dress warmly. let me show you a wonderful picture from wales. this is this morning, isn't it beautiful? perfectly still, fantastic reflection. the frost means enjoying some sunshine. that's not the case for all parts of the uk. this is more like the picture across the uk at the moment. this is the rain coming down. look at the extent of the cloud on the satellite picture. the difference today, is that yesterday in west wales was 11. today, the cold air has arrived on the western side of the uk and it's currently li—sd. a few showers close to the cornwall coast, but they are more likely to be on the eastern side of the uk. there was a little bit of sleepiness on mike harwood screen as i came bit of sleepiness on mike harwood screen 3s i came in bit of sleepiness on mike harwood screen as i came in this morning. it's a bit wintry out there. wash there was sleepiness on my car windscreen. northern ireland is much cloudy this afternoon compared with yesterday. very little change in overnight, there is a greater chance of wintry showers falling at lower levels and pushing west. with

temperatures around freezing, there's an ice worry on untreated roads and pavements come the morning rush on friday. friday, spot the difference really. it's the west the best for sunshine, easter gain rather grey with some showers and it's cold enough for them to fall as sleet or snow. potentially at lower levels as the day goes on. we are importing cold air all the time, just 2—4dc. i can't offer anything higher than that, unfortunately, for the foreseeable future. we keep the easterly winds through tomorrow night and saturday. a slight difference tomorrow night. the weather system might push something more organised in the way of sleet and snow further west. don't be surprised to see a light covering of snow on saturday morning. if you are heading westwards, it should be dry for the match in cardiff and it will be cold, especially because of the strengthening easterly wind. that will been with us particularly for england and wales on saturday.

scotla nd england and wales on saturday. scotland and northern ireland faring better. you haven't the wind. similaron better. you haven't the wind. similar on sunday, a lot of cloud throughout the weekend. temperatures perhaps marginally higher, 5—6, but it's going to feel cold because of the wind, really. there's a subtle difference later sunday into monday. is of easterly, we are picking up a slight south—easterly, so there's a bit of mediterranean influence. it will not be warm. it will be just slightly less cold. but the centre ofa high slightly less cold. but the centre of a high pressure in scotland, with no winds, there will be severe frosts as we head into next week as well. so frosty by night, cold by day, a lot of cloud and some wintry showers. when there are warnings issued they will be on the website. but cold, in a word. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. figures for december show a&e departments in england had their worst—performing month on record — and january may be worse still. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me —

and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. england have made two changes for their six nations game against wales in cardiff on saturday. props rob evans and tomas francis ta ke props rob evans and tomas francis take over from sa nsom props rob evans and tomas francis take over from sansom and props rob evans and tomas francis take overfrom sansom and leigh respectively. england have made two changes for their six nations game against wales in cardiff on saturday. harlequins flanker jack clifford will make just his second start replacing tom wood, who drops to the bench. clifford will be part of an inexperienced back row which will have a total ofjust 20 caps to its name. jack nowell also comes in forjonny may on the wing. scotland captain greig laidlaw

says his team have learned how to handle pressure since coach vern cotter took over. after holding off a late comeback from ireland last saturday, laidlaw feels his team have an excellent chance of making it two wins out of two when they play france this weekend even though it's 18 years since they last won in paris. the start of the game is massively important, the first instances in the game, our kick—off for us receiving, the first thing we do in the game is psychologically important for them, as it is for us, and if we can stay in the game for the first 20 minutes, and the whole

half, if we can do that then it will put them under pressure. what is important for me is that arsenal football club goes well and i dedicate my energy for the club to do well. the future of the football association is set to be debated this afternoon in parliament after it's "failure to reform". it follows a motion of no confidence in the governing body. parliament will examine whether the fa is fit for purpose. lastjuly, sports minister tracey crouch said the governing body would lose its 50—40 million of public funding if it did not reform. european football's governing body uefa will ask for 16 places

at the expanded 2026 world cup — that's three more than in brasil last time. its been extended from 32 to 48 teams, and uefa wants one team per group in the first round, enhancing the chances of its member nations making it through to the knockout stages. the chairman of british cycling, bob howden, has stepped down. he was first appointed to the organisation's board as a nonexecutive director in march 2015. british cycling is currently bracing itself for a major independent report following an investigation into whether there was a culture of bullying at its world—class performance programme. ex—businessmanjonathan browning has been elected as his replacement. great britain have beaten latvia to make it two wins out of two in their fed cup round robin group. both heather watson andjohanna konta won their matches in straight sets... so britain had an unassailable 2— nil lead heading into the doubles rubber. the final pool c fixture is against turkey tomorrow. that's all the sport. you can find

