for wales some in cumbria, lancashire and the manchesterarea. .ill feel more like freezing or a touch below. as we head through the evening, the north—easterly winds will feed wintry showers across the south—east. quite a lot of showers and by this stage in the early hours of monday, most of them will be falling as snow away from the coast. a few centimetres of snow. that could cause some disruption tomorrow morn being a cold night. these are the town and city temperatures. and some freezing fog. the risk of some lying snow and ice in the south—east tomorrow morning. that could cause some monday morning travel headaches so stay tuned. a few of the showers drifting west. generally not a bad day, crisp with blue skies. a system showing its hand up to the north—west and that will bring some rain, perhaps, but more likely snow as it slides east during monday night into tuesday. this front will weaken, but still could bring some snow south and eastwards during tuesday on what will be another particularly cold feeling day. so thatis particularly cold fe

morning from pendle ski club in lancashire, where we've been up all night cheering on the local hero,ave ryding, who started on the dry slopes here, and as you can tell they are so proud, he came in the top ten in ninth, so well done to dave. clarke goes fourth! yarnold wins gold again! laura deas has won bronze as well! the bbc‘s commentary team seen celebrating lizzy yarnold's skeleton gold, about which more very shortly. but it was the extent of the coverage on bbc news that exercised a number of viewers, like tim elliott. and clive wilce had this to say. for others, it was not the quantity of the coverage but its focus on british competitors which rankled. brian bollen tweeted about the bbc‘s chauvinistic coverage of the winter olympics. richard brown thought... and alan dawson agreed. well, let's discuss those issues with stephen mawhinney, the bbc‘s head of sportsjournalism. he joins us from salford. thank you for coming on newswatch. we know that some audiences don't care about sport, but was there too much on bbc news, particularly on breakfast? well, samira, perhaps you won't

broadcast on bbc radio lancashire.g tributes, this one from sqrimy‘s granddaughter. —— jimmy's to me he was a leader, a hero and a legend. to us, he was gramps, one of a kind and we'll miss him every day. jimi won 43 caps and severalformer him every day. jimi won 43 caps and several former england players were there to pay their respects. jim was special, he was different. you could not see him for a few days, weeks, months you just met him and you picked up the conversation as if it was yesterday. there is going to be another special memorial event to celebrate his life at a future date but i think you can tell from the tributes we have heard here today at ground and the church where he often played the organ just how much he meant to so many people. there was a live feed of the service at the ground, where former blackpool players spoke in glowing terms, about a man they idolised. even though he who has apprentices had to clean his boots my memories was everyone looked up to him and thought of him a great deal. he wa

morning from pendle ski club in lancashire where we have been up all night cheering on the local hero who started on the dry slopes here, and as you can tell they are so proud he came in the top ten in ninth, so well done to dave. clarke goes fourth! yarnold wins gold again! laura deas has won bronze as well! the bbc‘s commentary team seen celebrating lizzy yarnold's skeleton gold, about which more very shortly. but it was the extent of the coverage on bbc news that exercised a number of viewers like tim elliott. "why is the bbc so interested in the winter olympics? it is getting an inordinate amount of coverage following the fortunes of privileged people taking part in sports that have not been heard of in the uk." clive wilce had this to say. "i have enjoyed the winter olympics but i cannot believe the amount of coverage that has been given to elise christie's speed skating races. i lost count of the number of times i heard the story of her disqualification, over and over again." for others, it was not the quantity of the coverage but its focus on british competitors which rankled.

from a dry ski slope in lancashire to the real stuff in south korea, dave ryding has followed an unconventionallf battling against the world's best. it's exciting to be in a medal position at the olympics. dave ryding skiing for a medal position at the olympics. even dave ryding was left disappointed with his performance, saying he could have done more.” thought the second run really suited me, ijust made a couple of mistakes which cost me. i know i could have had a bit more in me by the same time, it is the olympics and eve ryo ne time, it is the olympics and everyone is feeling the same thing 90s respectable. thank you for joining us, an incredible result for dave ryding, ninth place, not a medal but step forward? it certainly is andi medal but step forward? it certainly is and i think we should be very pleased, getting in the top ten at the olympics is incredible. what did you think about it performance, has he improved? i think he skied a little inside himself, not quite risking it all if you're going to get a medal but he should be pleased he's in the top ten but in a couple of days' time

