saint petersburg as well, tim. this happened just after 2:30pm local time. not rush hour but the damage that has been caused is horrific. russia has been the victim of some horrible terror outrages in recent times, 200 odd russians died in a plane that was brought down in shambles shake classier. of course, russia has been prepared for this for quite some time. there has always been the fear that because of their active involvement in the campaign to bomb aleppo in disgraceful ways, that there would bea disgraceful ways, that there would be a backlash from fundamentalists. lam afraid be a backlash from fundamentalists. i am afraid there is obviously no justification for it whatsoever. what we have seen in sick petersburg today. but russia probably is braced for it and will expect more. it could be checked now. —— in saint petersburg today. i suspect what we will now see is a crackdown by vladimir putin of the kind we have seenin vladimir putin of the kind we have seen in turkey by president and again. using terrible terrorist

outrages. it's a classic case of, we have an excuse outrages. it's a classic case of, we have an excuse now. we can go outrages. it's a classic case of, we have an excuse now. we can go in heavy on the protesters. we had a democracy protests in russia recently, friday. that will have worried britain and he now very sadly has, because of this tragedy, an excuse sadly has, because of this tragedy, an excuse to sadly has, because of this tragedy, an excuse to crack sadly has, because of this tragedy, an excuse to crack down. —— that will have worried putin. it's the purview of the prime minister, but of course we know who's pulling the strings. the bbc can't be accused of brexit bias, because the referendum is ovei’. bias, because the referendum is over. this is according to my erstwhile colleague mr nick robinson. does he have a point? of coui’se robinson. does he have a point? of course the bbc is perfect in every way! obviously when you present.

you've got it, tim. we have a remain here and a brexiteers. full balance. i think the bbc, to be fair, during the brexit campaign worked incredibly hard to be balanced. i hear what nick robinson says here and it's a good defence of the corporation. but i think there are programmes partly because i think a lot of the staff in the corporation tend to lean one way, sometimes wonder if there is a full understanding of the brexit position on some of the bbc's bulletins and broadcast. there's an awful lot of attempts, quite rightly, on a news corporation like the bbc to ensure there is balance of race and gender among other things. i wonder if there is another attempt to ensure that on a whole range of political and ideological issues there are enough people in the newsroom to think in diverse ways. who come from different parts of the country. who are not all london—based, for example. i think that's unavoidable,

because they come down to london to work at the harbour. having been —— to work at the hub. he says if company a to work at the hub. he says if company a announces to work at the hub. he says if company a announces that it will invest more in the uk and create morejobs, it's not our duty invest more in the uk and create more jobs, it's not our duty to search for a company that says it will invest less. just to balance the news. it is a trap this, on the one hand, because there are now so many diverse hands on which we could look. there are notjust two options in life any more. life has become much more... ok, a bit of perspective as well. like michael howard 's silly remarks about gibraltar the other day. they were silly. and i think perhaps not getting it quite out of proportion like some broadcasting articles have done. that's part of the

responsibility as well. not to pour fire on some of the issues that social media pause fire onto. fire on some of the issues that social media pause fire ontolj think that was just to add to the gaiety of nations, because it was just so silly. the spanish slightly worried according to some commentators i spoke to. the only brits likely to invade spain are our tourists. and that's bad enough! "labour braced for new low." corbin heading for disaster in next month ‘s local elections. corbin heading for disaster in next month 's local elections. how low can you party go? the labour party is schizophrenic at the moment. what is schizophrenic at the moment. what is extraordinary is that while a large part of the party is in despair, at the prospect of these losses which have to be confronted, corbin's circle of supporters and the thousands of people who joined up the thousands of people who joined

up under the new rules are absolutely passionate corbynista ‘s. they really cheer him to the echo. they really cheer him to the echo. they fill the holes. they are passionate in his support. they don't represent the country. but they represent a very strong morally convinced set of political... some of the insiders in his office have been resigning recently though. are there signs of it falling apart from there signs of it falling apart from the call? i get the feeling that's because is not a very good manager of staff. at that thing that matters to do the disillusionment of politics, i think the enthusiasts remain super enthusiastic. everyone else is going, but there aren't... we have to convince the public. because you don't get elected. so that realisation that the public perhaps, it would seem, have not come on board with this whole project. that still isn't sinking in as far as those who are closest to jeremy corbyn are concerned that she

much and only speculating here, but i believe. the truth will dawn eventually because of this government and the cruelty of the cuts. schools running out of money and hospitals. old people dying and so on. and hospitals. old people dying and so on. the penny will drop and people will suddenly see that they have been right all along. you don't believe that, do you?|j have been right all along. you don't believe that, do you? i don't believe that, do you? i don't believe in that particular project, though i do believe it's an evil government doing wicked things. you really believe it's an evil government? no! it's on record now, joan! you had a title. as a conservative, i can't see any pleasure in either the complete collapse of the labour party. not complete. well, near collapse. not in the north, it hasn't come close

to collapse. every country needs an opposition and frankly we have quite a week tory cabinet which is not being held to account in the comments particularly. i would welcome a keir starmer or a hillary byrne leaving the —— leading the labour party. a quick look at the times. theresa may injordan for talks there. saudi arabia as well. we had on the 10pm newsjust recently. we both like this picture. both of us have misgivings about our trade dependence on the spot of the world, but particularly saudi arabia. this is a country that does not respect women's rights particularly. or at all, very much. here we have a female leader of our country going there, and having to sort of acknowledged this. that's right. she's wearing trousers, that's correct. she's not wearing anything on her head, they may

