in the same boat. a day of sunshine and heavy showers with thunderstorms. at least one benefit of the strong wind is that the showers don t last in any one place for any length of time, really. we got more of the showers to come as we head into thursday. again, some will turn heavy with hail and thunder. still fairly windy as well. temperatures still on the mild side with south westerly winds dragging mild air from the south. a0 with south westerly winds dragging mild airfrom the south. a0 or 50 celsius also. into thursday night, we might see some more general rain pushing into eastern england. it stays very unsettled in the west with further showers. there is not a great deal changing with the weather pattern through friday on the weekend. loads more showers on the way with colder air in northern scotland. some of the showers will start to turn wintry. thanks, chris. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark which isjust getting underway o
asi as i said earlier this week people know i take classified documents seriously. russians fighting in ukraine claimed they have found the body of one of two british aid workers who ve been reported missing. bumper christmas sales for some of britain s biggest retailers despite the cost of living crisis. and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england: ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. (ani the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average; the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency 35 % waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls eve
of kherson, which has been occupied by moscow since the early days of the invasion. it comes as ukrainian forces launch a long awaited counter offensive in the south of the country. now on bbc news, the travel show. each day, before the sun rises in northern chile s atacama desert, people venture up and up. across bumpy terrain to where the altitude is high enough to make you light headed. the air is thin and even in summer, the temperatures are near freezing. so, these are one of the main draws for tourists coming here to the atacama desert. an incredible place, it is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere. and here in the andes mountains, at over 4,000 metres, it s the highest in the world. but what i find especially incredible is that we re in the atacama desert i m sure you ve heard of it the driest place on earth. but i m notjust in chile sightseeing. i ve come because bubbling up in this country has been an appetite for change. sirens wail. 30 years on
tear gassed pitch invaders. football is by far the number one sport in this country and everybody loves it in this country so it s very difficult to see just like they have to get to the bottom of what happened and make sure it s safe, people had to come home from football. king charles will now not be at next month s climate change conference in egypt following reports that prime minister liz truss advised him not to attend. brazilians are voting in the first round of an election which has seen a bitter campaign between past and present presidents. and kenya s amos kipruto and ethiopia s yalemzerf yehualaw win their maiden london marathon titles with breakaway victories in the elite men s and women s races. liz truss has admitted she could have laid the ground better before the government announced tax cuts which caused turmoil in financial markets. the prime minister has defended the measures at the start of the conservative party conference in birmingham, but she faced
as the party reels from a bruising week and falling poll numbers. king charles will now not be at next month s climate change conference in egypt following reports that prime minister liz truss advised him not to attend. one of the world s worst stadium disasters. at least 125 people have died in a stampede at an indonesian football match after police tear gassed pitch invaders. football is by far the number one sport in this country and everybody loves it in this country so it s very difficult to see a future without it. theyjust have to get to the bottom of what happened, it should be safe, and people have to come home from football. brazilians are voting in the first round of an election which has seen a bitter campaign between past and present presidents. and kenya s amos kipruto and ethiopia s yalemzerf yehualaw win their maiden london marathon titles with breakaway victories in the elite men s and women s races there were more than 41,000 registered runners. as th