congratulations to everyone who won a bafta this evening. we have time that well.st stories from around the world. see you then. welcome to your weeknight round—up of some of the main weather stories around the world and you may see video on the news of the flooding in new zealand, that is from the re m na nts of new zealand, that is from the rem na nts of cyclone new zealand, that is from the remnants of cyclone debbie. that has had quite a journey impact on parts of queensland and flooding into new south wales, but the moisture fell into a weather system crossing the tasman sea and affecting new zealand and it is the north island that has taken the biggest hit, look at these rain totals, equating to more than two months of rain injust rain totals, equating to more than two months of rain in just two rain totals, equating to more than two months of rain injust two base, easy to understand why there have been so many problems but look at this. for freddie into saturday quite a picture with the remnants of debbie and we are just left with a few showers. following he

we are live at the red carpet at the gaming baftas.weeks since the big fall at cheltenham, lizzie kelly leads tea for two to the big race on day one at aintree, landing the betway bowl chase ahead of favourite cue card. a senior police officer has told the bbc that possession of drugs — even cocaine and heroin — should not be punished with imprisonment. 15% of the prison population have been convicted of drug offences and the man in charge of tackling drug abuse for avon and somerset police says the current law is outdated and unworkable. as an alternative to prosecution, the force has set up the drugs education programme, a three hour course for drug users. after a year, of the 400 people attending the session, not one has been caught reoffending. fiona lamdin has been given exclusive access to see how the course works. yeah, they've been served there. we've got more users arriving. police out on the streets of bristol, looking for dealers... are not being arrested. if police in bristol now catch people carrying even class a drugs, th

portrayal of ronald merrick in the epic drama, jewel in the crown, in the 1980s, for which he won a baftation of evelyn waugh‘s decline and fall. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the times leads with the warning from moscow that the united states is "one step away from military clashes with russia". it says the us is looking into whether russia was complicit in assad's use of chemical weapons. the ft has a picture of the stockholm attack. but its main story is syria and what it calls the "stark shift" in us strategy. the mirror also leads with russia's warning to trump. the mail leads on washington's message at the un that it is ready to launch further attacks against assad. the express also leads on syria, besides an image of the burning truck in sweden. the guardian says the white house appeared to back away from wider military involvement in syria, leaving the world perplexed at its strategy. and the telegraph leads with the horror in sweden. it says the attacker appeared to target young children deliberately. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at mid

historical drama the crown has dominated this year's tv bafta nominations after securing five nods, includingped for her portrayal of the younger queen elizabeth ii on the netflix, while jared harris, john lithgow and vanessa kirby are featured in the line—up for best supporting actors. time now for all the sports news in sport today with tulsen tollett. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: an explosion outside the borussia dortmund team bus forces the postponement of their champions league quarter—final first leg match against monaco. paulo dybala scores twice forjuventus in turin as they beat barcelona 3—0 ahead of the return leg in spain next wednesday. and pakistan's shoaib malik hits a six to win the match, the series and bring up his century as they beat west indies in guyana. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that borussia dortmund's champions league quarter—final first leg match against monaco had to be postponed in germany on tuesday. three explosive devices detonated near the team bus while it was en

. >> they've nominated me for a bafta award. >> unbelievable. >> thank you so much, chris.nd i'm acting there with claire foy, who is just a radiant, absolutely superb actress. she really makes the entire series sing. i'm very, very proud to be a part of it. >> you know, i think very little has been said about the second premiership of churchill, the part that wasn't so glorious, that was difficult for him. he was getting old. he had stayed on too long, you know. he left a -- he should have stepped down, and you played staying on till the end the wonderful thing that he did to raise the queen. great stuff. >> it's an unexplored moment of history really, the early 1950s, in britain in particular, a nation that supposedly had won a war and yet they felt like a defeated country. and churchill was the old victorian, the child of empire, and the empire was slipping away. that's his particular drama. you know, the series has like six concurrent stories. his story is the man who is growing old and is hanging on too long. >> well, i have to congratulate you on everything you've don

