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explosions and a fire have been reported. the mum of dame deborahjames speaks for the first time about her daughters legacy in riasing awareness of bowel cancer. we were given three to five days — deborah lived eight weeks. that eight weeks was probably, in one way, the best eight weeks weve had together as a family. and animal charities say they are the busiest theyve ever been as people are struggling to afford their pets. the value of peoples wages has fallen at the fastest rate s...

hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the value of uk wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to incre...

the airport cope with staff shortages. a meeting of the governments emergency cobra committee is to take place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared, after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning theres a risk to life. jon donnison has more. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially r...

latest britains biggest manhunt in years. more than a years rainfall in one day in parts of central greece — the un calls for radical change to slow global warming. the top gear presenter freddie flintoff — seen in public for the first time since being injured while filming last december. two of the favourites to lift the trophy — france and new zealand — go head to head in the opening match of the rugby world cup tonight. and after a jazz collective wins the mercury music priz...

Three british men, accused of being mercenaries fighting with ukrainian forces against russia, have pleaded not guilty in court in the russian backed separatist region of donetsk in the east of ukraine. john harding, andrew hill, and dylan healy are charged alongside a man from sweden and another from croatia. the health secretary steve barclay has set out further details of this autumns covid booster programme. the uk yesterday became the first country to approve a jab that targets two strains ...

Try and avoid those scenes and make make it as smooth as possible. thank ou ve make it as smooth as possible. thank you very much- _ so, hopefully, the covid booster programme will take some pressure off the health service later this year, but one of the main issues facing the sector right now is a shortage of gps. a backlog of patients from the epidemic, and a struggle to recruit staff, means many surgeries are under pressure. 0ur reporterjamie coulson has more. i absolutely love being a gp. it...

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The steps — further we will get. let me set out the steps were taking to the additional capacity. given its vital importance against omicron we will prioritise _ importance against omicron we will prioritise the covid booster programme over the remainder of the flu vaccination programme for the next few— flu vaccination programme for the next few weeks. this will allow many more _ next few weeks. this will allow many more booster appointments to be made available _ more booster appointments ...

The highest temperatures up to 13 of the very best. a little bit cooler you have some of that lingering fog through parts of the midlands and northern england and north wales. the sunshine will break through the cloud. this evening and overnight more heavy rain in the north and west of scotland, fairly breezy. further south the odd mist and fog parts. for most, a cloudy start to wednesday. a little bit cooler. details in half an hour. thank you. the rapid expansion of the covid booster programme...

Welcome to bbc news. im david eades. our top stories: the search goes on for survivors of the tornadoes which tore through six us states. more than 90 people are known to have been killed. my mother still doesnt know the house is gone and were not going to tell her. reporter: why not? itlljust break her heart. borisjohnson calls for an acceleraton of the covid booster programme, after warning the uk the covid booster programme, after warning the uk about a "tidal wave" of omicron infections. the...