brief weather window, but not for long. that dry spell for many today, replaced by wetter weather over the weekend particularly tomorrow, then showers follow, some of the wettest weather perhaps wales and the southwest. that s where the met office have won it out for further concerns for flooding but ahead of that at least we ve had drier weather, hazy sunshine for the rest of the day but it time the rain is gathering, light and patchy to start with but you can see waiting in the wings something more significant. it s still relatively mild, average is around 6 7 this time of year and temperatures won t drop below much of that tonight but the rain, once it arrives, its stock for 6 10 hours. it looks set to clear from northern ireland later in the night, temperatures dip back to 7 degrees but for most it sits a mild night and rather grey and dreary start to our saturday. it might be a while before the rain reaches the far south east and east anglia but for most of us if it s no
off patients at a&e. save the nhs! rishi sunak invites unions to a meeting with government early next week to discuss a string of disputes that have led to strikes. we want to have an honest, grown up conversation about what is affordable, what s responsible for the country. those invitations have gone out and i m hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday. the uk and the german pharmaceutical company biontech join forces to speed up research into potential cancer vaccines. and the former chelsea striker and manager, gianluca vialli, has died at the age 58. and coming up on the bbc news channel. under pressure frank lampard says he understands the fans frustrations at everton. he s hoping for an improvement in form away to manchester united in the fa cup tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royal family, despite leaked extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations aga
to an end to the industrial action. progress for the three dads and their campaign for suicide prevention on the curriculum. they visit a school where lessons are already being taught. the race is on in the premier league title race as manchester city beat chelsea to narrow the gap between themselves and leaders arsenal to five points. it might be a wet and windy start to divide upon spots of scotland but todayis divide upon spots of scotland but today is a drier and brighter day for most. it s friday the 6th of january. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography, spare, have emerged, four days before the book is due to be officially released. in the latest leaks, harry says he took cocaine aged 17, killed 25 taliban fighters whilst serving in afghanistan, and that he and his brother william urged their father not to marry camilla. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. across the commonwealth, it s prince harry s book which has war in the house of windsor, a
Both in the community and for our inpatients at the hospice in braintree. back at noah s ark, for the cubs benny and koichi, seeing christmas trees for the first time offers all sorts of opportunities to learn and for mischief. where s the angel gone? oh, well, there s always next year. john maguire, bbc news, north somerset. very cute! there s been daring rescue operation taking place off the coast of chile but maybe not what you d expect. firefighters and navy personnel were alerted to a dog stuck on a rock. it isa it is a grey, blue, january day in
Income is tight, but we have these wonderful fund raising activities that people can get involved in. and those extra income streams are more important to us now than they ever have been. back at noah s ark, for the cubs benny and toichi, seeing christmas trees for the first time offers all sorts of opportunities to learn and for mischief. where s the angel gone? oh, well, there s always next year. john maguire, bbc news, north somerset. time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. reeta, thank you very much. it s mild, it s wet, it s windy, we ve had large waves around the coast this morning. large waves are certainly a feature of the forecast this weekend. why? low pressure. one still withers across the north, and another is barrelling its way in from the atlantic between just a brief weather window, but not for