i'm just a run—of—the—mill guy who just does something which has helped me get through my week. i get more out of it than the children i'm sure do. plus the fact that my street cred is tremendous! i'll be going anywhere in the village, as it were, and a child will shout out, hello, mr davies! and i feel ten feet high! i belong. the best reading teacher in the world! goodbye! bye, mr davies! not a nota dry not a dry eye in the house! graham satchel with that report. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. we have had quite a change in the

weather. things now look and feel very different. beautiful blue skies overhead here in county antrim but some strong wind feeding in wintry showers. we continue to bring wind down all the way from the arctic. cold air stays with us through the next few days. the picture shows this mesh rash of wintry showers along the coast and parts of scotland, those showers still mostly falling at low levels even as snow. elsewhere a mixture of sleet and snow and some showers feeding into some north sea coasts. windy for all of us especially around the coasts, up of us especially around the coasts, up to 50 miles an hour in places. temperatures reading between three and 7 degrees but factoring in the strength of the wind it feels colder than that. during this evening and

tonight the wind using a little, we keep some showers going in western and northern parts where there is the risk of some ice. and temperatures dropping away widely below freezing, perhaps down to —8 in parts of the highlands. another cold start to tomorrow with some wintry showers through western parts. many of those tend to fade. a bit of rain could give some icy conditions in places. by the end of tomorrow's many places largely dry, not as windy as today but still cold. friday we could see some mist and fog patches in western parts of the uk in particular. most of us will be dry but things just becoming a little bit milder towards the west

and south—west. heading into the weekend the milder air trying to come in from the west. that will make some inroads but will be slow to reach southern and eastern parts of the uk. so for the weekend the further north and west you are it will start to feel a bit milder with some rain at times, further south and east mostly dry and remaining decidedly chilly. a reminder of our top story. more disruption to nhs services as nurses staged a two—day strike across england in their dispute about pay. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. ina good afternoon. im laura mcghie.

this is the bbc news channel, and here's your latest sports news. ten chinese snooker players suspended as part of an on—going match fixing investigation have all been charged by the integrity unit of the wpbsa, the sport's world governing body. the allegations range from fixing matches, approaching players to cheat, and betting on snooker. our sports news correspondent andy swiss explains who has been implicated and charged following the investigation. the ten players include some big big names. perhaps most significantly liang wenbo. highly experienced former winner of the open. he has been concern in fixing matches and approaching players to fix matches on the world snooker tour as well is seeking to obstruct the investigation. he was the first of the ten players to be suspended back in october. another big name, yan

bingtao has also been charged. he reached the finals of the world championships last year. he is a former masters champion. he has been charged with fixing matches on the world snooker tour and also with betting on snooker. at another player has been charged who won their uk championship in 2021. . another play has been charged with being concerned in fixing matches and betting on snooker. two other players who featured in the latter stages of the tournament over recent years have also been charged with corruption, as have five less high—profile players. ten players in total charged with corruption, all of them currently suspended and will face a formal hearing at a later date. to tennis now, and defending australian open champion, rafael nadal says he is "mentally destroyed" after losing to world number 65 mackenzie mcdonald in the second round.

the 36—year—old suffered what appeared to be a hip injury in the second set, crouching down, visibly in pain before seeking medical treatment. his wife was in tears. nadal showed his usual fight after but was still in discomfort, losing in straight sets, his earliest exit at the australian open in seven years, as macdonald moves into the third round. emma raducanu is also out of the australian open, losing a fascinating battle dubbed the blockbuster tie of the second round, which ended in a straight sets loss to seventh seed coco gauff in melbourne. gauff controlled the opening set, her power helping her take that 6—3. there were fears raducanu was hampered by an injury, but she burst into life and forced the second set to a tiebreak. the final rally epitomised the match, a battle between two of the best young players on the planet, but gauff edged it to knock raducanu out. it means the briton hasn't reached the third round of a grand slam since her stunning 2021 us open win.

