and drizzle around. as we go through the day, the winds will start to strengthen and we see rain pushing into northern ireland in western scotland. a mild day, 9 12 c. windy across western areas tomorrow evening, gusts of 40 15 mph, may be 70 mph gusts across north west scotland. a weather warning for that. the blustery and wet weather will sink south east into the first part of wednesday. it will try to clear but you can see another pulse of rain pushing in from the south west, and with that, the winds will once again strengthen. that takes us into wednesday night. this will be our stormy spell of weather. a very deep area of low pressure. gales are likely. that will cause some disruption. the wind is only slowly easing towards the end of the week. sophie. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. still significant gaps between men and women s prize money in some sports including football, but a bbc study finds the majority now offer parity at the top level. a decade
To have been injured. A former speaker of the House Of Lords tells the bbc that many peers contribute absolutely nothing to parliament. Good morning. Its tuesday, 21st february. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Hospital services in nearly two thirds of england could be cut or scaled back according to bbc analysis of local plans in different areas. Ministers argued that patients will benefit as care is brought closer to peoples homes but a major Health Think Tank has questioned the credibility of the plans. Protests outside Horton Hospital in oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. And its not the only place. Right across england proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. The bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. Two thirds include either Hospital Closures or moving treatments to a different site. More than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providi
Us along with our panel as we watch this, the idea this search might have to be stopped for a given length of time, its not something we certainly have never heard of. We heard that before with air France Flight 447, that the flight had already been found. But were way early on that. Were not i dont think for a moment were going to be talking about stopping at any time soon. Remembering the Southern Hemisphere winter, its coming into fall now, then winter will be coming along shortly. I think were some way off. Id be very surprised if hes going to announce hes bringing friends home tomorrow. Absolutely once winter arrives in the Southern Hemisphere and depths of winter, you wont find them going out. It would be too dangerous with the planes and it would be fruitless. They will do what they did with 447, regroup and look at the evidence and set up a new plan for where theyre going to start. David, i mean, can this
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for another strike and they will be a strike across england on march the 8th. at least 260 jobs are going as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. it is time now for all the latest sports news. good afternoon. welsh rugby players have arrived at a meeting with bosses to try and sort out contract disputes that would mean this weekends six nations match against england goes ahead. rugby players in wales have set today as the final deadline to come to an agreement with the wru on terms of a new contract or they ll go on strike. welsh coach warren gatland is hopeful both sides can come to an agreement and delayed naming his team yesterday.
bulley. and talks are being held this afternoon between the government and the royal college of nursing about pay and conditions. ambulance staff and other health workers represented by unison have voted for another strike. they will be a strike in england on march the 8th. vladimir putin has met china s top diplomat in moscow where both men affirmed the close relationship between china and russia. the trip comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow s invasion of ukraine china has not condemned russia s actions, but has stopped short of giving its full backing. stephen mcdonell is our beijing correspondent. crucially, vladimir putin has said his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, will soon come to moscow and the thinking is this will be