earned him an mbe at the age of and earned him an mbe at the age of 23. sb.tv later diversified, running interviews with edward's�* business idol richard branson and prominent figures like prince charles. edwards branched out as well, funding youth clubs, designing affordable fashion ranges and becoming an advocate for mental health. his death at the age of 31 has shocked the music community. edwards�* mother, the loose woman presenter brenda edwards, said she was devastated by the unimaginable loss —— might loose women presenter. jamal edwards, who has died at the age of 31. time for a look at the weather. here�*s helen willetts. ——here�*s stav. what a storm aiden 12 hours across much of the country and in particular northern parts of the uk thanks to storm franklin and a number of flood warnings issued for england and wales, particularly

across north—west england where we have severe flood warnings in force around the river mersey area of south manchester and it is because of a series of storms we have seen over the past week. storm franklin clearing into the near continent and this ridge of high pressure is moving in from the south end of the west. you can see the isobars slowly opening out so the winds will be dying down. it is an improving sort of day as we head through the afternoon. any shows, scotland, the midlands, south east england should fizzle out and we see increasing sunshine. these wind speeds towards the end of the day, costing 20—30 for most, perhaps a0 in the most exposed parts but significantly lower than we have had over the last 12 hours. still a blustery afternoon and, on the face of it, quite mild with temperatures in double figures for most but when you factor in the wind, cooler than temperatures suggest. overnight, many centraland eastern areas will be dry under the clear skies and light winds, quite chilly but further west, the next frontal system hurtling into the west of the uk bringing cloud, wind

and outbreaks of rain, some of the ring quite heavy. temperatures recover in the west but quite chilly further ease. another frontal system crossing the country through tuesday, and other wet but not as windy day as we have seen of late. the rain will fizzle out as it moves southwards and eastwards across england and wales, as you can see, through the morning into the afternoon. eventually clearing the south—east and another bright afternoon for many. sunshine, blustery showers, lots of them affecting the north in the west of the country over the high ground and quite blustery across all areas but not as windy as what we have seen of late. temperatures double figures in the south but chilly are in the north where we have wintry showers. wednesday, a big deep area of low pressure in the north atlantic will affect the west of the country. the further south and east, the winds are not as strong so definitely a tale of north and south on wednesday. windy and wet across scotland and northern ireland, snow on the hills and gales in exposure. further south, a breezy day but

quite a bit of dry weather, one or two showers but good spells of sunshine and double—figure values, above the seasonal average in the south, chilly in the north. windy on thursday, rain clears to sunshine and showers, cooler as well but friday, another ridge of high pressure promises to settle things down, lighterwinds pressure promises to settle things down, lighter winds and increasing amount of sunshine so quite a turbulent week to come but not as much as of late. a reminder of our top story. the prime minister prepares to announce plans to scrap all remaining legal covid restrictions in england, including the requirement to self—isolate if you test positive. that is all from the bbc news at one so it goodbye from me and, on bbc one, wejoin the news so it goodbye from me and, on bbc one, we join the news team where you are. good afternoon, it�*s 1.30pm and here�*s your latest sports news. the chair of uk sport says it�*s right to question how public funding for winter sports has been spent,

after team gb fell well short of their medal target for beijing. they won just two medals, both in curling, with the women�*s team claiming gold on the final day of the games. they�*d been set a target of three to seven. there were only 15 top—ten finishes from team gb, compared to 17 outside the top 25 orfailing to finish. there orfailing to finish. is there or failing to finish. is lots of potential coming through, there is lots of potential coming through, yes, they did not bring back medals but incredible stories and a drama we all engaged with. we need to be open—minded. yes, this matters because delivering success is what we are about but we have to define what we see as success, the public reach is as important right now. the union that represents footballers in england says concussion protocols are failing to prioritise players safety. it comes after leeds

