uae us joint venture. he ll be explaining why. nick sits down with the shadow home secretary yvet
funerals are being held for the 2a soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war began in gaza. there has been intense fighting around khan younis, israel says it has surrounded the southern gaza city. could i hostage deal close, though? reports that israel has proposed a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with himars. the us and uk carry out joint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. hamas. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. time for a look at the business news now with lu kwesa burak. it afternoon, lukwesa. could afternoon. good afternoon. we start here in the uk with the government s finances because the amount it had to borrow last month was far less than expected. that has raised hopes the chancellor, jeremy hunt, may have extra room to cut taxes when he announces his spring budget in march. a lot of it is down to lo
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w