concerns about safety. paramedics and support staff are taking further action in their dispute over pay and conditions. they say the current situation is not sustainable. we don t meet minimum levels now on a day to day basis. i cannot stress enough how difficult it is for us to be able to deliver that care to patients. here at westminster, the government not was planning ahead. it wants to change the law to force unions to offer emergency cover during strikes. labour say that is insulting to workers. we ll have the latest on the series of disputes in different public sectors and the likelihood of resolution any time soon. also tonight. 2022 was a year of climate extremes, weather experts say. europe and the polar regions were hardest hit by global warming. the latest on the fighting in eastern ukraine, where the mining town of soledar is reported to be under russian control. and the popularity of gaming helps boost the uk s home entertainment industry to record levels. and s
tomorrow. this little ridge of high pressure quietening things down, there will be light winds, lots of sparkly winter sunshine to look out for. that s will put a smile on our faces with a bit of luck. you might need an extra layer first thing in the morning and the northerly breeze might drive in a few showers on exposed eastern coast, some dense fog in northern ireland as well, but elsewhere dry, settled, sunny, not particularly warm. temperatures generally at around 3 6, particularly warm. temperatures generally at around 3 6 , may be milder in the west, you have probably heard milder air is heading our way but it will be a slow process for some of us this weekend. it starts to push in across northern ireland and up into scotland with that southerly wind. here we will see a lot of cloud but it never really gets into the far south east corner through the weekend. on saturday, showery outbreaks of rain through scotland and northern ireland but england and wales will start of
hello. you have been a superstar and are being quiet. i have? no, thank you. and he is a most gracious interviewee. dan johnson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here s tomasz schafernaker. i m sure he would have no problem doing i m sure he would have no problem doing the i m sure he would have no problem doing the weather. quite a quirky weather doing the weather. quite a quirky weather pattern across our neck of the woods weather pattern across our neck of the woods. we weather pattern across our neck of the woode weather pattern across our neck of the woods. ~ . , ., the woods. we have the temperature and the clouds. the woods. we have the temperature and the clouds. the the woods. we have the temperature and the clouds. the south-westerly l and the clouds. the south westerly wind to the north west of the uk has meant it has been very mild. it was 11 degrees in the north of scotland but with colder air streaming out of the continent in parts of east a
lift off! at newquay in cornwall, the children of the bishops learning academy are having a lesson in rocket science. among this class could be the engineers of the future uk space industry. they re taking a special interest in rockets because a launch is about to happen just down the road from them. i m just excited because we might actually get the chance to see it over newquay, and there s going to be like probably lots of people there watching it. i am very excited about it, even though it s very late, i m going to beg my mum to watch it because i m really excited about it. and this is the rocket arriving in cornwall in october 2022. it will attempt to deliver satellites into orbit. if it succeeds, it will be the first time this has been done from british soil marking the start of a push to make the uk space flight central. for the maiden mission, newquay airport has been transformed
elon musk s company, spacex, is now dominating the launch market, with their reusable rockets, they ve massively cut the price of sending satellites into space. so is there a place for the uk? this company, skyrora, is banking on it. their new factory is based just outside of glasgow, and they re building rockets from scratch. this is a prototype rocket. and as you can see, it s almost complete. and its launch will test the design, the manufacture and the technology to see if it works. if it does, the team will go bigger. over here are some of the components that will sit inside the larger rocket. it s called skyora xl, and these spheres are actually fuel tanks that will help it get into orbit.