and snow forecast, it is a winter wonderland behind me, a recent picture from knaresborough in north yorkshirewill show you where the snow is falling, another stationary weather front line across northern england the north wales, the heaviest is across the north yorkshire area with some flurries into the midlands, mainly rain around the coasts. it looks like the sleet and snow will fizzle out through the afternoon, affecting northern england, parts of north wales and the west midlands. rather grey for most of england and wales with limited brightness, scotland and northern ireland faring best with the sunshine, it will struggle to make it above freezing where there is snow and it will be cold everywhere. sleet and snow in the north begins to shift further southwards this evening and then settled, leaving a legacy of cloud. you could see mist and freezing fog patches develop. away from the north—west of scotland it will be a very cold night, you could see a really ha rd very cold night, you could see a really hard frost in central, northern and eastern areas, may be -11 northern and eastern are

some of the snow today has been pretty disruptive especially for north yorkshire.ing overnight. many places will be clear in temperatures dropping very cold. we will see freezing fog developing across southern britain. this is the legacy of the sleet and snow would sweep out across northern england and wales to the day. eventually clearing away. many places turning drier and when the far northwest of scotland. that is cold here as it will be elsewhere. the hard frost and places, —ii —12 across central and places, —ii —12 across central and eastern parts of the uk. we start saturday on a cold frosty no. bright and plenty of sunshine and some freezing fog across southern areas. it could lift into patchy cloud. most places things dry, the weather front pushing at the weather in scotland and a strength anyone bringing our bricks or rain and a little bit of snow over the high ground. temperatures lifting a little bit but a cold day to come for most areas. through saturday night, the weather front continues to bring green and hail snow across scotla nd to bring green and

it is less than a week since large parts of northern england were down in tier 2, places like north yorkshire and cumbria, and in cumbria the infection rate has taken off over the last week or so. has taken off over the last week or so. two of the three main hospitals on the highest state of alert. the director of public health called for primary schools not to open, but 2a hours later. the latest figures for northern england look pretty dire, to be honest. they have been analysed this evening, and areas which is seeing the biggest rise in the number of coronavirus cases are clustering in the north of england at the moment. this area it looks as though it is going to be hit very ha rd by though it is going to be hit very hard by the new variant in the coming week or two, huw. many thanks, danny savage in leeds. and for details of the rules and restrictions where you live, head to the bbc news website, that's bbc.co.uk/news, where you can follow all the links. let's take a look at some of today's other news. french authorities have defended the roll—out of the vaccination programme there, afte

northern and we've seen further disrupt of snow across northern england, particularly across north yorkshirestarting to ease now. tonight will be cold and frosty for most of us, freezing fog patches developing particularly across the south. that area of sleet and snow fizzling away from northern england and northern wales this evening and overnight, leaving a legacy of cloud across southern and south—western areas. clear skies for most of us away from the north—west of scotland. there could be a hard frost, temperatures down to —15 celsius in one or two spots in the scottish highlands. we start the weekend on a cold note, but bright with plenty of sunshine. freezing frog across —— freezing fog gci’oss freezing frog across —— freezing fog across central and southern areas. a stronger breeze from the west. temperatures recovering to the seasonal norm for stornoway. another cold day for most of us after the frosty start. for the second half of the weekend, we hold onto this front gci’oss the weekend, we hold onto this front across the north of the country, stronger winds here, outbreaks of rain

some of the snow today has been pretty disruptive especially for north yorkshire. th freezing fog. the sleet and snow clearing away. we will have the fog further north, lacks clear skies and any like snow will be very cold indeed, —11 —12 degrees one or two spots, a cold frosty start to saturday but bright it and lots of sunshine around and quite great across central and southern areas with freezing fog for a time which will drift into patchy clad. some changes taking place across western scotland and it would've front will bring up bricks of rain, more of a breeze and he'll snow up in temperature slowly recovering closer to the seasonal norm with the west but another cold day. next week, it looks like we will see slightly milder air moving for a time but also affects of this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk record to its highest daily death since the pandemic began. more than 1300 deaths reported today. and a major incident has been declared in london as hospitals across the uk struggled to cope. the maternal vacc

