that people can get involved in. and those extra income streams are more important to us now than they ever have been. back at noah's ark, for the cubs benny and toichi, seeing christmas trees for the first time offers all sorts of opportunities to learn and for mischief. where's the angel gone? oh, well, there's always next year. john maguire, bbc news, north somerset. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. reeta, thank you very much. it's mild, it's wet, it's windy, we've had large waves around the coast this morning. large waves are certainly a feature of the forecast this weekend. why? low pressure. one still withers across the north, and another is barrelling its way in from the atlantic between just a

brief weather window, but not for long. that dry spell for many today, replaced by wetter weather over the weekend particularly tomorrow, then showers follow, some of the wettest weather perhaps wales and the southwest. that's where the met office have won it out for further concerns for flooding but ahead of that at least we've had drier weather, hazy sunshine for the rest of the day but it time the rain is gathering, light and patchy to start with but you can see waiting in the wings something more significant. it's still relatively mild, average is around 6—7 this time of year and temperatures won't drop below much of that tonight but the rain, once it arrives, its stock for 6—10 hours. it looks set to clear from northern ireland later in the night, temperatures dip back to 7 degrees but for most it sits a mild night and rather grey and dreary start to our saturday. it might be a while before the rain reaches the far south—east and east anglia but for most of us if it's not rain this

weekend it will be blustery showers. blustery showers following the rain into northern ireland. that rain still dragging its heels across parts of wales and the south—west but then once it arrives further east it's in for the day and showers follow behind so at least they will be some sunshine in between and temperatures will dip a little bit, 8-9, temperatures will dip a little bit, 8—9, a little bit of sunshine in between, potentially heavy showers with the odd rumble of thunder one those will continue through tomorrow night, through saturday night, as the low pressure closes in on us. winds strengthening once again, scales already, gusts of 50—60 miles an hour or more in the north west. sunday, lots of showers, cold enough for sleet and snow on tops of mountains but not particularly cold for this time of year, just windy once again and the risk of large waves continues throughout the weekend overtopping around some of the coasts as well. it will feel a bit nippy on sunday but 8—9, a bit above average anyway. what about b on sunday? is there any sign of

drier weather? on sunday? is there any sign of drierweather? perhaps on sunday? is there any sign of drier weather? perhaps briefly on monday with the ridge of high pressure but it's brief because already that weather fronts are queueing up in the atlantic to come backin queueing up in the atlantic to come back in again on tuesday and with it the temperatures rise once again. there are warnings out, they are on our website. a reminder of our top story... more startling details from prince harry's memoir including on the death of the queen, his role in the army in afghanistan and his feud with his brother. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. bye— bye. good afternoon, i'm qasa alom, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. "you will forever be remembered". one of the many tributes being paid for gianluca vialli the former chelsea and italy striker who has died from pancreatic cancer.

the 58—year—old won the fa cup, league cup and uefa cup winners cup trophies with chelsea before going to become the club's manager. a little earlier, i was joined by sports news reporterjo currie to look back on vialli's career. on social media today there are so many tributes to those who knew and played with vialli and the one word that comes up is a legend, notjust in terms of achieving so much as a player or manager but also in terms of him as a person. as a striker who played 59 times for italy and created a name for himself playing in italy in the 80s and 90s and made 300 plus appearances for sampdoria before moving tojuventus for what was then a world record fee of £12 million. while atjuventus he won the champions league before eventuallyjoining chelsea in 1996 as a player and became player—manager in 1998. he was the first italian to manage in the premier league and during his time with chelsea led

