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out today. lots of flood warnings in force, 57 for england, 2a wales and a couple in scotland. poor conditions out and about this afternoon. this brought heavy rain but if i zoom out into the atlantic we are looking at the next weather system developing just to the east of the united states. that s bringing heavy rain back into our shores for friday night so we are not done with the flooding story just yet even though through the afternoon actually for england and wales brighter weather will be moving on. we are looking at a zone of very strong winds through this afternoon affecting northern ireland, through the west of england and wales and with gusts of 50 60 miles an hourfor the most part that s strong enough to bring down tree branches and perhaps one or two trees, the winds could cause disruption this afternoon. it s miles. temperature is 13 degrees in london, that s 6 degrees above average forjanuary. overnight average for january. overnight united average forjanu ....
will hold up above freezing. we are looking at around three to 7 degrees. we start off tomorrow morning with a northerly wind driving showers into the north coast of scotland, this band of rain moving into north west england, but on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drierand on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drier and brighter with more sunshine coming through. may be fresher but the sunshine will compensate seven to 11 degrees. but there is more wet weather to come and in areas where we don t need it, we have already seen localised flooding across south wales and south west england. that will move gradually northwards for the start of the weekend, but that frontal system eases away to a trail of showers following on behind. saturday will be a wet start, cooler but showery for sunday. but showery for sunday. louise, thank yom but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that is but showery for sunday. ....
asi as i said earlier this week people know i take classified documents seriously. russians fighting in ukraine claimed they have found the body of one of two british aid workers who ve been reported missing. bumper christmas sales for some of britain s biggest retailers despite the cost of living crisis. and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england: ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. (ani the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average; the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency 35 % waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 cal ....
and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who s died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england, ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. were the worst on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average, the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency, 35% waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls ever, record waits in a&e, new figures today show in blunt terms the pressure the nhs is under. martin started feeling chest pains in his home in east sussex in november. his family rang three times for an ambulance. we kept thinking, the ambulance will pull up any minute, it is going ....
warm, highs of around six to ii warm, highs of around six to 11 degrees. heading through thursday night into friday, a ridge of high pressure builds in so that will bring a bit of a quieter day for friday for many others. a bit of sunshine, not particularly warm with mist and fog, which should clear away. thanks, sarah. and that s bbc news at six. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. another record for virat kohli, who overtakes his idol, sachin tendulkar, and helps send india into the final of the cricket world cup. a first match for emma hayes since the announcement of her new us job. can the chelsea manager get the only trophy that has eluded her at the club in her last season? an fa cup replay for eighth tier team cray valley can they get a win against a side five divisions above them? also coming up on sportsday: a shock in golf as rory mcilroy steps back from the pga tour policy board. we ask why. olympic gold medallist joe clarke is back in great b ....