this is bbc news with the latest headlines. laimer the latest headlines. geeta guru—murthy. a billion—pound plan to improve nhs care in england — including thousands more hospital beds and hundreds of new ambulances — is being set out by ministers. ——iam —— i am geeta guru—murthy. downing street defends the prime minister's decision to sack conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi — but labour say rishi sunak must �*come clean�* about what he knew and when. borisjohnson tells the bbc how he was seemingly threatened by vladimir putin before the russian invasion of ukraine. last—ditch talks will be held with education secretary, gillian keegan, and teachers unions today to avoid wednesday's planned strike action in england and wales. a special episode of you,

me and the big c cancer podcast will be published today. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. good morning and welcome. the government is set to announce details of a £1 billion investment to tackle emergency care delays in the nhs. the two—year blueprint will mean a roll—out of extra hospital beds and ambulances in england. the government is expected to pledge 5,000 new beds, increasing capacity by 5%. there will also be a 10% boost in ambulances, with 800 new vehicles on the road. prime minister rishi sunak calls it an ambitious and credible plan, but warns the plan to cut delays "will take time". meanwhile, labour have accused the government

of "watering down" key standards and say the plans aren't enough to tackle the pressures the nhs is facing. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has more. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. record waits in a&e. trolleys lining up in packed corridors, queues of ambulances stuck outside busy hospitals with their patients. doctors say this winter has been the worst in a generation. today sees a new plan to try to tackle some of these problems. by next winter, there should be 5,000 more permanent hospital beds in england — an increase of around 5%. 800 new ambulances will be purchased — around half of those to replace older vehicles. and there will be a new push to get people who are well enough out of hospital more quickly. our plan is based on three things. it's based on increasing capacity in hospital and ambulance services, increasing capacity in the community

so people can be looked after in their own home. ensuring patients, who are medically fit to go home, aren't kept in a hospital for any longer than they need to be, and crucially, making sure we're growing the workforce to support that. hello, sir. how are you? one idea is to expand virtual wards, where patients are monitored remotely at home rather than in hospital. just lean backwards for me. more physio and rehab work could also be carried out in the community to free up bed space. the money to pay for all this will come out of funds already promised last autumn. but labour said waiting time targets were being watered down as part of the plan and groups representing nurses and nhs trusts said they had worries about the staff needed to make it work. this announcement is rolling out some tried and tested ideas and expanding them, so they can have greater impact. so virtual wards, hospital at home, all of these initiatives

are very important. integrated care, for example. but what we do need to be clear about is that you can't simply roll out these services without adequate workforce available, and that's our main concern. this plan only applies to england, though some of the same ideas are being tried in scotland, wales and northern ireland. doctors say swift action is needed now to avoid a repeat of scenes like this next winter. jim reed, bbc news. schools across england and wales are set to face closures and disruption in the first of a series of strikes by teachers over pay on wednesday. of those who votes, more than nine in ten members of the largest teaching union — the national education union —

called for the action. teachers are also expected to walk out for further dates in february and march. for most working parents that means taking a day off, working from home, or seeking alternative childcare. fiona lamdin has been talking to families about their plans. we want 10%! these are becoming all—too—familiar scenes in scotland, where they're already in the middle of a 16—day wave of rolling teacher strikes. and, on wednesday, it's expected over 100,000 teachers in england and wales will strike in a pay dispute. at this bristol parkrun, families are still working out the logistics. wednesday, currently, is unsure, but one of us will need to take half a day's pay to look after this one. 0ur eldest daughter is allowed to go into school, but adeline needs to stay at home with us. how will you feel about being at home for the day? i'm really happy because if there's no school, you canjust lie in bed. i'm a teacher and i've got two children in primary school, i

who we don't yet know whether their teachers i are going to be striking. but i am going to be striking. so we think that maybe his teacher is staying in school— and his teacher isn't. so i think i'll be marching i with the younger one here. it's good that it's open, so we can do more learning, but it would also be nice to have a day off, as well. you might be marching with your mum. what will that be like? boring. would you rather be at school? probably. i have to go to work. i'm a gp. but my husband can work from home, so fortunately, he'll be working to look after the children. it'll probably be a bit more fun at school because my dad's working. the decision to close or not will be made by each school. this head has decided it's only safe to open for vulnerable pupils or those with an education, health and care plan. so for headteachers up and down the country, it's a challenge

as to whether we open the doors of the school to students or whether we have to close down certain year groups or, indeed, the whole school. as heads, we don't know which members of staff will be striking and indeed which ones will come to school and which ones won't. and, obviously, logistically, that's extremely challenging. the department for education says these strikes are highly damaging to children's education and is urging schools to try and stay open for key year groups facing exams. 15—year—old nancy is taking her gcses in four months, but, despite this, she'll have no lessons on wednesday. 0bviously, i'm in year 11 now, so it is quite a big problem because lessons from now until summer actually count and they go towards our final grade, some of them. so it's quite important that we're in school. and we've missed a lot of school due to covid already. we have to weigh up the short term disruption of these strikes we have to weigh up the short—term

disruption of these strikes with what's going to be the longer—term disruption being caused by funding cuts and the recruitment and retention crisis. for many pupils and their families, it will be a four—day week with more disruption coming later. fiona lamdin, bbc news. joining me now with more on this isjoint general secretary of the national education union, kevin courtney. is there any hope at all with this meeting deal with the government later today that the strikes can be called off? we later today that the strikes can be called off? ~ ., ., called off? we will go in with that ho -e that called off? we will go in with that hope that there _ called off? we will go in with that hope that there is _ called off? we will go in with that hope that there is some - called off? we will go in with that l hope that there is some suggestion from the secretary of state about how to resolve the dispute between us. frankly we are not that hopeful that she will say anything very useful to us, but we will go in with hopein useful to us, but we will go in with hope in mind. flan useful to us, but we will go in with hepe in mind-— hope in mind. can you spell out exactly what — hope in mind. can you spell out exactly what you _ hope in mind. can you spell out exactly what you asking - hope in mind. can you spell out exactly what you asking for? i hope in mind. can you spell out| exactly what you asking for? we hope in mind. can you spell out- exactly what you asking for? we are motivated by _ exactly what you asking for? we are motivated by the _ exactly what you asking for? we are motivated by the continuing - motivated by the continuing disruption in our schools, special needs support and assistance leaving