them to victory in the fa cup, the league cup, the uefa cup winners�* cup and also went on to have a short spell managing at watford and was part of the coaching staff who helped italy win the euro 2020 title at wembley. it will be best summed up by the teams he played for. juventus today said we loved everything about you, absolutely anything. your smile, a star, a leader at the same time on the pitch and in the dressing room. your adorable swashbuckling ways, your culture, your class. chelsea has added this as a truly awful day for chelsea football club. his legacy will live on at stamford bridge and his impact as a player, coach and most importantly as a player will be forever written across our clubs history. some more of those tributes. alan shearer tweeted, rip gianluca vialli. what a lovely lovely man and a wonderful player he was. meanwhile his former team—mate and manager rudd gullit, who vialli actually replaced as the chelsea boss,

said rest in peace. we will miss you. another former chelsea player frank sinclair — who won the league cup under vialli as the boss — said the news was "devastating" and that he was "one of the nicest guys" he'd ever met. a great manager and team—mate. the italian football federation adding "you will forever be remembered." the fa cup returns this evening with frank lampard hoping his everton side can reverse their recent struggles when they travel to old trafford for their third round tie. everton are without a win in seven matches and were booed off after losing at home to brighton in the premier league earlier this week. lampard, who met with the club's heirachy earlier this week, says he understands why fans are frustrated. they're passionate, the fan base, and i've got no problem with that. we just have to focus on what we do. and at certain times of the season i think we have done it. and sometimes you need the fans when you're a bit below par, yeah, for sure you do, and,

you know, that's something that we really want. but at this moment it's on us to try and bring them with us. all—rounder alice capsey has been included in the england squad for the women's t20 world cup in february despite suffering a broken collarbone last month. the injury came about last month when the 18 year old fell awkardly while fielding in the first one—day international against west indies. it meant the teenager was forced to miss the rest of the tour, but is hopeful of being fit for the t20 world cup. england's first group stage match is against the west indies and takes place on 11 february. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the prime minister has been visiting a school in south london this morning. during the visit, mr sunak was asked about the pressure on the nhs, prince harry's book, and about the government's proposed new anti—strike laws. yesterday the government wrote to

all union leaders inviting them in for talks on monday. we incredibly value the important work that our public sector workers do, especially our nurses, and we want to have an honest, grown—up conversation about what is affordable, what is responsible for the country and those invitations have gone and i'm hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday so we can have a productive conversation find a way through this. fin productive conversation find a way through this-_ productive conversation find a way through thie— productive conversation find a way throu~h this. , ., ., i. through this. on the legislation you brou . ht through this. on the legislation you brou:ht in, through this. on the legislation you brought in, could _ through this. on the legislation you brought in, could people _ through this. on the legislation you brought in, could people be - through this. on the legislation you brought in, could people be sacked| brought in, could people be sacked for not going to work in the health service? i for not going to work in the health service? , , service? i fully believed in the unions role — service? i fully believed in the unions role in _ service? i fully believed in the unions role in our _ service? i fully believed in the unions role in our society - service? i fully believed in the unions role in our society and | service? i fully believed in the i unions role in our society and the freedom for them to strike but i also believe that that should be balanced with the right of ordinary people to go about their lives free from significant disruption, that is why we bring forward new laws, in common with countries like france, italy, spain and others that ensure we have a minimum levels of safety in critical areas like fire, like ambulance, so even when strikes are going on, you know that your health will be protected. i think that's entirely reasonable and that is what

the new laws will do.— entirely reasonable and that is what the new laws will do. when it comes to the current _ the new laws will do. when it comes to the current industrial _ the new laws will do. when it comes to the current industrial action - to the current industrial action being taken by nurses, they indicated they might be willing to settle for 10%. could you go a bit further with your pay offer and meet them halfway?— them halfway? we've always been clear we want _ them halfway? we've always been clear we want to _ them halfway? we've always been clear we want to have _ them halfway? we've always been clear we want to have a _ them halfway? we've always been | clear we want to have a grown-up, clear we want to have a grown—up, honest conversation, two—way conversation with union leaders and thatis conversation with union leaders and that is why the government, all departments have written to their union is inviting them in for talks on monday so we can have those conversations, talking about what is affordable, what is reasonable and what is responsible for our country. i think it wrong agrees that the most pressing economic priority we haveis most pressing economic priority we have is reducing the cost of living and getting a grip on inflation is the best way we can do that to ease the best way we can do that to ease the cost of living, not only for nurses but for everyone, and that is why earlier this week i made five promises about what i wanted to do and that was to half inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and stop the boats. will those talks you are talking about, inviting union leaders in,

