i hope you can see from the work doing across government and the department of health and social carekle some of these deep—rooted challenges that we face. included in the budget was £22.6 billion for health spending, including money to get those waiting lists down. there are many people of all ages who are on health waiting lists and as a result are not available for work. we need to get those people off waiting lists and back into work, as well as tackling the big challenge we face in mental health, which is keeping many people out of h

bbc news asked the department of health and social care if it would review its decision in the wake ofnt. what would you say to anyone thinking about taking these jabs? i would ask you to speak to your gp about these things first. there might be another option. i thought a lot about doing this interview because it wasn't fair to susan to share this information. however, i do feel in my heart that she would not want the same people facing what she did. that was jade campbell talking to our reporter catriona macphee. that's it from me. much more coming up and more online. hello. for many of us the gloom feels everlasting and for some more than others. over the last 11 days parts of hampshire have seen just 18 minutes of seenjust 18 minutes of sunshine, over11 seen just 18 minutes of sunshine, over 11 days. seen just 18 minutes of sunshine, over11 days. clear skies at the moment coming in off canada. they will come in behind this weather system that will weaken as it gets towards on sunday but crucially sweep away a lot of that low cloud that has been lingering for days and days on end. t

bbc news asked the department of health and social care if it would review its decision in the wake ofto speak to your gp about these things first. there might be another option. i thought a lot about doing this interview because it wasn't fair to susan to share this information. however, i do feel in my heart that she would not want the same people facing what she did. that was jade campbell talking to our reporter catriona macphee. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. high pressure is dominating our weather picture once _ dominating our weather picture once again today and as it has been — once again today and as it has been for— once again today and as it has been for ages now we have a lot of this— been for ages now we have a lot of this cloud trapped beneath. the 155

as he knows, we are providing £25 billion extra over the next two years for the department of health and social caret real-terms capital budget since 2010. we will ensure that every corner of the u.k. will see the generosity, and that services will improve for them. i will make sure that he gets a meeting with the relevant minister to discuss in detail how plymouth can capitalise on that. >> the town of cheshunt in my constituency has no banks or building societies, and we have been told that we are not eligible for a banking hub. we have been told that we are not eligible for a banking hub. does the deputy prime minister agree that every town that wants a banking hub should be eligible for one, so that my residents have access to their hard-earned cash? >> we have committed to 350 banking hubs through this parliament. i am sure that the minister will be happy to meet the honorable member on that point. i hope he will thankful for the levelling-up fund round 2 money that we secured, with £14.3 million going to waltham cross renaissance project, to regenerate the town centre for his constituents. >>

as he knows, we are providing £25 billion extra over the next two years for the department of health and social careing the largest real-terms capital budget since 2010. we will ensure that every corner of the u.k. will see the generosity, and that services will improve for them. i will make sure that he gets a meeting with the relevant minister to discuss in detail how plymouth can capitalise on that. >> the town of cheshunt in my constituency has no banks or building societies, and we have been told that we are not eligible for a banking hub. we have been told that we are not eligible for a banking hub. does the deputy prime minister agree that every town that wants a banking hub should be eligible for one, so that my residents have access to their hard-earned cash? >> we have committed to 350 banking hubs through this parliament. i am sure that the minister will be happy to meet the honorable member on that point. i hope he will thankful for the levelling-up fund round 2 money that we secured, with £14.3 million going to waltham cross renaissance project, to regenerate the town centre for his con

bbc news asked the department of health and social care if it would review its decision in the wake ofeek or two, and nowhere more so, really, than in parts of hampshire, where 0diham has only recorded 18 minutes of sunshine over the last 11 days. it does mean that anyone walking around this part of hampshire with a newly—acquired tan has either been away on a sunny holiday or has been hitting a bottle of fake tan pretty hard. now, further northwards, we've had a lot of low cloud pushed up the eastern side of the pennines today. quite murky over the tops, and for some in west yorkshire, temperatures only reached seven degrees. but as the prevailing winds worked over and to the west of the pennines, the cloud actually broke up and finally we got to see some sunshine across north—west england. here, a rather sunny—looking rochdale. the best of the sunshine, though, was further north in scotland. some cloud trapped here in this weather watcher picture in the valleys underneath our area of high pressure. top temperatures in the highlands reached 16 degrees today. that would've felt quite p

in a statement, a spokesperson for the department for health and social care said the governmant "wants everyone to have access to high—quality end ofssures facing the hospice sector". richard meade was one of britain's most succesful equestrians. he was a triple olympic champion, with the two gold medals he secured in munich in 1972 being among just four won by great britain during the entire games. now his family's appealing for help from the public to track down the medals after they were stolen in a burglary. they've been speaking to our reporter fi lamdin. commentator: drives him forward, on and over. - the moment richard meade became the first british rider to win an individual title at the olympics in 1972... commentator: and one of the very few clear - rounds to put britain in a commanding position. ..making him one of great britain's most successful male equestrian olympians. commentator: meade had plenty to celebrate. - i have to say, i couldn't really watch. i think i went out of the room. you couldn't believe that it really had happened. it's quite nice knowing the result though. commentator: and so did britain. there wa

of departments and what the government spends on them. it's hard to see, but we're talking about things like social security, health care, medicare, nationalense, veterans benefits, education, the important programs that make up the majority of the budget. where do you think this doge department is going to look to cut? >> look, you need to look at every single agency, as i said, a minute ago, you know, thousands of agencies in washington. we have agencies that go back to world war i, people don't know what they do and we keep spending money on these things. we've got like 69 different special ed programs, we've got 47 different job training programs. the left hand of the government doesn't know what the right hand of the government is doing. you know, one of my heroes, ronald reagan used to say the closest thing to immortality on earth is a government program. we never get rid of things. we keep adding things and don't get rid of things. we're not talking cutting social security, or imperiling our defense. we estimate there's 3 to 400 billion, billion dollars of fraudulent payments every year and nobody does anything about it. anita: let'

the department of health and social care says it will work closely with the treasury to ensure what isor, but there is real concern that organisations that provide vital care will face increased costs, even as some of them are just about hanging on. dominic hughes, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. how much of the problem is this? this is a problem. this is one of the central parts of rachel reeves budget, both in terms of raising revenue but also in terms of what it was for, contributing to public services and in particular getting the nhs to improve. so we are getting this lunchtime perhaps a bit of an indication of where the answer for gps or at least part of the answer might come from. a number 10 spokesperson has said this lunchtime that there is a general process whereby if funding is confirmed for a general practice, it is part of the gp contract negotiations later this year, so that is where we might see money coming to gps on this basis. of course, this isn't the only part of the budget where there have been concerns. there are also concerns f

and a strategy to fix cold and mouldy homes should be part of a bold overhaul, which it says would dramatically reduce hospital admissions. the department of health and social cared to transforming diagnostic services, including for lung diseases, and will support the nhs to increase capacity to meet demand. nickjohnson, bbc news. the pop star rita ora has paid an emotional tribute to liam payne as she hosted this year's mtv europe music awards in manchester, almost a month after the star's death. the pair collaborated on the single for you in 2018. the night also saw taylor swift become the first person to win best artist three times. our music correspondent mark savage sent this report. i just want to take a moment to remember someone that was very, very dear to us. a sombre moment in a night of celebration. rita ora honouring her old friend liam payne. he brought so much joy to every room he walked into, and he left such a mark on this world. so... cheering. so let's just take a moment to remember ourfriend liam. # everything that you've ever dreamed of... it was a simple, heartfelt tribute in a show that brought some of the world's biggest stars to mancheste