stage, it's kind of a bit of a kind of pinch—yourself moment, really. and what an opening match — against england, no less. but wales�*s hopes of a dream start didn't exactly materialise. barely 30 seconds gone and england ahead, through nick park. wales, though, were soon showing their resilience. how's this for some courageous goalkeeping? but with england doubling their lead at the halfway stage, wales�*s world cup debut is proving a difficult one. andy swiss, bbc news. now, we are a nation of animal lovers, but no—one was quite prepared for the scale of the reaction to sophie, the romanian rescue dog. it is all right here, isn't it? this is your home. it's been a month since a very nervous looking sophie arrived at her new home — with former bbc correspondent

rory cellan—jones and his wife, diane — having been rescued from the streets of romania. she made her home behind the couple's sofa, only emerging briefly for treats of steak and cheese. and her story has gone viral on twitter, with thousands of people regularly tuning in to see how she's progressing. yesterday, there was a bit of a breakthrough, as sophie was coaxed out from her safe space for the first time for a quick cuddle. we'll have more on her story on tonight's six o'clock news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. follow that! today, a good deal brighter with sunny spells and showers. but there are still concerns about flooding. look at this, the river severn coming out the flood low—lying ground. and flood warnings in force, 82 across england, the majority of these four stretches of the river

severn, and more heavy rainjust around the corner. on the satellite picture, this area of developing cloud and low pressure is going to bring a return of heavy rain tonight and into tomorrow which could cause further problems. before we get there, a brighter day today, sunny spells around, still quite windy, but winds coming down a bit. cloud for west scotland and north—west england bringing rain so dad either in greater manchester at the moment. it is mild, temperatures reaching highs of 11 celsius. overnight, well, here comes the rain. we are looking at around 70 millimetres over the high ground and this rain is falling on those areas that are struggling with those flood waters at the moment, so the message is the flooding could well get worse into the first part of the weekend. mild air will push the first part of the weekend. mild airwill push in the first part of the weekend. mild air will push in with this rain. into the weekend, the ranges clear out of the way, but the winds pick up. more rain pushing into northern ireland and scotland accompanied by gale force gusts. it will be mild in the south, temperatures will reach

12 celsius before the weather starts i2 celsius before the weather starts to get a bit cooler the south, temperatures will reach 12 celsius before the weather starts to get a bit cooler from the north take a look at the weather picture beyond that. much colder weather moving in for the second half of the weekend and into next week. weather—wise on sunday, you will certainly notice the chill in the air and we start to see showers turning wintry across northern parts of scotland and a band of cloud and rain dangling across parts of northern ireland. temperatures struggling for scotland, 3 or four celsius temperatures struggling for scotland, 3 orfour celsius here. even in the south, 7 or 8 degrees, some of the lowest temperatures we have seen so far this year. but it gets even colder into next week. we do know quite a bit about next week, it is going to be a lot colder, there will be widespread frost and some ice, there will be showers falling to snow even down to low levels. what we are not quite so sure about is weather we see something a little bit more organised. an example of that is sunday night, some of the model say snow for scotland and wintry showers elsewhere, but there are other models that do this, they put an

area of low pressure that strengthens that and we see a band of rain turning to snow that could be disruptive snow across parts of england and wales heading into the monday rush hour. it is uncertain, but it is worth watching. before the cold and snow risk, we could see seeds of this with more flooding around. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. good afternoon. there's one match in the premier league tonight as aston villa take on leeds united. villa lost at home to league two stevenage in the fa cup in their last home game, but manager unai emery says there have been improvements since he took over. we are doing some things, i think,

very well. defensively, being organised. we have to progress as well, changing a little bit the mentality. being aggressive, but realistic ambition. i think the players are open to work, they are committed to work, everything we are trying to do. the committed to work, everything we are trying to tie-— trying to do. the things that have been the most _ trying to do. the things that have been the most difficult _ trying to do. the things that have been the most difficult has - trying to do. the things that have been the most difficult has been | trying to do. the things that have i been the most difficult has been to jump—start development as a group. there _ jump—start development as a group. there are _ jump—start development as a group. there are a — jump—start development as a group. there are a lot of individuals that have _ there are a lot of individuals that have grown in the process but as a group _ have grown in the process but as a group it_ have grown in the process but as a group it still hasn't come together the way— group it still hasn't come together the way i — group it still hasn't come together the way i would like. the lack of consistency from match to match, in the match, _ consistency from match to match, in the match, the first half of the second — the match, the first half of the second half, it means that we are

