through organ donation continues. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. "a towering figure" and an "inspiration" — some of the tributes today from leading conservatives for the former chancellor nigel lawson, who's died aged 91. lord lawson played a pivotal role in margaret thatcher's governments, and will also be remembered for his views on climate change and brexit. sirjohn major described him as an "essential pillar" of 1980s conservative government who would be remembered. david cameron said he was a "brilliant chancellor" who had an amazing record and inspired people today. the former chancellor nigel lawson, who's died aged 91. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. hello, thank you. good afternoon. beautiful sunshine out there for many of us, but it was frosty this

morning. really good frost. we can still obviously get them in april. look at this scene. a beautiful picture from one of our weather watchers in norfolk. of course, the sun is strong, the frost doesn't last very long, and indeed come across england and wales today, a lot of sunshine, but not necessarily in northern ireland and scotland. here, in fact, in northern ireland and scotland. here, infact, closerto in northern ireland and scotland. here, in fact, closer to a weather front, with thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain on the way, later on today. this weather front is just approaching ireland right now, whereas the high pressure is nosing in over england and wales, and talking of noses, the pollen levels are pretty high across england and where is, at least southern parts, through today. the levels will change through the week, but some of us are certainly already noticing that pollen. here are the temperatures, 11—14 north or south. thicker cloud out towards the north—west is that when different approaches. some rain into belfast by early mid evening. into the

western isles, may be the fringes of wales and cornwall by the end of the night, but where the skies stayed clear and it is dry, east anglia and south—east once again, a nip in the air tomorrow morning. elsewhere should be mild. you see these weather fronts moving across the country, particularly here in northwest, through wednesday. in between weather systems, there is often mild air. it's a south—westerly breeze, so we are calling it damp with rain at times, miles across northern ireland and much of scotland, the north west of england and. but east anglia and the south—east tomorrow should be relatively bright. not as sunny as today, but bright enough. temperatures under the cloud and rain may barely make 9—10. that was wednesday, this is thursday. the weather front is out of the way in the north sea. behind it, a change in the wind direction. a north—westerly with a few showers here and there, there will be sunny spells around for sure on thursday. temperatures between 8—13. i think it will feel a little bit cooler on

thursday. after that, is it warming up? yes, we think. through the weekend into next week, the south—westerly winds from the azores will push in milder air, and the temperatures are set to climb. not by a huge amount, but certainly noticeable towards the end of the weekend, widely mid—teens. even a hint of possibly 18, 19, may 20, but thatis hint of possibly 18, 19, may 20, but that is well into next week. back to you. and a reminder of our top story this lunchtime. donald trump is preparing to go to court in new york today, the first former us president to face criminal charges. 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. hello, i'm chetan pathak live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... reading are deducted six points for breaching financial rules —

leaving them closer to the championship relegation zone. british boxer amir khan is banned from sport for two years, after testing positive for a prohibitive substance following his fight against kell brook last year. and with four games in the top flight this evening — we'll have more on how the premier league's pausing matches to help muslim players break their fast during ramadan. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. we start with breaking news in the last hour. championship side reading have been deducted six points for breaching financial rules, making it the second time that's happened in 18 months. the efl first imposed a six—point deduction on the club in november 2021 — and they were automatically placed under a transfer embargo. following that they agreed to a business plan —

but failed to stick to the terms of it, which led to today's points deduction. it leaves reading fourth from bottom in the championship, just one point outside the relegation zone. meanwhile in the top flight there are four games this evening. the premier league will allow matches to be briefly paused so muslim players can break their fast during ramadan. that's not the case everywhere, with france's football federation telling referees they can't do that. i spoke to our reporter shamoon hafez a short while ago, who started by telling me what's happening in the premier league. this was all preagreed before the match between the two captains and the match officials. they will come together beforehand to decide whether the fasting players during ramadan need a break during the game, and what we saw on monday night at goodison park, although kick—off took place after sunset, there was a break after 26 minutes

where the players came to the side of the pitch just to get some energy boost into their systems. i spoke to everton�*s abdoulaye doucoure who gave a perspective of ramadan from a premier league player's point of view. i premier league player's point of view. , , ., , premier league player's point of view. , , ., view. i remember you play last year and i was fasting _ view. i remember you play last year and i was fasting and _ view. i remember you play last year and i was fasting and i _ view. i remember you play last year and i was fasting and i broke - view. i remember you play last year and i was fasting and i broke my - and i was fasting and i broke my ramadan— and i was fasting and i broke my ramadan against burnley when sean dyche _ ramadan against burnley when sean dyche was there, so for them it is the club _ dyche was there, so for them it is the club look up to us very good. speaking — the club look up to us very good. speaking with the doctors and the officials _ speaking with the doctors and the officials are so everything is very good _ officials are so everything is very good it— officials are so everything is very good it is— officials are so everything is very good. it is amazing for the public to do— good. it is amazing for the public to do that — good. it is amazing for the public to do that for us and we didn't see that in— to do that for us and we didn't see that in other countries. i am very grateful— that in other countries. i am very grateful to— that in other countries. i am very grateful to be in england, to be in the premier league, it is the best league _ the premier league, it is the best league for— the premier league, it is the best league for us as a muslim to be in. this is— league for us as a muslim to be in. this is happening in the english premier league, elsewhere as well, but not everywhere, like in france.

