care, but the ongoing uk need extra care, but the ongoing research that helps save ella will continue helping others also born prematurely survive and thrive, just like her. lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. the lovely northern lights. an incredible shot. i'm very jealous, i've never seen the northern lights just yet. at the other end of the country the day has turned into a lovely sunny one. this isa turned into a lovely sunny one. this is a picture again a weather watcher in east sussex, blue skies, it feels a bit more like spring out there, especially as the wind is beginning to drop. further north in the staffordshi re to drop. further north in the staffordshire hills to drop. further north in the staffordshi re h ills early to drop. further north in the staffordshire hills early this morning it was a win to receive. the showers giving some snow up over the hills in this part of the country. those showers are moving away. they are certainly much fewer now. most of us are enjoying sunshine through the rest of the day, though there's more cloud coming into northern

ireland, threatening to bring a change in the weather here. we'll had further south, where we could see one or two had further south, where we could see one oi’ two showers had further south, where we could see one or two showers arriving in the south—west of england, south wales. it's just a threat really through the afternoon. one or offshore just now. most of england and wales will be dry and quite sunny, top temperature about 12 celsius in the south—east. we still got a few showers in the north—west of england, they should fade away this afternoon. more cloud in northern ireland threatening rain later. we have wintry showers and snow over the hills in scotland, some sunshine as well. it's feeling colder, especially in northern scotla nd colder, especially in northern scotland whether winds die down last of all. this evening it turns wet in northern ireland, some rain and hail snow. it pushes into the soup —— into southern scotland and in southern wales and we have rain arriving, that will keep temperatures but quite chilly night in scotland, especially the north of scotland. maybe a pinch of frost but some sunshine here. elsewhere the sunshine is a reluctant visitor tomorrow. there will be brighterfor a while in south—east scotland and

north east england but we have rain moving northwards. it becomes lighter. it turns dryer for the south—east of england, boosting temperatures here. across northern ireland the rain could be setting in for most, if not all, of the day. into the weekend, whilst there will be some dryer and brighter slots, rain is never going to be too far away. in fact, rain is never going to be too far away. infact, it's rain is never going to be too far away. in fact, it's going to be raining this weekend across the whole of western europe, notjust rain. there will be some very heavy snowfall for the alps this weekend. there could be a metre or more of snow. it was a slow start of the season. snow. it was a slow start of the season. things have changed quite considerably. at home weeks —— this weekend we are dominated by low pressure " weekend we are dominated by low pressure." pressure is where we will see most of the rain on saturday. this rain could be rather reluctant to clear away from northern ireland and around some edges of england and wales we could see some showers or long spells of rain and those are the temperatures. as we head into the temperatures. as we head into the second half of the weekend we are going to find it turning windy across england and wales. here, we

could see heavy bursts of rain for a time but by contrast a bit further north for scotland and northern ireland, it shouldn't be quite as wet. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. warnings of a national crisis in policing in england and wales — a scathing report warns of a shortage of detectives and says victims are being let down. that's all from the bbc news at one. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. bye— bye. hello. i'm jj chalmers with the latest sport on bbc news. the chair of british cycling, jonathan browning says the body

is still looking for ‘clear answers‘ regarding doping allegations in the sport. following an independent review, uk sport and british cycling are seeking to modify the culture of the ‘world class programme', which has also been hit by allegations of sexism there have been instances where behaviour was inappropriate and those have been addressed. hopefully we will not seek instances again in the future. we have met with groups of riders on staff and made it clear that where there is feeling is, we apologise and we recognise that but we would do something about it and move forward. this is the governing body which has not had its eye on culture and behaviours but it is the governing body now that is listening to the outcome of the review. it has committed to actions which should address that. i am optimistic for the future and frankly, we achieved

