and if you've been affected by any of the issues raised in this film, then you can contact the bbc action linescreen now. hello. the first week of january 2023 looks unsettled, bringing some wind and rain at times. it will generally be on the mild side but there'll be some drier, chillier, more settled interludes between these areas of low pressure. 0ne interludes between these areas of low pressure. one such settled period will be through today, holiday monday, this ridge of high pressure should bring up dust bring us dry and sunny weather, but colder than what we've been used too. chillier across northern and western areas, risk of ice for northern ireland, where we have some light snow. heavy showers across northwest england and southern southeast england and southern southeast england will fizzle out through the day, continuing the north and west of scotland, some wintry over the high ground but plenty of sunshine through the morning and afternoon, but it will feel cooler, 3—9 c across the board. after low pressure systems move in and bring wet and windy weather, it's generally colder late

been affected by that report, you can find organisations offering help and support at online at bbc action lineth matthews on the bbc iplayer — the lives she saved. the american actor alec baldwin is to be charged with the involuntary manslaughter of the cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was shot dead on the set of a film that he was acting in and producing, in 2021. the film's armourer is to face the same charge, after a gun that alec baldwin discharged on set was found to contain live ammunition. sophie long has the latest from los angeles. the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins in the moments after she was shot. it was during rehearsals on the set at the bonanza creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th century western they were filming became all too real. alec baldwin was holding the gun that discharged the bullet that killed her. prosecutors say he will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. in a statement, the actor's lawyer said, "this decision distorts halyna "hutchins�* tragic death and represents a terrible "miscarriage ofju

affected by any of the issues raised you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action linehelp doctors spot cancers earlier. researchers at university college london found that some women began buying more painkillers and indication medication months before they realised they had symptoms of ovarian cancer. —— indigestion medicine. ovarian cancer. -- indigestion medicine-— ovarian cancer. -- indigestion medicine. ., ., ., ., , medicine. katharine da costa “oins us. medicine. katharine da costa “oins around _ medicine. katharine da costa “oins us. around 7500 i medicine. katharine da costa “oins us. around 7500 women h medicine. katharine da costa “oins us. around 7500 women are h medicine. katharine da costa joins - us. around 7500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the uk every year and those over 50 or with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer are at greater risk but it cancer are at greater risk but it can also affect younger women. there is no reliable screening test, it can often be diagnosed late because symptoms can be mistaken for other conditions. s

affected by any of the issues raised you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action lineebert was deported to auschwitz by the nazis when she was just 20 years old. soon she'll be turning 100 and to mark holocaust memorial day has started to share her experiences on tiktok with the help of her great—grandson. graham satchell been to meet her. that was my number given in auschwitz. 10,572. they were born jewish. they are not human beings. we don't need them. what can we do with them? that is simple, we can kill them. we made a factory. a factory, not to produce something... to kill picky people. and their crime was that they was born jewish. that was their crime. lily ebert was born into what she describes as a respectable middle classjewish family in hungary in 1923. we were six children. four girls and two boys. the most loving parents who any children can only dream of. when the germans invaded hungary. when the germans invaded hungary, then our life changed from one second to the other. lily was put on a train to the nazi death camp, auschwitz—birkenau. it was 19114. l

please do contact the bbc action line if you have any questions. think they do it, is it _ seems absolutely ridiculous. why do you think they do it, is it because i you think they do it, is it because they are cheaper? in you think they do it, is it because they are cheaper?— you think they do it, is it because they are cheaper? in some instances they are cheaper? in some instances they probably _ they are cheaper? in some instances they probably are. _ they are cheaper? in some instances they probably are. that _ they are cheaper? in some instances they probably are. that is _ they are cheaper? in some instances they probably are. that is not - they probably are. that is not always the case, but in some instances they probably are. there is and also an issue perhaps that says a younger person fresh in the workplace probably doesn't have as many views held by someone of an older age. many views held by someone of an olderage. i many views held by someone of an older age. i think it is probably a raft of issues, really.— older age. i think it is pro

anything we have just been talking about or you would like some help, you cannot contact the bbc�*s action linei picked it up, i couldn't put it down. we always had a rubik's cube lying somewhere around the house, so at one point i was like, "well, it'll be cool to solve one". so i looked up how to do it on the internet, and when i did, i also came across competitions. basically, ever since then, i'vejust been cubing, like, all day, every day. you can choose how competitive you are about it. i mean, for me, it's all competitive! as well as the standard 3x3, this competition offers - events such as one—handed, i 3x3 blindfolded, then variations for 3x3 like the 2x2, - which is a smaller version, and the 6x6 or 7x7, i which are a lot bigger. i can personally do it one—handed, but i'm trying to learn blindfolded, but it's really hard. it's really addicting and sometimes you can be up really late doing it and not even realize it. blood plasma because if we can solve the puzzle of the weather and what it will do next. —— let's see if we can solve the puzzle. hello, there. much of this week will be f

and you want to find a list of organisations who might be able to help, you can go on to the bbc�*s action line — for many, the rubik's cube isn'tjust a game, but a competitive sport too. hundreds of the puzzle's fans have descended on glasgow this weekend for a competition, racing against the clock — and each other — in speed time—trials. the cube has experienced something of a renaissance recently, with a new generation taking up the puzzle during the covid pandemic. we went along to meet some of the competitors. i can usually solve the cube in under 6 seconds. my name is tymon kolasinski, and i'm one of the 3x3 rubik's cube world record holders. we're at a competition here in glasgow. there are 155 registered competitors and they're all trying to compete and get their best results. but the rubik's cube is very important to me because it's like i have i have my own distraction from whatever's happening. it's reallyjust something that's really calming to me. i first started cubing on, like, two years ago on christmas day and my first solve was a couple of hours later. once i picked it up, i co

affected by any of the issues raised you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action lineged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. an nhs trust is fined 800 thousand pounds after admitting failures in the care of a mother and her baby, who died 23 minutes after being born. russia's wagner group are gaining international prominence. they're active in several countries and they've recently been sanctioned by the us for criminal activity, which they deny. in the uk they've been discussed in parliament and the government is considering changing the process that allowed the organisation's head to get around sanctions and sue a britishjournalist. but who exactly are they and what's behind wagner's war in ukraine? our security correspondent frank gardner reports. wagner troops in action in eastern ukraine, purging this town, they say, of nazis. these private military contractors, or mercenaries, have been in some of the fiercest battles in the donbas, fighting tooth and nail for towns like barmouth and soledar. their headquarters is in st petersburg, the same city where p

action. bbc news at eight o'clock- on wednesday the 11th ofjanuary. beyond the picket lineic�*s story. about four years ago, i qualified as a paramedic. lewis, an nhs life—saver, in uniform, but not in work. nhs managers say. the impact of today's ambulance strike in england and wales could be worse . than the last one. the winter pressure grows more and more and more, and now, to be sat there holding for hours and hours and hours, that's just something that i've not seen before in my career. how does it leave you feeling about the job? it's upsetting. as i said, the upset is that when you're hearing that radio go off, that, you know, they've got nothing to send. he'd be excited abouti using his skills, and... work pressure follows him home. it's not like it used to be. he'sjust not usingl his skills any more. do you see that stress? yes, definitely. do i come home with stress? yes! if i didn't think it was right, i wouldn't do it, but i can't see any other option we've been left with now, and we are literally fighting for the nhs. it's quite nice to hear the public are beh

action while those negotiations are taking place. meanwhile, a bbc investigation has found that hundreds of thousands of calls made to nhs mental health helplines in england are going unanswered. the crisis phone lines hours a day are designed to provide support for those who are suicidal or in emotional distress. 0ur reporter adam eley spoke to hannah, who says it took her two days to get through. for me to call, it is because i am at my absolute lowest and i am about to do something. for years, hannah has struggled with her mental health, at times wanting to take her own life. in these moments, she called her nhs trust's 24—hour helpline for urgent mental health support. but too often, she says, no—one picked up. i have literally been crying my eyes out and left a message on the answerphone and no—one has ever got back to me. it makes it ten times worse. i know for me, i start to spiral. when she has been able to get through, hannah says support can be limited. on one occasion, she told a staff member she no longer wanted to live. she actually said to me, "think happy thoughts and read a book." when i said that is not going to help, that is when she hung up and said, "you don't want to help yourse

lines. dominic hughes, bbc news, wigan. the first day of industrial actione drivers next month will coincide with a walkout by thousands of nurses. joining me now is the national secretary of the gmb union, andy prendergast. you have called these further days of industrial action at a time when we know and people inside the nhs are saying, it is already on its knees, so surely more strike action is going to make that even worse? quite frankly what we saw with the first ambulance strike is that you are more likely to be picked up by now blitz on that day than any other, and what we are seeing is a government who are refusing to respond to a reasonable pay for a decent pay rise the people who got us through the pandemic but their failure to listen and to talk about pay untiljanuary this year means that quite frankly the members have no choice. �* , , that quite frankly the members have no choice. �*, , . ., ., ., no choice. let's be clear about what ou are no choice. let's be clear about what you are asking _ no choice. let's be clear about what you are asking

