and scotla nd scotland's constitutional future and scotland being independent.europe would become a destination... interesting you say that bring back brexit, which is where we began, surely now brexit has happened in the uk formally, you face serious and practical questions about the future. one, if you get your way, and we discussed if it's in anyway possible in the short run, if you get a second referendum and you win it and the scottish people vote to leave, you say you will immediately request to rejoin... rejoin the european union, although there would be an accession process. let's talk turkey. number one, trade with england still more than two—thirds of the scottish economy, there's going to be a hard border with england, isn't there? we don't know as we are sitting here today what the trading relationship will be between the uk and europe, i hope it's as close as possible and i would prefer to the uk remain in the single market. you know the uk, led by borisjohnson, single market. you know the uk, led by boris johnson, is single market. you know the uk,

that is from audit scotland.cotland, lewis morrison, says that overall the nhs in scotland is in a parlous state. his words — "parlous state" — and you have been running that service for goodness knows how many years. we've been responsible for government in scotland for 12 years. but the fact remains we put more resources into the nhs. nhs spending in scotland. but it is not working. like these new hospitals. the new hospital in edinburgh which is massively delayed and over budget and there are still fundamental problems that mean it cannot open. you'll find health services around the world face challenges. but when you look at the performance of our nhs, let's look at our a&e performances. we have the best performing accident and emergency department in the united kingdom by some distance. as you say, scottish people on the doorstep are praising you for the way you run the country, orfor the parts, the aspects that the government is responsible for. for example, if you look at scotland's placing in the index of

of scotland. that fails to deliver results. it may interest you to know that the s&p has not had a debate in their pocket meant on education for two years. what are they debating today? whether or not to fly the eu flag. they should get on with their day job. esther speaker. -- mr. speaker. >> jenkins. here] >> thank you you, mr. speaker. prime minister, in yorkshire, your conservative exit heartland, we are celebrating us leaving the eu friday it was a big brexit bash. i wish to congratulate the pie minister on achieving us leaving the eu when so many deemed it impossible. does he agree with me this is an opportunity for a new chapter in our great country when we will finally control our laws, borders and money and become a truly global trading nation? esther speaker i joined her and her federation. i wish everybody a very enjoyable brexit bash. >> thank you, mr. speaker. sexual exportation does not end when you turn 18. ed is the main driver of modern slavery and trafficking of women in this cou

what can we have england speaking over scotland scotland go ahead. ireland has demonstrated the power that a small country has within the european union because the results are exceeded between the $27.00 countries scotland be far more powerful would be able to protect its power far better as a member state of the european union we have no power whatsoever within the u.k. our course is totally ignored we have tried to compromise with. you have a huge i think evolution i'm telling you that still because. they said this is really a little bit loud so let me bring in some more scottish voices this is from the 1st day of actually happening let's have a listen. it's a sad day for scotland there to be t.v. or dr as i would say of the ear. buds will be shocking. but we're 62 percent of the scottish people hoarded data mean. and will be against her beliefs and i just feel. that is a wrong move breaks is a wrong that was until i called it. by the detroit that i had to give up sales. now let me bring you back into the conversation hat i'm just looking on the c

earlier i spoke to former scotland captain rory lawson.to the scotland squad but i thought adam coped very well at the weekend, rory hutchinson can come off the bench, it will be interesting weather to see if he is on the bench this weekend. ultimately, if i take myself into that squad, probably two weeks ago today, when this problem was addressed and he left the squad, that was when the coaches and players would have looked forward and focus their minds on the job in hand, understanding he was not going to be part of the preparation for ireland but i am sure there were internal discussions to say this would be the same for england. and let's see what happens after this england game. for the squad and gregor townsend, all eyes are focusing on england for saturday. rewind 20 years or so, this probably wouldn't be an issue but it is a professional sport. there has to be discipline. can you understand why he is being left out, if he has gone overboard with his drinking and the tea m overboard with his drinking and the team hotel? if you breac

scotland self—destruct. conversion to not only sign off on a dominant win and keep their grand slam hopes on track but also see have become england women's all—time leading points scorer. you don't often play in the snow like this but i think we played well and did the best we could in the conditions. a white out at murrayfield that will live long in the memory. we can speak to former wales captain and now bbc pundit phillipa tuttiett. a word on that game first. glad you weren't playing in that? gosh, i know! it depends which game you're talking about because ireland versus wales was something horrendous and then today's fixture is welcome scotland versus england, oh, my days, gives a whole new perspective to being a tough rugby player. you mentioned the island — wales game yesterday, driving rain and winds and then we discovered the hot water nozzle —— was not working in the wales changing room. when i first heard that my initial feeling was anger because as a player i've played in very cold conditions and

