a lovely day today but for some of you those temperatures dropping by 11 in manchester. it certainly feels cold and there are some snow showers

around. often when we do manage to see in terms of snow coming down in big chunky flex because temperatures willjust be above freezing and its helps the snow cyclical. not much is settling on the roads. mostly over grassy high hills. for the most part it will not cause problems. so showers will tend to come in across scotland and northern ligue one. the cold front pushes southwards across wales and midlands. to the south temperatures still 11 with a fair amount of dry and reasonably bright weather step further north we have cold air spilling in through the day. 4—7 your top temperatures. tonight this band of mostly cold rain will push south across england and wales. they could be a few flakes extend but those temperatures follow in scotland and eastern england we are more likely to see some showers switch to snow and that could be a few centimetres. widespread frost. we are looking at

the risk of some icy stretches first thing in the morning thursday across parts of scotland and england. tomorrow is a day of sunshine and showers so there will be a reasonable amount of bright weather around and it is wintry with a bit of sleet and snow mixed in. temperatures still well below average for the time of year and could be some prolonged showers. we could be some prolonged showers. we could see some snow because i have sales account. what follows into thursday night will be another cold night and a widespread frost and icy stretches just about anywhere. propriety we continue that theme of showery conditions. quite a strong north—easterly wind knocking the edge from the temperatures not that those temperatures will be particularly impressive for the time of year. it will stakeholder. 8—10 your top temperature. this is heading into april. for the weekend saturday and sunday we will continue with that rather chilly feed of air. so the wind is coming down from the north or north—west and so a number of showers. still a bit of a wintry fibre to some of those. however the

cold weather last into next week because we are going to see much milder air pushed back in off the atlantic and with that we will see temperatures rising significantly back above average for the time of year. that is into next week. before we get there there's a risk relative snow and potentially some localised accommodations tonight with parts of scotland and northern ireland bringing some icy conditions that is latest. thank you. a landmark review into the uk's biggest maternity families fined 200 babies and nine mothers could have survived with the right care. 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's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. as you've been hearing, thousands have gathered to pay

tribute to one of crickets greatest stars shane warne. the record—breaking leg spinner died three weeks ago at the age ofjust 52. today at the melbourne cricket ground, his sporting home — he was honoured with a state memorial to celebrate his life. more than 50,000 people were there with speeches and music from some of the biggest names in sport and entertainment. the last couple of weeks have been an opportunity to really kind of reflect on the unique relationship and the relationship he had with so many colleagues at various different places in cricket. hejust many colleagues at various different places in cricket. he just had such an impact on so many people, but for me personally, notjust as a youngster growing up in the game and watching him on television and wanting to follow in his footsteps in the way he played the game. he was a bit of a gambler but also just the magic he possessed on and off the magic he possessed on and off the field, in the commentary box

there would be moments i would sit alongside him and there would be a spark. he would describe a game situation perfectly to the wider audience, and he had a knack of being able to do that as a broadcaster as well. we forget that. elsewhere, we now know who's the first team into sunday's final of the women's cricket world cup. and perhaps fitting on the day of shane warne�*s state memorial that it's australia. they posted a huge score of 305—3 and the west indies couldn't get near to chasing it down with the aussies winning by 157 runs. it's the sixth women's world cup final that they've reached. and will england be there to face them? captain heather knight says they can still improve as they prepare for their semi—final. the defending champions lost their first three games and needed four successive wins to book a meeting with south africa in the early hours of tomorrow morning. it's a completely fresh slate, it is us versus south africa and all about

what happens on the day so we are really excited. we had a close game and a tough loss against south africa earlier in the condition but excited for the final. we have built momentum and we have a few players in form so hopefully we can play well. england boss gareth southgate has cold the booing of defender harry maguire in their 3—0 win over ivory coast "an absolute joke". the game was part of england's preparations for the world cup. it was a good night for ollie watkins — he scored on his first england start to help them towards the 3—0 win. but difficult for maguire. liverpool captainjordan henderson took to social media to defend him after the game, and manager gareth southgate had this to say. we are either all in this together or we are not. and don't think for a minute the other players won't be looking at that thinking, that could be me one day. that's been one of the players for england. players have thought, do i want to go?

