how local lad sean longstaff has these newcastle fans dreaming, as the club reach a first final since 1999. it s official liverpool has become the host of this year s eurovision song contest in a special handover ceremony in the city. it isa it is a dry and bright day in the south and east, but expect some rain in the north and west. the strong winds will gradually ease. good morning. it s wednesday, 1st february. hundreds of thousands of workers are going on strike today, in the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. among them are more than 100,000 teachers in england and wales. teachers in some parts of scotland are also taking action in a separate dispute. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted, with many having to close. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it s been a familiar sight in scotland for months. but for the first time in seven years, teachers in england, and teachers and support staff in wales, are joining the act
freezing temperatures. the uk economy at a standstill new figures show even though we narrowly avoided falling into recession in 2022, there was no growth at all in the final three months of the year. elon musk s spacex carries out a key test on what s set to become the most powerful rocket system ever built. and a new video game set in the world of harry potter is released amid controversy surrounding the character s creatorjk rowling s views on transgender people. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. four days after two deadly earthquakes struck turkey, devastating a large swathe of the south east of the country as well as northern syria, some survivors are still being pulled out of the rubble. in turkey s hatay province, a ten day old boy was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven year old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. this is the scene live from gazantiep in southern turkey. in freezing cold temperatures, and with hunger se
i am clear that our children s education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the day also saw action by thousands of university lecturers, civil servants, and train and bus drivers. we ll have the details. also tonight. in memphis, national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after a beating by police. one of the biggest theatres in the north of england cancels all its shows from the end of march, after losing all of its funding from arts council england. martial waits. rashford, and finished off by fred. and two goals in three minutes ensure manchester united are heading to wembley. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is on target for england. six wickets for him on his return as they salvage some pride in south africa. good evening. as many as 500,000 workers have been on strike today across the united kingdom, in the biggest single day of industrial action in over a decade. marches
degrees in some spots across central and eastern areas, 11 or 12 across parts of scotland. into the weekend, mild air for saturday but the cold front sinks southwards, introducing much fresher air on sunday. a big area of high pressure should make things dry and settled. mild with cloudy weather, patchy rain, sunnier for all areas on sunday that feeling noticeably colder. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday the 1st of february. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. good evening. this is your update from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are into the league cup final, after a straightforward win over nottingham forest, which saw them win 5 0 on aggregate. they came into the game having already done mo