the cloud is low and will sit on hills of wales and shropshire and affects the motor ways a cross shropshiress the pennines. a mainly cloudy picture in northern england and northern ireland and scotland. there could be some frost and fog early on in the grampians. a similar picture tomorrow under the cloud. it is very low cloud with very little wind to lift it. so there won't be much change. temperatures start at 7 oi’ much change. temperatures start at 7 or8and end much change. temperatures start at 7 or 8 and end at 7 or 8. maybe more cloud in east anglia and some breaks in the north—east of scotland. we keep the status quo on friday. more limited frost. just south of the ma. but there could be breaks elsewhere. temperatures around the 6 to 8 degree mark. and it is very similar into the weekend. high pressure keeping things settled and dry. very useable weather if you like to get out and about. some dry weather, but not that much sunshine. this is bbc news with me clive myrie — the headlines. barack obama prepares for a final farewell. i'm at the white house where journalists have packed t

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like that one in shropshire.e northwards and there will be some light and patchy rain. also the cloud across the south—west of england migrating further eastwards across southern counties, as well, could see showers here towards the evening. clear skies through the central slice of wales to england and east anglia, temperatures will befalling away here. to the north, northern england quite damp here with spots of light rain and drizzle and wintriness over the higher grounds. skies clouding up the higher grounds. skies clouding up through the afternoon over northern ireland but a lovely end to the day for much of scotland with lovely evening sunshine. in to the overnight period we see that cloud migrating northwards across western areas, some spots of rain likely and wintriness over the higher ground. don't be surprised to see a dusting of snow in one or two places for sunday morning. more cloud around but some areas that will catch a frost, it's going to be cold with mist and fog. for sunday some areas starting o

have reports of some sleet and wet snow over the higher ground, parts of the cotswolds, cheshire, shropshireead through this evening, with some of the heaviest rain through southern counties of england, eventually clearing. in its wake, dry weather, variable amounts of cloud, temperatures in low single figures. a different story across the north of england and eastern scotland. plenty of showers moving in from the north and north—east. there will be a wintry element to them, certainly over the high ground. we will continue to see accumulation of snow. quite a few showers, wintry across the north—east, this evening and overnight. across the south we lose the rain and it turns drier, clearing skies means temperatures falling away. really quite cold across central and northern parts of the uk, some frost and also some ice to watch out for. for monday morning, we start on a cold and frosty note for some. but bright, lots of sunshine through the morning. that lasting through the afternoon as well. a much better day across england and wales, with some unbroken sunshine in places. some showers affe

the three groups in worcestershire have followed one in shropshire in restricting hip and knee surgerynnounced restrictions on all surgery for some, unless they lose weight, and another trend that's been seen is cuts in ivf treatment, including in mid and north—east essex and south—east norfolk. the finances in the nhs are constrained and demand is rising. and so in that environment we have to make some difficult decisions about the services we commission. we have to prioritise services where patients will get the most benefit. this comes at a time when there have been calls for a cross—party and public debate on the future of the nhs in england. a key question is — should the nhs continue with the funding already allocated, even if that means possible cuts to some services, or does it need new funding to bring it in line with health spending seen in some other leading european economies? the welsh government said there were no financial restrictions on routine surgery. scotland is investing more in specialist centres, but, around the uk, the debate on the best use of resources for the

this was the scene a few hours ago in shropshire. a little covering of snow on the higher ground. with cloud in parts of wales and northern ireland. and scotland, sunshine limited. but in the south—east you have some sunshine. temperatures are little on the low side but picking up little on the low side but picking up across little on the low side but picking up across many western little on the low side but picking up across many western areas. through tonight the frost returns, and the clear skies in the south—east, that's where we have a risk of fog. elsewhere the cloud will break out. the frost and fog hit and will break out. the frost and fog hitand miss, but will break out. the frost and fog hit and miss, but it is a chilly start to monday morning. four could hamper the commute in southern areas, some of it will linger all be long, but a bit less sunshine around them today. hello, this is bbc news with gavin esler. in a moment, dateline london, but first the headlines. theresa may has responded to reports that a trident missile test went wrong, weeks before a crucial commons

