of western scotland, northern ireland, some in north west england and we have this band of wet weather in wales, the south west of england, some snow mixing in over higher ground and that is likely to push further north than these graphics suggest this afternoon to parts of the midlands, london, even into parts of essex in the afternoon. really chilly, 4 7 , but showers further north will become fewer and further north will become fewer and further between but as things get cold this evening, ice could be a significant problem. however, things will then change again in the early hours because we have cloud and outbreaks of rain, briefly some snow on the leading edge but cloud and rain ushers in some milder air. belfast at 8 degrees, plymouth at 10 degrees by the end of the night, a much milder start to saturday morning as this system works through with the milder air tied in with cloud and our bags of heavy rain. noticed this wedge of milder air between those two fronts. a di
the grand slam champion is free labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer about the refurbishment of his downing street flat. and whatever happened to roly, zammo and gripper? grange hill, a tv staple for 30 years, is being turned into a film. and in sport, finally something to cheer about down under asjonny bairstow hits england s first century of this ashes series. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. staff absences caused by covid are making hospital care unsafe that s the warning from the main nursing union, the rcn. absences are up more than 40% in a week in england, and about one in eight hospitals are in a critical incident, which means they re struggling to provide core services. the armed forces have been called in to help. 200 personnel have been deployed in the capital, with another 1800 around the rest of the uk. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. like many hospitals, kingston in south west london has be
bairstow hits a sentry as england finds some salvation in sydney to end date three of the fourth ashes test, truly austria by 158 runs and following on from novak djokovic s struggles, another player falls out. i checked tennis player has had her visa cancelled after entering a country on a medical exist and we had the camera to look ahead to the first major football tournament of the year with the africa cup of nations kicking off sunday and that is all on sunday sports day and now it s time for the the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is anna smith. we will come to you, not to see you again it will have you been watching? i have a film set in one night over a little restaurant called boiling point an starring stephen graham. then we go for a slice of liquorice pizza by paul thomas anderson and finally a film starring benedict cumberbatch called the electrical life of louis wain. tell us about b
doing that indefinitely. given the pressures that hospitals are facing given the pressures that hospitals are facing around the country, especially workforce pressures with their work especially workforce pressures with their work for us like other workforces, if the have to suffice lead, workforces, if the have to suffice lead. this workforces, if the have to suffice lead, this is understandable but it is all lead, this is understandable but it is all part lead, this is understandable but it is all part of trying to work together, providing the nhs every support together, providing the nhs every support that it needs. two former prime ministers back calls for a so called hillsborough law to ensure fairer treatment for bereaved families. novak djokovic has thanked fans for their support and remains in this hotel. the australian government rejects claims the grand slam champion is being held captive after failing to meet vaccine entry requirements. and coming u
labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of his downing street flat. england battle back on the third day of the fourth ashes test asjonny bairstow hits an unbeaten century in sydney. a letter has made its way to a care worker in northern ireland without having his actual address on it itjust contained his life story instead. we ll hear more from the letter s recipient. hello and welcome to bbc news. new figures reveal a sharp leap in covid related absences in the nhs in england. according to the latest data, on average over 35,000 staff at acute nhs trusts in england were off due to covid during the week ending two january. this is an increase of al% on the previous week, but some regional authorities showed much higher absences than the national average. north west england reported an 85% week on week increase in absences in the last few minutes it has been announced the army will help the ambulance service in the north