this is bbc news with the latest headlines. prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. well, they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up until this point. and i'm not sure how honesty is burning bridges. you know, silence only allows the abuser to abuse. in brazil, president lula vows tough action after supporters of his predecessor, jair bolsonaro, storm the country's parliament. ministers are to meet health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes. it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off payments for health workers. a new plan to help businesses

with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. lots of storis in the mix today — we'd love to hear your thoughts on them. get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the #bbcyourquestions. and coming up, the final countdown. preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk's space race. harry has accused members of his family of being "complicit" in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews — which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs —

he admitted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn't commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry's book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the british media, frustration with his own family, pain at losing his mother. during the first interview excerpts from harry's audiobook were played. here, he described seeing photos of the paparazzi as his mother lay dying at the crash scene in paris. they'd never stopped shooting her while she lay between the seats, unconscious, or semi—conscious. and in their frenzy they'd sometimes accidentally photographed each other. not one of them was checking on her, offering her help, not

even comforting her. they were just shooting, shooting, shooting. of his family the criticism is direct. his brother and wife didn't get on with meghan from the start, he says. he accuses buckingham palace of not defending her, describing their silence as deafening. the sibling rivalry with william is portrayed as intense and damaging. it is now, he says, his life's work to change the media landscape in the uk. and he again talked about his family planting stories with the press to enhance their reputation. and after many, many years of lies being told about me and my family, there comes a point where, again going back to the relationship between certain members of the family and the tabloid press, those certain members have decided to get into bed with the devil.

there were at times contradictions and pettiness, perhaps as there are with all family fallouts, but he insisted he still loved his father and brother, and wanted things to be different. one might say, look, you haven't so much burnt your bridges as taken a flame—thrower to them by being this honest in the book. they might say to you, look, you've just destroyed any chance of a reconciliation. well, they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up until this point. and i'm not sure how honesty is burning bridges. silence only allows the abuser to abuse, right? so i don't know how staying silent is ever going to make things better. that's genuinely what i believe. harry discusses the interview meghan did with oprah winfrey, when she said a member of the royal family questioned what their son archie's skin colour would be. he says neither he nor meghan viewed this question as racist. and he also shows his support

for lady susan hussey, the former lady—in—waiting to the queen, accused of racism towards charity founder ngozi fulani at a buckingham palace reception in november. i'm very happy for ngozi fulani to be invited into the palace to sit down with lady susan hussey, and to reconcile, because meghan and i love susan hussey. we think she's great! and i also know that what she meant, she never meant any harm at all. i will sit here and speak... in his interview for cbs in america, he again discusses his own family leaking stories to the media, focusing on his stepmother, camilla queen consort, who he said had used the media to rehabilitate her public image. that made her dangerous because of the connections she was forging within the british press. and there was open willingness on both sides to trade information. and with a family built on hierarchy, and with her on her way to being queen consort,

there was going to be people, or bodies, left in the street because of that. harry told presenter anderson cooper that he had been in therapy for seven years, and had used experimental medication as part of that process. he was also asked about his current relationship with his brother and his father. do you speak to william now? do you text? currently, no. but i look forward to us being able to find peace. how long has it been since you spoke? um, a while. do you speak to your dad? we haven't spoken for quite a while. um... no, not recently. harry said he didn't think his father or his brother would read his new book. but he said writing it had been both painful and cathartic. where are you now? i think that's one question people have at the end of all this. are you...

are you happy? yes, i'm very, very happy. i'm very at peace. i am in a better place than i've ever been. daniela relph, bbc news. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace. good morning. we spoke on each of the mornings the three parts and then another three parts of the netflix documentary series dropped. there has been so much discussion about harry and meghan in the run—up to that end since. what was new in these interviews?— these interviews? good morning. there has been _ these interviews? good morning. there has been a _ these interviews? good morning. there has been a lot _ these interviews? good morning. there has been a lot of _ these interviews? good morning. | there has been a lot of revelations over the last month. i think it's really interesting, with these two interviews, the interview last night on itv, and then cbs with anderson cooper in the early hours of this morning here in the uk. going through it there are more

revelations and probably today, frankly, if the book hadn't been leaked last week, we would have been talking about william allegedly attacking harry in nottingham cottage but that already feels like old news so we are not talking about so let's think about what else they are risk, and there is a lot in the two interviews. the main thread i think through both of them which we have heard before is harry's difficulties with the press. it's not too strong to say, i think, his hatred of the press, stemming from understandable reasons with regard his mother, but this has carried on and on. that he loves his family but they too have been complicit in stirring up conflict even between royal family members. stirring up conflict even between royalfamily members. and most of his accusations within the interviews are fairly nonspecific but he is specific in an accusation against camilla, the queen consort, who recalls in the interview with cbs dangerous, he says because of the need to rehabilitate her image, so she had to forge these damaging

relationships with the press. so that's interesting. another thing that's interesting. another thing that around the world people will perhaps raise eyebrows act, is that over the last two years, possibly one of the most damaging accusations against the royal family has been the accusation that somebody was a royal racist, and they made a racist comment to harry about their child, and brought up concerns about the colour of their skin, and harry talked about this in his interviews yesterday and he said actually, no, to tom bradby at itv, we didn't think it was racist. we talked about it being unconscious bias. when you think about the reaction to that story, and the fact william felt compelled to come out and say, no, we are not a racist family, that has been very damaging accusation but harry hasn't felt the need until now to clarify that it was unconscious bias, and in their minds not actually racist. i could go forth with many other things from the interviews but those are some of the

things that stand out.— things that stand out. given the imaue things that stand out. given the image that _ things that stand out. given the image that the _ things that stand out. given the image that the royal— things that stand out. given the image that the royal family - things that stand out. given the i image that the royal family wants things that stand out. given the - image that the royal family wants to present to the world, is it sustainable for the palace to stay silent about all of this? is a really good _ silent about all of this? is a really good question. - silent about all of this? is —. really good question. they have stayed silence through six hours of coverage on netflix, through the leaks last week of the book, spare, which hasn't yet officially been published, that's tomorrow morning. and so far after these first two interviews, and there is another interviews, and there is another interview with good morning america fairly imminent, coming out this morning. after the book has been released they will be another interview we know about on the late show in the states with stephen colbert. but so far the palace are saying nothing. that's their strategy. i haven't had any indication the strategy will change, the calculation from them, i guess, is what do the answer back to. there are so many accusations, do you counter every single one of them, and if you do, do you raise the

