scotland have now liven for scotland. scotland have now given themselves _ for scotland. scotland have now given themselves a _ for scotland. scotland have now given themselves a wonderful. given themselves a wonderful opportunity to qualify for the later stages, to humble otherfamous opponents. in the tasmanian evening, ireland were trying to beat zimbabwe. a challenge. zimbabwe made 174, a resurgent cricket nation with their chance to show the world. joe wilson, bbc news. let's return now to our top story and the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the remaining measures in last month's controversial mini—budget. mr hunt said "growth requires confidence and stability" and that the government would take "whatever tough decisions" we re necessary. today's emergency statement was the latest in a series of u—turns — here's a reminder of what he announced this morning. firstly, we will reverse almost all the tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago that have not started parliamentary legislation. the basic rate of income tax will re

the idea that scotland could do everything you want _ scotland could do everything you want and — scotland could do everything you want and it would all be lovely with independence just is not true. i understand that the position of the snp now— understand that the position of the snp now on currencies, they're going to use _ snp now on currencies, they're going to use the _ snp now on currencies, they're going to use the pound, the same pound the tories _ to use the pound, the same pound the tories have _ to use the pound, the same pound the tories have been busy trashing. there _ tories have been busy trashing. there is— tories have been busy trashing. there is a — tories have been busy trashing. there is a policy paper published next week to flesh out that. we will have more time at the end. we asked the first minister about whether or not she would say no, never, to new oil and gas exploration. interesting she was not likely to give us a new answer. isn't it possible we can still have energy security without needing oil and as back—ups? she needing oil and as back-ups? she talk

scotland and north—east england should stay dry. temperatures nine to 12 degrees. thursday we see another band of rain, this one more potent, heading northwards and eastwards. clear in the south with brighter skies following and mild, 15 in belfast, highs reaching around 18 or 19

scotland could hold a consultative referendum-— scotland could hold a consultative referendum. ., ,, , ., , referendum. thank you. let me bring ou referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date _ referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date with _ referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date with what _ referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date with what is - you up—to—date with what is happening in westminster because the situation is that there is going to be an urgent question from sir keir starmer in the comments. that would normally imply that it would be responded to by the prime minister but we now know that liz truss is not going to be coming to the commons to answer the urgent question on the sacking of the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, who has been replaced byjeremy hunt. instead it is going to be the leader of the house, penny mordaunt, who will be answering that question. so that has led to a huge amount of discussion around what that implies for liz truss' premiership, the fact she has chosen not to come to the commons to answer that. also at t

there'll be still showers packing into western scotland. a few for northern ireland, north west england. north wales may be feeding on the breeze into the north midlands, but again many places will stay dry. and the strong wind in northern scotland will gradually ease later in the day. and it will be a cooler feeling day out there. now, overnight and into tuesday, there is a ridge of high pressure just extending across particularly southern areas. so here the wind will die off, there'll be clear spells and this is where on tuesday morning could well be a frost across parts of southern south east england in the very coldest rural areas to begin with. there'll be some early mist fog patches around to a lot of dry weather on tuesday. overall, it does look cloudier, though, and a weak weather front moving through northern ireland into western scotland will produce some patchy rain and drizzle. mayjust turn heavier towards northwest scotland later in the day. rain moving southwards on wednesday, rain spreading up from the southwest on thursday a

in fact, for western scotland, we could see some gusts up to around 70 mph or so. so there could be some disruptive winds on friday and plenty of showers, perhaps even some longer spells of rain running in, particularly to scotland. a lot of fine sunny weather, although very blustery the further south you are. into the weekend, a trailing weather front clearing through on saturday, it's sun and showers. and then another weather system to our south west later in the weekend starting next week starts to feed some wet weather our way. because the weather systems are coming in from that direction it does mean the chance for some higher amounts of rain into parts of england and wales, where all of wales and much of england remain in drought. tonight at ten, president putin accuses ukraine of terrorism for the attack on a bridge linking russia to occupied crimea. the explosion severely damaged an important supply route for russian forces in ukraine. tonight president putin said this: translation: there is no doubt that this is an act of terrorism, . aimed at destroying r

scotland's first minister has said £20 billion will be invested in the first decade if scotland were to become independent, giving a glimpse into economic proposals being set out next week by the scottish government. nicola sturgeon was addressing delegates at the snp conference in aberdeen earlier. as our scotland editor james cook reports, the building a new scotland fund will be set up with remaining oil revenues and borrowing to support renewable energy, cut fuel bills and reduce poverty. she also promised to increase welfare immense for struggling families. —— welfare payments. nicola sturgeon has been dreaming of independence since she was a teenager and now insists her dream is closer than ever despite losing a referendum eight years ago. back in 2014, the westminster _ referendum eight years ago. back in l 2014, the westminster establishment 201a, the westminster establishment told us that it was a uk's standing in the world, its economic strength and its stability that made independence impossible. now they say it is the uk's isolation, its weakness and instability, the