perhaps a bit brighter in cumbria, lancashire, the eastern side of england and into the midlands, ratherrighter glimpses in between. this evening and tonight, this area of cloud, patchy rain and hill snow will move west again, wintry showers pushing in from the north sea. temperatures close to freezing, a touch of frost and there could be icy stretches tomorrow morning. a chilly start to the day but across large parts of continental europe it will be colder. that is because ours this area of high pressure comes down from scandinavia, and we will increasingly be getting colder air from the near continent in the shape of this strong and bitterly cold north—easterly wind which will affect southern areas and could ring wintry showers in parts of eastern england. elsewhere largely dry, sunny spells, lighter winds further north but where we have strong wind in the self, added onto the temperatures and this is what it will feel like in norwich, feeling like freezing on sunday afternoon. monday is a continuation of the north—easterly winds. a lot of dry weather but this frontal system from the n

maybe the odd one skipping across the pennines into cumbria and lancashire.s the east midlands east anglia and the south east, strong winds and showers. with the strength of the wind it will feel more like freezing orjust below. this evening and the knights, the north—easterly winds will feed wintry showers into the south—eastern corner. a lot of showers by this stage in the early hours of monday most of them will be falling as snow away from the coast. perhaps a few centimetres of snow which could cause disruption tomorrow morning. a cold night wherever you are. some freezing fog patches as well. the risk of snow and ice across parts of the south east tomorrow morning that could cause monday morning travel headaches. stay tuned to the forecast. generally speaking not a bad day, crisp with blue skies. temperatures between three and 6 degrees. a frontal system will show its hand in the north—west and that will bring outbreaks of rain and snow. it looks as if the front will weaken, but it has the potential to bring snow southwards and eastwards on tuesday. that

cumbria, lancashire, the eastern side of england and into the midlands, it will be rather cloudy.his evening and tonight, this area of cloud and patchy rain and hill snow will drift west again. further wintry showers pushing in from the north sea. with temperatures close to freezing there will be a touch of frost and there could be some icy stretches tomorrow morning. a chilly start to the day but across large parts of continental europe it will be a lot colder. as this area of high pressure m oves colder. as this area of high pressure moves down from scandinavia we will increasingly be getting cold airfrom the near we will increasingly be getting cold air from the near continent we will increasingly be getting cold airfrom the near continent in we will increasingly be getting cold air from the near continent in the shape of this strong and bitterly cold north—easterly wind which will affect southern areas and could bring wintry showers and eastern england. elsewhere, largely dry, sunny spells, lighter winds further north, but it will feel like freezing because of the wind. a lot

the chief counsel of lancashire says the government's police cuts have that much more difficult to keepe. is he wrong? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, he mentions the constabulary because what i was hoser jerry i asked h mic to look at the recording of these crimes. to make sure that police forces were doing it properly. and indeed some changes were made as a result of that. we now see the better recording of crime. we also see £450 million extra being made available to the police. but what have we also seen over the last two years? the creation of the national crime agency, our police forces taking more notice of helping the support vulnerable victims, doing more on modern slavery, doing more on domestic violence. taking issues seriously that they weren't taking seriously before. mr speaker, if you ask the instructor to look at unrecorded crime and they tell you what is going on in the least you can do is act on what they tell you. jeremy corbyn. one study but two very different verdicts. the taylor review examined modern working practises, especially the employment rights

from a dry ski slope in lancashire to the real stuff in south korea, dave ryding has followed an unconventionalket starts to get acceleration on the flat. ryding's final run here propelled him to a ninth place finish — britain's best olympic alpine skiing result in 30 years. that's a superb performance by dave ryding, but it won't quite be enough to get him on the podium, and britain's wait for another medal at these games goes on. i'm 31, but still life in the old dog yet, and it motivates me for another four years and i know i can improve on that still. curling has become one of the country's main sources of olympic success — the men taking silver in sochi four years ago. this, however, is a new team and they leave empty—handed, after an agonising defeat by switzerland. leading 5—4 with just two ends to go and a semifinals place at stake, the brits capitulated to lose 9—5. we had a good game today, but it wasn't to be, sadly. a couple of things didn't go our way and a couple of half shots and that's all it takes against a team as good as them. meanwhile there was confirmation today that the r

there‘s no snow here in lancashire, overlooking the hills, we matched for atmosphere what‘s going onch until the penultimate end, when the swiss scored five stones! they will be returning home without a medal. we came to our first olympics and we gave our best shot. we made the play—offs. in the end we had a good game today but it wasn‘t to be sadly. a couple of things didn‘t go our way. a couple of half shots and that‘s all it takes against a team as good as them. there‘s plenty to look forward to going forward, just need to take some time and reflect on this experience and what we can take from it. some other headlines. vonn racing in the combined event, and is well ahead after the downhill. but her lead will likely be threatened in the slalom. can she hold on for gold? ? and in the first ever big air final in the olympics, austria‘s anna gasser secured gold. it‘s a spectacular event this one, and gasser had just too much gas for her rivals! she said the competition shouldn‘t have gone ahead but she came back and won gold. she‘s the winter olympic champion. in the last few minutes