volume of the debate to an even higher level than it is at the moment? that's something i are having to think about. i think from them the impression i get is that it's trying to be business as usual. harry is saying what he is saying but they will be out and about and carrying out engagements and that's the best way to answer back, if you like, without actually answering back. in the interviews harry is 100% convinced that there should and can be a reconciliation. he says he wants to sit down with his dad, sit down with william and talk in private, as long as it stays private, as long as it stays private, and people are raising eyebrows at that, and asking, is there no sense of irony, you are saying that at the same time as sharing deep thoughts and opinions with the world. brazilian police say they've regained control of the congress

building in the capital, brasilia, after it was stormed by thousands of supporters of the right—wing former president, jair bolsonaro. the demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election and want the military to intervene. the man who defeated him, left—wing veteran lula da silva, has visited the site of some of the rioting and described the protesters as fascist vandals, promising they'd face the full force of the law. hundreds of people have been arrested. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report from sao paulo in brazil and a warning there is some flash photography. total chaos in brasilia, as thousands of hard line protesters invaded government buildings. authorities responding with tear gas to try and regain control of brazil's capital. this was a scenario many here feared might happen, after a divisive election back in october. these images are clearly reminiscent of what happened in the us capitol two years ago. after all, former president jair bolsonaro is nicknamed "the trump of the tropics" by some.

but while far—right protesters here have been emboldened by the former us president, this was more than just a copycat insurrection. and it goes beyond bolsonaro, too. what angers protesters most is not so much that bolsonaro lost, but the fact that lula won — a man they see as belonging in prison, not the presidential palace. translation: i'm here in this totally peaceful demonstration j because i don't agree with all the thievery of lula, the vice president, the supreme court and the superior electoral court. we want new elections, clean ballot boxes. translation: we don't believe | that this election was democratic. there are several indications that there was fraud, that there was corruption. there's been no evidence of fraud, despite what these protesters claim. but no matter. what these people want is military intervention. it's the only way, in their view, that brazil can be saved from what they see as a stolen election. lula, though, the elected president, who's been in the job forjust a week, condemned what happened,

calling the protesters fanatical fascists. translation: all those people who did this will be _ found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. police siren. by nightfall, people had been cleared from the buildings, and police were clearing the remaining protesters from the streets. at best, authorities were caught out unprepared. at worst, they're suspected of being involved. just really didn't seem to be a police presence of capital that potentially expected something like this to happen. we saw hardly any law enforcement on the street, the police barricades were easily overthrown by these bolsonaro supporters, and it'sjust a bit of a mess just now in the capital. the supreme court has been asked to issue an arrest warrant for the man in charge of brasilia's security, a former minister under jair bolsonaro, who was dismissed

after sunday's events. the calm may have been restored for now, but the political division remains. katy watson, bbc news in sao paulo. mr bolsonaro has been tweeting about the events in brasilia. in one of his tweets he said "peaceful lawful demonstrations are part of democracy. however, pillaging and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, such as those practised by the left in 2013 and 2017, are outside the law." a number of meetings are taking place today between the government and unions involved in industrial action, in an effort to resolve pay disputes across public services. further strikes are planned in the coming weeks. the secretaries of state for health and education and transport minister huw merriman will meet various unions for talks. our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. tell us first of all in a bit more

detail about who is meeting home today and what they hope to achieve. good morning. the idea behind the talks today i think is twofold. firstly, a chance for the government to say, we are still trying to solve theissue to say, we are still trying to solve the issue of pay and trying to get over some of the strikes that have been taking place in the last few weeks. the second is to open talks about next year's pay deal, the one that starts in april 2023. the government has hinted that that could be a bit more generous to try and alleviate the concerns we have heard for months now from the unions about last year's pay deal and i think the difference between this year and last year is still quite important because unions are continuing to say that they need a pay rise for their members now and that means revisiting the pay deal they started in april 2022. at the moment the government is still saying, we are not going to go there, so there has been, i think, a

better sense of optimism when it comes to these talks, certainly the prime minister's interview with the laura kuenssberg yesterday when he talked about being prepared to talk about what was affordable when it comes to pay, that gave a chink of hope as one union leader put it, but i don't think we are in the territory where we will see an imminent breakthrough that leads to an end to some of the industrial action that became such a defining factor of the end of last year. so no prospect of an imminent breakthrough in your assessment. but do you think there might be the opportunity for some tangible process, even if it is just very slowly moving forward. i do process, even if it isjust very slowly moving forward. i do think it's possible. _ slowly moving forward. i do think it's possible, yes. _ slowly moving forward. i do think it's possible, yes. one _ slowly moving forward. i do think it's possible, yes. one of- slowly moving forward. i do think it's possible, yes. one of the - it's possible, yes. one of the things that has been floated again in the guardian this morning and among some people i have spoken to in whitehall, is the idea of a one—off payment, particularly for the health service, to compensate for cost of living pressures. you

might remember this is something we discussed last year, the government at the time didn't go ahead with it because number ten and the treasury weren't signed up, but some ministers thought that could be a solution to the problems. well, that's something that's back on the table male. i don't think it's a fully formed idea. we are not talking about certain figures yet in terms of what the lump sum would be. we don't know exactly who it would apply to but it has become part of a conversation again and i think the hope they are, frankly, is that if the government can develop that it would be a way of ending the impasse we have seen over the last few months. but we are still seeing from opposition parties a lot of criticism that the government has let this drag on for too long and by refusing to talk about last year's pay deal, they have got themselves in a situation where there have been months of strikes and that has made the pressures on different public sectors worse. this morning on bbc