scotland self—destruct.ed the final conversion to not only sign off on a dominant win and keep their grand slam hopes on track but also become england women's all—time leading points scorer. you don't often play in the snow like this but i think we played well and did the best we could in the conditions. a white out at murrayfield that will live long in the memory. let's bring you some of today's other sports news headlines, and dele alli has apologised for making a joke about the coronavirus. in a video posted on social media, the tottenham and england midfielder joked about the outbreak and appeared to mock an asian man. he's since deleted the snapchat post, and says he's let himself and the club down. meanwhile, the everton goalkeeper, jordan pickford says that playing for england means that "everyone hates you". pickford came under criticism for a goal in everton's 3—1 win over crystal palce on saturday. pickford says that criticism is unfair, but it's someting he has to live with. the legendary brazilia

some spots across the south pennines and south—west scotland could see 60-80 and south—west scotlandld see 60—80 millimetres of rain. not as much getting into north east england, south—east scotland to the eastern side of high ground but here, you will have squally gusty winds gusting up to 50 or 60mph. that could cause disruption, largely dry to the south but cloudy and mild for all of us as we close out friday. as we go through this evening and tonight the outbreaks of rain continues over high ground in the west. the rain will start to edge its way slowly southwards, and behind it showers racing in and those showering turning wintry over high ground in scotland. snow starting to mix in on what will be a chilly night in northern areas but a mild night further south, nine or ten. tomorrow, then, across england and wales we will see some bands of showery rain pushing southwards. it is going to be a windy day for all of us but particularly windy gci’oss all of us but particularly windy across northern england land, northern ireland and scotland, those are the wind gusts we can expect.

the measures will apply in england, scotland and wales.e secretary explained how terrorist prisoners would be affected. there are two main elements to this. first, to standardise the earliest point at which they may be considered for release at two thirds of the sentence imposed, and secondly, to require that the parole board assess whether they are safe to release between that point in the end of their sentence. this will apply to all terrorists and terrorist —related offences, where the maximum penalty is above two years. including those offences for which sudesh amman was sentenced. the issue of rehabilitation, the work that is done both in prison and when they are out of prison, is so important. there's been much... many efforts of this over the year, but as recent incidents have seen, that it has not always been with success. does my right honourable friend agree that, actually, we will never deal with this issue of terrorism, until we deal with the ideology that drives it? and will he reassure me that the government is taking extra e

all the while, it stays windy and scotland with further snow showers.omorrow, it is an improving weather picture as this area of rain slowly clears away through the morning. the afternoon looks brighter and drier with some sunshine but showers continue to feed and across scotland. windy, but not as windy as it has been over instant days. the cold est it has been over instant days. the coldest air across these northern areas and then as we head into monday, further problems as this area of low pressure heads in, we can see some disruptive snow, particularly in scotland but it will also be wet and windy elsewhere, too. that is your weather. hello — this is bbc news, with ben bland. the headlines: 32 british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral — after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus — as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles in one day. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers.

in the lowlands of scotla nd of scotland in the lowlands of scotland with some snow across the hillse quite windy late on sunday through to monday and then monday tuesday the story will be the wind. it will ramp up a notch across scotland, reaching gale force already in the morning as the low pressure zips and we are talking about a spell of stormy weather. this is what it looks like on monday. val force already in the western isles and rain piling in as well. the further south you are the better the weather will be. still breezy but i think you will get sunshine around yorkshire stop the possibility of some rainfall on monday affecting the southern counties. the wind will really cause a problem across parts of scotland and even inland with howling girls through the central lowlands and in exposed place, 18 hours —— miles an hour and places. 0n exposed place, 18 hours —— miles an hour and places. on monday night through the early hours of tuesday severe gales will transfer to the eastern parts of scotland, the borders, the north of england with gusts inland reaching 70 mph so nasty w

scotland's women will take on england and glasgow.ure, while england secured their first win of the campaign against france. i'm delighted to say we're joined by the scotland women's captain, rachel malcolm. how where the squad's preparations heading into the six nations match against england? we've been kinda preparing pretty hard today, initially we came into last night. it's obviously a pretty big game going into play one of the best teams in the world, so we're really trying to open it up, we can't wait to get on.

