and i'm glad i've had a good life. david sillito, bbc news, the home of marvellous neil baldwin, newcastle—under—lyme. anything is possible. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. i always ask where your pictures from, can you tell me today? i’m from, can you tell me today? i'm much better— from, can you tell me today? in much better prepared, it is a gorgeous photograph which sums up the weather across the uk at the moment, a glorious weather watcher photo, very springlike, centred by a weather watcher from northamptonshire. those blue skies overhead pretty much right across—the—board thanks to high pressure —— sent in by a weather watcher. mostly dry and sunny for the next few days, the warmth could

spark off an isolated shower but most places remaining fine and dry. high pressure to the east, low pressure in the atlantic drawing up warm south south—easterly winds. like i mentioned yesterday, poor air quality, pollutant levels building up quality, pollutant levels building up because the winds are light, that is the only downside. an isolated shower through wales and the midlands in the afternoon, northern england, southern scotland and perhaps northern ireland most at risk. light winds for many, fresh across, and devon in the western isles, temperatures reaching the mid to high teens, we could see 20 or 21 around the north and west of london, which will be the hotspot. moving through this evening showers will fade away, kyle drifts northwards and overnight most places will be dry with plenty clear skies, lows of three to 5 degrees, out of town it could be chillier. again we will seem distant fog developing in rural

places for wednesday morning, tending to melt away through the day, it will be dry and sunny for most, the chance of the shower in north—east scotland or eastern england, very isolated, a bit of low cloud affecting the north and stop scotland close to the coast. temperatures into the upper teens in the warmer spots, we could see 20 or 21 again across the midlands and the south—west of england. subtle changes on thursday, a week weather fronts will bring thicker cloud and more of adrian sporle the northern ireland, impacting the temperatures. fine, dry and sunny elsewhere, temperatures up into the high teens, we could see 20 degrees in the warmest spot, winds will remain light. high pressure will drift westwards, parking towards the west of the uk this weekend, which may allow slightly cooler air and a bit more cloud down northern and eastern coasts, particularly into sunday. it is not until next week when things

will turn colder for the start of april unfortunately. through friday at the weekend, with high—pressure dominating, mainly dry, plenty of sunshine and close at times. back to you. sunshine and close at times. back to ou. ., sunshine and close at times. back to oh. ., , ., ., ., a reminder of our top story... president biden warns that vladimir putin may use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine because his back is against the wall. ukraine's president zelensky says the country is on the brink of surviving its war with russia. 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. good afternoon, it'sjust after 1.30pm, and this is the latest from the bbc sport centre. the battle to become the preferred bidder to takeover at chelsea has stepped up as the club prepare to host fans at wembley next month. property developer nick candy has

improved his £2 billion bid following the involvement of british investment firm centricus, whose bid features several season ticket holders. ex—captainjohn terry is also part of a group hoping to buy a stake. it comes as chelsea are now expected to have full support at their fa cup semi—final against crystal palace following talks with the government on amendments to the club's operating licence. the club are currently banned from selling new tickets due to sanctions against russian owner roman abramovich. the men's semis take place at wembley next month, but liverpool and manchester city fans have called for the game to be moved from london. there will be no direct trains from lverpool or manchester on the weekend of april 16th and 17th due to engineering works, with fan groups calling for the game to be moved to a different ground. chelsea take on crystal place in the other semi. there's going to be a repeat of last season's women's fa cup final in the semis with arsenal facing chelsea. the draw took place last night here at bbc sport and was conducted by former arsenal player faye white.

