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stars of the silver screen are getting ready for the baftas later tonight. we ll look at which films might take home the awards. good morning. we are looking at a brighter day, with a few more cloudbreak surround, so some sunny spells developing for many. probably quite a nice sunrise for some of you. in scotland we have to get cloud with rain on the way and here it is going to turn progressively windier, with severe gales on the way, tonight across the north. more on but a bit later on. it s sunday, the 19th of february. our main story: the british medical association says the government is standing on the precipice of a historic mistake by failing to stop strike action in the nhs. 16,000 junior doctors in england are being balloted over industrial action. that vote closes tomorrow, when a large number of ambulance workers in england and wales will also walk out. vincent mcaviney has the latest. escalating strikes across the nhs. ambulance workers in england, wales and nor
good morning. a frosty and foggy start to the day to day. some freezing fog will linger for much of the day. the sunnier skies will be the day. the sunnier skies will be the further east you travel. a return to wet and windy conditions in the west. all the details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 6th of december. our main story. the former prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and face two days of questions about his time leading the uk during the pandemic. he s expected to apologise to people who lost loved ones but claim that he and his government got the big decisions right. our correspondent ellie price reports. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. in the end, it was his call. he was responsible for the biggest decisions made during the pandemic. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home. but how he came to make those decisions will be at the
Also on tonights programme, its a week since the Terror Attack on Westminster Bridge. Thousands gathered in a show of unity, remembering the dead and the injured. Well have more reaction and opinion to the Historic Events as the Prime Minister triggers britains exit from europe. Well hearfrom politicians and members of the public. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A hand delivered, six page letter with that theresa may has made history. Shes written to the president of the European Council, formally announcing britains intention to leave the eu a process that will see the end of four decades of membership that have shaped so much in our daily lives. The Prime Minister said britain would be able to make its own decisions but continue to have a deep and special relationship with the eu. For the European Union, the president of the council said this was not a happy day for either brussels or london but he added, his goal now was to defend the interests of the remaining 27 m
airfollowing on behind. the rain band pushes into england and wales, dry until very late in the day across eastern england and those temperatures could be up as high as 25 26 celsius. that s probably going to be as warm as it s going to get over the week ahead. that weather front then moves away and we re all into cooler and fresher air as we move into thursday once again. and that probably means some sunshine. the odd shower in the southeast of england but otherwise most of the wet weather coming in from the atlantic will be in the northwest of scotland. for many it s going to be a dry day on thursday, and those temperatures nearaverage, isuppose, for this time of the year, around 20 22 celsius or so. as we head towards the end of the week this is the weather pattern, low to the north, high to the south, and this is the jet stream which is going to pile in more weather fronts from off the atlantic and that s going to bring more rain to northern and western areas of the uk, more cloud