First, our main story. Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night amid concerns that so called mad friday, the most popular day for works christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol fuelled incidents. Michael cowan reports. It is one of the busiest nights of the year for our Emergency Services, so much so that londons Ambulance Service are bringing in an extra 30 crews. Were going to be incredibly busy this weekend, and we will take lots of 999 calls to patients that have suffered the effects of alcohol. That puts a massive strain on our system. It means that we will divert ambulance resources away from patients, perhaps an elderly patient on the floor with a broken hip or a baby with a broken arm, in order to attend those patients that present as immediately life threatened. The pubs are packed and the pints are poured, bu
Putting your regime in grave danger. Two of the Big Six Energy companies are looking to merge. Im taking a look at what that will mean for their millions of customers. In sport andy murray targets a return to competitive tennis next year. The former world number one has been out of action with a hip injury, but faced Roger Federer in a Charity Match in glasgow last night. Carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold start to the day, there is quite a bit of frost around, some patchy mist and fog but for most it will be dry and sunny. However, in the south east there is more cloud, some rain and drizzle, and we have got some wet and windy weather coming in from the north west. I will have more details on that 15 minutes. In 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story downing street is examining new information about the International Development secretarys unauthorised contacts with senior Israeli Government officials. Priti patel apologised for meeting israeli Prime Minister B
Walk even once a month. Good morning. Is the growth of car finance deals healthy for the motor industry . We built a lot more vehicles in july that last year, but there are Big Questions about whats fuelling the demand. Ill be taking a look. In sport, Conor Mcgregor and Floyd Mayweather declare a truce ahead of the big fight on saturday. And carol has the weather. Rain over the Northern Isles for most of the day, but for most of the uk, some showers. Especially in the south. Feeling fresher than of late. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. More than half a million teenagers in england, wales and Northern Ireland will get their gcse results this morning. There are some major changes for students in england coming into place for the first time. More difficult exams in english and maths will be graded using a numerical system, going from nine at the top to one at the bottom. Other subjects will continue to be graded from a star to g. Exams in wales have als
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