not able — second half, it means that we are not able to— second half, it means that we are not able to push this the way that i would _ not able to push this the way that i would want so we don't have to talk about _ would want so we don't have to talk about it _ former england defender claire rafferty says players should not routinely be weighed, as it's not healthy. she's told the bbc�*s sportsdesk podcast that this led to her developing an eating disorder from a young age. when you are being weighed constantly, it is every single day, you are being reminded that you put on 0.0 or whatever. it is not normal to be that aware and conscious of what you look like. i think that is also attached to the pressure of social media, that strong athletic identity, which for me, having retired, having had an identity crisis, there is perhaps why i... my image was important to me. i was rewarded on social media with likes for looking a certain way. it is sad, isn't it? more of that interview on the sportdesk pocast on bbc

sounds and there is more help for anyone effected on the bbcs actionline. thats the number on the screen there. england beat debutants wales in their opening match of the hockey world cup in india. it was an emphatic win for england. 5—0 two from penalty corners scored by liam ansell. it puts england top of group d, with hosts india's game against spain just getting underway. the last two semi—final places at snooker�*s masters will be decided today. this is live on bbc two. first up this afternoon it's barry hawkins on the table with judd trump. trump has taken the first game, —— frame. still to come tonight,, shaun murphy takes on stuart bingham british number one cameron

norrie is through to the final of the atp event in auckland. he beat the usa's jenson brooksby 6—3, 6—4, and now faces richard gasquet in tonight's final as he bids for his first title of the season, just days from the start of the australian open. but not such good news for compatriotjack draper who missed out on a first ever atp final as he lost his adelaide semi—final to south korea's kwon soon—woo in three sets. england wheelchair rugby league world cup that's all the sport for now.

police believe a woman who died after a dog attack in surrey was walking a number of dogs at the time of the incident. the woman, who was 28, died in caterham yesterday. eight dogs were also detained at the scene. inspector lyndsey whatley, borough commander for tandridge spoke earlier. yesterday afternoon at 2:1i5pm officers were called to reports of dogs attacking members of the public. sadly, despite the best efforts of paramedics, a 28—year—old woman from london was pronounced dead the scene. the woman is believed to have been walking a number of dogs at the time of the incident. her next of kin have been informed. they will be supported by specialist officers. a second woman who received treatment for dog bites has since been discharged from hospital. a total of eight dogs were detained by officers. they remain in the custody of police. the owners of these dogs have been identified and

are being kept informed as the investigation continues. a police cordon will remain in place whilst forensic work is carried out. no arrests have been made at this time. this is a tragic incident where a young woman has sadly lost her life and our thoughts are with her family and our thoughts are with her family and friends. i know that these events will be of a real concern to the local community, i would like to reassure residents that we are confident that all the dogs involved are in the custody of police. whilst we continue to investigate the circumstances of what happened. officers will remain in the area whilst our inquiries continue and we would urge anyone with information who has not yet spoken to the police to contact us. surrey police there.

the prime minister, rishi sunak has rejected criticism from scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon that uk plans to limit the impact of public service strikes risk inflaming industrial disputes. speaking to bbc scotland's political editor, glenn campbell, mr sunak said it was "right and responsible" to change the law to guarantee a basic level of service in areas like health and education when there are strikes. prime minister, the nhs is in crisis across the uk, do you have any more money to avert strikes that would obviously make the situation much worse? i think the first thing to recognise is that the nhs is under unprecedented challenges, across every part of the uk. that is in large part because we are recovering from the aftermath of the covid pandemic. what we have done is announce more money for the nhs, record sums in fact, in the autumn statement last year. in spite of the difficult but i believe, fair decisions

that we had to make to get a grip of inflation and a control of borrowing. from but that is next year. what we are talking about... in terms of the nhs now, the right thing to do is to talk to each other and look at what we can do to make a difference. is there more money to avert strikes? there already has been more money put into the nhs, that money has come to the scottish government to use as they see fit. the nhs is receiving record sums. the current decisions are made by the government here in scotland as to how they allocate their public funding. you are in dispute with health workers in england, as the scottish government is with health workers in scotland, is there any more money? you clapped for carers during the pandemic, don't they deserve and inflation matching pay rise? we put more money into the nhs, it is currently receiving record sums in england and that money is also provided to the scottish government to see to use as they see fit.