huge things when the environment has not been great but the opportunity is there to make that right. celtic have paid tribute to ‘lisbon lion' tommy gemmell, who has died aged 73 following a long illness. the former defender scored in the 2—1 victory against inter milan in 1967 when celtic became the first british club to win the european cup. he also scored in the 1970 final which celtic lost to feyenoord. the club called him ‘a true celtic legend.‘ arsene wenger insists that his focus is totally on arsenal. despite a new vacancy opening up at barcelona and his own future at the emirates being up in the air. the frenchman is set to make a ‘mutual decision‘ with the club on whether he signs a new contract at arsenal — either this month or next. iam not i am not looking forjobs in other clu bs i am not looking forjobs in other clubs orforjobs i am not looking forjobs in other clubs or for jobs of i am not looking forjobs in other clubs or forjobs of other people. i just focus on me getting to the next level and trying to improve because i think as well competent managers

a lwa ys i think as well competent managers always try to improve and always try to say what you can do better and reinvent yourself and that‘s what i try to do. that is basically it. that is basically it. there‘s a big boost for england‘s six nations hopes today with news number 8 billy vunipola is set to make a surprise return for his club this weekend. he‘s been out of action since november with a knee injury but his recovery has gone better than expected, and could appear for saracens in the premiership match against newcastle. if england win their next 2 matches they will set the record for most consecutive wins in test rugby - with 19. the final day of the first formula one pre—season test is well underway in barcelona. the track has been drenched in water to simulate wet weather. lewis hamilton has described driving the new cars as like riding a rollercoaster. the williams team will have to look on and see others enjoying the ride though. as their rookie driver lance stroll crashed their car yesterday. williams say they‘ll be ready for the second test next week. and finally nicola adams received her obe from

his royal highness the duke of cambridge today at buckingham palace. adams was the first first woman to win an olympic boxing title, at the london games in 2012 and last summer secured her second gold in rio. that‘s all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and i‘ll have more in the next hour thank you very much. see you in a little while. hello, good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. im jane hill. let us take a look at some of the main stories. we will take a look at the police story. as we‘ve been hearing the organisation that oversees policing standards has said it‘s "raising the red flag" over the "potentially perilous" state of the service in england and wales. her majesty‘s inspectorate of constabulary warns that a third

of forces require improvement — and some are putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle to manage cuts. the country‘s biggest force — the metropolitan police in london — has a shortage of 700 detectives. the former met detective dan clark—neal has been investigating the issue for the victoria derbyshire programme here on bbc news. just a warning that this film contains flashing images from the very start. it‘s not good for me, it‘s not good for my health, it‘s so pressurised now. there just isn‘t enough of us. the metropolitan police service is the largest force in the country, with over 31,000 officers, and i myself used to be one of those officers, working as a detective for over eight years. london is currently divided into 32 boroughs and each one has a dedicated cid, or criminal investigation department, and the met police federation says the detective shortage is having an impact on staff. they are carrying far too much of a workload and also, they are short of colleagues. bearing in mind, we are 700 short,

700 cid officers short, in the metropolitan police. someone‘s got to absorb that work. that is my colleagues you are talking about who are carrying 50, 60 crimes at a time, which puts them under huge stress and it all attributes to where we are. you never saw officers saying, i‘m coming out of cid and going back into uniform. itjust wasn‘t heard of. once you went to cid, that was it. but it‘s happening now. but officers like rachel made that decision. she was a detective for 15 years, investigating everything from fraud and burglary, to robbery and child abuse. but recently, the pressures became too much and she decided to move back to uniformed policing. she has asked us to hide her identity. she is still serving in the met. there are 700 detective vacancies in the met and i can completely understand why. why on earth would you put yourself through all of that aggravation for the same pay when you can go back into uniform or stay in uniform?