breakfast, labour�*s shadow health secretary wes streeting says he thinks unions, particularly the royal college of nursing and its leader pat cullen, have been a lot more reasonable than ministers. i think she has shown a degree of reasonableness in the face of government unreasonableness. i think we all— government unreasonableness. i think we all know_ government unreasonableness. i think we all know what nurses do for us. i think_ we all know what nurses do for us. i think we _ we all know what nurses do for us. i think we all— we all know what nurses do for us. i think we all want to be there for nurses— think we all want to be there for nurses now and the least the government can do is treat them with respect _ government can do is treat them with respect and _ government can do is treat them with respect and get them round the table _ respect and get them round the table as— respect and get them round the table. as for this nonsense they are planning _ table. as for this nonsense they are planning to— table. as for this nonsense they are planning to float in the house of commons — planning to float in the house of commons i think next week where they are threatening to sack nurses if they— are threatening to sack nurses if they go— are threatening to sack nurses if they go on— are threatening to sack nurses if they go on strike, with their sack they go on strike, with their sack the nurses— they go on strike, with their sack the nurses bill, let's knock that on the nurses bill, let's knock that on the head. — the nurses bill, let's knock that on the head, treat them with respect, -et the head, treat them with respect, get them _ the head, treat them with respect, get them round the table and negotiate a deal that's fair for nurses, — negotiate a deal that's fair for nurses, understands the state of the public— nurses, understands the state of the public finances, but also give people — public finances, but also give people a _ public finances, but also give people a sense of hope in the future of the _ people a sense of hope in the future of the nhs _ people a sense of hope in the future of the nhs as well, whether that's patients— of the nhs as well, whether that's patients worried about treatment or staff who _ patients worried about treatment or staff who want to see light at the end of— staff who want to see light at the end of the tunnel as well.- end of the tunnel as well. that's the opposition —

end of the tunnel as well. that's the opposition view. _ end of the tunnel as well. that's the opposition view. the - end of the tunnel as well. that's - the opposition view. the government is saying, let's get round the table and talk. i think partly that's what todayis and talk. i think partly that's what today is about, being seen to be prepared to have conversation about these things. the tone i think is slightly more positive than it was before christmas, although that's coming from a fairly low bar. the question the unions are asking is whether the substance of what's on offer has changed as well. hick offer has changed as well. nick eardle , offer has changed as well. nick eardley, thank _ offer has changed as well. nick eardley, thank you. _ a busy day ahead. i'm joined now by kate bell, who is the assistant general secretary and the trades union congress. good morning and thank you for your time today. picking up on the report that ministers are prepared to look at a one—off payment, a hardship payment, essentially, for health workers for this current year and then move on to discuss wages for next year. what do you make of that? is it something that might be acceptable?— is it something that might be acceptable? is it something that might be acce table? ., ., ~' �*, ,.,, ., acceptable? look, it's positive that ministers have _ acceptable? look, it's positive that ministers have finally _ acceptable? look, it's positive that ministers have finally agreed - acceptable? look, it's positive that ministers have finally agreed to - ministers have finally agreed to meet unions, but they need to be discussing what the current disputes

are actually about, which is about pay this year. so far we haven't had any indication they are prepared to do that. those meetings are taking place today and unions will be listening to what ministers have got to say but the disputes we have had are about pay in this pay year and that's what ministers have got to be prepared to talk about. mood that's what ministers have got to be prepared to talk about.— prepared to talk about. wood or do ou think prepared to talk about. wood or do you think a — prepared to talk about. wood or do you think a one-off— prepared to talk about. wood or do you think a one-off payment - prepared to talk about. wood or do you think a one-off payment in - prepared to talk about. wood or do j you think a one-off payment in lieu you think a one—off payment in lieu of those discussions about pay this year might be acceptable? it would depend on the sum under discussion i guess. i’m depend on the sum under discussion i cuess. �* ., _, . guess. i'm not conducting the negotiations _ guess. i'm not conducting the negotiations here. _ guess. i'm not conducting the negotiations here. i— guess. i'm not conducting the negotiations here. i know - guess. i'm not conducting the i negotiations here. i know unions will be listening to what ministers have to say, but that has to be something that recognises the huge pressure on working people's incomes this year and notjust this year but after a decade in which public sector workers, after a decade in which public sectorworkers, key after a decade in which public sector workers, key workers up to the pay has been frozen and capped and fallen well below inflation and well below the pay of other workers in the economy. the well below the pay of other workers in the economy.— in the economy. the idea of this potentially _ in the economy. the idea of this potentially being _ in the economy. the idea of this potentially being offered - in the economy. the idea of this potentially being offered to -

in the economy. the idea of this potentially being offered to one| potentially being offered to one sector of the public service workforce and not all sectors, would that be problematic for you at the tuc? ~ ., ., , ., that be problematic for you at the tuc? ., .,, ., , ., tuc? we want to see a pay rise for eve one tuc? we want to see a pay rise for everyone across _ tuc? we want to see a pay rise for everyone across the _ tuc? we want to see a pay rise for everyone across the economy. - tuc? we want to see a pay rise for everyone across the economy. you have seen across the private sector, unions coming to deals. but right across the public sector, it's not just health workers on strike. we see workers in border force, right across the civil service, and many workers hit by these repeated public sector pay rises, and we think the government should want to see pay rises for everybody. we are facing really difficult economic times, living standards falling, our economy needing a boost and needing people to have spending power, so we want to see the government set out a plan that gets pay rising across the economy including four workers in dispute now. you economy including four workers in diapute now— dispute now. you want to see the government _ dispute now. you want to see the government setting _ dispute now. you want to see the government setting out _ dispute now. you want to see the government setting out a - dispute now. you want to see the government setting out a plan. is that your minimum requirement from today's meetings, the various meetings taking place to make you feel that some sort of progress is being made, as i put it to nick a

second ago, that some tangible progress is happening. i second ago, that some tangible progress is happening.- second ago, that some tangible progress is happening. i think they have to talk _ progress is happening. i think they have to talk about _ progress is happening. i think they have to talk about pay _ progress is happening. i think they have to talk about pay for - progress is happening. i think they have to talk about pay for this - have to talk about pay for this year. that's the minimum requirement and what these disputes are about and what these disputes are about and that's what ministers have got to be prepared to discuss. i think more broadly we want to see the government start to talk about where pay is rising. at the same time ministers have come forward and said they will introduce some very regressive anti strike legislation, which would attack the fundamental right to strike in this country and i think we would also be looking for an indication from ministers that would help step back from the approach rather than get the settlement everyone wants. prince harry has accused some members of the royal family of getting "into bed with the devil" and being "complicit" in the suffering endured by his wife. in an interview on itv — the first of several television appearances he's making to promote his new book — prince harry said he wanted

