i sold the majority stake in my business the cheshire _ it?eshire cheese - it? i sold the majority stake in my - business the cheshire cheese company to a large organisation. the overriding desire for this was that we completely lost the eu market after the transition. we needed an opportunity to grow again because we have stagnated because we are trapped on a small island trying to fish in the same pond at the moment. the organisation is a third—generation cheshire cheese maker so it was an obvious chance to do —— obvious choice to align ourselves with them and to regain ourselves with them and to regain our direction. ourselves with them and to regain our direction-— ourselves with them and to regain our direction. why was the business attract? we — our direction. why was the business attract? we lost _ our direction. why was the business attract? we lost our _ our direction. why was the business attract? we lost our consumer - attract? we lost our consumer market, our— attract? we lost our consumer market, our website _ attract? we lost our

perhaps running into the irish sea, affecting north wales, perhaps in towards north—west england, the cheshiresleet and snow showers pretty much anywhere in the north and the west. again, central southern areas in the best of the sunshine, but it will be another very cold day. as we move towards the end of this upcoming week and then into the following weekend, it does look like we're staying in the cold air. mass areas of low pressure loitering around could enhance sleet and snow activity at times, but at this far out, it's a little bit uncertain to the details of these areas of low pressure. but i think one things for certain, for the upcoming week and beyond, it looks like we're staying in the cold air mass. it really will be cold, overnight frost and increasing chance of snow, particularly across northern areas. this is bbc news. the headlines at six: the father of a four—year—old girl on a ventilator with a strep a infection, warns other parents to be alert to the symptoms and act quickly. cameela burns was admitted to liverpool's alder hey children's hospital earlier this week. any doubt

cheshire east council mayor. we have been given these funds from day one.om dossa his chops. anyway, thank you very much, ashley . his roxy , the front dog ashley. his roxy, the front dog . that's your dog, ma'am? yeah you are. yeah, absolutely. count on as well, hamster man these days, mate , i suppose just with days, mate, i suppose just with dog madeleine. i've been doing fortnight fees because i was rehoming a dog wasn't the dog of the exactly. yes. which the week exactly. yes. which we have success yeah have some success over. yeah exactly. yeah. well he doesn't look happy though he look very happy though does he now all right. now rehome you, roxy. all right. i if want anyway, i mean, if you want anyway, roxy, got roxy, i'm sure, has got a wonderful mix, says poppy the dog fed up with flying, dog is fed up with flying, catching the train. so she's going by car, puppy. oh, these are lovely looking dogs. she's got liz jumper . got little liz on a jumper. looks illegal now. yeah yeah. try a drive. it'll good and cow can just say controversial. we okay, c

perhaps running into the irish sea, affecting north wales, perhaps in towards north west england, the cheshirevery cold day. towards the end of this upcoming week, into the following weekend, it looks like we are staying in the cold air mass, areas of low pressure loitering could enhance sleet and snow activity at times but this far out it looks a little uncertain as to the details of these areas of low pressure but i think one thing is for certain, for the upcoming week and beyond it looks like we are staying in the cold air mass. it really will be cold, overnight frosts and increasing chance of snow particularly across northern areas. hello and welcome to bbc news. the knockout stages of the world cup in qatar are underway, and the first two teams through to the quarter finals are argentina and the netherlands. the dutch beat the us, while argentina were inspired by lionel messi, as he attempts to help his country win a third world cup, in what's likely to be his last attempt at the sport's ultimate prize. emily brown has the details through to the world cup quarter—final, two—time

with over 350 years of history yield cheshire cheese is one of london's oldest pups writers. charles dickens and mark twain are said to a pass through here. pub is short for public house, a public place where all are welcome. each pub has its own stories. a fact that co author steward, husband, especially values. i have talking pirate here, who could apparently perfectly imitate the pop of a champagne cork and go gluck noise as the champagne was poured into a glass. and that is to be his party peace. and apparently he did it so much during armistice they were one that they were one entered. it did so many pox and drug drugs that he fainted dead off his perch with the exertion. so i love pops who stories like that, and the parrot actually is just behind us, but football right now. in east london, the focus is on collin airy, delights with gastro pups like the marksman. have long been real competition for restaurants. in 2017, the michelin guide, named it pub of the year. it's a model that's working. this country has had a huge amount of pups because they were the main focus of