it's moving now across more of scotland. before dark some of that in towards north west england, north west wales, across more of northern england and wales as the evening goes on. been quite pleasant after the chilly start in that sunshine towards the south east. so clearing from much of scotland and northern ireland quite quickly this evening, the rain. and then it moves south overnight through wales and england, maybe not reaching the very far southeast until we get on into tomorrow morning. it'll be a milder night in the south, a cooler night across northern areas and throughout the rest of today, tonight and tomorrow morning, across northern scotland, northern and western isles, 50 to 60 mph gusts and plenty of showers moving in. rain clearing the southeast by lunchtime tomorrow. then most places having a dry, sunny day. the showers are into western scotland, a few for northern ireland, north west england, north wales and perhaps the north midlands. now on bbc news, the great indian cricket dream: of course it's not eas

he did eventually offer scotland something, it was - scotland something, it was never going to be enough. disappointment then, and with matches against fiji and reigning world champions, australia, still to come, this world cup isn't going to get any easier. adam wild, bbc news, newcastle. 0ne one of the remaining lights is shining brightly on adam wild. i wonder how bright this prospects are for scotland after that hugely disappointing start. i for scotland after that hugely disappointing start.— disappointing start. i think it reall is disappointing start. i think it really is a — disappointing start. i think it really is a sign _ disappointing start. i think it really is a sign of _ disappointing start. i think it really is a sign of the - disappointing start. i think it| really is a sign of the shifting power balances in international rugby league when you consider back in 2009, scotland beat italy 104—0. that was the first time those two nations met. they met again in the 2013 world cup and drew 30— all. as he just heard this afternoon at kingston park, scotland were compreh

i have lived in scotland all my life. have lived in scotland all my life and i_ have lived in scotland all my life and i back— have lived in scotland all my life and i back us _ have lived in scotland all my life and i back us the _ have lived in scotland all my life and i back us the full— have lived in scotland all my life and i back us the full way. - and i back us the full way. independence _ and i back us the full way. independence i— and i back us the full way. independence i would - and i back us the full way. independence i would likej and i back us the full way. - independence i would like myself. i was very for independence and it was probably a _ was very for independence and it was probably a big part of me still has that yearning but at the same time, i that yearning but at the same time, i haven't— that yearning but at the same time, i haven't got the answers i want to the question. a i haven't got the answers i want to the question-— the question. a nicola sturgeon knows she _ the question. a nicola sturgeon knows she must _ the question. a nicola sturgeon know

the uk government will argue that is not a matter devolved to scotland, it is a matter devolved to scotland, it is a matter devolved to scotland, it is a matter reserved to westminster and therefore no referendum can go ahead without the blessing of the uk government as i mentioned. their stances, it is not the time for another referendum. but the snp argument is if the court case goes that way and judges ruled that politicians in scotland cannot legislate for an independence referendum, the next time there is a general election across the uk, the snp are saying they would run as a proxy referendum, a de facto referendum, as they call it, essentially sing if you vote for them you are voting for scottish independence and their argument is pro—independence parties get over 50% of the vote and that would be a mandate for independence. the difficulty potentially there, the other parties would you do soon, run on education, health care, things like day—to—day factors in any general election. and therefore that could lead to quite a convoluted vote were different people believe they are vot

in the west, it will be colder tonight across eastern scotland, eastern scotland, eastern england and into the midlands. perhaps in rural areas those temperatures could be as low as two or three degrees. that will be the coldest night over the weekend. it looks quite mild over the weekend, but it will be windy. there will be rain from time to time as well. we saw on the satellite picture the cloud coming in from the atlantic. that will be pushing into northern ireland and scotland and it will bring rain into the north west together with strengthening winds, gales by the end of the day. quieter weather for england and wales, dry here after the chilly start. there will be some sunshine and hazy at times but those temperatures could reach highs of 18 or 19 degrees. high pressure is keeping it dry and monday across england and wales. but thatis monday across england and wales. but that is getting shunted away by these two weather fronts moving in from the atlantic. the winds pick up overnight and into tuesday across more of the country and we have the broad band of rain across the north w

message to the people of scotland toda ? ~ ., , message to the people of scotland toda ?~ ., , . today? well at the party conference the leaders speech _ today? well at the party conference the leaders speech is _ today? well at the party conference the leaders speech is always - today? well at the party conference the leaders speech is always going l the leaders speech is always going to go down well with the audience. as a home crowd sort of thing. but i do think that went well for her. a lot of standing ovations and long periods of applause. 0f lot of standing ovations and long periods of applause. of course the core message running throughout was that independence offers scotland a better future. that independence offers scotland a betterfuture. i can remember back, not that long ago, a few years ago when the message of independence was about the fact that scotland was getting conservative governments that they did not vote for. interesting in the segment you played there she saying any government does not work for scotland because it is not scott's selecting it. and

