rory cellan jones and his wife, diane having been rescued from the streets of romania. she made her home behind the couple s sofa, only emerging briefly for treats of steak and cheese. and her story has gone viral on twitter, with thousands of people regularly tuning in to see how she s progressing. yesterday, there was a bit of a breakthrough, as sophie was coaxed out from her safe space for the first time for a quick cuddle. we ll have more on her story on tonight s six o clock news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. follow that! today, a good deal brighter with sunny spells and showers. but there are still concerns about flooding. look at this, the river severn coming out the flood low lying ground. and flood warnings in force, 82 across england, the majority of these four stretches of the river severn, and more heavy rainjust around the corner. on the satellite picture, this area of developing cloud and low pressure is going to bring a return of heavy
elle edwards was enjoying a night out at the lighthouse in wallasey, when she was shot ten minutes before midnight on christmas eve. the 26 year old beautician had been standing outside the pub when shots were fired towards the doorway. detectives said at the time they did not believe she was intended target of the attack, which also injured four other people. 0vernight, merseyside police charged 22 year old connor chapman, from nearby woodchurch, with elle s s murder, and two counts of attempted murder, and three counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. he was also charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life, and handling a stolen mercedes. he will appear before wirral adult remand court this morning. a 23 year old woman, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released on bail pending further inquiries. and merseyside police is continuing to appeal for witnesses and informatio
united kingdom government to act to restore peace and stability in northern ireland. the thing which made it tolerable was that we knew business. today we face just the problems which the particle itself would solve. the protocol has provision for it to be changed. can ijust invite her come as a welcome this, the right solution for the way forward, and what nonsense we have heard, this is a solution that could be negotiated as a welcome it, could i ask her to repeat once again that we will protect the eu s legitimate interests as we restore the primacy of the good friday agreement and the constitutional integrity of the uk? my constitutional integrity of the uk? my honourable friend is absolutely right, we have already established the trusted traders scheme, we have already established data sharing with the eu of commercial data. what we are proposing as part of this bill is proper enforcement to make sure the eu single market is protected. that is the best solution in our vi
Sort of surety to vulnerable households about the support they will be. The households about the support they will be households about the support they will be. The report makes secific they will be. The report makes specific recommendations specific recommendations including ensuring that all households are missed out on the Energy Bill Support Scheme last winter receive their payment immediately. Extending the warm homes discount, considering implementing a form of social tariff, working to replace the current unfair and regressive Standing Charge Structure and accelerating the smart metre rollout. The mps also urged ofjen to take steps to ensure all customers are given time energy and support from their suppliers. The report follows an enquiry on how government and Energy Companies can prepare for the winter months. Mps heard the last year some people were turning to dangerous Coping Mechanisms and making other significant sacrifices to heat their homes and how excess wintered death
Continued occupation in a place that seems a cornerstone of its invasion from as far back as 2014. There is also a connection between this Missile Strike and ukraines continued counteroffensive further north. What they are trying to do is frustrate russian supply lines and isolate swathes of occupied territory in the hope that troops will run out of supplies. Now, president zelensky has just completed a visit to the us. Hes in canada currently, and i think what were seeing now is Battlefield Progress increasingly getting linked to the politics of it all. Because, yes, he is being warmly welcomed by both countries, but there are political corners that are growing increasingly sceptical as to what the ukrainian victory might look like and as for how long western allies should be pumping billions of dollars into ukraine. So its becoming increasingly high stakes for president zelensky, whos now having to do a fair bit of negotiating in his foreign policy. As james mentioned in his report t