as inflation continues to leave us worse off, we speak with the businesses struggling with rising costs and recruitment. how andy s conjured some of that old murray magic in his opening match of the australian open. good morning. once again it is a cold and frosty start. the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but for many it will be dry with winter sunshine. however, there is snow in the forecast. i will tell you where later. people say, television in the morning? that s disgusting. a disgusting idea! what is happening in this country? people even used the word immoral. but we re still here a0 years later! we re celebrating a special birthday on the programme this morning, good morning. it s tuesday, the 17th january. the metropolitan police force is investigating a thousand allegations of abuse involving around 800 of its officers. it comes after pc david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes the worst ever case of a serving police officer. met
todayis on the best chance of seeing that today is in the north of scotland. in scotland we started the day in some places below minus seven celsius, the coldest night so far but with clear skies we have four patches but the best of the sunshine. in the south are a small plant, tied in with a star named by the french weather service, storm frederico, it has dealt us a glancing blow, blustery winds in the channel islands and a lot of cloud around. this next band of rain pushing from northern ireland into west wales, feeling quite chilly. this evening and overnight this band of rain sweeps east, could be the odd heavy thundery shower, some showers following. if this skies remain clear in the north of scotland we could see for patches and like last night temperatures could drop below freezing but it s a chilly night wherever you are. into tomorrow, a window of mostly fine weather, couple of residual frontal systems but this ridge of high pressure building for a time so yes we se
Over what officials see as unfair attacks on president trump. The new administration has taken issue with the number of people who attended the inauguration on friday. President trump claims at least a Million People turned out, but aerial photographs appear to tell a different story. With more heres our North America editorjon sopel. The weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at Donald Trumps inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. But last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary White House Briefing to be told they were lying. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. This kind of dishonesty in the media, the challenging, the bringing of our nation together, is making i
Also in the next hour abuse by home carers. There have been more than 20,000 allegations made against Home Care Workers over the last three years, according to data obtained by the bbc. Prison officers in england and wales are to withdraw from riot duty in a dispute over pay and pensions. And private Rocket Company spacex has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the moon. It is the final day of the inquest into the deaths of the british citizens who died in sousse when a gunman carried out a massacre at the hotel where they were staying. The coroner at the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists in tunisia has begun delivering his conclusions. The families had been asking for neglect by the Holiday Company to be considered. The coroner has said that he can and can do that because he said that would have meant a gross cannot do that because it would be a gross failure by the company. But he had very severe criticism for the Tunisian Police. An arms pat
we are into the last week of summer meteorological speaking and unfortunately drugs as if we are going to stay unsettled. it will not be a wash out but keep an eye on for scattered showers over the next few days. they have the potential to be heavy with centre and lightning. low pressure towards the north west at the minute. it has been bringing rain to some parts of scotland through today. elsewhere largely dry with a few showers and still warm for the south east of england. temperatures reaching 26 degrees. 0ver temperatures reaching 26 degrees. over the next few days, those temperatures in the south east are going to fall back closer to what they should be for the time of year. this evening and overnight, wet weather for western and central areas of scotland. maybe showers in northern ireland but largely dry elsewhere. a lot of clear skies tonight. last night temperatures of staying in the low teens. tonight,