the year when we might all start seeing butterflies, but a new study suggests that last a's heatwave has caused some problems. scientists from the uk butterfly monitoring scheme say that last year's drought affected the plants young butterflies rely on, potentialluy meaning noticeably fewer butterflies around in 2023. time for a look at the weather. here's elizabeth rizzini. a hot summer for the a hot summerfor the butterflies, and it has been a very hot march for many of us and there are still a couple of days of it to go. no great changes, it is still unsettled and very wet. some rainbows out there today. it is a typical day of sunny spells and showers. a lot more rain will be spotted as the afternoon wears on. heavy, thundery showers and you are most likely to hear the rumbles of thunder in east anglia for the rest of the afternoon. the

showers go through quite quickly on a brisk, south—westerly wind. we could see lines forming from dartmoor all the way up to north london and if you are underneath them, you will certainly know about it. elsewhere, sunny spells. dry with fewer showers in scotland. temperatures on the mild side. 17 degrees is always possible out towards east anglia. if we look towards east anglia. if we look towards the south—west overnight, a deepening area of low pressure brings stormy conditions to south england in particular. it is mild beneath the cloud and the rain but it is cooler further north. temperatures dipping to low single figures here. here is our area of low pressure. it is gradually swinging its way northwards and eastwards. the wins will start to ease, but tomorrow morning there could be some gusts of wind towards devon and cornwall especially, 50 to 60 miles an hour, 70 miles an hour

for exposed headlands, also in the channel islands to strong winds transfer further east is the day moves on. also heavy rain and localised weather warnings are in force. brightness for central and southern england and cold towards eastern face and coasts. the best of the sunshine in western scotland and eastern areas of northern ireland. and it is chillier across the board. temperatures will be lower than today. we keep that cooler theme as the weekend wears on as well. it will be drier on sunday with high pressure eventually building in, but we have still got that trailing weather front with us on saturday and more outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, western wales and the south—west of england. again it is rather cloudy and drizzle here and temperatures peaking only between eight and 12 degrees. sunday is a much more cheery looking day for the second day of april. cloud in western areas in scotland and

northern ireland, temperatures are nothing special, highs of ten to 12 degrees. a little better for the butterflies, hopefully. that's it. so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. good afternoon. i'm laura mcghie. this is the bbc news channel. it's 1:33pm and here's your latest sports news. the women's champions league quarter finals continue tonight — with chelsea hoping to join arsenal in the final four. the gunners overturned a 1—0 deficit against bayern munich winning 2—1 to secure their spot. 0ur football reporter emma sanders was watching — and joins me now. emma, it's turning out to be a good season for arsenal. i very good season, they are on course to when three trophies. they

have the cop in the bar, still remain within three points of the title, and they are into the champions league semifinals. it was only a few weeks ago that a few people were saying arsenal perhaps were out of the running, they were in containers because they have suffered injuries to their strikers, but they have turned it away in a performance against bayern munich was a statement they can go on and win the trophies. and chelsea will be hoping to book their spot tonight — but they are facing tough competition in lyon, don't they? lyon are as tough as they come, a time champions, the current holders of the champions league. they have this air of invincibility about them, some of the greatest players in the world, certainly in europe, and could be boosted by that all—time top scorer, who returns

from injury, she scored on the weekend. chelsea's defenders will be hoping not to see her on the team she denied. we saw the manager emma hayes talking, who said they have to be brave. we have to be brave. you have to appreciate that their record speaks for itself but it is important for us as a team to impose ourselves, be aggressive in the right moments, be positive in everything we do, on and off the ball. you know, seek the opportunity that's there in front of us. i know the entire dressing room is very much looking forward to it. emma hayes talking about chelsea's task against lyon, but they still have that narrow 1—0 lead from the first layer, which will be crucial for them. they art home, and the club have sold 17,000 tickets, so

could be a special occasion. if chelsea can repeat what also did last night, but let us wait and see. 0lympic swimming champion adam peaty, has withdrawn from the british championships next month to focus on his mental health. he's opened up on social media saying, "i'm tired, not myself and i'm not enjoying the sport as i have done for the last decade. while i am continuing to train, i have decided to withdraw from the british swimming championships next month. this is with the sole purpose of delivering the best performance possible in paris at the 2024 olympic games." gb track athletes laura muir and jemma reekie, have flown home from a training camp in south africa — leaving long—term coach andy young behind. 0lympic silver medallist laura muir, trains with reekie — and both are aiming to compete at paris next year. the pair regularly travel to south africa for training. it's being reported that they have