defender robin koch suffered a head injury during their a—2 defeat to manchester united yesterday. koch received treatment, but played on before being substituted 15 minutes later. leeds say he passed all concussion tests on the field, and will now follow guidelines before returning to play. the professional footballer�*s association has reiterated its calls for the introduction of temporary substitutes. still with that match — leeds have vowed to impose lifetime bans for any fans found to have thrown objects onto the pitch during yesterday�*s match. manchester united winger anthony elanga was hit while celebrating fred�*s second half goal to put them ahead — elanga later went on to score the fourth for united. the fa is also investigating, after police made nine arrests at the match. a boost for wales ahead of their crunch tie against england this weekend faletau is back. after seven months injured he comes into the squad following wales�* victory over

scotland after they lost their opening six nations match to ireland. scotland head coach gregor townsend has added six players to the squad, to face france on saturday. jonny grey was among the big names to drop out due to injury. uncapped glasgow warriors duo ollie smith and kiran mcdonald are draughted in, along with simon berghan, oli kebble, marshall sykes and james lang. and james lowe is back in the ireland squad, for their upcoming match against italy on sunday. the leinster wing missed the first two matches of this year�*s six nations with injury — his club team—matejimmy o�*brien has been given a call up too. tennis, and novak djokovic is playing competitive tennis for the first time in three months today, as he prepares for the first round of the dubai tennis championship. djokovic couldn�*t play in the australian open last month because he hasn�*t had a covid vaccine and could face difficulties playing in other tournaments this year too. as a result, this week, daniil medvedev could overtake him at the top of the world rankings, if the russian wins the tournament he�*s playing in mexico. the only scenario i have in my head is to win every match i play

here and, if i win the tournament, i guess would i be able to stay number one? he has to win. it is in his hands, but he has deserved to be number one, eventually it�*s going to happen, and if it happens this week, i will be the first one to congratulate him. disability golf has received a boost with a revamped and renamed golf for the disabled tour announced today — with more tournaments and investment for the european disabled golf association. the dp world tour — formally known as the european tour — will increase its support, to take the tour semi professional. it�*ll also feature events at the porsche open in germany, and bmw championship at wentworth for the first time and bmw championship at wentworth for the first time. and finally, we have another hat trick for you. on paper, it�*s perfect. left foot. right foot. header. but new zealand�*s meikayla moore might want to forget this one — at the shebelievescup against the usa. because they were all own goals — and all inside the first 36 minutes of play! she�*d actually scored the first two within six minutes. and then, when the third went in her manager, surely out of sympathy rather than anything else,

decided to substitute her. the liverpool player was then comforted by her team—mates on the bench. gutting. happens to all of us at some point in ourfootballing happens to all of us at some point in our footballing careers. that�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. three met police officers who exchanged messages with the killer of sarah everard wayne couzens have been named. this is related to a whatsapp group, they checked his

phone when wayne couzens was arrested. if you remember last week, police decided they were going to charge two met police officers and one former. we did not get the names. there was an appeal from officers that they would have been at risk. that seems to have now been changed and we get the names. five counts of a grossly offensive message one, the same for another and william neville charged with two counts. these are charges heard in westminster magistrates�* court next

month. this was a whatsapp group were racist and misogynistic messages were exchanged. it came into the investigation when they were looking at the phone of wayne couzens. this is one of a number of investigations that have come out of the murder and more police misconduct investigations are going on at the momentjonathon cobban and joel jonathon cobban and joel borders and william neville. let�*s get more on the potential changes to the way the government manages coronavirus. the first minister of wales says any decision to change the testing programme would be premature and reckless. mark drakeford tweeted that testing had played a pivotal role in breaking chains of transmission.

