the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness.s and most recently on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day surrounded by her family. the bbc�*s director general said she was a stellar presenter, who was loved and respected across the industry. earlier i spoke to ian mcnabb, band member of the icicle works and a close friend ofjanice. she was the best friend that you could hope to have, you know, i knew her for 40 years, exactly 40 years, and she started out on bbc radio merseyside. she had a programme called streetlife, which went out on a sunday night and she would play all the local acts. she gave everybody a chance, she loved music. i remember after our first interview on the show, as soon as the show finished we were next door in the pub and a friendship was cemented for life. she loved music, she really wanted to be able to play music, but as with many great broadcasters and music writers she did the next best thing, which was promote as many musical things that she enjoyed that she didn't think other people woul

the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness.tly on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day surrounded by her family. the bbc�*s director general said she was a stellar presenter who was loved and respected across the industry. many tributes being paid to her today. joining me now is ian mcnabb — band member of the icicle works and good friend ofjanice. we are sending you our condolences on what must be such a sad christmas for you, on what must be such a sad christmas foryou, learning on what must be such a sad christmas for you, learning of the death of janice. what was she like? she was the best friend _ janice. what was she like? she was the best friend that _ janice. what was she like? she was the best friend that you _ janice. what was she like? she was the best friend that you could - janice. what was she like? she was the best friend that you could hope| the best friend that you could hope to have, i knew herfor 40 years, exactly 40 years, and she started out on bbc radio merseyside. she had a programme called

the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died after a short illness.senter on radio 1, radio 2 and top of the pops. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. archbishop desmond tutu, who helped end the racial segregation and discrimination of south africa's apartheid era, has died aged 90. a friend of nelson mandela, he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984 for campaigning against apartheid. the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, said the death marked another chapter in the nation's farewell to a "generation of outstanding south africans". 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say, we will be free! desmond tutu was a man of hope. a south african priest who became one of the world two great moral voices. it was during south africa's long private struggle against white minority rule that desmond tutu rose to prominence. a diminutive priest, defying the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral! the system of t

the bbc radio presenter janice long, who was the first woman to have her own daily show on radio one,so the first woman to present top of the pops. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, looks back at her life. it's with a band who have been together for a year. they come from leighton buzzard. it's their first appearance on top of the pops. it's kajagoogoo with too shy. janice long making history. the first regular female host on top of the pops. it's u2 in at number 23 and new year's day. she ended nearly 20 years of men dominating the presenting line—up. i was absolutely thrilled to bits with the fact that i was introducing u2. and that doesn't get, you know, your first top of the pops! # all is quiet... show business ran in the family. herfirst tv appearance was alongside her younger brother, keith chegwin, on the children's show multi—coloured swap shop. hello, and welcome to the show. a year later shejoined radio 1, the first woman to have a daily show on the pop music station. the stadium was filled with 72,000 people. as well as being a voice recognised by millions on t

the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness., radio two, top of the pops and most recently on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day surrounded by her family. the director general of the bbc said she was a stellar presenter who was loved and respected across the industry. the motown singer wanda young, who sang the 1961 classic please mr postman, has died at the aged of 78. young was the lead singer of the marvelettes for several years in the 1960s, before going on to have a solo career. the marvelettes were widely regarded as first key female motown group. more now on the death of archbishop desmond tutu. lord peter hain is a former uk cabinet minister who spent his childhood in south africa and was a leading anti apartheid campaigner. thank you very much for being with us. an old man died and he has not beenin us. an old man died and he has not been in public view for a couple of years, but he is somebody who's reputation and image is implanted on everybody�*s mind. how big a figure was he, would you say, in the ca

the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness. the pops and most recently on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day, surrounded by her family. the bbc�*s director—general said she was a stellar presenter who was loved and respected across the industry. you are watching bbc news. hello, there has been some christmas snow to bring festive excitement in a few places but for parts of england, wales and northern ireland the christmas weather so far has just been about the heavy soaking rain. this is the latest weather system that has moved through bringing snow into the pennines and scottish hills today, turning increasingly light and patchy but yet again today the lion's share of christmas sun has been in northern scotland. in terms of the rain it has been a very wet christmas so far, in katesbridge in county down. since christmas day into the first part of boxing day, nearly 60 millimetres of rain. northolt in north—west london, half a month's worth of rain in that period, on the roads plenty of standing water and spray a