reconciliation with his father and brother, and forgiveness was 100% a possibility, but asked whether he had taken a "flamethrower" to any bridges, the duke insisted: "silence only allows the abuser to abuse." for more on this let's speak to royal commentator and features writer at majesty magazine, caroline aston. thank you forjoining us. what did you make of the comments from prince harry in those first two interviews we have heard so far? this harry in those first two interviews we have heard so far?— we have heard so far? this takes lace we have heard so far? this takes place against _ we have heard so far? this takes place against the _ we have heard so far? this takes place against the backdrop - we have heard so far? this takes place against the backdrop of. place against the backdrop of harry's pr guns being well and truly spiked by the early release of his bookin spiked by the early release of his book in spain. the public have already been drip fed some of the juiciest morsels contained in the text so in a way there was a slight disconnect between what he was saying and what we already know. but suffice it to say that he obviously sees the bearing of his soul, which

in a democracy he is perfectly entitled to do, as cathartic. perhaps as an ongoing part of his healing process. but as the interview unrolled it was very obvious that at times he was almost contradict him is himself. i was quite disturbed to hear his comments about the press, particularly his idea that one member of the family perhaps in particular was deflecting attention away from her own reputation to rehabilitate it by focusing negative press comment on harry and his wife. of course, he is referring obliquely to his stepmother. so there were some very disturbing pieces, and for me possibly that last statement, that the british royal family possibly that last statement, that the british royalfamily are not racist, some weeks after he has accepted an award, the ripple of hope award, for exposing institutional racism in the royal family. a little bit of a disconnect there. do family. a little bit of a disconnect there. ,, ~ family. a little bit of a disconnect there. i. ~ ., , .,, there. do you think, and this was something _ there. do you think, and this was something i _

there. do you think, and this was something i discussed _ there. do you think, and this was something i discussed with - there. do you think, and this was something i discussed with our . there. do you think, and this was i something i discussed with our royal correspondent a little earlier, that at the moment of course the palace is not commenting and it will probably be business as usual in terms of engagements and so forth, but is it sustainable for the palace to stay silent? the but is it sustainable for the palace to stay silent?— to stay silent? the view taken by the palace _ to stay silent? the view taken by the palace is _ to stay silent? the view taken by the palace is that _ to stay silent? the view taken by the palace is that all _ to stay silent? the view taken by the palace is that all storms - the palace is that all storms eventually blow themselves out. they reach a crescendo and then there is a kind of natural diminuendo. the palace wants _ a kind of natural diminuendo. the palace wants to be seen as a modern palace, senior members of the royal family are open to the public but they understand how people may be feeling, so if they can't apply that to one of their own then there is a pressure to say something to respond at some point to all of this. i’m at some point to all of this. i'm not denying _ at some point to all of this. i“n not denying that the pressure is there, of course it is. the accusations have been made. will they answer them? for the moment the answer is an echoing silence. that

could be down to them considering what they want to say, rather like if you remember after the oprah winfrey interview, the queen herself did not immediately respond to the accusations made then. she left it and then produced 60 or 70 or so perfectly crafted words. perhaps that process is going on. yes, recollections may vary but undoubtedly we are seeing and hearing a man who i feel is still quite damaged, still undergoing therapy, and as for the idea that bridges can still be built after what i'm sure both sides see as betrayals of trust, i think would be quite far away in the future. £250 million has been made available for the nhs in england to help ease the pressure on hospitals. part of the money will pay for beds in care homes so patients who are well enough can be discharged. the move aims to free up hospital

beds so patients can be admitted more quickly from a&e to hospital wards. here to discuss this is nadra ahmed, the executive chair of the national care association, which represents small and medium sized care providers. good to have you with us today. my first question for you, two parts. £200 million, but where are the beds, and is there the capacity in terms of numbers of beds in care homes in england? and where will the staff come from, because we have heard from health care providers consistently for some time now that they have staffing issues. goad they have staffing issues. good morninu. they have staffing issues. good morning- i _ they have staffing issues. good morning. ithink— they have staffing issues. good morning. i think they _ they have staffing issues. good morning. i think they are - they have staffing issues. good morning. i think they are both | they have staffing issues. (limp. morning. i think they are both very fair questions. the first one is the easy one to answer. since i first went on at the beginning of this year, which seems a long time ago, i started to get people sending me text after text after text, and e—mails, that they had capacity.

providers were saying, we have got capacity but we are not being contacted. there were examples, somebody saying i've got five homes and across the five homes i have 18 beds and nobody has been in touch. more worryingly, i have had providers messaging me to say they have tried to contact the local authority, they tried to contact hospitals, and they are getting nothing back to say they have capacity. so i think there is capacity. so i think there is capacity in the sector. we need to now do a mapping exercise very rapidly to make sure we can fill those beds very quickly, because that will be the important thing. the important thing about staffing, of course there is a staffing crisis. i think the crisis could be stabilised if we get this right. if we can start recruiting people at the right price into the service, but more importantly retaining people who are in our services so they are not looking around and

thinking that they could go somewhere else for a few pounds more, that will make an enormous difference to our sector. we want to be able to be that solution that is required right now urgently. share be able to be that solution that is required right now urgently. are you seeinu required right now urgently. are you seeing anything _ required right now urgently. are you seeing anything in — required right now urgently. are you seeing anything in this _ required right now urgently. are you seeing anything in this that - required right now urgently. are you seeing anything in this that would i seeing anything in this that would suggest there would be more money available to increase the rates of pay to make it attractive to recruit people, and as you say, to retain them? i people, and as you say, to retain them? ., people, and as you say, to retain them? ~ ., �* , people, and as you say, to retain them? ~ ., �*, .,, ., them? i think that's the hope that we will be able _ them? i think that's the hope that we will be able to _ them? i think that's the hope that we will be able to use _ them? i think that's the hope that we will be able to use some - them? i think that's the hope that we will be able to use some of. them? i think that's the hope that| we will be able to use some of this money. we already had one trench announced before. that has not filtered through quite yet. there needs to be a rapid exercise here. i think that's the key to all of this. it's notjust about how think that's the key to all of this. it's not just about how we think that's the key to all of this. it's notjust about how we discharge people out of hospital. they need to be medically fit to be discharged. we don't want a quick discharging out. notes need to be available so the nhs has to get it right now, they need to do it properly, but more importantly, once we have