he said "any decision to effectively turn off the tap on our national testing programme, with no future plans in place to reactivate it, would put people at risk. in wales, we�*ll continue to make decisions to protect the health of people based on the scientific evidence available to us." scotland�*s first minister, nicola sturgeon has also been speaking today, saying that sensible decisions needed to be made in order to "get back to normal and stay back to normal". staying at home while we have a virus seems to me to be a sensible thing to do to try to protect that greater sense of normality. similarly, with testing. of course, we want to move to a situation where we�*re using testing in a much more targeted way, although we need to continue to have the right infrastructure for surveillance. but it�*s the phasing and the timescale over which we do that. we�*ve still got a really highly transmissible variant circulating right now. cases are still at quite a high level, so it�*s about striking the right balance. we all want to get back to normal, but crucially, we want to stay back to normal, and that means taking sensible decisions about managing the whole thing.

let�*s go back to one of our main stories today. storm franklin has caused severe flooding in parts of northern ireland, while in yorkshire and greater manchester people have been forced to leave their homes for safety. speaking on a visit to kent where work is underway to restore power, energy minister greg hands said that 32,000 households across the uk have yet to have their power restored. let�*s listen to what he said. more than1.3 more than 1.3 million people across the uk have had their power restored. as of early this morning, around 32,000 people across the uk are still yet to be restored. here in the uk power network, that is around 12,000, here in the south east and east anglia.— around 12,000, here in the south east and east anglia. some people are still without _ east and east anglia. some people are still without power _ east and east anglia. some people are still without power days - east and east anglia. some people are still without power days after l are still without power days after the storm struck. that is not acceptable, is it?— the storm struck. that is not acceptable, is it? there will be lessons to _ acceptable, is it? there will be lessons to be _ acceptable, is it? there will be lessons to be learned - acceptable, is it? there will be lessons to be learned from - acceptable, is it? there will be lessons to be learned from all| acceptable, is it? there will be i lessons to be learned from all of these terms but the number of people who have had their power restored,

1.3 million, is a huge testament to the huge effort we have put in over the huge effort we have put in over the whole weekend by engineers, support workers, uk power networks. others across the uk in helping out to people getting their power restored. what we do after each storm is do a review of the response to the storm, ofjen do a review. —— ofgen. there is a comprehensive programme across all the different agencies. we have engineers coming from across the uk, the less effective parts —— less effective parts help those more affected. there is support for each other through the uk through a mutual aid

mechanism which has worked really well. there are always lessons to be learned from different storms. the 105 number for people to call was a specific lesson learned from a previous storm so we always do reports to make sure lessons are learned for the future.— reports to make sure lessons are learned for the future. what could have one learned for the future. what could have gone better _ learned for the future. what could have gone better this _ learned for the future. what could have gone better this time? - learned for the future. what could have gone better this time? too l have gone better this time? too earl to have gone better this time? too early to say _ have gone better this time? too early to say on _ have gone better this time? trrr: early to say on that. clearly the succession of storms, eunice followed by franklin, has made life difficult at times but i think overall the response by the companies has been good. the uk power network has put in a good response here in the south east. across the uk, 1.3 million people have had their power restored so far. that is a good number. energy minister greg _ far. that is a good number. energy minister greg hands. _ new york city is grappling with a wave of gun violence. mayor eric adams is under severe pressure to address the crisis after a spate of headline grabbing crimes that claimed the lives of police officers and civilians, including babies.

since the start of the year, gun crime is up by a third compared to 2021. nada tawfik has more. present arms! new york was once hailed as the safest big city in america. that�*s not how it feels today. a rise in crime is claiming the lives of civilians and police too. any time there is a death, it�*s the thing we fear. joe fox, a retired police chief, is on his way to the wake of the latest officer fatally shot on duty. he says they feel attacked in more ways than one, with morale plummeting after calls to defund the police followed racialjustice protests. when we tolerate police officers being vilified and attacked, when we don�*t stand up against it, none of us are safe. and who�*s suffering? people of colour. homicides have gone up by over a