british men's number one cam norrie is currently in action against constant lestienne. the pair had to wait quite some time before they could get started on court 13. it's currently half past 12 at night there. norrie took the first set, 6-3. but he struggled in the second, lestienne winning 6—3, and lestienne has really been on the charge from that set onwards. it's now 6—6, going towards a tie—break. iceland captain sara bjork gunnarsdottir says winning a claim against former side lyon for failing to pay her a full salary during pregnancy, is a "wake—up call" for clubs. in may 2022, a fifa tribunal ordered the french side to pay more than £72,000 in unpaid salaries. the ruling was made public this week with gunnarsdottir saying "this is about my rights as a worker, as a woman and as a human being." player's union fifpro have called it a "landmark" case which has

the potential to impact thousands of players around the world. 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. i'll be back in an hour with another update. thank you. good afternoon to you. you were watching bbc news. we are going to take a look at a few other stories making the news here this lunchtime. the snp�*s westminster leader, stephen flynn, has criticised the government's intention to block scotland's gender reforms. the legislation would make it easier for trans people to change their legally—recognised sex. the uk government says the changes could have an impact on equality laws that apply across great britain. speaking at prime minister's questions, mr flynn said the prime minister was trying to "stoke a culture war" against "marginalised people".

mr speaker, to promise is one thing, to keep it as another. the scottish government kept their manifesto promise to the people, and thanks to support from members of all political parties in holyrood, the gr bill was passed. surely in that context, the prime minister must recognise that it is a dangerous moment for devolution when both he andindeed moment for devolution when both he and indeed the leader of the opposition seek to overturn a promise made between scotland's politicians in scotland's people. mr speaker, let me be crystal clear that the — speaker, let me be crystal clear that the decision in this case is centred — that the decision in this case is centred on _ that the decision in this case is centred on the legislations for reserved — centred on the legislations for reserved matters. as it is laid out in the _ reserved matters. as it is laid out in the scotland and which established the scottish parliament and the _ established the scottish parliament and the time supported by the snp, this bill_ and the time supported by the snp, this bill would have a significant adverse — this bill would have a significant adverse effect on uk wide equalities

matters, _ adverse effect on uk wide equalities matters, and so the scottish secretary, with regret, has rightly added _ secretary, with regret, has rightly added. mr— secretary, with regret, has rightly added. ~ ., ,, , secretary, with regret, has rightly added. ~ , . i, ., added. mr speaker, let me be crystal clear. this added. mr speaker, let me be crystal clear- this is — added. mr speaker, let me be crystal clear. this is the _ added. mr speaker, let me be crystal clear. this is the conservative - clear. this is the conservative party seeking to stoke a cultural war against some of the most marginalised people in society. and scotland's democracy is simply collateral damage. and on that issue of democracy, let us reflect. because on monday, the uk government introduced legislation to ban the right to strike against the expressed wishes of the scottish government. on tuesday, they dismissed overturning gir —— they gir r s against the express wishes of the scottish government. we not now on a slippery slope of

devolution to direct rule? ha. now on a slippery slope of devolution to direct rule? no. no, mr speaker. _ devolution to direct rule? no. no, mr speaker. of— devolution to direct rule? no. no, mr speaker, of course _ devolution to direct rule? no. no, mr speaker, of course we - devolution to direct rule? no. no, mr speaker, of course we are - devolution to direct rule? no. no, mr speaker, of course we are not. this is— mr speaker, of course we are not. this is simply about protecting uk wide legislation about ensuring the legislation of women and children —— the safety— legislation of women and children —— the safety of women and children. i would _ the safety of women and children. i would ask— the safety of women and children. i would ask people of his party to consider— would ask people of his party to consider engaging with the uk government on this bill as we did before _ government on this bill as we did before the — government on this bill as we did before the legislation passed so that we — before the legislation passed so that we can find a constructive way forward _ that we can find a constructive way forward for — that we can find a constructive way forward for the interests of the people — forward for the interests of the people of scotland and the united kingdom. we people of scotland and the united kinudom. ~ ., ., ., kingdom. we will hear more about toda 's kingdom. we will hear more about today's prime _ kingdom. we will hear more about today's prime minister's _ kingdom. we will hear more about today's prime minister's questions later on. a bbc investigation has found that political parties in nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread false information about their opponents, ahead of the country's general elections in february. as millions of nigerians try to decide who to vote for in next month's elections, they're facing a flood of political misinformation on social media. fauziyya tukkur from the bbc�*s

