Floods left many people homeless. For many local residents, it was a break from the flood clean up. Alasdair gill reports. Christmas in fishla ke has not been cancelled, at least the local fair hasnt. And its a warm and welcome respite from Flood Recovery for the villages residents. As you can see, its very full and very busy because of the determination here within fishlake to rebuild what we had and to do our best to keep it alive. 11 days ago, much of thorninghurst farm was under water. Today looks a lot better, but the hidden cost is huge. Farmer steven gilliard reckons hes looking at a bill of around £250,000. Contamination now, fuel burst, central heating tanks out the village. All that fuels flowed to me. And now sat all over the grassland, which we need to graze and were pedigree breeders, were now going to vaccinate for diseases which you you could get from flooded grazing land. Who pays for that . Looking at me at this moment. Community spirit here is what is getting people
The model display destroyed by vandals now on show once more thanks to help from sir rod stewart and thousands of other supporters. And coming up on sportsday at 7. 30 Jose Mourinhos first game in charge at tottenham, ends in a 3 2 win at west ham. 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 yesterday. 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. At his surgery in leeds this doctor 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
Hello, im ben thompson. Youre watching the context on bbc news. A tense Stand Off In Tbilisi Hundreds Of Protesters clash with security forces, as georgia votes through a divisive law that critics say pushes the country closer to russia. Obesityjabs like wegovy and ozempic could cut the risk of Heart Attacks and strokes in people, even if they fail to lose much weight. Thats according to new analysis of a study, funded by drug manufacturer novo nordisk. The drug, semaglutide, suppresses appetite and has been used to aid weight loss. But researchers now say the weekly jabs could also benefit the heart health of millions of adults. Professorjohn deanfield led the work. It hasnt yet been published in a medicaljournal, but was presented at the European Congress on obesity. I think its a really important discovery. Its an important change because its the sort of thing we got with statins, when we, in the 90s when statins came in, we finally figured out that there was a drug class that woul
Hello. Welcome to the bbc news at one. The us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken, has made a surprise visit to ukraine, wheres he met president zelensky, as more western weapons start to get through to the battlefield. The area in red there is russian controlled, and on the frontlines, mr zelensky says its been a tough period for his troops. In particular, they are struggling to hold back moscows forces near the second largest city, kharkiv. And a new front has opened up nearby, with Russian Forces starting to surround the border town of vovcha nsk. Our correspondent James Waterhouse reports from ukraine. Good morning, state secretary. Nice to meet you again. Thank you so much. A nine hour Sleeper Train is still the best way to kyiv, even if youre americas top diplomat. A quick switch to a more familiar motorcade, before a long day of meetings. First up for Antony Blinken, president zelensky. Its not a simple period for ukraine. And a tough period for the east of our country, for our w
in the hospital. tom bateman is our correspodent injerusalem. he told me about the israeli military s denial of an evacuation order. i ve denied ordering it, but they don t deny an evacuation is taking place. what we ve had is a report from the afp news agency, first of all, a journalist working for them at the scene who said that, via loudspeakers, that there was an order to evacuate the hospital within an hour earlier this morning, he said. now, he reported that the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave. basically all for patients, staff and displaced people to make their way, he said on foot to the seafront. now, the israeli military has since issued a statement saying there was no order for people to evacuate. it said it was assisting an evacuation operation at the request of the hospital s director. it also said that medical personnel would be able to stay there for people who couldn t get out. but clearly, you know