fallen out with their coach — but he says "there was no bust—up." gemma collis had ambitions of being a world famous figure skater, until she was diagnosed with a rare pain condition 13 years ago. it left her unable to walk, but that didn't stop her rising to the top, in another competitive sport as matt graveling reports. long before picking up a sword, this paralympian has been a fighter. but having reached the top of her sport, it can be easy to forgetjust how far gemma collis has come. growing u . far gemma collis has come. growing u- iwas far gemma collis has come. growing up i was really _ far gemma collis has come. growing up i was really sporty, _ far gemma collis has come. growing up i was really sporty, largely - far gemma collis has come. growing up i was really sporty, largely when l up i was really sporty, largely when i was young figure skating. i remember when i saw the olympic games, i was eight and washed it, turned round to my dad and said that is what i want to do, go to the games and represent my country. when i was 15, everything changed for me because i got my disability. itrailiiile

because i got my disability. while com ”etin because i got my disability. while competing for _ because i got my disability. while competing for her _ because i got my disability. while competing for her school, - because i got my disability. while competing for her school, she - because i got my disability. while competing for her school, she hurt her ankle and despite no obvious damage, she was in agony. i her ankle and despite no obvious damage, she was in agony. i went to hosital damage, she was in agony. i went to hospital after — damage, she was in agony. i went to hospital after hospital, _ damage, she was in agony. i went to hospital after hospital, consultant i hospital after hospital, consultant at the consultant trying to find out why i was in pain. i was diagnosed six months later, the nerves are only sending signals to the brain. if you touch my leg with a feather, it will be painful.— it will be painful. operation failed to relieve her _ it will be painful. operation failed to relieve her pain, _ it will be painful. operation failed to relieve her pain, and _ it will be painful. operation failed to relieve her pain, and her- it will be painful. operation failed i to relieve her pain, and her olympic to relieve her pain, and her 0lympic dream faded away. i to relieve her pain, and her olympic dream faded away.— to relieve her pain, and her olympic dream faded away. i was in agony and turned to my — dream faded away. i was in agony and turned to my dad _ dream faded away. i was in agony and turned to my dad and _ dream faded away. i was in agony and turned to my dad and said, _ dream faded away. i was in agony and turned to my dad and said, i - dream faded away. i was in agony and turned to my dad and said, i can't - turned to my dad and said, i can't do this any more, i cannot do this, i cannot keep coming in here and thinking, i will get better and go back to the way things used to be and get my life back. i am done. but she found a new passion in disability sport, first with wheelchair basketball and then, thanks to a chance meeting with a coach, in fencing. with her dream

back on truck, she competed in london and rio, but so living in constant pain, she made the difficult choice to amputate her leg. difficult choice to amputate her leu. ~ �* ., ., leg. we didn't have the ultimate best case outcome. _ leg. we didn't have the ultimate best case outcome. my - leg. we didn't have the ultimate best case outcome. my pain - leg. we didn't have the ultimate | best case outcome. my pain level isn't any better than it was before my leg was amputated. it was tough, and i took it out on people around me. i was lucky my family are so supportive. me. i was lucky my family are so suwortive-_ me. i was lucky my family are so suwortive-— supportive. but she didn't stop allso as supportive. but she didn't stop allsop as a _ supportive. but she didn't stop allsop as a self-funded - supportive. but she didn't stopl allsop as a self-funded athlete, supportive. but she didn't stop - allsop as a self-funded athlete, she allsop as a self—funded athlete, she would train at her garage. allsop as a self-funded athlete, she would train at her garage.— would train at her garage. rather than treating _ would train at her garage. rather than treating the _ would train at her garage. rather than treating the condition - would train at her garage. rather than treating the condition as - would train at her garage. rather than treating the condition as an | than treating the condition as an obstacle, she has seen it as an opportunity to prove herself and achieve against the odds. i am impressed. every single day i work with her is a lesson to all the buzz in how to be a role model. but with her is a lesson to all the buzz in how to be a role model.- in how to be a role model. but as she continues _ in how to be a role model. but as

