A zoo in the us got a special Christmas Present this year , when a critically endangered black rhino was born on christmas eve. The male calf arrived at the Potter Park Zoo in michigan, to 12 year old mother, doppsee. It is the first time a black rhino has been born there in the zoos 100 year history. They have yet to give the calf a name, but have said he is nursing well and the public will be able to see him in the new year. Now its time for a look at the weather with matt. Dry and mild conditions set to develop across the uk and experience. Wettest and windiest across scotland and Northern Ireland. Bursts of heavy rain continue east, a wet afternoon for orkney and shetland, drive across the rest of scotland and Northern Ireland but they will never be too following from rain and drizzle. Some patchy rain across england and wales, lots of cloud around, coolest in the east where winds are lightest, temperatures up to 12 degrees in the west. Gales in the western pa rt of degrees in the
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 on friday. 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. In his surgery in leeds, dr Richard Vautrey 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 able to do this throughout the day, rather than gps having to squeeze it in. Under the proposals, home visits would not be scrapped completely, but delivered by a separate service, similar to the way out of hours care has been contracted
Staff at Paddy Power Betfair, chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. Critics say samaritans shouldnt work with the gambling industry. Dan whitworth, from radio 4s money box programme, has more. If you are sat in the pub, you can tell a guy who is an alcoholic. Lets be honest, you can tell if a guy is on drugs. The man sat in the corner on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it is such a hidden thing. Critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well earned reputation by working with Paddy Power Betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa nys money. The mp, carolyn harris, who chairs the all Party Parliamentary group on gambling related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. She calls it distasteful and appalling. Others on social media, as well as the Charity Gambling with lives have voiced similar
Day tomorrow. Single figures in some rural spots. Tomorrow, day tomorrow. Single figures in some ruralspots. Tomorrow, rain day tomorrow. Single figures in some rural spots. Tomorrow, rain at times to Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England. Patchy rain. East and east anglia staying dry, if not dry. The temperature is head up a little bit as we start the new week. From mid week, they come right back down again. This hello, this is bbc news. The headlines labours brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, says mps who want to stop a no deal brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week. The cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, refuses to commit the government to follow parliaments orders, if no deal legislation is passed. The eus lead brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says the uk has now reached a moment of truth he rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the cit
There are other viruses that are talked about, and when you go for your appointments and other things yourre made aware of. But i dont recall much being said about cmv. Most babies born with cmv dont have symptoms or develop problems. But if this programme proves successful, the team hopes that could pave the way for wider cmv screening in future. She has done great today. You can see how well she is doing. So how do you feel as a mum seeing that . Immensely proud of her. Richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. You can find out more about this story on the bbcs inside out programme in the east this monday night at 7 30pm, and on bbc iplayer afterwards. Some of us are seeing some heavy rain so far today, theres a with system with lots of heavy rain affecting parts of scotland, especially at the north, ticking a band of rain through england as well. This afternoon, the rain turns lighter. Behind all of that, sunnier skies coming through for many of us, with a few showers. The heavier rain