third in new york city. these mothers all lost children to gun violence. they are part of a support group called harlem mothers save. tragically, they tell me they�*ve comforted at least two new members every month for the last year. i sat down with a few of them to get their views on policing as shootings soar in their neighbourhoods. we have never had this kind of violence in our city. never. it is the worst. it was days, back then, '80s, it was bad back then, but this is the worst. it is so unreal that you are scared to walk outside because bullets are flying everywhere and hitting innocent people. everybody has a gun. we don�*t want to fight the police, we need the police. there�*s nobody else to call if something happens to us. people are yelling "defund - the police, defund the police." my question is, if we defund. the police, what communities are going to suffer? those people who are i

crying defund the police, their communities won't suffer. it is our city against the killers. the harlem mothers views aligned with the city�*s new mayor, eric adams is a former police captain who was elected promising more officers on the street, including a controversial unit of plainclothes police in the community. jarrel e daniels spent six years in prison for gang violence. he now helps young inmates and advocates for criminaljustice reform. the previous new york city administrations in the early 2000s and late �*90s and they followed a tough on crime policy. we have fallen back into that same model and it�*s not really a productive model. you really think we are returning the model? i think we�*re close to it. we on the bridge of being back at the same state. gun violence is a crisis across america. a lot is at stake for democrats as they grapple with public safety and police reform. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york.

the headlines on bbc news... now it�*s time for across the uk. a man has admitted causing the deaths of two children in a crash on the ma motorway. gracie—ann lucas, four, and her three year—old brother jayden—lee lucas died following the crash on 5th february. our correspondent nelli bird is outside cardiff crown court. this was a short hearing at court but three counts on relation to the crash were admitted. it happened on a saturday afternoon and the family were on their way back from a birthday party when the car they were in collided with a van. two children were in that car, four and

three, and they were critically injured and then died just days later. today, martin newman, a1 from neath port talbot pleaded guilty to causing both deaths by dangerous driving, and causing serious injury by dangerous driving to their mother, rhiannon lucas, also in the car. this is something that has affected notjust that community but further afield as well. a fundraising page has been set up to try and help towards the costs of the children�*s�* funeral. that has raised £15,000. we have also heard from the children�*s school saying we will never forget how special the children were, they were a delight to have, both lit up every room with their beaming smiles. and there cousinjamie lucas said they are struggling to understand what has happened, heartbroken. in terms of

the legal process, martin newman was remanded in custody today and will be sentenced on april eight. thank you, nelli. it�*s the fourth day of disruption caused by the stormy weather — over 11,000 homes are still without power across south west england. and rail operators are warning passengers in the region to only travel today if absolutely essential, with many services delayed or cancelled. here�*s andrea ormsby. take ta ke two, take two, eunice port, the first half of the tree down —— eunice brought the first half of the tree down, franklin the rest. they are on day four of camping in their own house. , , , , day four of camping in their own house. , , ,, ., , house. very stressed about it. it is disru ”tin house. very stressed about it. it is disrurating life _ house. very stressed about it. it is disrupting life with _ house. very stressed about it. it is disrupting life with work, - house. very stressed about it. it is disrupting life with work, my - house. very stressed about it. it is disrupting life with work, my wife i disrupting life with work, my wife works from home, she cannot do that. looking after the children, the

