it the guess that's why they call it the blues! we will find less fog over the last few days. most of the mist and fog we have seen recently has lifted slowly but surely, over this weekend there will be much less fog mainly because the wind will be picking up a notch or two. it will be an easterly wind which will make it feel colder, sunshine and maybe one or two showers, that is the type of weather we had seen in eastern england, welcome sunshine in lincolnshire. lots of cloud on the satellite picture, we have this misty grey zone across north—west england, east wales, the midlands, quite cold here for the rest of the day. one or two showers on the easterly breeze, still quite cloudy across much of scotland and northern ireland and the cloudy, misty zone will be swept up to the north—west into the north—west of scotland, keeping it milder, it gets colder and clearer in other parts of

scotland and we will see broken cloud across england and wales. temperatures close to freezing, less fog, a bit more frost, some showers coming in. we still have cloud in northern ireland, staying cloudy in north—west scotland, other parts of scotland are seeing sunshine and we will get sunshine for england and wales, more showers into eastern areas on that breeze, looks quite cloudy in the afternoon for the south—east of england and it will be another chilly day, temperatures about seven or 8 degrees quite widely. getting colder and the weather pattern is quite blog because of high pressure extending across parts of russia and scandinavia, giving us an easterly wind which will pick up during the second top of the weekend, and we have a mixture of cloud, sunshine, maybe showers too more across the northern half of the uk, it looks quite cloudy. we have an easterly breeze, it is not a particularly strong winds but it will be quite

noticeable on sunday and it is getting colder as the weekend goes on, temperatures typically five or six but factoring in the easterly wind it will probably feel quite a bit colder. over next week we stay in the cold air, we will find lots of dry weather around at least to begin with but you can see how the temperatures are dropping away next week, it will get even colder and feel colder as the wind picks up again. we started speak with an easterly wind but from tuesday and wednesday onwards the wind comes from the north all the way from greenland, bringing sunshine and also some wintry showers. there is a little bit of snow in the forecast mainly for coastal areas across northern parts of the uk, it will be feeling northern parts of the uk, it will be feelin- colder. northern parts of the uk, it will be feeling northern parts of the uk, it will be feelin- colder. i’m northern parts of the uk, it will be feeling northern parts of the uk, it will be feelin- colder. i’m still northern parts of the uk, it will be feeling northern parts of the uk, it will be feelin: colder. �* , , ., feeling colder. i'm still standing! no candles _ feeling colder. i'm still standing! no candles in — feeling colder. i'm still standing! no candles in that _ feeling colder. i'm still standing! no candles in that wind, - feeling colder. i'm still standing! | no candles in that wind, darren?! thank you. our top story: on a visit to ukraine the archbishop of

canterbury says there can be no peace in ukraine until russia stops lying about what it is doing, including the massacre of civilians. 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. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. after all the drama of yesterday, the world cup group stages draw to a close today and all eyes this afternoon will see two old foes reuniting. ghana take on uruguay in their final group match in theirfirst meeting since their infamous 2010 quarterfinal, which saw luis suarez sent off after he stopped ghana from scoring, with his hand. asamoah gyan missed the subsequent penalty and ghana went out of the tournament. suarez was asked if he felt sorry about the incident in a pre—match

conference yesterday. this was his response. it is not my fault because i don't miss the penalty. you see the player missed a penalty, he say he do it the same in this situation. it is not my responsibility, the shoot of penalty. and then tonight, group g draws to a close as switzerland, cameroon and serbia try tojoin brazil in getting out the group. a win will guarantee progress for switzerland but both serbia and cameroon must win to stand a chance of reaching the last 16. away from the world cup, england's cricketers have continued their record—breaking start in their opening test in pakistan but it might not lead them to victory. after scoring runs galore yesterday — england added another 151 to their overnight total — bowled out for 657 — their highest total in asia. but they struggled with the ball —

