them joint bottom of the premier league. and it s another cold day to day across southern and eastern parts of england, with some dense fog lingering for some in the north and west. more cloud and gradually turning milder. i ll have all the details here on breakfast. it s sunday 22 january. our main story: labour is calling for an investigation into claims made in the sunday times that the chairman of the bbc helped borisjohnson to secure a loan of £800 thousand just weeks before he was recommended for the position at the corporation by the then prime minister. richard sharp, whosejob involves upholding the bbc s independence, has denied any conflict of interest. a spokesperson for mrjohnson said he had never sought or received any financial advice from mr sharp. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. richard sharp was appointed as the new chair of the bbc injanuary 2021. he was chosen by the culture secretary and the prime minister, then borisjohnson. the sunday ti
light winds, pleasant enough and shower is starting to ease in northern ireland and close to the scottish border. just some linking across the northern and western isles in particular. in terms of the feel of things, 11 to 14 degrees and the stronger winds to the north but further south where the wind remained light is, perhaps those temperatures may peak at around 18, 19 degrees. not bad for this time of year. clear skies by day will allow clear skies through the night, so it is going to turn quite chilly and with lighter winds, we could see some fog forming almost anywhere at risk, england and wales in particular. then some of it could be pretty stubborn to clear away first thing tomorrow morning. chilly start in comparison to the morning just passed across england and wales. a northerly breeze will drive in a few scattered showers across aberdeenshire and early morning fog will live to more sunshine. lovely day in prospect for most of us tomorrow. cloud gathers in to the s
government s in panic. the country will pay a lasting price for putting is through this ideological experiment and will pay a lasting price through economic instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. and in other news. the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has set out her economic argument for leaving the uk, including plans move to a scottish currency when the time is right . the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, he abandoned indefinitely the planned 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax, that had been due to come in next year. help with energy bills will now only last until next april instead of for
Ireland. More cloud to the south, rain and drizzle hanging on to the south west of the uk, temperatures reaching ten. Eight in london. Further north, colder at 4 6 but at least some sunshine. Frost developing early in the night before the weather fronts come back in from the weather fronts come back in from the athletic bringing milder air on wednesday and more cloud and outbreaks of rain eastwards to most of the uk. The rest of the week looks largely dry. Last week these temperatures were around 1 4 c, this week will be much milder. This is bbc world news, the headlines Britains National Health Service is facing the worst crisis in living memory, according to englands chief medical officer. Chris whitty says hospitals could soon be overwhelmed leading to avoidable deaths. It comes as asymptomatic testing in the uk is ramped up and more than half a Million People over the age of 80 are invited to Mass Vaccination Centres. Rescue teams in indonesia detect a signal believed to be from th