she continues to _ in how to be a role model. but as she continues to compete - in how to be a role model. but as she continues to compete and - in how to be a role model. but as- she continues to compete and prepare for the paralympics, she has reached another milestone. 13 years after injury threatened to derail her dreams, she became world number one. just felt incredible. when we did the maths, i made about ten people check it before i was willing to accept it. that was incredible. if you achieve something, you feel you've always been capable of it, but people have doubted, that is satisfying. for more on these and other sports stories, you can go to our website. plenty there, including the news that andy murray, cameron norrie and world number one carlos alcaraz will play at queens this year. that's at bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you so much. the prime minister has been in 0xfordshire this morning, visiting the uk

atomic energy authority at abingdon. his visit follows the government's announcement of its plan to achieve net zero which has been met with intense criticism from experts and environmental groups. here he is being pushed on the lack of investment. so today's announcement, prime minister, critics say there's no new money for the initiatives. you're accused of rehashing old plans. are you 100% confident that what you've announced today now meets the legal criteria to hit these net zero targets? so over the last year, we've all seen the impact of the war in ukraine on energy bills, and that's why the government's taxed the windfall profits of energy companies use that money to help pay around half of a typical family's energy bill. but i think we all know that that's just a short term solution. what we need is actually a long term plan to ensure our energy security and get our bills down and make sure this never happens again. that's why i created a brand new department for energy security today. we're announcing more investment in renewables like offshore wind, reviving the nuclear industry, developing new industries like carbon capture and storage. and as we deliver on that, create jobs across the country, we're going to increase our energy security, reduce people's bills

and reduce our carbon emissions. and when will people potentially see a reduction in their energy bills? well, look, you know, thankfully, people, as you can see now, some of the forecasts for energy bills to come down over the course of this year. right now, though, the most important thing for people to recognise is i promised i would help with cost of living, particularly energy bills. and we're delivering on that. we're taxing the profits of energy companies. we're using that money to help pay around half of a typical family's energy bill. that support was extended in the budget. it's worth £1,500. i know that's a number one cost of living challenge people face and i want people to know that we are working hard at it. i promised we'd help. we are delivering that help. and the strategy you have is very different from what the us and the eu are doing, in particular on on green subsidies. jeremy hunt has been critical of a distortive global subsidy race. what is the thinking behind your slightly separate strategy? well, i think people should be

really proud of the uk's track record on all of this. if you look at it, we've decarbonized faster than any other major economy. 0ur carbon emissions have been reduced by over a0%, much more than all the other countries that we compete with. at the same time, we've grown our economy. so we've got a good track record on this. and actually today's announcement demonstrates our leadership in multiple areas that are going to help improve our energy security and get bills down. take offshore wind, for example. not only do we have the world's largest offshore wind farm, we also have the second largest, the third largest and soon to be the fourth largest, as well as a sign of uk leadership in this area. and i'm glad that others are actually catching up with us. we will take you to some pictures coming in from as from germany. king charles continuing his visit to meet members of the german british military battalion there. he cause addressed both houses of the german

parliament, the bundestag, earlier. much of that speech was in german, and referring back, isuppose, the troops whose meeting there now, he did mention the return of large—scale warfare to europe, with russia's illegal invasion of ukraine. he spoke about the spectre of death and tyranny returning to the continent. in that speech to the bundestag. there he is now in germany, and his continuing his state visit there. let's take you back to what we were talking about. i'm joined now by mike childs. he is the head of science, policy and research at friends of the earth.

the government has introduced its strategy to reach its net zero targets on carbon emissions. do you believe they will make it? their targets on carbon emissions. do you believe they will make it?— believe they will make it? their own fi . ures believe they will make it? their own figures suggest _ believe they will make it? their own figures suggest they _ believe they will make it? their own figures suggest they won't - believe they will make it? their own figures suggest they won't make - believe they will make it? their own figures suggest they won't make it. | figures suggest they won't make it. their own figures suggest they will fall short of the legally binding carbon reduction targets in the uk, and they will fall further short of the higher reduction targets that rishi sunak promised to the international climate conference in egypt�*s, international climate conference in egypt's, in november. their plans don't add up, there are areas where they still need to strengthen them, to clear in areas like household insulation. we are all suffering from the energy crisis that the payments are talked about. it is good they been supporting people with financial support, that is welcoming, but that is a sticking plaster the deeper root problem,

