stars of the silver screen are getting ready for the baftas later tonight. we ll look at which films might take home the awards. good morning. we are looking at a brighter day, with a few more cloudbreak surround, so some sunny spells developing for many. probably quite a nice sunrise for some of you. in scotland we have to get cloud with rain on the way and here it is going to turn progressively windier, with severe gales on the way, tonight across the north. more on but a bit later on. it s sunday, the 19th of february. our main story: the british medical association says the government is standing on the precipice of a historic mistake by failing to stop strike action in the nhs. 16,000 junior doctors in england are being balloted over industrial action. that vote closes tomorrow, when a large number of ambulance workers in england and wales will also walk out. vincent mcaviney has the latest. escalating strikes across the nhs. ambulance workers in england, wales and nor
injury, winning the australian and french opens. and last on centre court is serena williams who has not played a singles match since hobbling off centre court in the first round last year. she said she had a lot of motivation to make sure that was not her last memory. elsewhere, 12 brits in action and an early win for ryan peniston on his wimbledon singles debut. thank you very much, laura. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. we saw a bit of sunshine poking through the clouds at wimbledon and it is across eastern areas that we have got bright and sunny skies. however, it is a day of weather contrasts and it is not nice everywhere by any stretch, across western areas, thicker cloud on the way in and heavy rain around. meanwhile, to the east of the uk, we have got a heatwave, look at the temperatures, well above normal, even into the mid 40s across parts of southern italy. that is because the high temperatures are caused by a big ridge in thejet stream which s
showers for england, and wales for the most part, it s a dry day with some warm spells of sunshine throughout the day, really. now, on the satellite picture, we can see a lot of cloud coming into north western areas. and it s this cloud that s bringing those widespread showers at the moment to northern ireland, scotland and a few into the north west of england as well. now, through the day, into the afternoon, those showers become a little bit less widespread, so there ll be a bit more sunshine poking through the clouds here. it stays quite windy, though, with gusts into the 30s mph. further south, the winds lighter, there ll be more sunshine and it will feel warm with just a bit of fairweather cloud. temperatures reaching about 23 in the warmest areas, overnight, a few showers in scotland, but then later in the night, we ll see this area of rain develop in the western isles and the highlands. away from the northwest, though, it s a dry night with some clear spells and tempe
china says it ll fight to the very end to prevent taiwan from being declared independent. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. reports from eastern ukraine say a huge chemical plant in the town of severodonetsk where hundreds of people have been sheltering is on fire. the governor of the region says the azot plant had come under intense bombardment but was still under ukrainian control. the fierce fighting comes as ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says his troops are running low on ammunition as they try to repel russian invaders in the east. and he s appealed for more help from western powers. helena wilkinson has the latest. this is the east of ukraine, in the donbas region, it s one of the areas russian forces have focused their firepower. ukraine soldiers are still holding out here, but the intense fighting goes on. ukraine s army says it is running l
good to be here, nick. i m sorry to mention the powerlessness! when you watch the tory infighting this week, who is going to be leader? and nobody says keir starmer. it s, will it bejeremy hunt, will it be borisjohnson? does it increase that sense of frustration, of not being in power? the frustration of not being able to do things is huge, and you re right, we ve had 12 years of this now. we are nearly going to have been as long out of power as we were in power. and yes, there s just this massive difference, and it is incredibly frustrating. i think it s also. it s frustrating in terms of all the things that you can do in government, but also frustrating watching them right now, because it feels like they are damaging everybody. we re going to talk about politics, as it were, in a while. but just talking about you, do you ever feel, as these years have passed on, years of opposition, maybe i had my moment, maybe it s time to do something else ? and seeing your husband ed