global disinformation team reports. with an estimated 80 million nigerians online, social media plays a huge role in national debates about politics. the bbc has spoken to insiders from two political parties who claim that influencers are being paid to deliberately spread false political information on the platform. to protect their identities, we have changed their names and used actors to reconstruct the interviews. we recruit people directly on social media and create accounts with which we do this. when recruiting, we look at people in the space who have a voice. we have paid an influencer up to 20 million naira for delivering a certain resource. 20 million naira is equivalent to about 16,000 us dollars. under nigerian law, it isn't illegalfor political parties to hire social media influencers. but it is illegal to spread

disinformation and it goes against twitter�*s policy. our insider says dirty tactics are part of the game. we use images that may not be relevant to the story we are trying to spin. we can take pictures from east africa in the '905, in warzones, for example, and attach it to a tweet about how my ethnic group has been killed. there are hundreds of other confirmed cases of false political information going viral. even when there is no suggestion or evidence of money changing hands. injuly, influencers shared a photo claiming to show the son of presidential candidate peter obi standing on the nigerian flag at a protest for a banned separatist group. but the man in the photo is not peter obi's son. meanwhile, more false political claims went viral associating kashim shettima, a candidate for vice president with members of the islamist militant group, boko haram. through reverse image

search, we found that the picture which claims to show mr shettima having a meal with boko haram members was actually first used in a 2017 news report. it shows him meeting fulani parents as part of an education drive while he was governor of borno state. experts say the spread of misinformation is a threat to democracy. it is a form of electoral interference. because at the end of every elections, it is very difficult to sort fact from fiction. we reported some of the posts to twitter. twitter has taken down some of the accounts and said it has a responsibility to protect electoral conversations from interference and manipulation. but as nigerians go to the polls, they may be questioning how to trust the political information they are getting without knowing who is really behind it.

the headlines on bbc news: inflation, the rate at which prices are rising, has slowed for the second consecutive month, but it remains close to a a0 year high. ukraine's interior minister and his deputy are believed to be among more than a dozen people killed in a helicopter crash in a suburb of ukraine's capital kyiv. here, thousands of nurses are on a two—day strike about the issue of pay affecting a quarter of hospital and community run services in england. let's ta ke let's take a look at a few stories making the news across the uk.

nurses are back on picket lines with two days of industrial action across england. nurses have walked out on 15 trusts in a dispute about pay. those working in a&e and intensive care are still expected to work. phil mccann has this report from the picket line in preston. they began their shift this morning like no other. , ., ., , , other. this morning, when our nurses arrived on the — other. this morning, when our nurses arrived on the picket _ other. this morning, when our nurses arrived on the picket line, _ other. this morning, when our nurses arrived on the picket line, third - arrived on the picket line, third mood was sombre. one of our nurses was in tears because she did not want to take this decision. she never thought she would see the day where she would stand on a picket line. ihla where she would stand on a picket line. ., . ., , ,., ~' where she would stand on a picket line. ., . ., , ., line. no matter who we spoke to here, line. no matter who we spoke to here. their _ line. no matter who we spoke to here, their feelings _ line. no matter who we spoke to here, their feelings of _ line. no matter who we spoke to here, their feelings of our - line. no matter who we spoke to| here, their feelings of our nurses was in tears because she did not want to take this decision. she never thought she would see the day where she would stand on a picket line. no matter who we spoke to her,