she told bbc radio 4 about her experience. you may find her story distressing. doing an internship at a well—known 5th ave retailer, and ghislaine maxwell came in one day, and i helped her. and she was just electrifying. you know, from almost the moment that we met, itjust seemed like we hit it off. she was absolutely magnetic, and we talked about several things while she was shopping that day. it was a really easy conversation that i had with her, and when she was done shopping, i offered to deliver her packages to her, which is something that i would frequently do for high—end clients, but i had a hard and fast rule, and that was i didn't deliver to anyone personally, i would only drop off to hotel concierge or to doormen. so when i called to arrange to deliver her packages that evening, i was instructed to bring them to a hotel in midtown manhattan that was close by to the store, and i dropped them at the concierge, and when i arrived at the concierge, i was told that ghislaine was in the bar area, and that she was with someone that she wanted me to meet. so

have heard reports of signs up outside pharmacies saying theyjust have no supply at the moment, bbc radios morning he said within an hour of getting a delivery of these lateral flow test kits, they are gone. big queues outside his pharmacy to pick them up. it really depends on where you live so that's the lateral flow tests. it is important because if people are thinking about mixing, especially over new year, they may well want to take a lateral flow before then so accessing kits could be important. that's what professor peter openshaw from imperial college warned about on the radio this morning saying it's very worrying indeed that people cannot get hold of these test kits, public health england, now the uk health security agency saying there will be 8 million more testing kits available before the new year. there is the potential of picking these up from pharmacies over the next couple of days if people are concerned. then you have the other side which is the pressure on the pcr testing capability, these are the ones you either take it home and send off or you go to a testing centre an

. - the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness.y on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day surrounded by her family. the director general of the bbc said she was a stellar presenter who was loved and respected across the industry. cricket: and it's been another difficult day for england at the start of the third ashes test in melbourne. they were bowled out for 185. at the close of play, australia, who lead the series 2—nil, were 61 for 1. victory in this match would seal the series for the home side. joe wilson has this report. a new match, a new beginning, for nine minutes. 0utfall zero, then the records at crawley, pat cummins got him for 12 which is why he won the toss and bold. melbourne's boxing day test as a spectator occasion, a huge ground and proof of vaccination was required, no restrictions on the capacity and no limits on pat cummings, got david mann for 1h but joe root at the touches were put him in a different class which put him 250, making the next bit so disappointing. cut out, and why? joe root could

the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness.she died at home on christmas day, surrounded by her family. the bbc�*s director—general said she was a stellar presenter who was loved and respected across the industry. the motown singer wanda young, who sang the 1961 classic please mr postman, has died at the aged of 78. #0h # oh yes, wait a # oh yes, waita minute, mr postman... young was the lead singer of the marvelettes for several years in the nineteen sixties, before going on to have a solo career. hello, there has been some christmas snow to bring festive excitement in a few places but for parts of england, wales and northern ireland the christmas weather so far has just been about the heavy, soaking rain. through, bringing snow into the pennines and scottish hills today, turning increasingly light and patchy but yet again today the lion's share of christmas sun has been in northern scotland. in terms of the rain, it has been a very wet christmas so far, in katesbridge in county down. nearly 60 millimetres of rain. northolt in

live commentary on bbc radio 5 live from one _ live commentary on bbc radio 5 live from one o'clock. the premier league — where the top three all scored winning penalties. steven gerrard returned to his former club liverpool for the first time as a manager — but left disappointed after a 1—0 defeat. the aston villa boss received a warm reception from the anfield crowd as expected. it took the home side over an hour to break the deadlock, mo salah fouled in the box by tyrone mings. salah stepped up to convert the penalty — the win leaves liverpool in second place, a point behind manchester city. the penalty decision left steven gerrard unhappy. we are on a journey, we are at the beginning of it. it's about belief and confidence. there's a lot of positives to take from the game today, in certain areas of the game. but this is the level we're striving for. liverpool were good at times today, but we've lost it, in our opinion, to a soft penalty. because when you watch it properly, tyrone�*s fouled first. and ultimately, being fouled, he's led to fouling salah, and the disappointing thing

