In the sunnier moments, it should feel pleasant under those blue skies, but with the showers coming through, feeling much cooler and through the rest of this week, a fairly cool week with more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. Bye for now. Here watching bbc news. The headlines this hour. The United Nations holds talks as the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza continues for a second day. The Secretary General pleads for peace. Fighting must stop. It must stop immediately. Rockets and mortars on one side and aerial bonbardments on the other must stop. I appeal to all parties to heed this call. Efforts to combat the India Variant of Covid Ramp Up in england, as the Health Secretary urges caution. Im confident that we can take the step tomorrow, but we should all be careful about how we take that step. So, you asked me about eating indoors with people. Its still safer to eat outdoors rather than in when the weather allows. Parents pay tribute to their two year old so
George hinds, who was killed in a suspected Gas Explosion in lancashire. And if you fancy a job as a live in officer at a Medieval Castle on a remote island, St Michaels Mount is hiring. Good evening. The united Nations Secretary General has appealed for an immediate end to the fighting between israel and the palestinians. It comes as Health Officials in Gaza Report that Forty Two people were killed in the latest israeli bombardment, among them ten children. Israel says hamas has launched 3000 rockets in the last week, killing ten israelis. 0ur middle East Editorjeremy Bowen reports from sderot, in southern israel. These were the heaviest israeli raids On Gaza since this war started. It was also the deadliest day for palestinians. At the centre of the killing in the heart of gaza city, they were looking for survivors. He says, raise your voice so we can hear you. Are you 0k . There were not many survivors, body after body was taken away. Translation when i was carrying my small boy, he
pippa crerar and daily mail columnist sarah vine. hello and welcome. at the 2019 election, borisjohnson captured a slew of northern constituencies in england with the promise to level up the country. the government said it would rebalance the economy, share the prosperity of london, to address long standing underinvestment in the regions. and now we have the policy, a bill published today by the levelling up secretary michael gove which, finally, spells out how they aim to achieve it. this white paper lays out a long term economic and plan to make opportunity more equal. it shifts power and opportunity towards the north end midlands, scotland, wales and northern ireland. it guarantees increase investment in overlooked and undervalued communities. in research and development, in education and skills, and transport and broadband, in urban parks and decent homes, and grassroots ports and local culture and in fighting crime and tackling anti social behavior. it gives local comm
of belton captured the incident last night, as the village was battered by storm isha. the road has been closed while repairs are carried out. look again, the real strength of how the whole roof came off in that village. that shows you how powerful the storm has been. our correspondent aruna iyengar now has more on the situation across the country. storm isha has hit hard. wales saw winds reaching 90 miles per hour. this was the coast of anglesey. in scotland, roads were closed due to falling trees this one came down in lochwinnoch. luckily, no one was injured. and in kent, a glass table goes flying. the winds lashed the coast of ireland. and inland, torrential rain and strong winds in the town of athboy. storm isha has also caused power cuts for tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland, northwest england, and wales. and the sellafield nuclear site in cumbria suspended operations overnight. staff were told there were no safety issues, but the closure was a precautiona