if you want to share your opinion about what you see, read or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, email:. or you can find us on twitter: you can call us: and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we are off the air over christmas and new year, but we will be back in three weeks time to hear more of your thoughts about bbc news coverage. goodbye and happy christmas. hello. scotland and northern ireland have the lion's share of friday's sunshine, even these areas are likely to turn cloudier as we go on through the weekend. a weekend which will for most places, bring plenty of cloud. despite that, it will be dry, it will gradually turn cooler as that weekend goes on, as well. there is an area of high pressure right across the united kingdom, giving plenty of settled weather as we go through the weekend. but trapped underneath that, there is a lot of cloud. now, where there have been clear spells overnight and into the morning, in scotland and northern england in particular, this is where we will wake up to the lowest temperatures and

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear, or read on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, email newswatch: or you can find us on twitter at... you can call us... and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us, we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. a big change in the feel of the weather through this weekend, with some milder air spreading from the west. but with that, a fair amount of cloud, some mist, and murk and hill fog and some outbreaks of rain at times. on the earlier satellite picture, a slice of clear sky, and where that clear sky remains, quite a cold start to saturday morning. the coldest weather of the whole weekend, in fact. out west, more cloud, and with that some milder weather, which is slowly but surely going to crawl its way eastwards through the day. so, temperatures in eastern parts starting the day below freezing, western areas well above. belfast at six, plymouth at eight degrees, and as we go through the day, the milder but cloudier and wetter cond

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, email... or you can find us on twitter. you can call us. and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. we have a rather cold and windy weekend to come and there'll be some wet weather at times, especially on saturday — some showers or some showery rain and hill snow. drier for many on sunday. throughout the weekend, though, a chilly wind to contend with. what's going on? low pressure close to scotland as saturday begins will run south through the north sea as the weekend goes on. around it, showers or some longer spells of rain and hill snow, especially on saturday, and it's also dragging in another push of chilly air from the north—west. and it's not what those without power or working to restore power after storm arwen want to hear but it is going to be a rather cold weekend ahead with temperatures starting like this for saturday morni

if you want to share your opinions about what you see hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, email... or you can find us on twitter. you can call us. you have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us. we will be back to get your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. it was noticeably mild across southern areas today, further north, a little less so, but there was a lot of cloud around generally. best of the sunshine was across scotland. we change air masses, though, for the weekend, it's going to turn colder. there will be more sunshine around, but there will be showers, too, thanks to low pressure nearby. got some wet weather across the country at the moment, particularly across the south, and some showery bursts of rain pushing into much of scotland and northern ireland as well, thanks to these weather fronts. you can see the extent of the mild air slowly ebbing away now as colder air begins to invade in from the northwest through the course of tonight. so, plenty of showers around, these turning incre

if you want to share your opinions on what you see, read or hear him bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, please reach us at. that is all from us and we are off the air over christmas and new year but will be back in three weeks' time to hear more of your thoughts on bbc news coverage. hello there. we've seen mixed fortunes of the weather today with this area of high pressure in some areas of been chilly, but sunny all day. other areas have been really grey and gloomy with spots of drizzle. this area of high pressure isn't going anywhere fast. it's sticking around through the weekend bringing a lot of dry but cloudy weather. there will be some sunshine around, also some dense fog to watch out for. it will also be turning a bit cooler, i think you'll notice that during the course of sunday across more northern and eastern areas. tonight, we'll start to see a return to this dense fog across parts of northern and eastern england in particular. skies will be clearer further north and so it will be chilly here with the touch of frost further south. the thickest of the cloud means

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail newsnight at... or you can find us at twitter at. you can call us... and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. it's been quite a chilly day and we've got a cold night on the way, a widespread frost expected in the early hours of saturday morning, particularly across eastern and central areas of the uk. many towns and cities will fall to around freezing or below. but out towards the west, not quite so cold — in fact by the stage, on saturday the weather will be turning mild or as an advancing warm front brings cloud and also some outbreaks of rain. of course i say warm front relatively warm for this time of year, because it won't be all that warm at all. in fact, cloudy with outbreaks of rain lasting all afternoon — yes, it's 12 celsius out towards the west but not particularly appealing. 6—8 c for the east of the country, still f