follow day three of the third ashes test in melbourne tonight over on the bbc sport website and bbc radioourse that means the rest of this year, is all about exceptionally high temperatures. this chart shows the temperature compared with the average. as these deep red colours spread northwards across the chart, that shows that temperatures will be significantly higher than we'd expect them to be at this time of year. daytime highs of 16—17 degrees, some very mild nights. there will be some rain at times as well, and during tuesday, it's this area of low pressure responsible for bringing some wet weather. and on the southern flank of that low, also some quite windy weather. so, as our area of low pressure slides eastwards, we will see outbreaks of rain through the morning across parts of england and wales. a lot of mist and murk and low cloud around as well. should brighten up from the west. northern ireland and scotland certainly turning brighter by the afternoon. once any early fog has lifted, there should be quite a lot of sunshine around. relatively light winds in the north, but down t

speaking to bbc radio nottingham's sarahjulian, mr.acts. this is a huge, huge building, literally with hundreds and hundreds of offices and rooms. no single person could account for what is happening in those buildings. they are huge buildings. when summary makes a serious allegation like there was a christmas party, that requires a proper investigation to establish the facts and it is a serious allegation and i accept that and people would be upset if they thought they were christmas parties. earlier nusrat ghani vice chair of the influential 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps spoke to nick robinson on bbc radio 4's today programme. everybody has to respond equally to the restrictions and pay the penalty equally of those restrictions are broken. to equally of those restrictions are broken. ., ., , ., broken. to translate, if there were arties in broken. to translate, if there were parties in downing _ broken. to translate, if there were parties in downing street, - broken. to translate, if there were l parties in downing str

in a conversation with the former british chief of defense staff on bbc radio 4, he said that he hadmade a scapegoat for afghanistan's crisis. he said his only mistake was to trust his international partners, including the united states. our chief international correspondent reports. reporter: chaos in kabul. the upheaval of august. afghans fleeing for the airport, and the taliban swept in. even president ghani slipped away secretly in a helicopter. in statements on social media, he said he did it to save kabul and his life. now he has spoken about that day . >> what was your memory of when you woke up that day? >> on the morning of that day i had no inkling that by late afternoon i would be leaving. with the national security advisor. they came and said pps has collapsed. if i take a stand, they will all be killed. and they were not able of defending me. he was literally terrified. they did not give me more than two minutes. >> the u.s. congress has recently asked for afghanistan to investigate allegations that when you left the country, a certain amount of money went with you. >> i

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in a conversation with the former british chief of defence staff, general sir nick carter for the bbc radioad been made a scapegoat for afg hanistan�*s crisis. he said his only mistake was to trust his international partners, including the united states. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet reports. chaos in kabul. the upheaval of august. afghans, fleeing for the airport when the taliban swept in. even president ashraf ghani. he slipped away secretly, in a helicopter. in statements on social media, he said he did it to save kabul and his life. now, he has spoken about that day, and forces meant to protect him - the pps. what was your sort of memory of when you woke up that day? on the morning of that day, i had no inkling that by late afternoon i would be leaving. dr mohib, the national security advisor, with the chief of pps came and they said pps has collapsed. if i take a stand, they will all be killed. and they were not capable of defending me, and dr mohib the us congress i think has recently asked john sopko, the us inspector general for afghanistan, to investigate alleg

there is also updates on bbc radio 5 live. i will be back later on. een affected by testing delays. and doctors and pharmacists are warning of �*patchy�* supplies of tests. as europe and the us also report record covid infection rates, the head of the world health organisation says the virus is straining health care systems and staff around the world. the european court of human rights, has urged russia to suspend the shutdown of the country's oldest human rights group — memorial international. and, the life of archbishop desmond tutu has been celebrated at memorial services outside his home injohannesburg, and at an interfaith ceremony in cape town.

there is also updates on bbc radio 5 live. i will be back later on. this is bbc news, the headlines... the uk announces a record 183,000 new daily coronavirus cases — although figures have been affected by testing delays. and doctors and pharmacists are warning of �*patchy�* supplies of tests. as europe and the us also report record covid infection rates, the head of the world health organisation says the virus is straining health care systems and staff around the world. the european court of human rights, has urged russia to suspend the shutdown of the country's oldest human rights group — memorial international. and, the life of archbishop desmond tutu has been celebrated at memorial services outside his home injohannesburg, and at an interfaith ceremony in cape town. now on bbc news, it's time for weather world. sarah keith—lucas and nick miller find out how climate change is affecting the scottish ski industry and look back at 2021's biggest storms. this time on weather world, i'm in scotland, the country that hosted the 2021 cop climate summit. an

