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sporting couple, with 12 gold medals between them. the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu will be held later this morning. we ll be live in cape town. official celebrations were either muted or cancelled, but there were still fireworks to welcome in 2022 on the warmest new year s eve on record. good morning. it was an exceptionally mild and to 2021. the weather continues in that vein for the start of 2022, but how long will it last? i will have more details for you on the weather forecast in around 15 minutes. good morning and happy new year. it is ijanuary 2022. here is our top story: the medical chiefs leading the uk s battle against coronavirus have been recognised in the new year honours list, while the queen has knighted former prime minister tony blair. athletes, actors, a spice girl and an 11 year old boy are also among those who have been honoured, as lizo mzimba reports. their faces have become familiar to the public throughout the pandemic. now the chief medic ....
sunny spells but, for scotland, northern ireland, north west england, the pennines, north wales and the peak district, some longer spells of wet weather and some snow at higher ground stop western scotland brightening up in the afternoon and, for south wales and southern england, much of the day will be dry. it is blustery, and these are average speeds. gusts around western coasts around a0 bath panel. a0 mph. for saturday evening, some showery rain in south wales and southern england. for part two of the weekend, a chilly start with a touch of frost on sunday. eastern areas have showery rain, which might nudge further west during the day, and parts of eastern england might brighten up. the lion s share of the dry and sunny weather will be in scotland, northern ireland and wales and western england. temperatures next week will be no better than this and it looks like another spell of wet and windy weather could be heading our way midweek. that s all from the bbc news ....
you can do that on twitter. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said british shoppers should be confident there will be enough presents on the shelves for christmas despite a logjam at the uk s biggest commercial port. the eu s ambassador to the uk says the european union has gone to the limits of what it can do to fix the row about trade in northern ireland. prince william tells space entrepreneurs to stop trying to reach new planets, and focus on solving the problems here on earth instead. it s the idea that we need some of the world s greatest brains and minds fixed on the repair of this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live. and where s wally? well, sort of. the british antarctic survey is asking for our help to study satellite images of around 15,000 square miles, to see how many walruses can be spotted, and where. hello and welcome to bbc news this morning. gp surgeries in england are to receive an extra £250 million this winter to help them see ....
with the consortium led by american todd boehly to buy the reigning european champions. they won the hearts of the nation with their incredible silent dance. strictly stars rose and giovanni talk to us about being nominated for the bafta for tv moment of the year. hello, good morning. it s not a bad weekend for us, really. there will be some sunshine, there will be one or two showers around, particularly today, butjoined me laterfor all the details. it is saturday 7 may. our main story: sinn fein is on track to win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly for the first time ever, signalling a historic shift in the political landscape. the nationalist party has claimed nearly 40% of the seats declared so far. counting will resume later this morning. our ireland correspondent chris page has this report. applause for the first time, a party which wants to take northern ireland out of the uk is expected to be its largest political force. sinn fein was a long way ahead of i ....
area with all the housing. in terms of what we know, area with all the housing. in terms of what we know, 500 area with all the housing. in terms of what we know, 500 kilograms l area with all the housing. in terms| of what we know, 500 kilograms of unexploded bomb and presumably a lot of it has corroded away? the exnlosives of it has corroded away? tue: explosives themselves of it has corroded away? tte: explosives themselves will still be intact and it is more about the fuse and whether that is corroded and thatis and whether that is corroded and that is what the army have been looking at over the last couple of days and making sure it is safe and then they will take it out more or less intact, so it will not have degraded that much at all. explain how difficult degraded that much at all. explain how difficult it degraded that much at all. explain how difficult it is degraded that much at all. explain how difficult it is to degraded that much at all. exp ....