now on bbc news, as demand and prices soarfor dogs, bbc wales investigates the hidden world of designer dog breeding. it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on camera, it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on camera, but he's it's not all been a hard news. he has danced and sang on tv and even got stoned on camera, but he's also been accused of being too partisan, having political views too obvious. so at a time when the future of channel 4 is up for grabs, his words have come under unprecedented scrutiny. jon snow, welcome to the media show. the first question, you have a few days left at channel 4 news. l have a few days left at channel 4 news. ., , have a few days left at channel 4 news. . , ., , ., news. i have every hope that phone call will come. _ news. i have every

coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel, champions league draw chaos, as uefa are forced to put the balls back into the pot for a second time, after a technical problem declared the first set of ties void. alongside the surge in demand for designer dogs during lockdown, a bbc investigation has found networks of breeders offering to arrange to cut dogs' ears to create a look popular on social media. cropping a dog's ears is illegal in the uk — but bbc wales investigates has found fraudulent pet passports being offered to help hide the origin of illegally mutilated dogs. wyre davies reports. good boy, griff. you've been such a good boy. lockdown has been boom time for the dogs business. so these are what are known as micro bullies. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. these dogs were seized from a cardiff—based breeder. christopher may liked to show off and advertise his dogs online. he was recentlyjailed for breeding without a licence. he was also convicted of another crime, cutting off their ears. sadly, there is a demand fo

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, email newswatch: or you can find us on twitter at @newswatchbbc. you can call us: and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today. visits to care homes in england are to be limited to three people in response to omicron, as scientists warn two vaccine doses aren't enough to stop the new variant. in scotland, from today all household contacts of covid cases have to isolate for 10 days, regardless of vaccination status. we hear from a friend of gabriel kovari — a victim of serial killer stephen port — after an inquest found police failures were partly responsible for the deaths of three men. england's cricketers suffer a nine—wicket defeat in the first ashes test in brisbane. and formula one fans gear up for one of the most anticipated races in history, le

if you want to share your opinion about what you see, read or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, email: or you can find us on twitter: you can call us: and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we are off the air over christmas and new year, but we will be back in three weeks time to hear more of your thoughts about bbc news coverage. goodbye and happy christmas. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today. the uk's top civil servant stands down from running an inquiry into downing street parties — because of an event in his own office. government scientific advisers warn that tougher covid restrictions are needed ”very soon”, to prevent a big rise in hospital admissions in england. i live at the vaccination centre in north london where they have been vaccinating throughout the night and they are hoping to hit 5000 jabs by they are hoping to hit 5000 jabs by the time they finish at 6pm and as you can see, the booster effort is continuing here apace. the glittterball trophy is

and coming up on the bbc news channel, manchester united against paris saint—germain, the highlight of the champions league last 16 draw. it will provide another chapter of ronaldo against messi in the spring. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister says at least one person has now died in the uk with the new omicron variant of coronavirus. the government says omicron is spreading at "phenomenal" speed. last night, borisjohnson ramped up the vaccination booster programme to combat the variant, offering the jab to all over—18s in england by the end of this month. well, so far, 40% of people eligible for the vaccine in the uk have received their booster. like england, scotland is aiming to offer all adults a third vaccine by the end of december, while wales has set a target of the end of january. in northern ireland, people over 30 are currently being offered third doses. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports on how the government now hopes to jab a million people a day. the race between the virus and the vaccine has intensified once again. at a

david sillito, bbc news, cardiff. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show: heading back for the first time in over two years. let's go to gate! squeals this aussie girl is finally going home. laying on a special treat as a thankyou to thailand's monkeys. and how the aftermath of the second world war helped to create one of berlin's most famous takeaway snacks. but first, with the christmas holiday season beginning, many will be crossing their fingers for a return to something more like normality when compared to this time last year. particularly those expats heading home to family. and for australians who have been abroad during the pandemic, which includes myself, reuniting with family back home this year will be especially significant. there are a few things you have to do to go to australia. first of all, you need to be eligible to go to australia, it's not completely open, you have to be double vaccinated and be able to prove it, and then you get proof of that, you get an australia travel declaration, very similar to the arr

one official called it heartbreaking. james reynolds, bbc news. joining me now is meteorologist lucy bergeman from weather nation tv who has been following the story. devastating images that seeing here in this country. how much of this was predicted? that does not make it any less heartbreaking for people but, from your perspective, how much of this did we expect? yes. but, from your perspective, how much of this did we expect?— of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you — of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for— of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having _ of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having us _ of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having us on. - of this did we expect? yes, jane, thank you for having us on. we . of this did we expect? yes, jane, - thank you for having us on. we knew that this was going to be an overnight or at least late night into overnight severe weather events as early as wednesday said two days prior. ourstorm as early as wednesday said two days prior. our storm pred

