yesterday, starting off with some frost and ice, snow showers in parts of scotland and northern ireland, rain clearing the far south and more snow coming into the south pushing north tonight into tomorrow. it s wednesday the 7th of february. proposals to improve access to nhs dentists in england are being announced by the government today. the plans include offering top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients as well as bonuses to work in under served areas. but health leaders say the measures don t go far enough. here s our health editor, hugh pym. a long queue outside a new dental practice in bristol. local people simply wanting to register as nhs patients. the opening following a public campaign after the previous site closed. the story was covered on bbc breakfast yesterday. the images illustrate the growing sense of frustration at the lack of nhs treatment in areas of the country which have been branded dental deserts. a new government and nhs plan for engla
having a real impact on the crops there. and you might be surprised to find out what one of the most sensitive crop types is. flowers. they have a specific window for being grown and sold, and if the weather is out of sorts, it can completely derail the process. but technology can help, and shiona mccallum has spent a day on a rose farm in naivasha to find out more. our years are punctuated by times that we want to buy flowers valentines, birthdays, christmases and the chances are when you look in your bouquet, one of the stems would have been grown here in kenya. but like most places, this part of the world is not immune to the problems that climate change is bringing. rising temperatures, extreme drought and flash floods are affecting the crop yields. in fact, just a couple of years ago, some kenyan flowerfarms reported losses as high as 50% due to the impact of heavy downpours. so that s where the technology comes in. artificial intelligence company lima labs is provid
you re watching the context on bbc news. five months since the war began, the first ship carrying grain has left ukraine under the watchful eye of the russians patrolling the black sea. the ship is bound for lebanon. we will get the thoughts tonight from odesa, where further ships are being loaded. germany turns back to coal as the gas shortages threaten a winter of blackouts and economic misery. but why are they not returning to nuclear? another weekend of extreme weather in the us as california s biggest wildfire this year continues to burn out of control. tonight with the context, nathalie tocci, former eu foreign policy advisor. and hagar chemali, former us government advisor, host of the political satire series oh my world. a warm welcome to the programme. rarely has a ship set sail from ukraine with so much hope, and so much anticipation, riding on it. the sierre leone registered razoni left the port of odesa at 09:30 this morning and into the black sea, bound for t