schools to go and work in supermarkets, therefore not working with children with special needs, gcse chemistry classes which don't have chemistry teachers, primary classes where there is a succession of temporary teachers because they can't hold on to permanent staff. so we are asking for a pay rise that will put right, or help to put right, the teacher recruitment and retention difficulty. the figures we are talking about is making sure that teacher pay doesn't carry on poorly year after year which is what it has done since 2010 so we are asking for a pay rise at least matching inflation.— asking for a pay rise at least matching inflation. asking for a pay rise at least matchin: inflation. ~ ., , . matching inflation. what number are ou -auttin matching inflation. what number are you putting on _ matching inflation. what number are you putting on that? _ matching inflation. what number are you putting on that? obviously - you putting on that? 0bviously inflation is moving still. you putting on that? obviously inflation is moving still.- you putting on that? obviously inflation is moving still. yes, we neuotiate inflation is moving still. yes, we negotiate year — inflation is moving still. yes, we negotiate year by _ inflation is moving still. yes, we negotiate year by year _ inflation is moving still. yes, we negotiate year by year so - inflation is moving still. yes, we negotiate year by year so we - inflation is moving still. yes, we negotiate year by year so we are talking about the pay year which started in september last year when experienced teachers got a 5% pay rise and inflation on rpi which is the figure we use this 12.3% so the gap between those two numbers is 7.3%. iii gap between those two numbers is 7.396. ., , , ., 7.396. if the government refuses to budae, 7.396. if the government refuses to budge. they _ 7.396. if the government refuses to budge. they have _ 7.396. if the government refuses to budge, they have held _

7.396. if the government refuses to budge, they have held a _ 7.396. if the government refuses to budge, they have held a pretty - budge, they have held a pretty firm line amidst many other public pay sector demands, do you anticipate continued strikes, because that's what parents and families are looking at at the moment? we don't even want the _ looking at at the moment? we don't even want the strike _ looking at at the moment? we don't even want the strike on _ looking at at the moment? we don't even want the strike on wednesday. i even want the strike on wednesday. we have outlined a programme of seven days of strike action, there are any particular school only affected by four of them between now and easter. in england the next day of strike action is not until fairbridge 28th so there is a long time between the 1st of february 28 of february to this dispute. i do think the government is going to have to look at these disputes in the round in education and in health and elsewhere because the argument is the same, they aren't paying nurses enough and that's why there are huge numbers of vacancies amongst nurses and that's why there are delays to operations. it's very foolish in the long term, the

disruption to the health service every day means there are people not at work who could be at work. the disruption to education means we are not training the artists, the singers, the musicians of the technicians, the scientists of the future that the country needs. our government needs to start investing in public service and the people who work in it. , , ., ., ., work in it. does gillian keegan have the ower work in it. does gillian keegan have the power to _ work in it. does gillian keegan have the power to make _ work in it. does gillian keegan have the power to make the _ work in it. does gillian keegan have the power to make the decision, - work in it. does gillian keegan have the power to make the decision, or| the power to make the decision, or does this really need the prime minister to engage with this directly? minister to engage with this directl ? ~ , ., directly? well, we need gillian keenan directly? well, we need gillian keegan as _ directly? well, we need gillian keegan as the _ directly? well, we need gillian keegan as the lead _ directly? well, we need gillian keegan as the lead minister i directly? well, we need gillian| keegan as the lead minister for education to speak up for education. but it is certainly true that the prime minister and the treasury are going to have to be involved in settling these disputes. at the moment, though, gillian keegan says things to us like every area of industry has recruitment difficulties, and for us that's not the thing that the person in charge of education should be saying. they should be saying i have a real problem in education, i want school and colleges to be properly staffed,

and colleges to be properly staffed, and that means that we have to invest in people who work in them. when we meet with her this afternoon we will point out figures from bodies that are not unions that show comparisons between teacher pay and other pay, teacher pay falling faster than many other places in the economy. that is a material factor in why we can't recruit and retain enough staff in our schools. families might sympathise with what you are saying, and many other people facing similar challenges, and yet we all know there is this inflation problem, the government has to find taxpayers' money from somewhere if it will acquiesce to these sorts of requests. and that potentially increases the tax burden and worry about fuelling inflation too so families might say, look, we understand it is really difficult but don't necessarily think strikes are the way forward. we but don't necessarily think strikes are the way forward.— but don't necessarily think strikes are the way forward. we know from oinion are the way forward. we know from opinion polling _ are the way forward. we know from opinion polling that _ are the way forward. we know from opinion polling that a _ are the way forward. we know from opinion polling that a majority - are the way forward. we know from opinion polling that a majority of. opinion polling that a majority of parents are supporting the neu in the action it is taking and we know

there is a middle ground where people support the need to have investment in our schools but don't necessarily support the strikes. so we are fairly confident at the moment that we have a good degree of parental support because we are talking about the future of education.— talking about the future of education. �* ., ., , ., talking about the future of education. �* ., ., ., education. but what do you say to children and _ education. but what do you say to children and teenagers _ education. but what do you say to children and teenagers facing - children and teenagers facing public exams this year preparing for those? these can be incredibly crucial days of learning after having missed so much during the pandemic. they might say, this isjust not fair, you are putting yourselves before our future. ~ ., , ., �* putting yourselves before our future. ~ . , ., �* ~' putting yourselves before our future. ., , ~ ., future. we really don't think we are doinu future. we really don't think we are doing that- — future. we really don't think we are doing that. what _ future. we really don't think we are doing that. what we _ future. we really don't think we are doing that. what we see _ future. we really don't think we are doing that. what we see coming . future. we really don't think we are | doing that. what we see coming out of covid is continuing disruption every day. the government appointed kevin collins as the recoveries are to tell them how to cope with covid, with a programme called 1a —— costing £14 billion and the government refused it, and for that reason amongst other reasons there is every day. there are children

preparing for their gcses who don't have a subject teacher qualified in the subject they are preparing for their gcse in. so the disruption is there every day. flan their gcse in. so the disruption is there every day-— there every day. can i 'ust asked, it is so difficult, h there every day. can i 'ust asked, it is so difficult, we _ there every day. can ijust asked, it is so difficult, we know - there every day. can ijust asked, it is so difficult, we know in - there every day. can ijust asked, it is so difficult, we know in the i it is so difficult, we know in the public sector it has been very tough, but what could gillian keegan realistically say to you at two o'clock today that would make you call off the strikes? that's what people will be asking right now. 7% is a big gap. you asking for around 12%, the offer at the moment is 5%. would you go somewhere halfway between that? what is the bare minimum the government could offer you to call off wednesday's strike? we are going into a discussion, we would like it to be a negotiation come in a negotiation you start with a position and you see where the discussion takes you. gillian keegan at the minimum needs to say there is money, there is new money to be used for this. schools can't afford pay rises from within their existing resources, and if they have to make