the member for west lancashire has done the nhs a great service.commons library, the government is acting in full on the findings. the financial watchdog, the national audit office, has been ask by the government to investigate the finances of a charity. the company provides vehicles for disabled people, the move follows reports that they have reserves of nearly £2.5 billion and pay as its chief executive £i.7 million a year. the work and pensions secretary was concerned about the figures. while the remuneration of its directors is a matter, one has to question from the outside whether this is really right. a view endorsed by the charity commission, who said yesterday that the trustees may wish to consider the reputational issues raised by the salaries being paid to their commercial partners's executives. together with the current focus on the use of public money, i have today ask the national audit office to give consideration to undertake an investigation into this matter. i would be keen for them to look at how taxpayers's money is being used by

the chief constable of lancashire said, "the government's police cuts have made it much more difficulthe right honourable gentleman on this issue of recording crime, he mentions her majesty's inspector of constabulary. it's precisely because when i was home secretary, i asked hmic to look at the recording of police crime to make sure that police forces were doing it properly. and, indeed, some changes were made as a result of that, so we now see the better recording of crime. we also see — we also see 450 million pounds extra being made available to the police. but what have we also seen over the last few years? the creation of the national crime agency, our police forces taking more notice of helping to support vulnerable victims, doing more on modern slavery, doing more on domestic violence, taking issues seriously that they were not taking seriously before! mr speaker, if you ask the inspector to look at unrecorded crime and they tell you what is going on, the least you can do is act on what they tell you! jeremy corbyn. this week marked 100 years of the representation of the people

john mahoney, who was born in lancashire, starred in frasierfor 11 years — playing a grumpy retired policemancome home, dad. so, how was florida? oh, it was a whirlwind. duke and i hit the dog track and then we met the michaeljordan ofjai alai players at the red lobster. but the place i went back to most of all was captain peter's gator farm. ah. did you go and see the hemingway home? well, you know, fras', you can't squeeze everything in. john mahoney, who has died aged 77. starting this lunchtime, there's a new look to bbc weather. meteogroup will be providing us with the latest data, and there's a fresh design to the way our forecasts are displayed on tv, online and in the bbc‘s weather app. sarah keith lucas explains. it's here in the bbc weather centre where the new look forecasts have been developed over recent months. we know how important clear and accurate forecasts are for you, so we've been working closely with our partners meteogroup to bring you the new graphics using more data, as well as the latest innovations in design technology and forecasting science. simon hunt is our crea

joining me now is ryan godwin, owner of holme manor care home in the rossendale valley in lancashire.cularly with recruiting and retaining staff? the great problem they have is the image that the industry has, i think presently and certainly for the last couple of years now, because co nsta ntly couple of years now, because constantly the care industry rather sadly has been used like a political football. everyone suggests a problem but there doesn't seem to be any immediate solution to the problems of chronic long—term underfunding, we are suffering from today. so when you are trying to attract staff, to come and work for you, what kind of staff are you looking for, what kind of qualifications do they need, what qualities do they need? when i started in the industry several yearsing a, for example someone could start with very little knowledge of the care industry, because there was a very basic, i would think, basic maybe isn't the right word, you know, but an entry level where somebody could pick up a lot of the skills with training with a competent structured programme, somebody c

sarah lancashire reports now on free school meals for some schools in scotland.ave tomato and you have all the pasta. when i was at school, school lunches were not something you looked forward to, but are they actually good here? yeah. really good. all the kids here do seem to really enjoy their school meals, and the teachers know that, for some of them, it‘s the best meal they‘re going to eat all day. when the schools close, quite a few of these kids do, sadly, go hungry. that‘s why north lanarkshire council are to pilot a scheme providing free lunches to kids who need them, not just on school days, but every day. every so often, you can spot that someone‘s hungrier than we would like them to be after a weekend, or after a holiday period in particular. it can be individual children, we know that food is an issue. if you‘re hungry, you won‘t learn and you won‘t achieve. other councils in the uk provide meals during school holidays. north lanarkshire will be the first to make free lunches available 365 days a year, from primary one up to the third year of secondar

morning from pendle ski club in lancashire where we have been up all night cheering on the local heroins gold again! laura deas has won bronze as well! the bbc‘s commentary team seen celebrating lizzy yarnold's skeleton gold, about which more very shortly. but it was the extent of the coverage on bbc news that exercised a number of viewers like tim elliott. "why is the bbc so interested in the winter olympics? of privileged people taking part in sports that have not been heard of in the uk." clive wilce had this to say. "i have enjoyed the winter olympics of coverage that has been given to elise christie's speed skating races. i lost count of the number of times i heard the story of her disqualification, over and over again." for others, it was not the quantity of the coverage but its focus on british competitors which rankled. coverage of the winter olympics. "i've heard at least one reporter refer to gb as we. in the falklands war the bbc referred to the british." - h- , .a the winter olympics is pretty poor. they are far more interested in the british athletes rather than the world