they will make those decisions. the right thing when it comes to pay, is to follow the recommendations of an independent pay review body. that is what is established and the government accepted those recommendations. talks are ongoing, the government has always been clear that we want to have an open door, we want to have an honest two—way dialogue about some of the things that we are all seeing. it is important that pay settlements that are reasonable but are also responsible for the country and are affordable. aren't you risking poisoning relations or inflaming the situation is by bringing forward legislation to limit the impact of strikes? i don't believe that is right. i believe it is entirely reasonable for people to think that even if there are strikes, when it comes to life—saving emergency treatment, whether that is an ambulance orfire engines. that they can rely on a basic level of that emergency service still being provided. i think that is reasonable.

either way, it is something that is common in many other countries, that is why i think it is the right and responsible thing to bring forward those new laws here as well. it's one of the things you disagree with nicola sturgeon over. are you also prepared to block holyrood's gender recognition reform ? i think there's been there's been a lot of talk about this thing, and i know that it's sensitive. so i'lljust explain what we are doing. and what we are doing is actually incredibly standard practice that whenever a law is passed by the scottish parliament, the uk government, as is completely normal, would consider the impacts of that law across the entire united kingdom. take advice. if i could just finish answering your question and explain. blocked a law on the basis that it impacts on uk law ever before. the process is established,

which does mean that that happens all the time that it is looked at. so if a new law is passed that does impact the rest of the united kingdom, it is important that the uk government receives advice on that before deciding what to do, if anything, and that is a long established and completely standard process. what is it you're worried about? as i said, we're waiting to see the advice and it may well be that the law impacts on other aspects of the united kingdom across the united kingdom. that's why we have an established process in place. it's entirely reasonable, it's entirely standard. it's been there for years, if not decades, and we're just following that process. wouldn't that cause enormous strain in relations between the uk and scottish governments if you did step in to block it? i thinkjumping ahead of ourselves i'd say we're just being entirely reasonable in following the established practice, in receiving advice on the potential impact of a scottish law on the entire united kingdom. i think that's reasonable. you talk about the relationship. today's announcement is a great example of how that relationship should be working. i'm very keen to have a constructive relationship with the scottish government to work together on the areas where we can deliver for people here in scotland today we're announcing two new freeports. we're here today at one and you talk to people here,

as i'm sure you're doing, they're incredibly excited because this new freeport is going to bring jobs, investment and opportunity to these two places in scotland and their entire regions. it's a very positive example of what's possible and that's why i'm keen to have a constructive dialogue. last one if you win the next uk general election and that looks like a big if at the moment and the snp win in scotland, are there any circumstances where you would sit down and talk about agreeing another independence referendum? what i'm focused on doing is delivering for people across the united kingdom. including here in scotland. i want to work constructively with the scottish government on the areas where we can make a difference together. today's announcement of two new freeports is a great example of that approach. it's going to bring jobs, investment, opportunity to people here in scotland, and that's what i'm prioritising. now it's time to take a look at what's making the news across the uk.

there are concerns about children going up in mouldy homes in yorkshire. a father living with his two children says that his family have been struggling with asthma, made worse by damp. in leeds there are more than 26,000 people in council housing waiting list. more than 5000 in urgent need. in a leeds tower block, a family of five living in a two bed flat with damp and mould all around. that in a two bed flat with damp and mould all around.— in a two bed flat with damp and mould all around. that is my bed, that is my — mould all around. that is my bed, that is my sons, _ mould all around. that is my bed, that is my sons, seven _ mould all around. that is my bed, that is my sons, seven years old | mould all around. that is my bed, i that is my sons, seven years old who is sleeping in this bedroom. if i move the bed, all damp. my son is