pakistan ending the day on 181—0 at the end of day two. here's england debutant willjacks talking to test match special�*s simon mann. 20 wickets on this is hard and we are going to have to take a few catches and have a few crazy catches to go our way to winds. it catches and have a few crazy catches to go our way to winds.— to go our way to winds. it feels like a nailed _ to go our way to winds. it feels like a nailed on _ to go our way to winds. it feels like a nailed on draw _ to go our way to winds. it feels like a nailed on draw but - to go our way to winds. it feels | like a nailed on draw but cricket can be a strange game like that. there is only one team that can winds it. the pakistanis looked happy with the draw with how they are batting, we will be pushing for the wind, no matter what happens. in domestic cricket, essex chairman azeem akhtar has voluntarily stepped aside from his role having only been appointed to the role earlier this week. his decision comes as the club conducts an immediate independent review into historical social media content. in a statement, akhtar said...

it is important that i as chair and essex county cricket club more widely hold ourselves to the highest standards of governance and accountability. by stepping aside, i want to show leadership and ensure the club can focus on the ongoing challenges it is tackling. for a third successive year, the chinese grand prix has been cancelled. the event in shanghai was due to return to the sport's racing calendar for the first time in 2023 but has been called off because of china's covid policies. formula one says it is looking at alternative options to fill the gap left in the calendar. england rugby union head coach eddie jones is set to find out about his future by the blood next week but if he is to leave, the val one man has already willed himself out of replacing the australian, ronan o'gara has said he has contact from the rugby football union about what he was interested in replacing jones

but speaking in a column in an irish newspaper, o'gara made it clear he wasn't offered the job officially but insists he is happy in his current role in charge of the french side that he has. and that is all the sport for now. moss bought because this afternoon there is the chance for ghana to avenge one of the most heartbreaking moments in the heartbreaking history when they come against uruguay in a place for the last 16. the last time they met was the quarterfinal of the 2020 tournament and in that match, luis suarez stopped ghana the scoring with his hand and then asamoah gyan missed the subsequent penalty. suarez was given the chance to apologise into diaper match press conference and is what he had to say. it is not my fault because

i don't miss the penalty. you see the player missed a penalty, he say he do it the same in this situation. it is not my responsibility, the shoot of penalty. i'm joined now by the former ghanaian footballer, emmanuel agyemang—badu. hello, immanuel, thank you for joining us. a lot at stake today. thank you and good afternoon to everyone. yes, today is a holiday in ghana, it is a family day, and everyone is tense. waiting for what will happen after 3pm.— everyone is tense. waiting for what will happen after 3pm. today's my as well. will happen after 3pm. today's my as well- happy — will happen after 3pm. today's my as well. happy birthday! _ will happen after 3pm. today's my as well. happy birthday! 0h, _ will happen after 3pm. today's my as well. happy birthday! oh, thank - will happen after 3pm. today's my as well. happy birthday! oh, thank you | well. happy birthday! oh, thank you very much- — well. happy birthday! oh, thank you very much- and _ well. happy birthday! oh, thank you very much- and i— well. happy birthday! oh, thank you very much. and i hope _ well. happy birthday! oh, thank you very much. and i hope that - well. happy birthday! oh, thank you very much. and i hope that we - well. happy birthday! oh, thank you very much. and i hope that we will i very much. and i hope that we will get a win. everything is fine. did ou hear get a win. everything is fine. did you hear what luis suarez had to say about that handball? what was your

reaction? ~ , , ., reaction? well, it is deliberate in the ress reaction? well, it is deliberate in the press conference _ reaction? well, it is deliberate in the press conference to - reaction? well, it is deliberate in the press conference to create i the press conference to create attention from the guy but we know this, he is right, that is what he needed to do. we are not thinking about what has happened i2 needed to do. we are not thinking about what has happened 12 years ago, it is a part of history, although the supporters want their revenge, but the footballers are poised for action. i spoke to a couple of them and they had one to be... they are not concentrating on what suarez says. you be. .. they are not concentrating on what suarez says.— be... they are not concentrating on what suarez says. you want to focus on the game- _ what suarez says. you want to focus on the game- he — what suarez says. you want to focus on the game. he said _ what suarez says. you want to focus on the game. he said it _ what suarez says. you want to focus on the game. he said it was - what suarez says. you want to focus on the game. he said it was a - what suarez says. you want to focus on the game. he said it was a public holiday in ghana today, give us a sense of the atmosphere, how much attention will they be honest much? well, today's family day in ghana, it is a holiday for everyone. people