that's bringing the fresher and cooler conditions to scotland. the weekend forecast, low pressure is firmly in charge and it is a weekend that we will all see rain at some point but equally it's not a complete wash—out. we start off with a band of rain across scotland, england and wales, moving out of the way, then come a load of blustery showers. the showers will be widespread across western areas, perhaps with an odd rumble of thunder mixed in. temperature still mild for england and wales, a bit below average for scotland and increasingly northern ireland and the far north of england. a quiet start to sunday with a few mist and fog patches, a bit of sunshine, then another area of low pressure spins and from the south—west bringing heavier rain as we go through the afternoon. mild for many others, we have the cooler air across scotland. reeta. thank you, chris. a thank you, chris. downing street insists there will be no more u—turns on the mini budget as pressure grows on the prime minister to rethink her tax—cutting plans after turmoil

all of the party leaders here in scotland say liz truss made thel in scotland say liz truss made the right decision to resign. the leader of the scottish conservative party, douglas ross, he said, we must now move forward quickly and the new leader and prime minister will need to restore stability for the good of the country. nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, described this as an almighty mess. she said a general election is a democratic necessity, but she also said that an election doesn't solve the problem here in scotland. she said the democratic case for independence is growing by the hour of liz truss, she said she would at most be a footnote in history. now, we understand there was no formal communication between liz truss and nicola sturgeon. nicola sturgeon has said she will now wait until whoever is the fifth prime minister since she became first minister, she said of borisjohnson it would be ludicrous to think that he could come back to number ten. welsh tory mps have come back to their constituencies to take the temperature and probably feel a bit of heat _ tempe

as for scotland, they are a bit higher “p for scotland, they are a bit higher up in the rankings, so they want to hope that wales do them a favour by beating switzerland, pushing them out of contention and they want to hope that portugal do them a favour by beating iceland and putting them out of contention. so, yes, it is complicated, but essentially both wales women and scotland women must win. otherwise it is finished for them for the world cup.- win. otherwise it is finished for them for the world cup. yeah, jane, ou need them for the world cup. yeah, jane, you need fingers. — them for the world cup. yeah, jane, you need fingers, toes, _ them for the world cup. yeah, jane, you need fingers, toes, and - them for the world cup. yeah, jane, you need fingers, toes, and atticusl you need fingers, toes, and atticus — you need all of it to keep cross this one! wales from 1—0, jane, thank you very much. england, who have qualified for the world cup with a match to spare, are playing czech republic in a friendly at brighton's amex stadium. lucy bronze could make her 100th senior app

our politicalfamily, scotland's our political family, scotland's biggest our politicalfamily, scotland's biggest party by far is back together again and that feels great! applause now, the only downside of not being on zoom is having to trade my slippers for these heals. but on zoom is having to trade my slippers for these heals.- slippers for these heals. but i su ose slippers for these heals. but i sunpose i _ slippers for these heals. but i suppose i could _ slippers for these heals. but i suppose i could have - slippers for these heals. elf i suppose i could have absolutely everything. of course, it is always good to be here in aberdeen, especially... especially now that the snp is once again leading this great city. applause — . aberdeen and the northeast applause . aberdeen and the northeast is at the heart of _ . aberdeen and the northeast is at the heart of our _ . aberdeen and the northeast is at the heart of ourjust _ . aberdeen and the northeast is at the heart of ourjust transition - . aberdeen and the northeast is at the heart of ourjust transition to l the heart of ourjus

let me take you to scotland next. there was one game in the scottish premiership today, as hearts came from 2—0 down to rescue a point at kilmarnock. nathaniel atkinson scored with virtually the last kick of the game as it finished 2—2 at rugby park. hearts are up to fifth, kilmarnock 10th. arsenalfans if arsenal fans if you arsenalfans if you have been waiting for this, these opportunity to hopefully show you those five goals that we had at the emirates. we will try to bring you that, i'm hearing in my ear that we are going to have to move on. my apologies for this. we will move on to nfl. there was a major upset in the nfl as the new york giants came from behind to beat the green bay packers in the second london game of the season the packers led by as much as 1a at the tottenham hotspur stadium, aaron rodgers throwing three just like let's see you well if we can bring you some of what happened in the nfl. thejones staged a remarkable comeback. 27—22 the final score. we will try our luck now with some netball.