out more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. in fact, we will pick up on one of the stories you mention, there. mps will debate the way the football association is run this afternoon. the culture, media and sport committee has tabled a motion of no—confidence in the fa's ability to reform itself. mps want greater representation for fans and more diversity in top positions at the fa. one man who knows what goes on behind closed doors at the fa is its former executive director, the broadcaster david davis, who's in our central london studio. good afternoon. is it fair enough that there is going to be this debate, that it has reached this point that it is necessary? i'm sad that it has reached this point. but

it is historic. it is unprecedented for the parliament to discuss the way the national sport in england is run. the reality is that successive regimes, ifi run. the reality is that successive regimes, if i can use that word, have tried to reform the fa internally, and failed. i was a member of a number of them. we have failed because of the way the governance structure is set up. so, for example, you fail to get more fa ns for example, you fail to get more fans involved, which is one of the things mps want, purely because of the structure? is it that much of a barrier? it is a huge barrier. people have been bringing forward reform proposals, in my experience, since the late 1980s. and one by one, they have been frustrated. what we want, there are some wonderful people at the fa doing fantastic work around football, but we want the governing body that is fit for

the governing body that is fit for the 2ist—century, at least to the year 2017 the 21st—century, at least to the year 2017 and beyond. didn't greg dyke go because he was so frustrated, he just could dyke go because he was so frustrated, hejust could not dyke go because he was so frustrated, he just could not get anywhere in that regard? doesn't that say that there are some good people trying to do good work but there must be some refuseniks within there must be some refuseniks within the system. thereafter refuseniks within the system and they have been successful because of the way the organisation is set up and has been set up for many, many moons. and the reality is, that is why five of us, including three successive independent german, including greg dyke, said the time has come —— independent chairman. and that is what today is all about. do you feel some degree of optimism that this is a step towards that? some of those key targets that mps want, more

involvement forfans, key targets that mps want, more involvement for fans, greater diversity in top positions, is today the starting point for that? it's not the starting point. i like to think that we are along the route. the current chairman and leadership of the fa are seeking change and they believe they can bring forward change within the deadline set by the government of april this year, and they will be successful. and they hope they are. we all hope that they hope they are. we all hope that they are. the reality is, successive regimes have hoped they would be successful in reform, and they have been frustrated. and we want a better governing body, fit for the 21st—century. better governing body, fit for the 21st-century. whose responsibility is that, ultimately? so far, the fa has not achieved it, including, over a number of years, regimes of which i was a member. what i say to people is do not throw the baby out with

the bath water. there is terrific work being done by terrific people within the fa. support them and give them a governing body that represents both countries we serve, and the national sport that we serve. if we were talking one year from now... you are already laughing! is it going to look any different? will we have any greater diversity? will fans have any more say? i used to be something of a pessimist in life, i am now a bit of an optimist. i believe that what certain people have done, either side of christmas, and with this debate, we are bringing this matter toa debate, we are bringing this matter to a head and basically saying, the time has come to change. however that change is achieved. frankly, the fa needs a push from behind, to get it over the line. thank you very

much, david davis. romania's constitutional court has been considering to consider whether the government's decree last week to soften anti—corruption laws was lawful. although the decree itself was withdrawn following a wave of protests, the governing social democrats want parliament to enact similar measures. protesters say the true aim is to protect corrupt officials. 0ur correspondent nick thorpe is in the capital bucharest. he can explain more. this row over corruption just rumbles on and on. you can see in the pictures from last night, astonishingly cold, —3 but it felt like —10 with a strong wind blowing in the square in front of the government building, so large numbers for the conditions still turning out. the activists spent the afternoon clearing the square with shovels in order to create space for people to gather in the evening. there have been the first, smaller pro—government demonstrations, protesting against the president

of the republic who has very much taken the side of the protesters. all eyes are on the constitutional court and on the government reaction to what the constitutional court does. the crisis, as it were, continues in romania. the protesters plan more big demonstrations against the government over the weekend. they want this government to fall, now. the government is trying to limit the damage and trying to survive this wave of protest and to stay in office. across the bbc this week we've been looking at the pressures the nhs is under. we've met rural gps working long hours, seen how cuts are affecting mental health provision, and investigated alternative ways to fund the service. today for our nhs health check we follow a day in the life of kathryn carruthers, a matron at a busy emergency care unit in north london. it is chock—a—block. all those patients you can see

are waiting, and there is probably more patients, more patients here, and more patients all down the corridor here. everybody is trying, but sometimes trying isn't enough, and you feel that everything is gridlocked, and that can be very frustrating. my name is kathryn carruthers. i'm the matron for ambulatory emergency care here at northwick park hospital. we're part of the emergency division. we try to see patients that need urgent care, and get treatment without the requirement for admission. a&e have already rung this morning to see if we can take some patients who have been down there for quite some time. we're at 100%. staffing is a huge challenge. we don't always have the number of staff that we would like. ok, so we'll go to ed. it is busy.

