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good morning. a cold and frosty start to the day. a slightly quieter story in comparison to of late. coastal showers around. further inland, there will also be some sun. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. the prime minister has said gps in england should keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. downing street says too many family doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek treatment in hospitals. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. for days, the government has faced a blizzard of criticism about its management of the nhs in england. targets have been missed and major alerts declared. senior figures in the health service are sounding doom alerts about the future. now the prime minister is turning her attention to family doctors and what they can do to help. a downing street source said this. the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, said th ....
growth figures later. they are expected to show the economy did pretty well at the end of last year, but with rising prices and a fall in the value of the pound, what will the value of the pound, what will the year ahead have in store? in sport, a wembley final for southampton. they knock liverpool out of the league cup with an injury time winner. it has taken tim peake to space and back. now the soyuz capsule is going to be landing in london. we ll be finding out why. and carol has the weather. good morning. today is a cold start to the day. we ve also got a fair bit of cloud around. some of it will break to see some sunshine and a few of us will see some snow. wherever you are it will feel raw in the wind. more details in 15 minutes or so. good morning. first, our main story: the us president donald trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. but he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring ....
for a second time aboard the international space station. i saw this spacecraft every single day because our docking port was right next to the cupola window. so for six months in space, every time i would open the window, i would give to look out and see the soyuz spacecraft. good morning, it s thursday 26th january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may is to tell republican leaders that the uk and the us can renew their special relationship in what she ll describe as this new age , following brexit and the election of president trump. she ll make the comments in philadelphia this evening, a day before she becomes the first world leader to hold face to face talks with the new us president at the white house. meanwhile, donald trump has continued with a series of policy announcements. president trump has indicated he would support the water boarding of terrorism suspects if his defence secretary and the director of the cia want to reinstate the interrogation techn ....
little money, very little resources, and to be honest, it is quite demoralising. i am a patient in the nhs. i had great care before my operation, but afterwards it has gone downhill. the staff are demoralised and tired and it affects us as demoralised and tired and it affects us as patients. my mum was diagnosed with cancer not long ago. i think the nhs is absolutely fantastic. the ca re the nhs is absolutely fantastic. the care is amazing. i would fight to keep it. with us this morning is an audience of around 80 people who we re audience of around 80 people who were all either work for the nhs or have direct experience of it as a patient. you can share your experiences. here is how to get in touch: welcome to the programme. we are live until 11. later, we will talk about some of the really difficult decisions the nhs may need to make in the future. should it begin to charge for more services? should we pay more in national insurance fund the nhs? your views are welcom ....
you and you getjealous. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: joe root is expected to be named as alistair cook s successor as england test captain. root‘s coach at yorkshire thinks he ll take more risks in thejob. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a growing number of conservative mps have criticised the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, after he publicly opposed the idea of president trump addressing parliament during his state visit. he told the house of commons yesterday that addressing mps was not an automatic right, but an earned honour. it s prompted calls for him to consider his position, with some conservativing accusing him of ignoring the tradition that the speaker should stay neutral. but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said it was the duty of the speaker to stand up for parliament. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. the ultimate accolade on a state visit. the red carpet and the chance to address both houses of ....