nursery is closed as well. because they have had a tree come down. it is a bit stressful.— is a bit stressful. mostly around the children. _ is a bit stressful. mostly around the children. there _ is a bit stressful. mostly around the children. there is _ is a bit stressful. mostly around the children. there is no - is a bit stressful. mostly around | the children. there is no definite date to get connected again. we think it date to get connected again. - think it might be tonight but last night we were told it might be last night, and the night before we were cold the night before, so we are not sure. lee says as neighbour is a hero for helping to clear the road again. in hero for helping to clear the road aaain. , ., , ., , again. in the 25 years i have been here, this — again. in the 25 years i have been here. this is _ again. in the 25 years i have been here, this is the _ again. in the 25 years i have been here, this is the worst. _ again. in the 25 years i have been here, this is the worst. we - again. in the 25 years i have been here, this is the worst. we used i again. in the 25 years i have been l here, this is the worst. we used to have _ here, this is the worst. we used to have the _ here, this is the worst. we used to have the shop than the bottom, we were out— have the shop than the bottom, we were out for two days before. we managed — were out for two days before. we managed to cope with it and we will again. _ managed to cope with it and we will again. it _ managed to cope with it and we will again. it is — managed to cope with it and we will again, it isjust unfortunate this time _ again, it isjust unfortunate this time it— again, it isjust unfortunate this time it has_ again, it isjust unfortunate this time it has been a lot longer. more community — time it has been a lot longer. more community spirit — time it has been a lot longer. more community spirit up _ time it has been a lot longer. more community spirit up the _ time it has been a lot longer. more community spirit up the road. - time it has been a lot longer. more community spirit up the road. that| community spirit up the road. that is 'ust community spirit up the road. that isjust what — community spirit up the road. that is just what we _ community spirit up the road. trust is just what we wanted! community spirit up the road. that is just what we wanted! caroline i community spirit up the road. that i is just what we wanted! caroline and her elderly mother _ is just what we wanted! caroline and her elderly mother have _ is just what we wanted! caroline and her elderly mother have been - her elderly mother have been struggling with no powerforfour days as well but look who has just turned up. a change of fuse and let�*s see. turned up. a change of fuse and

let's see. �* . turned up. a change of fuse and let's see._ just - turned up. a change of fuse and | let's see._ just checking let's see. amazing! just checking ou are let's see. amazing! just checking you are back _ let's see. amazing! just checking you are back on _ let's see. amazing! just checking you are back on supply. - let's see. amazing! just checking you are back on supply. well, - let's see. amazing! just checking | you are back on supply. well, you have just pressed the door bell. ideal. fantastic. that is so kind, thank you, thank you, thank you. what is your reaction to this? absolutely fantastic, that is just the best thing that has happened, we have been out since friday morning half past nine. i can sit down now and i will be warm and i can have a light, ican and i will be warm and i can have a light, i can read. i am just so desperately grateful to these guys. from power cuts to trouble on the trains, it has been a difficult weekend and services to our not back on track today. the advice today is, in the travel of absolutely essential. andrea ormsby, bbc spotlight. more on the news that the london entrepreneur and youtube starjamal edwards has died. the 31—year—old, who came from acton, founded the online music platform sbtv which helped launch the careers of dave, jessiej, stormzy, rita ora and ed sheeran.

the labour mp for ealing central and acton — rupa huq — knewjamal and has been tellling our reporter tarah welsh about the incredible work he did in the area. absolute shock and dismay. it is just unbelievable and difficult process that we are talking about jamal edwards in the past tense. i saw him as recently as unveiling the christmas tree in north acton, a new square outside the station and his mum, brenda, was there, such a lovely guy, so full of life. just unbelievable. _ lovely guy, so full of life. just unbelievable. and _ lovely guy, so full of life. just unbelievable. and he made a big contribution to the community. yes. contribution to the community. yes, i mean, contribution to the community. yes, i mean. look. _ contribution to the community. yes, i mean. look. he — contribution to the community. yes, i mean, look, he grew— contribution to the community. yes, i mean, look, he grew up _ contribution to the community. ya: i mean, look, he grew up on the estatejust that i mean, look, he grew up on the estate just that way. complete antithesis of the sort of millionaire rock star because he so believed in giving back to the community, the youth club see open, the projects he was doing with young