include talks about this years pay? what we've said is we want to have a grown—up, honest conversation with all union leaders about what is responsible, what is reasonable and what is affordable for our country when it comes to pay. we think those conversations should happen and that's why invited everyone into have the talks on monday and i'm hopeful the talks can be constructive and we can find a way through this. constructive and we can find a way through thie— constructive and we can find a way through this. beyond the industrial unrest, in through this. beyond the industrial unrest. in the _ through this. beyond the industrial unrest, in the wider _ through this. beyond the industrial unrest, in the wider nhs _ through this. beyond the industrial unrest, in the wider nhs there - through this. beyond the industrial unrest, in the wider nhs there is l through this. beyond the industrial unrest, in the wider nhs there is a j unrest, in the wider nhs there is a crisis and we don't know how many, but people are almost certainly unnecessarily dying. does that trouble you?— unnecessarily dying. does that trouble you? unnecessarily dying. does that trouble ou? ,, , , , , trouble you? the nhs is busily under enormous pressure _ trouble you? the nhs is busily under enormous pressure as _ trouble you? the nhs is busily under enormous pressure as we _ trouble you? the nhs is busily under enormous pressure as we recover- trouble you? the nhs is busily under i enormous pressure as we recover from covid and i have enormous admiration for all people working incredibly hard on the nhs right now to help get us through that. we are supporting them with billions of pounds of extra funding, but in particular this winter what we want to do is make sure we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities and that's one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressure on a&e

departments ambulances waiting too long. if we can move people into social care, that's why we put money into doing that we need to make sure the money reaches the front line and makes a difference and there's various other initiatives we are rolling out that will help ease some of the burden, but people should rest assured that one of the promises i made this week was to tackle nhs waiting times and i'm fully committed to that. we are putting the extra money in and need to make sure the initiatives we have put in place actually make a difference, but this is what i'm focused on. i've set out five promises for the country this week to halve inflation, reduce debt, cut waiting lists, stop the boats, grow the economy and that's what i'm prioritising. the economy and that's what i'm prioritising-— prioritising. you spoke in your s - eech prioritising. you spoke in your speech earlier _ prioritising. you spoke in your speech earlier this _ prioritising. you spoke in your speech earlier this week - prioritising. you spoke in your| speech earlier this week about prioritising. you spoke in your- speech earlier this week about the importance of family and the importance of family and the importance of family and the importance of your family to you. how do you feel when you see the royal family being so publicly torn apart? i royal family being so publicly torn a art? ~ ., , royal family being so publicly torn aart? ~ ., , . apart? i think, as you would expect, it's not appropriate _ apart? i think, as you would expect, it's not appropriate for— apart? i think, as you would expect, it's not appropriate for me _ apart? i think, as you would expect, it's not appropriate for me to -