discharged people into communities we need to make sure there is a wraparound service within those communities to support the individual. this is about people's lives and they may not have been thinking they would go into a residential setting, but they may have to at this stage until we can find them the home care support they need, because that's where the staffing crisis is much more acute. very briefly because we're almost out of time. could this model provide a longer solution? it out of time. could this model provide a longer solution? be a longer term solution. one of the key issues as social care gets short sharp fixes and sticking plasters, they have to make something sustainable. plasters, they have to make somethin: sustainable. ., . �* something sustainable. nadra ahmed, executive chair _ something sustainable. nadra ahmed, executive chair of _ something sustainable. nadra ahmed, executive chair of the _ something sustainable. nadra ahmed, executive chair of the national - something sustainable. nadra ahmed, executive chair of the national care . executive chair of the national care association. thank you. the time is 9.31 exactly, time to look at the weather forecast with carol kirkwood.

good morning. we have two bands of showers today, one crossing england and one crossing wales and another bringing showers across northern and western areas, some of which will also be covering western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and thunder and hail will be embedded in them and in between some sunshine, going to be a breezy day today and a cooler one. tonight we lose many of the showers, the breeze will ease, lots of dry weather around, but coming in from the south—west, there will be some heavy rain and also some stronger winds. temperatures tonight three in aberdeen but ten in plymouth. tomorrow this band of rain continues pushing steadily north—eastwards. heavy, especially across north—west england and also wales. then there will be a brief respite before the next weather front comes in. in between it is going to remain overcast, but very mild, 11—13 or 1a degrees. as we push further north it will be wet but also not quite as

mild. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. in brazil, president lula vows tough action after supporters of his predecessorjair bolsonaro, storm the country's parliament. ministers are to meet health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes — it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off payments for health workers. a new plan to help businesses with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. and preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk's space race. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning.

good morning, everybody. fa cup third round weekend delivered plenty of drama. one of the biggest upsets came yesterday as stevenage knocked out aston villa, a team 59 places above them. manager steve evans called it one of the greatest days in the club's history, knocking out premier league opponents with a raft of internationals. trailing 1—0 and with two minutes remaining they won a penalty, jamie reid scored from the spot after dean campbell had been fouled. the comeback was on at that point as stevenage, 59 places below villa, with the ground silenced by the equaliser, campbell stunned them with the winner in the 90th minute and they'll face stoke next. it is very special. i think it's probably, the chairman just said to me it's the greatest day in his club's life. and he's at the club for 26, 27 years. certainly a fantastic day for the town. but we don't kid ourself. you know, this is a fantastic football club, we'll enjoy the moment. these guys will have their own days and they've treated us absolutely fantastic since we walked into the building earlier today.

and we'll now be humble and get on with ourjobs for saturday. and you wonder if they've come down off the ceiling. the honeymoon period though definitely over for graham potter at chelsea, the manager appointed after thomas tuchel�*s sacking and the club's takeover by new american owners. but after losing 4—0 to manchester city in the cup yesterday, questions over how much time he might be given. andy swiss rounds up yesterday's action. first, a chance to remember. an ovation for the late, great gianluca vialli as his former club chelsea, and manchester city paid tribute. the teams had met in the league less than 72 hours earlier. city won that, and they were soon winning this. it's a stormer! riyad mahrez with a free kick of pure pinpoint perfection. and it was just the start. handball by havertz, penalty to city, and julian alvarez did the rest. alvarez scores! and from there, chelsea's challenge got even greater. pulled back, foden!

city utterly dominant as they ultimately cruised to a 4—0 victory. delight for them but, for chelsea and their under pressure manager graham potter, these are worrying times. earlier, there was some drama at cardiff. 21 years after they famously knocked out leeds, the championship side seemed to be at it again. goals from jaden philogene and sheyi ojo putting them 2—0 up. at half—time, cardiff were in dreamland. but after it, it was back down to earth. first, rodrigo pulled one back, and, although leeds then missed a penalty deep in injury time, guess what? and it's in! sonny perkins rescuing a 2—2 draw. the replay has a lot to live up to. andy swiss, bbc news. the drama could well continue tonight. oxford united will look to continue the theme of fa cup shocks when they host arsenal this evening in the final third

round match, but as you've been hearing the draw for round four has already been made. here's a look some of the ties. the winner of tonight's match will be away to manchester city. a tough draw for the winners. reading manager paul ince will return to old trafford to face former club manchester united. national league side wrexham will take on sheffield united of the championship. sheffield wednesday will face fellow league one side fleetwood town after they knocked out newcastle united, while stevenage will travel to stoke. for a full run—down of the draw, head to the bbc sport website. the masters snooker continues later after a dramatic opening day at alexandra palace on sunday with defending champion neil robertson and three—time winner mark selby both crashing out. the australian was beaten by the 2015 winner shaun murphy by six frames to four. murphy led 5—1 before robertson fought back, but, he held on and will now face either kyren wilson or stuart bingham in the quarter—finals. debutant hossein vafaei, knocked selby. he's not even in the world's top 16 and didn't even qualify automatically, only taking zhao xintong's place after the chinese star became one of ten players suspended from the tour amid an investigation into match—fixing. vafaei made three half—centuries and two century breaks on his way to a 6—2 victory.

weekend of plenty shocks, wasn't it? that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. that's all the sport for now. another group of workers who could be taking action are junior doctors in england. they could stage a three—day walk—out in march, if they vote for a strike in a dispute over pay. the british medical association union will ballot around 16,000 of its members from today. let's get more on this from junior doctor and deputy chair of the bma, dr emma runswick. thank you forjoining us. sell us a