perhaps running into the irish sea, affecting north wales, perhaps in towards north west england, the cheshireshine, but it will be another very cold day. as we move towards the end of this upcoming week and into the following weekend, it does look like we are staying in the cold air mass. areas of low pressure loitering around could enhance sleet and snow activity at times, but at this far out, it's a little uncertain to the details of these areas of low pressure but i think one thing is for certain — for the upcoming week and beyond, it looks like we're staying in the cold air mass. it really will be cold. 0vernight frosts and increasing chance of snow, particularly across northern areas. this is bbc news, i'm vishala sri—pathma. our top stories: joy for argentina as lionel messi scores as they reach the quarterfinals of the world cup. president zelensky critcises the price cap on russian oil imposed by the west, claiming it's too weak to cause serious damage. and as temperatures plummet in ukraine, we hearfrom people facing winter without power or adequate shelter. the father of a four—year

perhaps running into the irish sea, affecting north wales, perhaps in towards north—west england, the cheshireine, but it will be another very cold day. as we move towards the end of this upcoming week and then into the following weekend, it does look like we're staying in the cold air. mass areas of low pressure loitering around could enhance sleet and snow activity at times, but at this far out, it's a little bit uncertain to the details of these areas of low pressure. but i think one things for certain, for the upcoming week and beyond, it looks like we're staying in the cold air mass. it really will be cold, overnight frost and increasing chance of snow, particularly across northern areas. i'm luxmy gopal with the latest bbc news. there's been more criticism of moves to put a cap on the price of russian oil, this time from ukraine. the limit of $60 dollars a barrel was agreed on friday, by the european union and the g7. it's part of a concerted attempt to restrict funding for russia's war in ukraine. but president zelensky says the cap will not be viewed as a serious decision in moscow. tr

there was no longer a need for this, indeed already in the world to build scarlett according to cheshire was a professor at the university of villena, and he studied in paris, studied in st. petersburg. he did not need to make sacrifices in order for all this to stand here, and even without any sacrifices, the palace stood for 200 years. do you think i'll stop there, there is another myth in stock at number three, but as for the six-pointed star? uh, the six-pointed star in the 19th century was not associated with state judaism, israel it was just a historically quite popular symbol. this is a copy of the balcony grille of the main facade, and on the other balcony grille there was an ancient greek ornament , a melange ornament, but this does not mean that the bulgars by the ancient greeks also does not mean that they were jews. okay, then the last myth. suddenly, after all, it is not a myth, but whether they were underground passages or not, and often people perceive engineering communications as underground passages, our palace was quite modern for the 19th century here, but there was a

well. snow cheshire gap as well.nd. showers continuing for scotland. that remains in place. that warning remains in place. temperatures struggling temperatures really struggling 2 to 5 celsius. the very max. temperatures really struggling 2 to 5 celsius. the very max . and to 5 celsius. the very max. and as soon as that sun sets on friday night, we'll see that frost developing quite widely on the map as well with light winds and a bit more across england and a bit more across england and wales , some dense freezing and wales, some dense freezing fog patches will develop this course of disruption if you're travelling on friday and travelling later on friday and indeed early on saturday morning. once again though, temperatures falling well below freezing i think across some of the snow covered fields in scotland, we could see lows of minus ten. so biting cold start to the saturday morning as we go through saturday. then we keep some snow showers feeding in across parts of wales, right near the coast. but snow inland as

well. snow cheshire gap as well.nd. showers continuing for scotland. that remains in place. that warning remains in place. temperatures struggling temperatures really struggling 2 to 5 celsius. the very max. temperatures really struggling 2 to 5 celsius. the very max . and to 5 celsius. the very max. and as soon as that sun sets on friday night, we'll see that frost developing quite widely on the map as well with light winds and a bit more across england and a bit more across england and wales , some dense freezing and wales, some dense freezing fog patches will develop this course of disruption if you're travelling on friday and travelling later on friday and indeed early on saturday morning. once again though, temperatures falling well below freezing i think across some of the snow covered fields in scotland, we could see lows of minus ten. so biting cold start to the saturday morning as we go through saturday. then we keep some snow showers feeding in across parts of wales, right near the coast. but snow inland as