delivery may need to be accelerated, the regions that are thought to be performing the best are north yorkshirech areas have not been able to get the vaccine as well as others, and which areas that are highly performing or doing right, because the pressure is on for boris johnson doing right, because the pressure is on for borisjohnson now to meet that target for mid february, to have this priority group vaccinated so we can start to think about listing some of the restrictions if they don't meet that target. everyone is staying at home to protect the nhs, saving lives, and they'll know that every additional day they're asked to do that is the day they're asked to do that is the day they're asked to do that is the day the government has failed on those targets. so all eyes are on the vaccine race. what you think? if you compare the uk to the rest of the world, we are doing very well on the world, we are doing very well on the vaccine roll—out. i think israel is first per population, bahrain, then we are third. we are doing extreme well compared to other countries, but of course you can never be

north—east and yorkshire, it is 46% of those who are 80 and over who have had the first dose.r 30%. an indication there may be difficulties in some areas and others moving quite a lot faster. we have seen, from the figures today, the state of the nhs in terms of routine surgery in november with this very long waiting list and very large numbers are relatively waiting more than a year for their operation. that was before the cancellations which we know have happened in the last few weeks because of covid pressure. these are figures for england, scotland and northern ireland and wales report at different times. but they will certainly be pressure right across the uk in the various areas where routine surgery is carried out. for now, routine surgery is carried out. for new. thank _ routine surgery is carried out. for now, thank you very much. people who've had covid—19 are protected from getting it again for at least five months, according to a study led by public health england. but the research suggests that while someone who's had it has 83% immunity, they can still carry the

some of the snow today has been pretty disruptive especially for north yorkshire.places will be clear in temperatures dropping very cold. we will see freezing fog developing across southern britain. this is the legacy of the sleet and snow which we've had across northern england and wales to the day. eventually clearing away. many places turning drier and when the far northwest of scotland. that is cold here as it will be elsewhere. the hard frost in places, —11 —12 across central and eastern parts of the uk. we start saturday on a cold frosty note. bright and plenty of sunshine and some freezing fog across southern areas. it could lift into patchy cloud. most places things dry, the weather front pushing at the weather in scotland and a strength westerly wind bringing our breaks or rain and a little bit of snow over the high ground. temperatures lifting a little bit but a cold day to come for most areas. through saturday night, the weather front continues to bring sleet and hail snow across scotland and it sinks further southwards into northern england and wales an

down the country, we saw more disruptive snow on friday across northern england, particularly north yorkshire still quite cold with morning frosts, increasing amounts of rain across the north, we could see some hill snow as well and it will be turning a little less cold thanks to a more atlantic influence to our weather through the weekend and certainly into the start of next week. low—pressure to the north of the uk for saturday and our weather front which will bring stronger winds, outbreaks of rain to the north and west of scotland. further south, very cold, frosty start, but at least bright and some sunshine, bit of fog across southern areas were left into low, patchy cloud. so, it's a little less cold across the west of scotland, 8 degrees for stornoway, but for the most, after that very cold frosty start, temperatures reaching three to 5 degrees pretty widely. saturday night, the weather front continues to bring outbreaks of rain, hill snow, across the north of the country, one weak one moves southward into northern england and north wales, we could see some patchy rain with that, getti

temperatures fell to i minus 11.5 celsius at ravensworth in north yorkshire, the coldest night of the year so far for england. this was leeds earlier, sunshine above 30 further snow as we head to this evening, overnight and tomorrow. similar similar scenes across northern england and scotland, but some of the snow could be moving further south. quiet and mostly tried this afternoon, quite a bit of fog and lingering cloud keeping temperatures close to freezing, the best of the thundery and probably for northern and eastern scotland, southern england and wales, temperatures will struggle to get much above freezing. the winds will be strengthening later this afternoon across western scotland and northern ireland ahead of this band of rain pushing it with this evening and overnight, it eventually brings milder air but ahead of a cold air, so no full parts of scotland, northern england and perhaps later east anglia and southern england, but the snow is falling on saturated areas so we have flood warnings in place. temperatures probably not getting much above freezing in eastern england. mo