. —— in lancashire it is £12,000.spent on them when good kids get so much less ? them when good kids get so much less? i don't agree that good kids get so much less. but i have read you the figures, they do, it costs less. but in terms of what they are getting as a whole school experience, it isn't less. those children who remain in mainstream primary school, who can regulate their emotions and manage their behaviour, they have a very rich curriculum in the school and they are receiving quite a lot. however these children are not able to. this is our future generation, our future children. if we don't invest in them now, and we don't help them now, the government will still need to spend later on to support these young people if we don't do it now. there is an incredible statistic from an exclusion experts that we have spoken to. 6500 pupils were permanently excluded last year. there organisation has calculated that they will go on to cost the state £2.1 billion in extra health costs, criminal justice state £2.1 billi

john mahoney, who was born in lancashire, starred in frasierfor 11 years, playing a grumpy retired policemanw, fras', you can't squeeze everything in. john mahoney, who‘s died aged 77. now, as we‘ve been reporting, it‘s 100 years since the first women in britain were granted the vote. the prime minister, theresa may, is about to host a rather unusual reception in westminster hall, where jane hill still is. angst, huw. just the close our programme tonight, it‘s lovely to be here at westminster hall. you can pa rt here at westminster hall. you can part hear the choir. the reception is just getting underway. part hear the choir. the reception isjust getting underway. theresa may will be here tonight along with 700 guests. all female mps, past and present, are invited to this reception here this evening. and other associated bigotries, people who‘ve worked in the field of women‘s equality —— other associated dignitaries. it has been a very striking and important data remember, 100 years since the passing of that hugely important legislation. as you say, it didn‘t bring the vote to all women, it

he was being treated in a hospice in chicago, he was born in lancashire and he starred in frasierforumpy retired policeman who often outwitted his too pretentious sons. he was from blackpool. i nearly grew up. 100 yea rs blackpool. i nearly grew up. 100 years ago today, the rather dull sounding representation of the people act was passed in britain. there was anything but boring to the women who have sacrificed so much, it gives some of them the right to vote for the first time, but only if they were over 30 and married or owned property. it was not until 1928 that the right to cast a ballot was extended to all women. the women who fought for change were known as suffragettes because they wanted universal suffrage. here are some of those women in their own words. in those women in their own words. in those days i was extremely annoyed at the difference between the advantages of men had and boys had and the ones girls had. when one grew up and saw the differences and the opportunities that men had and women had, then itjust increased. no women solicitors allowed. that woman stood in a

considered that if you don‘t have an olympic gold medal. don‘t have an olympic gold medal. from lancashiret it? but it looks quite good, doesn‘t it? you are lucky being allowed to walk, we have to be stuck to the sofa. we have to be stuck to the sofa. do they not let you move? they not let you move? that would be too much. too much. do you ice the floor? it‘s very cold in there, charlie, yes! yes! blades so that i can negotiate the terms into the table. terms into the table. you will be wearing a helmet and goggles. wearing a helmet and goggles. the whole thing. whole thing. you will tune in at 10:30am now. good idea. at least do one sequence like that. i would actually. i look forward to it already. already. it is a fabulous studio, i‘m sure it will be great, enjoy. will be great, enjoy. build—up to the opening ceremony from 10:30am on bbc one. from 10:30am on bbc one. the red button and access online. button and access online. winter olympics: today at the games at 7pm on bbc two. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. as it was yesterday and not nearly as cold as we are hea

much heavier and the met office have two amber warnings, 5—10 centimetres of snow widely across lancashire have more met office amber weather warnings, this time further north on wednesday for east and north—east england. snow causing problems again and all the while the air is getting colder. most of the uk will not see temperatures above freezing on wednesday. the easterly winds will make it feel freezing cold. towards the end of the week an area of low pressure bumping into this called air. some uncertainty about the part that takes but likely to bring a speu that takes but likely to bring a spell of very heavy snow northwards and combined with strong winds we are looking and blizzard conditions for a time. the risk of fairly significant transport disruption towards the end of the week. staying with the subject of the impact of this bad weather because i am joined by impact of this bad weather because i amjoined bya impact of this bad weather because i am joined by a representative from saint mungo ‘s, a charity that represents the rough sleepers. how has the situation changed since i l