it's not appropriate for me to comment on matters to do with the royal family. comment on matters to do with the royal family-— royalfamily. more broadly, prince har has royalfamily. more broadly, prince harry has talked _ royalfamily. more broadly, prince harry has talked about _ royalfamily. more broadly, prince harry has talked about the - royalfamily. more broadly, princej harry has talked about the number royalfamily. more broadly, prince i harry has talked about the number of taliban fighters he killed in afghanistan. on the point about military personnel talking about the number of people they believe they have killed, is that wise? does it create a security risk for anyone who has been in the forces? again, i wouldn't comment _ who has been in the forces? again, i wouldn't comment on _ who has been in the forces? again, i wouldn't comment on matters - who has been in the forces? again, i wouldn't comment on matters to - who has been in the forces? again, i wouldn't comment on matters to do | wouldn't comment on matters to do with the royal family, wouldn't comment on matters to do with the royalfamily, and i would just say i am enormously grateful to our armed forces for the incredible job they do in keeping us all safe and we are all very fortunate for their service. the nhs has seen a relentless increase in demand, both in primary care and in hospital care. the bbc�*s analysis editor ros atkins looks at the issue of how the nhs has been funded in recent years. the nhs is under severe pressure, and its funding is being scrutinised. this winter, ambulance and a&e waiting times are the worst on record, a report by mps has described the greatest workforce crisis in history in the nhs, and these challenges with staff and services are in part connected to funding. there's nhs facilities too.

we also have the consequences of years of underfunding our capital investment in hospitals. all of this is having an impact. there are warnings that between 300 and 500 people are dying as a consequence of delays and problems each week, and the prime minister doesn't dispute the challenges. health care professionals are still unable to deliver the care they want, and patients aren't receiving the care they deserve. the government says it's doing everything possible, and that includes more money. i will increase the nhs budget in each of the next two years by £35 billion. future funding matters, but so does funding in the past and present. let's work through the detail. first of all, here's a graph which shows spending

on health care since 2000. now, it's normalfor spending to rise every year because of various factors including an ageing population. but look at the rate at which spending increased from 2000 to 2010 under a labour government — the average increase was 6.6% a year. then in 2010 there was an election. both labour and the conservatives promised to reduce the rate of increase, and it was the conservatives who were the biggest party. they formed a coalition with the liberal democrats and a range of austerity policies followed designed to reduce the national debt. that meant the rate of increase in health spending dropped to 1.1%. more recently, between 2015 and 2020, the conservatives raised the increase to 2.2%. their current plans take it up further still. but as the british medical association notes, growth of funding over the past decade prior to covid was below the long term average and did not keep pace with demand. demand for services being driven by an ageing population, by covid, by difficulties discharging patients into social care.

and the uk's approach since 2010 has been different to the richest countries in the eu. now, there are various ways to make this comparison. we've looked at the average health care spend per person in the previous decade, taking into account the difference in costs in each country. and this is the average health care spend in the uk over that period. it's18% lower than the average for the eu's richest members, known as the eulii and, as the charity the health foundation puts it, if the uk had matched eu 1a levels of spending per person on health, day to day running costs would have been £39 billion higher each year on average over the past decade. a £39 billion difference each year. but the government argues the conservatives got it right in the 2010s. it's because we took difficult decisions in 2010 that we could afford record funding increases for the nhs.

funding now, though, has to contend with inflation. it spiralled upwards last year, driving up the nhs�*s costs, and the opposition labour party is unconvinced by the government's plans. its leader, sir keir starmer, has been laying out what he would do. of course investment is required. i can see the damage the torys have done to our public services as plainly as anyone else. but we won't be able to spend our way out of their mess. it's not as simple as that. it's not as simple as just being about funding. all sides have ideas for reforming the system, too. but the daily telegraph's james bartholomew argues that's not enough, writing... and at the moment the politicians are focused on reform, not replacing the whole thing. and while these debates

about the future play out, right now, in the words of the government, this is an unprecedented challenge for the nhs, and a leading industry body argues funding is part of that. delivering a service that people want and need is a goal that all parties share. but this prime minister's ability to deliver that is impacted by decisions taken by some of his predecessors. the owner of a group of pharmacies across the west of england says it can't be expected to treat some of the patients being referred to them by gps. under a new scheme, family doctors can direct people to chemists for a fee. but some say this —

and referalls from 111 — is putting staff under too much pressure. our health correspondent, matthew hill, has this report. that's fantastic news she's done well. - keep your calpol to hand and then, as i say. houefully, _ we'll keep her 100%. with covid, flu and winter viruses circulating — along with strikes — the nhs has never been under such pressuree. everyone is having to work togerther. all health care services are very very straight at the moment. there is no doubt primary care has got huge demand and we fully appreciate the community pharmacies are under huge demand as well, but the key thing is that there is no competition between services there, so our colleagues working closely together through pharmacy schemes and primary care schemes, mean we can get the best help further patients most quickly. these days pharmacists are doing more and more, from vaccinations to limited prescriptions of antibiotics and over the past two years they have been taking part in a scheme where they get paid £14 if a patient is referred to them by a gp.