up until last sunday, around 46% of the 80 and over age group in the north—east and yorkshire had hadin the north—west, it was 38%. in other regions, a little bit below that. in london, it was closer to 30%. and in the east of england, it was a bit lower than that. as a percentage of the whole population, northern ireland is ahead of the rest of the uk, with more than 5% having jabs, wales has the lowest so far at about 3.5%. but these are early days. hugh pym with that report. people who've had covid—19 are protected from getting it again for at least five months, according to a study led by public health england. the research suggests that if you've already had it, you're 83% protected from re—infection, but you can still carry the virus and pass it on to others. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. coronavirus is spreading fast, and the number of people who have been infected with covid is rising. this latest study looked at how likely they are to catch it again. so, what if you've already had coronavirus? does having a past infection protect you? scientists tracked

and snow forecast, it is a winter wonderland behind me, a recent picture from knaresborough in north yorkshireine across northern

with some heavy snow in parts of scotland as you can see here and in northumberland and parts of north yorkshireg snow in excess of ten centimetres in some places. i have just put this spot in lincolnshire on the chart because there is a centimetre of snow and there is a centimetre of snow and there could be more this afternoon. there has also been some heavy rain today, over 50mm in greater manchester, which has brought some localised flooding. there is the rain over the last few hours, you can see clearly where the snow is. and some heavy rain at the moment as well in that south—east corner. what you've got at the moment is pretty much going to stay with you through the afternoon but it will weaken a little. and then out to the west we have cloudy skies, a murky end to the afternoon. some brightness and glimpses of sunshine in northern ireland. in terms of the feel of the weather, it is going to be cold where there is rain and snow, temperatures really struggling. a bit milder out to the west. but that weather front continues to decay overnight tonight and things will quieten down but that wil

the country and we've seen further disrupt of snow across northern england, particularly across north yorkshire that area of sleet and snow fizzling away from northern england and northern wales this evening and overnight, leaving a legacy of cloud across southern and south—western areas. clear skies for most of us away from the north—west of scotland. there could be a hard frost,

it is less than a week since large parts of northern england were down in tier 2, places like north yorkshirer so. two of the three main hospitals on the highest state of alert. the director of public health called for primary schools not to open, but 24 hours later. the latest figures for northern england look pretty dire, to be honest. they have been analysed this evening, and

temperatures fell to i minus 11.5 celsius at ravensworth in north yorkshire, the coldest night of theotland, but some of the snow could be moving further south. quiet and mostly tried this afternoon, quite a bit of fog and lingering cloud keeping temperatures close to freezing, the best of the thundery and probably for northern and eastern scotland, southern england and wales, temperatures will struggle

last week nearly half of over 80s in north—east and yorkshire had been vaccinated whereas in london andly one third. there has been quite a big difference. anecdotally, you hear about over 70s been vaccinated in one area, over 80s in the neighbouring area still waiting. 0bviously real frustration from gps and of those administering the vaccine is that the supply issue remains a problem but it is very early days in this mass vaccination programme, the biggest we've ever seen. . ., ~ programme, the biggest we've ever seen. . ., , . bbc news can reveal the nhs in england has bought hundreds of thousands of oxygen monitors for patients with coronavirus to use at home, in an attempt to save lives. it follows research suggesting even small reductions in oxygen levels can be a warning sign of dangerous deterioration with covid—19. the devices are being given to patients aged 65 and over and others at high risk in an unprecedented roll—out. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. it could have ended completely differently, so, you know, i suppose i do owe them my life, really. dorse

over, temperatures below freezing in many areas. —— there are conditions from yesterday. —10 in north yorkshires are seeing some drier and brighter weather than yesterday, better chance of some sunshine, some in east kent will have some showers and in the shetlands. it will be cold, some places struggling to get above freezing. mild in the west later on because a strengthening breeze is coming across ireland ahead of the next weather system. it is dry today, tonight it will turn wet across ireland, west of scotland, wales and northern england and it is hitting the cold air so it will create snow once again, particularly over the hills. rain in lower levels. icy conditions into tomorrow morning. that's no could even be seen as far —— that snow could even be seen in east anglia and the south—east, a light dusting tomorrow morning. brightening up tomorrow with a story of sunshine and showers, temperatures a bit higher than today. at least there is some sunshine coming up. thank you, matt. the record number of patients waiting for hospital treatment in england shows the "calamitous" impact of covid