senior electron astrophysics at the university, a central anxious she joined us now by soon from cheshire, here in the u. k. so, as he was saying it's, it's, it's 50 years ago to the time this is actually that they've picked an excellent time for it. since humans last landed on the moon, it feels like there is a new generation preparing to explore space. what makes this different from the apollo era? well, this is a lot bigger than the ambition of a polar mean. polar was an a vicious program to take people to the moon for the 1st time and do all the science experiments that they did. but the aim as you were hearing there is actually not just to go back and do the same sort of things. this was done during apollo, but to go back to actually build a base to plan, to stay there for the long term. so to have astronauts up there in a similar kind of way that we've had a permanent mind presence in space for the last couple of decades with the international space station. so actually doing more in the way of long duration presence on the moon. getting that technology, right, testing bits of techn

in cheshire, another mum who says she's worried about her family's health.'ve lived here for so long. she says she's written to her mp. i've tried getting mould remover and everything. literally, everything i tried to get rid of it. and then there's, like, leaks coming through here. charlotte says it's been like this for four years. drained. drained with just not being listened to at all. i want these two safe. i actually went to bed crying my eyes out, thinking, i've got mould in my house, am i...? is anything going to happen to my children? charlotte's home is managed by your housing group. it says inspectors believe patches of black they saw were due to condensation and no damp was recorded in the walls. here, some tenants feel they are not being heard. social housing providers say they are. broken relationships that still need to be fixed, after the shocking findings of awaab ishak�*s inquest. fiona trott, bbc news. it's now a week since china abruptly lifted its most severe covid restrictions, ditching a zero tolerance policy, and moving towards "living

and showers cheshire gap as and snow showers continuing for scotland.ace temperatures struggling temperatures really struggling 2 to 5 celsius. the very max and as soon as that sun sets on friday night we'll see that frost developing quite widely on.the frost developing quite widely on. the map as well with lighter winds and a bit more across england and wales , some dense england and wales, some dense freezing fog patches develop. this could cause some disruption if you're travelling later on friday and indeed early on saturday morning. once again though, temperatures falling well below , freezing i think well below, freezing i think across some of the snow covered fields in scotland, we could see lows of minus ten. so biting cold start to the saturday morning as we go through saturday. then we keep some snow showers feeding in across parts of wales, right near the coast, but snow inland as we come further elsewhere across the country, there will be still some plenty sunshine around, but some plenty sunshine around, but some freezing patches some of th

cheshire is are you as cow? cheshire is answer to that. and has put answer to that.s put some on monologue some very calm was on monologue in got no time to in that but i've got no time to pummel the country just as well not quite in the mood. dan wilson for dan wootton wilson joins me for dan wootton tonight got coming tonight down. what he got coming up. to continue up. well we're going to continue that you were that discussion you were just having about this woman having patrick about this woman you know and josie forlani and whether her claims quote unquote race ism and abuse at buckingham palace were actually so far slammed that we have just as is society cancelled a very brief woman, lady susan hussey for no good reason. it's so petronella wyatt is here she has close to lady hussey many many years she says if lady and susan hussey is a racist then she an ornamental fountain . so we are going to be fountain. so we are going to be putting the site of the story, patrick, that you're not getting else in the place. my reaction and i know you hated it. what she knew

a pilot project could see 2,000 households in cheshire swap their existing gas appliances for hydrogen—poweredare causing concern for some residents, who are worried about safety and costs. 0ur climate and environment correspondent, jonah fisher, has that story. "you have been asked to be part of a pioneering proposal to switch from natural gas supply to hydrogen." have you been asked? no. not at all. we've not been asked. you are it! whitby could become the first part of the uk to turn off natural gas completely and become what's being called a hydrogen village. all our methane gas boilers are due to be phased out from 2035, and this pilot project is the government exploring options for what happens next. hydrogen's big advantage is that it doesn't release the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide when it burns, but you do need energy to make it, and currently, less than 1% is made using renewable energy, with the rest coming from — you guessed it — fossil fuels. the people who live here are being told that by swapping to hydrogen, they'll be doing their bit to cut carbon emissions and fight climate