lots of staff, and patients on trolleys, and relatives, who look fed up. they have been waiting, you can tell. good morning. i'm kathy, i'm the matron. i know you have been here for a very long time. for me, currently, this is probably the worst i have seen the nhs. when it is completely relentless, i think you do drain staff. got a real problem, actually. there is a woman who has just moved, and she has a bowel obstruction, and she has been sitting here all night in a chair. it is absolutely full, and nowhere to examine patients. which is not the hospital's fault, it does its absolute best. mayhem in there. sorry, do you mind if i take this call? hi, colin. two orthopaedic patients,

a chap in a chair. i had to wait, and wait and wait. oh, well. looks like a movie now. —— like i'm moving. it is almost the end of the day. my department ticked along quite nicely. i don't think it is sustainable to continue this amount of pressure. i am off training. i'm at an athletic club, before going home and seeing to the rest of the family. and then back to do it all again. back to do it all again tomorrow. the life of a matron in north london, there. in northern ireland, an increasing number of people are turning up at a&e with mental health problems. now a new scheme is attempting to tackle the issue. known as rapid access interface discharge — or raid — it brings mental health specialists into the medical team so that vulnerable people are identified and offered rapid treatment.

0ur northern ireland health correspondent marie—louise connolly reports. have you had mental health problems in the past? no. so this is a very new thing for you? tucked away from the busy emergency department, a member of the mental health team talks to an extremely vulnerable patient. he was found in a distressed state by the police. been feeling down... how long have you been feeling that you would do yourself some harm? this scheme, called raid, specifically targets patients showing signs of depression, anxiety, or if they have attempted suicide. it has proved successful. a consultant psychiatrist is part of the 24—hour emergency team. we need to have parity between physical and mental health, because people's mental health needs, quite often are overlooked whenever they come to a physical health setting, like an acute hospital. so if you have depression and your depression hasn't been picked up, but the nursing staff on the acute wards are picking that up, the raid team can come and see you, start you on treatment, liaise with your gp, and that then set you on a journey to recovery. in 2015, more than 6,000 people

turned up at emergency departments across northern ireland as a result of alcohol, drugs or perhaps by cutting themselves. the majority of those people were young, aged between 16—24. according to clinicians here, the beauty of this scheme is that they are preventing a large number of those men and women from slipping through the net. thank you for coming down to see alan today. the doctors are still continuing to look after him. and it is all about teamwork involving doctors, nurses and even social workers. that means the right care package is in place, both in hospital and after discharge. praise from this woman whose elderly mother had been admitted with delayed onset delirium. she was seen quite quickly, diagnosed very quickly, and it was within hospital, with the different teams in order to get her a very quick package of care, and she was able to return home the next day. an ageing population is having

an impact on northern ireland's health service. with budgets tight, prevention is proving to be cost—effective. early diagnosis and treatment means a shorter stay for the patient, less bed days for the hospital and a better outcome, ultimately, for everyone. this model of care has required additional resources but, according to both staff and patients, it is working, and that is good news for the health service. that is the view of one system in the mental health service within northern ireland. tomorrow on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questions — and listening to your suggestions — on how the nhs can tackle the looming financial shortfall. tomorrow on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questions. that is all coming up tomorrow. we

will be talking about that as part of our special week of nhs coverage. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. first, the headlines on bbc news. a&e waiting times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. the government has rejected criticism after it ends a scheme to bring unaccompanied child migrants into the uk, saying that it is detrimental to the children's welfare. jeremy corbyn is expected to reshuffle labour's shadow cabinet, after insisting that a string of resignations over brexit were "not a disaster". and now the business news.

travel group thomas cook are being cautious about 2017 despite a £200 million increase in revenue and a solid start to the year. it's struggling with a changing holiday market as weak sterling means holiday prices will be up as much as 9% this summer. fewer homes were repossessed last year than in any year since 1982 but lenders are warning that mortgage rates will not always be so favourable. a total of 7,700 uk homes were repossessed last year compared with 10,200 in 2015. and nissan has reported a 3.5% increase in profit, with sales rising in all major markets. the japanese car—maker recorded profits of $1.2 billion in the three months to december. repossessions was down a quarter run

