i spoke to the boss of bad wolf, jane tranter.land. the amount of drama production in the uk, it's exploded, hasn't it? it has. and i think that the success of game of thrones, and the success of what that show gave to belfast and the region was probably very influential. she's a fine woman, your sister. this is generating quite a fewjobs. it's generating an enormous number ofjobs. i mean, just in wales, i think in the first five years, so bad wolf has been going for about six years, i think we counted the number ofjobs generated in wales alone in the first five years as something like over 2,200. and it's growing and it's growing and it's growing. when bad wolf first started in wales, it was quite empty. you know, there was bad wolf and we were kind of, "we're here, come on, everyone comejoin us." and now, you know, you can't get a spot in the car park. and the growth looks set to continue. amazon is moving production of the lord of the rings tv series from new zealand to the uk. britain's studios are reaping the benefits from a

this is bad wolf in cardiff, just one of a number of new studios to have opened up in south wales.the tv industry is absolutely booming at the moment. there has been a fourfold increase in drama production in the uk over the last seven or eight years, which means that if you tot it all up, spending has gone from around £400 million in 2013 to 4 billion — a tenfold increase. tv drama now employs more people than the steel and coal industry. this is a story about across the whole of the uk. so, you've gotjobs being generated by productions which are now taking place in cardiff at bad wolf studios where you have his dark materials. you've got productions taking place in scotland, where you've got investment in edinburgh, new studios there and 0utlander about to enter its sixth series. you've got investment taking place in new studios opening in liverpool, yorkshire and across the uk. driving this are the new streaming services, the government's tax break and a reputation for success, which the boss here at bad wolf feels owes much to northern ireland and game of thrones. i think that

when bad wolf first started in wales, it was quite empty. you know, there was bad wolf and we were kind of, "we're here, come on, everyone comejoin us." and now, you know, you can't get a spot in the car park. and the growth looks set to continue. amazon is moving production of the lord of the rings tv series from new zealand to the uk. britain's studios are reaping the benefits from a multi—billion—dollar battle between the streaming giants. david sillito, bbc news, cardiff. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. hello. it has been a cloudy day for many parts of the country today, sunshine has been hard to find, the best of it across northern parts of scotland. this morning it was very windy comedy wins have eased significantly but, for a while, cooler air across scotland and northern ireland, still mild air coming from the tropics across england and where is andy between those two different air mass, a belt of cloud that has not really moved very much today and that is continuing to bring some outbreaks of rain. most of the ra

this is bad wolf in cardiff, just one of a number of new studios to have opened up in south wales.on in the uk over the last seven or eight years. which means that if you tot it all up, spending has gone from around £400 million in 2013 to 4 billion — a tenfold increase. tv drama now employs more people than the steel and coal industry. this is a story about across the whole of the uk. so, you've gotjobs being generated by productions which are now taking place in cardiff at bad wolf studios, where you have his dark materials. you've got productions taking place in scotland, where you've got investment in edinburgh, new studios there and 0utlander about to enter its sixth series. you've got investment taking place in new studios opening in liverpool, yorkshire and across the uk. driving this are the new streaming services, the government's tax break, and a reputation for success, which the boss here at bad wolf feels owes much to northern ireland and game of thrones. i think that the success of game of thrones and the success of what that show gave to belfast and the region was pro

i spoke to the boss of bad wolf, jane tranter.ing and it's growing. when bad wolf first started in wales, it was quite empty. you know, there was bad wolf and we're kind of, "we're here, come on, everyonejoin us." and now, you know, you can't get a spot in the car park. and the growth looks set to continue. amazon is moving production of the lord of the rings tv series from new zealand to the uk. britain's studios are reaping the benefits from a multi—billion—dollar battle between streaming giants. david sillito, bbc news, cardiff. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello, across northern scotland, the winds continue to moderate down after that wilder and windy night, still a blustery day across scotland and northern ireland. sunshine for many, but showers still around across the north and the west, a bit wintry over the higher ground. probably a bit more rain across northern england ensuring here, but rather wet for here and north and west wales through the day, a slow—moving weather front will sit in place. to th

when bad wolf first started in wales, it was quite empty.—dollar battle between streaming giants. david sillito, bbc news, cardiff. the israeli prime minister naftali bennett has arrived in the united arab emirates — the first visit of its kind. it comes after the two countries established diplomatic ties last year. mr bennett is due to meet the crown prince of abu dhabi, on monday. they're expected to discuss ways of boosting cooperation and strengthening economic and commercial ties. the russian president vladimir putin has lamented the collapse of the soviet union — saying the ensuing economic crisis was so bad he sometimes had to earn extra money by driving an unofficial taxi. in a documentary on state television, mr putin described the soviet breakup three decades ago as the disintegration of historical russia, in which what had been built up over a thousand years was largely lost. the volcanic eruption on la palma has now become the longest on the spanish island since records began more than 500 years ago. the volcano has now been acti

oh, of course, the diplomacy is out and red lines of that to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of a qu, in key of remember the currency of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, they're even drawing up the criminal battle plans the new year offensive. and for the umpteenth time this year, russia is forced to defend the presence of its own troops on its own land. russia is not a threat to any country. the deployment of russian troops on the national territory is our sovereign roy and no one's business. it is nato on its members states a recklessly moving their military forces and infrastructure to the russian borders . so what is washes red line, us spy pains jetting towards rushes borders. passenger jets with hu

but the big news, everyone knows delta is the big bad wolf, we know how bad delta can get. maybe omicron will be a gentler, milder version, but we're not really sure yet. >> as you look at your screen, let's talk about hospitalizations. almost 80% of santa clara county is fully vaccinated. with that said, 131 people are in the hospital with covid. by the way, santa clara hospital still has about 50 beds open for perspective. san francisco 79% fully vaxxed. 38 people in the hospital. marin county, 87% fully vaccinated, just five hospitalizations with covid. this seems to me that higher vaccination rates means lower hospitalizations. isn't that the name of the game, doctor? >> that's totally the name of the game, raj, and you would get an a-plus if you were my student. we've seen this data all around the world. the higher the vaccination rate, the lower the hospitalization in that community. we need to get beyond this threshold. i think marin is getting there, and santa clara and san francisco are close, but you really need to get closer to 90% when you're talking about delta

of course, the diplomacy is out and red lines are there to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of a qu, in key of remember the currenty of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, they're even drawing up the criminal battle plans the new year offensive. and for the umpteenth time this year, russia is forced to defend the presence of its own troops on its own land. russia is not a threat to any country. the deployment of russian troops on the national territory is our sovereign roy and no one's business. it is nato on its members states a recklessly moving their military forces and infrastructure to the russian borders . so what is washes red line, us spy pained jetting towards russia's borders. passenger jets with

i spoke to the boss of bad wolf, jane tranter.,200. and it's growing and it's growing and it's growing. when bad wolf first started in wales, it was quite empty. you know, there was bad wolf and we're kind of, "we're here, come on, everyonejoin us." and now, you know, you can't get a spot in the car park. and the growth looks set to continue. amazon is moving production of the lord of the rings tv series from new zealand to the uk. britain's studio are reaping the benefits from a multi—billion—dollar battle between streaming giants. david sillito, bbc news, cardiff. we haven't got time to watch it all. there is so much good stuff out there. i have got a lot that has built up. i'm behind on everything. you will catch up. you have more time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. an investigation is due to be carried out into the death of an 11 year old girl after pest control checmicals were discovered chemicals were discovered by firefighters in a building in east london. she was