a pay rise without having money then support assistants get sacked. so she has, the minimum she has to say is there is money that we can use to invest in our children's education and the people who teach our children. ., , ., children. kevin courtney, “oint veneral children. kevin courtney, “oint general secretary �* children. kevin courtney, “oint general secretary of i children. kevin courtney, “oint general secretary of the h children. kevin courtney, joint i general secretary of the national education union, thank you very much indeed, and we will be in touch with you later today after these talks. the prime minister is facing further questions this morning about his knowledge of nadhim zahawi's tax affairs. downing street has defended rishi sunak�*sjudgment, saying it was right for him to wait for the outcome of an ethics investigation, before sacking the former conservative party chairman. 0pposition parties say the prime minister should have acted sooner, when it emerged that mr zahawi had paid a penalty to hm revenue and customs over unpaid tax when he was chancellor. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. there are questions here about rishi sunak�*sjudgment, about why there are questions here about rishi sunak�*s judgment, about why he

didn't act earlier, whether nadhim zahawi should even still be an mp. yes, there are indeed. when you read the report by the adviser on ethics, it is pretty damning, seven occasions on which he concluded nadhim zahawi had broken the ministerial code and after he got that report yesterday rishi sunak did act within a couple of hours to sack the tory chairman. but there is no question of why the prime minister didn't act sooner. maybe last week, for example, when it emerged that penalty had been paid as part of mr zahawi plasma tax bill. we were told by number 10 that the pm hadn't known that, that he only found out in the media. so there was a question i think about why the prime minister decided to launch an investigation rather than just sack nadhim zahawi straightaway. this is what the labour party argued this morning. have a listen to the shadow cabinet member nick thomas—symonds. the

member nick thomas-symonds. the prime member nick thomas—symonds. the prime minister may say he didn't know_ prime minister may say he didn't know about the penalty until later, but we _ know about the penalty until later, but we know from the report that in july mr— but we know from the report that in july mr zahawi made a declaration that he _ july mr zahawi made a declaration that he was under investigation by hmrc _ that he was under investigation by hmrc. why on earth didn't the prime minister. _ hmrc. why on earth didn't the prime minister, knowing that, ask the appropriate questions when mr zahawi was appointed to his cabinet in october? — was appointed to his cabinet in october? i'm afraid the answer is likely— october? i'm afraid the answer is likely to — october? i'm afraid the answer is likely to be, as it has been for so long _ likely to be, as it has been for so long with — likely to be, as it has been for so long with this prime minister, that he always— long with this prime minister, that he always puts party interests before — he always puts party interests before country. the he always puts party interests before country.— he always puts party interests before count . . ., before country. the argument from number 10 is _ before country. the argument from number 10 is that _ before country. the argument from number 10 is that they _ before country. the argument from number 10 is that they wanted - before country. the argument from number 10 is that they wanted to l before country. the argument from | number 10 is that they wanted to let fair process play out, that they launched an investigation when new facts emerged, they waited for the conclusion, and when they got the conclusion mr zhuhao li was sacked properly. have a listen to the health minister helen whately. i worked alongside the minister nadhim

zahawi _ worked alongside the minister nadhim zahawi when he was vaccines missed and i_ zahawi when he was vaccines missed and i saw_ zahawi when he was vaccines missed and i saw how he drove forward the vaccines _ and i saw how he drove forward the vaccines programme and he helped us vaccinate _ vaccines programme and he helped us vaccinate millions of people from covid _ vaccinate millions of people from covid which made such a difference to us— covid which made such a difference to us coming out of the pandemic, as we did _ to us coming out of the pandemic, as we did so _ to us coming out of the pandemic, as we did so i _ to us coming out of the pandemic, as we did. so i have huge respect for him for— we did. so i have huge respect for him for doing that work. i saw the commitment and also the capabilities he brought to doing that. so it is very disappointing that what has happened has happened but the prime minister— happened has happened but the prime minister did the right thing, followed the clear due process and he wants _ followed the clear due process and he wants the government to have integrity. — he wants the government to have integrity, accountability and be professional and that is a process and he _ professional and that is a process and he removed mr zahawi from government. i�*m and he removed mr zahawi from government-— and he removed mr zahawi from rovernment. �* , ., government. i'm 'ust looking at the front -a~e government. i'm 'ust looking at the front page of — government. i'm 'ust looking at the front page of the— government. i'm just looking at the front page of the telegraph. - government. i'm just looking at the front page of the telegraph. the i front page of the telegraph. the headline is prime minister saxe zaha we without a fair hearing. it does look as though nadhim zahawi is not happy with the way this process was handled —— saxe nadhim zahawi. will this cause problems within the

conservatives? he this cause problems within the conservatives?— this cause problems within the conservatives? ,, , , ., conservatives? he says he is going to be loyal. — conservatives? he says he is going to be loyal. in _ conservatives? he says he is going to be loyal, in his _ conservatives? he says he is going to be loyal, in his letter— conservatives? he says he is going to be loyal, in his letter to - conservatives? he says he is going to be loyal, in his letter to the - to be loyal, in his letter to the prime minister last night he said that would be the case, but his allies are angry, they think it was unfair that he only had one meeting with the ethics adviser and i was only 30 minutes long and they don't think mr zahawi got the chance to fully set out his case in person and they are questioning why this happened so quickly when, for example, the investigation into allegations of bullying against the dirty prime minister dominic raab have taken a lot longer. dominic raab denies those accusations. it remains to be seen whether mr zahawi will pursue this any further, when he decides to say anything publicly. i think to be honest it will be quite hard for him to make that case, givenjust how quite hard for him to make that case, given just how damning the

report from sir laurie magnus was, that will be quite tricky. there is a question about the state of play in the conservative party. there are different factions, some of whom might want to make life a bit difficult for rishi sunak over the next few weeks and months. and there is the fact that rishi sunak came into office as prime minister with a pledge to get over some of the scandals and rows that we have been covering for the past couple of years on the bbc. some of the things we saw under borisjohnson, for example, rishi sunak promised that ink accountability, and i suppose the question he's facing is how hard is it to actually move on from some of these rows? there is still that investigation into dominic raab that needs to include, there is going to be a very public probe into what borisjohnson be a very public probe into what boris johnson told be a very public probe into what borisjohnson told mps about party gates and whether he was completely transparent, and all the while mr sunak still faces that question, including from some of his own mps