known for his portrayal of ronald merrick in the epic drama jewel in the crown, for which he won a bafta the james bond movie quantum of solace. the skies above dover were a picture this morning. 82 hot air balloons took off, hoping to break the world record for crossing the channel. so, did they manage it? 0ur reporter fiona lamdin was on board one of the balloons. they gathered at first light in a field in kent. and as the sun rose, with almost military precision, at exactly seven o'clock, the mass ascent began. 82 pilots from across europe were here to set a new record. the pack drifted over dovehs record. the pack drifted over dover's castle and cliffs. england will soon behind them as they headed 26 miles over the channel in mainland europe. it is fantastic being able to see the other balloons. it is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. the cameraman is in a balloon somewhere out there so i am filming there myself. we are right in the middle of the flight. can't see france, can't see england, all i know is, i'm above the world's busiest shipping lanes. after three hours trusting above

his portrayal of ronald merrick in the epic drama, jewel in the crown in the 80s, for which he won a baftahe played sniggs in the new bbc adaptation of evelyn waugh's decline and fall. coming up on this week's travel show, i meet the people who are cleaning up the canals of bangkok. we've got so much just rubbish. we are searching for the secret sights of new york city. this view is incredible. and heading to italy to taste some of turin‘s finest chocolates. wow. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the capital of thailand, bangkok. it's a vibrant city packed with sparkling temples, skyscrapers and night markets, but home to some of the most congested roads in the world, and getting across the city through the tuk tuks and the traffic is a bit of a nightmare. but i'm here to find out what's being done to take the people off the frantic streets and on to the city's waterways. first built over 200 years ago, bangkok's huge network of canals criss—cross the city. this is thailand, bangkok, the venice of the east, where water is in everyone‘s way of life. over th

portrayal of ronald merrick in the epic drama, jewel in the crown in the ‘80s, for which he won a baftaline and fall. golf, and defending champion danny willett looks almost certain to drop out of the us masters in augusta tonight. with a few hours of play remaining, he's looking very unlikely to qualify for the remaining two days of the tournament. here's our sports reporter patrick gearey. augusta — one part beauty, one part cruelty. these manicured lawns can become a wilderness. england's lee westwood had been in contention, but on these treacherous greens and fairways, nothing is permanent. danny willett, his countryman and defending champion, fared far worse. few can dominate while wrestling the wind and american charley hoffman has come closer to most, but he is still being drawn back to pack. among them, sergio garcia, one of golf‘s major figures, who is without a major title. but he was hitting heights not many can reach. might he finally fill that gap on the cv? others have the references. fred couples has won here. that was 1992. and today he is 57. but this is a timeless plac

known for his portrayal of ronald merrick in the epic drama, jewel in the crown, for which he won a baftaat a voice he had, too. let's get the weather now. thank you. good evening. lovely weather to come this weekend, my advice is to make the most of it because things will change early next week. this weekend we will find plenty of sunshine across the uk. temperatures will continue to rise as well. at the moment they are falling away. lowest temperatures right now across the north—west of england where the cloud has broken up. what little crowd there is is across scotland. clear skies elsewhere. a bit of mist and fog towards the west countries. cold night in the countryside again, down to about two or three degrees. it will warm up very quickly, the sun will warm up very quickly, the sun will be strong particularly across england and wales. we will have high pollen levels as well, tree pollen flowering birch causing you problems earlier on today. default does not last long. lovely blue skies for england and wales. more sunshine in the northern england, even into scotland, away from the fa

british films of the 1980s, and was even nominated for a bafta. farm this morning.ng a night with russian sailors. of local girls spending a night set against the political backdrop of the time. we were sick of seeing how the city was portrayed and how the truth wasn't being told. the city was portrayed much like today. the city was portrayed thatcherism. the city was portrayed nobody had any money. the city was portrayed food was on the low down. the city was portrayed you just take a walk into any back kitchen, you will see food shortages. into any back kitchen, can‘t be any worse living in russia than living here. at in russia than living here. that point in time it was dead. at that point in time it was almost dead. we had no industry. it had all been closed down. dead. we had no industry. no ships on the river, nothing was happening. from letter to brezhnev, it gave us the film industry. now the cast is reuniting for the first time in 30 years for a special screening. for the first time in 30 a very beautiful evening. for the first time in 30 yeah, it‘s lovely,

