at ten o clock, clive myrie will be here with a full roundup of the days news. first, the media show. hello. this week i m talking with michelle donelan, the secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport. she is the 11th conservative in the role since the party took power, and she has a huge remit everything from the tech companies to museums and art galleries to broadcasters like channel 4, whose privatisation she halted last week and even eurovision. but before we get onto that, i wanted to get a sense of her news habits. how does she keep up to date through the working day? and there s a mention here right at the start to checking playbook first thing in the mornings. that s a daily newsletter produced by the political magazine politico, in case you decide you want to mimic the minister s media habits. yes, so i wake up and i look through playbook, or as soon as it s come out, i look through playbook. i will watch a bit of sky news or bbc while i m getting read
ian. state and federal agencies are still in search and rescue mode now five days after the storm made land fall. we ll have the very latest on the hardest hit areas. also ahead, ukrainian forces respond to putin s illegitimate annexation of four territories in a significant way. as the army continues to build on weeks of momentum. plus, new developments connected to the fbi search of mar-a-lago. it appears there are more missing documents that the department of justice needs to track down. good morning. welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in florida. historic rescue and relief efforts are underway five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. first responders are scouring the hardest hit areas looking for survivors as the death toll continues to rise. according to an nbc news talley, that number now stands at 87. four of the fatalities were reported in north carolina where the storm struck
is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented. heat health alerts come into effect at midday across england, with temperatures in some areas forecast to reach 35 celsius later this week. the backlog of people waiting more than two years for a routine operation on the nhs in england has shrunk from more than 22,000 at the start of the year to fewer than 200. school pupils in scotland begin receiving their results from the first set of formal exams held since the start of the pandemic. tributes are being paid from around the world to dame olivia newton john, who s died of cancer, aged 73. the iconic singer and actress was best known for playing sandy in grease, one of the most successful film musicals ever made. her co starjohn travolta has described her impact as incredible . 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito, takes a look back at her career and legacy. # summer loving, had me a blast # summer loving, happened so fast. olivia newton john. for anyone o