about whether he is ruthless enough, whether he could have acted a bit sooner to get rid of nadhim zahawi. in terms of pulling back a bit today, we are doing a lot of coverage of the health care situation, the government making an announcement on that, but also the impending teachers�* strikes. when you talk to conservative mps in particular, are they worried about the disconnect? well the cabinet ministers, rishi sunak himself forced to say that his wife was a non—dom, the refusal to pay tax among some key members of the conservative party while public services look like they are on their knees. . services look like they are on their knees. , ., , , ., , services look like they are on their knees. , ., , , ., knees. there is undoubtedly a bit of nervousness — knees. there is undoubtedly a bit of nervousness about _ knees. there is undoubtedly a bit of nervousness about the _ knees. there is undoubtedly a bit of nervousness about the perception i nervousness about the perception that taxes are higher than they have beenin that taxes are higher than they have been in the uk for some time and this nadhim zahawi story will have been really awkward for a lot of conservative mps to defend their constituents. all the while there is

the backdrop of teachers, nurses, railway workers saying they are not being paid enough and they feel that their pay rises are far too low to combat some of the cost of living pressures they are facing. so there is this kind of series of problems that the government is facing. there is a bit of a sense, i think, that mr sunak is having to play tomek spend a lot of his time firefighting some of the issues the government is facing, ratherthan some of the issues the government is facing, rather than being proactive in getting on the front foot. the ultimate question that tory mps will ask themselves is one of self—interest. is there any chance that rishi sunak can turn things around enough to give them a fighting chance of winning the next election? he is trying to set out an agenda with those five priorities around the economy, the nhs, and around the economy, the nhs, and around small boats that he�*s been talking about for the last few weeks. but a lot of the time, a lot of the bandwidth of the government�*s communications is being taken up

with this firefighting. no doubt that makes a lot of tory mps nervous and i suspect a bit frustrated too. nick eardley in westminster, thank you very much indeed. some breaking news on ukraine now. the country�*s presidency has called the international olympic committee a promoter of war. it comes after president zelensky said that allowing russia to compete at the 2024 olympics in paris would amount to showing us that "terror is somehow acceptable". let�*s go live to kyiv and the bbc�*s james waterhouse. tell us more. this is kyiv very much not mincing its words. we often see this alongside what happens on the battlefield with the ongoing war. it often takes political issue further afield to try and highlight what is going on inside ukraine. today president zelensky set his sights on the international olympic committee. ahead of the games in 2024 in paris

he says he has written a letter to emmanuel macron of france saying that russian and belarusian athletes should not be allowed to compete in the games. russia and belarus are allies and have very much played central roles in the evasion of ukraine. what the international olympic committee is saying is that firstly athletes will be able to compete from these countries under a neutral status in that they will not be able to represent their home countries but they say somebody shouldn�*t be punished just because of the passport they hold. what president zelensky are saying is it is effectively ignoring what is happening on the battlefield with the loss of life his country is experiencing on a daily basis. he even drew parallels with the 1936 berlin games which were hosted by nazi germany. so he really is trying to make the point that any kind of

participation, as he sees it, from belarusian or russian athletes, would endorse the war because there is nothing to suggest that russia wouldn�*t use it as a propaganda opportunity. so we wait to see what the ioc will do. but it�*s the tone of language coming out of kyiv which really leaves you in no doubt on whether stand and what they see as a key issue. whether stand and what they see as a ke issue. ~ . whether stand and what they see as a ke issue. ~ , ., ., ,., key issue. might this alienate some --eole key issue. might this alienate some people from — key issue. might this alienate some people from ukraine's _ key issue. might this alienate some people from ukraine's position? - key issue. might this alienate some i people from ukraine's position? we people from ukraine�*s position? we have all manner of countries competing in the olympics, and not all of them are full, free and fair democracies.— all of them are full, free and fair democracies. you are right, i think this is diplomatically _ democracies. you are right, i think this is diplomatically delicate, - this is diplomatically delicate, especially when you think of how finely balanced military, financial and humanitarian aid is for ukraine, that it and humanitarian aid is for ukraine, thatitis and humanitarian aid is for ukraine, that it is continuing to come from western allies. but there are countries that take a more neutral stance on the wall, such as south africa, such as china and you wonder

what that will do to the global balance in the long—term. the paris games are two years away, and sadly all signs are pointing to this conflict probably lasting throughout that period. i would be delighted to be proved wrong but there is a longer political gamble here in being so outspoken about the olympic games, which historically has tried to be neutral. it is seen as the pinnacle of sport trumping all other global events and politics. so this really is a gamble for kyiv. but at the moment i think they are looking at their more pressing issues where we have seen the shelling across the front line overnight, we have seen russia continue to take territory, not just russia continue to take territory, notjust in the east but also in the south. i think where ukraine is starting to get frustrated and where it is starting to suffer territorial losses or results to the global political stage.— losses or results to the global olitical stare. , g ., , political stage. interesting. james waterhouse _ political stage. interesting. james waterhouse in _ political stage. interesting. james waterhouse in kyiv, _ political stage. interesting. james waterhouse in kyiv, thank- political stage. interesting. james waterhouse in kyiv, thank you - political stage. interesting. james | waterhouse in kyiv, thank you very much indeed. the former prime minister borisjohnson has told the bbc how he felt vladimir putin had

personally threatened him in the run—up to russia�*s invasion of ukraine. mrjohnson said that during a telephone call, the russian president told him that it would "only take a minute" to hurt him with a missile. he made the revelation in a new bbc documentary series about mr putin�*s leadership. here�*s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. kyiv, last february — a city on the brink of war. borisjohnson arrives in a show of support for a president, who is yet to replace his suit and tie with army fatigues. alongside other countries, we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other measures. the prime minister publicly urges russia not to invade, prompting an astonishing reaction from president putin. i get back from kyiv and, the following day, i�*ve got putin on the blower again. and this is a very long call and a most extraordinary call. he was being very, very familiar.