people. the projects he was doing with young eo - le. ., the projects he was doing with young eo . le, ., ., the projects he was doing with young --eole. ., ., i. the projects he was doing with young neale, ., ., y., “ the projects he was doing with young --eole. ., ., ~ , people. how do you think he will be remembered _ people. how do you think he will be remembered by _ people. how do you think he will be remembered by people _ people. how do you think he will be remembered by people living - people. how do you think he will be | remembered by people living around here? we can already see many have come to pay their respects.— come to pay their respects. look, i think probably _ come to pay their respects. look, i think probably a — come to pay their respects. look, i think probably a lot _ come to pay their respects. look, i think probably a lot of— come to pay their respects. look, i think probably a lot of people - come to pay their respects. look, i think probably a lot of people have | think probably a lot of people have got ajamal think probably a lot of people have got a jamal edwards anecdote. the first time i met him, he came to my advice surgery is a member of the public in acting high school with ideas for the future. his enthusiasm was infectious. just as contribution to how we make music in this country, he sort of demystifies to and democratise that with his sb:tv youtube channel, grown out of frustration that he knew people were making music that wasn�*t getting out there. whenever there was a thing he was there. the opening of, he unveiled i think this mural. who knew it would be there for such a short amount of time. this came

within the covid period. he had so much more to give, it seems so unfair. he will be remembered as a really nice guy but also a pioneer of how we do arts and culture. yes, he believed in the arts and empowering young people. we have lost a great man. upa huq mp. —— rupa huq mp. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with stav. it�*s been a very stormy past 2a hour storm franklin has brought severe gales, particularly to the north of the uk, and we still have dozens of flood warnings in force across england and wales. a couple of severe ones across northwest england around the river mersey. storm franklin now clearing away. you can see this ridge of high pressure building in. that�*s going to settle things down.

so it is an improving sort of day regarding the winds and we should see increasing amounts of sunshine as well as the afternoon wears on, just a few showers across central and eastern areas. still a very blustery day, but not as windy as it has been. you can see these gusts still a feature across eastern areas through the afternoon, but lighter further north and west. temperatures not too bad for the time of year, ten to 12 degrees above the seasonal norm. single figures there for the north of scotland, where there�*ll be a few showers. eventually, the winds will ease right down through this evening and overnight. a ridge of high pressure builds in, so the wind�*s turning light will turn quite chilly across eastern areas under clear skies. but the next frontal system will arrive across the north west of the country, increasing cloud wind outbreaks of rain. so temperatures will be lifting out west, but a chillier night to come across eastern areas. so here it is a new frontal system with strong winds spreading across the country not as severe as what we�*ve seen over the past few days, but it�*s still going to be a blustery sort of day.

i think with outbreaks of rain, some of this heavier across the north and the west of the country, but it will be fizzling out as it moves its way south, moves its way south—eastwards through the morning and into the afternoon, eventually clearing the southeast around the middle parts of the afternoon. and then again, it�*s a bright day with sunshine, blustery showers, these wintry across the north and the west. but this should be quite a bit of sunshine around, which is good news, of course, for the flooding in many areas. temperatures double figures in the south. cooler in the north. another bump of high pressure will bring a fine day to central and southern areas for a wednesday, but to the north—west of the country, this very deep low in the north atlantic will bring another cloudy, windy, wet day across northern ireland and scotland. there will be gales again across the northwest of the country. the winds lighter the further south that you are just one or two showers dotted around. otherwise, it�*s not a bad day with variable cloud, some spells of sunshine and temperatures in double figures here, but a chilly day in the north with snow on the hills. it�*s a very windy day on thursday, widespread gales, particularly in the north and the west with sunshine and showers, and then it looks to be quieter for friday with some sunshine.

this is bbc news. the headlines: as the government prepares to announce plans to scrap all remaining covid legal restrictions in england, a cabinet meeting is delayed at the last minute, amid reports of disagreements over the way forward. some who are clinically vulnerable question the scrapping of all restrictions. i don�*t understand why people can�*t put a mask on when they�*re in an enclosed area, why they can�*t stay home when they are covid positive. the third named storm in a week — storm franklin — brings strong winds and flooding across the uk. the queen carries out light duties at windsor castle this week, despite testing positive for covid. russia says there are no concrete plans for presidents putin and biden to meet in person, despite reports of a summit —