we can then see all of the local pharmacies which are providing this in the system. doctors say it's making a huge difference — allowing them to see the cases which most need their expertise. but not every pharmacist is happy. max punni owns a chain of 12 chemists across the region, serving more than 100,000 patients. with demand for help growing, he feels staff are being asked to cope with increasingly complicated patients — which he says is putting them under too much presure and some patients at risk. most definitely. we have had for coming in with eye infections, strep a. i've had a patient coming who was, who had been sectioned, who came in and self harmed and was bleeding in the pharmacy. well, you do get £14 per patient referred. doesn't this mean that you can employ more pharmacists to take the strain off? no, not really.

we are looking at sort of a real terms payment sort of cut, that we work out to be about 16% over the last three years. no allowance is made for inflationary pressures. the cost of everything has gone through the roof. despite the concerns, pharmacists are going to increasingly become the gate keepers of the nhs. in three years' time newly qualified chemists will have greater powers to prescribe antibiotics. so this trend of using your pharmicst instead of your gp looks very part of the future. the first ever orbital space launch from the uk is back on and scheduled for the night of next monday january 9th. the virgin orbit company says it's now ready to proceed with the historic mission, which will be run out of cornwall airport newquay. it will see a repurposed 7117 release a rocket over the atlantic to take nine satellites high above the earth. the mission�*s being hailed as the start of a new era for the uk as a major space—faring nation, creating jobs and therefore the economy. as kirk england

reports from cornwall. this is the plane... cheering ..and this is the rocket that will be taking satellites into space from the uk for the first time ever. the clock is now ticking and for ian annett from the uk space agency, the horizontal launch is a hugely significant moment. it's immense, isn't it? the spaceport has been waiting almost eight years for this now and the government's been working for a number of years to develop a space launch programme, the first time in 50 years that the uk has put satellites into space. and the very first time we've done it from the uk, and the first time anyone in europe has launched satellites into orbit from europe itself. melissa thorp, the head of spaceport cornwall, leads the team that's been making all this happen. it'sjust such a big moment for all of us down here, but also for the space industry. you know, first time ever we've been able to launch from uk soil and that'sjust

going to change everything for the uk satellite industry. it's really important for our economy both locally here down in cornwall where there's 2,500 jobs involved with space and also nationally as well. the space economy is worth £16.5 billion annually and employs 117,000 people. and that's growing all the time. and also, of course, it's a moment of inspiration for the youngsters who we want to come into technical jobs and the space industry in the future. so why are satellites in space so important? when you think about what space does for us in society, for example, if you take all of the un climate variables, then half of them you can only measure from space. when there are so many concerns about the climate, what would you say to people who might argue it's not the time to put satellites into space? we have to acknowledge that spaceport operators, of course, they have to fulfil an environmental obligation. so part of the licence conditions that they get is ensuring

that they have an environmental assessment. but what they're actually doing for society by putting these satellites into space enables us to monitor the climate and understand what's going on and therefore enables us to act and look after this fragile planet. a significant and inspirational moment. it's serious, you're doing it. if we are, we're doing it. can you believe it? i know. every time i drive up here to go to work every day and i see cosmic girl here, it doesn't, the novelty doesn't wear off. christmas is always an expensive time of year, and for many families it's january when they start to count the cost, and struggle to make ends meet. one food pantry in gloucester says they're now helping twice as many people as last year. fiona lamdin reports. at this food pantry in cheltenham, it costs £3.50 for two big bags of shopping. and forjames, who's had a very difficult christmas, this place changes everything.