bit more about what is behind this industrial action, bit more about what is behind this industrialaction, orthis bit more about what is behind this industrial action, or this vote for industrial action, or this vote for industrial action, or this vote for industrial action —— tell us a bit more. industrial action -- tell us a bit more. ~ , y industrial action -- tell us a bit more. x, , g ., industrial action -- tell us a bit more. _ ., .,, more. absolutely. junior doctors have faced _ more. absolutely. junior doctors have faced a _ more. absolutely. junior doctors have faced a severe _ more. absolutely. junior doctors have faced a severe peg - more. absolutely. junior doctors have faced a severe peg at - more. absolutely. junior doctors have faced a severe peg at of. more. absolutely. junior doctors i have faced a severe peg at of 26.196 have faced a severe peg at of 26.1% over the last years, which is contributing to serious staffing difficulties in the nhs. we cannot provide the care that we want to for patients any more because our colleagues leaving for other professions in the uk or other countries such as australia where there are better conditions and better pay. we want to reverse the pay cuts that we have faced. and have pay restoration. we have been looking for negotiations with the government now four months and they have ignored us and we have been pushed into a position where we have to ballot for strike action. i was about to ask — to ballot for strike action. i was about to ask about _ to ballot for strike action. i was about to ask about communication from the government by the government saysjunior from the government by the government says junior doctors' pay is part of a multi—year settlement already agreed and that's why they are not doing anything on this. what

is your view on that particular response?_ is your view on that particular resonse? , , , ., . , ., response? they push for a multi-year -a deal response? they push for a multi-year pay deal for — response? they push for a multi-year pay deal for maghera _ response? they push for a multi-year pay deal for maghera years _ response? they push for a multi-year pay deal for maghera years ago i response? they push for a multi-year pay deal for maghera years ago to i pay deal for maghera years ago to control the costs associated with contractual changes that they wanted to impose —— four years ago. there was some discussion in that agreement that if there were significant changes, for example, a major pandemic or massive inflation that we might be able to receive more and they have instead directed the supposedly independent pay review body to cap our pay at 2% a year. this year with inflation over 10% that's an 8% pay cut at least the equivalent of working a month for free this year compared to last year. they are trying to ask the pay review body to do that again next year. so we are looking at another pay cut next year in real terms. so i don't think any of your viewers would happily accept a quarter of their pay lost over time and we are

not in a position to do that either. ajunior not in a position to do that either. a junior doctor not in a position to do that either. ajunior doctor in year not in a position to do that either. a junior doctor in year one not in a position to do that either. ajunior doctor in year one is earning just under £30,000, ajunior doctor in year one is earningjust under £30,000, i earning just under £30,000, i believe. earningjust under £30,000, i believe. so that's after a lot of years of training.— believe. so that's after a lot of years of training. absolutely. a doctor in their _ years of training. absolutely. a doctor in their first _ years of training. absolutely. a doctor in their first year - doctor in their first year post—qualification after five or six years of university, looking after hundreds of patients, up to 100 patients overnight, seeing you in a&e, prescribing, assessing you on the wards is earning £14 an hour. people at my grade or in their own clinics often kind of putting in breathing tubes for surgeries, doing a variety of more complex tasks, £19.30. those who have more than a decade of experience who are doing highly skilled, highly complex tasks like brain surgery or running specialist clinics earning £28 an hour. the equivalent wages abroad, i have a colleague who has gone to australia who is earning 1.7 times

as much as me, 70% more than i am, forfewer hours. so as much as me, 70% more than i am, for fewer hours. so you can see why people are drawn abroad into systems which treat them better, notjust in terms of pay but also where you can give better care to patients and we don't worry when we go home that we have patients on corridors, patients we can't admit to hospital and receiving poor care. just we can't admit to hospital and receiving poor care.— receiving poor care. just very briefl if receiving poor care. just very briefly if you _ receiving poor care. just very briefly if you would, - receiving poor care. just very briefly if you would, if - receiving poor care. just very briefly if you would, if the i receiving poor care. just very i briefly if you would, if the ballot is in favour of industrial action in march, how concerned are you about the impact on patients? i’m march, how concerned are you about the impact on patients?— the impact on patients? i'm not worried because _ the impact on patients? i'm not worried because we _ the impact on patients? i'm not worried because we have - the impact on patients? i'm not worried because we have given | the impact on patients? i'm not i worried because we have given lots and lots of notice to employers, doctors are split into groups, so junior doctors are being balloted now but a senior doctors are not at the moment. we would be expecting employers to cover urgent and critical care by using senior doctors. it might well cause disruption to elective care and clinics and things like that. but

urgent and emergency care and critical care will always be provided on the nhs and we will always do our best to look after patients. always do our best to look after atients. ., ., , a patients. doctor emma runswick, “unior patients. doctor emma runswick, junior doctor. _ patients. doctor emma runswick, junior doctor, deputy _ patients. doctor emma runswick, junior doctor, deputy chair- patients. doctor emma runswick, junior doctor, deputy chair of i patients. doctor emma runswick, junior doctor, deputy chair of the | junior doctor, deputy chair of the bma, thank you very much. the government will meet with a number of striking unions later today, as it seeks to resolve pay disputes across public services ahead of further planned action in the coming weeks. the secretaries of state for transport, health and education will meet various unions for talks. it's understood the talks are around next year's pay settlement rather than last year's, which continue to be disputed. kevin courtney, joint general secretary at the national education unionjoins me now. kevin, thank you for your time as well today. a busy day when it comes to talks. various meetings are going on between the government and unions. what are your hopes for some progress being made today, and what

would progress look like for you today? would progress look like for you toda ? ~ ., would progress look like for you toda ? ~ . ., , would progress look like for you toda 7~ . ., , would progress look like for you toda? . , ., today? what i really hope is that when we meet _ today? what i really hope is that when we meet with _ today? what i really hope is that when we meet with gillian i today? what i really hope is that l when we meet with gillian keegan today? what i really hope is that i when we meet with gillian keegan at 11:30am this morning that she acknowledges the profound damage being caused to children's education by the fact that we can't recruit enough physics teachers, enough maths teachers, they have missed targets for english teachers this year, they have missed targets for primary teachers, and this is happening in sixth form colleges, in schools, in fe colleges, where damaging children's education because special needs teaching assistants are leaving schools to go and work in supermarkets where the pay is better. i'm hoping that gillian keegan will at least recognise the damage that's being caused, and then start working with us on putting it right. that will mean increases in pay. but you asked about expectations. that's what my hope is. my expectation is that she will say we are not going to talk about this year's pay at all and we