scotland. quite windy as well and by morning we could see around 30 to 50 millimetres around the wettest parts of western scotland. that could bring disruption to travel first thing in the morning, certainly some difficult conditions on the roads. mild night, 15 degrees in belfast. ahead of that, wales and england staying mainly dry but as the rain clears away from northern ireland and scotland we will see some of that into northern england and developing in large part of wales eventually reaching the midlands and some into south—west england, quite later on in the afternoon. east anglia and the south—east are mainly dry day with hazy brightness. for scotland and northern ireland it will gradually turn bright, is a blustery and a few showers in north—west scotland. mild where you stay dry in the south—east. the area of rainfall getting stuck and then dissipating before we see another swathe of wet weather heading in as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday morning. looking wet

it's moving now across more of scotland. before dark some of that in towards north west england, north west wales, across more of northern england and wales as the evening goes on. been quite pleasant after the chilly start in that sunshine towards the south east. so clearing from much of scotland and northern ireland quite quickly this evening, rhe rain. and then it moves south overnight through wales and england, maybe not reaching the very far southeast until we get on into tomorrow morning. it'll be a milder night in the south, a cooler night across northern areas and throughout the rest of today, tonight and tomorrow morning, across northern scotland, northern and western isles, 50 to 60 mph gusts and plenty of showers moving in. rain clearing the southeast by lunchtime tomorrow. then most places having a dry, sunny day. the showers are into western scotland, a few for northern ireland, north west england, north wales and perhaps the north midlands. hello this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines... russia inve

and so deep disappointment for scotland. and with matches against fiji and reigning world champions australia still to come, this world cup isn't going to get any easier. now for ireland to get their competition under way. in leeds they were up againstjamaica, making their world cup debut. another emerging nation in the international game. ireland though offering them no warm welcome. four tries in the first half. this was an impressive, dominant display from an ireland side sending out a warning to others at this world cup. 48—2, the final score. as other nations continue to develop, ireland appear now a realforce in the global game. adam wild, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. a decent day out there today. things have changed this evening. clear skies have brought us the sunshine today but have gone and clouded over with rain moving northwards, rain and stronger wind. the last few hours of the rainfall picture indicating where it is heaviest, particularly across parts of northern ireland at th

in particular, the union of scotland and england. but she also said in court that it would be an advisory referendum, which would have no immediate impact in law, so would not relate to a reserve matter. she said that any political actions on the result of an advisory referendum were not relevant in this legal case, and summing up this evening, the lord advocate said, despite the highly charged political context, this is a question of law. in the final hour in court, we heard arguments from sirjames edie, who is speaking for the uk government, the uk government say they should be nojudgment from the the uk government say they should be no judgment from the supreme court on a bill that has not even gone through the scottish parliament, and they will argue that the scottish government cannot hold a legal independence referendum. this will continue tomorrow, but a judgment is not expected for several weeks or even months. the possibility of life on mars has been debated for years. and now new research shows that the planet may once have

temperatures on a par with this afternoon, really, so 11 to 13 celsius for scotland, northern england, and northern ireland, ia to 18 celsius further south. and then this band of showers and longer spells of rain then starts to push its way gradually north and eastwards through sunday evening and overnight. some of that rain could be particularly heavy for parts of northern ireland, north—west england, and western scotland. and it is all tied in with this area of low pressure which slowly starts to pull away north and eastwards as we head through monday. notice that the isobars are much further spaced apart, so the winds will be lighter as well. still some rain around on monday morning for parts of scotland and northern ireland, and maybe south—east england, but it will be starting to pull away through the day. so, for most on monday, it is mainly dry, there will be some warm spells of sunshine, and temperatures still in the mid if not high teens, just 11 or 12 across parts of scotland. so, really, for the week ahead it is looking like a drier day on both monday and tuesday, befor

for northern scotland, strong winds for northern scotland, northern and western isles, 60 mph gusts before they slowly ease tomorrow. may see a shower in the north, very few and far between, and after that rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east, by the end of the morning, plenty of sunshine to come in the afternoon. hello this is bbc news. the headlines:

wesley getting - zimbabwe off to a flyer as scotland made just 100 zimbabwe off to a flyer as scotland madejust100 32. had their zimbabwe off to a flyer as scotland made just 100 32. had their bowlers turn things around? briefly it seemed like they might. three quick wickets and the comeback was on, but not for long as zimbabwe held their nerve and held on for victory. there world cup continues while scotland is over on a day of contrasting cricketing emotions. andy space, bbc news. a defeat in their opening game has increased the significance of what scotland have remaining at the rugby league world cup. and that won't be calming their nerves ahead of the most intimidating prospect possible, a match against the defending champions australia. adam wild is in coventry for us. yes, the rain still coming down fairly steadily here as it has throughout the afternoon, potentially some really tricky conditions for the players i think whatever the weather it is going to be of a tricky night indeed for scotland. they are up against australia, reigning world champions. they have won eight of the

