Coast through the day. Other areas seeing sunshine again, wIth isolated thunderstorms, but signs of a change in the south. The winds will be strengthening, Thundery Rain Showing Its hands of the far south west, and cooler than It has been across far south eastern part. Through Friday Evening we will see heavy, Thundery Rain Putting in a southern england, parts of South Wales as an area of low pressure approaches and this will take over as the big Weather Maker through the weekend, turning things much more unsettled, especially for england and wales. Some heavy and thundery rain at times which could cause disruption. Drier and brighterfor times which could cause disruption. Drier and brighter for scotland and northern ireland, coolerfor northern ireland, cooler for everyone. Northern ireland, coolerfor everyone. A similar story, drier in the north and wet in the south but we stick wIth those lower temperatures. Many thanks. Thats all from the Bbc News at six so Its goodbye from me and o
Immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. The us braces for an extreme and dangerous heatwave in the northwest, with supplies being handed out to the homeless in many areas. And wales euro 2020 dreams are over, beaten 4 0 by denmark as italy knock out austria with a 2 1 victory. Hello and welcome. The Uk Health secretary, Matt Hancock, has resigned, a day after admitting hed breached social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague in his office. Calls for him to step down had come from some of his own Conservative Party, after the publication of images showing him embracing his aide, Gina Coladangelo. Mr hancock told the Prime Minister he was resigning in a letter, saying hed let people down. He then made a public announcement on social media. Borisjohnson said Mr Hancock should leave office very proud of what hed achieved. A few hours ago, the former Home Secretary and chancellor, Sajid Javid, was announced as Mr Hancocks replacement. Our political correspondent Ben Wrigh
we look at what s on the new note and why it matters. good morning from me and from tom, jerry and band. three alpacas who live in the heart of london. city farms have been bringing wildlife into urban areas. during the pandemic they have been doing a lot more as well. defeat for wales, in their first world cup qualifier. despite taking an early lead, belguim are just too strong, with kevin de bruyner on target for the number one ranked team, in the world. for the next few days we are looking at sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be wintry mostly on higher ground. at times it will be windy. all the details coming up later in the programme. it s thursday the 25th of march. our top story. the uk and the european union have taken a step towards resolving a dispute over access to covid vaccines, as eu leaders prepare to vote on controversial plans to restrict exports. the two sides say they re working on a win win solution after the eu blamed its slow rollout on the
archbishop desmond tutu. tackling the cladding crisis in australia what can the uk learn from down under? and right now in australia, they re celebrating the arrival of 2022 amid heightened covid restrictions. welcome to the bbc news at one. new figures show that covid related absences in acute nhs trusts in england went up by more than 40% during christmas week. an average of more than 25,000 health workers were off sick or isolating each day. london was again the worst hit with about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent, up by nearly 60% on the week before. it comes after latest estimates from the 0ns survey suggest one in 30 people in the uk tested positive for covid heading into christmas, a new record high for infections. hospitals in northampton, sheffield and rotherham have temporarily suspended visiting due to the high number of omicron cases. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson has more. while most of us are looking forward to celebrating this new year s eve, it
the cloud will still be thick enough here and therefore some spots of drizzle. not particularly windy, wherever you are. at across the south west of the channel islands, there is a wee bit more of a breeze. in temperatures today ranging from fourin in temperatures today ranging from four in aberdeen, to about eight as we move towards plymouth. through this evening will be further holes in the cloud. this is where we will see some frost form, and also some patchy fog. and by the end of the night, a week where the front will be coming in across the far north of scotland, introducing some patchy rain, especially across shetland. temperatures falling away in towns and cities, between two and 6 degrees. tomorrow, we start off with some frost. the patchy fog slowly lifting. a brighter day cottingley done wales, but still pretty cloudy across northern ireland and scotland. in england and wales was not a top temperature of nine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the governme