and the winner of the sound of 2022 will be announced injanuary on bbc news and bbc radio i.ry, the rain becoming confined to the north sea in the evening, a mixture of showers in the evening, a mixture of showers in the evening rush hour and it is going to start to feel quite chilly, temperatures dropping below freezing across some parts of north—east scotland, a cold night ahead, the shower is a mixture of rain hail and slow could fade away, icy conditions in the morning, temperatures drop to freezing or below for the start of the tuesday morning commute. here are the first signs of the storm pushing on, strengthening whence heavy rains preceded by sleet and snow across northern ireland but some of the big impacts will be around the coast. gail is developing elsewhere with rain turning to sleet and snow across the pennines and parts of... whence continue to strengthen, and snow could have an impact in the north of england and scotland for the tuesday evening commute. this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines: a ten year strategy for dealing with drug abuse in engla

professor neil ferguson — who sits on the group — told bbc radio 4 that the situation looks precarious 0micron is in london, very obviously now, but it is not obvious in every region, so we think 0micron is doubling in case numbers every three days or so at the moment and that will become more apparent across the entire country in the coming week. the thing we are most anxiously looking at and analysing is what is happening to hospitalisation numbers, because that is really the key indicator in terms of how well we are coping with this epidemic. and we see quite a significant surge of hospitalisations in london, the region which is most ahead, but less of an indication in other regions. 0ne bit of good news is that the booster programme really has accelerated this week. we were up to nearly 900,000 boosters given yesterday and that has almost doubled in the matter of the few days and everything we can do to boost immunity in the population is going to be good news going forward. 0k. but as far as hospitals are concerned, we can see from the leaked minutes of sage that they say without

before he flew to america, journalist colm flynn sat down with andrea bocelli in florence for a bbc radioelsis they are. italian tenor andrea bicelli has sold over 19 million albums, performed across the globe and for a christmas special on the bbc world service, he is giving a rare interview here in florence. andrea bocelli, when you think back to your childhood growing up here in italy, are there any memories that stand out for you from christmas time, any strong memories, that excitement, that magic? translation: i that magic? translation: , , ., ., translation: i remember my dad, one ear, for translation: i remember my dad, one year. for almost — translation: i remember my dad, one year, for almost the _ translation: i remember my dad, one year, for almost the entire _ translation: i remember my dad, one year, for almost the entire year, - year, for almost the entire year, every evening after dinner, would go into a room and do something in secret. then, on christmas eve, i discovered what he had done. he had built an electric train set. with all the tunnels and the tracks and the swi

the bbc radio presenterjanice long, who was the first woman to have her own daily show on radio i, has a broadcasting career that spanned five decades, she was also the first woman to present top of the pops. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, looks back at her life. it's with a band who have been together for a year, they come from leighton buzzard. it's their first appearance on top of the pops, it's kajagoogoo with too shy. janice long making history. the first regular female host on top of the pops. it's u2 in at number 23 and new year's day. she ended nearly 20 years of men dominating the presenting line—up. i was absolutely thrilled to bits with the fact that i was introducing u2. and that doesn't get, you know, your first top of the pops! # all is quiet... show business ran in the family. herfirst tv appearance was alongside her younger brother, keith chegwin, on the children's show multi—coloured swap shop. hello, and welcome to the show. a year later shejoined radio i, the first woman to have a daily show on the pop music station. the stadium was filled with 72,000

chris martin announced news on bbc radio 2 this week.ay will continue to tour and maybe collaborate with other artists. >>> still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> another busy day. staffing issues causing airlines to cancel flights today. >>> a live look outside before break from our mark hopkins camera. it is 5:57. we'll be right back. say hello to 2022 with xfinity and you'll get fast and reliable internet for only nineteen ninety-nine a month for twelve months. plus, you can get twelve times the speed for the same price when you add xfinity mobile. that's more speed and more value. say hello to kicking off the year with this amazing offer. and with xfinity mobile, you can get a 5g phone on us and three hundred dollars back during our xfinity hello twenty twenty-two sales event! click, call or visit a store today! here in california, we believe in what if? after all, if is our middle name. like, what if we could go surfing and skiing in the same day? boom! what if we could have the moon and the stars what if we could r