a wales to was not helpful for scotland. now all they could do was leave everything on this pitch and hope that be an hour. this is an opportunity. the republic of ireland stood in their way. but when scotland were gifted at penalty two caroline ware couldn't convert. ireland then took control. as skilful ball through who kept her cool skilful ball through who kept her cool. that was ireland's winner, sending them to a first—ever world cup. 0h, sending them to a first—ever world cup. oh, that picture says it all. while scotland will have to watch another major tournament from afar. we need to digest, we need to go home and take some time. the hardware, the play is been amazing. i'm very proud of them. i can ask for anything else that we will stick together, we will come back together and hopefully another with them. the lionesses had plenty of chances with laurenjames coming the closest in the fourth minute on a full debut. . , . , debut. tingling never really qualify for the world _ debut. tingling never really qualify

temperatures close to normal in scotland. now, the week ahead sees high pressure build and across northern parts of the uk. that area of high pressure is associated with some cool air towards the southwest. low pressure lurks, and that will bring outbreaks of rain in the week ahead. fortuesday, though, bring outbreaks of rain in the week ahead. for tuesday, though, for most of us, it's a decent day. could be some mist and fog patches to start off at then certainly much colder start to as well. for many, dryvit sunshine, just the threat of rain arriving from the southwest later on. by wednesday, there is an increasing threat of rain moving in across parts of western england, wales, northern ireland, some of the rain quite heavy. the winds strengthening again, professor scotland and eastern england, should stay dryvit some sunshine. temperatures, if anything, stay dryvit some sunshine. temperatures, ifanything, dipping below normalfor the time temperatures, ifanything, dipping below normal for the time of year in scotland. furt

behind that, clear spells, showers running into western scotland. this weather front around east anglia and the south—east first thing on monday. any patchy rain from that will clear away, sunshine behind it into the afternoon, and another area of high pressure nudges its way in once again. there will be a few showers on the breeze running into scotland, they may feed towards north west england and northern ireland. many places will be dry with well broken cloud and sunny spells. a fresh feel after the system clears away. in the south—east, temperatures in the mid to low teens. high pressure in for tuesday. winds are light is towards the south in particular. mist and fog patches around as tuesday begins before the sun fights its way through those. some thick cloud compared with monday towards the north—west. for northern ireland, especially running into north—western scotland, you will see some showers or patchy rain and temperatures towards the mid—teens. 0vernight, tuesday into wednesday, the latest area of high pressure moves away. we s

not many parts of england, scotland and wales are unaffected. just one in five trains today will be running. it's a hugely reduced timetable, about half the entire network is completely shut down and of the trains which are running, they started later at about 7:30am and they will finish much earlier, so don't expect trains after 6:30pm. i'vejust been inside here in euston and there are a couple of trains running to watford, preston and manchester, pretty few and far between. this involves about 40,000 members of the rmt union, they have walked out today, but also members of the tssa union. they have walked out too. impacted are 15 rail operators, the company is running the trains, also, crucially, network rail. the staff working there, they operate the tracks and signals, the plumbing of the whole system and they are crucial and that is why there is so much disruption today. the headlines on bbc news... police say ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal, in the republic of ireland. a m

that continues to work northwards into scotland. across the northwards into scotland. across the north of scotland, mainly dry but with a lot of cloud and some fog. but mild. two areas of rain overnight, this first one moving northwards across scotland and weakening, and then showers spiralling around that area of low pressure as it moves eastwards across england. and again, quite a breezy night, particularly for channel coasts. gusts reading 55 miles per hour. a mild night, 10-13 c the miles per hour. a mild night, 10—13 c the overnight lows. all easily in double figures. the week ahead, little change. miles by day and night, for the spells of rain but also some drier and sunnier spells. some of us may escape with some dry days as well. overnight showers moving away, some sunshine behind. furthershowers showers moving away, some sunshine behind. further showers developing, particularly in northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england, south—west england. by and large, the drier you will be, and temperatures still in the med, if not high teens for many o

sunny spells following behind into scotland and northern ireland, but for much of england and wales, it'll be cloudy outbreaks of rain across northern england, wales, pushing into parts of the midlands and southwest england as the day goes on. 18 to the southeast of the weather front, behind it, we're talking mid—to—low teens. it'll be into the evening, then, east anglia and southeast england start to see some outbreaks of rain — it'll be a milder night here into thursday morning. elsewhere, with clearing skies, it'll be a colder night and it'll start thursday not far from freezing in parts of scotland, northern ireland, maybe northern england as well. a few fog patches in wales and england gradually clearing, a lot of fine weather to begin the day. but during thursday, some outbreaks of rain just fringing in towards the far south of england — some uncertainty about the northern extent of that — and a separate weather system will bring some rain into northern and western scotland and parts of northern ireland during the day. in between the two, though, actually quite a bit