cheshire is are you as cow? cheshire is answer to that. and has put answer to that.s put some on monologue some very calm was on monologue in got no time to in that but i've got no time to pummel the country just as well not quite in the mood. dan wilson for dan wootton wilson joins me for dan wootton tonight got coming tonight down. what he got coming up. to continue up. well we're going to continue that you were that discussion you were just having about this woman having patrick about this woman you know and josie forlani and whether her claims quote unquote race ism and abuse at buckingham palace were actually so far slammed that we have just as is society cancelled a very brief woman, lady susan hussey for no good reason. it's so petronella wyatt is here she has close to lady hussey many many years she says if lady and susan hussey is a racist then she an ornamental fountain . so we are going to be fountain. so we are going to be putting the site of the story, patrick, that you're not getting else in the place. my reaction and i know you hated it. what she knew

one of my favorite cheshire, a brochure. really amazing. amazing chef. i love his food. so son has been married for more than 30 years. my husband july. really do miss each other. i by chance she kid, we my father, you saddle furniture. so she came up to to buy furniture and i saw her. and as soon as i saw her to see the girl, a good very truth, no joke. the couple has 2 children. garret abdulla is $31.00 and they have a 32 year old daughter. both still live at home. my son lives are tammy and he's got my daughter, my son. yes, of course. and my daughter lives upstairs. but at the same house position on your traditional to they don't leave a home until they're married. oh, that's the tradition here. and i want them to get married and stay with miss wagner . if we can, i don't think they will. if we can buy the land next next door and build their houses and have them out and do a small opening so i can see them every day in they say bahrain is plagued by stereotypes about the gulf states and tell a story about friends of there's a french couple, we invited him and his wif

cheshire cat. and what are they doing there, how that, as it should happen. i really want to introduce you to mary in whose life you need to add the inspiration of magic. and, of course , comfort, so now we start with you adventure together with masha in wonderland. hello i am recording this video from the city of lyubertsy of my life in russia 2014 to 21 years old. i have lived in other countries. but 21 turned my life upside down. ah, in the twenty-first year. my parents died for 22 years. i am learning to live in this new reality. here is such a large collection of art flowers, which for a year, of course, with sadness in this new life of mine. i really miss comfort, i don’t have enough strength, time, inspiration, energy to create my own space. who it? basically everyone gave that picture, i know , chose uh, a big group of parents' friends, went to georgia. in general, oh hello. someone with us, says, dad confirms. hello, here is alexander alexander verovich, you can also nadezhda viktorovna hello viktorovna very nice. actually. so i slept on this beautif

a woman who knows a thing or two about having political authority undermined is chief officer cheshiretion of local councils jacki weaver and she joins me now . good evening, jacki . it's now. good evening, jacki. it's very nice to have you on the show tonight. so you obviously famously in that zoom conversation that went during lockdown , people were saying you lockdown, people were saying you hadnt lockdown, people were saying you hadn't got authority. now you have , which is good. what is have, which is good. what is your verdict, though? the year that we've just had ? well, that we've just had? well, i think it's been an incredibly disappointing year. i mean, everybody's going to say exactly same thing. you know, i have no reflections that are going to be be startling i'm just reflecting the things that people people . the things that people people. what i did think was really interesting . your previous interesting. your previous segment about new year's resolutions was how to things one i think all of our politicians offer far too much. they can't offer what they think the public

a woman who knows a thing or two about having political authority undermined is chief officer cheshiretion of local councils jacki weaver and she joins me now . good evening, jacki . it's now. good evening, jacki. it's very nice to have you on the show tonight. so you obviously famously in that zoom conversation that went during lockdown , people were saying you lockdown, people were saying you hadnt lockdown, people were saying you hadn't got authority. now you have , which is good. what is have, which is good. what is your verdict, though? the year that we've just had ? well, that we've just had? well, i think it's been an incredibly disappointing year. i mean, everybody's going to say exactly same thing. you know, i have no reflections that are going to be be startling i'm just reflecting the things that people people . the things that people people. what i did think was really interesting . your previous interesting. your previous segment about new year's resolutions was how to things one i think all of our politicians offer far too much. they can't offer what they think the public

