the rest of england and for wales, with low— pressure england and for wales, with low—pressure close by, will have some showers from time to time. would be quite heavy with the freshening southeasterly wind as well. today we have had quite a big range of temperatures. tomorrow we are alla range of temperatures. tomorrow we are all a bit closer together. and now their day in scotland. the little bit cooler though, the further south you are. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: home secretary amber rudd has chaired a meeting of the government's cobra committee and says police have identified more than 200 witnesses in the investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. this investigation is focused on making sure that we keep people safe asa making sure that we keep people safe as a priority. that is what the cobra meeting was about. and also making sure we collect all cobra meeting was about. and also making sure we collect all the evidence, so when it comes to attribution, we will be absolutely clear where it should lead. no more changes to exams and a r

it's a big move for the england camp, eddie jones's team it's a big move for the england camp, eddiejones's team since gone backwards as the tournament progressed. stunned by scotland and over par by the french, they will be hoping they can't lose three in a row, but it has been positive m essa g es row, but it has been positive messages coming out from jones in england. a relatively positive england head coach, eddiejones address the media today. he gave his knees in the regular england captain, dylan hartley, who missed the last away in paris with a calf injury. until eddie has read the medical report he can't be definitive but he would hope that he'll be taking part this weekend if you set. we've also told that the wing has a protective boot that the wing has a protective boot that he is wearing at the moment committee will be going for a scan but for the time being it is thought to be proportionate. the big message from eddiejones to be proportionate. the big message from eddie jones is to be proportionate. the big message from eddiejones is one of positivity. he said that any good team

new zealand needed seven wickets and england needed seven wickets and england needed to bat all day to force a draw. stokes went just needed to bat all day to force a draw. stokes wentjust before dinner and when chris woakes went, the hopes faded. james anderson was the last man to go as new zealand won by an innings and 49 runs. one of crickets biggest scandals continues. a former australia fast bowlerjason gillespie told me that steve smith's position as captain has become untenable. smith has already stood down from his team rajasthan royals. smith was instrumental in australia's dominant win over england in the ashes and such is his profile in australia he was named australian of the year by the country's biggest selling newspaper. but gillespie believes smith should stand down. i think everyone is in agreement that will be difficult for him to continue as captain, sadly, he has been a fine captain for australia. but you know it's hard to imagine that he would be able to come back from this and be leader of the country. what about darren leighman, the coach, is his position tenable

england trail ireland by five points. scotland and wales can still win it, although we would need a pretty outrageous sequence of events for that to happen. but not a mathematic impossibility. ireland up against scotland's first tomorrow afternoon at 2:15pm, then france against england at lizlispm and wales against italy on sunday at 3pm. joining me to discuss this is: greg cork to offer up the scottish respect. use the play sevens rugby. let's talk ireland, they are in the driving seat. do you they will wrap up driving seat. do you they will wrap up the six six nations? ireland haven't met a six nations match at the aviva stadium and thatjoe schmidt. they have won 19 of the last 20 games. for scotland, they have to look at the fact they beat england in the calcutta cup. they come here with a lot of confidence but it will be a huge challenge coming to ireland's backyard and trying to turn over the irish team. we know how impressive scotland have been, but italy that win over england in the calcutta cup which has thrown th

but england to admit their failings, this is from the official england account... graeme swann is out there and part of the bbc‘s commentary team. he has his own assessment and he has been speaking to us. well, it was sunday for england cricket and not particularly good. graeme swann, former england spinner, what you make of it, it seemed fairly unbelievable? i can say when a team is out for 50, it is better when it is out for 50, it is better when it is australia and england is on the plus side. it wasjust incredible, the sun is out, not a bad day for batting, trent boult played well but england didn't turn up, their feet didn't get out of the crease, a lot when nicked from behind the crease. trent boult bowling well, tim southee backing him up. obviously getting just over 50 is not good enough. if it was not for craig overton with 33 not out, 27—9 at one point. it was almost comic and i said, ican point. it was almost comic and i said, i can take the make out my friends in years to come! no laughing matter at the moment. saying on social media that somebody�

england have the score twice. england eventually found some momentum. jonny may's score for england! by now the six nations title was lost but the match wasn't. a converted try would have won it, but france's thin blue line held firm as england failed the test. we were to happen 396 failed the test. we were to happen 3% away from where we need to be. we we re 3% away from where we need to be. we were beaten at the breakdown, gave away 16 penalties which is far too many. when we got momentum, we did not come but it points and when they did the converted to the point. it seems like a long way away but it is not. you go through these periods as a team. we are going through difficult period at the moment that we will get it. it certainly is a difficult patch for england at the moment following an impressive run for eddiejones moment following an impressive run for eddie jones and moment following an impressive run for eddiejones and his side. worth looking at how the table stands on this, the penultimate weekend heading into the final round of matches next

