and began grooming. these photos and more are on display at the natural history museum in london untiljune. time for a look at the weather, here s tomasz schafernaker. and some warnings of snow? that is right but with mentioning that the areas under the amber warning tend to get snow during the winter months. so they are perhaps a little more used to it. so the summary is a wintry mix over the next 2a hours. we do have mild weather coming in from the south but also colder air digging infrom from the south but also colder air digging in from northern climes so you have that awkward mix and in between is where it becomes tricky to forecast. but some of snow is on the way and some areas could get quite a bit. but today is relatively quiet, some snow showers across the north but in the far south still clinging on to that mild air and quite damp. so tonight we have clear skies across the north of the uk, a sharp frost developing in the highlands and temperatures freezing down to a
yesterday, starting off with some frost and ice, snow showers in parts of scotland and northern ireland, rain clearing the far south and more snow coming into the south pushing north tonight into tomorrow. it s wednesday the 7th of february. proposals to improve access to nhs dentists in england are being announced by the government today. the plans include offering top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients as well as bonuses to work in under served areas. but health leaders say the measures don t go far enough. here s our health editor, hugh pym. a long queue outside a new dental practice in bristol. local people simply wanting to register as nhs patients. the opening following a public campaign after the previous site closed. the story was covered on bbc breakfast yesterday. the images illustrate the growing sense of frustration at the lack of nhs treatment in areas of the country which have been branded dental deserts. a new government and nhs plan for engla
hello, i m matthew amroliwala , welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. two bomb explosions have exploded in south west pakistan just hours before polls open, for the general election tomorrow. let me take you through what we know so far. at least 22 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say, they were targeting the election offices in two parts of baloochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls, after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions happen
hello from the bbc sport centre. hello i m chetan pathak with your latest sports news we start at afcon the 34th edition of the africa cup of nations has reached the semi final stage with both matches on wednesday. the hosts ivory coast play the democratic republic of congo but before that it s the other heavyweights nigeria. who play south africa. and they ve been given a massive boost with striker victor osimhen declared fit to play who had been a doubt with an abdominal problem. it s a rematch of the 2000 afcon semi final which nigeria won and was the last time south africa reached the last four. this time their coach is hoping they can go one step further: i think for many people it was unexpected. but we did it, and that means that south africa became a good team. it s also more than 20 years ago that south africa played the semifinal, even more that we play the final. that means that we ve got a lot of motivation. meanwhile, ivory coast have never won the competit
disruption tomorrow with the icy conditions, could be issues on rail services too because of the cold weather and they have told people not to drive unless they really, really have two tomorrow. the higher you are, the more likely you are to see some of the white stuff around you. tomos, thank you. this image of a young polar bear asleep on an iceberg has won the wildlife photographer of the year people s choice award. the man who took it has told us all about how he got that image. the population of sudan needs humanitarian assistance. 25 million people far too this programme continues on bbc one. is the shadow cabinet at war with itself? it s three years since the shadow chancellor rachel reeves announced the £28 billion green bonanza, boasting it would make labour the greenest government in history. since then it s been going and going and now it appears gone. we ll be asking one of tony blair s former senior operatives and the leader of a labour think tank if keir star