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to increase energy production, but critics warn about significance damage to the environment and a risk of earthquakes. better access to gps and more appointments. the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england, but some doctors warn the changes will do little to improve patient care. and at least ten people have been killed following another day of protests in iran over the death of a young woman in custody. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. five british captives who were being held by russian backed forces in ukraine are believed to be back in the uk after being released last night. the prime minister, liz truss, confirmed a prisoner exchange had been negotiated by saudi arabia. before being freed, two of the men, aiden aslin and shaun pinner, had been sentenced to death by russian backed separatists. emma vardy reports. we just want to let everyone know that we are now out of the danger zone and on our way home to ourf ....
she will be hoping the people of ramsbottom, as everywhere else, are behind her. judith moritz, bbc news. a small cross section of some of the opinion today in a marginal seat, which offers its own illustrations about public opinion. it has been quite variable today in terms of the weather and it has been raining and then pouring. and louise, yesterday, you did tell me we would have a tricky afternoon and there you go, you are right. it has been touch and go. the rain has been following both the outgoing and incoming prime minister. this was balmoral this morning with some of the rain to renshall and then another pulse of wet weather arrived into southern scotland during the afternoon and then we had dry weather in the north of england before more showers arrived and it really was touch and go in westminster, whether liz truss would be able to give her first speech as prime minister outside 10 downing street, because this was just half an hour before she gave her first ....
her predecessor, borisjohnson, left downing street for the last time. in his farewell speech, he urged the conservative party to unite behind his successor. let me say i am now like one of those booster rockets that has fullfilled its function, and i will be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obsecure corner of the pacific. we will have the latest on the change in prime minister and the challenges that liz truss faces. especially the cost of fuel and the cost of living crisis, with a new plan expected this week costing tens of billions of pounds to help households and businesses. for some, to help cannot come soon enough and we will hearfrom to help cannot come soon enough and we will hear from those already feeling the pressure over the rising cost of living. feeling the pressure over the rising cost of living- cost of living. because of the gas, i don t cook cost of living. because of the gas, i don t cook so cost of ....
Treatment in england. but elsewhere around the uk, the nhs is also under pressure, with long waiting times the case in wales, scotand and northern ireland. in wales are waiting list is now three quarters of a million. there are similar situations in scotland and northern ireland. earlier i spoke with our chief political correspondent nick eardley. the government has made the nhs a priority, it s said they want to solve some of the big problems that we all know exists when it comes to getting an appointments or phoning an ambulance or the care sector. but what a lot of people are still looking for is the detail of how that is going to happen. so the new health secretary, therese coffey, is starting to put that out today, she is setting a target of everyone getting a gp appointment within two weeks, or within a day if it is an urgent case, but quizzed this morning, ....