it is harrogate in north yorkshire. it is notjust in north yorkshire.t hour or so, these are the temperatures we have seen. edinburgh -2' temperatures we have seen. edinburgh —2, belfast, preston and birmingham freezing. so what is happening today is the high pressure that has been driving our weather is slipping a bit further westwards into the atlantic. we also do have a weather front which will show its hand into north—west scotland later on. and we still do have some showers in the south—east and the channel islands. most of these are of rain but some are of snow. we have also got some showers coming in from the north sea across eastern parts of england. some of those are wintry and not just on higher ground. but there is a lot of dry weather. there is a fair bit of sunshine. it is going to feel cold. the wind is not as strong as it was yesterday. and through the afternoon the weather out front arrives, introducing quicker —— figure cloud and rain. temperatures fell away quickly in the afternoon and evening and that rain turned to snow in scotland a

is a former north yorkshire county councillor and having been on the education committee of north yorkshirencil, i absolutely do agree with my honourable friend. it is absolutely vital that we keep as much formal education in place as possible. schools have moved forward in absolute leaps and bounds in the fa ct absolute leaps and bounds in the fact that they are able to put there, but we do recognise there has been very rare ability and that is why we have taken the actions we have, including the actions we will ta ke have, including the actions we will take with ofsted to ensure there is good, high quality remote education delivered in all of our schools right across the country. thank you, madam deputy speaker. i would like to place on record my thanks to the national education union and unison for the work they have been doing to keep the school, staff and pupils safe. in my constituency of liverpool, i have been inundated with enquiries from worried parents and nursery staff about nurseries remaining open and the risk that poses, particularly when elderly grandparents are often used to

we represent care homes in north yorkshire. what is a situation like that? i yorkshire. 4' , , ., ., ., that? i think it is similar to other arts of that? i think it is similar to other parts of the _ that? i think it is similar to other parts of the country. _ that? i think it is similar to other parts of the country. tough - that? i think it is similar to other parts of the country. tough for. parts of the country. tough for everyone but especially tough for care homes. and knowing the peak is coming in the next sort of week to ten days. so we are sort of waiting and hoping for the best.— ten days. so we are sort of waiting and hoping for the best. given that care homes — and hoping for the best. given that care homes were _ and hoping for the best. given that care homes were so _ and hoping for the best. given that care homes were so badly - and hoping for the best. given that care homes were so badly affected | and hoping for the best. given that l care homes were so badly affected in the first wave of infections, why do you think so many cases are happening again? m

emergency services in south yorkshire, cheshire, and greater manchester have already declared major incidents. and people living in the northw of a swollen river behind me has replicated right across northern england, the midlands, parts of wales as well. will it be enough, though, to cause serious damage? that is still unclear, but it is going to be touch and go in some areas. the rain today has been especially heavy throughout daylight areas, but some people have had a lucky escape from flood water over the last 24 hours. tea—time last night — a supermarket delivery van is on its side in the river wear in westgate in county durham. the van driver has scrambled out of a side window and is now sitting on top. people living nearby heard him shouting for help. they believe he followed satnav directions through a ford and was swept away. he was rescued cold but unharmed by specialist firefighters. in south manchester tonight, there is concern that flood defences may not cope in the didsbury and northenden areas. the worst—case scenario is that 3000 homes may have to be evacuated, although people are flummoxed about where they

the emergency services in south yorkshire and greater manchester have already declared major incidents. people living in the north evacuated in didsbury. judith mortitz is there tonight. while there are more than 300 flood alerts and warnings across england, there are nowjust four of alerts and warnings across england, there are now just four of the alerts and warnings across england, there are nowjust four of the most severe level, two of those were declared in the last few minutes and they are on merseyside, and the other is at didsbury where i am, and the environment agency has told us that this is the area where 2000 or so properties are being evacuated. we have seen people leaving here but also other residents and they are going to chance it and they are moving things upstairs and there is also concern generally around how you manage an evacuation during a pandemic. manchester city council has reassured people, they say firstly that if you leave your home here under order to evacuate you are not in breach of covid legislation if you go to stay with family or friends, and secondly there is a covid secure rest