mrjohnson told him invading ukraine would mean more nato forces on his border. he said, "boris, you say that ukraine is not going tojoin nato any time soon." he said it in english — "any time soon." "what is any time soon?" and i said, "well, it�*s not going to join nato for the foreseeable future." and then this. you know, he threatened me at one point and said, you know, "boris, i don�*t want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute" — or something like that, you know. you know, jolly. but i think from the very relaxed tone that he was taking — the sort of air of detachment that he seemed to have, he was just playing along with my attempts to get him to negotiate. the following week, the defence secretary flew to moscow

to meet russian military chiefs, where, he says, they lied to him about their plans for ukraine. i remember saying to minister shoigu that they will fight. and he said, "my mother's ukrainian — you know, they won't." he also said he had no intention of invading. i think that would be "vranyo" in the russian language. vranyo, i think is a sort of demonstration of bullying or strength, which is "i'm going to lie to you. you know, i'm lying. i know you know i'm lying and i'm still going to lie to you." it was the fairly chilling but direct lie of what they were not going to do that, i think, to me, confirmed they were going to do it. and he was right. within days, the invasion began, as russia unleashed a barrage of missiles on targets across ukraine and its tanks and troops stormed across the border. james landale, bbc news.

join carol kirkwood with the weather. this is going to get warmer? it is going to get warmer, you are quite right. temperatures are evening out, temperatures closer to where they should be at this time of year. we have had showers this morning across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and the channel islands. they are continuing to fade, for most of us today it will be dry, variable amounts of cloud but sunny spells. later, thicker cloud comes in from the west, temperatures for — 10 degrees. getting through this evening and overnight the weather front bearing rain pushes and across scotland and northern ireland, the rain heavy for a time but as it crosses england and wales, you find the rain will not be as heavy, but there will be showers coming in, went right over the hills and mountains in the north with strengthening wind. a windy day

tomorrow across the north, girls and even severe gales with exposure, the rain clearing, dry weather but still showers and highs of 12 degrees.

hello, this is bbc news with geeta guru—murthy. the headlines... a billion pound plan to improve nhs care in england — including thousands more hospital beds and hundreds of new ambulances — is being set out by ministers. downing street defends the prime minister�*s decision to sack conservative party chairman, nadim zahawi — but labour say rishi sunak must �*come clean�* about what he knew and when. borisjohnson tells the bbc how he was threatened by vladimir putin before the russian invasion of ukraine. last—ditch talks will be held between the education secretary and teachers�* unions today to avoid wednesday�*s planned strike in england and wales

the special episode of you, me and the big c cancer podcast will be published today. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england sport now, and time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. sean watsonjoins sean watson joins us. good morning. wrexham co—owner ryan reynolds brought the hollywood glamour to an fa cup tie that read like a movie script. a wrexham goal that looked like they�*d won it against sheffield united, a team ranked 70 places above them, only for united to grab a late equaliser to take their fourth round tie back to bramhall lane. asjoe lynskey reports. cheering. this was fa cup drama that hollywood couldn�*t script. a day that lurched between emotions and where wrexham came so close. the team from non—league faced sheffield united — three tiers above and one up in the first minute. but the second half

was extraordinary. wrexham drew level and, roared on by the racecourse, now charged for the front. commentator: in it comes towards him at the near post. and they have scored. wrexham lead. 2—1, but the lead was short—lived. sheffield united are on course for promotion. championship quality pulled this back to two each. but plot twists were coming. united went down to ten for a foul off the ball, so with the space, wrexham looked for their star. mullin. can he win it here? yes, he can! paul mullin is their top scorer. and dedicated this goal to his son albie, who hasjust been diagnosed with autism. the team from the fifth tier were on course for the fifth round, but, in the 95th minute, one last blades attack. all the way through. they have levelled. astonishing. we are kicking ourselves in the dressing room. you know, there is

an element of saying well done, but, equally, you know, we are livid that we haven't got through because i think the performance warranted it. on twitter, ryan reynolds said it was one of the most exciting things he had seen. to win at bramall lane would be even more remarkable. but wrexham go to the sequel with the hollywood dream and the owners of this club are familiar with fairy tales. joe lynskey, bbc news. reynolds was certainly put through the full range of emotions, and despite missing out on a memorable cup upset yesterday, the league leaders are on course for promotion to the football league. and speaking before the game, the actor said their aim is for wrexham go further. in ten years�* time, you know, the plan is, now and has always been premier league. i cannot put a date on that but if it�*s theoretically possible to go from fifth division to the premier league, why wouldn�*t we? nobody is ever done anything great in this world thinking like, you know what, let�*s go halfway?! we want to go all the way

and we believe we can do that, we believe we can expand this incredible stadium, the oldest international football stadium on earth into something that would support international matches, something that would support a premier league team and that is the goal. and of course the replay is to come. things not going to script for liverpool — "nowhere near good enough" was the assessment from defender andy robertson of their season as they crashed out of the cup. it was kaoru mitoma who got the winning goal in stoppage time, remember this time last year liverpool were chasing an unprecendented quadruple of trophies. they do remain in the champions league, but after so much recent success, the rebuilding continues. no major shocks in the women�*s fa cup — arsenal, manchester city and chelsea all throughwhile tottenham put five past championship leaders london city lionesses, england international beth england amongst the scorers there, all of the results are on the bbc sport website. to golf and rory mcilroy

was the overnight leader going into the final day of the weather affected dubai desert classic this morning. heavy rain on the first day means the event is finishing a day later than scheduled. mcilroy held a three—shot advantage before today�*s play began and he�*s currently level at —18 under par, sharing the lead with american patrick reed after 14 holes. england�*s ian poulter remains in the hunt too, four shots further back. an interesting match between those two after they hit the headlines before the competition. back to you in the studio. john watson, thank you. now, more on our top story as the government and nhs england will announce details of �*urgent and emergency�* care plan to help serious pressure on the nhs. let�*s talk now with sally warren, director of policy at independent thinktank, the king�*s fund, to tell us her thoughts

on today�*s new plan. is this an up and will it make a difference? it is this an up and will it make a difference?— difference? it will not make a difference — difference? it will not make a difference this _ difference? it will not make a difference this winter - difference? it will not make a difference this winter to - difference? it will not make a difference this winter to the l difference this winter to the pressure is being faced right now but we hope that entering next winter are urgent and emergency care systems are more stable so it is a first step but really key to whether this will be implemented or not is if the staff available across the nhs is there to deliver this ambitious plan. if nhs is there to deliver this ambitious plan.— nhs is there to deliver this ambitious plan. if that does not imrove, ambitious plan. if that does not improve. will— ambitious plan. if that does not improve, will this _ ambitious plan. if that does not improve, will this exterminate l ambitious plan. if that does not i improve, will this exterminate not make the difference the government is hoping for? the make the difference the government is hoping for?— make the difference the government is hoping for? the government today has announced _ is hoping for? the government today has announced a _ is hoping for? the government today has announced a number— is hoping for? the government today has announced a number of- is hoping for? the government today has announced a number of things i has announced a number of things like 800 new ambulances, around a 10% increase in ambulance fleet but unless we have more paramedics to drive those they will not be used but unless we improve patient flow throughout the hospital, but you don�*t want us 10% more ambulances and ambulances stuck in a queue

