for motor neurone disease. campaigners say new research funding needs to be handed out quicker. i met imeta i met a family bakery in manchester finding out what the interest rate rise means for businesses and customers. manchester united to decide on the future of their player mason greenwood after charges of attempted rape and coercive behaviours against him are dropped. while some of you will see some light rain or drizzle through the day it will actually be a mild day when the sunshine comes out with a feel of spring in fact. don t get too used to use that, though. i will have the full forecast here on breakfast. it s friday, the 3rd of february. the family of a woman who s gone missing in lancashire has made an emotional plea for people to come forward with information. 45 year old nicola bulley disappeared a week ago, while walking her dog in st michael s on wyre. we can speak now to our reporter, dave guest, while walking her dog in st michael s on wyre. who joins us fr
western governments, and 39 palestinian prisoners who d been held in israeli prisons. more israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners are expected to be released today. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports on a rare moment of hope in the conflict. on arrival to celebrate as this is really childrens hospital as some of the free hostages were flown in last night, much to the relief and happiness of a crowd of well wishers. the women and children were said to be physically well. altogether, 13 israelis were released after they spent almost seven weeks being held captive by hamas in gaza. along with 11 foreign workers. earliervideo hamas in gaza. along with 11 foreign workers. earlier video released by the military wing of hamas shows the moment they were taken to vehicles belonging to the international committee of the red cross. these are the youngest of the hostages, aviv, too, and her sister, for , shown in a family video. they were snatched by hamas gunmen
people then running in, using their bare hands, trying to pull people out. is vladimir putin off the hook in his war against ukraine? the kremlin believes that it can outstay. it s got the staying power more than the west the staying power to see this through. a politician who seeks advice on political matters from his dead dog via a medium he s coming up with, you know, different approaches and very radical approaches, and i think that s what people wanted. they just wanted something else. and the head of abu dhabi s giant oil company takes control of the next round of climate change talks. why? they say, the problem is fossil fuels. we need to be part of the solution. and so, israel has agreed to declare a temporary ceasefire in gaza and begin an exchange of prisoners. with hindsight, perhaps the key moment came when israel s hardline defence minister, yoav gallant, told some families of the hostages that the most important thing was to destroy hamas and a
Called across the country. Into monday, we have largely dry conditions, sparkling winter sunshine. Some wintry showers for exposed coasts. But it will be a cold day. 3 six degrees at best. It will essentially stayed chilly as we go on through the rest of the week. The latest headlines from bbc news. At least 35 people have been killed in a gun attack on a crowded nightclub in istanbul. Another a0 have been wounded. Up to 600 people are thought to have been inside the reina club when the shooting happened. The citys governor has called it a terrorist attack. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously welcomed efforts by russia and turkey to stop fighting in syria and says it supports the start of a political process. Peace negotiations are due to begin next month in kazakhstan which have the backing of russia, iran and turkey. Now on bbc news, its time to look forward to 2017 with dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline londons look ahead to 2017. What a joyful year its
on the claim. it is 14 minutes past seven. we will take you to a beautiful place a little later. it is a neolithic site, it is new henge. it is very grand in scale, 200 metres wide, and i think ourfirst grand in scale, 200 metres wide, and i think our first visit this morning will still be in the dark but we have got a film that will show you the scale of what it looks like. it is being referred to as the stonehenge of the north to give you an idea but we will take you there during the programme. we will take you higher up in the sky now to see if there is any sunshine to be found. thanks, matt, good morning! there are sunshine to be had this morning, cloudy and drizzly for some