both scotland and england are smarting from their opening losses.nd i'm in dublin where the six nations grand slam is still very much on the table as ireland host wales. and i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, also coming up in the programme... out for weeks, manchester city's raheem sterling is in a race be fit for real madrid at the end of the month. great britain are battling to reach the fed cup finals, but they've lost their first rubber away in slovakia. and we hear from the west ham women's captain, and how talking has helped her tackle her mental health issues. hello and welcome to sportsday. we are live in edinburgh ahead of round two of the six national, the action is coming thick and fast. in this brilliant competition, we are live in my side, glorious and dry evening but a cold one. there is a storm forecast for tomorrow and on the pitch, things are borrowing. plenty of fighting talk in the build—up to scotland hosting england in the calcutta cup at murrayfield tomorrow. tonight, the under 20s of both those nations will take each ot

colder in scotland and northern ireland.tends to slip down towards the south—east, lots of showers packing in from the north—west again, wintry over the high ground in scotland. the winds are still going to be pretty strong tomorrow. maybe not quite as strong for england and wales but strengthening for scotland and northern ireland. 0nce strengthening for scotland and northern ireland. once that removes through we are introducing not to showers, but colder air, temperatures will be dropping through the day, 10 degrees in the south—east, six or seven for scotla nd south—east, six or seven for scotland and northern ireland. here, as the central storm dennis gets closer during the night, you may find the winds strengthening to 70 01’ find the winds strengthening to 70 or 80 mph. then the sun tends to move away during monday itself. so the wind is not quite as strong. still going to be a windy day, still going to have some deals quite likely, there will be some sunshine and showers for even longer spells of rain and that thickne

ireland had lost to scotland in the decade.ts ahead. but scotla nd sexton putting the hosts ahead. but scotland stayed in touch and after the break, it was their captain's chance. shirley stuart hogg had scored? butjust chance. shirley stuart hogg had scored? but just watch this. chance. shirley stuart hogg had scored? butjust watch this. replays showed he dropped it on the line and as the ball agonisingly slipped from his grasp, had his team because my chances. sexton certainly didn't help as he booted ireland's19—12 ahead, but scotland weren't done. in the closing minutes within inches of the closing minutes within inches of the line, but ireland's defence clung on to claim a hard—fought victory. everything was about the result. i am victory. everything was about the result. iam happy victory. everything was about the result. i am happy with how we stuck in and fought back. we just couldn't get that lead. we could have really opened up, but we couldn't get it and scotland put it up to us. earlier, wales began their title defe

to be a conversation about the border between scotland and england and the might bea between scotlandard sell in a referendum. the front page of the n: referendum. the front page of the ‘i', band. there are posters were ordered out of the number ten briefing. —— their reporters. there are certain of the record briefings in numberio are certain of the record briefings in number 10 downing street but on this occasion, some journalists were excluded from the briefing and others walked out in sympathy. there was supposed to be briefing today with david frost. he is the europe advisor to number ten, the with david frost. he is the europe advisorto numberten, the main man for the uk advisorto numberten, the main man forthe uk in advisorto numberten, the main man for the uk in brussels to negotiate eu withdrawal and it was only supposed to be for a select group of journalists. this is separate from the two agreed lobby briefings that we re the two agreed lobby briefings that were agreed upon. it's not as if the lobby are excluded from ten downing street's briefings, but in this situation, th

scotland are have their first win of this year's six nations.ng them — the result going some way, to easing the pressure on head coach gregor townsend. rhia chohan reports. the coliseum sits across town, but these days, it's at the stadio 0limpico that battle is done in rome. if history between italy and scotland has anything to go by, this was set to be tense. even more so because both were yet to win a match in this season's championship. it took until round three, but stuart hogg was able to create a big moment for scotland, who had failed to score a try in their in their opening to score a try in the opening 26 nations games. minutes later, ali price what he had doubled the lead, but replays revealed a forward pass in that they build up. after the break, scotland were creeping forward phase by phase and putting the pressure on. their patienvce eventually prevailed. italy's defenders were eventually forced wide, allowing chris harris to get over the line. not pretty but effective. it was a performance far from perfect, adam hastings missing h

how are you going to stop the snp actually winning yet again in scotland?ade in a worse position than it was just a year ago. they are mired in difficulty and failure now, both morally and politically, they are both morally and politically, they a re pretty both morally and politically, they are pretty well bankrupt. we have not been focusing on that domestic agenda. we have almost spent a decade going on about constitutional politics, and i think people want to draw a line under that. we are outside of the european union, the rest of the united kingdom is finding a way to make a success of that, commerce that has to be our priority. we will see notable constitutional politics —— we will say no to note constitutional politics. so it should be easy for you to defeat them. i don't think we are there yet, i think we can see everything that has gone wrong with the snp and the failure in public service. i think the responsibility on us now service. i think the responsibility on us now in drawing a line under constitutional politics brings us together in giving a