outside accident and emergency so it�*s important the government implements this in a way that recognises a capacity based across the health care system be that in urgent and emergency care, managing patient flow or supporting people in their own homes, in the community through its social care and community health services and it is important the government publishes a long—term workforce strategy for the nhs, a plant that has been promised but delayed quite often, 100,000 vacancies, more than 150,000 vacancies, more than 150,000 vacancies in social care so stabbing becomes a critical constraint about whether some of the ambitions and improvements in the plan today can be achieved. improvements in the plan today can be achieved-— be achieved. what is the latest that ou know be achieved. what is the latest that you know on _ be achieved. what is the latest that you know on the — be achieved. what is the latest that you know on the government - be achieved. what is the latest that you know on the government plan l be achieved. what is the latest that | you know on the government plan to address that? fin you know on the government plan to address that?— you know on the government plan to address that? on the workforce plan, the government _ address that? on the workforce plan, the government said _ address that? on the workforce plan, the government said they _ address that? on the workforce plan, the government said they will- the government said they will publish a plan this spring. we do not know more than that at the moment but what we have seen today is a number of commitments around 5000 new beds for example in

hospital and 4000 of those are already in the system but in temporary locations so not suitable for long—term beds and they will be switched to bee per minute and 1% more, 1000 extra beds on top of the current bed base but that requires highly skilled staff to look after people in those beds and the workforce plan needs to tackle not only how you recruit and train doctors and nurses, allied health care professionals but also how you retain the workforce, how you treat them in a way that means they want to carry on working in the nhs and at the moment, there is height number of people intending to leave. it's number of people intending to leave. it�*s none of this solvable without a fresh wave of funding because looking at the online data at the moment the government is hoping by march 20 for the average response time of 30 minutes for emergency calls for heart attacks and strokes, in december they waited over 90, the

official target is 18, they are not even aiming for the official target by next year and given the age of the population don�*t we need a rethink on how the nhs is funded? i don't believe me do because the key don�*t believe me do because the key challenge we are facing is that we do not have enough staff across the health and care system and that�*s been the result of 13 years of funding below the historic levels that the health and care system needs so year after year that has meant health care has been squeezed and we have not been able to recruit and we have not been able to recruit and retain the start that we need. there is nothing to say a different way of funding health care service would be private insurance in america across europe, that does not solve the workforce problem and if we want to spend more money on health care and in europe they spent more than us, we can spend more on a tax funded system but they key is we need to recognise when you reach a point that capacity on the nhs and

in social care is so hot, bed occupancy almost 100% for many hospitals, you need a long—term plan to be able to resolve that and the plan today is a two—year plan. the cycle is driven by the electoral cycle, not because a two—year timetable is a sensible basis for the nhs to plan on, they need a five or ten year plan to know how they are recruiting and retaining staff, transforming patient pathways to mean that people have the confidence when they from their gp or turn up at accident and emergency or call an ambulance, they will get the best possible treatment as quickly as possible. we possible treatment as quickly as ossible. ~ . possible treatment as quickly as ossible. ~ , ., , possible. we must leave it there but sally warren. _ possible. we must leave it there but sally warren, thank _ possible. we must leave it there but sally warren, thank you _ possible. we must leave it there but sally warren, thank you so - possible. we must leave it there but sally warren, thank you so much. i let�*s talk about something related. a group of mps calling for a

compensation scheme for long covid and a panorama investigation found some are starting to lose theirjobs while others are dropping onto harpo. catherine burnsjoins us. we are hearing every day about staff shortages and this is another issue. i�*ve been working with the panorama team on this for months and i�*ve been looking at this and it so hard, staff with long covid and it�*s hard to get an assessment on that so we estimate around 90,000 health care workers across the uk are living with long covid and outs of the extremes, it could be people managing to work pretty well but i really tired, people doing reduced hours, phased return or people who have not been to work for months or even years. we tried to get that number, it�*s typical, nhs does not record how many staff are off with

long covid, they say we classify it by symptoms, similar story in wales. northern ireland and scotland do, but then it is not .60.3% of the headcount, tiny percentages but when you scale that up across 1.7 million people we estimate if those rates held across the uk you would be looking at between five and 10,000 nhs staff off sick with long covid. why are we talking about this? sick pay rules. at the beginning of the pandemic sick pay rules were changed across the uk for most nhs staff, essentially it meant if they got stuck with covid and long covid there will be paid in full but that came to a staggered end across the uk last summer but there was a buffer zone for a lot of people and the transition period is coming to an end. we have been speaking to people who were off sick with long covid and their pay, one of them

will go down to half pay next month, she says she will lose £1000 per month so we have spoken to a lot of people in this position and we had a questionnaire, we sent out a survey and this was on groups for people, health workers who have long covid, it�*s a questionnaire to get a flavour of what people are saying but the same themes came through again and again, using words like abandoned, sacrificed, let down. some of them would say that individual trust is doing everything to help them but there is a sense they have fought and they are being left behind. i they have fought and they are being left behind. . . they have fought and they are being left behind. , , . ., left behind. i guess the particular issue with those _ left behind. i guess the particular issue with those nhs _ left behind. i guess the particular issue with those nhs staff- left behind. i guess the particular issue with those nhs staff as - left behind. i guess the particular| issue with those nhs staff as they were exposed, vulnerable, before people knew about the risks, before vaccines and therefore if their health and that salaries are taking a hit that makes them feel very... it is hard to know when exactly some they got infected so we could not possibly prove that that a lot of

the people we have spoken to would say i was there, i was treating coronavirus patients, i got covid, now i�*ve got long covid and some had then been left with really serious disabilities and conditions that they do not feel they can go back to work. some of them are trying to go back to work, we have a doctor in the film in her early 40s, she has a mobility scooter and she is managing to work with that, other people are at home, really not managing to do anything. at home, really not managing to do an hina. . ., ,, ,~. it was billed as "the coolest club you never want to be a part of" and "a candid guide to all the highs and lows of cancer". now — after five years of laughter, tears and honesty — the podcast you, me and the big c is coming to an end. it finished with a special one—off episode, filmed in front of a live audience. tim muffett was there. we are three friends, we are also bloggers, we all have one thing in common — we all have or we have had cancer.