which is our homes are poorly insulated and millions of people across the uk can't afford to in state their homes, they need more government support. the plans for short, particularly in the area of insulation, which is a climate imperative as when the social imperative. if imperative as when the social imperative-— imperative as when the social imerative. , ., ., , ., imperative as when the social imerative. , ., ., ., imperative. if they do fall short of its commitments, _ imperative. if they do fall short of its commitments, what _ imperative. if they do fall short of its commitments, what can - imperative. if they do fall short of its commitments, what can you i imperative. if they do fall short of. its commitments, what can you do? previously we've taken the government to court because their plans were dirty scratch, that is what has forced the publication of these plans. the uk has a climate change act passing 2008, we campaign parade. we don't easily take government to court, it is a time—consuming process. if we need to to get the government on track to its legally binding target and meet its legally binding target and meet its obligations, we will do it. there are over 1000 pages published

today, so we need to go through them in detail to understand the full picture, but at the moment, it looks out the government's plans will for short and they don't have a credible plan yet. we will look at the detail, clive, before we make judgments. detail, clive, before we make judgments-— detail, clive, before we make 'udaments. , ., ., judgments. practically, what more should the government _ judgments. practically, what more should the government be - judgments. practically, what more should the government be doing? | judgments. practically, what more - should the government be doing? the two should the government be doing? tue: two areas should the government be doing? tte: two areas are in should the government be doing? t'te: two areas are in terms should the government be doing? tte: two areas are in terms of renewable energy, and the prime minister pointed to the success of the offshore wind industry in the uk, it is great for the economy and jobs for many parts of the country that suffered decline, and great for the environment. but we need more onshore wind, and the government has this de facto ban on onshore wind within england. they need to remove it. their report today says looking at that, but they be looking out of the some time. on home insulation,

we need to see the government funded more insulation, such as street by street programmes in those communities that need the most help. the government is kicking the can down the road in other areas, so they are talk about living conditions. they said they will respond in due course. it says later this year, how they can help people in unoccupied houses to intimate. we need more from the government, we see on the television, that climate change is impacting communities, devastating storms, so we can't take this go slow attitude. we need to see much more rapid action and decisive action. we see much more rapid action and decisive action.— decisive action. we will leave it there. decisive action. we will leave it there- mike. — decisive action. we will leave it there. mike, many— decisive action. we will leave it there. mike, many thanks. - the labour leader sir keir starmer

says local elections in england in may are a chance to show the party's hungerfor change. speaking from a campaign launch in swindon, he stressed labour's dedication to tackling the cost of living. we've got to go out there, each and every one of us, and make the case for change so that we're hungry for change. decline is not inevitable. the cost of living crisis is not inevitable. sticking plaster politics is not inevitable. there are choices to be made. we would choose to put 30,000 neighbourhood police on the beat, keeping us safe. thousands more doctors and nurses trained so our nhs is fit for the future. a real cost of living plan that will help people with their prices. help them to get through and raise their living standards. there are choices on tax as well. we need to revive our high streets by cutting our business rates. but we need to be clear about council tax. labour would freeze council tax next year using using that windfall tax

year using that windfall tax that hasn't been collected. yes, you heard it right. not a penny more on your council tax. than the bill you paid last year. and that is a tax cut for the 99% of working people. the labour leader speaking earlier. you can find details of all of the parties and their campaigns for the uk local elections on our website — just log on to bbc.co.uk/news — or go via the bbc app. it's been a big week for scotland's new first minister humza yousaf — having been elected as the new leader of the snp, been sworn in on wednesday, announcing his new cabinet — and today he faced msps for the first time at first minister's questions. he was pushed by anas sarwar on his record as health secretary — here's how he responded.

cani can i say, as has been customary, he does not acknowledge the impact of a global pandemic that has been the biggest shock of the nhs in a 74—year—old existence. of course anybody who has been let down, sickly children and old people, i offer deep regret that anybody who have waited long for i wouldn't want my young ones to have to wait any longer than they should. but we are taking action, i am taken action on recovery. for example, when we look at the number of young people waiting to be seen for their mental health, the number of children starting treatment in the most recent quarter is the highest figure on record. the last four quarters have seen each of the four highest figures on record for the number of

children starting treatment. i agree, there are too many young people waiting to long, but this action, the recovery we have made, which will be led, and i will need it, led by the cabinet secretary for the nhs and social care, we will make sure we invest in it. london's natural history museum is famous for its collection of fossils — but its latest display is the biggest yet. it's a cast of a huge dinosaur — based on fossils found in argentina — and as you can see, there aren't many rooms big enough for it. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has more. i am face to face with one of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth and feeling very puny standing next to it. this is patagotitan. it's a beast that lived 100 million years ago. let me take you on a bit of a tour. so this creature measured 120 feet.

