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occasionally wet start to the weekend. improving tomorrow, but still blustery. i will have all the weekend weather and the very latest on what we can expect from storm brian, in the next half an hour. in sport. the sound every football manager dreads. booing. boos ring out after west ham lose 3 0 to brighton, piling the pressure on manager slaven bilic. # when you re weary. the teenager who lost her love for music after the manchester bombing finds her voice again. good morning, first our main story. speed limits through motorway roadworks could be raised from 50 to 60 miles per hour. the proposed changes follow trials by highways england which showed drivers feel safer at higher speeds. jon donnison reports. roadworks and mile after mile of little orange cones are the bane of many driver s lives. the current speed limit when passing through motorway roadworks is 50 mph, but highways england says that could be increased to up to 60. it follows trials where drivers were ....
welcome to bbc news. a russian military plane has disappeared from radarjust minutes after take off from the black sea resort of sochi, according to the country s defence ministry. 92 people were on board the the tupolev isii including russian servicemen and members of an army band due to give a concert in syria. rescue ships and helicopters are at the crash site six kilometres offshore, and have so far recovered one body, and debris from the sea. a russian official says the crash could have been caused by a technical malfunction or a crew error, but suggested it could not have been terrorism because the plane was operated by the military. the queen has chosen inspiration as the theme of her christmas broadcast this year, and will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary people, who have done extraordinary things. she will spend today at her sandringham estate in norfolk with other members of the royal family. the duke and duchess of cambridge will spend christ ....
the middle of nowhere. i am adam fleming andi the middle of nowhere. i am adam fleming and i will review it all in half an hour. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the queen will not be attending church this morning for the traditional christmas day service in sandringham. a buckingham palace spokesman says she still suffering from a heavy cold. the queen and the duke of edinburgh delayed the start of their annual trip earlier this week. the rest of the royal family are due to attend church this morning. this photograph was released in the last few minutes by the press association, the family weeping on the way to church. the prince of wales at duchess of cornwall, the duke of edinburgh. the earl of wessex, the countess of wessex and their daughter lady louise windsor. still quite a bit representation from the family at st mary magdelene church. let s speak now to our reporter emilia papadopoulos who is at sandringham for us this morning. the queen does like the trad ....
live pictures. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. the queen has missed the traditional christmas church service at sandringham. buckingham palace says she is suffering with a heavy cold. you ll remember that the queen and the duke of edinburgh delayed the start of their annual trip to sandringham last week, and took a shorter helicopter journey from buckingham palace rather than travelling by train. the rest of the royal family attended church at sandringham without the queen. the congregation included the duke of edinburgh, the prince of wales, the duchess of cornwall and prince harry. the earl of wessex, the county of wessex, and lady louise windsor, their daughter, was also there. the queen was suffering from a cold. and the duke of edinburgh as well. they delayed their trip to sandringham last week, taking a short helicopter journey rather than travelling by train. let s go to sandringham now, and emilia papadopoulos is there for us. there were a lot of question ....
good morning. first, our main story. the prime minister has said gps in england should keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. downing street says too many family doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek treatment in hospitals. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. for days, the government has faced criticism about its management of the nhs in england. targets have been missed and major alerts declared. seniorfigures in the health service are sounding doom alerts about the future. now the prime minister is turning her attention to family doctors and what they can do to help. a downing street source said this. the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, said the remarks amounted to scapegoating, in what it called a serious crisis. the association added that a third of gp surgeries in england had unfilled vacancies because the existing workload put docto ....