Afternoon, heavy and thundery. Most of them along this area across Eastern England and scotland. Further west, Eastern England and scotland. Furtherwest, rising Eastern England and scotland. Further west, rising pressure, wales, probably the west of england. A reasonable chance in these areas of a dry afternoon with some lengthy sunshine which will feel pleasant. Make the most of it because thursday and friday sees this low pressure moving back across the uk. This one bringing heavy rain. They start right across the east on thursday. Rain gathering across the west and that will spread along with strong wind, up to 50, perhaps 60 mph around the most exposed coasts and hills of southern wales. A blustery day, the wind strong enough to bring down some branches. Similar on friday, wet and windy and then the sunshine and Showers Mixture is back for the weekend. Thanks, chris. Its goodbye from me. And on Bbc One we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday, i
About the pollution endangering our rivers. Happy new year. We are looking at unsettled conditions happy new year. We are looking at unsettled conditions this happy new year. We are looking at unsettled conditions this week. Unsettled conditions this week. After record breaking temperatures it will turn colder and be windy and for some, some snow. All the details later in the programme. Its monday the 3rd of january. Our main story. Every secondary pupil in england will be tested for covid at school before going back to class the government says. The move comes just 2a hours after new guidance was issued for the same students to wear masks in classrooms once again, to help tackle the rise in Omicron Coronavirus cases. Jon donnison reports. This time a year ago, schools across the country were forced to close to most pupils. 12 months on, the government says it wants to do everything it can to avoid a return to empty classrooms and home learning. In england, all Secondary Schools have b
A warm welcome. Lets get down to business and we begin in the uk where the chancellor will commit £500 million, in dollars that 677 million, to a newjob Support Programmes across the country. During his speech at the conservative Party Conference later today, rishi sunak will promise to double down on help for the jobs market after covid 19 as he extends Devil Schemes and set p extends Devil Schemes and set up during the pandemic so those will include schemes to help the long term unemployed, others to encourage employers to take on apprentices and the extension of the so called Kick Start Programme which kick Sta Rt Programme Which Subsidises Kick Start Programme which subsidises eligible jobs for young people who are on universal credit. This will be extended by a further three months. Lets talk this through now. Good morning, duvets. What do you make of this new commitment from the chancellor jervais. Of course it is a big day for him with the speech of the conservative Party Confe
The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at the rainforest thats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million square kilometres, with two thirds of it in brazil. Another seven countries and one territory share the remaining third. Under brazils former president , jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. The orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para where the summit is. But new data shows a positive Shift Deforestation in the amazon fell by 66 last month compared to the year before. Its now at its lowest rate in six years. Our correspondent katy watson is in the amazon at the summit. We have had day one of the summit, and already, the country participating have issued a statement saying they are forming an alliance to Work Together to protect the amazon. Sadly, this city is re
Diplomatic efforts to find a resolution to the crisis have stepped up a gear with a warning from washington. Speaking to the bbc, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has voiced his concern that nigersjunta might turn to the Russian Mercenary Group wagner for help. The group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. The coup leaders are currently Standing Firm against calls to restore democratic rule. Heres what mr blinken had to say about wagner a little earlier for sure we have concerns when we see Something Like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. And here is why we are concerned. Because every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. Insecurity has gone up, not down. It has not been a response to the needs of the countries in question for greater security. I think what happened and what continues to happen in niger was not instigated by ru