small potholes are being left by lancashire county council to become big potholes.nds, motorists damage their cars or swerve to avoid them. does the prime minister agree with me that this is an unacceptable state of affairs and not least because of the failure... order! sit down. this is very discourteous. the remainder of the honourable lady's question will be heard. it's as simple and unarguable as that. the honourable lady will be heard on her feet and that's the end of the matter. thank you. does the prime minister agree that this is an unacceptable state of affairs, not least because the failure to put one stitch in time is a leading to far more expensive repairs? can i say... can i say to the honourable lady that we all recognise the issue of potholes and the important issue will stop it is why my honourable friend the member for northampton north actually is this a while back and we put more money into the issue of dealing with potholes as a government. she talks about a stitch in time, i'm afraid i won't take any of that from a labour party that when in gove

kirklees, £48,000 per year, whereas in lancashire, it is £12,000 per year, plus the average length ofim for every child is to go back to mainstream school. many of you got in touch to talk about your own child your own child‘s expenses at prus and we will get in touch later. we get in touch later. you have people who care around you who help you, she helps most of the children here and they kind of get that vibe that you are ina kind of get that vibe that you are in a safe environment and it helps you mentally and physically because it helps you rent a great into mainstream school. 0k. say me, when i used to be in my mainstream school, i used to keep coming out and getting excluded and stuff but now i am here and in this special school, it gives you extra help and it has re—helped me understand it is better to go back and reintegrate. -- it better to go back and reintegrate. —— it has really helped me. better to go back and reintegrate. -- it has really helped me. what do you think of it, here? it is nice and safe. it has helped me a lot from when i first came here, i didn‘t like it b

the chief constable of lancashire said, "the government's police cuts have made it much more difficultsely because when i was home secretary, i asked the inspectorate of co nsta bula ry asked the inspectorate of constabulary to look at the recording of police crime to make sure that police forces were doing it properly and indeed, some changes we re it properly and indeed, some changes were made as a result of that so we now see the better recording of crime. we also see £450 million extra being made available to the police but what have we also seen over the last few years? the creation of the national crime agency, our police forces taking more notice of helping to support vulnerable victims, doing more on modern slavery, doing more domestic violence, taking issues seriously that they were not taking seriously before. mr speaker, if you ask the inspectorate and look at unrecorded crime and they tell you what is going on, the least you could do is act on what they tell you. mr speaker, if i could quote something at the prime minister, it might sound familiar to her, "the first duty of

he learned to ski on a dry ski slope in pendle in lancashire. second in one of the world cup races.rom the con more and mika macneil. the wind has been the killer so far. —— mika more. macneil. the wind has been the killerso far. —— mika more. in canada, they are used to the cold but they are saying it is very cold. the bbc will be bringing you all the action from pyeongchang. coverage of the opening ceremony starts from 10.30 tomorrow morning and live on bbc one, online and via the red button. the fa cup shows no mercy league two minnows, newport county defended like demons at wembley last night, against premier league giants, spurs in their fa cup fourth—round replay. newport held out for almost half an hour before falling behind to a dan butler own goal. and erik lamela scored spurs‘s second — their reward is a trip to rochdale when you're playing against teams like that, you just can't. but they can hold their heads up high. to its members, it's a historic society, which promotes charity and public service. to critics, it's a secretive club where backs are scratched and jobs for

from a dry ski slope in lancashire to the real stuff in south korea, dave ryding has followed an unconventionalto go and a semifinals place at stake, the brits capitulated to lose 9—5. we had a good game today, but it wasn't to be, sadly. a couple of things didn't go our way and a couple of half shots and that's all it takes against a team as good as them. meanwhile there was confirmation today that the russian mixed doubles pair of alexander krushelnitskiy and his wife anastasia bryzgalova have been stripped of their curling bronze medal after krushelnitskiy was found guilty of doping. in the women's ice hockey there was incredible drama as the united states and canada went to a sudden—death shoot out. commentator: saved, the usa win gold. having claimed each of the last four titles, canada were left devastated as the usa celebrated a famous victory. david ornstein, bbc news, pyeongchang. staying with the winter olympics, there was more drama on the ice as the womens‘ 1,000 metres short track skating final was won by the dutchwoman suzanne schulting — with two south koreans crashing on the fin

in, bringing plenty of showers, an area of rain snaking down the east coast at the moment from lancashireidges * tie-sires. ~ m