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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 i ....
We also have the consequences of years of underfunding our capital investment in hospitals. all of this is having an impact. there are warnings that between 300 and 500 people are dying as a consequence of delays and problems each week, and the prime minister doesn t dispute the challenges. health care professionals are still unable to deliver the care they want, and patients aren t receiving the care they deserve. the government says it s doing everything possible, and that includes more money. i will increase the nhs budget in each of the next two years by £35 billion. future funding matters, but so does funding in the past and present. let s work through the detail. first of all, here s a graph which shows spending ....