the top two teams in the wsl, arsenal and chelsea, face each other, with manchester city playing west ham. the uk and ireland are set ot be named asjoint hosts of euro 2028 with no rival bid coming forward before tomorrow's deadline. unless there is a surprise last—minute entry, uefa are expected to make a formal decision on april 7th, with a deadline to the end of the year to recieve all the necessary government guarantees. cyclist sonny colbrelli is "concious and ok" after collapsing at the volta a catalunya yesterday. the italian, who's the european road race champion, was attended to by medics behind screens near the finish line before being taken to hospital in girona by ambulance. his team, bahrain victorious, said he has shown no signs of "concern or compromised functions". three—time masters champion phil mickelson is set to miss the tournament at augusta next month for the first time in 28 years. he is taking a break from the game after his criticism of saudi arabia's regime. mickelson was involved with a saudi—backed golf series, which he hoped would reshape the pga

tour, but faced a backlash for inflammatory comments he made during an interview in november, which he later called reckless. on monday, mickelson's name was removed from a list of active players competing at the tournament, which he last won in 2010. australian captain meg lanning scored a magnificent unbeaten 135 as australia beat south africa by five wickets at the women's world cup. it's six straight wins for them now. lanning's 15th one—day international century helped australia chase 272 with 28 balls to spare. elsewhere, india claimed victory against bangladesh, with a comprehensive iio—run victory to boost their chances of reaching the semi—finals. the win lifted india up to third in the table, above west indies and two points ahead of england in fifth, who still have a game in hand. england's interim head coach paul collingwood says he'll "wait and see" before making a decision on whether to go for the job on a more permanent basis.

collingwood is currently in charge of the team for the tour of the west indies. well, it depends what job is up for offer. we don't know until a managing director comes in to place and then we will see whatjobs are up for offer. but i am loving being involved, i have always loved working for england, and as long as i make a difference, i will be happy. boris becker's trial in london continues. the former tennis star is accused of failing to hand over assets to settle his bankrupty debts. becker was declared bankrupt in 2017 and is alleged to have been hiding assets and transactions worth over £45 million. the 54—year—old failed to hand over his trophies, including his 1985 wimbledon title, as well as silverware from his win at the australian open in 1991 and 1996. he denies all charges. that is all this bought from us for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. as we've been reporting, president biden has said

there are clear signs vladimir putin may be preparing to use chemical and biological weapons in ukraine. in the capital kyiv, there's a new curfew after the russian attack on a shopping centre and residential areas that left eight people dead. and today there are growing fears the the continuing conflict could cause major disruption to food supplies. ukraine and russia are the world's largest exporters of wheat. zhanna bezpiatchuk is a reporterfor the bbc�*s ukranian service — she is in the centre of lviv. a short time ago, she told us what was happening on the battlefield. according to the intelligence, the ukrainian government, president, and the ukrainian army, the russian army in ukraine became bogged down simultaneously in the north of the country, in the south, and in the east. i can give you just one example. in the southern ukrainian region of kherson, there is an international airport. it has been attacked by the russian army already at least six times.

there were at least a few really massive attacks on this airport. they all were repelled by the ukrainian army, and the death toll of the russian army there was really high. but the russian army continues to attack this particular airport in southern ukraine, so itjust shows that, on the one hand, there is no real advancement on many front lines in this country for the russian army, and on the other hand, this army obviously outnumbers the ukrainian army just quantitatively. also, at this stage of the full—scale war on ukraine, the russian army and president, according to all analysis that we receive from the military, reverted to these siege tactics, and at the same time, they continue to carry out missile and air strikes all across ukraine. ijust can give you one more example. the village nearby kyiv,

where one of my relatives, an elderly woman, stays, was hit by the fragment of the russian missile last night. so obviously most probably it was shot down by the ukrainian anti—aircraft warfare system. so that is how the current stage of the war and russian invasion into ukraine looks like. as we've been hearing, the us says there are clear signs vladimir putin may be preparing to use chemical and biological weapons in ukraine. hamish de bretton—gordon is a chemical and biological weapons expert. he says from president putin's experience in syria he knows that using these weapons is a way to break sieges and force civilians to surrender more quickly. the russian playbook from syria we've seen unfold — the attacking hospitals, attacking schools, attacking civilians, because putin wants the civilians to surrender,