. parts of northern england. daily—macro hits part of northern england. england. and we have the feed of heavy snow showers coming from north sea. showers coming from north sea. it will be an icy start to the weekend. weekend. through the weekend but things will turn milder further south. through the weekend but things will turn milderfurther south. turn milderfurther south. the risk of a little bit more snow around. of a little bit more snow around. cloud is there which will push into north—east england. north—east england. further snow showers across eastern scotland. showers across eastern scotland. be up to about four celsius, seven celsius. celsius. scotland, northern england and perhaps turning this elite. perhaps turning this elite. there will be dry weather developing. developing. lose the bitter wind—chill that has been with us for much of this week. been with us for much of this week. gradually things are turning milder at the weekend. at the weekend. course, very cold surfaces so watch out for the ongoing risk of ice. out for the ongoing

i'm pretty sure it was going on in the ashes series but it wasn't the reason england lost 4—0, england still would have lost that series, australia needed their trick of the trade, maybe in melbourne it didn't work but other than that i don't think they required. otherwise i'm pretty sure it has been going on for quite a while. some big claims from former england captain michael vaughan. so we've heard about the cheating and the repercussions, but just what were the australians trying to achieve by tampering with the ball. test match special‘s simon hughes can tell us. there are two types of swing, conventional swing using the polished side to make the ball curve one way but with the kookaburra ball used in south africa and australia the shine does not last very long so what bowlers do is try and get the rough side roughed up so it's scratched and abraded on fairly rough dry pitch and that creates reverse swing, turbulence on the rough side and that drags the ball forces the ball in the other direction at high speed very hard to play. you are not allowed to scratch the ball so what t

mark, seven changes for england. new faces in there, ten changes in all with a couple of positional switches. it's either going to be inspired to finish on a high, or... how do you read that? a couple of changes forced through injury. dylan hartley is in and fit. he is the captain. courtney lawes has been forced out through injury, unfortunately. you've had other selections. richard wigglesworth put in there, maybe. ten yea rs wigglesworth put in there, maybe. ten years after his last start in the six nations, incredible, at the age of 30. you let you know, he's a good mate of mine and i'm chuffed to bits for him. he's always worked ha rd bits for him. he's always worked hard on his game, and he's obviously very familiar with 0wen farrell at ten as well, i'm sure the experience they have got from playing club rod be together for so long is key in that selection as well —— club rod. i like the balance in the midfield bit more, with te'o at 12 and jonathanjoseph bit more, with te'o at 12 and jonathan joseph at 13.

elsewhere, england captainjoe root was dismissed for the last ball of the day to leave england trailing new zealand by 237 runs going into the final day of the first test in auckland. after declaring on 427—8, the home side got alastair cook out early in england's second innings the just two runs. early in england's second innings thejust two runs. mark early in england's second innings the just two runs. mark stoneman reached his fourth test half—century with six off neil wegner, but he was out next ball, caught by trent boult. joe root also reached 50, but shortly after took a nasty hit of the glove and had to receive treatment. he was dismissed the next ball, leaving england on i32—3 at the close. they must bat out the final day for a draw. in contrast, england's women are flying. danielle wyatt hit a brilliant century as they beat india in the 3020 match of the tri— series in mumbai. what becomes only the second woman to sport 2t20 international hundreds, helping england reach their target with eight balls to spare. formula i is back, but the opening grand prix ended with a

the south west of england without power. a thousand people in the north—west of england also without power, but authorities have restored power in the north—west. 500 people over in yorkshire without power, they were hoping to get those back on stream with the last hour. people in wales without power as well. as far as roads go a number of minor roads com pletely roads go a number of minor roads completely blocked by snowdrifts in the north of england and in the south—west, in the midlands the a66 remains blocked by snow the m62 did reopen in the early hours of this morning after more than 2a hours shut because of hundreds of cars stranded between yorkshire and lancashire. the weather still affecting journeys, cross—country and virgin east coast have started to do and virgin east coast have started todoa and virgin east coast have started to do a limited services between scotla nd to do a limited services between scotland and england, virgin west coast, there will be no trains between scotland and england on that rou

and south—east england. up to 12 celsius, not bad for the time of year. 0vernight rain working northwards. getting into northern ireland by the end of the night. we will see a contrast in temperatures. south—westerly winds blowing in milderairand by the south—westerly winds blowing in milder air and by the end of the night, ten, 11 degrees in cardiff and london but cold in scotland and cold enough for pockets of frost. as far as the weekend goes, you will see spells of rain, turning milder as the weekend goes on. brisk winds, particularly on saturday and often a lot of cloud in the sky. saturday looks like this. rain pushing across northern england and into northern ireland and scotland. there could be snow across higher parts of scotland but as the milder air works in, snow will turn back to rain. rain across wales in south—west england, perhaps lingering into the first part of the afternoon. it will be cloudy, but on the mild side, particularly eastern england where it could reach 15 celsius. another