i only had, like, shreddies and some sprouts. so me and my dog were eating dry shreddies and sprouts. but somebody brought me round a christmas lunch. but things got even worse. on boxing day, the money ran out on his electricity card. he was without power for ten days. i borrowed a flask off a neighbour and got hot water, just things like that. i mean, i pretty muchjust hunkered down and just lost quite a bit of weight. will this be the first time you've got food in the house? since pre—christmas, yeah. so, what did you do for ten days without a cooker? i just ate rubbish. what did you eat? chocolate, dry cereal, dry vegetables, cold mushy peas. samantha has five children. she budgeted for christmas, but now can't afford uniform for her children.

because they've grown, i've got to buy my son a new schooljumper, because he's grown out of it. yeah, it's been really, really hard. what are you finding the hardest out of all of it? the fighting for my family. like food, a warm place. so... what difference does it make knowing you got all this food today? happy. yeah. hard. it is hard. theyjust help a lot here. but with a young mum, ijust want to try and provide for them. but is itjust the pressure of feeling... ? yeah, it's the pressure, with everything going up. you don't know if you can afford it or not. and she's not alone.

after hosting christmas, marie, who volunteers here, says this month is going to be really hard. we don't get paid till the 23rd. and that's why i also used the food pantry as well myself today, because it's so tight. it really is so tight over christmas. when families are on such a tight budget, where they're already having to use pantries to get through the month, when they're spending that extra on christmas, itjust means january is even harder for them. as well as the food pantry, home—made soup is on the menu for lunch. this centre says they're now helping double the amount of families compared to this time last year. fiona lamdin, bbc news.

on the whole are quite a spell of weather today and with the next advance in low pressure, more rain and wind and there will be large waves around over the weekend as well, but at the moment a little ridge of high pressure is giving drier weather today but look how the rain piles up through the weekend and some of the brighter colours appear across the welsh mountains in the south—west and that is where we have the warnings out for another a0 millimetres of rain and potentially local flooding with it. millimetres of rain and potentially localflooding with it. there millimetres of rain and potentially local flooding with it. there are some showers out there through the rest of the afternoon but we have the rain piling in from the west as we go to the evening times, still relatively mild, between nine and 11 celsius and temperatures won't drop overnight because we have the rain, although slow, it will push east, strengthening winds again, touching gale force and in the north and west with heavy rain over the hills and it is a slow—moving band of rain hence the concern for further flooding. temperatures temporarily dip away in eastern areas but will

lift later in the night when the rain arriving across eastern areas through the course of tomorrow by the weekend does look warm and we will have rain at times, if not showers and blustery winds with the low pressure sitting to the north and there is the band of rain pushing east through the morning. drier, brighterweather pushing east through the morning. drier, brighter weather following with sunshine but the gale force winds will push in the showers, heavy showers as we go through the day and fairly frequent. temperatures will be a little bit lower than today but with a little bit of sunshine in between the showers to compensate but not too far away from the january average. as we head through to sunday the low pressure closes in further so the wind will strengthen again and the weather fronts are close by, so some questions about how quickly the rain will clear southern and eastern areas but there will be a rational showers behind, heavy showers with thunder, hailandjustabout showers behind, heavy showers with thunder, hail and just about cold enough over the tops of the mountains for a smattering of snow but nothing untoward forjanuary but it's a windy day for all and particularly around the showers and

temperatures on a par with saturday and perhaps a smidgen lower by a degree or so but feeling pressure. as for the weekend a drier period of weather on monday with a ridge of high pressure but the rain and wind is back by tuesday and the warnings on the website.

this is bbc news. the headlines: in a series of sensational revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother, the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between us. prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients

at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure.