if you want to share your opinion about what you see, read or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and or you can find us on twitter: you can call us: and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we are off the air over christmas and new year, but we will be back in three weeks time to hear more of your thoughts about bbc news coverage. goodbye and happy christmas. hello. scotland and northern ireland have the lion's share of friday's sunshine, even these areas are likely to turn cloudier as we go on through the weekend. a weekend which will for most places, bring plenty of cloud. despite that, it will be dry, it will gradually turn cooler as that weekend goes on, as well. there is an area of high pressure right across the united kingdom, giving plenty of settled weather as we go through the weekend. but trapped underneath that, there is a lot of cloud. now, where there have been clear spells overnight and into the morning, in scotland and northern england in particular, this is where we will wake up to the lowest temperatures and there will be frost in

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear, or read on bbc news, on tv, radio, onlineou can find us on twitter at... you can call us... and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us, we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. a big change in the feel of the weather through this weekend, with some milder air spreading from the west. but with that, a fair amount of cloud, some mist, and murk and hill fog and some outbreaks of rain at times. on the earlier satellite picture, a slice of clear sky, and where that clear sky remains, quite a cold start to saturday morning. the coldest weather of the whole weekend, in fact. out west, more cloud, and with that some milder weather, which is slowly but surely going to crawl its way eastwards through the day. so, temperatures in eastern parts starting the day below freezing, western areas well above. belfast at six, plymouth at eight degrees, and as we go through the day, the milder but cloudier and wetter conditions will work eastwards. so early sun

bbc news and they told us... thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, online n find us on twitter. you can call us. and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. we have a rather cold and windy weekend to come and there'll be some wet weather at times, especially on saturday — some showers or some showery rain and hill snow. drier for many on sunday. throughout the weekend, though, a chilly wind to contend with. what's going on? low pressure close to scotland as saturday begins will run south through the north sea as the weekend goes on. around it, showers or some longer spells of rain and hill snow, especially on saturday, and it's also dragging in another push of chilly air from the north—west. and it's not what those without power or working to restore power after storm arwen want to hear but it is going to be a rather cold weekend ahead with temperatures starting like this for saturday morning. just a few spots close to freezing, j

bbc news and they told us that thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, online and find us on twitter. you can call us. you have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us. we will be back to get your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. it was noticeably mild across southern areas today, further north, a little less so, but there was a lot of cloud around generally. best of the sunshine was across scotland. we change air masses, though, for the weekend, it's going to turn colder. there will be more sunshine around, but there will be showers, too, thanks to low pressure nearby. got some wet weather across the country at the moment, particularly across the south, and some showery bursts of rain pushing into much of scotland and northern ireland as well, thanks to these weather fronts. you can see the extent of the mild air slowly ebbing away now as colder air begins to invade in from the northwest through the course of tonight. so, plenty of showers around, these turning increasingly wintry, notjust over the h

if you want to share your opinions on what you see, read or hear him bbc news, on tv, radio, online andis all from us and we are off the air over christmas and new year but will be back in three weeks' time to hear more of your thoughts on bbc news coverage. hello there. we've seen mixed fortunes of the weather today with this area of high pressure in some areas of been chilly, but sunny all day. other areas have been really grey and gloomy with spots of drizzle. this area of high pressure isn't going anywhere fast. it's sticking around through the weekend bringing a lot of dry but cloudy weather. there will be some sunshine around, also some dense fog to watch out for. it will also be turning a bit cooler, i think you'll notice that during the course of sunday across more northern and eastern areas. tonight, we'll start to see a return to this dense fog across parts of northern and eastern england in particular. skies will be clearer further north and so it will be chilly here with the touch of frost further south. the thickest of the cloud means temperatures won't be quite as low. so,

bbc one every day, the 6pm news reaches nearly 6 million people every day. so there is still a place for the watershed because obviously, somewhere like bbc one or although tviously people are getting information and video, detailabout people are getting information and video, detail about stories and all sorts of different places. and so, perhaps it makes the watershed challenge a little bit more difficult when you are bearing all that in mind, as well somewhat obviously we are talking about three horrific cases democrat murder cases which, just by coincidence, ended up happening within a few weeks of each other. i wonder it happening within a few weeks of each other- iwonde— other. i wonder if the bbc does need to reassess — other. i wonder if the bbc does need to reassess how _ other. i wonder if the bbc does need to reassess how much and _ other. i wonder if the bbc does need to reassess how much and what i other. i wonder if the bbc does need to reassess how much and what kind| to reassess how much and what kind of coverage it does give to these kinds of stories? t of coverage it does give to these kinds of stories?— of coverage it does give to these k

news where you are. now on bbc news, as demand and prices soarfor dogs, bbc wales investigates the hidden world of designer dog breeding. it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tvot all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on camera, it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on camera, but he's it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on camera, but he's also been accused of being too partisan, having political views too obvious. so at a time when the future of channel 4 is up for grabs, his words have come under unprecedented scrutiny. jon snow, welcome to the media show. the first question, you have a few days left at channel 4 news. l have a few days left at channel 4 news. ., , have a few days left at channel 4 news. . , ., , ., news. i have every hope that phone call will come. _ news. i have every hope that phone call will come. then _ news. i have every hope that phone call will come. then

new infections in england. and still to come — productions boom. we take a look at the record amount being spent on making tv shows here in the uk. coming up on sportsday on the bbcthe balls back into the pot for a second time, after a technical problem declared the first set of ties void. alongside the surge in demand for designer dogs during lockdown, a bbc investigation has found networks of breeders offering to arrange to cut dogs' ears to create a look popular on social media. cropping a dog's ears is illegal in the uk — but bbc wales investigates has found fraudulent pet passports being offered to help hide the origin of illegally mutilated dogs. wyre davies reports. good boy, griff. you've been such a good boy. lockdown has been boom time for the dogs business. so these are what are known as micro bullies. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. these dogs were seized from a cardiff—based breeder. christopher may liked to show off and advertise his dogs online. he was recentlyjailed for breeding without a licence. he was also convicted of another crime, cutting off their ears. sadly, there is a demand for dog

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news, on tv, radio, online. england's cricketers suffer a nine—wicket defeat in the first ashes test in brisbane. and formula one fans gear up for one of the most anticipated races in history, lewis hamilton and max verstappen in a winner takes all grand prix. and most of us will notice temperatures rising a bit across the uk, but there is also a weather front. it's saturday the 11th of december. our main story. concern about the surge in omicron cases is dominating the news agenda this morning, as the covid infection rate reaches its highest level since early january. there are fresh calls for everyone eligible to get their boosterjab, after scientists warn that two vaccine doses aren't enough to stop you catching the new variant. we'll explore how that's affecting care home visiting rules in england in a moment, but first, here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. it is remarkable just how fast the omicron variant is spreading through a highly immunised population. new evidence suggests two doses of vaccine of

if you want to share your opinion about what you see, read or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online andded ”very soon”, to prevent a big rise in hospital admissions in england. i live at the vaccination centre in north london where they have been vaccinating throughout the night and they are hoping to hit 5000 jabs by they are hoping to hit 5000 jabs by the time they finish at 6pm and as you can see, the booster effort is continuing here apace. the glittterball trophy is up for grabs in tonight's strictly final. but aj and kai won't be on the dancefloor...they miss out because of injury. england wickets are tumbling in the second ashes test... captainjoe root, darvid malan and ollie pope all out with england still 300 runs behind. good morning. it's a largely dry but fairly cloudy weekend ahead and it is going to be feeling a bit colder than it has been lately. i'll bring you all the details, coming up shortly. it's saturday, 18th december. our main story. the uk's top civil servant has stepped down from leading an inquiry into downing street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event

and a "dramatic" increase — why spending on tv drama production in british studios is twice what it was before the pandemic. and coming up on the bbc news, manchester united against paris saint—germain, the highlight of the champions league last 16 draw. it will provide another chapter of ronaldo against messi in the spring. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister says at least one person has now died in the uk with the new omicron variant of coronavirus. the government says omicron is spreading at "phenomenal" speed. last night, borisjohnson ramped up the vaccination booster programme to combat the variant, offering the jab to all over—18s in england by the end of this month. well, so far, 40% of people eligible for the vaccine in the uk have received their booster. like england, scotland is aiming to offer all adults a third vaccine by the end of december, while wales has set a target of the end of january. in northern ireland, people over 30 are currently being offered third doses. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports on how the government now hopes to jab a million people a day. the race betw

netflix, amazon, disney — a multibillion—dollar global tv battle, and the uk is reaping the benefits. david sillito, bbc news, cardiff. now ons, it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show: heading back for the first time in over two years. let's go to gate! squeals this aussie girl is finally going home. laying on a special treat as a thankyou to thailand's monkeys. and how the aftermath of the second world war helped to create one of berlin's most famous takeaway snacks. but first, with the christmas holiday season beginning, many will be crossing their fingers for a return to something more like normality when compared to this time last year. particularly those expats heading home to family. and for australians who have been abroad during the pandemic, which includes myself, reuniting with family back home this year will be especially significant. there are a few things you have to do to go to australia. first of all, you need to be eligible to go to australia, it's not completely open, you have to be double vaccinated and be able to prove it, and then you get proof of that, you get an australia travel dec

one official called it heartbreaking. james reynolds, bbc news. joining me now is meteorologist lucy bergeman from weather nation tv who has been following the storyple but, from your perspective, how much of this did we expect? yes. but, from your perspective, how much of this did we expect?— of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you — of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for— of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having _ of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having us _ of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having us on. - of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having us on. we . of this did we expect? yes, jane, - thank you for having us on. we knew that this was going to be an overnight or at least late night into overnight severe weather events as early as wednesday said two days prior. ourstorm as early as wednesday said two days prior. our storm prediction set out looks as far as eight days in advance. it was elevated to a level four out of five threat which is only happens to other times in december in the last six years prior to last night and yesterday so we were ready. we were prepared fo

tv shows. next week's hit parade with peterjames barnard powell and gary davies. she'll be remembered as a female trailblazer and as someone with an infectious passion for music. now on bbc newshistory introduces us to some of the team's favourite films from the past 12 months. hello and welcome to witness history with me, here at the bbc in london. with more remarkable moments from the past as told by the people who were there. and in this episode, we present five of our most memorable recent eyewitness stories. coming up, remembering the founder of north korea. also, the forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes. why us police bombed philadelphia and afghanistan's first man in space. we start with the story of a true trailblazer who made history in 1960. she became the modern world's first female head of government when she was elected prime minister of sri lanka — or ceylon, as it was known. her daughter spoke to witness history. you are the first woman prime minister in the world. would this make your influence less or more strong? considerably more strong. do you think they'll be more capable than the problems than men are? that remains to be seen. my mother was incredible.

bbc news website. you�*ll find it at bbc.com/100women, where there�*s a feature on the surprising benefits of lifelike baby dolls and the meet the women tvaking part in a somewhat unusual science lesson. the pupils came from various cities in different parts of the country, but the people doing the teaching were a long way away. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. class begins, the children wait attentively, but giving teacher an apple may be a bit of a stretch. particularly when teacher is floating 400km up in space — wang yaping introducing her and her fellow astronauts from china�*s new space station. this is distance learning on a completely different scale. the three astronauts carried out a series of experiments in zero gravity, here comparing how buoyancy works both on earth and in space. some of the children even got to ask questions. "talking to the astronauts "has made me interested in the universe," said this student, "and now, i dream about space." "i think we young people "should also be ambitious and aspiring," said this boy, "and build our own spacecraft." after the hour was up, the lesson came to an end and the astronauts wav

bbc news and they told us... thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news, tv, radio, online socialof us, the rain would tend to clear from the south and west with sunshine and showers following, so for some it will tend to brighten up but for all of us today it will be quite a cold north or north—westerly wind with us. i will have the full breakfast forecast for the full weekend a bit later on. it's saturday 4th december. gps have been told by nhs england they can defer some of the services they provide to patients to allow doctors to deliver covid booster jabs instead. routine health checks for the over—755 and minor surgery could be affected. this comes as 75 new cases of the omicron variant have been identified in england, bringing the total number in the uk to 134. the government has also launched a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. lebo diseko reports. a new life amid the heartache of covid. this little boy born with the illness, and rushed to icu. his mother had to be intubated. now she's part of a government campaign e

since all main tv channels in russia show it live, it's wall—to—wall putin, a reminder, as if russians didn't know it, who's in charge here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us onocate to be closer to their families — and how that meant some had to move to a new country. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael who died of suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states trapps — more than three decades. the united states troops have _ more than three decades. the united states troops have been _ more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying - more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to - states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manwell, the pentagon says it's failed and its principal objective to capture him and taken to the united states to face drugs charges. the mega hammer and sickle was a slave taken away, the russian flag was hosted over what is now the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. the next day broke and made at the c's nose down in the

since all main tv channels in russia show it live, it's wall—to—wall putin — a reminder, as if russians didn't know it, of who's in charge here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us onreparing for his busiest night of the year. the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle| was hastily taken away. m its place. — the russian flag was hoisted over what is now— no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. | day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the to

and the tv presenter aj 0dudu is forced to pull out of tomorrow's strictly final after tearing a ligament in her ankle. and in sportsday at 6:30 on the bbc news... england endure another difficult day in the ashes, with victory in the second test looking increasingly unlikely. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. borisjohnson says he takes personal responsibility for the conservatives' crushing defeat in the north shropshire by—election. the liberal democrats overturned a huge conservative majority of almost 23,000 and won by nearly 6,000 votes. the shock result follows a torrid week for the prime minister, who has faced criticism over downing street parties and a rebellion by his own mps over covid measures. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. three, two, one! they might not do subtle... three, two, one! they might not do subtle--- it— three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns _ three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns out _ three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns out that _ three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns out that if - three, two, one! they might not do subt

bbc news, oxfordshire. the 2022 golden globes nominations are out, and benedict cumberbatch, olivia colman and sir kenneth branagh are among the british stars in the running for the awards. however, they won't be broadcast on tvr. it emerged that over 87 people who vote for the golden globes, the hollywood foreign press association, not one of them was black and not one black person had voted in the golden globes for almost two decades. the response was immediate. the time's up movement called for a boycott of the golden globes. 100 publicists said they would not let their clients do any interviews with members of the hollywood foreign press. then, the big one — nbc, who have the rights to the event. you can remember ricky gervais and tina fey hosting this awards show, they said they would not televise the awards in 2022. tom cruise handed back the three awards he'd won for the likes of magnolia. today, there was real interest to see what would happen with the nominations — would any stars want to be associated with them at all? will be in the next few hours start to hear stars say, "i don't want this nomination that i've been given for this film"? now, it's too early for that to happen yet. interestingly, th

all main tv channels in russia show it live, it's wall—to—wall putin, a reminder, as if russians didn't know it, of who's in charge here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. right, let's pick up onmitilla sagramoso. she's an expert on russian foreign and security policy from king's college london. dr sagramoso, the rigour to speak to you on bbc news. thank you very much for talking to us. i won't ask you a detail about a very, very long news conference, but in a sense president putin has achieved something and getting nato members and president biden to agree that this kind of talk could take place at all, because presumably they would say, it's a matter of the sovereignty of the individual country, nothing to do with russia.— do with russia. yes, i think from that point _ do with russia. yes, i think from that point of— do with russia. yes, i think from that point of view, _ do with russia. yes, i think from that point of view, putin - do with russia. yes, i think from that point of view, putin has - do with russia. yes, i think from that point of view, putin has got| that point of view, putin has got the attention of the west, the united states and nato allies, this has to be