want to talk about next year's pay, evenin want to talk about next year's pay, even in next year's pay that they won't say that there will be a pay rise which starts to close the gaps, that teachers and support assistants will continue to get worse off with more damage in children's education. if there is no discussion about this year's pay, if it is a no—go area for the government, will that put a stop to any progress is there somewhere for progress to be made. we will explore every option to look for openings everything that we can think of, we will look for options to open it, but the dispute we are in as we are balloting our members at the moment, the ballot closes on friday, any members out there, please get your ballot back, however you are voting, please vote in our ballot will be closed it on friday. but that dispute is about this year's pay and the funding of it. we are saying that a 5% pay rise when

inflation is 12% when that adds on to ten previous years of cuts in pay compared with prices, that that's not good enough. we are looking for some movement on this year. but that's as part of the government recognising there needs to be a correction on teacher pay. i think they know there needs to be a correction. and the question is how much pain as they are going to be before we get there? we much pain as they are going to be before we get there?— before we get there? we are reporting _ before we get there? we are reporting today _ before we get there? we are reporting today about - before we get there? we are reporting today about the i before we get there? we are i reporting today about the other discussions that are going on. there are some reports that for health workers there may be a one—off offer to take account of this year, a hardship payment if you like, with the view that if that was accepted then discussions could move on about next year's pay settlement. that is for health workers, not confirmed, but that is our understanding. would something like that, or could something like that, or could something like that potentially work for teachers as well? a one—off

payment as a settlement for this year's pay?— year's pay? generally a union wouldn't want _ year's pay? generally a union wouldn't want such a - year's pay? generally a union i wouldn't want such a settlement because what you do is you get some cash for this year but your base pay level hasn't increased so it hasn't matched inflation so your negotiations next year are still way below prices. but we will explore everything. but we haven't heard that there is in his discussion of that there is in his discussion of that for teachers or support staff in schools. we have heard about the health unions, which will be sceptical about it for the reasons i've been through but we haven't even heard that on the table about people who work in our schools with our children. we look forward to hearing more later on today about those various meetings.— those various meetings. kevin courtney. _ those various meetings. kevin courtney. joint _ those various meetings. kevin courtney, joint general- those various meetings. kevin i courtney, joint general secretary at the education union, thank you. the chancellor will announce a new scheme to support firms with their energy bills in the house of commons today. it comes after the current support which caps the unit cost of gas and electricity ends in march.

our business correspondent ben boulos has more. they should get a bit more information about it when it's announced in the house of commons later today. we should say that the current scheme caps the unit cost of gas and electricity for all businesses. remember it as a cap on the unit cost, not the overall bill, so the more they use the more they pgy- so the more they use the more they pay. the new scheme that replaces it will give businesses a discount on the unit cost. it won't set a maximum unit cap or price. the treasury has said that sectors use a lot of energy, energy intensive businesses like steel—making, glass, ceramics and so on will get a larger discount than others. but the total level of government support across the board is expected to fall sharply. the new scheme is expected to be worth less than half the current scheme which is estimated to have cost £18.4 billion over six months by the time it ends at the end of march. but even with the new

scheme to replace it, all businesses can expect to see their gas and electricity bills rise after march. and at the same time households will see a drop in the amount of support they get from the government with their energy bills as the typical bill cost goes from £2500 a year — £3000 a yearfrom bill cost goes from £2500 a year — £3000 a year from april leaving families with less money left over to spend on goods and services which of course businesses provide at the same time as businesses are finding their own costs going up and are even more reliant on people going out spending. ibeh even more reliant on people going out spending-— the uk could see a space first on monday — with satellites being deployed from a base on european soil for the first time ever. if all goes to schedule, it will happen from the new spaceport, in cornwall. the technique will use a modified boeing jumbo jet to carry the rockets into the sky — before they lift their payloads into orbit. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has the story. five, four, three, two, one...

lift-off! in newquay, cornall, the children of the bishop's learning academy are having a crash course in rocket science. they're taking a special interest in space because a launch is about to happen just down the road from them. i'm just excited because we might actually get a chance to see it over newquay, and there's going to be like are probably lots of people there watching it. even though it's very late i am going to beg my mum that i can watch it, because i'm really excited about it. the launch is taking place at newquay airport, home to spaceport cornwall. but it is a lift—off with a difference. the rocket is attached to this jumbo jet and will be released mid flight, firing its engines to send satellites into orbit, the first time this has been done from british soil. the rocket and aircraft belong to virgin orbit. we have given a rare chance to look inside. we have been given a rare

chance to look inside. on the lower deck, all the seats have been stripped out to save weight, because a rocket full of fuel is a heavy load. but at the front, a small modification will have a big effect. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to fly a plane, but there is one big difference. and it's this. this red square is a release button. and about an hour into the flight the pilot will present the pilot will press this to drop the rocket. until now, these launches have been carried out from california. copy, drop ready. release, release, release. the drop happens at 35,000 feet and it's a perilous manoeuvre. everything has to work perfectly to get the rocket on its way. for the uk flight, raf pilot matthew stannard will be at the controls. we enter what is called a terminal count procedure. and that's when things for us certainly get more interesting as we go into that sequence of pressurising the tank, chilling the lines. at the end of that 15 minute

terminal count, the rocket says, at the end of that 15—minute terminal count, the rocket says, "i'm ready to go now." and it's myjob to make sure the aeroplane is at the right bit of the sky, in the right position, so when the rocket says, "i'm ready to go," away she goes. release, release. on the ground at mission control the launch team will be monitoring every minute of the flight. it will be a tense time. i wouldn't say it's a nervous atmosphere. i think we all run off of adrenaline, for sure, but we are all pretty calm because we have rehearsed, we are confident in our systems since we have done all our checkouts. and we are ready to go, basically. this is one of nine satellites being painstakingly prepared to launch. almost all of them have been built in the uk. until now though, they would have been shipped abroad to be sent into orbit. but this mission is about to change that. there's a lot riding on this rocket. if the launch goes to plan, it will

be a major milestone for the uk. the first step in becoming a global player in space. rebecca morelle, bbc news, newquay. let's find out about the final preparations for this and what it means for the aerospace industry in the uk. jenny kumah is in cornwall for us ahead of the launch. hi. it is a windy day in newquay and i'm buying a replica of the rocket that will be strapped on to that aircraft that you saw in rebecca's report. it is around 70 feet long, it will contain those satellites that are being put into space later today in the uk and european first. and here to tell me more about what all this means is matt archer from the uk space agency. that, this has cost a lot of money, hasn't it? some £20 million. why is it worth it? yes. why is it worth it? we are

