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Storm Henk: Man dies in Gloucestershire as disruption continues across UK
A man has died after a tree fell on his car in Gloucestershire during the high winds and heavy rain caused by Storm Henk. There’s still widespread disruption across the UK, with cancelled trains, power cuts and blocked roads – as well as heavy flooding. As of 6pm today there was still one severe flood…
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‘Strike action is the only language the government seems to understand’, BMA Junior Doctors Committee co-chair
We’re joined by the co-chair of the BMA’s junior doctors committee, Dr Vivek Trivedi.
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NHS strikes: Services under pressure as junior doctors begin longest ever strike action
The British Medical Association has tonight accused NHS managers of failing to plan properly and protect patients during its members’ six day walkout – saying the scheme used to call doctors off the picket line and into work if there’s an emergency is at risk of collapse. Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England…
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Iran explosions will create ‘many layers of escalation’, says defence expert
We talk to Dr Samuel Ramani from the Royal United Services Institute defence and security think tank.
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Iran: At least 103 people killed in explosions near general’s tomb
More than a hundred people were killed and scores of others were injured when two explosions went off at a memorial ceremony for a prominent Iranian general in the southern city of Kerman.
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Good Grief: Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy turns director and writer for film on love and loss
Dan Levy is best known as the star and co-creator of the multi-Emmy Award winning TV series Schitt’s Creek.
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2023 is UK’s second warmest year on record after 2022, provisional Met Office figures suggest
Last year was the second warmest on record for the UK since records began, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. The hottest was 2022.
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Kush: A drug sometimes mixed with human bones is ravaging Sierra Leone
It’s so addictive, users become hooked after a single hit, then find themselves quickly trapped in a cycle of self-destruction.
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NHS warns of “one of most difficult starts to the year” as junior doctors prepare to strike
Junior doctors in England are about to stage the longest strike in NHS history, just as the health service is under strain because of winter viruses and staff sickness.
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Russia launches massive missile and drone assault on Ukraine killing 5 people
Russia has launched another massive missile and drone assault on Ukraine – targeting its two biggest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv.
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Shadow Home Secretary says Labour would ‘fix the Tories chaos in the asylum system’
No one from the government was available to come on the programme. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, spoke to Cathy who asked if she welcomes the big increase in claims being processed.
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Home Secretary defends claim that Sunak’s asylum pledge has been met
The government has been accused of massaging the asylum numbers after claiming it’s cleared the backlog of asylum claims, built up before the end of June 2022.
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Hamas says deputy leader killed in an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
Hamas says its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in an explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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Cabin crew ‘did really well to evacuate’ after Japan plane crash,’ says former air traffic controller
Michele Robson is a former air traffic controller.
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Japan earthquake relief plane hits passenger jet killing 5 people in Tokyo
Rescuers in Japan have been struggling to reach coastal areas where many are feared trapped under collapsed buildings after the powerful earthquake on New Year’s Day.