it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
within the uk. between northern ireland and england scotland and wales. in the last 30 minutes of the dup leader and a northern ireland secretary have given the new plan the big sale. the secretary have given the new plan the big sale- the big sale. the government is delivered to the big sale. the government is delivered to delivering - the big sale. the government is delivered to delivering this - the big sale. the government is| delivered to delivering this gives for a fee for a brighter future for northern ireland within the united kingdom. it is now time for elected representatives in northern ireland to come together. this is this agreement is something we have come hard to work together to deliver for the people of north island. it s our achievement after two years of hard work and negotiation. safeguarding the union is an 80 peerage valued for those who worried that there s been diluted. making the core premise that there be no checks on goods going to northern irel
south eastern parts of the uk but into this evening and overnight we will keep some showers coming in on the northerly breeze for a while, particularly across parts of northern england. scotland and northern ireland should see skies clearing, we make it clear skies across north west wales and england, so there could be a frost, may be as low as “4 in glasgow. across east midlands, yorkshire, east anglia and the south east, temperatures should be above freezing, enough cloud, enough breeze, but even here tomorrow we will find the breeze easing, the crowd breaking up and any showers won t last long at all and it should be a dry day for most of us with some spells of sunshine. we see more cloud and drizzle arriving at the far north west later in the day so 9 degrees here but elsewhere we are looking at highs around 6 8 c, near normalfor this time of the year. heading into the weekend that weather front is going to bring some rain down from the north west but it s running close
there s been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight; the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on healthcare there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. the sniper killed my son, i want to see my son, he says. this footage from the