Being rescued on the front line as fighting rages around them. Calls for Energy Companies to stop making their customers use Prepayment Meters because theyre struggling to pay their bills. Bumper christmas sales for some of britains biggest retailers, despite the cost of living crisis. And tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck, who has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel. Great Britains Jack Draper will hope to be the Headline Maker in the first round of the Australian Open on monday. Hes been drawn against the defending champion, rafael nadal. Good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. Theres more evidence of the crisis in the nhs in england. Ambulance response times reached their worst level on record in december. Category 2 emergency calls, which include strokes, took more than an hour and a half on average. The target is 18 minutes. The highest priority calls, with an immediate threat to life, took almost 11 minutes on average. The target i
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what s best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he thought there were still issues with it. the brexitjourney has lasted for seven years. borders have moved to the centre, dominating politics here. does everyone hear that? it s about people. but the prime minister thinks he s finally found a solution. at a factory in county antrim, he told people the devolved governments would have a unique economic advantage, with local businesses having full access t
more military cooperation. and more than 20 years in the making how a group of retired aviation enthusiasts built a first world war plane from scratch hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world hello and welcome. the uk looks set to become the latest country to impose covid screening for travellers coming from china as cases in the country surge. the chinese government has said it would fully reopen its borders next week for the first time since march 2020. but a number of countries, including the united states, india, spain and italy have said passengers arriving from china will need will need a negative covid test before they travel. our political correspondent helen catt explained why these measures are being taken by the uk as well as by other countries around the world. well, there s been a lot of concern about the reliability of the information that s coming out of china, about the situation there with covid. and that s wh
particular turning more cloudy with spots of rain ahead of the main rain band that arrives after dark. another mild day though tomorrow, south westerly breezes and temperatures reaching 12 degrees. into the weekend, staying very windy, strong winds to come this weekend, pushing in some rain from time to time. that rain sweeping eastwards during friday night into saturday, struggling to clear away from the wind is wind is picking up through the irish sea into scotland, lots of showers coming into western areas and some sunshine as well. those temperatures up to 12 degrees. we looked at low pressure heading toward scotland right now. into the weekend in some rain from time to time. that rain sweeping eastwards during friday night into saturday, struggling to clear away from the south east. the wind is picking up through the irish sea into scotland, lots of showers coming into western areas and some sunshine as well. those temperatures up to 12 degrees. we looked at low pressure
in a birmingham nightclub. at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. earlier our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave us this update. a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. they all still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to dig out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped, emergency responders fear people could have been in there for days, they are trying to get roads passable, a driving ban is in effect but they hope that w