the boss needs to make sure the benefits do outweigh the costs. we really want it to be a success. of course we do. but it has to stack up for the business. we are a charity at the end of the day, so all of the things that we want around increased flexibility to be able to have extended opening hours, improvements in customer service, they need to be there as well. and they are in the majority of the places where we have piloted this in our business, but they're not everywhere yet, we've been wedded to the traditional five day week for so long. time for a change? this trial suggests there's another way of working for those able and willing to take the plunge. emma simpson, bbc news, gateshead. if you have an extra day off, what will the weather it be like? there

are a couple of stories here, yesterday was 17 degrees, back down to around eight or nine for thursday and friday but it will get chillier because we have a weather front coming, some much—needed rain. this weather front coming, some much—needed rain. this weatherfront is the coming, some much—needed rain. this weather front is the colder air but once that weather front moves through there is very little rain on the horizon for the rest of february. high pressure is in, by friday staying into the weekend and the beginning of next week and we need the rain, it could turn out to be one of the driest february is on record, scotland have only had about 50% of the rainfall, in england only a few millimetres and even though we have cloud with us it is dry for the most part. misty and murky around the coast and we have that weather front looming but again even though we expect heavy rain in the room lest it might petered out in the east. where we see sunshine, perhaps

around the moray firth, the midlands, we will see 1a and 15 degrees but generally quite a bit of cloud. the clown thickens this evening to bring showers across england and wet weather for northern ireland and western scotland for a time and some snow on the very tops as a clear spot because we have more breeze and we still have cloud it should be frost free tonight. that subtle change in wind direction, south—west today, tomorrow at north—west and that determines in how the weather feels. the north—westerly tomorrow will bring sunny skies across scotland, northern ireland, there could be some showers falling as sleet and snow over the hills of scotland and northern ireland and northern england, it brightens across east anglia and the south—east but the temperatures are three or 4 degrees down on today and yesterday. sunshine to compensate. we could see wintry flurries further south but we are watching the detail on that and

a frost returns on thursday morning, pretty chilly first thing for some especially in the north. the risk of wintry across the welsh mountains before that clears and another quite bright and dry and sunny day for the majority but probably more cloud for northern ireland and scotland with the approach of the next weather front. active in the north but it should weaken, patchy rain in the east on friday, back to the dry weather, temperatures down closer to average to what they should be with some light frosts. thank you. 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. good afternoon. it's 1.33pm and here's your latest sports news. wales rugby head coach warren gatland says he is confident

the match against england will go ahead this weekend, despite delaying the team announcement. the six nations match remains in doubt due to wales�* players threatening to strike over contracts. the wru have insisted it is working on a deal with the four regions ahead of wednesday's deadline to resolve the player demands. i think with the uncertainty over what was happening, lots of meetings and things going on. ijust wanted to make sure we got clarity in terms of the boys having a day off tomorrow, there will come back on thursday and we will announce the team on thursday. we are confident that something will be resolved today. it has been a challenge. at the players at training and even this morning, take up their training heads on and trained well. we had a good week last week. fire heads on and trained well. we had a good week last week.— good week last week. are you confident the _ good week last week. are you confident the scheme - good week last week. are you confident the scheme will- good week last week. are you | confident the scheme will take place?

confident the scheme will take lace? , ., , , to cricket now and england have won the toss and chosen to bat against pakistan in the final group stage match of the women's t20 cup. england could avoid the champions australia. it has not been the best of starts for them, it has not been the best of starts forthem, losing it has not been the best of starts for them, losing to matters in the first five overs.— first five overs. pakistan are already out _ first five overs. pakistan are already out of _ first five overs. pakistan are already out of the _ first five overs. pakistan are i already out of the competition. javi gracia is expected to be named as the new leeds united manager. the spaniard lead watford to the fa cup final in 2019, before managing valencia and al sadd in qatar. leeds have been without a manager for two weeks since sacking jesse marsch and are currently 19th in the premier league. they face bottom club southampton next who are also without a permanent manager. liverpool face real madrid in the first leg of their champions league last 16 tie tonight.

jurgen klopp said they will need to be in top form to get a result. it's the first meeting between the two since the chaotic scenes before the last champions league final in paris. liverpool are going into the game with back—to—back winds, after a miserable january. real madrid won the world club cup earlier this week. great britain's olympic gold medal—winning sailor eilidh mcintyre has announced her retirement from the sport. the 28—year—old won gold in the women's a70 event at the delayed tokyo 2020 games, alongside her team—mate hannah mills. mcintyre joined british sailing at the age of 15 and during her decade—long career won seven medals at major a70 class events, including a gold at the world championships and two silvers at the european championships.

yeah, heartbreaking. without a doubt i would love to go to the next olympics and wind another medal, but i think there is an element of realism and i have always lived by that, being realistic with myself and i guess ijust don't, yeah, i can push forward. it's really hard. a truly harder because i'm giving up on a dream, but because i don't believe. 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. junior doctors in england have become the latest health workers to vote for strike action in a dispute with the government over pay. members of the british medical association are expected to stage a 72—hour walkout, possibly as early as mid—march. our health correspondent katharine da costa has this report. this winter's seen the biggest

wave of industrial action in nhs history, affecting nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists. nowjunior doctors in england willjoin other health unions on the picket line in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay. when 98% of us vote to strike, i think it says a lot. dr andrew meyerson moved from the us to london eight years ago to study medicine. now a junior doctor in a&e, he says too many of his colleagues feel burnt out, can't provide the patient care they'd like, and are looking for better—paid jobs overseas. we're not asking for a crazy amount of money here. we're really, really not. we're asking to be able to afford to live in this country, to afford to be able to pay our bills, and to afford to continue working in the jobs that we absolutely love. we don't want to see... i wish that we don't see another day of strike action in the nhs. junior doctors in england received a 2% rise in april as part of a four—year deal worth a total of 8%. the basic salary of a junior doctor in theirfirst year's just over £29,000,

but average wages can exceed 40,000 once overtime and night payments are included. but the bma estimates their pay has fallen steeply over the last 15 years as a result of rising inflation. it's calling for an increase of 26% to restore it to 2008 levels. not safe, not fair! junior doctors last went on strike in 2016 in a dispute over their contract. this time, bma members plan a three—day walk—out in march, and to withdraw both routine and emergency care. more than 140,000 appointments have been cancelled due to strikes so far this winter. nhs leaders say an escalation of action is deeply concerning. the junior doctors represent a crucial part of the nhs workforce, and obviously with them out for a continuous 72—hour period, that'll present serious challenges for nhs organisations. and we really do need to see a resolution to this

spiralling industrial action — not least because of the huge disruption for patients. the health secretary steve barclay�*s described strike action as deeply disappointing, and wants to continue discussing what's fair and affordable, as well as wider concerns around workload. elsewhere, discussions on pay are ongoing in wales, while the bma's preparing to ballot junior doctors in scotland very soon. thousands of ambulance workers across wales and most regions of england staged fresh strikes yesterday, with further walkouts planned in wales today. the action, part of an ongoing dispute with the government over pay affects non—life threatening calls only, but it's a big step for many of the staff. our correspondent navtej johal spent the day with one ambulance worker to understand why she's joining the picket line. they are life—savers, but many ambulance staff feel it's their profession,

which is now in need of emergency help. this is the story of one of them. my name is sarah ouigley. i'm 48 years old. i have three children of my own and two stepchildren. and i'm from leicester. for the last nine years, sarah's worked as an emergency medicaltechnician, driving ambulances and saving lives. all right, i'll see you later. she was inspired to do the job after ambulance staff helped save her daughter's life when she became seriously unwell with a virus. because of their quick response and diagnosis and finding out what to do and what was going on, yeah, it could have been fatal and she could have had lasting damage. it was a very, very scary time, yeah. don't get me crying! despite her love for the job,

sarah is going on strike and we are following her. this is the fourth one we've done, so, yeah, feeling all right. fourth one? fourth one, yeah. are you not getting fatigue? fatigue? it's the reason that we're doing it, so i keep going. sarah's never been on strike until these recent walk—outs. she's doing it because she says the service is being run into the ground due to a lack of investment. we've had instances of people pulling up into the ambulance area in their own cars with very, very poorly people. and that's devastating. that doesn't make you proud. what are the comments that you're getting that are negative from people? get back to work. there were expletives in there. get back to work, you lazy, greedy so—and—so's, that kind of thing. does any of that hurt? not really. i just take that as people are not actually understanding the whole bigger picture. what's the mood like here today?

awesome. it's a really good turnout. i think people are kind of... we don't want to be on the picket line. this is not where we want to be. there'll be some people watching at home who say, everybody wants a pay rise, but you guys do such an importantjob that you shouldn't be going on strike. what do you say to that? i understand where people are coming from who don't quite know the whole picture. we're putting people's lives at risk in the way that it's being run at the moment. there didn't appear to be any negativity. there's a lot of people papping their hooters and stuff like that and thumbs up, and that's really good. the government says that your demands are unaffordable, so how much longer will you keep going on strike? we are going to keep going on strike until we go into some meaningful negotiations. we need to be in talks, that's it. an 85—year—old woman has been killed by a 10—foot alligator in florida.

the woman was walking her dog by a lake at a retirement community at the time of the attack. according to eyewitnesses, the alligator grabbed the woman's dog initially, but went on to target her after she tried to save her pet. trappers managed to catch the alligator and took it away in a truck. since president has gone to sao paulo to look at the areas where there have been terrible mudslides.

seeing for himself the terrible damage nature can cause. president lula da silva aboard a military helicopter flying above some of the towns and villages almost swept away by the mudslides. but even in the darkest of moments, he believes there is hope. translation: if each one of us works alone, we do less work. that's why we need to stick together, that's why we need to share the good things and the bad things because together we'll be much stronger and we'll recover quickly. when you see some of the damage, you may have your doubts. the hillsides around here are scarred. many of the homes buried. some begin the desperate task of trying to clean up. others don't have that luxury, their property destroyed, their lives now on hold. translation: it was like a horror movie. we saw our house swept away, and my nephew's house. i'm sure they were sleeping, all three of them, and up to now, we have no news. at this airbase, some of those rescued from the mudslides are brought to safety, but this has also become a destination for those who didn't survive. there are hopes that people buried under the muck and the rubble may still be rescued, but more rain

is expected in the coming days. this is a crisis that is seemingly far from over. tim allman, bbc news. in 1982, as the bbc�*s correspondent in buenos aires, it fell to harold briley to break the news that argentina had invaded the falkland islands, and his reports continued throughout the conflict. now, more than four decades later and at the age of 91, harold is being honoured by the islanders for his work during the war. chrissie reidy reports. the assault on the islands was timed to begin at first light with a commando raid to take possession of the airportjust outside the capital, port stanley. the voice of bbc world service journalist harold briley, reporting on the radio during the falklands war of 1982. his reports were invaluable to the islanders and now, four decades on, harold, who's 92 next month, has been honoured by the people of the falklands who've named

a new children's park after him. it's a recreation ground sandwiched between two roads, one of which is named after the then governor, sir rex hunt. the other road is named after the commander of the taskforce, sir sandy woodward. and in between is my recreation park named after me, harold briley! harold was based in buenos aires for two and a half months. it was a very dangerous place to be because the argentine dictatorship in six years had a period of repression in which they killed 30,000 of their own, mostly innocent people, including 130 journalists. so it was dangerous to be there. and i got quite a few death threats because they were listening to bbc broadcasts. can you tell me what the first indications were that this military invasion had taken place? yes, in fact, as the invasion was taking place, we got word

on an argentine news agency saying it was going ahead. harold was awarded the obe for his services to journalism and broadcasting in 1990. but this latest honour from the islanders, he says, means something different. chrissie reidy, bbc news. we are going to take a look at some of the story is making the news across the uk now. sheep farmers are warning about a rise in dog attacks on their livestock. last year farm animals worth more than £180,000 were severely injured or killed by dogsin were severely injured or killed by dogs in the north—west, a rise of 65% in 2021, according to nfu mutual. it aims to increase on a