now on bbc news. janice long was the first woman to have her own show on radio one and she has passed away. her career spanned five decades and she was the first woman to present mac top of the pops. we look back at her life. it's with a band who have been together for a year. they come from leighton buzzard. it's their first appearance on top of the pops. it's kajagoogoo with too shy. janice long making history. the first regular female host on top of the pops. it's u2 in at number 23 and new year's day. she ended nearly 20 years of men dominating the presenting line—up. i was absolutely thrilled to bits with the fact that i was introducing u2. and that doesn't get, you know, your first top of the pops! # all is quiet... show business ran in the family. herfirst tv appearance was alongside her younger brother, keith chegwin, on the children's show multi—coloured swap shop. hello, and welcome to the show. a year later shejoined radio 1, the first woman to have a daily show on the pop music station

and for more on the ioowomen series, head over to the special section of the bbc news website. you�*ll find it at bbc.com/100women, where there�*s a feature on the surprising benefits of lifelike baby dolls and the meet the women tv execs who decide what we watch. hundreds of school children across china have been taking part in a somewhat unusual science lesson. the pupils came from various cities in different parts of the country, but the people doing the teaching were a long way away. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. class begins, the children wait attentively, but giving teacher an apple may be a bit of a stretch. particularly when teacher is floating 400km up in space — wang yaping introducing her and her fellow astronauts from china�*s new space station. this is distance learning on a completely different scale. the three astronauts carried out a series of experiments in zero gravity, here comparing how buoyancy works both on earth and in space. some of the children even got to ask questions. "talking to the astronauts "has made me interested in the universe," sa

if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news, tv, radio, online social media, e—mail or write us on twitter. you can call us and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that is all from us, we will be back to talk about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: gps in england have been told they can cut some health checks in order to focus on delivering covid boosterjabs, as 75 new cases of omicron are recorded. tributes for arthur — football fans will remember the six—year—old boy who died after months of abuse by his father and step—mother. thousands of people in scotland and the north of england affected by storm arwen are starting their eighth day without power. another day that shook yorkshire cricket club to its core in the fall—out of the racism scandal, 16 coaching staff leave including head coach andrew gale who says he will begin a legal fight, against the club's decision to sack him. and carnage arrives at breakfast, the

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll have a special report on how the pandemic led many people to relocate to be closer to their families — and how that meant some had to move to a new country. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael who died of suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states trapps — more than three decades. the united states troops have _ more than three decades. the united states troops have been _ more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying - more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to - states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manwell, the pentagon says it's failed and its principal objective to capture him and taken to the united states to face drugs charges. the mega hammer and sickle was a slave taken away, the russian flag was hosted over what is now th

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: with christmas just around the corner, we take a look at the man preparing for his busiest night of the year. the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle| was hastily taken away. m its place. — the russian flag was hoisted over what is now— no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. | day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after

and in sportsday at 6:30 on the bbc news channel... england endure another difficult day in the ashes, with victory in the second test looking increasingly unlikely. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. borisjohnson says he takes personal responsibility for the conservatives' crushing defeat in the north shropshire by—election. the liberal democrats overturned a huge conservative majority of almost 23,000 and won by nearly 6,000 votes. the shock result follows a torrid week for the prime minister, who has faced criticism over downing street parties and a rebellion by his own mps over covid measures. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. three, two, one! they might not do subtle... three, two, one! they might not do subtle--- it— three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns _ three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns out _ three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns out that _ three, two, one! they might not do subtle... it turns out that if - three, two, one! they might not do sub

justin rowlatt, bbc news, oxfordshire. the 2022 golden globes nominations are out, and benedict cumberbatch, olivia colman and sir kenneth branagh are among the british stars in the running for the awards. however, they won't be broadcast on tv: the us network nbc dropped the show after a backlash over the organisations alleged lack of diversity. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson gave us some background to the row: we can go back to february this year. it emerged that over 87 people who vote for the golden globes, the hollywood foreign press association, not one of them was black and not one black person had voted in the golden globes for almost two decades. the response was immediate. the time's up movement called for a boycott of the golden globes. 100 publicists said they would not let their clients do any interviews with members of the hollywood foreign press. then, the big one — nbc, who have the rights to the event. you can remember ricky gervais and tina fey hosting this awards show, they said they wo