work a great shift pattern, turn up, whizz around in a car, then answer 999 calls, someone needs arresting, you do that, book them in, hand them over to a detective, and then, the next day, you just come back in and the slate‘s wiped clean. this is all against a backdrop of a rise in crime. in 2016, the met recorded nearly 762,000 offences, 3.5% up on 2015, so, of course, with an increased workload and a lack of staff comes heightened pressure. it is just relentless, the stress. and a little bit of stress is good, you can strive on it, but when it is so high all the time, it‘s just not sustainable, you can‘t keep working like that. it was just getting really stressful and ijust found i was thinking, i don‘t think i can do this any more. made me feel a bit of a failure, to be honest, that i couldn‘t stick it. rachel had a similar

experience working in cid. i don't want to be so exhausted of so under pressure that i miss something, that either one of my victims gets killed or gets hurt, a case gets thrown out of court because of something i missed because i was so stressed and exhausted. in a statement, the met says... from the people we have spoken to, it seems morale among the met detectives is at a concerning low and with worries that continued budget cuts will hit officer numbers in 2017, the question is, where does this leave the world—famous met cid? let‘s get more on this now with dr tim brain, former chief constable of gloucestershire police. he is now an ordinary senior

research fellow at cardiff university. good afternoon. there is a lot of criticism in the support, especially for some forces, does any of it surprise you? not in the least. some of us have been warning about these particular chickens coming home to roost for a long time now. it was evident back in 2010 there would be a prolonged series of cuts to public spending in general but the police in particular. that has all caught up now. the only surprising thing and i am not surprised even with that is that it has taken this long for the inspectorate to speak out. again the inspectorate to speak out. again the inspectorate is shifting the blame but it needs to be asking under mental questions of government and local spending priorities. for you, is that essentially about money,

could forces that are underperforming perform better purely with more resources? that will set a lot of the tone for this. about one fifth, 20% of police personnel have been cut since 2010. that‘s a considerable amount of resources which has gone out of the servers are not come back, even with local recruitment figures. some forces have suffered more than others. unless you get the spending and funding right, it will be difficult to affect the other factors which contribute to this. it is not all about spending, clearly organisational acumen, leadership, local leadership from police and crime commissioners will make a big difference by the end of

the day, if you have more resources, it will be easier to plug the gaps across the field. we‘re hearing about the struggling metropolitan police in terms of the cid but you go to another force and find it is neighbourhood policing which is softening. she is very concerned about neighbourhood policing. it is across the board. it will be difficult for forces to fight their way out of this. are members of the public at risk are you believe?” think in individual cases there could be members of the public at risk. every evening i can predict between six o‘clock and eight o‘clock, every force controller will have a spike in calls. they will be squeezed to find the resources to a nswe rs squeezed to find the resources to answers calls. if you do not have the background resources to do it, something is in danger of getting missed in the gap so it could happen. it would be foolish to say thatis happen. it would be foolish to say that is not a possibility. that said, there are plenty of forces which are performing well, dad are outstanding. lots of other forces are deemed to be good so people

might ask, how is it some forces are still providing a good service to the public and others are not? you have to look at the background, funding that is available for each force. that will vary depending on a forced by force bases. it is simply getting more difficult for forces to perform across the board. if you look at the indicators the inspectorate are using to access a force, it is fairly —— it is a fairly limited range of indicators. some forces could be succeeding, like gloucestershire does in terms of neighbourhood policing but scores badly across the board. that is a decision made locally about how to use scarce resources so the picture will vary from force to force. very good to have you hear, thank you so much for your time. the former chief co nsta ble of

much for your time. the former chief constable of gloucestershire police. now a research fellow. just to bring you a line of news coming through from johannesburg in the last few minutes, we are hearing there has been a roof collapsed at a hospital and a number of patients are trapped. those are the only details we have at this stage. several patients trapped according to reuters, after a roof collapsed at a hospital. reuters are quoting the emergency services. those are the sparse details we have at this stage. as soon as we have more information, we will keep you up—to—date of course. north korea has denied the half brother of its leader was poisoned at kuala lumpur airport — claiming he died from a heart attack. a spokesman said claims by the malaysian government that kim jong—nam was killed by the vx nerve agent, were "the height of absurdity". officials also claimed that heart condition medicine were found in his baggage. there were belongings with medicine

