Stages of the Champions League. That is despite losing to Bayern Munich in theirfinal group game. Good morning. Weve got cloud and rain spilling in from the south west. Its moving north and eastward through the course of the day, possibly leaving some snow on the hills. Its going to be a blustery day, but the wind will strengthen from the south west later. I will have more in 15. Silent night. Christmas comes early for terrence, the age uk volunteer who wont be home alone for the first time in 20 years. It is thursday 12 december. Our top story after six weeks of campaigning, polls are about to open across the country for voting in the general election. It is the third ballot in less than five years, and the first to be held in december in nearly a century. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is in westminster for us this morning. Jonathan, talk us through the day ahead. Good morning, yes, decision day has arrived. The time for politicians to do the talking is over and it is tim
Resettlement scheme, where they have the right to live and work in the country and many were housed in what was intended to be a temporary basis in hotels and that was paid for partly through government funding. Vets that scheme is coming to an end and back in april they government wrote two people who were in that Emergency Accommodation telling them they had three months to leave. Now that deadline is coming around and we are hearing from local authorities who have had the task of finding accommodation for these people, that many of them are ending up people, that many of them are ending up homeless because there simply isnt suitable permanent accommodation for them to move into. And so that is why we have this morning from the local Government Association that many people are at risk of homelessness will stop indeed many are finding themselves homeless because of the situation and they are warning that it is causing many people significant distress and destruction and the situation
if ukraine is going to attract the investment, it s going to need the investment it s going to need notjust from governments, notjust from internationalfinancial institutions, but from the private sector. the private sector, it has to build the best possible environment to attract that investment. well some of that extra funding could come from the european union. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, has asked eu member states to provide 55 billion dollars to support ukraine over the next four years. she said that this reserve would allow brussels to calibrate its financial support depending on the situation on the ground. let s bring in amanda and peter. in many ways, this is a positive sign, looking at life after the war. , but perhaps some of it seems premature? i think it is a rather well timed. as you say, it looks beyond the immediate offensive towards the huge task of reconstructing ukraine, hopefully when some kind of peace is reached. i think, hop