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the 2nd at the start of the long bank holiday weekend. rhaya barton, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with helen. hello there. a cooler day in the offing tomorrow because we ve got two areas of low pressure, one that s been across the north today, the other one drifting up from france. so we are going to see some rain. we re already seeing that rain across the north and west of scotland. that continues through this evening, the odd drizzly shower elsewhere and some late sunshine. and then overnight, the potentialfor some rain to drift up from france. our rain further north starts to pull away, but leaves still quite a legacy of showery rain. so it s a relatively mild night, a little bit of mist and fog, particularly over the hills. so for monday, we ve got our two areas of low pressure. as this one moves into the north sea, the northwesterly will bring a real rash of showers to many areas. could be heavy, could be thundery as well. and then we ve got rain potent ....
more than 4.5 million people were waiting to begin hospital treatment in england at the end january, that s the highest number since records began in 2007. the royal college of surgeons has called the situation to turn things around. here s our health editor, hugh pym. hospital wards devoted to covid. the surge in numbers over the last two months led to widespread cancellations of less urgent types of care, and there s still a backlog from last year s first covid peak. today s figures highlight again the scale of the problem. charmaine has severe arthritis, and last year was hoping to have a knee replacement. she was told in november she d have to wait another 12 months. she s currently out of work and the task of finding a newjob keeps getting harder. i hate not being able to work. how do i say to a new employer, thanks for thejob, but maybe in a couple of months, i might need three months off for a knee replacement. patient waits for non urgent care have increased ar ....
the nhs test and trace system, which is likely to cost the taxpayer £37 billion failed to prevent lockdowns and there is no evidence that cut the number of coronavirus infections. those other findings in the house of commons public accounts committee, publishing a highly critical report of the scheme. it said the cost was staggering and the taxpayers were being treated like a cash machine. hugh pym reports. a testing site, today, now part of everyday life, but it has cost a lot of money to get where we are and a highly critical report by mps has fuelled a new debate on what test and trace has achieved. it was raised at prime minister s questions. the government is throwing a staggering £37 billion at a test and trace system that we know has made barely any difference. the prime minister defended its performance. it is thanks to nhs test and trace that we re able to send kids back to school and begin cautiously and irreversibly to reopen our economy and restart our li ....
much further than the paris accord, to limit global warming. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, a look back at some of our favourite european adventures. we test drive the continent s fastest and highest ride. watch some masterpiece maintenance in the netherlands. it looks incredible. yeah. 0h, here we go again. and travel back in time over 2000 years as wejoin the crew of a replica galley in greece. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you from a very chilly st pancras station. now, normally, this place would be bustling with people going back and forth from the uk to the continent on the eurostar. pre pandemic, it was carrying around 11 million passengers every year between britain and mainland europe, but that number has dropped by 95% since last march and, today, i can only see two outbound trains on the board. unfortunately, i m not catching a train today as we are still under lockdown, but that isn t going to stop us from looking back at ....
to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. now on bbc news, carmen roberts heads to chile with the travel show to see the results of what some people are calling the world s biggest rewilding project. this week on the show. going wild in chile. we have actually found dear. can you see him in the distance? treasure hunting in lebanon on. and on board a leaky boat in crocodile infested waters.- leaky boat in crocodile infested waters. ~ ., ., , infested waters. we have lots of water in infested waters. we have lots of water in my infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i don t i of water in my boat. i don t know exactly why yet, but here it is. chile and patagonia, a place where tradition ....