england finished for the day. england finished on 132—2, trailing by 237. england's women have also been in action today, dani wyatt hitting a brilliant century as they beat india in the third t20 of the series in mumbai. danny white becomes only the second woman to score two t20 international centuries which helped england reach their target of 199 england reach their target of i99 with eight balls to spare. india had earlier posted 198—4, the highest score made against england, who now topped the table with tee wins from two after also beating australia. the formula i season has returned for 2018 in the formula 1 season has returned for 2018 in australia. it began with a bitter blow for lewis hamilton who finished in second place after a spot of bad luck allowed ferrari's sebastian vettel to overtake him and claim the chequered flag as nick pa rrott claim the chequered flag as nick parrott reports. for the fifth year ina row, parrott reports. for the fifth year in a row, lewis hamilton started from pole position in melbourne but he has only won twice th

england started slow, and sluggishly so it took around 20 minutes for england to put some meaningful passes together and when they did it clicked into place. jamie vardy‘s goal was a real moment where england showed they could play well together. raheem sterling, who was excellent tonight, with one fowl and then another. jamie vardy as you can see with an excellent goal and it was that kind of quick thinking from jesse lingard is to take the free kick quickly that could turn a world cup game, var, and in that insta nce world cup game, var, and in that instance went to the referee, he heard it was fine and the free kick had been taken when the ball was stationary so that goal is stored. lewis cook came on, now his grandad had made a bet when he was 18 years old, a £500 bet that his grandson would play for the senior england side before his 26th birthday so that moment was great for lewis cook but also for his grandad who is now £17,000 richer. not a bad night for him but it was italy who eventually cashed in on the var controversy. one of their players looked to go down quite dram

it wasn't the reason england lost 4—0. england have problems of their own. blown away by new zealand in the first test in auckland. and could jack still be the lad for england at the world cup? wilshere‘s been given some hope by the manager. good evening and welcome to the programme we begin tonight with the scandal that has rocked australian cricket and cast a shadow over the sport worldwide. captain steve smith and cameron bancroft‘s admission on saturday that the team had a premeditated plan to tamper with the ball turned the third test in south africa into a circus. smith today stood down as captain of rajastan royals in the indian premier league while investigators are now in cape town where our sports editor dan roan is for us this evening. tell us what has been happening where you are tonight and has the story moved on and progressed at all7 story moved on and progressed at all? today australia should have been down the road at the newlyn school kit ground for the fifth and final days play of the third test but they collapsed yesterday, the game w

for the north—east of england and south—east england and then later on tonight in southern areas of england and wales, i'm afraid it's not great news, is it? 0h, afraid it's not great news, is it? oh, dear. you're just afraid it's not great news, is it? oh, dear. you'rejust the deliverer of the news. you are not making it. thank you. see you later. we'll be back with the headlines at 8. now it's for newswatch with samira amhed. hello and welcome to newswatch. was the bbc too slow to report on claims that up to 1000 children in telford may have been victims of abuse by grooming gangs of mainly pakistani heritage? and as calls are made for the kremlin—backed tv station russia today to be taken off the air in britain, should question time have chosen one of its presenters as a guest? first, the nerve agent attack on sergei skripal and his daughter yulia continued to dominate the news agenda this week, raising many questions for bbc news. one was the extent to which theresa may's unequivocal statement that russia was culpable for the attack should be taken on trust or challenged. some members

milderfour and perhaps the far north—east of england. milder four southernmost counties, another frosty night and ice will be a big issue first thing on sunday. you see the change in our type of weather as the air comes up from the south, showers of rain across england and wales into southern scotland and northern ireland, snow confined to the highest ground but more snow showers extensively across northern and eastern scotland through sunday. temperatures to the south back up at around eight or 9 degrees. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: weather warnings for snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk. more than 3000 homes are without power in cornwall, devon, northern england and north and mid wales. several flood warnings have been issued for parts of england due to high tides and strong winds. motorists and rail passengers have been told to expect continued disruption on roads and railways. following theresa may's speech yesterday, the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the prime minister's brexit offer showed th

round out a bit england. the group has confidence, but they also have awareness of how good ireland are. and how good we will have to be to win, and we will have to be better than we were against england. we are excited to get back out of the field and get going again. but you know there are nervous and a little bit of, you know, worried about the threat of scotland bring. dublin's match would about the rugby they bring. kids kick off fragile grants versus uncertain england? with me and all marsel, england must beat the french. they have disk or four tries for a bonus point to stay inside of ireland. england have made big changes, some enforced by injury. there is a new man taking the captains responsibility. you try to be aggressive in the right times. you are to become and clearheaded. to be able to make the decisions. and i think that is where i have thoroughly matured a bit over the yea rs. thoroughly matured a bit over the years. but at the same time, when the opportunity arises to be aggressive, yet to