because when it turns difficult, the crowd will turn on me. that happened withjohn crowd will turn on me. that happened with john barnes crowd will turn on me. that happened withjohn barnes here, with ashley cole a couple of times. now harry. they are all outstanding players, so how that is going to benefit anybody i really don't understand. tiger woods has prompted speculation he will return to competitive action at next week's masters by completing a practice round at augusta. the former world number one has been recovering from leg injuries suffered in a car crash 14 months ago. social media reports said he walked 18 holes with his son charlie and fellow projustin thomas. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thank you very much. more on our top

story and the report into maternity services in shropshire which uncovered a series of catastrophic failures. the report, which looked at more than 1,000 incidents at shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust over two decades, concluded that more than 200 babies might have survived had they received better care. the chief executive of the hospital trust, louise barnett, issued a statement in response. today belongs to the families who have been failed by our trust and as the chief executive now, i want to apologise fully for those failures, and nothing can take away from the pain and distress caused. i would like to thank mrs ockenden as we welcome this report today and also thank her for the previous welcome this report today and also thank herfor the previous report, which set out a series of actions for this trust to take. and i can confirm that we have delivered against all of those actions within our control.

but we do have more to do, and we will focus on this report with the same commitment, determination and resolve to improve our care. as we owe it to the families we have failed, to the families and women we serve today and in the future, and our own valued colleagues to ensure that we continue to improve our care and that we provide high quality care for our communities. thank you. louise barnett, the chief executive of the trust. reverend charlotte cheshire�*s 11—year—old son, adam, was included in the report which sparked the review. she told my colleague annita mcveigh about how she and adam were failed by the maternity services. my pregnancy was normal and should have been safe. i ultimately went into labour at full term, 39 weeks five, so you could say there was a reasonable expectation that things should have been ok. the midwives checked me three times from the point that my waters broke before labour started. they kept sending me home and saying everything was fine, even though i wasn't experiencing any contractions and i wasn't feeling any movement on adam's part.

by the time he was finally born, i haemorrhaged, so i nearly lost my own life. the next morning, i had a full pelvic split, so there was some worry over whether or not i would ever walk again or would need surgery. but perhaps most importantly of all, adam ended up in neonatal intensive care, fighting for his life against group b strep meningitis. he was in an induced coma. he was on life support. he was having seizures. he was blue. it was horrific and nobody expected him to live. now, i want to take you back a step because what we heard from donna ockenden, and she focused, didn't she, on how parents were not listened to? and i know that in your case, you had raised repeatedly your concerns with staff that adam was unwell, and you say you weren't listened to either. that's correct. so the first night after adam's birth, i slept through the night, which at the time didn't strike me

as odd, but it is odd. but the next morning, from six o'clock on the saturday morning after his birth, he was crying continually with a high—pitched cry and he wouldn't be comforted. and i kept calling the midwives and saying that i was concerned because it's one thing for a newborn to cry — it's another thing for them to cry without ceasing. they did keep checking him, but they never noticed anything wrong, despite the fact that at one point they actually recorded in his medical notes that he was grunting. so he hadn't fed over the entire night, he was crying continually, he was recorded as grunting, and they still didn't think there was anything wrong. and what have the consequences of that time in the hospital been for adam, charlotte? ultimately, he did survive, clearly, because he's 11 now, but he has multiple complex disabilities. he is hearing impaired, he is visually impaired, he's asthmatic, he's autistic. even though he's 11 years old, he has a developmental age of approximately three to four. he will never live an independent life. he goes to special needs school. he's still in nappies.

he's still in nappies overnight. he needs 24/7 supervision. in other words, the level of harm that has happened to adam is utterly life changing for me. it was life changing for my husband before his death in 2020, and it is unequivocally life changing for my son. and i want to take you back to something you mentioned about your waters breaking and the point at which that happened, because that happened some 29 hours before you went into labour. and that is a warning sign that something might be wrong, that there is a risk of group b strep and that wasn't picked up on either, was it? that's correct. as i say, the midwives at the telford midwifery unit checked me three times over that 29—hour period, and they also did two internal investigations — internal exams, i should say, which increased the risk of infection, but they didn't seem to notice

that that was an issue. but on all three occasions they sent me home saying, "just wait. labour will start." and finally, by the third visit, they did say that if labour didn't start naturally, they would book me for an induction on the saturday morning. that would have been far, far too late, and the odds of adam living would have been very, very low. so thankfully, in the end, labour started naturally. but by the time that i got to shrewsbury hospital in labour, they couldn't find his heartbeat. so i'm very, very fortunate in many ways that he survived. but there were so many opportunities, i believe, for them to pick up on the signs that something was wrong and was going wrong and getting worse, and theyjust didn't. so many what—ifs, charlotte, and i noticed that you tweeted earlier today that "today is finally the day for answers?