with over 350 years of history yield cheshire cheese is one of london's oldest pups writers. charles dickens and mark twain are said to a pass through here. my pub is short for public house, a public place where all are welcome. each club has its own stories. a fact that co author steward husband, especially values. they have talking pirate here, who could apparently perfectly imitate the pop of a champagne cork and little go gluck noise as the champagne was poured into a glass. and that used to be his party piece, and apparently he did it so much, terry hall. mr. stay will, will one, the day will, will, one entered, it did so many pops and drug drugs that he fainted, dead off, his pert with the exertion. so i love pups who stories like that when the parent actually is just behind us of football right now. in east london, the focus is on collin airy, delights with gastro. pubs, like the marksman, have long been deal competition for restaurants. in 2017, the michelin guide, named it pub of the year. it's a model that's working. this country has had a huge amount of pups becaus

the prop decided tojoin cheshire fire and rescue service because he "needed to find something else whereury followed by another elbow operation, then as he was coming back, that was his next problem, his back. but now after more than 18 months, jofra archer is in line to play for england again. he should make his first international appearance in nearly two years after being included in the one day squad to tour south africa. former bowler graham onions had to recover from the same stress fracture of the back injury when he was an england player, amd joins us on sportsday now. it is really the curse of the fast bowler, the stress fracture of the back. you know all about how difficult it is and how careful you have to be when you come back from it. ~ , ,., y have to be when you come back from it. ~ , , ~ , have to be when you come back from it. absolutely. merry christmas, everybody. _ it. absolutely. merry christmas, everybody, thanks _ it. absolutely. merry christmas, everybody, thanks for _ it. absolutely. merry christmas, everybody, thanks for having . it. absolutely. merry christmas,

in cheshire, another mum who says she is who she is worried about her family's health.o get rid of it. and then there are leaks coming through here. charlotte says it has been like this for four years. drained, with is not being listened to at all. i want these to be safe. i actually went to bed crying my eyes out, thinking, i've got mould in my house and something is going to happen to my children. charlotte's home is managed by the your housing group and it says inspectors believe patches of black they saw were due to condensation and no damp was recorded in the walls. back in sheffield, complete strangers approach us on the street wanting to show us how they live. one of them is bashir. water in this bedroom is dripping off the ceiling. they will not give me an interpreter and if i want and ask some times they will ignore me. they say they will come, but they are not coming. the whole family now have to sleep in one room. how many people? six. six people. both bashir and halima's homes are managed by sheffield council. it says bashir has not reported any outstanding

manchester city'sjoao cancelo had to fight off intruders at his cheshire home.e of an armed intrusion into the sterlings' home. tom symonds, bbc news, surrey. "no one knows the full truth — we know the full truth." the words of prince harry in a new trailer for his and meghan markle's six—part series which starts on thursday on netflix. there's a hierarchy of the family. you know, there's leaking but there's also planting of stories. there was a war against meghan to suit other people's agendas. it's about hatred, it's about race. it's a dirty game. the pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution, this feeding frenzy. i realised, they're never going to protect you. i was terrified. i didn't want history to repeat itself. no—one knows the full truth. we know the full truth. let's speak to our correspondent nada tawfik in new york where harry and meghan are due to make a public appearance tomorrow. netflix are taking great care to stoke up interest before this series drops this week, and the trailer doesn't make it look as if it will be particularly

i cheshire down here i drove from cheshire down here today and to be honest we the roads this businessre closed. this business of the that million of the warning that million people i mean somewhere in the country but i didn't see that right before i was so there's that other big one as that but the other big one as well really apart from the christmas will come christmas stuff, which will come on suella braverman. on to a suella braverman. interesting of this interesting timing of this i thought really because this came out far as i can see anyway, out as far as i can see anyway, just after midday today. so no one's really in a puff middle of it. people knows we're looking at the news. are they so the government has drawn up blueprint for reducing immigration that would target foreign make it harder foreign students make it harder foreign students make it harder for them to their spouses for them to bring their spouses to uk. increase the minimum to the uk. increase the minimum salaries for companies employing these workers essentially in a well and quite a direct way it's supposed to