follow day three of the third ashes test in melbourne tonight over on the bbc sport website and bbc radio low cloud, mist and fog around as well, but that rain will tend to clear eastwards through the day. brighter skies following on behind. i think the best of the afternoon sunshine for northern ireland and scotland. relatively light winds in the north, but gusts of 40—50 mph for some western and southern coasts, maybe even a little stronger than that in the most exposed places. 12 degrees across south wales and southern england, just 5—6 across northern scotland, so still quite a range in temperatures for the time being. and then as we head through tuesday night into wednesday, after a drier, quieter interlude, we see more rain pushing in from the south—west. temperatures — ten degrees in plymouth, two in aberdeen. the coldest weather still to be found across the north of the uk, but the milder weather will spread northwards as we head towards the end of the week, exceptionally high temperatures with some rain at times. this is bbc news — i'm christian fraser with the latest headlines f

eliot's poetry on bbc radio 4, which is a very kind of posh thing and i know that i'm going to get tot.s. eliot is an anti-semite we know it the point is where is the reaction to that in a trigger space that we exist in, from microaggression against all minorities, why is twitter not alive with fury at that and statues of t.s. eliot being toppled? i'm not asking for that to happen i'm asking why there is no conversation about that. >> seth: and why -- it must have occurred to you and your publishers as well, coming at it from a comedian's perspective, it doesn't seem like necessarily a topic that would be rich for, you know, sort of comic mining of the material. what made you decide to want to approach it in the first place >> well, i don't just do comedy. i've become -- as i get older, i find, as i get older, i'm allowed to talk about serious stuff. >> seth: yeah. >> there is jokes in it. i talk about, in fact, meeting a jewish football commentator who interviewed me once and told me once he wasn't jewish. and then i met him later at the world cup in japan in a sauna and he was [ lau

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

helen catt, who is a reporter i know very well, | who is a reporter i know very well, with bbc radio fore she became the bbc�*s political correspondent, told me last night that she had it on good authority that food had been brought in, drink had been brought in, entertainment had been brought in, entertainment had been brought in, and that sounds to me like a party. if that was a party, it was wrong and it shouldn't have happened. underthose wrong and it shouldn't have happened. under those circumstances, under lockdown. then we are facing another barnard castle moment, aren't we? d0 another barnard castle moment, aren't we?— aren't we? do you think it is as serious as _ aren't we? do you think it is as serious as that? _ aren't we? do you think it is as serious as that? when - aren't we? do you think it is as serious as that? when the - aren't we? do you think it is as i serious as that? when the prime minister's top eight allegedly broke the rules by driving from london to durham when covid restriction suggested that people should not do that. you'll macro potentially i think it is

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

you can listen on fm, digital radio or via bbc sounds.sonnel swarmed the campus. a pair of sheriff's deputies apprehended a suspect within minutes. he did not give us any resistance when he was taken into custody. he's not cooperating with us at this point. we have talked to the parents, and all i can tell you is they didn't want their son to talk to us and they've hired an attorney. investigators say the alleged shooter is a 15—year—old sophomore at the school. they say the boy was armed with a semiautomatic handgun and had several magazines with him. they believe he acted alone, but said it remains unclear what prompted the rampage. the person that's got the most insight of the motive is not talking. so if we find anything in any of the evidence that we've seized, whether it be a phone dump or any evidence that was seized from the home, obviously that leads towards motive, that will be something we're very much looking for. the dead include a 16—year—old boy and two girls. one was 17 years old, and the otherjust14. the american author,

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, onlinean 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,

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,

and the winner of the sound of 2022 will be announced injanuary on bbc news and bbc radio one.group. i�*m gobsmacked, to be honest with you. four seasons says its structure doesn�*t affect the care it provides, and the homes continue to operate. but business experts say the complexity and use of offshore companies makes it difficult to work out where that money goes. it should surely be the case that these structures should be transparent. they should either bring them onshore, or else they should be required to disclose the full finances of the entire group. it's as simple as that. the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt says in a sector looking after vulnerable people, government reforms should include more checks on company finances. there is a real opportunity now to lay down a long—term plan for the sector, and to channel private sector investment in the way we want. that could be a very positive thing. at the moment, it�*s the wild west out there. the government says it�*s up to local authorities to ensure providers offer good care, improve staff conditions

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news, on tv, radio, online 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. it's been quite a chilly day and we've got a cold night on the way, a widespread frost expected in the early hours of saturday morning, particularly across eastern and central areas of the uk. many towns and cities will fall to around freezing or below. but out towards the west, not quite so cold — in fact by the stage, on saturday the weather will be turning mild or as an advancing warm front brings cloud and also some outbreaks of rain. of course i say warm front relatively warm for this time of year, because it won't be all that warm at all. in fact, cloudy with outbreaks of rain lasting all afternoon — yes, it's 12 celsius out towards the west but not particularly appealing. 6—8 c for the east of the country, still fairly nippy on saturday, anywhere from aberdeen down to norwich. it'll turn milder as we head to

