good morning, wet and windy start to the day, the good news is the worst of the rain will blow through, come the afternoon the weather will brighten up with spells of sunshine but they will be lots of blustery showers today, particularly across western areas. i will have the full forecast for you later on. it s saturday, 7th january. our top story: the prime minister will hold emergency talks at downing street today to try to tackle the huge challenges facing the nhs. and senior doctors say the health service is on a knife edge, with many a&e units struggling to cope with record demand. our health correspondent jim reed reports. the nhs is under record pressure this winter, where the queues of ambulances delayed out hospitals, rising waiting lists, and more front line strikes planned in the coming weeks. sue front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks. front-line strikes planned in the cominu weeks. ,, , , , ., , coming weeks
let s take a look at the key features of this deal. it calls on all countries to transition away from the use of fossil fuels. but some governments feel this wording isn t strong enough. there is a recognition that global emissions will likely peak before 2025 and that for developing nations this may be later. but elsewhere, language appears to have been weakened, with the text reiterating rather than requesting developed countries give support to vulnerable nations facing climate change. sultan ahmed al jaber went on to praise the deal as an historic package . applause many said this could not be done. but when i spoke to you at the very start of this cop, i promised a different sort of cop, a cop that brought everyone together. private and public sectors, civilsociety, ngos, faith leaders, youth, and indigenous peoples. everyone came together from day one. everyone united, everyone acted, and everyone delivered. we operationalised loss and damage and started to fill
is going to begin difference to. and in particular is going to begin difference to. and in particular keir starmer today targeting undecided voters, but in going for the middle ground to try and appeal to them, does he risk upsetting labour s base, those who may have backsjeremy corbyn in the last election? it s always tricky in british politics. westminster elections are first past the post and that means both main parties have to be pretty broad churches. the only way to win an election is to attract swing voters, so labour, their task is to win back voters who voted conservative in 2019. actually looking at the local elections, that s exactly what they are doing. they are building up seats. they are making the most gains in terms of number of votes, not seats, sorry, and areas in italy to where they are competitive with conservatives. now it is true that in local elections, they also lost votes in some areas, particularly in areas with a high percentage of muslim voters w
Justin trudeau, is in washington today for his first Summit Meeting with President Trump. And adele triumphs with five awards at the grammys, then pays tribute to rival beyonce, who had been tipped to win the best album. My artist of my life is beyonce and this album for the lemonade album, was just so monumental. Beyonce, so monumental. Its five oclock. Our main story is the governments response to the latest evidence of failings in the Prison System in england and wales. The Justice Secretary, liz truss, in her first major speech today on sentencing has said there can be no quick fix to reduce the Prison Population. She spoke as her officials launched an urgent investigation into evidence of Security Failings at the privately run northumberland prison, filmed by an undercover reporter from the bbcs panorama programme. He secretly recorded widespread drug abuse and major security lapses. Our special correspondent ed thomas has more details. Undercover in one of our biggestjails. For t