the three groups in worcestershire have followed one in shropshire in restricting hip and knee surgerytrictions on all surgery for some, unless they lose weight, and another trend that's been seen is cuts in ivf treatment, including in mid and north east essex and south east norfolk. the finances in the nhs are constrained and demand is rising. and so in that environment we have to make some difficult decisions about the services we commission. we have to prioritise services where patients will get the most benefit, and we have to make sure we get the best for the nhs pound in our area. this comes at a time when there have been calls for a cross—party and public debate on the future of the nhs in england. the key question is, should the nhs continue with the funding already allocated, even if it means possible cuts to some services, or does it need new funding to bring it in line with health spending in some other leading european economies? the welsh government said there were no financial restrictions on routine surgery. scotland is investing more in specialist centres, but around th

bbc radio shropshire has reported today that a sandwich shop has now refused to supply two hospitalst financial year. other sandwiches are now having to be sourced. but — more importantly — in terms of a&e performance, we have new data. you may remember the government said it didn't want to give out weekly updates on how it's all going. but our policy editor, chris cook, has got his hands on the internal nhs figures for last week. chris, performance is actually improving? yes, if you look back to the first week of the year, the data that we only know because it got leaked to our colleagues. onjanuary 3rd, the nhs had a terrible day with only about 75% of a&e patients seen within four hours. remember, the bench mark for that we try and hit is 95%. what's happened in the intervening almost two weeks since january 3rd up to last night, is there has been a slow, gradual drift back and it is up to 85% again. that is largely because the first week of the year is the busiest, because people put off going to hospital until they can get off work. who wants to go to hospital at christmas? so t

several other commissioning groups in england, including in harrogate, the vale of york, shropshire andons on non—emergency surgery. demand for hip and knee replacements is growing with an ageing population but the money to pay for them is increasingly scarce. the boss of a haulage firm and a mechanic have been sent to prison for the manslaughter of four people who were killed when a tipper truck with faulty brakes went out of control. matthew gordon was jailed for seven and a half years and peter wood for five years and three months. three men and a four—year—old girl died in the incident thejudge said that the judge said that having looked at photographs of the parts of the bra kes photographs of the parts of the brakes on this lorry it should've been blatantly obvious that anyone who saw them that this truck should not have been on the road. he said this vehicle was in an appallingly bad faith and, as a result, it was inevitable that there would be some kind of accident. in the end that was a terrible accident, for lives we re was a terrible accident, for lives were lost and two men

several other commissioning groups in england, including in harrogate, the vale of york, shropshire andulation but the money to pay for them is increasingly scarce. a formerjudge and his assistant have been jailed for six years for defrauding their own law firm out of more than £600,000. the pair siphoned off the money to pay for a lavish lifestyle. our correspondent dan johnson is at southwark crown court. well, there was some debate about the total amount of money, £600,000 or perhaps as much as £1 million. the evidence was given on the basis that this pair defrauded £640,000, from their own clients at their law firm, selsey solicitors based in sussex. they had homes, second and third homes, holidays to barbados, one costing £20,000. there was a range rover, a log cabin with a hot tub, days out at the cheltenham festival, so they were enjoying this money. initially the court were told this was to prop up the business, keep it afloat. that is how the deputy districtjudge and solicitor simon kenny kept his business going, but his assistant emma coates, who was also in and there with him

several other commissioning groups in england, including in harrogate, the vale of york, shropshire andth an ageing population but the money to pay for them is increasingly scarce. there's been a big increase in the number of people being declared insolvent. the figures for england and wales show there were more than 90,000 insolvencies last year, an increase of more than 13% on the year before. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz explains. yes, it's people who have got too heavily indebted and the only way out is to go bankrupt, for instance, but there are several ways. this is amidst growing concern about levels of debt people are getting on. so that would be credit card debt, personal loans overd rafts, that sort of thing. the figures month—to—month show an increase building over the last year or so and there is concern about that. it has been voiced by the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, saying we need to be vigilant about the potential consequences of this, because what happens if people take on too much debt? they get into a serious situation and have t

this is in shropshire. of money. when you move into place, have look around. maybe not under the floorboards! idid. how funny. right, let's talk about disney films. snow white, cinderella, sleeping beauty, disney animated films have brought many a fairy tale to life. but only one disney princess has ever been based on an actual person. the film pocahontas, released in 1995, was inspired by a native american woman who died a00 years ago. this week special events marking her extraordinary life have got underway, although the location might surprise you. breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. # have you ever heard the wolf cry... it took a quarter of £1 million at the box office, but of the millions who have seen the 1995 film pocahontas, few in all likelihood could tell you where she is actually buried. just outside the m25 in gravesend, in kent. pocahontas was a native american who married an english settler. they became virginia's first tobacco farmers. they travelled to england and mixed with the movers and shak