for accountability? from making sure no otherfamilies endure what we have?" you've heard that report. what is your response to it? i'm very grateful for the immense thoroughness of donna's work. i'm very grateful that she has very clearly said that what happened at this trust was unacceptable and has to change. i'm not entirely certain whether or not the trust actually has the ability to make the changes she mandates. i hope they will for obvious reasons, but at least so far in the last 20 years, they haven't shown any signs of being able to. so i think it will be a case of watch this space and see what happens next. russia says it has signed up some 16,000 recruits from the middle east to fight with its forces in ukraine. social media in syria has been flooded with requests for people tojoin russian troops in return for up to 7,000 dollars for deployment. one former syrian regime soldier who has been offered thousands of dollars to fight in the war has told the bbc his country's broken economy means hundreds of syrians are putting themselves forward.

hanan razek report. it has been over a month since russia invaded ukraine. the russian troops are advancing, but the ukrainian resistance is slowing them down, and it seems that the war could be heading towards a prolonged fight. and for this, moscow needs those who are willing to take the risk. we have spoken to a former syrian soldier who wants to fight alongside the russians in ukraine in a war he doesn't really believe in. russia is carrying out massacres in ukraine, but in syria, it is taking the poor people who cannot find a living and giving them the money to go and fight alongside its troops. he told us that pro—russian recruiters enrolled soldiers and civilians. if successful, they go first to the russian military airbase in a syrian city, and from there to russia. moscow had announced that 16,000 middle eastern fighters volunteered to join its troops.

there are two contracts offered. one to fight in front lines for $7,000, and one to provide security behind the lines for $3,500. they say that $50,000 will go to my family if i die. on social media, we have looked into different pages mobilising for what they described as cooperation with russian friends. many here are expressing their wish to go to ukraine because of the dire economic situation in war—torn syria. even if it means going to a fight they might not come back from. so it could be pretty much they are getting thousands of personnel to push them to the front line so they die instead of the russian forces, or they help in logistics, but there's also a lot of contextual elements that make thisjourney difficult. syrian soldiers do not speak languages, they are not trained to live and to fight in very cold weather between russia and ukraine now on the front.

there have been no confirmed reports that syrian fighters have arrived in ukraine yet. the russian ministry of defence has reported it lost over 1000 of its troops since the beginning of the war, but the us intelligence says that the accurate death toll could be in the several thousands. it's likely 90% will go and die. i don't know if i will be back or not, but i will earn money to feed my kids. hanan razek, bbc news. the uk has pledged an additional 286 million pounds of emergency aid for vital life—saving assistance in afghanistan. the new money has been announced ahead of the un afghanistan conference on thursday, which is seeking to raise more than 4 billion dollars — its largest ever appeal for a single country. the un s development programme chief has been speaking to bbc correspondent secunder kermani, who began by asking him what impact the taliban s decision not to allow teenage girls back to school could have on donors

at the conference. i'm very concerned, first of all for the girls of afghanistan. you saw the disappointment, the extraordinary frustration i think also that any parent would feel when such a decision is taken, but also the timing is very regrettable. we are convening the world in a few days�* time in a pledging conference to support the people of afghanistan and i think a decision such as not going forward on reopening secondary education for girls sends an extremely problematic signal to the international community. i think afghanistan faces the risk with all the other events in the world right now to essentially be a country from which international partners will simply turn away, and that is a high risk because the a0 million people of afghanistan still have to survive here. but the international community may simply say the conditions for working on afghanistan are not available to us and therefore we will not bring additionalfunding here. that would be an extraordinary setback and would create conditions for us also here,

the united nations, civil society organisations, non—governmental organisations, who are helping to keep people alive in their millions and it would be a terrible setback. under the previous government here in afghanistan, around three quarters of the government's public spending came from international funding. that has all basically stopped. we are talking about billions of dollars in humanitarian aid, but longer term, that humanitarian aid cannot sustain this country, can it? no, it cannot, and the purpose of humanitarian aid is in an emergency to be able to save lives, this is the first principle. therefore the humanitarian support that is currently being mobilized that is currently being mobilised is targeted at saving lives, keeping health centres open and therefore supporting people in their immediate need. but we are also looking at ways in which we can provide communities with for instance cash for work. can we also get the financial system to begin to operate again, the private banking system,

by allowing people to have access to, for instance, small credit guarantee schemes? small funds where small and medium scale enterprises can borrow in order to buy supplies and keep their business running? this is a way in which you can keep an economy alive. it is the people's economy that we are focused on right now, while at the same time finding a way in which, for instance, a nonoperational central bank function that is severely constraining afghanistan's economic interaction with the rest of the world, can be addressed in terms of some principle initial steps. does that mean the international community will have to remove at least some of the sanctions that are currently in place? i don't think we need to talk in absolutes at the moment. we are talking about incremental steps. there is a great deal of lack of trust and confidence in one another and this is why the un is playing such a central role at the moment in afghanistan. essentially the conversations and dialogue have stopped. the united nations very often steps in in those moments and becomes a bridge, and this is the point at which we are operating right now.