are at home, you won't see a lot of cars outside, people will be in their houses. they are poised and waiting for the guys to deliver this afternoon. so the really calm. some people are a bitjittery, that is fine, we have two options now, either draw or win will take us further. we can look at what happened against senegal and ecuador, eitherto happened against senegal and ecuador, either to win or to draw, and senegal came out and beat them, so this time we are against it tricky and dangerous draw. we are pleasantly waiting to know what will happen after 3pm. what pleasantly waiting to know what will happen after 3pm— pleasantly waiting to know what will happen after 3pm. what you think is auoin to happen after 3pm. what you think is going to happen? _ happen after 3pm. what you think is going to happen? well, _ happen after 3pm. what you think is going to happen? well, it _ happen after 3pm. what you think is going to happen? well, it is - happen after 3pm. what you think is going to happen? well, it is a - happen after 3pm. what you think is going to happen? well, it is a very l going to happen? well, it is a very difficult game. _ going to happen? well, it is a very difficult game, as _ going to happen? well, it is a very difficult game, as i _ going to happen? well, it is a very difficult game, as i said, _ going to happen? well, it is a very difficult game, as i said, they - going to happen? well, it is a very| difficult game, as i said, they have only one option, to beat us or qualify or may be to wait and see what will happen against korea and portugal. difficult game, they will

try to push us, they have a solid midfield, great midfielders, may be their midfield and their striking, their midfield and their striking, the length between them is not working for them. it is a problem for them for now because already they have had two games. but they have a very dangerous attack, with nunez and suarez. and the playerfor manchester united. we know them, we play with them, we know the kind of quality they have, maybe they will try to constrict us. we will have a goal before we can relax a bit. a tricky game of course but i am very optimistic that ghana will qualify.

0k. optimistic that ghana will qualify. ok. we don't have too long to wait. thank you very much, that is emmanuel agyemang—badu, a former international footballer felt ghana. bristol temple meads has become the first railway station in the uk to offer an audio guide to help blind and visually impaired passengers find their way around. the guide includes the sounds and smells of the station as well as directions. john maguire reports. the hustle and bustle of a busy mainline railway station is an assault on the senses. but what if, as you try to navigate your way around the platforms, the passengers and the people, you can hear everything, but see nothing? so if we start walking forward now, we're walking past the gate line. i'm trying to knock somebody over. sorry, apologies. we're going against the flow, as well, aren't we? we're against the flow of people coming off the train. oh, there's a wonderful fur coat there

that i've just brushed against it. oh, there's a post there. i think we go right round the post. so, to help people with impaired or no vision... we're coming up to the door. there's a sound of the echo. ..network rail has teamed up with the bristol sight loss council to create an audio guide, an audio map of bristol temple meads, available on a smartphone. 'the ticket barriers - are white and grey branded. |'the left hand side of the ticketj gate is for entering the station, 'and the right hand side i is for exiting, so keep left 'as you go towards them.�* going through the gate... now it's telling us we're on platform three. and it's telling us to turn right, to go to the stairs of the subway. alan davis has helped to write the guide. it includes details that a sighted person might not think of. 'you'll walk up a very tiny slope and you'll feel the floor surfacej 'change from rough to smooth.�* so we're looking for the tactile... alan and anila are putting the guide to the test — the ticket barriers, the coffee kiosks, the stairs. no, we're fine, thanks.