the cases seen you before. the council of mortgage lenders represents the industry. repossessions have been generally declining since reaching a recent peak of cases in 2009 since when the low mortgage rates have been keeping mortgage rates relatively affordable. i think these figures are fantastic. we have been talking about a government white paper and the broken housing market. much of the broken housing market. much of the housing market is working well. 11 million mortgages out there. 10,000 repossessions happening now, thatis 10,000 repossessions happening now, that is uncomfortable if you're one of those people, but it is mostly good news. it is very much because of the low mortgage rates. many people own their own homes at right

now which is a statistic that is rarely use. since the credit crunch, people are looking at property differently and they are looking to pay off mortgages are as much as possible, whereas previous generations were looking to trade up as to as high a property as they could, and we are having quite a change in attitude now. also, with a new mortgage market review that we have had, we have better affordability rules, so people are buying into properties based on rates being higher than they are currently. i don't necessarily expect repossessions to go up to the levels we have seen in the past. even then, 119,000 of them at the height of the credit crunch, actually, we saw 90,001 year back in the 1990s. so we are learning. and good work is being done. here's a look at some other stories we're following today. hundreds ofjobs at waitrose are under threat. the supermarket is proposing to close up to six underperforming stores, which could see the loss

of nearly 500 jobs. however, plans are under way to open eight new shops, which would create 600 jobs. sales at the stores did well at christmas — a 2.8% rise compared to the previous year. democrats have condemned president donald trump's tweet attacking a clothing retailer which dropped a fashion line owned by his daughter. nordstrom became the fifth retailer to do so, citing lack of sales. mr trump tweeted that "ivanka has been treated so unfairly" by the firm — though its share price has since risen. and shares in a little known us start—up called snap have almost doubled in value. it seems traders thought were buying into the firm behind snapchat. snap said last week it planned to raise $3 billion in a stock market listing, but no date was set. the investors were actually buying stocks in snap interactive — a separate company that makes a dating app. a quick look at the markets. shares in thomas cook fell more

than 7%. that's all the business needs. scientists studying the calls of one of our closest ape relatives say they may have revealed the origin of the earliest words ever spoken. researchers from durham and liverpool john moores universities spent years eavesdropping on orangutans, and analysed more than 5,000 of their "kiss squeaks" that sound like this. high-pitched squeaking. professor serge wich, a primate biologist at liverpooljohn moores university says that each individual ‘kiss squeak‘ is unique. we are trying to dive back into the past to figure out

the earliest source of human speech evolution, and we have always focused on vowel—like sounds and with this research we show that in consonants there is a lot of information, so now we think that the earliest words might have been a mixture of consonants and vowels, not adding complexity but repeating the same information twice so that a listener would have a higher chance of getting the message. just part of his team's research. more on that later in the afternoon. we'll be talking about the nhs after 2pm. time for a look at the weather. helen willetts has the latest. it is a cold forecast for the next couple of days. if you don't like the cold weather, we can't promise much

sunshine although there will be some sunshine. we have had some at port talbot in the western side of wales. for the majority, this is probably much more how it looks out of the window at the moment. there is the extent of the cloud. it is called as well with that cloud being brought in on an easterly wind. —— cold. there are a few wintry flurries out there. not amounting to a great deal, the snow. the chances are that overnight we could see some at lower levels, as well. it is not likely to amount to much, except over the hills. it will be frosty and we will be scraping ice off the cars tomorrow morning. it will be fairly great, as well. that easterly wind continues to strengthen. at least that allows the rest —— the best of

the sunshine to be across the welsh mountains and the south west up to the north of scotland. still cold, only between 1—3dc in east anglia and parts of the south—east. something a little wintry in those showers. further north, sunshine for cumbria and parts of northern ireland and the west of scotland and a cold night with temperatures only making it up to three celsius. another cold night with still, clear conditions across parts of western scotland, but in the east, we have a weather system assuring more sleet and snow. a little bit further west

than we have seen it so far. it will cardiff, only three celsius. some strong will be bringing yet more wintry showers to eastern temperatures nothing to write home about. su btle subtle changes, picking up more of a south—easterly breeze. there might bea south—easterly breeze. there might be a slight increase across the mediterranean but it will feel marginally less cold, if you like. more details on the website. this is bbc news.

i'm jane hill. the headlines at two: a report into safety failures which forced 17 edinburgh schools to close puts the blame on a lack of proper scrutiny over construction work. it was part of this school wall here that tumbles down in high winds in january 2016. this lengthy report has just been published january 2016. this lengthy report hasjust been published into january 2016. this lengthy report has just been published into what went wrong here. leaked figures show record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in hospital a&e units in england last month. the prime minister welcomes her italian counterpart to downing street for talks, with brexit expected to be top of the agenda. the two leaders just beginning