experts and commentators to guidance through the day. welcome to viewers on bbc one northern ireland and viewers on bbc news, this is a stormont special, in which history is about to be made. let s cross to parliament buildings. talk is through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. i through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. it as to what will happen. i don t think ou it as to what will happen. i don t think you could it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate - it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate the l think you could understate the symbolic significance today here after 100 years of northern ireland, we are going to get our first nationalist republican first minister here and we have had 11 other leaders in northern ireland, so this will be a significant moment is notjust because titles matter, michelle o neill will have a new title, but we will see within the assembly chamber that visual
p9p up and south west and then it starts to pep up later in the day. it could affect the south east and wimbledon. further north showers will sink southwards and there will be sunny spells in between. a mixture of sunshine and showers for much of the country. at the moment, it doesn t look that great for wimbledon, we could have thundery downpours at times, a lack of sunshine and temperatures in the mid teens. this developing area of low pressure could swipe the south east as it moves towards denmark. the low countries, dunlop will bear the brunt of this deepening below. for us on wednesday we are in between systems so it is pay, won t pay or can pay, won t pay or we re not saying? what s the point of independent pay review bodies if the government takes no notice? we ll be speaking to a former conservative health minister and the assistant general secretary of the tuc. also tonight, after an overnight israeli air strike on what it describes as a command and control centre in
the england and wales cricket board has apologised and admits the sport needs a reset after a report found racism, sexism and elitism are widespread. the independent commission for equity in cricket has spent the last two years, getting evidence from more than 4,000 people. bosses from tesco, sainsbury s, asda and morrisons will be questioned by mps about high prices in supermarkets. the british retail consortium says food price rises eased slightly again this month.restrictions on price promotions for unhealthy foods are going to be introduced in wales. the laws which are expected to come into force in 2025 would also see rules on where high sugar, salt and fat foods are placed in shops. the aim is to tackle obesity and diabetes. a charity says the cost of school uniforms is still a big issue, despite rules aimed at keeping prices down. the children s society found parents spent on average £422 a year on secondary and £287 on primary uniforms. the government says it wa
laura kuenssberg that his job as chancellor was to ask probing questions of every proposal that crossed his desk. he made the comments in a wideranging interview in which he also talked about the government looking at legal options in the case of the post office horizon it scandal and tackling illegal migration. let s talk about immigration. it s one of your top priorities. we also know from documents the bbc saw this week that when you were chancellor you expressed doubts about number 10 s desire to send migrants to rwanda. do you admit you had reservations? no, and i haven t seen the documents so i can t comment on them specifically. but i discussed it with the prime minister and ultimately funded the plans and the scheme and myjob now as prime minister is to get it up and running. i believe it s really important because it is about deterrence. the national crime agency has said you need a deterrent to solve the problem and i believe that. that s why i got a new deal with
in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes