jon lynn ending that report there from abi smitton.k at the weather with darren bett. hello there. we haven't got the persistent rain today, but there are still quite a few showers around for western areas and some developing inland and further east, as well, as the cloud has tended to increase. we've also got some chillier air today, so temperatures come the early evening probably sitting at six or seven degrees. it will get cold quite quickly. we still have some showers around, but most of those inland will fade away. we'll keep some going around these western coasts and some heavier showers come into the south—west of england. there could even be a bit of winteriness over dartmoor, as well. it will be a colder night more widely. we had a frost last night in scotland. it will be very cold in the north—east of scotland and temperatures close to freezing elsewhere, as well. some mist and fog patches in the midlands in particular in the morning. 0therwise, some sunshine around. as the cloud builds up, we'll see a scattering of showers d

abi smitton reports. the sheep is gone. the sheep has gone, yes. the sheep has gone. the sheep.most happiest, smiliest little boy i've ever come across. his soul was just kind, and he was soft and he was just so beautiful. on the bus. 0h, on the bus. the sheep went on the bus. you cheeky monkey. there are memories of lucy's son, alfie anthony, everywhere you turn in their house. he was diagnosed with autism when he was three. although alfie was behind on a lot of things that i was aware of as a mother, the one thing that always, always worried me was his eating. he struggled to eat anything with texture or lumps, relying on just a few safe foods. and i kept voicing. he's losing weight. he wasn't alfie. he just wasn't alfie, he was a poorly, poorly boy. and again, he... it got put down to his autism. lucy asked for help, but didn't receive support. i was really fighting. like i thought, like, i don't know what i thought. ijust thought... it was in my head, or like, nobody�*s... like i'm screaming out and nobody was listening. in 2021, he passed away at the age of seven. his cause

abi smitton reports. the sheep is gone. the sheep has gone, yes. the sheep has gone. the sheep.iest little boy i've ever come across. his soul was just kind, and he was soft and he was just so beautiful. on the bus. oh, on the bus. the sheep went on the bus. you cheeky monkey. there are memories of lucy's son, alfie anthony, everywhere you turn in their house. he was diagnosed with autism when he was three. although alfie was behind on a lot of things that i was aware of as a mother, the one thing that always, always worried me was his eating. he struggled to eat anything with texture or lumps, relying on just a few safe foods. and i kept voicing. he's losing weight. he wasn't alfie. he just wasn't alfie, he was a poorly, poorly boy. and again, he... it got put down to his autism. lucy asked for help, but didn't receive support. i was really fighting. like i thought, like, i don't know what i thought. ijust thought... it was in my head, or like, nobody's... like i'm screaming out and nobody was listening. in 2021, he passed away at the age of seven. his cause of death was malnut

a new scheme to improve medical care and treatment for those who served in the armed forces as abi smittonl tours of iraq. and then i left the army in december 2013. there's no kind of training that can mentally prepare you for what you're going to experience. and you don't know how your body and your mind is going to react until you're in that position. jon lynn served with the royal electrical and mechanical engineers for 13 years. when he was discharged, he was left struggling with both his physical and mental health. when i came back, everything that i'd experienced, i kind of marked it up, and pushed it away to the back of my mind, in a box that said, "do not open." and that box just sat there for a period of time doing nothing. and then, all of a sudden, itjust kind of exploded out. it was a difficult time forjon and his family. his wife was so concerned she took him to their gp. one of the first questions his doctor asked him was simple... have you ever served in the military? come in. good to see you. hi, doctor. have a seat, please. thank you. hampton surgery in the west midlands

jon lynn ending that report there by abi smitton. telegraph is leading with the situation in ukraine and the lack of ammunition on the front line. in about half an hour's time, we'll be speaking to our reporter, john maguire, who's at a community centre in norfolk, with some of the families who came from ukraine almost two years ago. the guardian reports on the findings of a study into gp appointments. the paper says seeing the same doctors each time you visit could free up millions of appointments a year and improve patient health. "fake tears and tricks of the charity fundraisers" is the headline on the front of the times. the paper says the uk's fundraiser watchdog has launched an inquiry into door—to—door pressure selling techniques used by a children's charity, following a times investigation. and the daily mail is reporting that the victoria and albert museum has created a job for an official taylor swift expert. it says the museum is looking for someone with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the singer. if you think that is some o

abi smitton with that support for us.wiches, and i basically couldn't swallow. and i basically couldn't swallow. and ou had i basically couldn't swallow. and you had never— i basically couldn't swallow. and you had never had anything like that before? i you had never had anything like that before? . . you had never had anything like that before? ., ., , , , before? i had a few sensitivities with food, _ before? i had a few sensitivities with food, but _ before? i had a few sensitivities with food, but nothing - before? i had a few sensitivities with food, but nothing physical, like preferences. my throatjust wouldn't cooperate, i kept gagging and retching whenever i try to swallow food. i eventually went to the doctor, and got dismissed a bit saying it was temporary trauma, you will be fine on protein shakes, deal with it for awhile. i was embarrassed, i was in my mid—30s so it was a little bit of an unusual situation, it was only when i had lost a dramatic amount of weight, i lost a dramatic amount of weight, i lost a dr