in the north—east and yorkshire and north—west, around two thirds of over 80s had received the byjanuaryrast, only 50% of those in london have had theirfirst dose while in eastern england it was 53%. the south west, midlands and south—east were all around the 60% mark. across the other nations, supply issues continue to hamper vaccine delivery. less than half those over 80 have been vaccinated in scotland and northern ireland. the key question is whether current lockdown measures are doing enough to contain the more contentious variant of coronavirus. every month imperial college london sent out testing kits to 140,000 plus people across england —— contagious variant point it picks up those both with and without symptoms and the latest findings are worrying. the swabs were carried out betweenjanuary six and 15th and they suggest that one 63 people in england was infected and there was no apparent decline in cases during those ten days. that is puzzling because we look at a uk wide positive tests and there was a sharp decline during the same period from around 60,000 cases per day to arou

north of england. amber weather warnings have been declared in yorkshire and the humber, the north west, east midlands and the east of england. our correspondent danny savage reports from the yorkshire town of doncaster. in doncaster this afternoon, people were doing what they could to get their homes ready for flooding. council lorries were out clearing drains and gullies, just in case. in these streets close to the town centre, they don't want a repeat of this, when the nearby river don burst its banks, back in 2019. i were in the garden, up to about to here. in the house, it was roughly a foot high. in that same street today, kev wingfield admitted he's worried. devastating to the whole community. we don't want to go through all that again. but this time the council are better prepared, which is a good thing. but it gets everybody worried. and everybody has now started to move things upstairs, again. the sandbags are already out in anticipation of flooding. a major incident has been declared in south yorkshire. last time, people complained about a lack of preparation. brothers adam and john have see

it certainly is, north yorkshire, where temperatures at the moment are —12.he winter so far in england. there is some dense fog in the midlands and the north—west, and some of that could linger all day long. but overall today, drierand could linger all day long. but overall today, drier and brighter than yesterday. just a few showers towards kent and shetland this afternoon but staying. a bit milder out towards the west. tonight, rain across northern ireland to begin with, and that will spread into wales and western england and scotland. but with temperatures below freezing, we will see snow once again over the higher ground in scotland and northern england. a cold start tomorrow morning, and we could even some have some snowfall in east anglia and the south—east tomorrow, before it turns back to rain, but for most, it will be drier and brighter tomorrow, and a little bit milder. here with your sport now is mike bushell. good morning. captainjoe root is leading from the front on day two of the opening test in sri lanka. he's hit a century, to help england to

not many houses affected here, but if you were to take to the air over north yorkshire and the wider places to watch still, though, cheshire has a lot of flooding. places around warrington particularly bad at the moment. there is some concern about the river severn going into the weekend, flowing down through bewdley and into ironbridge as well, where there could be some flooding over the next 24 hours also. but the weather has improved, it has stopped raining. those river levels will therefore drop over the next few days, but there is some concern for next week. more rain is forecast, and, you know, you just have to look behind me. you can see that there is so much water in the system already that if there is more rain next week, it won't take too much to cause more severe flooding, so there is some concern about the forecast. the government ministers saying today that they are keeping a very close eye on it, the middle of next week onwards, jane. the environment secretary george eustice says preparations are under way to shore up defences against further bad weather next week. he's

up until last sunday, around 46% of the 80 and over age group in the north—east and yorkshire had hade bit below that. in the north—west, it was 38%. in other regions, a little bit below that. in london, it was closer to 30%. and in the east of england, it was a bit lower than that. as a percentage of the whole population, northern ireland is ahead of the rest of the uk, with more than 5% having jabs. wales has the lowest so far at about 3.5%. but these are early days. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: tight security in washington as the us prepares forjoe biden�*s inauguration next week. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report, and how it may tend to that stop people smoking cigarettes. there is not in industry that is unaffected. demolished buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she had been given no help and no advice from the authorities. she stoo