and breaking their morals is the easiest way to do it. we have seen that in syria. because we have had red lines about the use of chemical weapons. president 0bama's red line in august 2013 disappeared in a puff of smoke and we did nothing. so i think putin does not think the west will react, and he's in desperate straits. he either retreats back to moscow and, you know, the end of putin, or he does something demonstrative. but what i'm doing at the moment, i have been training civilians in ukraine for the last three weeks on how to survive these dreadful chemical and biological attacks. we learnt a lot in syria and thousands of people whose lives were saved, and i am publishing a free book online today which is how to survive a chemical and biological attack, and i will send you guys the link as soon as it is up. if putin knows that the chemical weapons are not going to be

as effective as he hopes, because civilians know what to do, maybe he won't use them. a lot of your actions in a chemical attack are counterintuitive, almost the opposite for what you would do for a conventional artillery attack. there are really three key things you have to do. first of all, don't go underground, or if you are underground, come above ground because the gas generally is heavier than air, sinks underground and in syria it killed people underground. or as they streamed above ground, they were easy pickings for snipers or captured. so you get to higher ground. also always be aware of where the wind is blowing. this stuff blows away on the wind pretty easily. so simple things with chlorine, we tell people to hold their breath and run across the wind for 30 seconds, and then you are out on what we call the downwind hazard, the danger area. the third thing is decontaminate as quickly as you can,

which might mean taking your clothes off, and that might seem an odd thing to do but you can remove 90% of contamination by doing that or having a shower. chemical munitions, those things that deliver it like artillery shells or mortars, they don't explode, they don't do a big bang, they do a pop so that is an indication. we are trying to get some stuff into ukraine where people have simple detectors so they can work out whether it's chlorine or a nerve agent like sarin. i personally think putin will use what we call toxic industrial chemicals, readily available chemicals like chlorine because there is millions... thousands of tonnes of chlorine in ukraine so of course it can be deniable. whatever chemical he uses to attack, no doubt he will of course blame the ukrainians for doing it. but i hope, if they follow some basic rules, then it will be a lot less effective and i hope the russians

realise we're doing this so that they don't use these dreadful weapons. people around the world have seen images of the 21 surrogate babies being cared for in a kyiv bomb shelter. a top eu official is now calling for their evacuation as their intended parents can't travel to ukraine during the russian invasion. shelley phelps has spoken to one of those surrogate mothers. these surrogate—born babies are starting life at a makeshift nursery in a bomb shelter basement. their foreign biological parents unable to pick them up because of war. more arrive every day and they expect to have around 100 here by the end of the month. translation: we are worried for ourselves, for our own - children, for these little babies who stay here, for everyone. it's terrifying because we sit here and we don't know what will happen next. even though we stay in the basement, when there

is an explosion somewhere nearby, we can hear it very clearly. paid surrogacy is legal in ukraine and there's thought to be hundreds of women carrying babies for foreign couples. but those weighing up whether to flee the war zone are being told they could face complicated legal situations if they give birth in another country. poland or in czech republic or in moldova, in romania, the countries, they do not recognise the legal relation of a child, and first of all, in the countries, from roman law, the legal mother of a child is a woman who gives birth. it's notjust the international parents who face worry and heartache at being separated from their children. this is natalia, a ukrainian surrogate who travelled to kyiv and gave birth to a baby boy for a german couple.

days later, war broke out with missiles striking roads and railway stations. translation: i was unable to go back to my kids. - unfortunately, they are far away from here, from me, and they are missing me so much, and same way, i am missing them so much. that's why would like to ask everyone, anyone who can see or hear me, please support us, the ukrainians. please support ukraine. help us to defend ourselves against the invaders. the happiness her own family brings is one of the reasons natalia became a surrogate, and she says she's proud to be helping making others' dreams come true. the parents of the boy she gave birth to have made it to ukraine to unite with their baby, and natalia hopes she'll be hugging her own children again soon. shelley phelps, bbc news. the united nations refugee agency has given its latest update