new zealand beat england by five wickets to take the one day series into a decider. and taulupe faletau returns at number eight for wales, he'll captain the side as one of ten changes for this weekend's six nations clash with italy. good evening, clearly a lot of numbers to crunch this evening, and will we be left working out the away goals rule in football later with tottenham hotspur — sort of — leading the italian giants juventus going into the second leg of their last 16 tie at wembley stadium. the first leg in turin finished 2—2 and so there is all to play for tonight. our sports correspondent natalie pirks will be watching at wembley later. spurs can be confident, going into this one, can't they natalie? they are at home, they are only one of three teams unbeaten in the champions league so far this season and the stats to back them up. of all the teams to have drawn 2—2 in the way first leg of a knockout tie 82% of them have gone into the next round, that means ten in 12. it is a big one tonight. they can't afford to start the same way they did in turin

in not just the latest england strip but the most expensive england strip ever. what you think of the new strip? think it's really nice. i think it will be a lot better thing than do well at the world cup. think it will be a lot better thing than do well at the world cupm think it will be a lot better thing than do well at the world cup. is it a strip eyes? no, i think that's a bit expensive. far too expensive. especially when they've got the club that they support, the kit for the team play for, so it all adds to £200 a year. i think it's high-tech. it was tango roo and ed tech back then. today, nike refer to drive fits and faith in its innovation. it's 100% fits and faith in its innovation. it's100% polyester. so most important question, lads. is this the toppings and win the world cup in? yeah! howe, the innocence of youth. fingers crossed! much more coming up from 2pm. let's have a look at the weather prospect before that. they come from thomas. hi there, jane. not a bad day for parts of scotland. temperatures up to 14 celsius so certainly feeling like sprin

england and wales after that, a chilly start. 7—10, but it will still feel cold in northern england with cloud in place. but even here, mild air in place for thursday. you can see it pushed in off the atlantic. it cools down a touch by the end of the week, but wind off the atlantic, so not as cold as we started with. after patchy rain through the night into thursday, it brightens up in eastern areas, clouding over in the west with outbreaks of rain later in the day, strong gale force winds through the day. double figure temperatures, 12, 13, maybe 1a in parts of scotland and eastern england. rain across the country through thursday night into friday. good, long sunny spells, but showers get going in the west. in the south, heavy with hail and fund, fairly blustery day by and large, longer spells of rain pushing into western scotland and the north of northern ireland later. temperatures still, though, into double figures. this is bbc world news america... reporting from washington, i'm laura trevelyan. a fifth package explodes in texas. is it linked to the bombs in austin? the president v

night of rain across england and wales, rain will return through the day. northern flank, turning colder, sleet and snow over the higher ground. back to winter next week but british summer time starts tonight, clocks move forward in our. -- clocks move forward one hour. hundreds of thousands of people across america join student—led protests to call for tighter gun controls in a little over six minutes, 17 of our friends were taken from us, 15 were injured, and everyone, absolutely everyone, in the douglas community was forever altered. emma gonzalez stood before the crowd for six minutes the sound of silence — parkland school survivor emma gonzalez stood before the crowd for six minutes in memory of those who lost their lives. he fell as a hero — tributes to the french policeman who died after saving the lives of hostages sacked from the labour front bench for calling for a second referendum. but owen smith says he will stick by his principles. a warning over

he has been rewarded with a return to the england fold. gareth southgate brought him back into his squad. the last time. now he returns again. he has a genuine opportunity to be the first choice for his country? in russia this summer. men tend to be brought back into the england fold after four years away. i think i have shown this season that would've left back or right back or a winner or wherever i have played i have gone on and played well. gain the benefits and rewards of obviously being in the squad. well ashley young is now one ofjust two left—backs in the england squad for the friendlies against the netherlands and italy. southampton‘s ryan bertrand has withdrawn from both matches. the defender has a back injury. and he's returned to his club as a precautionary measure. young and danny rose are the other left—backs in gareth southgate's squad. wales' footballers are in naning ahead of their opening match of the china cup. the star attraction gareth bale was given a rapturous reception from local fans, eager to catch a glimpse

england right now. -- have. a debate took place over here, a petition in westminster for england to follow the lead of scotland. this moment is already having an impact. the government says standards are improving, with more reaching the expected grade, but for many, the gap is still too big. jane mccubbin, bbc news. thank you very much. it is lovely to have you here. thank you. we will discuss that later on in the programme. if you want to make a comment on that, you can, find us on oure—mail comment on that, you can, find us on our e—mail all the usual social media sites. and now it is time to get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are watching us. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. thousands of londoners are still without running water this morning after the recent cold weather caused pipes to burst. thames water says its currently working on restoring the supply, but says it's taking longer than expected. homes, hospitals, and schools in north and south london have been affected.