up until last sunday, around 46% of the 80 and over age group in the north—east and yorkshire had had it was 38%. in other regions, a little bit below that. in london, it was closer to 30%. and in the east of england, it was a bit lower than that. as a percentage of the whole population, northern ireland is ahead of the rest of the uk, with more than 5% having jabs. wales has the lowest so far at about 3.5%. but these are early days. hugh pym, bbc news. a new study says that people who've had covid—19 are protected for at least five months from getting it again. the research by public health england suggests that if you've already had it — you have 83% protection from being re—infected. but you can still carry the virus and pass it on to others. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. coronavirus is spreading fast, and the number of people who have been infected with covid is rising. this latest study looked at how likely they are to catch it again. so, what if you've already had coronavirus? does having a past infection protect you? scientists tracked more than 6,500 heal

up until last sunday, around 46% of the 80 and over age group in the north—east and yorkshire had hadorth—west, it was 38%. in other regions, a little bit below that. in london, it was closer to 30%. and in the east of england, it was a bit lower than that. as a percentage of the whole population, northern ireland is ahead of the rest of the uk, with more than 5% having jabs. wales has the lowest so far at about 3.5%. but these are early days. hugh pym, bbc news. a new study says that people who've had covid—i9 are protected for at least five months from getting it again. the research by public health england suggests that if you've already had it — you have 83% protection from being re—infected. but — you can still carry the virus and pass it on to others. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. coronavirus is spreading fast, and the number of people who have been infected with covid is rising. this latest study looked at how likely they are to catch it again. so, what if you've already had coronavirus? does having a past infection protect you? scientists tracked more tha

temperatures fell to minus 11.8 celsius overnight in north yorkshire.est of friday, mainly dry, cloud around, best of the sunshine in eastern scotland and north—east england. fog slow to clear, and where it does, temperature struggle to get above freezing. light winds for most, but will be strengthening later in the day ahead of this band of rain that will push its way eastwards overnight. it brings with it a milder air. overnight. it brings with it a milderair. snow overnight. it brings with it a milder air. snow for parts of scotland, northern england later in the night, perhaps into east anglia and south—east england. where there is rain, falling onto already saturated ground, so flood warnings in place. the risk of as well. the temperature starting to rise as the night goes on. snow once again will bring some disruption through tomorrow morning. this is an idea of snow depth. snow overnight topping up snow depth. snow overnight topping up some already significant totals. we could see seven centimetres of snow across parts of east anglia as we head t

in the north—east and yorkshire and northwest, around two thirds of over—80s had received a jab byjanuarynd the east of england only around 50% of the over—80s had their first dose. the south—west, midlands and south—east were all around the 60% mark. across the other nations, supply issues continue to hamper vaccine delivery. ok, here we are. 0k, go. less than half of those over 80 have been vaccinated in scotland and northern ireland. so, in the race between the virus and the vaccine, it's covid which still has a commanding lead. fergus walsh, bbc news. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster. so uncertainty about lifting lockdown and concern in government about the small minority still openly flouting the rules. well, let's just take stock of what politicians have been saying today. the home secretary priti patel said it's just too early to contemplate lifting any kind of restrictions and introduced a new fine for people in england caught going to a house party. the education secretary said he'd love to see schools backed by easter but there was no guarantee. the prime

up until last sunday, around 46% of the 80 and over age group in the north—east and yorkshire had had—west, it was 38%. in other regions, a little bit below that. in london, it was closer to 30%. in the east of england, it was a bit lower than that. as a percentage of the whole population, northern ireland is ahead of the rest of the uk, with more than 5% having jabs, wales has the lowest so far at about 3.5%. but these are early days. ijust want i just want to pick up ijust want to pick up on what i just want to pick up on what you were talking about, regional differences in vaccine roll—out. why are there these differences? fix, 1th are there these differences? a lot of --eole are there these differences? a lot of peeple will _ are there these differences? a lot of people will be _ are there these differences? a lot of people will be asking _ are there these differences? lr>t of people will be asking that question. just seeing those figures, that if you live in parts of the north of england and you are over 80, nearly half the population has had the first dose. down in london and sou