on the number of people who have left ukraine due to the fighting. more than 3.5 million is the latest figure. that's almost one in twelve of the ukrainian population. the vast majority have crossed into poland, although significant numbers have also left via romania and moldova, and a small number have gone into russia and belarus. in romania, many people are passing through the border town of siret, which is being used as a hub for sending medical and food supplies into ukraine. 0ur correspondent nick thorpe is there and he told us what's been happening at the crossing. the women really, obviously they have just left the men behind, their husbands, partners, who have maybe delivered them to the border. perhaps, as in the case of a woman i was speaking to this morning, she left her husband a month ago in kyiv, and then moved to the relative safety of western ukraine behind me, to the city of chernivtsi, and then had decided to move on. but she was really having trouble holding back the tears, obviously very difficult decisions

being made here. but her children clustered around there, watching their mothers in situations like this and comforting them very much. so the children in a sense, obviously they are traumatised, obviously they are missing their fathers, their grandfathers, their older brothers perhaps, but they are also really looking after their mothers in these situations. i have been witnessing this time and again, often with, you know, very small children, eight, ten years old. at the moment, there is something of a lull at this particular border crossing. only 2,000 people crossed here yesterday, that is comparing to 5, 6, 7,000 in the days before that, of the 10,000 to 20,000 people coming into romania a day. but it is very well organised, there are a lot of volunteers, as you can see over my shoulder here. these would be translators, they would be people from the romanian fire brigade who are playing a central role at all these border crossings, and of course the romanian police. there is also a growing awareness

of border crossings like this of the vulnerability of so many young women and children crossing. there is a worry among international organisations following the situation as it evolves about the danger of trafficking. there are small groups here warning women and children about this danger. so, generally, one has the sense of a very well organised organisation, humanitarian organisation, within the chaos of this wider refugee situation. elsewhere — and rescuers in china are continuing to search for survivors of a passengerjet that crashed yesterday, although all crew and passengers are feared to have perished. 132 peope were on board the china eastern airlines jet, which went down in a mountainous area of southern guangxi. the government has ordered a full investigation into the cause of the crash. police in sweden are investigating the deaths of two teachers in an attack at a secondary school in the city

of malmo on monday. local media reports say the two women, both in their 50s, died in hospitalfrom stab wounds — although police haven't confirmed what weapon was used. officers say an 18—year—old student was arrested at the scene, and police are looking into reports that the attacker himself called an emergency number to raise the alarm. here — and a journalist who investigated the 1974 birmingham pub bombings will not have to hand over his notes to police after they launched a legal bid to force him to reveal his sources. chris mullin challenged an application by west midlands police to require him to disclose source material dating back to his investigation in 1985 and 1986. at the old bailey, a judge ruled he would not have to hand over the material. a 17—month—old girl — named as bella—rae birch — has died after being attacked by a dog in her home in st helens in the northwest of england. merseyside police say the animal was bought by the family only a week ago. here's the bbc�*s yunus mulla.

the investigation is in the early stages, police have said this was a tragic accident in which a 17—month—old girl has died. officers were called here to this estate in the black brook area of st helens, just before 4 pm yesterday, reports that the girl had been attacked by the family pet dog. she was taken to hospital but sadly died as a result of her injuries. the dog was handed into police and officers say it was humanely destroyed. so far, officers have spoken to a number of people here and carried out house—to—house inquiries, had a look at cctv footage, but they are trying to establish the history of the dog, they say it was only bought last week by the family. they want to trace its previous owners. the family are said to be absolutely devastated by what has happened and police say their thoughts are very much with the

family at this time. what will happen next is tests will be carried out on the dog to determine its breed and whether that breed is legal or illegal under the dangerous dogs act. as the uk celebrates queen elizabeth's platinumjubilee this year, we're marking the occasion by speaking to others who are toasting 70 years of something special. cyril and muriel sansom met at the end of the second world war and today is their 70th wedding anniversary. john maguire went to meet them. love you. after 70 years of marriage, muriel and cyril still hold hands whenever they can, and they say, never argue. i can honestly say, we have never rowed. we have had a difference of opinion, but we have never rowed. one or the other of us will give in. usually it's me. but, no, we like the same things.