most of them are blue, as you can see, so england. most of them are blue, as you can see, so looking at rain showers rather than anything wintry in the south. for northern and eastern scotland, there will be more snide particularly in the hills, lower down, rain or sleet as the weather begins to turn a little bit less cold. that trend is said to continue into next week. still quite cold across scotland in particular and it is here where there is the risk of further snow in the week ahead, particularly across the hills. elsewhere in the united kingdom, temperatures will be creeping up day by day, but we are looking at bands of rain. combined with snowmelt, that could cause problems in its own right. the weather is going to slowly improving the coming days, but particularly across eastern scotland and north east england, with a combination of freezing snow and rain bringing the risk of widespread ice over the next few days. —— next few hours. chris, we have talked a lot about the weather the last few days. the snow on those minus si

that is what happened in southern england and what is happening a cat or ask scotland and england. —— happening across. we have some showers working into the south—west of england. getting towards surrey and west sussex and arriving perhaps quite quickly as well. stein cold for most of us but temperatures gradually turning well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. iaéuy't'u‘rnifigi well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. —— lly’t'uzrningi well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. —— staying figi well. stein cold for most of us but tempeg south. —— staying cool. this is bbc news — our latest headlines this hour. weather warnings for snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the uk — hundreds of people remain without power in parts of wales and northern england. several flood warnings have been issued for parts of england due to high tides and strong winds. motorists and rail passengers have been told to expect continued disruption on roads and railways. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the prime minister's brexit offer s

a number of flood warnings in place in the south west of england and the south west of england, 2000 people still without power. 22,500 people in the north west of england have had power restored. 400 customers still without electricity in cumbria and the peak district. the weather is affecting roads in the north of england, a lot of rural roads in places like cumbria are completely blocked by snow dressed. the cross—country route is closed because of the snow with bm 62, which was closed for more than 24 hours after cars were stranded, that did reopen in the early hours of this morning. the latest news from network rail is that the conditions are still very bad, snow and possible flooding mean that they are asking people to travel only if absolutely necessary. virgin east coast are now running a limited service between england and scotland. cross—country trains also restoring a limited service between england and scotland, that has all happened in the past hour, with virgin west coast train mainline, no trains between carlisle and scotland and no replacement bus service either.

of england and to east anglia. elsewhere a clear and cool night with the chance of some mist and fog. don‘t be surprised if you wake up fog. don‘t be surprised if you wake up to things like this across the country during sunday morning. some will be quite dense and slow to clear but it will and there will be sunshine around. this feature rain will gradually push away into the north so it will turn dry here through the afternoon. for england and wales showers will develop into the afternoon and some could be heavy and perhaps thundery. the best of the dry bright weather will be scotla nd of the dry bright weather will be scotland and northern ireland. milder day for you. not so mild across england and wales on saturday. into monday, this feature will bring some wet and really whether to england and wales. an area of low pressure moving through the english channel. further north and west should be largely fine and dry. for monday, this is the picture. for much of northern ireland, parts of scotland we will see th

england. some good sunny spells around. we'll start to see a change in northern ireland and western scotland. increasing wind here, gusting to 45mph, outbreaks of rain. but elsewhere, a lovely day in store. temperatures around 12, 13, maybe 14 celsius in the warmest spots. on thursday night, that rain band will spread across the country, eventually clear the eastern of the country for friday. so another fairly good—looking day. some sunny spells around. showers across the north—west. winter on the hills. maybe a touch cooler than what we saw on thursday. now into the weekend itself, it isn't looking too bad. a typical very early spring weekend, really. sunshine and showers, variable amounts of cloud. and it will be generally quite mild, particularly where we get the sunshine. this is how we start saturday morning off, on a rather cloudy note across central, southern and eastern parts of the country. the cloud may hang on in the south, the odd spit and spot of rain. but skies will brighten

he was rewarded with a return to the england fold. gareth southgate fought back into his squad the last time and now he returns again and has a genuine opportunity to be the first choice for his country in russia this summer. i asked how much it meant to him to be brought back into the england fold after four years away. i think this season after four years away. i think this season i have found as a winger i have played well and i'm getting the benefits and the rewards as well. gareth southgate is handed opportunities to four uncapped errors in the squad. the last one in fa ct before errors in the squad. the last one in fact before he has to choose his world cup squad. so some big chances for these players and one of those is the burnley inform goalkeeper nick pope who began the season as the understudy to tom heaton. he was injured and then in came nick pope, he enjoyed a series of great performances and some clean sheets as well. up against the likes ofjoe hart, jordan pickford, for the number onejersey. hart, jordan pickford, for

the cloud across england and wales. outbreaks of rain continuing. also outbreaks on central and southern parts through the morning. a few showers across the north—west of scotland. generally staying largely cloudy throughout the afternoon for england and wales. above average temperatures. on saturday night, we start to see the improvement. clouds clearing and elsewhere it will be a largely clear start to sunday and chilly. lots of sunshine around. one to showers for the north—west of scotland. a fine afternoon to many, better than saturday as the temperatures 10— 13 degrees celsius across the south. is the this is bbc world news, i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: french police shoot dead a man who killed at least three people and took others hostage in a supermarket. as the attacker claims allegiance to islamic state, a policeman emerges as a hero by offering to swap himself for one of the captives. he's now fighting for his life. to the kernel who was with those men voluntarily swap himself hostage. who the terrorists then let go. the of

