good morning, wet and windy start to the day, the good news is the worst of the rain will blow through, come the afternoon the weather will brighten up with spells of sunshine but they will be lots of blustery showers today, particularly across western areas. i will have the full forecast for you later on. it s saturday, 7th january. our top story: the prime minister will hold emergency talks at downing street today to try to tackle the huge challenges facing the nhs. and senior doctors say the health service is on a knife edge, with many a&e units struggling to cope with record demand. our health correspondent jim reed reports. the nhs is under record pressure this winter, where the queues of ambulances delayed out hospitals, rising waiting lists, and more front line strikes planned in the coming weeks. sue front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks. front-line strikes planned in the cominu weeks. ,, , , , ., , coming weeks
suspects than six years ago. can ukraine s troops hold back the russian advance in the east? we report from a frontline town, which may become one of moscow s key targets. the price of the cheapest pasta in uk supermarkets went up by 50% in a year, as households continue to be hit with the rising cost of living. balmoral has been the only place where the queen could relax from the affairs of state. and in the run up to the long jubilee weekend, we talk to people who live near balmoral about their neighbour, the queen. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the takeover is complete the consortium led by american todd boehly is finally approved, bringing the 19 year roman abramovich era to an end. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the french government has blamed what it called industrial scale ticket fraud for the chaos at this weekend s champions league final in paris. french ministers held emergency talks earlier today with police and french and european f
sunshine. and that will lift the temperatures, 17 in cardiff. temperatures still below par for the time of year. into wednesday, yes, still some showers in the forecast. again some heavy thundery ones. but these western areas seeing more dry weather and more sunshine and temperatures nudging up a little. that is a sign of things to come. as we led into the long weekend, we have this area of high pressure that means plenty of dry weather. but one little feature pushing in from the north could introduce some showers and this low to the south again brings the threat of one or two be showers. particularly in southern parts as we head through into sunday. but to sum up it will be often be dry through the weekend. spells of sunshine, but the chance of showers and a bit of uncertainty how many there will be. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. in
scotland, tightly packed isobars from the school and returns windy for a time, blustery for most. again, bands of showers from west to east. the benefit of these brisk winds is that if you get a downpour it won t last long and is sunshine will come out again as the showers clouds pass through. gust inland, 30 mph generally but windy across the north west of scotland. temperatures aren t really changing too much, about seven and 10 celsius is the high tomorrow afternoon. monday, low pressure is still there but we so the winds are starting to get lighter, further showers around. they will merge together for wetter weather for a time into they will merge together for wetter weatherfor a time into parts they will merge together for wetter weather for a time into parts of scotland and northern ireland. some snow over the higher scottish hills around 600 metres elevation, which is good news for some of the ski resorts in scotland. beyond that it stays unsettled so expect further bands of rai