relating to the disease of diabetes and heart diseases and high blood pressure. they came to conclude, he is not in a position to have health without medicine is this is a strong indication that the cause of the death is the heart attack. almost 4,000 motorists a day are fined for driving in bus lanes in england, with the most lucrative camera making £6,000 every 2a hours. bbc research revealed that, in total, the cameras earned local authorities around £31m last year. our correspondent phil mackie is in birmingham for us. this particular bus lane at saint martin‘s, queensway in birmingham

is one of the top five in the country forfines being handed out to motorists. let me show you. just past those buses, that is the last point you get your car turned around, beyond that you will get a £60 penalty notice. there is a sign just here warning you of that. it gives you the option to turn round and if you miss that you are in trouble. further down here, past the bullring shopping centre, there is a chance there, cars are supposed to do a u—turn a u—turn and go back down there but as you can see it is really busy and really confusing. if you do not know the area well, if you have an old satnav or you are lost, you might drive down there unwittingly. i have seen cars doing just that. more than a0 a day, 2500 come through in a year and get fined £60 or £30 if they pay quickly enough.

the rac has said these bus lane cameras across the country have become cash bonanzas. the most lucrative has been described by them, it is in newcastle, £6,000 is raised every day for one particular camera. here it is less than that but it is £31 million a year. motorists do not like them of course but they are clearly signed and they are there to help public transport get about more quickly. i have a statement from birmingham city council about their speed cameras. they said, they do not want anybody to be caught on these bustling —— bus lane cameras at all. they do not like the description of them as being lucrative because that suggests they are designed to bring in money which is not the case. that is what local authorities across the country are saying. motorists like to think that every time they go through one, a little light goes off in an office and council staff run around high—fiving each other.

they are there for a reason. if there is an issue in terms of signage, a lot of people successfully appeal against those fines so you can appeal but the safest message is pay attention where you are going and make sure you know your route. we have the business news coming up ina we have the business news coming up in a moment, first a reminder of the headlines. the police standards watchdog has warned of the potentially perilous state of the police service in england and wales. democrats are calling on the us attorney generaljeff sessions to step down after he failed to disclose meetings he had during the election campaign with the russian ambassador. hear, the government will seek to overturn the demands by the house of lords that the rights of eu nationals living in the uk will be guaranteed after brexit.

in the business news. typical household incomes in the uk will not grow for the next two years. that‘s because of the legacy left behind by the financial crisis. the institute of fiscal studies predicts in five years‘ time, median incomes will be just 4% higher than it is now. the recession and tepid recovery mean that from the start of the crisis to 2021, households will suffer the worst income squeeze for 60 years. today is the day for the most anticipated tech market floatation since twitter — snap — the owner of photo messaging app snapchat — will begin trading on wall street in an hour. the company is valued at £19 billion. more on this in a moment. and people seeking compensation over mis—sold payment protection insurance will have to make their claims before 29 august 2019. the final deadline has been set by the financial conduct authority. it wants to draw a line under the scandal. you may not have heard of snapchat,

it isa you may not have heard of snapchat, it is a messaging system to send messages. it has proved to be very popular. snap shares will begin trading on wall street later snap is the company that owns snapchat. the company is valued at $24 billion dollars — that‘s £19 billion pounds. samira hussain is at the new york stock exchange. it isa it is a massive amount of money for an app which was created by a couple of college kids but inspectors are very excited because it is the next hot technology deal and we have not seen one since ali baba. investors

are very happy —— excited about this because they‘re hoping it will be the next google. the risk is it ends up the next google. the risk is it ends up looking more like twitter, companies that came with a lot of hype but especially with twitter, it has a massive amount of users but it has a massive amount of users but it has not been able to capitalise on the users and find a good formula to make money. that is a challenge for twitter and snapchat hope it does not end up going that way. are there any concerns? there are some concerns in terms of we are seeing that the head of snap, they are two young kids, do they have what it ta kes to ru n young kids, do they have what it takes to run a $22 billion company? that is being traded on the new york trade company —— stock exchange as a public company. it will be open to