sunny spells following behind into scotland and northern ireland, but for much of england and wales, it'll be cloudy outbreaks of rain across northern england, wales, pushing into parts of the midlands and southwest england as the day goes on. 18 to the southeast of the weatherfront, behind it, we're talking mid—to—low teens. it'll be into the evening, then, east anglia and southeast england start to see some outbreaks of rain — it'll be a milder night here into thursday morning. elsewhere, with clearing skies, it'll be a colder night and it'll start thursday not farfrom freezing in parts of scotland, northern ireland, maybe northern england as well. a few fog patches in wales and england gradually clearing, a lot of fine weather to begin the day. but during thursday, some outbreaks of rain just fringing in towards the far south of england — some uncertainty about the northern extent of that — and a separate weather system will bring some rain into northern and western scotland and parts of northern ireland during the day. in between the two, actually quite a bit of fine we

lots of showers moving into northern and western scotland, northern ireland. and a few will move a bit further south through parts of wales and england during the day. but there will also be plenty of sunny spells, and the further south you are, you will stay mainly dry. so, into the weekend, another area of low pressure coming our way. will be a blustery weekend as a result, and there will be some showers or some longer spells of rain around, but not all the time. there'll be some drier, sunnier spells, too. welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine. western countries say they will support the ukrainians for as long as it takes. funerals take place in thailand for some of the 37 victims of last week's nursery attack 23 of whom were children. the shockingly cruel killing of 70 young children does leave troubling questions for thailand. was it drugs, was it guns, was it some of the shortcoming in thai society? a royal date for the diary — buckingham palace announces that king charles will

here are the skies from above, you can see thicker cloud across northern ireland and scotland and scotland and we will see more clouds building through the rest of the day across northern england head into wales. weather fronts are trying to approach from the north—west but lots of dry weather this afternoon, the best sunshine the further south and east you sit on top temperatures are around 16 degrees. underthe on top temperatures are around 16 degrees. under the cloud, some rain by the evening approaching western scotland and northern ireland, hides between 12 and 1a. this evening and overnight cloud continues to drift east across the uk, does not look like much will get into east anglia and the south—east so we could defrost towards the end of the night. generally milder elsewhere because of the wind is picking up at the cloud insulating things, temperatures in double figures. northern ireland, wet overnight and first thing on wednesday. should brighton quite quickly across the north—east of scotland, pain in the south lingering in the morning, drier weather for northern ireland f

no. 0ur scotland editor james cook is here now. the first vote on independence was held on the 18th of september 2014 after downing street decided that holyrood should have the power to hold it. then, 55% of voters said n0 and 45% yes. but since then we've had brexit and a majority of msps now want another vote on the 19th of october next year. this time, though, the uk government says no. and so the political row has become a legal dispute, here at the supreme court in london, with the scottish government arguing that it's in the public interest to settle the matter. and the uk government saying the case is "abstract, hypothetical and premature". the five judges could take several months to issue their ruling. if they do say no to a second vote, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says she'll go to the people and treat the next general election as an independence referendum. her opponents say theyjust wouldn't accept that. but with the polls on independence split more or less down the middle, the issue looks set to dominate

a dry start to the night in scotland in the rain arriving later on and some of it will be heavy, the generally coming up from a southerly direction so a mild night, temperatures 10—16. direction so a mild night, temperatures 10—16 . monday sees rain flooring away from eastern areas but in scotland the rain and eases the blustery showers so it stays unsettled the northern areas, the rain pretty persistent in shetland, increasing amounts of sunshine through the afternoon, and it's here that we continue to be marred for the time of year with highs up to 19 degrees tomorrow afternoon. —— mild. prime minister liz truss and chancellorjeremy hunt while at chequers as the uk, try to salvage as economic credibility. the uk chancellor tells the bbc that nothing is off the table over future tax changes but says that the government will be compassionate. china's president shejumping has been defending his strategy as the communist party congress kicks off in beijing and the iranian authorities say that inmates are dead as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bear is left in

scotland is going to become independent — it? scotland is going to become independent i _ it? scotland is going to become independent i have _ it? scotland is going to become independent i have virtually - it? scotland is going to become independent i have virtually no | independent i have virtually no doubt in my mind... whether it is me that delivers it or somebody else, clearly i would prefer the former to the latter but that is not the most important question. in effect we have said we would want to work with labour in a progressive alliance. it is labour that turned its back on that. . ., ., ,, ., labour that turned its back on that. _, ., ,, ., , that. nicola sturgeon is embracing _ that. nicola sturgeon is embracing renewable . that. nicola sturgeon is - embracing renewable energy and is criticising the government in westminster. she rejects nuclear power outright. what we have not nuclear power outright. what we have got to _ nuclear power outright. what we have got to do — nuclear power outright. what we have got to do is _ nuclear power outright. what we have got t