putting nine satellites into orbit and creating 250 jobs at cornwall spaceport and in the local space cluster. for me it is a massive project and one that is moving towards a launch industry that will create manyjobs for towards a launch industry that will create many jobs for years towards a launch industry that will create manyjobs for years to come and deliver massive benefits to the taxpayers. and deliver massive benefits to the taxa ers. , , taxpayers. nine satellites being sent u- taxpayers. nine satellites being sent up on _ taxpayers. nine satellites being sent up on the _ taxpayers. nine satellites being sent up on the rocket. - taxpayers. nine satellites being sent up on the rocket. some i taxpayers. nine satellites being sent up on the rocket. some of| taxpayers. nine satellites being i sent up on the rocket. some of them are doing some quite interesting things, aren't they? thea;r are doing some quite interesting things, aren't they?— are doing some quite interesting things, aren't they? they are, yes. the first of— things, aren't they? they are, yes. the first of a _ things, aren't they? they are, yes. the first of a welsh _ things, aren't they? they are, yes. the first of a welsh satellite - things, aren't they? they are, yes. the first of a welsh satellite going | the first of a welsh satellite going into orbit doing in space manufacturing for the first time, so make incompetence that you can only make incompetence that you can only make incompetence that you can only make in space rather than here on earth. and likewise other satellites like —— making compasses. monitoring ships that turn off the transponders, doing things like illegal trafficking in uk waters and elsewhere. valuable services to people on earth that you wouldn't be able to do on the ground. thea;r people on earth that you wouldn't be able to do on the ground.— able to do on the ground. they will be some people — able to do on the ground. they will be some people are _ able to do on the ground. they will be some people are concerned i able to do on the ground. they will| be some people are concerned that with climate change, why are we

putting rockets and satellites into space? putting rockets and satellites into sace? ., putting rockets and satellites into sace? . , ., ., , ., space? yeah, there is no doubt that this will have _ space? yeah, there is no doubt that this will have a _ space? yeah, there is no doubt that this will have a carbon _ space? yeah, there is no doubt that this will have a carbon footprint i this will have a carbon footprint and that has been acknowledged in the way we have set up the regulations for launch, and we knew that it would. what we do for every licence we issue we make sure they take a reasonable and precautionary step two minimise the impact on environment and the government is doing lots of things to reduce its carbon footprint in other areas. in particular for these launches, bear in mind we wouldn't know half the things we know about our planet without satellites in space, which have a unique view to monitor our earth and combat climate change with those satellites. so for us the value comes from the services they provide, it is well worth the effort that we make. we arejust we are just hours away from this happening, hopefully, but there could be issues that could stop this happening with the weather. yes, the weather is a key consideration, both for the safety and pilot and the crew on board and equally for the

rocket, making sure it doesn't attract any water on the outsides that doesn't freeze on the rocket on the way up. that will be a key consideration for the version orbit team as they prepare for launch later today. team as they prepare for launch later today-— team as they prepare for launch later toda . n, ~ . ., later today. matt archer from the uk sace later today. matt archer from the uk space agency. _ later today. matt archer from the uk space agency, thank _ later today. matt archer from the uk space agency, thank you _ later today. matt archer from the uk space agency, thank you for - later today. matt archer from the uk space agency, thank you for talking | space agency, thank you for talking to us. there is a huge amount of excitement and anticipation here today. this has been years in the planning and we are just hours away from that potential liftoff, barring anyissues from that potential liftoff, barring any issues with the weather and last—minute technical issues. this is happening, this is the launch window and if there are issues it has to be delayed and there are other opportunities for this to happen. hundreds of people are expected to be here on site to watch it and there is also the opportunity to watch it live streaming on the version orbit youtuber website. jenny kumah, thank you very much. jenny kumah, thank you very much. jenny kumah, thank you very much. jenny kumah in cornwall, a very dramatic sky behind jenny. let's check out the weather forecast for cornwall and everywhere else with carol. hi.

it looks like there will be a window of dry conditions in cornwall and also fairly cloudy but we have some rain coming in a bit later. what is happening today as you can see from the isobars that it is a breezy day with showers and showers in the north—west being enhanced by that weather front. this is the weather front coming in later on tonight. plenty of showers already this morning across the north, the western parts of the south, some of them wintry above 450 metres, and ahead of him after a cold start we are looking at a fair bit of sunshine. the showers across england and wales will continue to push eastwards through the course of the day and they will dry up in the south—east, but will have frequent and heavy showers in the north and west, and again some of those will have thunder and lightning and also sam hail embedded in them. temperatures today 6—10 north to south. through this evening and overnight a ridge of high pressure builds across us, eventually most of the showers will fade, the breeze will ease but then we have this band of rain coming in showing it is

going to be heavy and accompanied by strengthening winds. 11 degrees in plymouth the overnight low, only three in aberdeen. so we pick up this warm front tomorrow as it continues to push northwards and eastwards. you can see from the isobars it is going to be windy. then we have another weather front coming in a bit later on. but the wind in between these two weather fronts is salient, coming up from the south—west, a mild direction for us, so temperatures will be higher tomorrow than we are looking at today. so here is ourfirst tomorrow than we are looking at today. so here is our first weather front, moving steadily north andy swiss, havering especially so across north—west england and also wales, and also on higher ground, as much as 100 millimetres. this second narrower band of rain comes in. in between it will be murky and overcast. the rain clearing northern ireland but continuing to move across scotland, and wherever you are it is going to be windy. the strongest winds will be in the hills and the coastlines of the west and also the north. temperatures

tomorrow, very mild. 10—14. for most of us at 7—8 across the highlands and islands. into wednesday, it will be another windy day. there will be lots of dry weather and even some sunshine to start with but you can see we do have a lot of showers moving once again from the west towards the east. on higher ground they are likely to be wintry. temperatures 6-11 , likely to be wintry. temperatures 6—11 , so they are coming down a little bit and i will have more weather in half an hour.

this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. well, they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up until this point. and i'm not sure how honesty is burning bridges. you know, silence only allows the abuser to abuse. uk ministers are meeting health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes. it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off payments for health workers. unions still want talks about this year's pay. we will listen, we will talk and we will negotiate and any offers will go back to our members,

but we need movement