up across england and wales towards northern ireland. again, no frost i think early on friday morning. that wet weather in scotland increasingly wintry over the high ground. some heavy, perhaps thundery showers in a band moving across northern england, running into the back of that wet weather and bringing more rain to northern ireland. heavy showers again developing to the south where we'll get sunshine. contrasting temperatures again north and south across the uk. over the weekend, we all get into the same boat. high pressure blocking things off across scandinavia and around it we pick up an easterly wind. there will be a significant windchill as well, especially across england and wales, where we'll have the strongest of the wind. perhaps not too many snow showers, actually, on saturday. there could be some on friday night, but most places will be dry on saturday. you will notice, however, the temperatures significantly lower. remember 12 or 13, perhaps, across the south on friday. four or five at best, and further north one or two ce

england fans will be safe here, says moscow. but salisbury has set the scene for a political showdown — russia against europe. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. as we've heard, european union leaders in brussels today said they were preparing co—ordinated measures, against russia, following the salisbury attack. separately, they approved guidelines for the negotiation of future relations with the uk — in what's being seen as a key step in the brexit process. plans for a transition period after march next year were also formally signed off, as our political editor laura kuenssberg explains from brussels. they don't always look so pleased to see each other. the eu's chief negotiator grasping the prime minister's hand. today, the day when formally, finally, the stage right after brexit, the transition, was agreed. i welcome the fact that the eu council this morning has agreed the details of the implementation period. this gives certainty to people and businesses. it gives them the clarity to plan for the future. i believe we

five live, netherlands against england, team news is on the bbc website. that is all from sportsday. we will be back with more sport for you throughout the evening. hello again, good evening call the weather is on the way next week. —— colder weather. today felt warm enough when the sun was out, most had sunshine, improvement in the weather across scotland, started the day in scotland with clout and outbreaks of rain, thicker cloud moving towards the south—east, look at this curl of cloud, beautiful satellite picture, wrapped around a deep area of low pressure, fortu nately we deep area of low pressure, fortunately we are just getting a glancing blow from that, spilling cloud into england and wales, bringing pockets of rain and drizzle, especially towards the south—west of england. through the north, scotland, northern ireland, like the wind, temperatures touching frost in rural areas and one or two icy patches as well. as we head into the weekend, a fair bit of cloud, as the weekend, a fair bit of cloud, as the weekend, a fair bit of cloud, as the

and england premiership team. the inquest has begun. australian cricket investigators arriving at the hotel this morning to get to the bottom of the scandal stunning the sport to be a warm welcome from nathan lyon, one of those potentially complicated. the next 2a hours could be painful for players and management. the plant to get cameron bancroft who deliberately tamper with the ball quickly unravelled under tv cameras. —— plan. the man known as the voice of australian cricket today told me how much damage was done by his compatriots. as it settled into my brain overnight, there was a sense of outrage that they should dare to perpetrate such a crime on the field. this was a blatant and premeditated thing. that is what sticks in the craw of most australian fans. the australian captain, steve smith, confessed to the plot and has been suspended for one match, but his long—term position seems untenable. the batsman today stepping aside as the captain of the rajasthan royals, his english premature team. the matc

rain going across northern england may see some snow across going across northern england may see some snow across the going across northern england may see some snow across the pennines. a few degrees above freezing so there could be a bit of frost in clear spells. the rain will clear northern england, still some rain until snow to come across scotland is becoming confined to the northern part of scotland. shadows into the west of wales and south—west england later on but maybe a dry day into tuesday. grey and murky around the hills with some sunshine making it feel more pleasant. not much wind around and that continues on tuesday night into wednesday. low pressure still with us. wednesday. low pressure still with us. some shadows here and there on wednesday across england and wales. probably going to be a little better at times concerned stigma compared to tuesday. breaks in the loud with murky cloud in scotland and northern ireland but into orkney, shetland and the hebrides the rain and snow. cooler by wednesday saw more chance of frost into thursday morning with fog patches expec

until last year, training midwives and nurses in england got a bursary. that was scrapped last summer, so they now have to pay tuition fees like other students. if you try to deliver continuity of carer without sufficient midwives, all you get is burnt out midwives, so we do need these numbers, and that is why we welcome these extra 3,000. it will take a while for those numbers to come through. there already aren't enough nhs midwives in england. estimates put the shortfall ataround 3,500. over the last five years, the number of midwives leaving or retiring has outstripped the numbers of newly qualified joiners. the government has announced a new pay deal for nhs staff in england, with an increase of at least 6.5% over three years. that may go some way towards dealing with staffing issues but unless the nhs gets better at keeping staff, the extra training places may only have a limited impact. catherine burns, bbc news. a 14—year—old girl is in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital after a group of youths were run down by a car on a pavement in