and as ever ken would and from cheshire . so ken would and from cheshire.radition or offensive relics . jeff on or offensive relics. jeff on twitter says i think that's a great tradition, but i have no problem with people objecting to all white production, even though i personally no problem with it. from harvey . there is with it. from harvey. there is nothing wrong with being white, having an all white cast and stephen says those who see this as issue are real racists. as an issue are real racists. and your verdict is now in and god, my views the best in britain. nine 36% of you say that pantos remain great british tradition. just four per centre view saying they offensive relics. thank god for that coming up they bring terror to ordinary folks lives but just who is funding a just stop royal ice special investigation? for my senior producer, ben leo coming up at 950. but first, as royal courtiers dismiss prince harry's netflix fantasies and claim simply can't accept that it was the queen wanted him out. is this the start ? the palace is this the start? th

he said originally cheshire in 2018 promised cheshire east in 2018 promised a full 40 million town centret. but nothing's happened. and he's saying, look, they can't even blame covid, saying hasn't it, saying you just hasn't done it, so so try and get so why not? so to try and get people's attention, he's put out this controversial flyer. of this controversial flyer. and of course bit offensive course it's a bit offensive because hiroshima because it is hiroshima metaphor, they say. everyone says oh, this place looks says, oh, what? this place looks like bomb whatever, like a bomb site or whatever, right? to be right? it's not meant to be taken that way. but taken seriously in that way. but i what troubles is the i mean, what troubles me is the first this article says first line of this article says a flyer has sparked a political flyer has sparked a bit of a debate in crewe after the town was compared to hiroshima afterwards it was hit by bomb and that by an atomic bomb and that sounds crewe has hit sounds like crewe has been hit by bomb. really by an atomic bomb. it's really badly think

he said originally cheshire in 2018 promised cheshire east in 2018 promised a full 40 million town centreut nothing's happened. and he's saying, look, they can't even blame covid, saying hasn't it, saying you just hasn't done it, so so try and get so why not? so to try and get people's attention, he's put out this controversial flyer. of this controversial flyer. and of course bit offensive course it's a bit offensive because hiroshima because it is hiroshima metaphor, they say. everyone says oh, this place looks says, oh, what? this place looks like bomb whatever, like a bomb site or whatever, right? to be right? it's not meant to be taken that way. but taken seriously in that way. but i what troubles is the i mean, what troubles me is the first this article says first line of this article says a flyer has sparked a political flyer has sparked a bit of a debate in crewe after the town was compared to hiroshima afterwards it was hit by bomb and that by an atomic bomb and that sounds crewe has hit sounds like crewe has been hit by bomb. really by an atomic bomb. it's really badly thinks if

and as ever ken would and from cheshire . so ken would and from cheshire.radition or offensive relics . jeff on or offensive relics. jeff on twitter says i think that's a great tradition, but i have no problem with people objecting to all white production, even though i personally no problem with it. from harvey . there is with it. from harvey. there is nothing wrong with being white, having an all white cast and stephen says those who see this as issue are real racists. as an issue are real racists. and your verdict is now in and god, my views the best in britain. nine 36% of you say that pantos remain great british tradition. just four per centre view saying they offensive relics. thank god for that coming up they bring terror to ordinary folks lives but just who is funding a just stop royal ice special investigation? for my senior producer, ben leo coming up at 950. but first, as royal courtiers dismiss prince harry's netflix fantasies and claim simply can't accept that it was the queen wanted him out. is this the start ? the palace is this the start? th

epidemiologist and professor in medicine at the university of east anglia enjoys now the county of cheshire in northwest england. it's could help you with the program professor. it's been 2 week china, kentucky where this has been 2 weeks since trying to end it almost. what most of the covert measures, infection rate is rapidly rising once again. how do you assess the situation as you understand it right now? but quite right, i mean, i think china is in a very dark place at the moment. it is undoubtedly seeing very large numbers of cases. i think the reported number of cases just data and they're probably extremely under reporting cases at the moment. so one reason or another and that applies also to to tell it is that when you look at the fatality draft of as reported, the hardly any case, any debts on that doesn't match with the people are reporting on the ground. so it is a very confusing situation, and i think they're very difficult for china. indeed, i'm sure we'll have to get the w ha to push them on that and i'm sure they would in the coming days. let's talk about the variance. becau