rise of inexperienced dog owners during the pandemic. well,this is thelambingshed. there arearound400lambshere. the sheepon area round400lambshere. the sheepon this arearound400lambshere. the sheepon this farmare milk tomake cheese, but last year there was a tragedy here and many lambs were lost. nicola robinson is the farmer here. what robinson is the farmer here. what happened? — robinson is the farmer here. what happened? me _ robinson is the farmer here. what happened? me and _ robinson is the farmer here. what happened? me and my _ robinson is the farmer here. marat happened? me and my sombre just doing our daily checks. we had just turned the lambs outside and are just checking they were all still in the field, feeding them, then we noticed there were some missing. me and my son started searching the field and we found some lambs almost in like a pyramid, that is all we can describe it. what happened? they must have been chased to end up in a big pile. 50 must have been chased to end up in a bi ile. y must have been chased to end up in a bi. -ile. , _, must have been chased to end up in a bi ile. , ., , ., big pile. so they could have been a do ? big pile. so they could have been a dog? most — big pile. so they could have been a dog? most likely. _ big pile. so they could have been a dog? most likely. is— big pile. so they could have been a dog? most likely. is there - big pile. so they could have been a dog? most likely. is there a - big pile. so they could have been a i dog? most likely. is there a problem with dogs in this area? yes. dog? most likely. is there a problem with dogs in this area?—

with dogs in this area? yes, we live in a very touristy — with dogs in this area? yes, we live in a very touristy area, _ with dogs in this area? yes, we live in a very touristy area, so _ with dogs in this area? yes, we live in a very touristy area, so we - with dogs in this area? yes, we live in a very touristy area, so we get i in a very touristy area, so we get holiday—makers all the time. it is a big problem. i holiday-makers all the time. it is a big problem-— big problem. i know this is an emotional— big problem. i know this is an emotional issue, _ big problem. i know this is an emotional issue, losing - big problem. i know this is an l emotional issue, losing lambs. big problem. i know this is an - emotional issue, losing lambs. but obviously there is a cost to the business. how much did it cost you? it was emotionally and mentally upsetting, but each sheep would produce between £502,000 a year, and in cheese value, for the 28 lambs that would have been about £110,000. as i say, this seems to be a problem thatis as i say, this seems to be a problem that is getting worse, particularly here in the north west. the advice is, however well—trained you think your dog is, it is best to keep it on a leak near livestock. —— on a lead. —— on a lead. a bristol firm that makes replica body parts for medical training says demand has soared after it broadened its range of skin tones. the company limbs and things says 30% of its sales in the uk and us

are now for medical aids with darker skin, as robin markwell reports. this factory in central bristol has a production line that is distinctly different. here they turn out body parts to train medical students around the world. lots and lots of them. in here for instance we have a range of cervixes at different stages of dilation. here we have baby hats. here we have some part assembled arms, so we can see there are no skins on these arms but you can see the under skin where the veins lie. we have got some bottoms here. you can see the dark skin tone and the light skin tone. these are for categorisation trainers. and the skin tone is crucially important. like the rest of their industry, only a few years back they offered only shades of pink. then a hospital group in new york rang up asking for darker tones to better reflect their patients and staff. now demand for the new products has soared. now we sell in the uk and the us,

for instance, 30% of our products are in dark skin tone, so that is new. you can't help but think that black lives matter was part of that. but actually medical professionals were asking that before that movement started off, so we were perhaps luckily a bit ahead of the game. but we were listening to our customers, that is the long and short of it, and key opinion leaders in the wider medical education sector said there was an important need for this. limbs and things export 70% of their products to 50 countries around the world. and they're used in bristol too. we found some of the new darker skin products on this training ward at the university of the west of england. it's important because we are based in bristol, it is a multicultural city, so not only do we want our student body to represent that community, we also need our equipment to represent that community. whether it is veins or whether it is looking at rashes on skin, all of those look differently

on different skin types. and i think we do need to enable our students to be ready for that world of difference. a small change on this bristol production line is now making a difference around the world, in the drive for better representation. conservationists say thousands of starlings that were once an attraction in east belfast have been displaced due to light pollution. it's thought new led lighting in the area may have played a role. the beautiful aerial display of starling dipping and diving is known as the commemoration. large crowds gather at albert bridge to photograph the natural spectacle, known to be one of the best of its