england and scotland. man united against liverpool is the pick of the fixtures in the premier league but the first of the derbies was tonight in at numberfour hibernian beat hearts 2—0. mark allen opened scoring and then jamie hearts 2—0. mark allen opened scoring and thenjamie mclaren put the result beyond doubt. it is the fist time in a row that hibs have beaten hearts at home. it leaves them 12 clear of their edinburgh rivals. as manchester united gansler lowball, arguably the most fierce rivalry in a mesh football. only two separate them. my job is to prepare my players the best i can for every match. then, a fan is a fan, a professional is a professional and we have to face every match with the same mentality, so for me, i don't bet that not all that enemy, i don't get that match means ten points. no, that match matches three points. and liverpool is a historical rival, yes, but in a positive way. it's the biggest game i can imagine. so, first of all, really looking forward to it, but how it alway

england 911—5. a painfully familiar collapse only provided a temporary halt when jonny bairstow sprung to the wicket, offering england a way to begin repairing the damage. 0thers though, seemingly intent on simply causing more. stuart broad, the seventh to go. bairstow again, left to pick up the pieces. he passed 50 in fine fashion, supported by mark wood, who also reached his half—century. bairstow finished the day three short of three figures. a recovery of sorts, but after a difficult week, there remains a long way to go. adam wild, bbc news. tomorrow night, boxing heavyweight world champion anthonyjoshua is back in action, in one of the sport's biggest fights in recent memory. he faces the current wbo champion new zealand's joseph parker, in wales. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein reports. cardiff, a city steeped in history, but more recently renowned for hosting major sporting events, and they don't come a lot bigger than this. anthonyjoshua versusjoseph parker, the first reigning heav

up across england and wales towards northern ireland. again, no frost i think early on friday morning. that wet weather in scotland increasingly wintry over the high ground. some heavy, perhaps thundery showers in a band moving across northern england, running into the back of that wet weather and bringing more rain to northern ireland. heavy showers again developing to the south where we'll get sunshine. contrasting temperatures again north and south across the uk. over the weekend, we all get into the same boat. high pressure blocking things off across scandinavia and around it we pick up an easterly wind. there will be a significant windchill as well, especially across england and wales, where we'll have the strongest of the wind. perhaps not too many snow showers, actually, on saturday. there could be some on friday night, but most places will be dry on saturday. you will notice, however, the temperatures significantly lower. remember 12 or 13, perhaps, across the south on friday. four or five at best, and further north one or two ce

and also public health england. lots more information possibly coming in terms of the detailed investigation of the attempted murder of those two, sergei skripal and his daughter. let's take a look at the scene. of course we have been short on information from police and from ambulance services since the attack nearly a week ago. this is an important moment coming up where they give us more on the investigation. we havejust heard from the chief medical officer suggesting that civilians in that area, those who are in the mill pub on that day or on the following day, last sunday or monday, and those who we re last sunday or monday, and those who were in these easy restaurant last sunday or monday, should now, as a precaution, wash their clothes or other accessories, their electronic devices, that might have been with them at the time. stressing there is no immediate danger to them. that the long—term proximity to those items could conceivably be a risk and therefore they should make sure that they wash them. let's t

the home side got alastair cook out early in england's second innings forjust early in england's second innings for just two runs. early in england's second innings forjust two runs. mark stoneman reached his fourth test half—century with a six, but out of next ball, caught by trent boultjoe root also reached 50 but then he took a nasty hit to the glove from trent boult, receiving lengthy treatment, and out off the next ball, off the bowling off the next ball, off the bowling of trent boult. england must now bat out the final day for a draw tomorrow. by contrast, england's women in great form, a brilliant 52 ball century for wyatt. england topped the table with two wins from two. in tennis, johanna konta is through to the fourth round of the miami open. she is the defending champion at the event and she made relatively light work of elise merton ‘s. the world number 14 took the first set comfortably, and it got better in the second set, 6—2, 6-1 got better in the second set, 6—2, 6—1 in the final score, and she makes her way into the last 16, with venus williams a possible opp

scotla nd overall record of a9 for england. scotland and italy played tomorrow to co m plete scotland and italy played tomorrow to complete the tournament. in the pro ia, cardiff won it for the fourth time in a row. edinburgh held off munster. that finished 12— fourth time in a row. edinburgh held off munster. that finished i2— six at murrayfield. great britain's snowboarders all missed out on medals in their winter paralympic banked slalom events this morning. another day to forget for ben moore, james barnes—miller and owen pick after they failed to make the podium in the boarder cross earlier in the week. paralympics gb have five medals in pyeongchang, behind the uk sport target of 6—12 with just two days of competiton left. i'm gutted. you know, like, this was my event. i came here to do well in this event, and i'm upset. but there's nothing i can do about it now. i can't change what has happened, and i did whatever i could, and itjust wasn't enough this time. mason greene will miss the tournament which starts on th