there are nine candidates in the contest for the cheshire seat, with results expected in the early hoursbit of sunshine around. we will concentrate on the fog in the south—east of wales, south midlands, east anglia, dense patches to take us through this morning, a sluggish journey if you are going to head out, but a lot of it will started to lift, even ifjust into low cloud. brighter skies across england and wales, where we had a mist and fog yesterday in eastern scotland, outbreaks of rain today, 0rkney and shetland amongst the wettest, but brightness around the moray firth, brighter conditions for northern ireland, where we have the mildest of the weather. temperatures through much of england and wales, single figures, across the south wales, wales, only 2—3 degrees. the fog will expand across much of the border region here tonight and into the south west. a few showers in the south—east of england and across the channel islands, and where we have got clearer skies, a touch of frost too. see you in half an hour. hello, this is bbc news, i'm ben brown, and these are the headlines. more

tonight, the stars of the show are zachary and lester sue in cheshire , and lester sue in cheshire, susanh hardwick in medway. and andrew in will be heanng medway. and andrew in will be hearing loss from them over the next hour . the topics we are next hour. the topics we are debating , should we have more debating, should we have more sympathy for those on strike ? is sympathy for those on strike? is prince harry real villain? and all christmas songs nasty and i'm delighted to say my saturday for the first hour of the show is political commentator writer ella whelan and she's in a good mood she's a kind of works drink this afternoon she's nicely oiled as i hope you are after nine. in my big opinion. oiled as i hope you are after nine. in my big opinion . as nine. in my big opinion. as always, we will debate big story of the day. and today it's elton john. i'll be calling out his outrage just hypocrisy. and i say that as a big fan of piano genius and in my take attend the scandal christmas cards that may arrive until february . what's arrive until february. what's the point. plus my star

the stars of the show are sue in cheshire , andy in witness , cheshire, andy in witness, frances in salisbury alan in frances in salisbury, alan in west hampshire and amanda in, east sussex. we'll be hearing from them throughout the course of the next. the topics we will be debating do concentrate amanda goodness sake she can't get the callers these days. the topics are as follows. after 100 days as our monarch is charles proving to be a good king also do you the nhs to look after you this winter and can christmas be on a budget saturday sidekick for the first hour is a good friend of mine former tory mp neil parish after nine in my big opinion rishi sunak must show that he's running britain, not the unions in the big question as people order the turkey and spuds and the cranberry sauce . spuds and the cranberry sauce. is christmas dinner overrated . is christmas dinner overrated. we'll hear from two top chefs who have opposing views . all the who have opposing views. all the american public turning their back on harry and meghan in. the light of the documentary series on netflix. we'll get t

tonight, the stars of the show are zachary and lester sue in cheshire , and lester sue in cheshire, susanh hardwick in medway. and andrew in will be heanng medway. and andrew in will be hearing loss from them over the next hour . the topics we are next hour. the topics we are debating , should we have more debating, should we have more sympathy for those on strike ? is sympathy for those on strike? is prince harry real villain? and all christmas songs nasty and i'm delighted to say my saturday for the first hour of the show is political commentator writer ella whelan and she's in a good mood she's a kind of works drink this afternoon she's nicely oiled as i hope you are after nine. in my big opinion. oiled as i hope you are after nine. in my big opinion . as nine. in my big opinion. as always, we will debate big story of the day. and today it's elton john. i'll be calling out his outrage just hypocrisy. and i say that as a big fan of piano genius and in my take attend the scandal christmas cards that may arrive until february . what's arrive until february. what's the point. plus my star

the stars of the show are sue in cheshire , andy in witness , cheshire, andy in witness, frances in salisbury alan in frances in salisbury, alan in west hampshire and amanda in, east sussex. we'll be hearing from them throughout the course of the next. the topics we will be debating do concentrate amanda goodness sake she can't get the callers these days. the topics are as follows. after 100 days as our monarch is charles proving to be a good king also do you the nhs to look after you this winter and can christmas be on a budget saturday sidekick for the first hour is a good friend of mine former tory mp neil parish after nine in my big opinion rishi sunak must show that he's running britain, not the unions in the big question as people order the turkey and spuds and the cranberry sauce . spuds and the cranberry sauce. is christmas dinner overrated . is christmas dinner overrated. we'll hear from two top chefs who have opposing views . all the who have opposing views. all the american public turning their back on harry and meghan in. the light of the documentary series on netflix. we'll get t