investors and financial markets will not be kind if it is not considered —— successful. that is one concern. will they be able to make money? it is not just about the apt for snapchat, they want to put the money into research and development. it is not just about different filters it can create web snapchat, it is also about developing hardware. this is something that google tried and were not successful at. snapchat of seymour success and want to put more research and development into getting more hardware. —— snapchat have had more success. you mention twitter, it was a big deal when it debuted, do you think snapchat will set a precedent for future technology floats? that is a really

big question. i am sure any when he wishes they had the answer. it really depends how the company capitalises on theirs. they have 160 million users who are young mostly. the challenge is to translate those users into advertising revenue. that is the trick. they have been successful but they have to change into advertising revenue and as we said, twitter not managed to do that. thank you. the london market slipped back from wednesday‘s record high. shares fell in the outsourcing group capita — they slumped 10%. now that was prompted after the company said pre—tax profits had fallen 33% to £7a.8m and said its chief executive would step down later this year. that‘s all the business news. thank you. just to give you details

about what is happening in johannesburg. we hear several patients are trapped after the roof ofa patients are trapped after the roof of a hospital collapsed. reuters are saying this happened at johannesburg‘s state hospital. this is all coming from the emergency services who say there are several patients trapped and rescue workers are at the scene to try and assess the severity of the situation. more from south africa after two o‘clock. we will pause now and catch up with the weather prospects. good afternoon. we still have a chilly breeze and the uk but some lovely spring sunshine for most of us, especially in east suffolk. more cloud across other parts of the uk, for example the west of scotland. a lovely picture from one of our

weather watchers. you can say the extent of the cloud from earlier on. most of the cloud is heading towards northern ireland which will bring changes towards the end of the day. in the last part of the afternoon, we will save insurers off the coast moving inland. much of england and we will remain dry. it‘s spelt sunshine into. what across northern england, showers into the north—west. we increased the cloud and threat of rain into northern ireland, still chilly in scotland, showers, wintry showers over the hills. we will find it turning wet this evening in scotland, rain and hill snow will push its way into southern scotland as well. by their south, we have wet weather developing over the channel. that rain could be quite heavy. chilly overnight in scotland with a touch of frost, sunshine in northern

scotla nd of frost, sunshine in northern scotland on friday. we have all this rain moving northwards across england and were in. it becomes lighter and more patchy, turning drier as the breeze picks up in the south. we will say higher temperatures. quaich chilly further north, especially northern ireland. into this weekend, drier and brighter spells but the rain will not be far away. notjust hearing the uk but across the whole of western europe it will be wet as we head into the weekend, notjust rain by heavy snowfall to come across the alps, one metre or more of snow in places. a change from the beginning of the ski season. low pressure will dominate our weather. close to the low— pressure dominate our weather. close to the low—pressure is where we will get most of the game, northern ireland and scotland, damp and miserable day for eastern scotland. england and wales, a little brighter at times. rain notfar

wales, a little brighter at times. rain not far away from the east coast of england. on sunday, there will —— the wind picks up and the south could have the wettest of the weather and a bit drier in ireland and scotland. this is bbc news. i‘m jane hill. the headlines at 2pm. warnings of a national crisis in policing and the public being put at risk in england and wales. pressure on the new us attorney general, jeff sessions, to resign over his undeclared meetings with russian officials. france‘s marine le pen loses immunity from prosecution for tweeting so—called islamic state images as her rival sets out his stall in the election. british cycling bosses promise to make changes after accusations of bullying and sexism at the top level of the sport. i‘m simon mccoy,

and in the next hour, how gordon and sarah brown‘s daughter‘s death helped save the grandchild of another labour leader.