disapprove of that. but she's doing it in her own right. she is stepping down alone into a world that does not give women any kind of credit. that's impressive. it is. as we had only ten o'clock news, allegations of weapons used by saudis sold by britain against people in yemen. a difficult relationship. "teachers lose a day's pay to do homework." that's in the metro. stressed staff cut hours to free up time for marking. the teachers i know do spend a lot of time marking papers. because there are so many stats, these various sets of things that children are to reach, they now have to check they are doing it at every stage. there is no freewheeling education in which people can coast a little and learn adjacent information that is not strictly governed by passing these exams or

reaching these targets. we target crazy. i think it is so sad for young children when the teachers are just going crackers trying to keep up just going crackers trying to keep up with it. and hit their targets said the report on the school reflects them well. but you have to have a bar to which these schools and pupils reach? that's part of the target system. that's part of the system we have set up. it's not one i grew system we have set up. it's not one igrew up system we have set up. it's not one i grew up with many years ago. it's been accentuated. there was a time when you simply passed. in my day, it was the ii when you simply passed. in my day, it was the 11 plus or not. that's coming back, you know? laughter easy, tiger! tim, for that, you have to explain why easter has disappeared according to the telegraph. the nationaltrust usually has an easter egg trail

where kids follow their chocolate desires at this time of year. the national trust are renaming it the great british egg hunt. cadburys think, who have sponsored this, think, who have sponsored this, think that this will be more appealing now to non—christians as well as christians. the archbishop of york, the most reverend john saint—saens, is not impressed. spitting on the grave ofjohn cadbury, is his understated reaction to this. i'm a christian, i don't think this is something i particularly welcome. i think most people, muslims, jewish people, they are —— actually quite like the idea ofa are —— actually quite like the idea of a christian country where these principles are celebrated. i don't think they find offensive. neither cani think they find offensive. neither can i get too worked up about the fa ct can i get too worked up about the fact this is being renamed. in a slightly more lively way. it does

mean you can flog eggs in november, doesn't it? august. it's easter. it's a famous festival and just as we it's a famous festival and just as we like to bali or whatever, —— diwali. we celebrated and respected. i'm notan diwali. we celebrated and respected. i'm not an observing question but it's easter, it is a serious festival. so let's just have easter eggs. we all agree, we not impressed. thank you very much for looking at some of the stories behind the headlines. we'll have you back soon. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. were going to look at the front page of this sun before we leave you. it has the clear message, up yours, senor ‘s. they spent all day working at! don't forget you can see all the front pages online. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc dot co uk forward slash papers —

and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. good evening. many central and eastern parts of the uk had a very pleasa nt eastern parts of the uk had a very pleasant day with some sunshine and warmth. this was taken this afternoon by one of our weather watchers in central london. lovely sunshine. it's all change really, because out west we have thicker cloud moving in. that is bringing some outbreaks of rain. he is a satellite sequence. staying quite grey satellite sequence. staying quite gi’ey a cross satellite sequence. staying quite grey across the south coast and quite cool. we got to 18 degrees on the side of london. we won't see that in the next few days because all this crowd is moving in. it will bring some rain and fresh atlantic air. when should clearfrom scotland and northern ireland and plan a bit fresh air by the end of the night,

down to five or 6 degrees. lower than that in rural spots. temperatures for most places will be holding up around it online degrees. it will be a dull and damp start for wales and the south—west. not much room left over at 8am, still a lot of low cloud. pretty grey really. some outbreaks of rain again, extensive low cloud structures up through the midlands and to northern england. quite a great picture here. a bit brighter for england. quite a great picture here. a bit brighterfor parts england. quite a great picture here. a bit brighter for parts of northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland, northern scotland will still be quite windy. we will see some early showers in the morning. it stays pretty windy in northern scotla nd it stays pretty windy in northern scotland through the day, with a scattering of showers. the main will be there or thereabouts well into the afternoon. after that damp start it, it should britain up. we should see it, it should britain up. we should see temperatures getting up to about 15 in cardiff, 11 or 12 in glasgow and belfast. into the middle of the

week, we've got high pressure building its way in. that will settle things down. a lot of dry weather mid week but onwards, these isobars are pretty close together. that means it will be quite easy in the north and east. north—westerly winds, afair the north and east. north—westerly winds, a fair bit of cloud around on wednesday. some spells of sunshine. lasted longest in the south and west wedding rings are at their lightest. temperatures mid—afternoon on wednesday in the range of ten to 111 degrees. a bit of a chilly start to the day on thursday, and again on friday. both days with fairly similar with a friday. both days with fairly similarwithafair friday. both days with fairly similar with a fair bit of cloud. bit of sunshine, ii to 15 degrees. this is bbc news.

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00: an explosion on the metro in st petersburg has killed at least ten people and injured dozens of others. president putin has laid flowers near the scene of the blast as officials announce three days of mourning for the victims. translation: it was a huge bang, it was deafening. i was sitting next to a metal railing and i think it's saved my life. seven people have been charged in connection with an attack on a teenage asylum—seeker in south london, who was badly beaten. theresa may has laughed off suggestions of a military conflict between the uk and spain over gibraltar. and on usenet, an exclusive interview with somebody who was on the caa