the deputy prime minister is expected to make a house of commons shortly. we will bring that when it happens but first sport. there are european football qualifiers this evening. more on those in a moment. but first the hosts for next year s euros germany are going through some managerial strife. hansi flick was sacked after germany lost 4 1 at home to japan in a friendly they qualify automatically next year as hosts. but the pressure s on to find a new manager to lead the side, at their home tournament in nine months time. germany have only had two managers in the last 17 years, and their fa is stepping up the search, with several big names in the frame. they will approach the former bayern coach who is out of a job and someone who has not had a full time coaching position in 15 years but was a sporting director of the fa. whether they are interested we do not know, coaching a team at the euros and leaving again because he wants to pursue a career at club level. that
with kidnapping. good morning and welcome to bbc news. downing street has warned gps in england that they must keep their surgeries open for longer to meet the demand from patients or risk losing funding. number ten is concerned that many patients may be going to hard pressed accident and emergency departments because they can t get appointments with their gp. the government wants to see surgeries open 12 hours a day, seven days a week unless they can prove the demand isn t there. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. for days, the government has faced a blizzard of criticism about its management of the nhs in england. targets missed, major alerts declared. seniorfigures in the health service are sounding doom laden 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, most gps do a fantasticjob. however, it s increasingly clear that a large number of surgeries are not provid
The Financial Times newspaper reported that state-owned Great British Nuclear is holding discussions with Hitachi to buy a site in Wylfa in Anglesey, an island off north Wales.
£1.3 billion additional investment in the nuclear plant, key to expanding nuclear energy in the UK and providing stable, cheaper and more secure power in the long-term.