they met as teenagers near the end of the second world war, and cyril plucked up the courage to suggest a trip to the cinema which almost didn't happen. i came home and i said to my mum, he wants to take me, what was it, to the pictures, wasn't it? yeah, down in peckham. and i said, i don't think i'll go. "yes, you will, my girl, you promised the lad. you'll go." so thanks to muriel�*s mother, the rest is history. and a family that includes five grandchildren and five great—grandchildren. one of them, maddy, is helping her great—grandmother to maintain her famous sartorial standards. you would dress up, you liked your high heel shoes, didn't you? oh, yeah. and i liked everything that matched. if i'd got a green pair of shoes... gloves, hat, shoes.

muriel was a hairdresser. she started work when the war was on still, and she worked for the same firm. it was the only hairdressing firm in the city of london. she left school when she was 13, 14. 14. as you did in those days. i was 14 on the friday, and i started work on the monday. after the war, they were kept apart by cyril's national service in the raf. and for a time, their engagement was called off. and i had a phone call, and it was muriel. "cyril, i'd like to come back again with you, would you mind?" i said, i'll meet you tonight! i'd already got a date with one of the girls at haringey. and when she phoned me, i knew straightaway, that's it. no good mucking about with other young girls, and there it went.

so, other young girls missed out, and seven decades later, their love is stronger than ever. typified by their nightly routine. before we get into bed, she comes up and says, and we hold hands, and she gives me a little kiss and we then go to our sides of the bed. we both say, good night, good night. and we just hold hands like that. just one of the secrets of their success and 70 years of love and marriage. john maguire, bbc news, suffolk. congratulations to cyril and muriel from all of us. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. it's feeling very springlike out there now, plenty of sunshine around, notjust for today, for the rest of the week, all thanks to high pressure. most places will be dry, sunny and warm pretty much as we head on into the weekend.

but the warmth could just set off an isolated shower here or there, though most places will escape them and stay dry. we have got high pressure to the east of us, low pressure to the west. we are bringing up some warmer air on a south or south easterly breeze. but again, the winds will be light throughout the day today, so that means pollution levels will tend to build up, so that is the only downside to areas of high pressure, they bring this stagnant air. 0therwise, plenty of sunshine around, just a few showers sparking off into the afternoon through wales, the midlands, northwards, but as i mentioned, they will be pretty isolated, most places will be dry, sunny and warm, and we could see top temperatures around 20 to the north and west of london. but for many of us, mid to high teens. again, the wind is quite fresh across the far south—west, but light winds as we head onto this evening and overnight. any showers through central and northern areas will fade away and we will see a little bit of mist and fog developing here and there. temperatures dipping down to 3—6 in towns, maybe a touch lower in the countryside. wednesday, we start off on a fine, dry, sunny note, and a little bit

of mist and fog around once again, then it is going to be a fine afternoon for most. a little bit of low cloud, mist, affecting northern and eastern coast of scotland. good to see the odd shower across north—east scotland, eastern england, but i think most places will be dry. temperatures may be a notch up still on wednesday. we could see highs of 21 or so across the south—east, but the mid to high teens again for many. thursday, we start to see a weak weather frontjust pushing into the north and west of scotland. that's going to bring more breeze, more cloud to the northern and western isles and into the north mainland there, so that will impact the temperature a little bit, but elsewhere once again it is another dry, sunny, warm day with temperatures again not far off 20 in the warmest spots. through friday and the weekend, the area of high pressure begins to drift its way westwards, and that will allow a bit more cloud and slightly fresher air to affect northern and eastern parts of the uk. that said, it is still high pressure dominating the scene to end the week and weekend, so many places will be dry with a good deal of sunshine around. by sunday, certainly into next week,

it will be turning cooler and a bit cloudierfor some of us.

ukraine's president zelensky says the country is on the brink of surviving its war with russia. it comes as president biden warns that vladimir putin may use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine because his back is against the wall. he's considering using both of those. he's already used chemical weapons in the past, and we should be careful of what's about to come. he knows there will be severe consequences. russian opposition leader alexei navalny is sentenced to nine more years in prison after being convicted of fraud — while police detain two of his lawyers who intended to appeal the court's decision.