action, targeting different local authorities on different days. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. i spoke to our scotland correspondent, james shaw, earlier whojoined me from the picket lineese protests are. it's going to be pretty widespread as far as we understand. we cannot honestly say every single primary school in scotland will be closed today but we expect almost all of them, maybe one or two of them in the islands will not, certainly that was the case when there was last a big strike in november last year. the mood on the picket line is pretty positive, it's a wet and pretty miserable day but they've been here since 8am this morning and they will carry on for another couple of hours. it's only primary schools today, in fact across the road there is a secondary school which is open. kids were arriving before 9am, there were children in the playing fields over to my right. those schools will be closed tomorrow. and you can hear there is a little bit of public support as vehicles go past but it's going to be a rolling series of strikes from next monday, if there isn't an agreement between the unions on one side, and local authorities and the scottish government on th

bbc news. why... to what extent is the prime minister missing in action regarding ambulance workers�* strikes? which are looking to turn up strikes? which are looking to turn up to picket linesp to picket lines? i think what i myself and other people who are striking would like is some kind of resolution, some kind of understanding by the government that the sense that the kind of situation is completely unmanageable and there is completely unmanageable and there is only going to get far worse. we are losing staff. the stuff that we do have in the nhs are really struggling to hold the fort given that there is an increasing pressure on them, given we do not have our colleagues around to support us. it is a really, really difficult time in the nhs. i think we would really appreciate me strikes to be taken seriously, these are meant to be understood from a position of this huge cost of living crisis and at the suppression of wages that we have been suffering, not just wages that we have been suffering, notjust in the nhs, but across the board, really. people who are the lowest paid are struggling the most. i think what would be great is some recognition of the general populatio

bbc news. the strikes have started in some places. in gateshead, union members of the north east ambulance service have begun their strike action. sharon barbour is on the picket linehering here - i will _ atmosphere? well, they have been gathering here - i will introduce i gathering here — i will introduce you to those who are on the picket line, but1000 members of you to those who are on the picket line, but 1000 members of unison have taken, are taking strike action today, orare have taken, are taking strike action today, or are expected to. gmb also on strike. let's go straight to some of those on the picket line. can i ask you, you are a paramedic, i understand this is your ambulance, why are you on strike? just understand this is your ambulance, why are you on strike?— why are you on strike? just a teneral why are you on strike? just a general decline _ why are you on strike? just a general decline of— why are you on strike? just a general decline of the - why are you on strike? just a general decline of the pay i why are you on strike? just a l general decline of the pay and conditions on the nhs. the pay is —— the system _ conditions on the nhs. the pay is

lines on playgrounds in england and wales. elaine dunkley, bbc news in manchester. it isa it is a 30 5am. john issue with the sport. plenty happening in australia. five british players in action playing of late? yes. might the way the defending champion has been playing of late?— has been playing of late? yes, it was nadal _ has been playing of late? yes, it was nadal 's _ has been playing of late? yes, it was nadal 's first _ has been playing of late? yes, it was nadal 's first win _ has been playing of late? yes, it was nadal 's first win of - has been playing of late? yes, it was nadal 's first win of the i was nadal �*s first win of the season. in fact, was nadal �*s first win of the season. infact, only was nadal �*s first win of the season. in fact, only a second win since the us open, which took place in september of last year. jack draper is a very dangerous first round opponent for anybody, even if your name is rafael nadal and you are a little bit out of form. for the first three and that it sets it was very competitive. there are lead by two sets to one. draper got the early break in the fourth. but at that point his body let him down. he was barely moving in the f

industrial action in the nhs so far, unless in the meantime a solution to this very damaging dispute can be found. john maguire, bbc news. in a moment we'll speak to hywel griffiths on a picket lineht? no, that's right. there was a glimmer of hope last week - sight? no, that's right. there was a glimmer of hope last week when i sight? no, that's right. there was a | glimmer of hope last week when the health secretary steve barclay held a meeting with health unions to discuss pay, we thought there might be some progress but so far there has been nothing concrete that has come out of that. and so today the picket lines will begin in about half an hour here at the royal sussex hospital in brighton. another 12 hour strike. more than 50 nhs trusts in england and impacted by this two—day walk—out, and it's not that there will be more disruption than last month because more staff are involved, and it's back to back days. the rcm union has said it feels like there is no choice but to take industrial action, because patients are already suffering because of staff shortages, because too many people are leaving the profession to get high—paying jobs elsewhere. the prime minister rishi sunak