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. right, let's pick up on the negotiations between us and russian officials, due to start in the new year. let's bring in dr domitilla sagramoso. she's an expert on russian foreign and security policy from king's college london. dr sagramoso, the rigour to speak to you on bbc news. thank you very much for talking to us. i won't ask you a detail about a very, very long news conference, but in a sense president putin has achieved something and getting nato members and president biden to agree that this kind of talk could take place at all, because presumably they would say, it's a matter of the sovereignty of the individual country, nothing to do with russia.— do with russia. yes, i think from that point _ do with russia. yes, i think from that point of— do with russia. yes, i think from that point of view, _ do with russia. yes, i think from that point of view, putin - do with russia. yes, i think from that point of view, putin has - do with russia. yes, i think from that point of vi

wyre davies, bbc news. you can watch the full investigation — the hidden world of designer dog breeding — at 7.35pm tonight on bbc one wales and on iplayer. un member states are meeting in geneva this week to discuss possible rules over the use of lethal autonomous weapons — sometimes called killer robots. the meeting is the culmination of years of negotiations. everyone agrees autonomous weapons are likely to radically change how we wage war, but human rights groups claim they also raise serious moral questions about accountability, and who exactly takes the decision to kill. imogen foulkes reports from geneva. drones are standard weapons nowadays. they have no pilot but ultimately a human is still in charge. with fully autonomous weapons human control is gone. preprogrammed long in advance, they can use algorithms orfacial recognition to find and kill their targets. the question of whether we are leaving, effectively, life—and—death decisions to machine processes, to sensors, algorithms and mach

caroline hawley, bbc news. the singer billie eilish has described how she suffered nightmares, after being exposed to "abusive" pornography from the age of ii. in a radio interview, the i9—year—old said she is now "devastated" to reflect on her exposure to the content. eilish said the experience led her to "not say no to things that were not good" when she began having sex. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. mixed fortunes of weather today, some areas rather grey and gloomy, and a little bit of rain in the forecast as well, particularly across the north of the uk, but all areas are pretty mild for the time of year with temperatures through this afternoon and sticking in double figures for many. this building area of high pressure slowly pushing north—westwards, this weak weather front trapped still in the system across the north of the uk, that's bringing some thick cloud, some patchy outbreaks of rain to northern ireland, into the far north of england and southern scotland, pretty

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. you certainly do need plenty of stamina to watch that. it is long. olga ivshina is from bbc russian. she was monitoring it for us. predident putin was talking about the threat from the west, and very much describing this as an aggressive stance from the west, and that's why russia had to protect themselves and build up those troops we're seeing on the border with ukraine. olga?— we're seeing on the border with ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember— ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember this _ ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember this conference i ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember this conference is i remember this conference is internal, and putin creates these... he defends those dragons, and here you go. either stays the same or gross. that's why once again, russia is only responding to provocations from the west. the other things that russia economy is struggling. standards of living are dramatically declining, and year after year, putin is saying our economy is do

and now tv. you're watching bbc breakfast. this is bbc news with the latest headlines: covid passes, working from home, and the wider use of facemasks... england braces for plan b rule changes. the health secretary says the measures are needed to delay the spread of omicron. if it carries on at that rate, you could have! million infections through community transmission by end of the month. the new restrictions provoke a backlash from some tory mps also angry at the allegation number ten staff broke covid rules last december. labour says it's not an isolated incident. there is a number of allegations around parties at the flat at number ten, the parties in numberten, and parties in other departments, and this is devastating news for people that did the right thing, last christmas. a bbc investigation finds british rubbish is being illegally shipped

it's for a bbc two documentary, which is out on new year's day — let's take a look. i'll tell you, i actually made my first tottering steps onto the stage at the age of three. i retired for a bit, went to nursery school. then resumed my training with grandma hetty. here is grandma hetty. i love this picture. it says, "ms hetty collins, comedy and dance". and she is doing the splits. and she taught me to do the splits when i was about three or four. here she is, where she loves to be, behind a bar. she liked a bit of a bevy. she did! this is a picture of my auntie pauline. you think playboy was risque? look at that. that's where i inherited it from, maybe. damejoan collins joins us now. a very good morning to you. morning, charlie _ a very good morning to you. morning, charlie. ., . , ., a very good morning to you. morning, charlie. ., ., , ., ., , charlie. how are you? i am very aood. charlie. how are you? i am very good- more _ charlie. how are you? i am very good- more to _ charlie. how are you? i am very good. more to the _ charlie. how are you? i am very good. mo