their feelings are the same. i’m a their feelings are the same. i'm a sister oncology _ their feelings are the same. i'm a sister oncology ward. _ their feelings are the same. i'm a sister oncology ward. i'm - their feelings are the same. i'm a sister oncology ward. i'm passionate about— sister oncology ward. i'm passionate about it. _ sister oncology ward. i'm passionate about it. but — sister oncology ward. i'm passionate about it, but also very sad it has come _ about it, but also very sad it has come to— about it, but also very sad it has come to this. i think we should be in there _ come to this. i think we should be in there for— come to this. i think we should be in there for our patients, but obviously— in there for our patients, but obviously things need to change, so that is— obviously things need to change, so that is why— obviously things need to change, so that is why i — obviously things need to change, so that is why i am out here. my obviously things need to change, so that is why i am out here.— that is why i am out here. my name is am , that is why i am out here. my name is amy. and — that is why i am out here. my name is amy. and i _ that is why i am out here. my name is amy, and i work _ that is why i am out here. my name is amy, and i work in _ that is why i am out here. my name is amy, and i work in oncology. - that is why i am out here. my name is amy, and i work in oncology. the reality— is amy, and i work in oncology. the reality is— is amy, and i work in oncology. the reality is there _ is amy, and i work in oncology. the reality is there is _ is amy, and i work in oncology. the reality is there is a _ is amy, and i work in oncology. the reality is there is a crisis _ is amy, and i work in oncology. the reality is there is a crisis with - reality is there is a crisis with staffihg~ _ reality is there is a crisis with staffihg~ the _ reality is there is a crisis with staffing. the staffing - reality is there is a crisis with . staffing. the staffing shortages reality is there is a crisis with - staffing. the staffing shortages we have had _ staffing. the staffing shortages we have had irr— staffing. the staffing shortages we have had in the _ staffing. the staffing shortages we have had in the nhs— staffing. the staffing shortages we have had in the nhs have - staffing. the staffing shortages we have had in the nhs have been - staffing. the staffing shortages we| have had in the nhs have been run staffing. the staffing shortages we . have had in the nhs have been run on goodwill, _ have had in the nhs have been run on goodwill, and — have had in the nhs have been run on goodwill, and goodwill— have had in the nhs have been run on goodwill, and goodwill is _ have had in the nhs have been run on goodwill, and goodwill is running - goodwill, and goodwill is running out. goodwill, and goodwill is running out i— goodwill, and goodwill is running out. ., ~' goodwill, and goodwill is running out. ., ~ ., goodwill, and goodwill is running out. ., ,, ., . ., goodwill, and goodwill is running out. ., 4' ., ~ . " goodwill, and goodwill is running out. ., ,, ., _, " , out. i work on ward 11, surgical elective ward. _ out. i work on ward 11, surgical elective ward. i _ out. i work on ward 11, surgical elective ward. i never - out. i work on ward 11, surgical elective ward. i never thought l out. i work on ward 11, surgicalj elective ward. i never thought i would ever need to do this in my home nursing career that i have had so far. it's been a nice but an emotional morning. everyone has been said not being able to be on the ward. �* ., �* ., ward. alex dowling and i'm a clinical educator. _ ward. alex dowling and i'm a clinical educator. are - ward. alex dowling and i'm a clinical educator. are you - ward. alex dowling and i'm a - clinical educator. are you worried about patients _ clinical educator. are you worried about patients and _ clinical educator. are you worried about patients and their- clinical educator. are you worried about patients and their welfare i about patients and their welfare while you are out there? absolutely. that's why we _ while you are out there? absolutely. that's why we have _ while you are out there? absolutely. that's why we have made _ while you are out there? absolutely. that's why we have made sure - while you are out there? absolutely. that's why we have made sure that l that's why we have made sure that all the _ that's why we have made sure that all the wards are fully staffed, probably to better levels then they would _