they're in bristol, surrey, london, manchester, stevenage, birmingham, the north east, and yorkshire.rrespondent dominic hughes has more. this is our best hope of escaping the coronavirus pandemic — mass vaccination on a scale the country has never seen before. at this centre in stevenage, local nhs staff are among the first to receive the jab. everybody‘s been struggling, you never know whether you're going to work and what you're finding, so by having this, we just know that we can start to work together and really make a difference in terms of everyone that's out there and hopefully get out of this pandemic that were in. i'm happy and excited that i got it, cos i know that i'll be protecting not only myself but the people i work with. as well as the centre in stevenage, this one in manchester and five other hubs will start offering vaccinations this week. it marks a big acceleration in the vaccination programme, and it's needed if the government is going to hit its mid—february target of offering the jab to 15 million people, including some of the most vulnerable and health—care wo

country, it will be a real issue, partly because all of those trusts in the north—west, the north—east and yorkshirebers of inpatients in their hospitals as a result of the second search we saw in october and november so their ability to deal with increases we have seen in london on the south—east over the last three days, it will be a real struggle. you threw a lot of numbers at me and the dealers, you can translate those to what will actually happen on the ground. if you can lay it out for us, if the numbers continue to rise, the trend you have pointed out in the trend you have pointed out in the north west, dh percent increase in patients, what will happen? how close is the nhs to breaking point? —— that close is the nhs to breaking point? -- that 8% close is the nhs to breaking point? —— that 8% increase. close is the nhs to breaking point? -- that 896 increase. the nhs is here to provide care for everybody who needsit to provide care for everybody who needs it and what we had in place are very carefully laid plans of how to increase capacity when you get extra demand, we have been working reall

north of england. amber weather warnings have been declared in yorkshire and the humber, the north west, east midlands this afternoon, people were doing what they could to get their homes ready for flooding. council lorries were out clearing drains and gullies, just in case. in these streets close to the town centre, they don't want a repeat of this, when the nearby river don burst its banks, back in 2019. i were in the garden, up to about to here.

the east of england only 29% of over 80s had vaccine, 31% in london, 46% over the east and north east and yorkshires far as your supply chain is concerned there are no problems? h0. concerned there are no problems? no, absolutel concerned there are no problems? iifr, absolutely not. in fact, on friday, i tweeted about the fact that our supply that we were expecting had not arrived and it in fact arrived 24 hours later, there does seem to be a lot of inconsistencies round the country and that is partly due to supply and distribution, but it is also to do with workforce, and the number of people who can be mobilised to vaccinate, these vaccination programmes particularly in primary care do take a lot of personnel, the patients who we need to get vaccinated now cannot be texted or e—mailed on mass, they are often vulnerable, frail people who only have a land line. each patient needs to be phoned and booked it. it takes a lot of time so all of these different parts of the journey do make them to be inconsistencies round the country. i5 make them to be inconsistencies round the country.— make them to be

rot in ports as exporters struggle with new border bureaucracy or a challenge of reports from yorkshire in north england. richard lister owns 50000 pigs and he's struggling to sell them his customers the u.k.'s may meet process is a mired in delays with new customs checks for getting produce to europe it's a threat to the whole industry you know if we count function profitably then you know we don't have a business you know when we understand that. the periods of time that you know things are profitable we really need to you know address barriers to this from here brecht's it doesn't yet look like what boris johnson promised when the u.k. e.u. free trade deal was agreed at the end of december the deal which will if anything allow our companies and our exporters to do even more business with our european friends since early january containers of produce from the u.k. have ended up to keg dover or rotting in rotterdam other trucks and making the journey empty the existing paper based customs clearance system of export declarations and certificates isn't working for food it has to reach its destina

wonder woman is 13 years old, was born in scotland and lives in north yorkshire.t in the amazonian games. training took six months and then, erm, we were like, "when is this going to start filming?" during all that training, what kind of things were you learning? bow and arrow, and, you know, horse training as well. kind ofjust getting my — cos i was already quite fit and active, but kind ofjust muscle as well, trying to build muscle to create the amazon she is. lilly did all her own stunts and particularly enjoyed those done on horseback. she's an equestrian, both her mum and dad were jockeys and her uncle, leighton aspell, won back—to—back grand nationals. my mum went to the racetrack and won two weeks after having me. i got my first pony when i was two, i think. initially, the kind of acting was to fund the showjumping because it's a very expensive sport. i'd really like to make this a career, because i'd love to be, you know, a professional actress, really, and i'd love to, you know, win oscars and win baftas and go to the olympics. so, yeah, i would love to d