yes, the situation is very different in france, where the footballing federation have sent an e—mail to match officials basically banning them from stopping games. they quote their footballing statute which says it does not take into account the political, religious or ideological considerations for those participating. the football federation expects it to be respected. we also saw at the weekend that an algerian defender was absent from his nantes side because he didn't want to break the ramadan fast, the coach said those who fast aunt in his group because he didn't want to see them being injured and also there were reports during the international break that the france national team had asked their muslim players to abstain from

fasting perfive their muslim players to abstain from fasting per five days during the international break, so very different situation in france compared to here in england. chelsea play liverpool at stamford bridge later in their first match since the departure of graham potter, with bruno saltor replacing him as interim head coach. both sides have struggled for form this season, with liverpool managerjurgen klopp saying he believes he's only in a job because of his past achievements at the club. iam here i am here to deliver, i am not here as a talisman or whatever, or for neurals on houses and walls, i am here to deliver, i know 100%, i have nothing else in my mind, but i know is well i am still here because what happened in the last few years, i don't like the fact that i have to rely on that pretty much, but is it right or not, people see that for the future, but i am fully in, there is no doubt about that, but we have

to sort it. ,, ., , ., to sort it. seeing it as an opportunity _ to sort it. seeing it as an opportunity for _ to sort it. seeing it as an opportunity for the - to sort it. seeing it as an i opportunity for the players. to sort it. seeing it as an - opportunity for the players. we to sort it. seeing it as an _ opportunity for the players. we are representing chelsea, a club with an amazing _ representing chelsea, a club with an amazing history, and it is about winning, — amazing history, and it is about winning, dominating and what we need to do is— winning, dominating and what we need to do is prepared for the game and preparation helps a lot, to performance, and that is what the players _ performance, and that is what the players need to focus on. british boxer amir khan has been banned from all sport for two years, after it emerged he tested positive for a prohibitive substance following his fight against kell brook in february last year. uk anti—doping says the former light—welterweight world champion tested positive for the anabolic agent ostarine. khan retired from boxing in may and accepts he broke anti—doping rules but says it wasn't intentional. an independent tribunal has accepted that argument, ruling out "deliberate or reckless conduct" by the 36—year—old. more boxing news to bring you — oleksandr usyk has been ordered to defend his unified heavyweight

titles against british fighter daniel dubois. it follows the collapse of usyk�*s proposed fight with tyson fury. the pair were set to meet later this month but couldn't agree terms, so usyk�*s attention will now turn to dubois, who'll face his first world heavyweight title challenge. and it's been confirmed that lawrence okolie will defend his wbo cruiserweight title against chris billam—smith at bournemouth's vitality stadium on the 27th of may. okolie retained his title against david light last month to extend his unbeaten record to 19 fights. lawyers representing a group of 100 former rugby league players and 1a former footballers say they'll file claims at the high court for brain damage caused by playing their respective sports. it's part of a legal action already being pursued by over 200 former rugby union players. in total across the two codes of rugby — and football — 378 former players are pursuing cases against the governing bodies of their sports.

extreme headaches and agitated, frustrated, skin starts itching all over my body, literally all over my body, and they think it is all related to these things, these continuous impacts. i don't know the science, i will be totally honest with you, but i would like to get more information about it and if that information can then be passed on to future generations to say ok, we need to control this or that or prevent, then it's worthwhile. golf's first major of the year gets under way later this week, with australia's cameron smith saying he believes the masters is an opportunity for those that play in the liv series to dispel the notion "they don't play real golf". smith joined the saudi—funded tour after winning the open lastjuly. though the pga tour has banned golfers who joined the liv circuit, all eligible players are still entitled to play

at the four majors. although there've been tensions between players on both tours, smith says the atmosphere at augusta has been good so far. i spent an hour out there and i've seen lots of familiar faces, lots of smiles and hugs, and it has been nice. i don't think there is any kind of hatred going on between the players. we are all happy where we are and i am just as happy for the guys winning out on the pga tour as they are for the liv golfers as well. with tennis�*s clay court season upon us — the king of clay rafa nadal has pulled out of next week's monte carlo masters with an ongoing hip injury. it means he remains a doubt for the french open next month, where he's the defending champion and a 14—time winner. nadal hasn't played since his second—round defeat to american mackenzie mcdonald at the australian open injanuary.

and australia and new zealand are the latest women's teams to unveil new kits that address player concerns over wearing light—coloured shorts when they have their period. for the first time, the australia kit here will have a protective layer in the base of the shorts which are green — whilst the new zealand women's team will be swapping their traditional white shorts for a darker colour. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lewis bornjones. there are calls for criminals to be forced to attend court for sentencing after thomas cashman refused to appear to hear his punishment for killing 0livia pratt—korbel. cashman was jailed for a minimum of

42 years at manchester crown court yesterday but he wasn't present in the courtroom. earlier today farah naz, the aunt of zara aleena, whose killer also chose not to be in court to hear his sentence, told bbc breakfast how it can affect a family. it's a moment where when judgment is passed, it's part of the process of allowing you to also feel like, ok, so this is complete. this man has faced hisjudgment and now he's going to be confronted by his punishment. i don't, i think there are other ways to make the convict come to face their judgment. and that would be to add time to their sentencing, or there can be other ways. and i don't believe for a minute that convicts aren't manhandled in other circumstances.

i want to take you live now to new york for a huge event there. later on, what time is it now, 8:40am in the morning there in new york, and there will be a lot of media present outside that building there, but as a courtroom we are expecting donald trump to arrive in within the next few hours. at the moment he is in trump tower and he will make the journey there to this courtroom, where we will hear the charges against him. we know the charges at the moment relate to those payments to the pawn star stormy daniels but as for the specifics of the charges we still don't know. that is what we will hearfor don't know. that is what we will hear for the first time, when he don't know. that is what we will hearfor the first time, when he is booked into that courthouse there and we will hear the specific charges against him for the first time. we have been watching these pictures as the world's media

dispense on new york. when we get in