thank you. like anything, a train station, for a totally blind person, is a frightening environment. flipping heck, i wish i'd had this when i moved to bristol. it would have made so much of a difference to me, because it's all about confidence, it's all about knowing the environment you're going into. so, if you come across something you weren't expecting, if you've heard it in advance, you obviously know about it. so therefore, you're taking some of the fear and anxiety away. so the sound changes even when there's a gap, and then when it closes up again. details include the station's changing sounds, and even its smells. and look, the sound here has changed. i can already smell the pasties. yeah. and the temperature is changing as well. it's getting a bit warmer, which is nice. and the sound is very different down here now. there is an assistant service at stations. but the hope for this guide is that it will further increase the confidence and independence for a variety of passengers. for people who haven't had

the confidence to travel on their own, people who have thought they can't travel on their own, people who are just scared to travel on their own, i think it's going to be life changing for lots and lots of visually impaired people, but it's also going to change things for other people who don't have confidence. the guide, the first in the uk, was born out of the station's major refurbishment. in some places the physical layout has been altered, and this is a way to let passengers with a visual impairment know what has changed. 'please be aware that there j are large scaffolding towers 'on the platform after you have - passed through the main ticket gate, 'approximately six feet awayj immediately in front of you.�* but now, the ambition is to roll it out at other stations. we're now looking at paddington and looking at how we can develop, because if we can help people with visual impairments and visual problems get around paddington much better, that will be great for them and it'll be great for us. the audio guide goes live today, and will be adapted and improved with feedback, using the soundscape

to create a map that can't be seen but can show the way. 'thank you for listening, and we wish you a very. 'pleasant onward journey.�* john maguire, bbc news, bristol. there are plenty of 2023 calendars on sale at the moment, the headlines on bbc news... sajid javid and out will stand down as an mp at the next general election, he says it is a decision he has wrestled with for some time. labour holds chester with his best ever result in the seat delivering a blow to rishi sunak in his first by—election test as prime minister. the rmt union mick lynch is hopeful of a government offer to end the rail strikes ahead of a meeting with the rail minister queue merriment. -- rmt the rail minister queue merriment. —— rmt union leader mick lynch.

now for the stories making the headlines across the uk. there is a shortage of workers needed to meet the government climate targets. bbc look east has been told that 16,000 workers are needed every year for 20 years in the south—east to bring homes up to standard, things like solar panels and heat pumps. one green energy organisation had two big cash gift pack 15 pounds in grants to the government because there weren't enough companies available to do the work. ben schofield reports. demand for solar panels is so high this cambridge firm has a six—month waiting list. hiring skilled staff another challenge. it is waiting list. hiring skilled staff another challenge.— another challenge. it is really difficult to —

another challenge. it is really difficult to find _ another challenge. it is really difficult to find experienced i difficult to find experienced people, there is shortage of them, there is a lot of demand for those skills, so we have been searching for electricians for months and months. , . . for electricians for months and months. , , ., , ., months. new research shows that in the creater months. new research shows that in the greater south-east, _ months. new research shows that in the greater south-east, upgrading i months. new research shows that in | the greater south-east, upgrading 10 the greater south—east, upgrading 10 million homes will require 46,500 full—time workers from now. and a £150 billion investment. that skills gap is so large that earlier this year more than £50 million was returned to government that was supposed to be spent on retrofitting homes to make them more energy—efficient. but it couldn't be spent quickly enough. it is incredible _ spent quickly enough. it 3 incredible disappointing. we are here to support people to get more efficient homes and there was funding available to improve those homes but not enough people to deliver that for us. it was disappointing because you feel that there are so many more householders out there that we wanted to help.

