Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effective during the three months after the first dose. Good morning. Today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. Southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 3rd of february, and todays breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months captain sir tom moor
iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
Let me see the face. Laughter. The interview was recorded as part of the today programmes guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A British Embassy worker has been killed in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. Our correspondentjon donnison has been following developments. Our middle east correspondent martin patience joins us from beirut. What is the latest you can tell us . Well, this is a piece of news that has stunned the diplomatic communities. It is believed that rebecca dykes was attending a Going Away Party on friday night in a popular area of the city. After she left the bar, it is understood she was then abducted and her body was found dumped close to a motorway sometime on saturday. Police sources we have spoken to say that they believe she was strangled. Her family have been notified of her death. As i said before, this has stunned the British Community in beirut. In gover
Love you. Dont make me cry on telly time for a look at the weather. Here is louise lear. What you see behind me is not what you are going to get at christmas, so i can offer some sunnier weather but over the next 2a hours it will stay pretty wet, just as we see this morning along the south coast. The radar is showing how the rain is drifting steadily north and east. The heaviest of the rain across southern and western scotland. It stays rather drab as well through england and wales, a lot of low cloud. Showers down to the south accompanied by gusts of wind in excess accompanied by gusts of wind in excess of a0 mph. But because its coming from a south westerly direction, it is very mild for the time of year. 11 to 15 degrees the high. In contrast a cooler feel in scotla nd high. In contrast a cooler feel in scotland with top temperatures around seven or 8 degrees. As we go through the night tonight, we will continue to see skies clearing in scotland. Dribs and drabs of showery rain drif