un's development chief speaking. abortion providers are worried about plans to end a framework that allows women to access their services remotely without visiting a clinic, and take abortion medications at home. they say remote consultations are safe and more acceptable for women and girls, though this is due to end in august in england. however, some senior safeguarding doctors are worried about girls under 18. mps are voting today on whether so called telemedicine and pills at home should continue. faye kirkland who is also a gp reports. in the last two years, abortion services for women and girls have changed. clinics say around 150,000 people in england have been treated remotely, receiving two sets of medications to take it home. this is one of the clinics approved to help women have early medical abortions. before the pandemic, women used to have to come face—to—face and take their first pill but now the medication can be sent through the

post. the clinic says for most women this is a safer and better system. in england this is due to end in august. a free vote in the house of commons today will decide whether women and girls can take abortion medications at home after a remote consultation. it’s medications at home after a remote consultation-— consultation. it's been an absolutely _ consultation. it's been an absolutely revolutionary l consultation. it's been an - absolutely revolutionary change for women's health. this is a really safe and effective way for women to end a pregnancy at early gestation. we are stunned the government is considering withdrawing this service. this is a framework that is now endorsed by the who. this view is shared by — now endorsed by the who. this view is shared by many — now endorsed by the who. this view is shared by many royal _ now endorsed by the who. this view is shared by many royal colleges - is shared by many royal colleges including the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists, who say this has enabled women to get treatment sooner. but we have been told of a small number of cases where things have gone wrong. before the pandemic, people were seen face—to—face and routinely scanned. i took a pregnancy test and it said i took a pregnancy test and it said i was pregnant and then i called the

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if you've been affected by this news, details of organisations offering information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 0800155 998. a long—running survey of the public�*s attitude towards the national health service has found that satisfaction with it has fallen to the lowest level in 25 years. the british social attitudes poll, seen as the gold standard measure of public opinion, found 36% of the 3,100 asked were satisfied in 2021. that's a drop from 53% the year before, which is the largest fall in a single year. long waits for gp care and hospital services as well as a lack of staff were people's main concerns. luxmy gopal is with you at two o'clock, now it is time for a look at the weather with chris. hello again, we've got much colder weather extending in across the country at the moment. if you think back to yesterday

where we had the sunshine come out, it got quite warm, temperatures into the high teens. but for some, we'll see an 11 degree celsius drop in temperatures — for example, in strabane and manchester — a much, much colder kind of day. now, when we do see some snow coming down, it'll tend to come down in big, chunky flakes like this because often the temperatures will be just above freezing. the snow will often struggle to settle on roads through today, but will tend to settle on higher hills. so through the afternoon, here's our cold front — this is a band of cold rain that's moving southwards to be a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher hills here. to the south of that, temperatures still around 11 degrees. but behind that front, it's colder temperatures — about four to seven degrees celsius at best. and as well as that, we're at risk of seeing those sleet and snow showers piling in. overnight, our cold front pushes southwards, might be a bit of sleet or wet snow mixed in with this for a time. but as temperatures fall further northwards for northern

england and scotland, we're more likely to see those showers switch over to be of snow. and there may well be some accumulations of a few centimetres in places and with a widespread frost following certainly we'll have some icy stretches around to start thursday, particularly across scotland and parts of northern england as well. now, tomorrow is a day of sunshine and showers. again, the showers will have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow mixed in with them. some sunshine between. but a band of more persistent rain coming into parts of kent. it won't be too surprising to see some localised falls of snow across some of the higher hills here. and then thursday night is another cold one. another widespread frost. so, again, there'll be a risk of some icy patches just about anywhere as we head into friday. friday is another day of sunshine and showers. again, those showers will be wintry in places, perhaps some more persistent rain and hill snow working into the northwest of scotland, and our temperatures still across the board below average for the time of year. we are, of course, heading into early april, and through the weekend, saturday and sunday, we continue to see those rather showery conditions. temperatures will stay below average for the time of year. however, this relatively cold spell

of weather isn't going to last long into next week. much milder air will be moving its way in across the atlantic across all of the uk.

this is bbc news, i'm luxmy gopal. the headlines: a landmark review into the uk's biggest maternity scandal finds more than 200 babies and nine mothers could have survived with the right care at the shrewsbury and telford trust in shropshire. if they'd have a listen to me from the beginning, you know, jack probably would have been here today. in what way? i repeatedly asked for a cesarean. we now know that this is a trust that failed to investigate, failed to learn and failed to improve. this resulted in tragedies and life—changing incidents for so many of our families. attacks in east ukraine intensify as russian forces regroup, with heavy shelling reported on the frontline in donetsk.