probably to better levels then they would be _ probably to better levels then they would be on a normal day. also if we were _ would be on a normal day. also if we were told _ would be on a normal day. also if we were told we — would be on a normal day. also if we were told we needed to get that back there. _ were told we needed to get that back there. we _ were told we needed to get that back there, we will be back there in a heartbeat — there, we will be back there in a heartbeat-— there, we will be back there in a heartbeat. ., _ , ., heartbeat. the government says that meetin: the heartbeat. the government says that meeting the union's _ heartbeat. the government says that meeting the union's pay _ heartbeat. the government says that meeting the union's pay demands - heartbeat. the government says that l meeting the union's pay demands were just take money away from the front line nhs services which would mean more delays for patients. fiur line nhs services which would mean more delays for patients. our nurses are out here — more delays for patients. our nurses are out here today _ more delays for patients. our nurses are out here today because - more delays for patients. our nurses are out here today because over- more delays for patients. our nurses are out here today because over the| are out here today because over the last ten years, they have had a 20% pay cut. it's not sustainable. they cannot survive on this. the liverpool _ cannot survive on this. the liverpool nurses _ cannot survive on this. the liverpool nurses were - cannot survive on this. the liverpool nurses were on strike last month. most of the hospitals in greater manchester, there are no picket lines. phil mccann, bbc north west today, preston. a mum from hartlepool whose daughter requires constant care says the cost of living crisis has left them facing life—and—death decisions. clair foster says her daughter talia relies on several medical devices. but keeping them running is costing an extra £6,000 a year.

she's now calling on the government to give more support to families caring for disabled people. phil connell reports. switching off lights and turning down our heating — for many, the cost of living crisis has changed the way we live. are we ready? for the foster family from hartlepool, though, it is not that simple. their daughter, talia, has multiple complex needs, and to ensure her safety she relies on a range of medical equipment, all of which needs to be constantly charged. this is the hoist to be able to lift talia. on multiple occasions, throughout the day, we cannot leave it uncharged at all, because if it stops, we have no other means of moving her either. we've got cctv cameras for talia because she has epilepsy and she is fully dependent, so we have got here and on her bed. this is talia's specialist bed, which gets moved for different positions for talia, if we are laying her on her side, if she has been in the shower. to keep all the equipment working,

though, is proving costly. since energy prices rose, clair's bills have increased by £500 a month. and while they do receive some government support, they say it is nowhere near enough. it's scary — it's scary at the best of times, having a child with complex needs. you know, yourfears are, am i going to be able to provide for this child? look after the child? but with the cost of living, now it's like, can i feed this child? and what is that like for you? well, i wouldn't dare tell anybody, but i have cried worrying about it. worrying and being scared that, like, what are we going to do? oh, are we having tea? and with further price rises expected in april, clair says for families like theirs, the government needs to intervene. i've evenjoked and said "oh, we'll set a gofundme page up," but that's not what i want to do. i want the government to listen to us families with children with disabilities. we are not the only family out there, there's going to be multiple families, scared, exactly the same as we are.

are we ready, talia? in the cost of living crisis, these families say making savings is not an option. life and death decisions, which they say need to be addressed. phil connell, bbc look north, hartlepool. last summer the bbc reported on claims that windermere in the lake district was experiencing blue—green algal blooms because of high levels of pollutants. in response, a number of agencies — and local volunteers — set up a project to monitor pollution levels. they've now published their latest report, asjuliet phillips reports. it's easy to see why tourists flock to windermere, but beautiful as it is, there are concerns over the water quality here. new data found four fifths of the shoreline contained raised levels of phosphorus. this supports the growth of toxic algal blooms, like this one seen in the lake last summer. as a scientist, as somebody who uses and is in the lake district

frequently for professional and personal reasons, i would want to see concentrations of phosphorus in the lake lower than we found in november. and that's really one of the reasons why we're running this big windermere survey project, is to try and provide evidence — that are freely and openly available to all to look at and to work with — of what's going on within windermere. it wasn't all bad news. the second data set from the big windermere survey found 95% of sites had good or excellent bathing water quality. the samples were taken from the water in november by an army of volunteers. more than 100 volunteers collected samples from all around the lake, making this one of the largest citizen science projects in the country. the volunteers help us to get a real spatial sort of breadth and width view of the catchment. having 100 people come and volunteer and take samplings is just so valuable. you know, most sort of university projects, you wouldn't be able to do