maxine says knowing the scale of the challenge and promises from government a £6 billion in funding up government a £6 billion in funding up to 2028 means there is a huge opportunity. up to 2028 means there is a huge opportunity-— up to 2028 means there is a huge ouortuni . , , , , opportunity. this is good news, this is about creating _ opportunity. this is good news, this is about creating jobs, _ opportunity. this is good news, this is about creating jobs, it _ opportunity. this is good news, this is about creating jobs, it is - opportunity. this is good news, this is about creating jobs, it is about i is about creating jobs, it is about making homes more energy—efficient, it is saving people money on their fuel bills, it is decarbonising so we don't get the worst impacts climate change.— we don't get the worst impacts climate change. this is a virtual reality headset, _ climate change. this is a virtual reality headset, will _ climate change. this is a virtual reality headset, will be - climate change. this is a virtual reality headset, will be using i climate change. this is a virtual reality headset, will be using it| reality headset, will be using it fora _ reality headset, will be using it for a range of things, solar panel installation... for a range of things, solar panel installation. . .— installation... this college group is leadin: installation... this college group is leading a _ installation... this college group is leading a project _ installation... this college group is leading a project on _ installation... this college group | is leading a project on introducing net zero skills into teaching using £5 million of government funding to build kit —— by kit and train lecturers. it build kit -- by kit and train lecturers-— build kit -- by kit and train lecturers. , ., , . ., lecturers. it is a big change in terms of _ lecturers. it is a big change in terms of focus _ lecturers. it is a big change in terms of focus because - lecturers. it is a big change in terms of focus because at - lecturers. it is a big change in terms of focus because at the j lecturers. it is a big change in - terms of focus because at the moment people are looking at old—fashioned ways of doing things but ways of doing things that we have used for decades. which now quite rapidly need to be replaced with new solutions. need to be replaced with new solutions-— need to be replaced with new solutions. ., , ~' solutions. the government this week announced funding _

solutions. the government this week announced funding for _ solutions. the government this week announced funding for almost - solutions. the government this week announced funding for almost 9000 | announced funding for almost 9000 new training courses in energy—efficient and this is this couege energy—efficient and this is this college when they are teaching the new ben schofield committee facilities. now, queueing ambulances and patients unable to get a bed, a&e departments in the north—west of mentor under more pressure than ever before. one factor driving that pressure is the number of medically fit patients who are unable to leave hospital because there is no social care package in place for them. the trust which runs the royal preston hospital is trying to tackle that by taking over a care home, the first patients most in this week. it's late morning, there's a queue of ambulances and some of them could be here for a while. so there is one, two, three ambulances here, another one over there, all waiting with patient session signed, all unable to get them into the emergency department because it is so full.

this is the reality of emergency care now, notjust here, but in hospitals around the country. sadly ambulance queueing is a fact for us, it is with many other trusts at the moment. patients who arrive by ambulance are often unable to sit out in the waiting room, it is not appropriate and if we don't have a physical cubicle free for them then they have to wait. we always find ways for the most critically ill so those who need resuscitation we will move even and earth to find a space and to get them in. every available cubicle and chair in here is occupied. many by patients stuck here because there is no space on the wards to take them. at the moment, we have 56 patients who have completed the emergency department stage of their care, who have been referred for ongoing treatment but are still in the department waiting to be admitted. so that is 56 people who should be in a bed in the hospital, but can't be at the moment? that is correct. this respiratory ward, like all the wards is full. but many of the patients don't need to be here. so this ward has about 34 patients and most of the people we have ant ten patients at least who are medically

optimised for discharge. the problem is a lack of social care provision, so the trust is now providing some of its own, a couple of miles down the road from the royal preston it has taken over a luxury 96 bed nursing home. this one of our rooms that each patient will come into. - so as you see really spacious, great space to work with, they are all standard, we have a bed, we've got come but chair, we've got wardrobe, plenty of storage areas and we have an en suite. the idea is that patients stay here for days or weeks until a longer term social care package is ready. we want the environment for people coming out of hospital, to be a calm, relaxing environment where they can continue their recovery from their acute illness. i think we will see more of this, i think we will see more of hospitals supporting with social care and stepping into the social care market. other hospital trusts will be watching carefully. gill dummigan, bbc north west today, preston.