bbc news. you can watch the full investigation — the hidden world of designer dog breeding — at 7.35pm tonight on bbc one wales and on the iplayer. if you've binge—watched any of the big international tvr the last seven or eight years. and also, the cost of these productions is leaping up. bridgerton, a netflix series made in the uk. what happened to your hand? boxing. an absurdity that passes for entertainment amongst men. the company says it's spending around $1 billion on productions in britain. in 2013, the amount spent on high end tv drama in the uk was around £400 million. this year, it's topped four billion. and driving this ten—fold increase are those tv giants netflix, hbo, disney and amazon. there are now more jobs in tv drama than steel and coal. i spoke to the boss of bad wolf, jane tranter. she feels the moment that changed everything was the decision to film game of thrones in northern ireland. 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

bbc news. strictly come dancing's aj odudu is on crutches, after injuring her foot ahead of the competition's final. the tving some thicker clouds, some patchy outbreaks of rain to northern ireland into the far north of england and in towards southern scotland, and it's pretty much stalling here through the day. to the north of it, bright with some sunshine, slice of bright weather through north wales, north midlands, northern england, then it's rather grey and gloomy across the south. the winds light for most, but quite breezy, even windy across the north and west of scotland. and like i mentioned, it is mild through this afternoon, those temperatures will be in double figures for most. now as we head on into this evening and overnight, that weak weather front begins to migrate northwards again, becoming confined to the north west of scotland by the end of the night. elsewhere, largely dry, quite a lot of cloud, particularly across southern areas. but where we get clear spells, northern, eastern england, perhaps north—east scotland, it could turn quite chilly with some fog patches developing. otherwise, f

since all main tv channels in russia show it live, it's wall—to—wall putin, a reminder, as if russians didn't know it, who's in charge here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. for more onn is saying that the economy is doing better, russia is rising up from the knees, but their life is definitely not getting better. and again he has an answer, it's all due to the west. of course, there was also a message, an external one, to the international audience. basically, he wants to show that he's ready for the negotiations next month and he has very strong position and a few very good points for a trade—off. so, what is his strong position, then? because he's continuously... today, he spoke about ukraine being historically a part of russia. we know that russia viewed ukraine as being little russia, part of russia. he cannot accept the sovereignty of ukraine. yes, mr putin is demanding from the west guarantees, some guarantees. what he is not explaining, why the independence of sovereign ukraine is a threat to russia and why the west should defend russia from that threat. the thing is, we don't know what's going on in his mind, but ukraine is only one point, you know, in that

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tv stardom in the 1980s and beyond. so, who better to narrate a retrospective of her fabulous life than damejoan herself? it's for a bbc two documentary, which is out on newery. good. more to the point, how are you? we have at the opportunity to see this extraordinary documentary, which takes you right back to when you were tiny. and i think in a way the writing was on the wall. would that be fair to say? you performed from a very, very young age? i do. from a very, very young age? i do, actuall . from a very, very young age? i do, actually- my _ from a very, very young age? i do, actually. my favourite _ from a very, very young age? i do, actually. my favourite review - from a very, very young age? i do, actually. my favourite review i - from a very, very young age? i do, actually. my favourite review i ever .ot actually. my favourite review i ever got was _ actually. my favourite review i ever got was t _ actually. my favourite review i ever got was i was in a play when i was at school, — got was i was in a play when i was at school, baby school, called why the fairies — at school, baby school, called why the fairies cried. when i was in brighton, _ the