i don't know what they would call it, i think bafta has been taken!do so much trade between each other, it is a potential is to. that might gather some traction in the weeks and months ahead. interesting, that is exactly the kind of things mr trump doesn't want, big multilateral trade agreements. that is the flip side. the us congress is back in town, and they have quite a to—do list before this friday. as we've mentioned, tomorrow senators will have a briefing on north korea, and then we'll also get new proposals on tax reform. but, probably most importantly, they need to fund the government or risk a shutdown by week's end. a brief time ago, i spoke with republican congressman dave brat about the legislative priorities ahead. i asked him iasked him how i asked him how he thinks the first 100 days are going. let's start with the status of the wall, we had the mexican economy minister saying there is no way his government is going to pay for it. if mexico doesn't pay for it, you prepared to doesn't pay for it, you prepared to do so? can congress pick

. >> they've nominated me for a bafta award. >> unbelievable. >> thank you so much, chris.claire foy, who is just a radiant, absolutely superb actress. she really makes the entire series sing. i'm very, very proud to be a part of it. >> you know, i think very little has been said about the second premiership of churchill, the part that wasn't so glorious, that was difficult for him. he was getting old. he had stayed on too long, you know. he left a -- he should have stepped down, and you played staying on till the end the wonderful thing that he did to raise the queen. great stuff. >> it's an unexplored moment of history really, the early 1950s, in britain in particular, a nation that supposedly had won a war and yet they felt like a defeated country. and churchill was the old victorian, the child of empire, and the empire was slipping away. that's his particular drama. you know, the series has like six concurrent stories. his story is the man who is growing old and is hanging on too long. >> well, i have to congratulate you on everything you've done. i have to tell you we

historical drama the crown has dominated this year's tv bafta nominations after securing five nods, includinganager. the british star had been expected to be up for lead actor after winning a golden globe for his work. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with for a look at the weather. we would look ahead to the easter weather forecast in a few minutes, but first of all another quiet day for most of us. the further west you go the cloudier disguise and even across england and there is some high cloud in the sky. in greater london, this weather watcher picture shows some of that high cloud from earlier in the morning. as we go on through the rest of the day, there will be fair weather cloud bubbling up will be fair weather cloud bubbling up across will be fair weather cloud bubbling up across england and wales but overall more sunshine than yesterday. northern england quite cloudy at times, along with northern ireland, but in the sunshine out of the cool wind it will probably not feel too bad. temperatures in london reaching 15 or 16 degrees. in northern irel

trying to tell you our programme has been nominated for a ba fta for programme has been nominated for a baftaor our coverage of the foot dollars abuse story back in november. the competition is very tough! —— footballers. more than 900 adult social care workers a day left theirjob in england last year. around 60% of those who quit left the adult social care profession entirely. care providers say that growing staff shortages mean vulnerable people are receiving poorer levels of care, and the uk care association claims the system is "close to collapse". the government says an extra two billion pounds is being invested in social care. carla fowler has this report. good morning. the start of the morning shift at st cecilia's nursing home in scarborough. it is a mid—sized 42—bed home and it is full. call bells ring constantly here. the residents' conditions range from dementia sufferers to stroke survivors and those needing end of life care. it is a constant battle for health care assistants to meet everyone's needs quickly. there should also be two nurses on shift today but sue gregory is on her

always ta ke always take the monday after the baftas.f? another question this morning, when was the last time you actually sat and wrote a letter, not any mala text but put pen to paper and wrote a letter? is a bit like a sorting office in here this morning. hundreds of letters, but they haven't been written to family or friends. these are to complete strangers. some with words of wisdom, some with advice, or maybe just a friendly thought. let's take a look at some of these. the glitter and effort, we have admired your courage and appreciate your willingness to let them take care of you. others are more up to it. please don't forget that even on your darkest of days, your twinkle is too bright to be dulled. this is all the brainchild ofjodie and, who started five years ago asking if people want a letter from her. started five years ago asking if people want a letterfrom her. now she spends her days riding thousands of letters to people. like they say, with just some words of wisdom or maybe just some advice. let's speak tojodie. where ma