a couple from derby have broken the world record for cycling around the world on a tandem. they set off from berlin back injune. and after a gruelling 18,000 miles in the saddle returned to the german city last night. simon hare reports. 180 days after setting off east from the brandenburg gate in berlin, laura and stevie came back three from the west, smashing the previous tandem world circumnavigation record by a whopping 83 days. amazing feeling. we stopped at some traffic lights and looked up and the gate was there. we just had to get through that. when we stopped it was a massive feeling of relief we had made it safely through. the past three days, stevie got very cold, got hypothermia

in the awful cold weather. we had a problem with the back wheel. we needed to source replacement bearings urgently. coming into berlin it started to snow. they had overcome an accident in malaysia, sickness in india and visa problems in georgia on the around the world trip. the last time we caught up with the couple from derby they were in australia. halfway we were five days down. we did the second half in 85 days. 18,078 miles in 180 days. you are endurance cyclists. you cannot really beat this, can you? i don't want to do anything like this again.

there are plenty of 2023 calendars on sale at the moment, as people get ready for a the new year. but there's something newjoining the lineup, looking for a space on your wall — the roundabouts of nuneaton. they've been photographed at night, from the air — and the images are rather spectacular. ben sidwell took a road trip to warwickshire to find out more. in the dark, from the ground, nuneaton's roundabouts might not seem all that special. but it's when you look up that you see them in a very different light. whenjohn neal took his drone out one night in nuneaton, he noticed something very different. the town's many roundabouts took on a magical beauty when viewed from the sky in the dark. you don't see that shot from the air, unless you are in an aeroplane, and when you do, wow, that is fantastic.

so using the drone, which we have got nowadays, it is just a fantastic shot to see, particularly when you can see the streetlights at twilight. so enamoured with the drone images, john decided to transform them into a calendar. it is for charity, it is for the local air ambulance and also, of course, they are from the air, so it all seemed to fit together quite nicely. however, when it comes to nuneaton's roundabouts, there can be very few people that know them better than ray seagrave. this, in terms of my top five, would probably be number two. it is one of the most tricky roundabouts to do at certain times of day. he has been teaching drivers how to negotiate them for the past 12 years. those that live in nuneaton, i think they look on their roundabouts with affection. we have quite a few of them that we negotiate every day. so, yeah, we come to love them, in a way.

but to get a true judgment ofjust how beautiful nuneaton's roundabouts really are, you need the approval of this man, king of the islands, lord of the rings and founder of the roundabout appreciation society, kevin beresford. i think they are rated very, very highly. i mean, the one behind us, for instance, we voted this one, the dandelion roundabout, the roundabout of the year about five years ago. when i came to nuneaton, it was on a beautiful summer's day. i had all my car windows down and i could actually feel that roundabout. and i think all the other roundabouts in nuneaton have a good look about them. john's calendar is now on sale in nuneaton, which means you can take your own trip around the town's spectacular roundabouts on your way to get one. time now for a look at the weather.

hello, there. the easterly breeze will bring a few showers over eastern parts of england, break up the cloud and bring a risk of frost. a blanket of low cloud and misty weather will hang around for awhile on saturday and will bring rain into the of scotland. other parts of scotland seeing sunshine and a bit of sunshine for england and wales, still a few showers on eastern areas in the south—east of england looking cloudy on saturday afternoon. another chilly day, temperatures typically seven or 8 degrees on saturday. the second half of the weekend, still this mixture of cloud, sunshine, and some showers, most of the showers to the northern half of the uk, much more cloud probably across the south of england and wales, the easterly wind will be stronger, temperatures five to 7 degrees, feeling a few degrees lower than that in the wind.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the cost of living crisis forces families in the uk to make tough decisions on their christmas spending, with nearly half considering cutbacks. a third child has died after contracting the bacterial infection strep a. labour comfortably holds chester in the by—election with their best result. sajid javid becomes the latest conservative mp to say he will not stand at the next general election. prince william is to meet us presidentjoe biden on the final day of his trip with the princess