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for all other travel news tune in to your local bbc radio station.ough the early hours of friday. the minimum temperature dropping down to three celsius. a bright start from any of us tomorrow morning. again, the wind starts to strengthen and veers from the north—west through tomorrow. we will have the sunshine but it will feel cold. that cold air, however, is moved out of the way through saturday and sunday, much milder conditions. we are looking at rain for saturday with the milder air. sunday perhaps drier. the temperature reaching 14 celsius by the end of the weekend. i'm back in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. covid passes, working from home and the wider use of facemasks, as plan b is brought into force in england. we know that of the remorseless lo-ic we know that of the remorseless logic of— we know that of the remorseless logic of exponential growth could lead to— logic of exponential growth could lead to a — logic of exponential growth could lead to a

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hamilton had briefly taken the lead, the staff 2nd, and there is live commentary on the bbc sport website and also radio. let's look at some other new stories in the news today. great britain and serbia have been awarded wildcards into next year's davis cup finals. great britain were knocked out at the quarter—final stage of this year's competition. despite losing 53—63 today, england roses have wrapped up a series win againstjamaica, having won the first two of the three match series in nottingham. the contest was rearranged after coronavirus travel restrictions meant it was postponed back in january. england will defend their commonwealth games title in birmingham next year. and the england boxing national amateur championships are at the semi—final stage in cannock — you can follow the action on the bbc sport website. and the uk snooker championship final is underway in york, best of 19 frames for the title decider between belgium's luca brecel and china's zhao xintong — and it's zhao who leads 5—3 after the first session. so let's get the thoughts of the jason mohammed and the bbc sport team coverin

you can get all the latest news and reaction to that on the bbc sport website and also on radio 5 livet to listen to, but from me of the sports, the sportsday team, have a lovely evening, goodbye. hello there. it's been quite a cold start to december. it felt chilly over the weekend and in the week ahead we will keep on this quite cold air, the risk of frost most nights and then some snow for northern hills, some windy weather on tuesday will be quite a talking point, i imagine. we have a band of wet weather pushing east during monday, briefly some snow over northern hills and then it will be replaced by sunshine, blustery showers in western areas, wintry in western parts of scotland and a chilly wind. temperatures similar in many places to what we had on sunday but milder in the south—west of england and south wales. things go downhill on tuesday, this is the next named storm, a rapidly deepening area of low pressure heading to the uk, that has been named by the irish met service where we are more likely to have a bigger impact as far as the uk is concerned, just around 50 mph, strong

team, thank you for watching, and have a very happy christmas wherever you are and stay tuned radio two bbcriod, mainly across the hills of the northern half of the uk. further south, it'll tend to be milder, so any precipitation will be rain. and we've got areas of low pressure pushing into the south west, and they're weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. as these weather fronts slowly push north—eastwards into that stubborn area of colder air which is sitting to the north—east of the country, then this is where we're likely to see some of that rain turn to snow. so, we're starting christmas day morning off on a very cold, frosty note across scotland, the far north of england, but less cold, milder for northern ireland in towards wales and the south west. but here, we have more of the cloud, outbreaks of rain, which will be slowly spilling northwards and eastwards through the course of the day. quite a bit of cloud for most of england, but the far north of england, scotland off that cold, frosty start, will be dry and sunny throughout the day. maybe just the odd wintry shower around,

for all other travel news tune in to your local bbc radio station. you get a fairly good idea of what is going to happen again today because it is looking very similar weather wise. plenty of cloud here in stoke newington, cloudy skies in richmond, a bit of brightness on offer in twickenham. we could see some brighter spells perhaps developed again today. once again a very mild start to the morning, temperatures and high single figures, it is grey, misty and murky out there. a few spots of light patchy drizzle from the thickness of the cloud but it will stay dry. just the cloud not too far away, hints of something brighter through the afternoon encouraged by the south—westerly wind, top temperatures of a very mild 12 or 30 — chris 13 celsius, similar to yesterday, high the time of year. similar overnight, mistand murky reforming, temperatures down to high single figures into wednesday morning. may be the best chance of something a bit brighterforming towards northern areas for the afternoon, high pressure dominate so it is staying mild through the we

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