after a cold night in scotland, we'll start saturday with some rain in the west, having gone through northern ireland overnight. rain across parts of north—west england, wales too. all of these heavy downpours sweep eastwards during the day, some reaching east anglia and the south—east later in the afternoon. after some showers in the morning have cleared away, then a few hours of fine weather. now, once you clear through the heavy and thundery downpours, further scattered showers arrive into the afternoon, particularly across the north and west of the uk. getting windier — gales through the irish sea and adjacent coasts. a cold—feeling day in scotland when you get the showers and the wind — maybe some snow to the highest ground out of these. as we go on into saturday night, you can see all these showers becoming mainly confined to northern areas where it stays quite windy. it does mean a milder night and, going into sunday morning in scotland, it does mean a touch colder the further south you are, where you become mainly dry with clear spells. so, on sunday then, still blu

scotland. mild way to stay dry in the southeast. you see the area of rainfalljust the southeast. you see the area of rainfall just getting the southeast. you see the area of rainfalljust getting stuck, then dissipating before we see another swathe of wet weather heading in as we move through tuesday night and into wednesday morning. again looking very wet across parts of scotland is my wednesday begins. from an area of low pressure, there is some uncertainty about the development and how strong will be as it sweeps across us on wednesday, then pushes up toward scandinavia. in terms of rainfall, notice just how wet it is across parts of scotland, northwest england. this area, quite squally down parts of winds. behind it, brightening up with a scattering of heavy, thundershowers in blustery winds. in terms of that wind speed, these are the average speeds, but you'll notice at the moment, if you're looking at the apple online. but there's the potential for something significantly stronger in terms

cooler air certainly in scotland. so those weather fronts move in to the uk, they get so far and then they stop. they stall because we've got a wave on that front which will bring some wetter weather back in from the south—west overnight, pushing northwards and eastwards across the uk by the time we get to wednesday morning. so quite a wet start on wednesday morning. this band of rain is moving through fairly quickly, so it will be replaced by sunshine and some showers, heavy ones across western scotland, perhaps into northern ireland. chilly in those stronger winds, 12—13 degrees, still quite mild in the south—east, even with that rain pushing through. more weather fronts come in from the atlantic as we head into thursday. again, a lot of isobars on the chart, so quite windy i think during thursday. and we've got these frequent showers coming in to scotland, northern ireland, perhaps northern england. again, a bit drierfurther south across england and wales where we'll see some sunshine as well. here, temperatu

for scotland and wales, winning tonight isjust the scotland and wales, winning tonight is just the first step of a long play—off process. tonight are the european play—off semifinals with the winners of these ties going through to the finals next tuesday. if scotland beat austria they will travel to dublin to play the republic of ireland. if wales win, they will travel to switzerland. this is where it gets a little bit complicated, because the top two ranked winners of those ties will go straight into the world cup but the lowest ranked side will head to the intercontinental play—offs next february. this will include teams from each federation he will play for the final three world cup spots. the european team it willjust have to play one match at these play—offs, as they try to qualify for the final tournament. but regardless of the what—ifs and the how, the fact is that for wales and scotland this is knockout football. fail to win tonight and the world cup dream will be over. lydia campbell, bbc news. we're going stay with women's footy because tomorrow night at wembley — t

it will feel colder in scotland and northern ireland. highertemperatures colder in scotland and northern ireland. higher temperatures across england and wales. still quite warm for the time of year in the south—east. this is bbc news. i'm ben boulos and these are the latest headlines... britain's prime minister admits to the bbc that she should have laid the ground better for announcements that sparked chaos on the financial markets and divisions in her own party. ido i do stand by the package we announced and i stand by the fact that we announced it quickly, because we had to act, but i do accept we should have laid the ground a better, i do accept that. the sheer risk of using borrowed money— the sheer risk of using borrowed money to— the sheer risk of using borrowed money to fund tax cuts, that is not conservative. one of the world's worst stadium disasters. at least 125 people have died in a stampede at an indonesian football match after police tear—gassed pitch invaders. football is by far the number one sport in this countr