that's 37 metres from its head, all the way down to the tip of its tail. it just about squeezes into the gallery here, and you get a sense ofjust how big this dinosaur is. some of the bones are bigger than me now. what's unusual about this is you can actually get up close to it and have a feel because this is a cast. it's an exact replica of bones that were unearthed in argentina about ten years ago. and you can even feel the texture on some of the bones. now, if we come back here, we can find sinead marron, who is the exhibition lead at the natural history museum. tell us how much of a challenge it was to get this dinosaur into the museum. yes. so obviously the natural history museum, we're pretty used to moving dinosaurs. we took our favourite dinosaur dippy on a tour all around the uk, but this is the largest dinosaur that we've ever had at the natural history museum. so getting it in was a logistical feat. it took a team of 18 people two weeks to piece this giant jigsaw puzzle together.

and tell us a bit about what this creature was like. so it lived 100 million years ago? yes. so it was a herbivore, which means that it only ate plants and its huge size meant that it needed over 120 kilos of plants every day just to keep moving. so it would have had to spend most of its time just eating. they lived in herds, so they roamed in groups across kind of cretaceous, patagonia, which would have been a really richly forested landscape with volcanoes. it must be an astonishing sight seeing a herd of these. and, you know, the natural history museum is famous for dippy the dinosaur. how does this compare in size? yes. so dippy is... maybe seems quite big when we first see it. but compared to this, actually, this is so much bigger. so dippy would have been

about a quarter of the size that we're standing under would have weighed 57 tonnes when it was alive. fantastic. and one quick question, is this the biggest dinosaur ever to walk the earth or is it probably the biggest? i'm not sure. that's a quick question. titanosaurs are the biggest creatures who ever walked the earth. this species, patagotitan, is amazing because we know so much about it. they found 280 bones from six different individuals. so we can build this amazingly good replica. but this is pushing the limits of how large we think animals could live on land. thank you. well, the exhibition opens here tomorrow. and the amazing thing about this dinosaur is you can kind of use yourself to get a sense of scale of it. and it's absolutely enormous. this really was a titan of the cretaceous period. a big beast. the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, has returned home after spending three months in self—imposed exile in the united states.

here he is having flown back to brasilia. he flew to florida, two days before lula da silva was inaugurated — mr bolsonaro lost the election to him last october. he could face investigations into whether he incited rioters to storm key government buildings a week after mr lula took office. much more coming up, but time for the weather. hello there. good afternoon. for the last couple of days of march, the generally unsettled theme just doesn't change. more wet, really quite windy weather to come in the forecast for the next couple of days or so for many of us. more rainbows to be spotted today, too. it's a day of sunny spells and heavy, possibly thundery downpours. the showers will tend to move quite quickly along with this brisk south—westerly wind, but we could see some lines of showers set up, particularly from the south—west of england, up through to

north london. if you're underneath one of those lines of showers, it's going to be wet. but some dry sunny spells in between. drier across much of scotland today. and it's mild, too, with highs of 13—16 c, maybe 17 across the east of england. turning wet and windy across much of southern britain overnight tonight. this deep area of low pressure, strong gusty winds, particularly towards the south coast. some heavy rain. but it's drier for northern england and for scotland, where we see the night's lowest temperatures. low single figures but a lot milder further south. this deep area of low pressure is going to wind its way northwards and eastwards, out into the north sea by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. as you can see, some strong gusty winds for southern coastal areas. and also some rather heavy rain. there are a localised weather warnings in force. gusts of wind of around 50—60 miles an hour for the south coast and also the channel islands. exposed coastal areas could see gusts of wind of around 70 mph. the strongest winds transferring further east as the day wears on. some heavy rain, possibly some thundery showers for central, southern england. it's cloudy, it's damp

and it's quite cold towards north sea—facing coasts. the best of the suncheon on friday for western areas of scotland the best of the sunshine on friday for western areas of scotland and eastern areas of northern ireland. temperatures are a lot lower, peaking between 9 and 12 or 13 celsius in the best of the sunshine. over the weekend, it's going to feel cooler, will tend to be a bit drier on sunday. on saturday, there's still plenty of wet weather around from this trailing weather front. north sea—facing coasts again see a rather cloudy day. plenty of low cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and still some showers from our trailing front. temperatures only between 8 and 12 celsius — with that easterly wind, it's going to feel quite cold again towards eastern—facing coasts. but on sunday, there will be lots of drier, brighter weather. higher pressure building in. still rather cloudy, though, across much of scotland and northern ireland.

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