sleeping here, he has eczema and i'm sure the damp is affecting his health. ., , ., ., sure the damp is affecting his health. ., , ., health. the other bedroom also has mould, it health. the other bedroom also has mould. it can _ health. the other bedroom also has mould, it can just _ health. the other bedroom also has mould, it can just fit _ health. the other bedroom also has mould, it can just fit in _ health. the other bedroom also has mould, it can just fit in bunk- health. the other bedroom also has mould, it can just fit in bunk beds i mould, it can just fit in bunk beds for these two girls, sometimes their brother sleeps on a mattress on the floor. the older girl says it is hard growing up here. it is hard for my brother— hard growing up here. it is hard for my brother because _ hard growing up here. it is hard for my brother because his _ hard growing up here. it is hard for my brother because his friends - hard growing up here. it is hard forl my brother because his friends have their own _ my brother because his friends have their own room and beds. his childhood _ their own room and beds. his childhood is not going to be like the people around him. i don't have space _ the people around him. i don't have space to _ the people around him. i don't have space to study. the people around him. i don't have space to study-— space to study. they don't have enou:h space to study. they don't have enough space — space to study. they don't have enough space but _ space to study. they don't have enough space but the _ space to study. they don't have enough space but the effect - space to study. they don't have enough space but the effect ofl space to study. they don't have i enough space but the effect of the mould and damp is another concern. it has affected me, my dad and sister— it has affected me, my dad and sister because we developed asthma after a _ sister because we developed asthma after a while. my dad had very severe — after a while. my dad had very severe asthma, which caused him to have breathing problems. we severe asthma, which caused him to have breathing problems.— have breathing problems. we have seen several _ have breathing problems. we have seen several letters _ have breathing problems. we have seen several letters to _ have breathing problems. we have seen several letters to leeds - have breathing problems. we have seen several letters to leeds city | seen several letters to leeds city council supporting the family's

appealed to move. a leeds gp wrote about his concern that damp was affecting one of the girls, she has developed a problem with coughing and is now using inhalers. the school wrote a letter saying that the boy was suffering from eczema which is aggravated by damp and dust. he is not able to focus on his learning due to lack of sleep. in march 2021 a doctor wrote i believe the current housing situation of the family is not sufficient and is exacerbating his allergy and skin can skin conditions. i am exacerbating his allergy and skin can skin conditions.— exacerbating his allergy and skin can skin conditions. i am very sad, alwa s can skin conditions. i am very sad, always thinking — can skin conditions. i am very sad, always thinking about _ can skin conditions. i am very sad, always thinking about my - can skin conditions. i am very sad, always thinking about my child - can skin conditions. i am very sad, j always thinking about my child and family. what can i do? the family have lived here since 2014 but the council has now decided to demolish these towers to make space for more modern housing and says that tenants will be rehoused over the next two

years. they told us work will begin next week in this family is flat. installing heating the mould may be tackled, but parents say this is not how their children should be growing up. a man has pleaded guilty to throwing an egg at king charles during a walkabout in luton in december. harry may appeared at westminster magistrates�* court this morning. charged with a public order offence. jon ironmonger was in court and sent this. not two months on the throne, king charles became the target of a volley of eggs thrown from the crowd in a walkabout. all three eggs missed and the king carried on. another egg was hurled and landed a

few metres behind him. video footage showed protection officers scrambling to shield the 74—year—old who appeared unfazed. today the luton egg thrower pleaded guilty to a public order offence. the police heard that he thought that it was in poor taste for the king to visit a deprived community in luton, he hadn't intended to throw the egg at the king, just nearby. officers found a second egg which had cracked. the defendant was remorseful and his lawyer said it had never been in trouble with the police before. why did you do it and are you regretful now? we police before. why did you do it and are you regretful now?— police before. why did you do it and are you regretful now? we don't want to talk on camera _ are you regretful now? we don't want to talk on camera at _ are you regretful now? we don't want to talk on camera at the _ are you regretful now? we don't want to talk on camera at the moment. -

are you regretful now? we don't want| to talk on camera at the moment. the chief to talk on camera at the moment. tue: chief magistrate to talk on camera at the moment. he chief magistrate said to talk on camera at the moment. t“t2 chief magistrate said that to talk on camera at the moment. tt2 chief magistrate said that the attack was planned and find him £100 and said to pay costs of £125. a high courtjudge has said the public have no right in law to camp overnight on dartmoor without the landowners permission. dartmoor was the only area of england and wales where under a local law there had been an assumed right to wild camp without requesting permission. however a high courtjudge ruled this was legally wrong. farmers argued that some wild campers on their land caused problems to livestock and the environment. dartmoor national park says it is disappointed but will consider its position before deciding whether or not to appeal, here's their chief executive kevin bishop. this claim relates to a ground—breaking piece of legislation, the dartmoor commons act which for the last 30 years, we as the authority interpreted it it as creating a right of access