rachael bland, lauren mahon and dame deborahjames. the original presenters of you, me and the big c. launched in 2018, it was funny. i�*m not going to look at you. i�*m going to. a crying poo is not what we need right now. laughter. it was heartbreaking. all the way home, i was just saying to freddie, i�*m so sorry, i�*m so sorry. 0h. don't, because you're going to make me. i sorry. it�*s the first thing that made me cry and the whole 12 episodes. now a very special episode. you, m and the big c, we are going live to a studio audience. and we are very excited. cheering. dame deborahjames died last year. rachael bland died in 2018. her husband, steve, then became one of the presenters. hello, everyone. hello, everyone, good evening.

welcome to you, me and the big c live! it feels like kind of the essence of the podcast. it was never reallyjust meant to be in a studio talking to a microphone. it's bringing people here who, i imagine most of them are quite experienced, or have something to do with cancer. and, you know, sharing the podcast with them. i�*m the fifth person in my family to develop breast cancer. why did you want to share it publicly? i thought i could wait until the surgery is over and i hopefully make it through and i�*m feeling stronger and feeling 0k to talk about it, but that could be months. i've listened from virtually- the first episode and they have totally altered the perception of cancer~ _ i do encourage everyone to get a colonoscopy if you have been scheduled for one. don't be scared of them because they are quite funny, at the same time. you talk about shining light in the dark. i really felt an affinity, - particularly with rachel bland, because i had exactly the same type as breast cancer as her. _ and it gave me hope. you need to know where you are so that you can get on and do the things that

you need to do. unfortunately c is in our life, everyone�*s life, at some point. and so, yeah, it resonates massively. he is now officially in remission. cheering. you, me and the big c has made people laugh, it�*s made people cry, but, most importantly, it has been informative. both the nhs and the institute of cancer research say it�*s given a major boost to the number of people checking potential cancer symptoms early. last year, honorary doctorate degrees were awarded to lauren and steve for the impact the podcast has had. a posthumous degree was awarded to dame deborahjames, whose sister sarah and brother ben were at the live show. i think the spontaneity - of her is howl remember her. and just her laugh. # when you touch me like this.

she just had this vision of wanting to give more people more time through doing something good and using her platform to raise as much money, as much engagement, as much awareness as she could, really. it must make you feel immensely proud? yes. tinged with sadness, obviously, deborah not being here any more, but the legacy she�*s left behind. this is what deborah wanted. lauren and steve are now stepping away from the podcast. it has been a massive privilege. you have been like our therapy group, our best mates, our support group, our everything. so it's been... oh, it is going to get all teary now, isn't it? it�*s like a very organic end for us to step back because we�*ve both got... i�*ve not had cancer for five years. steve has moved on with his life, remarried. yeah, hopefully, we have done a good job in changing the way people talk about cancer. by talking, listening and sharing, the impact of this podcast has been profound.

i�*m joined now by nicola rankin, she was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer almost four years ago thank you so much for speaking to us today. i wonder if you could hear that report and i wondered about your thoughts, whether that podcast or those reports made any difference to you. it or those reports made any difference to ou. . . ii' ' or those reports made any difference to ou. ii" �* ., to you. it was 2019, it wasn't long after when — to you. it was 2019, it wasn't long after when i _ to you. it was 2019, it wasn't long after when i started _ to you. it was 2019, it wasn't long after when i started following - after when i started following deborah and her story was inspirational. you relive it as well, don�*t you? the things she was telling you. that you are going through as well.— telling you. that you are going throu~h as well. ., i. through as well. you were so young when ou through as well. you were so young when you found _ through as well. you were so young when you found out, _ through as well. you were so young when you found out, can _ through as well. you were so young when you found out, can you - through as well. you were so young when you found out, can you tell. through as well. you were so young when you found out, can you tell us what happened? i when you found out, can you tell us what happened?— what happened? i was 32 when diagnosed. _ what happened? i was 32 when diagnosed. i— what happened? i was 32 when diagnosed, i was _ what happened? i was 32 when diagnosed, i was getting - what happened? i was 32 when l diagnosed, i was getting treated what happened? i was 32 when - diagnosed, i was getting treated for irritable bowel syndrome for over a year and it was stage iii bowel cancer and they picked it up

eventually to a colonoscopy. iloathed eventually to a colonoscopy. what treatment did _ eventually to a colonoscopy. what treatment did you _ eventually to a colonoscopy. what treatment did you have _ eventually to a colonoscopy. what treatment did you have to - eventually to a colonoscopy. what treatment did you have to go through and what did it mean for you? i had chemotherapy. _ and what did it mean for you? i had chemotherapy. a — and what did it mean for you? i had chemotherapy, a ten _ and what did it mean for you? i iac chemotherapy, a ten centimetre tumour so it was to be to operate to begin with. then i had surgery and then more chemotherapy. i managed to thankfully get a must admit reversed, but my cancer has returned. i am waiting for more surgery. returned. i am waiting for more surue . �* returned. i am waiting for more surue .�* y returned. i am waiting for more surue .�* , ., ., ., surgery. i'm so sorry to hear that. it's surgery. i'm so sorry to hear that. it's obviously _ surgery. i'm so sorry to hear that. it's obviously had _ surgery. i'm so sorry to hear that. it's obviously had a _ surgery. i'm so sorry to hear that. it's obviously had a huge - surgery. i'm so sorry to hear that. | it's obviously had a huge emotional it�*s obviously had a huge emotional impact on you, tell us about how you have coped. it�*s impact on you, tell us about how you have coped-— have coped. it's been very tough. physically. _ have coped. it's been very tough. physically. it's — have coped. it's been very tough. physically, it's really _ have coped. it's been very tough. physically, it's really hard - have coped. it's been very tough. physically, it's really hard to - have coped. it's been very tough. physically, it's really hard to get. physically, it�*s really hard to get through but mentally, nothing prepares you for that. maggie�*s centre is on my doorstep and i�*m very gratefulfor centre is on my doorstep and i�*m very grateful for that. there centre is on my doorstep and i�*m very gratefulfor that. there if centre is on my doorstep and i�*m very grateful for that. there if it guided me through everything.

