Justin rowlatt, bbc news, london zoo. Time for a look at the weather. Heres matt taylor. Hello. Good afternoon, lets start with a lunchtime view from space, shall we . This cloud gathering to the south west, underneath that rainfall and wind strengths will intensify during the next 2a hours and affect us all weekend but before it is arriving there are clear skies around, foremost a fine afternoon, one or two showers dotted around although always cloudy and particularly wet in shetland and showers towards South West Wales will merge into longer spells of rain later. 10 15. Will merge into longer spells of rain later. 10 15. Tonight, rain remains in northern scotland. Heres the first stage to wet and windy weather in the south. The areas in between across northern ireland, southern scotland and Northern England is where clear skies will lead to frost and some fog to take this into tomorrow morning but its the exception because all eyes will be to south. The Rapid Development will result
Irans foreign minister blames israel after one of the countrys top Nuclear Scientists is assassinated near the capital tehran. Ahead of brexit talks in london this weekend, the eus chief negotiator proposes that eu fleets return some fish caught in british waters if a free trade deal is agreed. Sir philip greens retail empire arcadia, which operates hello and good afternoon. Sir philip greens retail empire arcadia, which operates chains including topshop and dorothy perkins, is on the brink of collapse putting 13,000 jobs at risk. In a statement, arcadia says. Patrick 0brien who is a Retail Research director at data and Analytics Company globaldata, explained that arcadias problems wont come as a suprise to many in retail. Anyone who has been watching the market will know, arcadia has been struggling for a number of years and covid 19 has really accelerated its decline. May be a little bit of a surprise that it might go into administration before christmas, when they should be getting
Thats it for this special edition of your call on bbc radio 5 live and your questions answered on the bbc news channel. Thanks to all of you who called and to englands deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van Tam. I hope that was an informative question and answer session for you with professorjonathan question and answer session for you with professor Jonathan Van Tam, question and answer session for you with professorJonathan Van Tam, we cannot answer all the questions sent to us but hopefully we got through some of the key areas people wanted to know more information about. And took one of the other main stories today, students sitting gcse and a levels in england next year will be awarded more generous grades to compensate for the disruption to schooling in the pandemic. Pupils will get advanced notice of exam topics and be allowed to use memory aids. Measures will also be put in place to help students who miss exams because of self isolation. Heres more from our education editor
Learning during the pandemic. The christmas getaway begins for University Students but strict conditions mean tests are required before they can return to their families. For everyone else rail and road works planned for the festive period are to be modified, to try to make travel a little easier. And, the couple who applied to live on a remote scottish island even though theyd never been there. In sport on bbc news. Champion jockey oisin murphy admits he saw cocaine present the night before he tested positive for the drug, and is now living with the consequences with a three month ban. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. The bbc understands that some of the first doses of the pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine will be transported via eurotunnel from belgium later today. It was given the green light by uk medical regulators yesterday and the firstjab could be given as early as monday. Englands deputy chief medical officer professor Jonathan Van Tam has insisted every effort wil
Or bbcyourquestions. The mayor of los angeles orders how they have impacted on different the citys four million schools regardless of whether they residents to stay at home are private or state in different because of what he calls a terrifying increase in covid cases and the number of people being admitted to hospital. Areas of the country differently. Interesting to hear your thoughts on more generous grades and advance that, i expect we will return to notice of topics are some this subject again and again, rachel of the measures for pupils sitting exams in england next summer warwick, thank you very much. Because of the disruption caused by coronavirus. Brexit talks stretched late into last night as the clock ticks we do believe that exam down to the deadline for a trade deal. Assessment is the best form, several pizza boxes were delivered to the westminster venue where talks but we do equally recognise that were going to have to take have been taking place late last extraordinary m