for open—air recreation and that included while camping. the declaration was clear in that there is no legal right to wild camp. so anyone planning to wild camp will need to seek the land owners permission. from our perspective we are disappointed by the judgment because we believe it goes beyond one parcel of land, it goes to the heart of the national parks which were designated for people to enjoy the outdoors. we fully respect the judgment that has been issued. we want to work with landowners on dartmoor and have done for many years. we hope that we will meet them and continue to allow people to allow people to wild camp on dartmoor without having to seek the permission of individual landowners. at the moment we will be reiterating our advice for anyone planning to camp on dartmoor, you need to seek the permission of the land owner.

a blind artist is hosting his first solo exhibition at the quantum gallery in shoreditch. clarke reynolds creates art from braille, making the arts scene accessible to blind and visually impaired people. he also wants to change people's attitudes about what those with sight loss can achieve. when people see me as a person, they see me as a blind person. but when they come to my exhibitions i want them to see me as a professional artist. my name is clark reynolds also known as the blind artist. this is my very first solo exhibition. each artwork i produce is a narrative, it is up to the viewer to decode those stories. i give you a key but i don't give you all the information. this piece is called

haptics, to understand what that means you have to touch it and decode it to read it. this one is called braille, perfectly apt for this exhibition. my eyesight deteriorated rapidly from the age of 33 in my left eye. the best way to describe it is like it is looking underwater. i want to achieve that someone like myself can coexist in mainstream art. if i'm not seen how can i make a difference? how can i inspire the next generation of children growing up? adults of my age, they are losing their sight and they don't know what to do with themselves. the future is bright, ironically, the future is bright. i want to be a renowned artist that

people talk about for years to come. without fame, i want to sit on graham norton's show! hopefully strictly come dancing, how cool would that he's? now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. today is a brighter day, a day of sunny spells and passing showers. however, there are still concerns about flooding. here is the flooded river severn, spotted by one of our weather watchers, the floodwaters spreading out over low—lying fields. we have lots of flood warning still in force, the majority in england are four

stretches of the river seven. stretches of the river severn. although today is quite quiet, we have more heavy rain on the way tonight and into saturday as this developing area of low pressure, that is going to be bringing heavy rain for those flood hit areas. today, for most of us it is a bright day, there were a few showers around, some longer spells of rain getting into west scotland and north—west england. our temperatures are mild for the time of year, i! celsius for cardiff and london. the first signs of the rain start to arrive this evening and overnight the rain could get to 70 millimetres over the high ground. rain will be falling on those areas in those areas already suffering from flooding so you can imagine for some communities will get flooding will get worse before it gets better. very mild air with temperatures starting off saturday morning i! celsius in the south—west, highs of 12 celsius expected across eastern and southern england. eventually some slightly cooler air does work in, we see blustery showers in the north—west with gales developing for a time. it will start to turn a little bit cooler here. through the afternoon as well. the second half of the weekend, there is colder air

arriving as we start to dragging some north—westerly winds. the weather will be turning colder, without some wintry showers starting to move into northern scotland, this weather front is still potentially bringing some rain across parts of northern england but for many it is a bright enough day, cold across the north with temperatures three or four celsius in northern scotland. there is a lot we know about the weather next week, we know it will be colder, we know there will be widespread frost and snow showers coming down to sea level. there is some uncertainty as if we will see more organised systems coming through, an example is sunday night, we could just have showers like in this model, there are other models that develop a stronger area of low pressure. in that case we could have some heavy snow in parts of england and wales to take us into the first part of monday morning. quite a bit of uncertainty yet.

this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines: the premier league footballer benjamin mendy is found not guilty of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault. the uk economy grew unexpectedly in november, boosted by the football world cup. it went up 0.1%. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering 26—year—old ellie edwards, who was shot in merseyside on christmas eve. it comes as russia claims to have captured all of soledar —— a salt—mining town in eastern ukraine that's been the focus of intense fighting. tributes are paid to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis, who's died at the age of 54. royal mail customers still can't send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company.