kind in the uk and ireland. however, conservationists are concerned that the starlings at albert bridge have been displaced. light pollution may been displaced. light pollution may be to blame. we been displaced. light pollution may be to blame-— been displaced. light pollution may be to blame. ~ ., ., ., be to blame. we have good reason to exect be to blame. we have good reason to expeet that's — be to blame. we have good reason to expect that's light _ be to blame. we have good reason to expect that's light pollution _ be to blame. we have good reason to expect that's light pollution has - expect that's light pollution has moved them away. find expect that's light pollution has moved them away.— expect that's light pollution has moved them away. expect that's light pollution has moved them awa . �* . ., , moved them away. and what way does it disturb the — moved them away. and what way does it disturb the starlings? _ moved them away. and what way does it disturb the starlings? light - it disturb the starlings? light ollution it disturb the starlings? light pollution has _ it disturb the starlings? light pollution has a _ it disturb the starlings? l grit pollution has a physiological impact on us and our wildlife, so one keeps birds away, it causes extra stress, prevents them from sleeping. so if you have a lot of light pollution within an area it might well be that the starlings have decided that they did want that additional stress, they don't want that decreased sleep that they require. in a they don't want that decreased sleep that they require.— that they require. in a statement, the department — that they require. in a statement, the department for _ that they require. in a statement, the department for infrastructure | the department for infrastructure said that the new lighting on the bridge was converted to led in december 2019 and it meets all the

required safety a nd safety and environmental standards. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. it's mild out and about again today, even where we have the cloudy skies, but once we clear some rain through tomorrow it will turn colder, back down to the february average, but with very little rain after the weather front which moves through tonight and tomorrow. this weather front is quite active initially and it's behind that weather front where we have that colder air which is in place for thursday and for friday. in fact, with that high pressure close by to us, it looks set to stay with temperatures around about average for late february — that's six to nine degrees celsius. but it is 11 or 12 even where we have the cloud out there at the moment. where we see the best of the sunshine, across towards the moray firth, east of the pennines,

the north wales coast, there's less breeze today and so it will feel pleasantly warm. we could push towards 1a or 15 degrees celsius. but we've got the wind strengthening in the west later and more rain moving in. that's really the story as we go through this evening and overnight. there will be some heavier rain pushing through northern ireland for the evening's rush and across the west of scotland. ahead of that, there's likely to be a few showers breaking out this side of midnight. then, behind it, we'll see broken cloud and a few showers. for the most part it's mild overnight because we've got the cloud and the rain and the breeze. butjust a hint of something a bit cooler coming into the north—west during tomorrow. the reason for that is a change in wind direction. ahead of the weather front south—westerly winds, behind it north—westerly winds, which is a cooler direction at any time of the year. that colder air pushes right the way southwards during the course of tomorrow. it will take its time. our cloud band, as you can see, a little slow to clear east anglia and the south—east. once it does so, after lunchtime, there will be a scattering of showers following. they could be wintry over

the hills in the north. just four to seven degrees for the northern isles and scotland, seven to ten for the south, which is a good few degrees down on those of today and certainly yesterday. that high pressure noses in for thursday, ao actually we could have a return to frost thursday morning. quite a chilly start. still some showers around, a little bit of wintry over the welsh hills and the moors potentially first thing thursday, before they clear away. just like wednesday, more bright skies around, more sunshine for many, except the north of scotland. our next weather fronts toppling in here and to northern ireland, so there will be some of that remaining on friday across southern and eastern areas before it clears away. then it looks dry and fine for many.

this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at two... president putin accuses the west of starting the war in ukraine. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. translation: everyone was pretending nothin: was translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. _ translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. i _ translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. i want _ translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. i want to - nothing was happening. i want to repeat it is they who are guilty who are culpable for the work and we are using force to stop it. meanwhile us presidentjoe biden is in poland — where he'll respond to mr putin's claims and call the war a struggle between democracy and autocracy. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead —

two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands.