conservatives have concerns as well. 0k, thank you very much, lorna gordon reporting there for us. we will bring you that statement by scotland s deputy first minister john swinney as soon as that happens. now it s time for a look at the weather. hello. it looks like by the end of the weekend we will see an end to this cold snap, things eventually turning milder, particularly by sunday, but for here and now plenty more cold weather, icy stretches and lying snow, more wind across northern scotland, three patches forming for central and southern england as well and another bitterly cold night with temperatures down to -6 cold night with temperatures down to 6 or minus eight degrees, even in some of our towns and go in the countryside. 0n some of our towns and go in the countryside. on friday our attention turns to this area is no initially working across western scotland, heading east, could be quite disruptive, forming patches of rain around the west coast, but inland certainly falling
china has threatened britain with what it s called strong and forceful counter measures, accusing it of failing to protect chinese staff at its consulate in manchester during a protest that turned violent in october. on wednesday, china withdrew its consul general and five other diplomats wanted for questioning by british police about the assault of an anti china protester. they had lands on bbc news. tens of thousands of nurses are calling for more strike action are say asking for up to a pay rise of “p say asking for up to a pay rise of up to 19%. the last episode has been released on netflix of the harry and meghan tv series, amid claims of a screaming rows with the royal family. and the tax bands for the highest earners in scotland are set to be raised in the coming year. we will go live to a statement from the
to devolution on the horizon anytime yet, so although the pay negotiations are being carried out on national level, a uk wide level, the pay. the wages are actually handed out if you like by the devolved government, so the fact there is not a devolved government at the moment means that if you speak to people on the picket line, as i have the beam today, there is an added dimensional frustration and for the moment because there are no local ministers to send their message to, the message is focused on the westminster government. the local department of health, which is being run by civil servants at the moment, for its part, has put out a statement saying this industrial action will have an impact on an already fragile service, northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far, but the department says it is doing everything it can to try to address theissues everything it can to try to address the issues being raised by nurses
it also felt cold. when you try to prove it also felt cold. when you try to prove that it also felt cold. when you try to prove that you are good and you are not the prove that you are good and you are not the person they say you are. harry not the person they say you are. harry and not the person they say you are. harry and meghan have now made a life in california. harry and meghan have now made a life in california. home sweet home. from the palace life in california. home sweet home. from the palace and life in california. home sweet home. from the palace and the life in california. home sweet home. from the palace and the royal - from the palace and the royal family, there has been no comment. we have made it to the other side. sarah campbell, bbc news. scotland s deputy first minister is about to set out his government s budget for the forthcoming year. higher than expected pay deals have already affected the scottish government budget for this year with ministers
rescued 39 people from the freezing water; 4 are confirmed as having died. earlier a spokesman from the royal national life institute gave this statement. that institute gave this statement. git this moment in time, our thoughts are with the families of the loved ones who sadly lost their lives and yesterday s tragic incident in the english channel. in the very early hours of the 14th of december his majesty s coastguard task r to our made up of volunteers and staff, from dungeness, ramsgate and dover to an incident in which a small inflatable boats crossing the channel got into difficulties. 0n channel got into difficulties. on arrival, crews were faced with a harrowing situation of people distressed and in the water. at this point, the rnli would wish to recognise the invaluable life saving contribution of the uk fishing vessels on scene, whose immediate action is undoubtedly saved countless lives. the rnli crew is then carried out a rescue of a number of people and returned him to t