, keeping showers into western scotland and windy overnight the rest of today, tonight, northern scotland with costs of 50 to 60 males per hour. the rain gradually moving southward through wales and england overnight and into east anglia and the south east for the morning, clearing the far south east by the end of tomorrow morning. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine out there. further showers into northern and western scotland, you may catch one in northern ireland, north—west england, maybe the midlands, but for many places, it stays dry and the wind slowly easing in northern scotland. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: police in ireland have named the ten people who died in an explosion at a petrol station in donegal — among them, robert garwe and his five—year—old daughter, shauna. russia investigates how, and what, caused the explosion that severely damaged its state—of—the—art — and well—defended — bridge to crimea. officials in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzia say 17 people have been killed by a russian missile strike on an apartment block. former uk culture secr

temperatures close to normal in scotland. the week ahead sees high pressure build in across northern uk, but that area of high pressure is associated with cool air, towards the south—west low pressure lurks, bringing outbreaks of rain in the week ahead. tuesday, for most of us, a decent day. mist and fog to start with, and a much colder start too. but for many, dry with sunshine, the threat of rain arriving from the south—west late on. wednesday, an increasing threat of rain moving in across western england, wales, northern ireland, some of the rain quite heavy, the winds are strengthening, but for scotland and eastern england, dry with sunshine. temperatures if anything dipping below normalfor the time of year in scotland. further south, still very mild. thursday looks like one of the wetter days of the week, a pulse of rain moving north. the rain should clear later in the day across the south, 18 degrees, but close to normal with the temperatures in scotland. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karish

polls suggesting just 35% of people in scotland want a referendum in scotland in the next year and you think knowledge were in the middle of the cost of living crisis, so is at the right priority for you to be talking about a constitutional question right now? sure. in a sense let me divide the sentence into two. i suppose the democratic mandate, polls show support for independence raising so the polls that you cite show that, but but i was elected as first minister on a very clear manifesto commitment to have a referendum on the timescale i'm talking about now and i was elected on a historically high share of the vote on a historically high turnout, so we don't need opinion polls to determine the mandate for that and we have an actual election result that does that. secondly, on the question of priorities, the constitution and our ability to build the kind of economy and society we want in scotland are not separate. but society we want in scotland are not se arate. �* , ., ., separate. but they are right now because you _ separate. but they are right now because you would _ separate

is in scotland and northern ireland, particularly western scotland. late sunshine. in the evening, the rain will set in a northern england, much of wales as well and in the second half of the night, spreading into south west england, the midlands, lincolnshire, parts of east anglia. spots in the very far south—east staying dry in the night and tomorrow morning. not as chilly tonight in the south. slightly fresh start further north, brighter start with more sunshine, a few showers. most of you, after early commuter rain in east anglia, south—east and the channel islands, it will brighten, the sun will be out, the winds will be lighter but from the north, north west, so out of the sunshine and in the breeze, feeling cooler. particularly chilly monday night into tuesday. enjoy your day. it's not everyday music fans get the chance to go back in time and relive some of their favourite bands best moments. but with a little help from virtual reality technology, that's exactly what fans of the who get the chance to do at a new exhibition in hastings. our reporter piers

a wales defeat was not helpful for scotland. now all they could do was leave everything on this page and hope that would be an hour. this is an opportunity. the republic of ireland stood in their way. but when scotland were gifted the penalty... caroline ware couldn't convert. ireland then took control. a skilful ball back to barrett who kept her cool ball back to barrett who kept her cool. that was ireland's winner, sending them to a first ever world cup. while scotland will have to watch another major tournament from afar. we need to digest and we need to go home and we need to take some time. but the hard work of the players had done is been amazing, i'm very proud of them. have for everything else and we will stick together, we will come back together and hopefully we have another opportunity soon. come back together and hopefully we have another opportunity soon. defender lucy bronze won her hundredth cap for england, in a goalless draw in a friendly with czech republic at brighton's amex stadium. the lionesses had plenty o

jane, a crucial night for scotland? yes, the scotland manager has said in his programme notes, it's time to make our mark on the world. so no pressure ahead of this huge match for scotland, who take on the republic of ireland in their playoff final year a little later on, and because it is late game, scotland will know exactly what is required of them because, make no mistake, scotland women and wales women have to win their matches tonight if they don't, then the world cup dream is overfor don't, then the world cup dream is over for next don't, then the world cup dream is overfor next year, don't, then the world cup dream is over for next year, but even if they do win, they are not guaranteed a place at next year's world cup. they will need other results to go their way as well. here, they're expected to break the record for a crowd in front of a competitive women's match. that record was setjust five days ago, when scotland beat austria to get here. more than 10,000 people here. they are expected to break that little

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lots of showers moving into northern and western scotland, northern ireland. and a few will move a bit further south through parts of wales and england during the day. but there will also be plenty of sunny spells, and the further south you are, you will stay mainly dry. so, into the weekend, another area of low pressure coming our way. will be a blustery weekend as a result, and there will be some showers or some longer spells of rain around, but not all the time. there'll be some drier, sunnier spells, too. this is bbc news, the headlines: g7 leaders have reassured ukraine's president zelensky that they are steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. during an emergency meeting, leaders condemned a second day of russian missile strikes and discussed what more they can do to support ukraine. president zelensky called for more help with air defence. us prosecutors have dropped all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a murder case which gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial. he was released from prison last month after spending half