that in kind of one morning. campaigners like matt, though, argue there's been enough analysis already and it's time to act on sewage pollution. more information i is good information. why not? why not have collect more i samples from windermere? but this shouldn't be collecting - samples whilst we watch the decline of windermere and then| we eventually see a plan five, ten years down the line. there's not been enough done to ensure that today, in 2023, that windermere is not at threat of an ecological decline, - that we don't have sewage pouring into our lake. - scientists working on the project have argued phosphorus concentrations aren't only due to sewage and that the survey aims to help identify how levels can be reduced. the water will be further tested in february and april. juliet phillips, bbc look north, windermere.

jufy jury selection has begun in california against the tesla owner elon musk. it centred around two tweets that he put out in 2018 which caused this big fluctuation in tesla's share price. the cases about whether those two tweets constituted fraud. and has brought investigations into whether the tweets were materially false. he denies having been deceitful. our north american correspondent david willis has been following the case. this dates back more than four years to two tweets that elon musk put out, saying that he had reason to believe that he could acquire tesla basically, privately, and that

funding had been secured for that. $70 billion in funding was necessary. those two tweets because the share price of the company to soar, only for it to plummet ten days later, when it became clear that funding had indeed not been secured. that group of shareholders are suing elon musk and otherformer and current directors of tesla for undisclosed damages, claiming that basically they committed fraud in share price manipulation. so, what we have here, is elon musk being sued by his investors for remarks that he made on a social media platform that he himself later acquired to the shady grin of many of those same investors. for many of those people, you don't have to be a

test investor and in the wacky world of elon musk, it isjust a wednesday. much more coming up from two pm. ben brown taking you through the afternoon. right now we will take a look at the weather prospects. frosty weather is continuing to grip the uk. the rest of the day will stay cold and windy. wintry showers will continue for some. overthe wintry showers will continue for some. over the past few hours, though strong northerly winds have been blowing down, across parts of scotland, the western parts of the north sea coast as well. we are in this arctic air mass at the moment, so it is keeping things cold for all of us over the next few days, ending until things might change a little bit over the weekend. wintry showers will continue for the rest of the day, over parts of scotland in the west in the north sea coast. gusts of up to 50 mph possible in some of

these places. although the temperatures are about a7 celsius, with those strong winds, we will be feeling a lot colder. sub zero in parts of the uk. as we head on into tonight, some showers will continue in parts of scotland, northern ireland, the west part of wales and the west as well. it will be breezy in these parts as well, although there will be some dry and clear skies in other parts of the country. mine is to celsius in some parts in -8 mine is to celsius in some parts in —8 in scotland. to wrap up warm this evening. into tomorrow, these wintry showers continue for some, especially scotland. they do start to peter out a little bit, and there will be more dry weather and brighter skies as well. those winds will ease for many of us as well, and it will stay cold. top temperatures between two and seven celsius. into friday, we see a bit of a change. there won't be as many

wintry showers. dry and bright for many. a bit cloudy and some rain across cornwall. not moving too far in. a bit milder in this part of the country as well. we see this temperature is starting to creep up a little bit. into the weekend, this milder air masses sitting into the atlantic. it will start to move south—east as well. parts of the south—east as well. parts of the south—east of england and wales will stakeholder for longer, while we will see those temperatures just go up will see those temperatures just go up a little bit for the north and the west.

this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: thousands of ambulance workers in england and wales are to stage fresh strikes in the coming weeks — the announcement comes as nurses across england began two days of industrial action. about a quarter of all services are affected by today's strikes — the government says unaffordable pay rises would take money away from patient care. we have enormous respect and gratitude for all our public sector workers, especially those in the nhs. ukraine's interior minister is among at least 17 people killed in a helicopter crash, near a children's nursey, in a suburb of kyiv. the rate at which prices are rising has slowed for a second

month — but the cost of living is still close to a a0 year high.