you are watching bbc news. hello. merry christmas, one and all. if you haven t been outside, you are not missing much, rather grey story for christmas day. while for most, but some showers around as well, some claiming the far south east, but this frontier will move the showers into the far north west, as the day continues dragging some cold air in behind. most of us staying under the yellow, meaning it is mild for the time of year. the latest radar, the rain easing from the south east, plenty of shop showers pushing into western coasts, and even some wintry showers on high ground in scotland. that means this christmas day is probably likely to be classed as a white christmas. we
should continue as normal. so, too, should intensive care units for adults and children and paediatric emergency departments. adult a&es will be staffed as if it s a christmas day. but if there s a life or death situation, hospital bosses can ask some nurses to come back in off the picket line. well, patient safety is the key priority for trusts. if you need urgent medical help, consider an urgent treatment centre or 111 or other routes. if you haven t been contacted about a planned procedure on the day, the message is to go ahead and to turn up for that procedure. and this is day one. if there s no breakthrough, a second strike is planned for next tuesday. catherine burns, bbc news. breaking news about the former tennis champion boris becker, we have heard he has been released from prison this morning after serving eight months of 2.5 year prison term. he was sentenced in april after being found guilty of breaking insolvency rules and concealing two
the uk government, and we have seen a big mark up in the interest rates in the yield investors expect, the interest rates they expect in order to lend money to the government, and a record jump for the five year bonds. you haven t seen a mark up in the interest rates which they expect the interest rates which they expect the bank of england to raise, as well you have also seen. they think they will raise the interest rates to 5.5% by next august in order to cool down an economy that the government is doing its best to heat up. the government is doing its best to heat u -. . ~ the government is doing its best to heat u. ., ,, i. the government is doing its best to heat u. ., ~ ,, , our business correspondent marc ashdown is in bolton for us. we have seen the growth of food hubs in the past few years, food banks, but this kind of organisation is becoming more prevalent, it is not a food bank, it is like a shop, and food bank, it is like a shop, and food here is a lot cheaper than i
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that is, of course, if you haven t done so already. turning to the uk now, london s fire service says that this was the moment the result was read out. therefore, rishi sunak and liz truss will be the candidates going forward to a final ballot of conservative party members. the ballot will close on the 2nd of september and i will announce