He is the great survivor of the years of tory turmoil. Appointed by borisjohnson, promoted by Liz Truss and kept on by Rishi Sunak. Hes now in the final four candidates to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. All of them will make their case before conservative activists and members at the tory conference in a couple of weeks time. James cleverly, welcome to political thinking. Cheers, nick. This the first time weve spoken since that Election Day . How does it feel to go from having one of those Great Offices Of State and all that comes with it, the red boxes and the chauffeured cars and the security and all the rest . Suddenly its gone. So its not that paraphernalia that you miss. Its the being able to do stuff. And particularly in the portfolios ive held, foreign Secretary And Home secretary, theyre both very much in the news at the moment. The situation with ukraine, the decisions around the uks posture, how we further support the ukrainians in their self defence. Weve
Drought and huge bushfires which Authorities Say are uncontrollable. Time for a look at the weather. This morning we had a beautiful start to the day. This was over the mountains of snowdonia. That cloud continues to spread across Western Areas bringing heavy rain and a strengthening wind but in the east it is staying dry today with some hazy sunshine. Because the likes of north east england we still have some patches of dense fog which could linger. And temperatures struggling to get much above freezing. But elsewhere temperatures around eight, i freezing. But elsewhere temperatures around eight, 11 degrees. Stone cold in scotland with some frost and temperatures struggling to get above freezing. This evening we have strong wind, as strong as 60 or 70 miles an hour across coasts and hills. It turns increasingly mild overnight and by the end of the night temperatures will have come up to around nine or 10 degrees across aberdeen and stornoway for example. So ill start to thursday but l
Join me for a look back at a busy royal yea r. Join me for a look back at a busy royal year. There were plenty of headlines, and a new addition. Baby archiejoin his parents on tour to south africa. Good afternoon. A passenger plane has crashed in kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people. The aircraft from bek air a Kazakh Airline crashed into a building shortly after take off from almaty airport early this morning. Survivors described walking from the wreckage into the dark and snow. At least 60 people have been injured. Our correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. This is all thats left of flight 2100 from almaty. Moments after take off, the plane crash landed, slamming first through a concrete barrier and then into a house. Much of the plane disintegrated on impact. But amazingly, there were survivors, and some even walked out of this wreckage unharmed. How are you . I am very well, how are you . Better. Just hours later, aslam managed to tell me what happened. He posted this photo on
As a serious Political Force if it tries to whitewash the scale of its election defeat. Jailed for life Ayoub Majdouline sentenced to a minimum of 21 years for the gang murder of 14 year old jaden moodie. I know who you are, i know the rest of your story. And coming up, the rise of skywalker stars hit the red carpet on the release of the new star wars movie. Its five oclock our top story more than 15,000 nurses have gone on strike in Northern Ireland in a dispute about pay and patient safety. About two thirds of them are members of the Royal College of nursing which is taking strike action for the first time in its 103 year history. Theyre unhappy about being paid less than colleagues elsewhere in the uk. Many appointments and treatments have been cancelled because of the strike and a number of minor injury units are closed. Chris page reports. Horns toot. Support for the strikers taking part in a picket unlike any before. The Royal College of nursing has existed for 103 years, this is
Of the Uk Supreme Court says shes concerned about the lack of resources for legal advice in england and wales. Free hospital parking in england for some patients and visitors from april but questions are raised over how it will be funded. In a year that saw the planets hottest month on record, nick miller and Sarah Keith Lucas reflect on the most significant meteorological events of 2019 in weather world. This time on weather world, were in cambridge, where right here during 2019s record setting european heatwave, the temperature was the highest the uks ever recorded. At the uks hottest weather station, ill discover how you go about accurately recording temperature, and ill be finding out whats behind another year of record heatwaves. The science is overwhelmingly clear that the cause of this Climate Change is our activities as humans putting more and more Carbon Dioxide and other Greenhouse Gases into the atmosphere. And im at Cambridge University, where a new look at pioneering Data