A zoo in the us got a special Christmas Present this year , when a critically endangered black rhino was born on christmas eve. The male calf arrived at the Potter Park Zoo in michigan, to 12 year old mother, doppsee. It is the first time a black rhino has been born there in the zoos 100 year history. They have yet to give the calf a name, but have said he is nursing well and the public will be able to see him in the new year. Now its time for a look at the weather with matt. Dry and mild conditions set to develop across the uk and experience. Wettest and windiest across scotland and Northern Ireland. Bursts of heavy rain continue east, a wet afternoon for orkney and shetland, drive across the rest of scotland and Northern Ireland but they will never be too following from rain and drizzle. Some patchy rain across england and wales, lots of cloud around, coolest in the east where winds are lightest, temperatures up to 12 degrees in the west. Gales in the western pa rt of degrees in the
Dancing on ice, is to feature a same sex couple as contestants when it starts its latest series this evening. The steps singer Ian H Watkins is teaming up with professional dancer matt evers. Our correspondent lizo mzimba reports. Dancing on ice is one of tvs most popular shows, often producing memorable moments of all different kinds. Ian h watkins and matt evers have been rehearsing for weeks and when the programme returns tomorrow night, theyll be the first same sex couple seen competing on a prime time british show like this. Its about time. If we had Something Like this when we were children, maybe i wouldnt have felt so isolated. I wouldnt have run away from home. You know, in everyday life we see gay couples and we see same sex couples. So it should be no different with what we are trying to do. It something that has already been embraced in other countries on similar shows. Israels dancing with the stars featured a same sex celebrity couple back in 2009. Last months strictly he
Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees on friday. But the health secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise, and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. In his surgery in leeds, dr Richard Vautrey is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. One of the daily pressures that gp practices are under is the obligation to do home visits. What would be much better is if we had a dedicated Home Visiting team, with people with the time to be able to do this throughout the day, rather than gps having to squeeze it in. Under the proposals, home visits would not be scrapped completely, but delivered by a separate service, similar to the way out of hours care has been contracted
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Jeremy corbyn says under a labour government, there would be another referendum, and as Prime Minister he would be unbiased, and deliver on the result, whichever way it went. I will adopt as Prime Minister a neutral stance so that i can credibly carry out the other results of that to bring our communities and country together. The health secretary, matt hancock, rejects calls from gps in england to reduce the number of home visits from their contracts, calling it a complete non starter. More businesses turn their back on Prince Andrew barclays withdraws support from the dukes mentoring scheme pitch at the palace. Now on bbc news, through the lens features five photographers who have offered glimpses into rarely seen lives, including people on the margins of society in pinochets chile, plus residents of an isolated city. Photography has the ability to shine a spotlight giving us an insight into people and places we would never otherwise have seen.
Britains city of culture as we review 12 months of cracking events. Thats right, its been an absolutely phenomenal year. We have so much to look back on. Across four seasons, hull took art out of galleries and theatres and into the streets. 365 days of events changed the way the city has been seen by the rest of the world. The year has gone by so quick, i cannot believe its almost over, and i hope these guys get to stay. This is the latest installation for 2017 called where do we go from here. These robot arms brought out of retirement to do some dancing here in the city of culture. And it sort of mirrors the start of the year back injanuary when the whole of the city centre was filled with lights and sounds. That was amazing. That was how we started this evening, that was how we started this season, made in hull. Crowd eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. 2017 really did start with a bang. With 3. 5 tonnes of fireworks. And made in hull, a spectacular light show telling the