the headlines: a pilot project could see 2,000 households in cheshire swap their exisiting gas appliancesydrogen village. hi, i'm from cadent, and i'm here to carry out your in—home hydrogen assessment. all our methane gas boilers are due to be phased out from 2035 and this pilot project is the government exploring options for what happens next. ok, so in our hydrogen experience centre... as no—one has done hydrogen like this before, the technology at the whitby experience centre feels a bit, well, new. we are shown a hydrogen boiler that you could buy now. a fire that you couldn't. and a hydrogen cooker that pops when it lights. as of today, these aren't on the market. hydrogen's biggest advantage is that it does not release the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, when it burns, but you do need energy to make it, and currently less than 1% is made using renewable energy. with the rest coming from, you guessed it, fossilfuels. the people who live here are being told that by swapping to hydrogen they will be doing their bit to cut carbon emissions and fight climate change. but critics, and the

snow cheshire gap as well.emperatures really 2 to 5 celsius. the very max . and as celsius. the very max. and as soon as that sun sets friday night, we'll see that frost developing quite widely on. the map as well with lighter winds and a bit more across england and a bit more across england and wales some dense freezing fog patches will develop. this could cause some disruption if you're later on you're travelling later on friday and indeed early on saturday. once again though, temperatures falling well below , freezing i think across some the snow covered fields in scotland, we could see lows of minus ten. so biting cold start to the saturday morning as we go through saturday. then we keep some snow showers feeding in across parts of right near the coast, but snow inland as we come elsewhere across the country, there will still some plenty of sunshine around , but plenty of sunshine around, but some of those freezing fog patches could through the weekend and it stays cold throughout. but. needs a businessman

tyler west is here with us now, and ellie simmonds joins us from cheshire.ts voted i wig? somebody said it was cursed and anyone who wears it gets voted off. i anyone who wears it gets voted off. that was _ anyone who wears it gets voted off. that was a — anyone who wears it gets voted off. that was a night i went out and nobody— that was a night i went out and nobody tell me about it. i loved the afro, _ nobody tell me about it. i loved the afro. it _ nobody tell me about it. i loved the afro. it was — nobody tell me about it. i loved the afro, it was great.— afro, it was great. what did you make of the _ afro, it was great. what did you make of the look, _ afro, it was great. what did you make of the look, ellie? - afro, it was great. what did you make of the look, ellie? i i afro, it was great. what did you make of the look, ellie? i lovedj afro, it was great. what did you i make of the look, ellie? i loved it, the costume _ make of the look, ellie? i loved it, the costume department, - make of the look, ellie? i loved it, the costume department, the i ma

across the cheshire plains, manchester, lancashire, some snow. one company in sheffield is being kept busy — it has more than 40,000 costumes, as well as props and scenery, which it rents to productions up and down the country. tom ingall has been looking around. # there's no business like show business like no business i know... looking for that perfect prince charming? do i have an aladdins cave for you? things we have acquired over the years. yea rs. ten years. ten sardines. slot machines. this is our 22nd year of trading. business has got busy over the last few years. pantomimes, theatres, all over the country, uk and ireland. pantomime is a passion, always has been. this is a massive part of our business every year. the team think they have upwards of 40,000 costumes. this is the role they call pantomime avenue. whatever show you are in, whether riding a magic carpet, climbing a beanstalk, whatever size you are, however many sequence you like, they think they can sort you out. you, and the rest of the country. oh, yes, they can. we have cost

i was talking to a restaurant the other day in cheshire.30 cancellations and this is what really gets me and this is not the fault of the strikers. those didn't bother to those people didn't bother to know. about to say that know. i was about to say that thatis know. i was about to say that that is atrocious that sort that is just atrocious that sort of started during lockdown. people staying maybe booking people staying in, maybe booking and then maybe thinking, i don't fancy going out and people weren't calling cancelling weren't calling and cancelling any right and all the any quite right and all of the stock that they've got in the fridge thought fridge because they thought people it really people were coming. it really has difficult . so we're has been a difficult. so we're going to continue to so going to continue to be so i mean, got businesses in my mean, i've got businesses in my constituency in hospitality industry contacting me industry have been contacting me saying, look, i know i can't i can just can't carry on. i can't afford