england are preparing for the second day the first test match against new england hoping the new day brings a miracle, they were described by their coach as like a gearin described by their coach as like a gear in the headlights, trevor bayliss also said he was hurt and embarrassed watching england colla pse to embarrassed watching england collapse to 58 all that, their sixth lowest total in test match history. as our reporter reports, it could have been even worse. never in their darkest cricketing nightmares could they have envisaged this. england have seen a few collapses over the years. it's been taken. but once alastair cook went early their batting plunged almost uncharted depths. captainjoe root uprooted, the first of five players to go without scoring. including, on his comeback, ben stokes. it almost beggared belief, as one after another they came, they saw, and they crumbled. blink and you missed them, a conveyor belt of calamity the like of which cricket has rarely seen. by the time stuart broad was brilliantly caught, england were 27—9 and on the brink of their lowest s

a promise to boost the number of midwives being trained in england. the government says 3,000 extra places on training courses will be created over four years. union leaders say the plan will need time and investment. good morning. it's sunday the 25th of march. and don't forget, the clocks have gone forward by an hour. also this morning: hundreds of thousands of people attend rallies across america demanding tougher guns laws. among them, martin luther king's 9—year—old granddaughter. i have a dream that enough is enough! and that this should be a gun—free world! a church service will be held in southern france in memory of the four people killed in friday's attacks by an islamist gunman. good morning. in sport, it's been described as australian cricket's darkest hour, after its captain, steve smith, confesses to hatching a plan to cheat south africa in the third test by tampering with the ball. also this morning: the multi—million pound project to restore the world's first iron bridge, built in shropshire more than 200 years ago. and simon h

and south—east england. drivers are being urged to be prepared before setting out on journeys. in massachusetts, the chief law officer has started an investigation after a data company, cambridge analytica, which worked for president trump's campaign, was suspended by facebook for violating data privacy policies.

brightening up in the west of england and wales. of england and wales. but a bit of sunshine to end the day. sunshine to end the day. wind over the northern half of the country. country. sunday, though, the best day over the easter weekend. day over the easter weekend. cloud will build through the day. will build through the day. temperatures still down in single figures. figures. the third of sunday, rain into devon and cornwall. into devon and cornwall. midlands northwards, into southern scotland, we could see snow. scotland, we could see snow. is likely to cause some disruption here and there. here and there. the big difference in temperatures. in temperatures. 0nly around three or four degrees. 0nly around three orfour degrees. 0nly around three or four degrees. or four degrees. a cold wind to go with it. with it. a bit of everything in your easter weekend. easter weekend. easter weekend weather will be in western scotland. western scotland. the best of a dry and sunniest weather throughout. and sunniest weather throughout. will have more throughout

new zealand won the toss and have put england into bat. england starting nicely, jason roy and jonny bairstow looking indecent form. roy has escaped a review. england 59 without loss, with eight overs. you can listen to that much now. that is all. coming up in a moment for you, the papers. hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, the political editor of the sunday express and an economics editor. we will talk russians and chemicals and all sorts. a lot of fun to be had by all. the metro reports chemical experts at porton down waking to find out if the former russian spy sergei skripal was poisoned. this is a picture of his daughter yulia who is also critically ill. it says dignitaries including prince william may not travel to russia for the summer's football world cup. the same angle on the story in the male, and could the royals snubbed the world cup? the telegraph says president putin swore reve ng e the telegraph says president putin swore revenge on those who took part in the 201050 ma

after jonny bairstow hammers 138 for england. and frenchmanjonathan ivair has won stage three of the paris—nice as luis leon sanchez took the overall lead. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the champions league news that holders real madrid and liverpool are the first teams through to the quarter—finals, after respective aggregate wins over paris st germain and porto. real went through 5—2 on aggregate, with cristiano ronaldo scoring — making it a goal in every game he's played in the competition this year. when marco veratti was sent off it appeared all hope was lost, but minutes later edinson cavani scored to level it on the night, before casemiro made sure of the result and their place in the last eight. translation: i think it all went well, we had a good game, serious from the start and pressured going forward. iam happy from the start and pressured going forward. i am happy of course because everyone performed well and thatis because everyone performed well and that is what is important to. it

meanwhile, the united states are currently i— nil up against england. the president of cycling's world governing body believes chris froome should not defend his tour de france title later this year. the briton has won the blue—ribbon event fourtimes, including the last three. however froome produced an "adverse" urine test at last year's vuelta a espana, another of the grand tours. david lappartient thinks that matter should be resolved before froome thinks about competing. that would be a disaster for the image of cycling. on a legal point of view, he has the right to ride but for the image of our sport, that could be a disaster. i don't want to put our sport into trouble so i think even for him to be concerned and concentrate, defending his own case, my point of view, it would have been better to him not to ride. meanwhile, it was good day for this team sky rider, wout poels, who won the 4th stage of the paris—nice race. the dutchman — who could find himself leading team sky at the giro d'italia or tour de france if chris froome is suspended �