they�*ve been amazing. it�*s a tough road mentally. the treatment meant medical menopause so that stone into the mix as well, before the side effects so it has been hard. you've not a effects so it has been hard. you've got a family. _ effects so it has been hard. you've got a family. you _ effects so it has been hard. you've got a family, you have...? - effects so it has been hard. you've got a family, you have...? i - effects so it has been hard. you've got a family, you have. . . ? i have l got a family, you have...? i have one son who _ got a family, you have...? i have one son who was _ got a family, you have...? i have one son who was six _ got a family, you have...? i have one son who was six years - got a family, you have...? i have one son who was six years old i got a family, you have...? i have one son who was six years old at | got a family, you have. . . ? i have i one son who was six years old at the time, it doesn�*tjust affect me, it affects your full family and i have affects your full family and i have a great family support and network so i�*m lucky that way. in a great family support and network so i'm lucky that way.— so i'm lucky that way. in terms of --eole so i'm lucky that way. in terms of people watching _ so i'm lucky that way. in terms of people watching and _ so i'm lucky that way. in terms of people watching and thinking, i so i'm lucky that way. in terms of| people watching and thinking, ok, you know, could it ever happened to me, what would you say to people about looking out for symptoms? just listen to about looking out for symptoms? jii,sii listen to your body. i went for over a year. i did nothing for a minute it would be bowel cancer. it was irritable bowel symptoms were captured in for about they

eventually picked it up through the colonoscopy and i had four out of the five major symptoms, my partner was carrying me to bed at night, the change in bowel habits, weight loss, constipation for me, blood in my pen but they really did not want to listen to me to begin with. and it was about five or six times continuously over a year. eventually, one doctor did listen. and the colonoscopy got done and things met from there. you and the colonoscopy got done and things met from there.— things met from there. you were obviously incredibly _ things met from there. you were obviously incredibly dull- things met from there. you were obviously incredibly dull at i things met from there. you were obviously incredibly dull at that l obviously incredibly dull at that point but is that what you, did you think it was bowel cancer? i did nothin: think it was bowel cancer? i did nothing for _ think it was bowel cancer? i did nothing for a — think it was bowel cancer? i did nothing for a minute _ think it was bowel cancer? i c c nothing for a minute myself. it actually felt strangely, as soon as they did the colonoscopy, it was as if everything hit reality and it was the 4th of april 2019i got diagnosed. and ironically that is

bowel cancer awareness month and i always remember i could not sleep because i was going to get my results that day. deborah was actually talking and raising awareness about bowel cancer so i started reading her book after that. and just followed her journey through mine. i and just followed her “ourney through minei and just followed her “ourney through mine. and just followed her “ourney throu~h mine. ., ., , ., through mine. i can imagine lots of --eole will through mine. i can imagine lots of people will be _ through mine. i can imagine lots of people will be thinking _ through mine. i can imagine lots of people will be thinking when i people will be thinking when something is a bit not right with you physically, it�*s quite easy to put your head down and think i will ignore it, especially when it�*s this part of the body which is not something people generally like to talk about, even now. is there a bit of doubt that you think still goes on, people turn away and try and ignore it? i on, people turn away and try and ianore it? .. on, people turn away and try and inore it? ~ , .,,._ ignore it? ithink probably, iwas determined. _ ignore it? ithink probably, iwas determined, i— ignore it? ithink probably, iwas determined, i really— ignore it? ithink probably, iwas determined, i really knew i ignore it? ithink probably, iwas determined, i really knew and i l determined, i really knew and i think you need to fight, especially people under 50, it�*s sadly later

stage three and four before it gets picked up which is a harderfight, isn�*t it, for everyone? one of the gps was just really disregarding and actually had to phone up that afternoon and make another appointment and they eventually lessened and that is when they sent me for a colonoscopy but i did not —— if they did not pressure it, i would not be here speaking to you. you have a little boy and that must give you a lot to keep fighting for? if i did not have him, you have got to get up for him, haven�*t you? he has been my saving grace. as i say, i have been lucky to have my son before i got diagnosed, that would have been taken out of my hands as well. ~ . have been taken out of my hands as well. ~ , , ., ., , have been taken out of my hands as well. ~ , ., , , , well. we wish you all the very best with the next _ well. we wish you all the very best with the next part _ well. we wish you all the very best with the next part of _ well. we wish you all the very best with the next part of your- well. we wish you all the very best l with the next part of your treatment and we hope you are as well as

possible. thank you so much nicola for sharing your story with us. thank you so much. goodbye. you can listen to that special... episode of "you, me and the big c" — and all the previous episodes — on bbc sounds. let�*s catch up with the weather and carol kirkwood has all the details. compared to some of the temperatures we saw last week, temperatures rising. we lose the gusty winds from the north of the country and the showers, already starting to happen. some of us, it�*s a beautiful star, as you can see in powys in wales, variable amount of cloud but as this high pressure builds, it will settle down and the weather until the first weather front console by introducing thicker cloud later in the day. a lot of dry weather, moisture was fading. the wind easing and later

the cloud starts to build towards the cloud starts to build towards the west, heralding the arrival of our first weather front bringing some rain later in the day. temperatures for — 10 degrees. this evening and overnight, we start with clear skies, ahead of this weather front bearing rain there is more cloud and more organised rain across scotland and northern ireland, heavy at times but as it sinks south across england and wales, the rain will not be as happy. behind it, showers, wintry on the hills and mountains, driven in on strong winds. into tomorrow, the weather front sinks south as a weak feature, but look at the isobars, they are squeezed so tomorrow is windy, especially in the north and west, exposures, looking at gales and later severe gales. but when blowing the showers, wintry on the hills and mountains from the west to the east. further south, mountains from the west to the east. furthersouth, breezy, mountains from the west to the east. further south, breezy, a lot of dry

weather and some sunshine, highest tomorrow of 12 degrees. later in the date the met office has issued this weather warning, strong winds, gales, even sipping at gales with exposure, valid from 8pm tuesday until nine o�*clock on wednesday so looking at that, you see from the isobars we expect the gales but lewis, the far north of mainland scotland and orkney could have gusts of 80 miles an hour. that could lead to some disruption under could also be damaging gusts and it�*s because we have this low pressure area moving across the north of scotland, eventually clearing through tomorrow toward scandinavia but you see from the i suppose it will be windy for a time. gradually the wind easing, a weather front introduces rain, time. gradually the wind easing, a weatherfront introduces rain, on either side of it, brighter skies with sunshine and temperatures by degrees in the north, 11 in the south.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. i�*m geeta guru—murthy. former uk prime minister, borisjohnson tells the bbc how he was threatened by vladimir putin before the russian invasion of ukraine. the us secretary of state — antony blinken — is due to arrive injerusalem — after weeks of worsening violence between israelis and palestinians. a £1 billion plan to improve nhs care in england — including thousands more hospital beds and hundreds of new ambulances — is being set out by ministers. downing street defends the prime minister�*s decision to sack conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi — but labour say rishi sunak must �*come clean�* about what he knew and when. last—ditch talks will be held between the education secretary

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