i run north yorkshire hospice care and that includes a couple of hospices that are out there.olleys — will now become law. vaughan gething is the welsh health minister. good morning. thank you for your time. this is something that is very relatable for people because people are still going to supermarkets. what will be different bylaw under the new system in wales? the what will be different by law under the new system in wales? the new s stem the new system in wales? the new system puts _ the new system in wales? the new system puts until _ the new system in wales? the new system puts until all _ the new system in wales? the new system puts until all those - the new system in wales? the new system puts until all those things l system puts until all those things that are _ system puts until all those things that are already in the gate lines, so there — that are already in the gate lines, so there must be clear one—way systems. — so there must be clear one—way systems, signage, and opportunities for hand _ systems, signage, and opportunities for hand sanitiser and wiping down

one of our early morning weather watcher pictures sent to us from that castleton moor area of north yorkshire some of those could be snowy especially over higher areas, lower temperatures across northern ireland and scotland, temperatures could get down to —7 and then for the second half of the weekend, high pressure in scandinavia steers in north—easterly winds so we have changed the wind direction but it will be another cold day, eastern scotla nd will be another cold day, eastern scotland and england seeing frequent showers in the morning, they will push west so showers for the midlands, wales and southern england, potentially emerging in parts of kent. the best dry weather and sunshine for the north and west of scotla nd and sunshine for the north and west of scotland and for northern ireland but another cold day. next week this area of high pressure goes nowhere fast so it will stay cold. for monday and that means a frost to start the day and a risk of icy stretches, showers widespread again for scotland and eastern england, moving west across the midlands and wales but there could be le

this is north yorkshire, a good covering of snow through the night.of snow as far south as windsor. it is in this zone, from the borders of scotland to the north midlands, north wales, you could see two to five centimetres fairly widely. maybe as much as ten centimetres over high ground. it will turn back to reign in the east the pennines. some fog to content with in amongst the light snow flurries in the south and south—east. the snow showers in northern scotland and northern ireland should fade in the afternoon to give long sunny spells. but wherever you are , to give long sunny spells. but wherever you are, another cold day. temperature is —6, —7 in parts of scotland, quite a few of you will struggle to get above one or two celsius. this evening and overnight there was no eventually pull away from northern england, through wales, light and patchy, down towards the south—east —— south—west before fading. tonight will be a particularly cold night. the coldest night so far from northern england and south—east scotland especially. we could see —11 or —

a bit further north from this in north yorkshire, another belting weather watch picture sent to us, thankssouthern areas. on monday, remnants of weather fronts, a bit more cloud than we have been used to, still showers across scotland, the risk of icy stretches, a risk of snow over the high ground, dry weatherfor england and snow over the high ground, dry weather for england and wales but rather cloudy. temperatures higher than they will be, highs of four or five but then snow on the way for northern england and also into scotland, monday night into tuesday. that's the latest weather. chris has the details for what will be a chilly couple of days. 12 lucky health care workers will soon be swapping their scrubs for sequins in the final of strictly come dancing nhs. 2,000 people applied for the chance to train alongside a professional dancer and help raise £10,000 for nhs charities. ian haslam has been speaking to some of the finalists. it is the go—to show for ballroom dancing fans, and continues to inspire similar competitions, like strictly nhs, which is raising money for the health servi

this is where i would like to be walking the dog right now in north yorkshire. of showers running through here. there cloud across england and wales will prevent damages from falling below freezing. it will be a chilly start to monday morning but not has cold hers it has been recently. yes, it is going to be relatively dry for many but certainly more cloud around on monday. there will be some showers just continuing to drift their way into the north of england, plenty of showers close to that the pressure in the finals of scotland, but the difference is to the south—west. low pressure starting to arrive. that will bring outbreaks of rain by the end of the afternoon. sheltered eastern areas are the best with drier settled weather on monday but it is all changed tuesday into wednesday, and there are some concerns about the weather story through the middle part of the week. it looks as though we are going to see a spell of heavy rain and strengthening winds. it will bring much milder air across england and wales, not necessarily the case though into the far north o