we have but the area of rain notfar scotland. we have but the area of rain not farfrom scotland.from the southwest of england and into wales. if we look to the last bit is the next dose of rain. as will be happy and it will be accompanied by liens it will sweep its way in from the west overnight. it should be clearing away from western part of england and wales by morning. it is these areas will see the heaviest of their rainfall from today and overnight. could be of arsenic in any case of the hills of wales. by the time we get into the mining the elect whether it is in eastern england and it sweeps away from the man scotland and we get from sunshine as the winds pick up and be a blow in the showers and some wet weather coming in to northern ireland and setting scotla nd in to northern ireland and setting scotland and later into northern england with some snow the hills. 0nly england with some snow the hills. only four or england with some snow the hills. 0nlyfouror5 england with some snow the hills. only four or 5 degrees here, not much warmer but it will feel chatty as the day

indeed in scotland was making as we could see ten centimetres over some of the higher elevations —— scotland's a risk of transport disruption. so back and across the northern half of the uk where they will continue to follow snow. it's going to be another windy day well with coastal gusts reaching 50, 60, 60 five miles an hour or something like that. most ranging around 40, maybe 50. that will blow these i was through fairly quickly. it will be another cold day across the north of the uk, temperatures coming down a little bit. that means more of those hours will be filing a snow for more of us on tuesday. tuesday into wednesday sees further showers as well blowing across northern ireland, the north of england and into scotland in particular with further significant accumulations of snow and an ongoing threat of icy conditions and disruptive snow on the roads. elsewhere pressure rises for a time across england and so when they should be a dry day. the next leather system will then begin to work into the far south—west later in the day without our bags of rain arriving to later in the afternoon.

ireland, gusts of 70 to 80 mph in scotland.to begin with. a few showers. most will fade. long sunny spells developing in the afternoon. temperatures eight to ten degrees. it will feel colder than it has done of late. especially with that added wind—chill. the winds will ease down for wednesday and thursday. back to nina and roger. i was think we getjanuary out of the way and we have broken the back of the winter. but no way. brighter nights. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. let's take a look at the newspapers and the front pages. the sunday express says the prime minister will set the tone for an "assertive post—brexit britain" on monday. it shows mrjohnson bonging his own gong at the time the uk left the eu on friday. meanwhile, the sunday telegraph claims borisjohnson is "infuriated" with what he sees as an eu attempt to "frustrate a free—trade deal". it comes as he prepares to negotiate the uk's future relationship with the eu. using some really convert of language tomorrow. —— combative. away from brexit - the sunda

ellis genge with the try that took the game away from scotland.ys going to be tough, respected them with weather like this. the most important thing was our attitude.- the end of the day we are here to win test matches and we have not managed to do that yet. we will go back to the drawing board on monday morning and be ready for a couple of weeks' time. after two years in scotla nd weeks' time. after two years in scotland the calcutta cup comes back south of the border as england's championship hopes to keep list. —— ta ke championship hopes to keep list. —— take a boost. earlier, ireland sent out a strong message — beating the reigning champions, wales by 2a points to m. its a first defeat in nine six nations game for wales — ending their hopes of back to back grand slams. with all the details here's austin halewood. what a statement of intent was for ireland and the new head coach, a resounding win over the defending champions wales here at the aviva stadium in dublin. last weekend against scotland it was all about that first victory for farrell

scotland.rnight of snow in the high ground of scotland. overnight in northern england, northern ireland, overthe hills there will be further snow. it continues to pile on across scotland. producing the towns and cities holding above freezing. —— temperatures in the towns and cities. slippery conditions. the main risk of seeing lying snow will be across higher elevations in northern ireland and northern england, and into scotland. we could see around ten centimetres of snow above 300 metres. the snow will come down to pretty low levels. tuesday by and large we are looking at a similar day. quite windy. again a day of sunshine and showers. the air getting a little bit colder, we will see more of those showers turning to snow in the northern half of the uk. further accumulations across the high ground of scotland. more of that to come on wednesday as we continue with the north—westerly winds. further south, a ridge of high pressure will kill the showers for a time across england and wales. for the

she will seek support from other areas of scotland, from civic scotland.will discuss the question that might be put in a putative referendum. she will press for that. but she also says she's prepared to consider — at least consider — alternatives. she rules out a wildcat referendum, as in catalonia. she says it would simply set things back. she is not interested, she says, in gestures that do not fall within the law. but she is prepared to consider — at least consider — testing in the courts whether the scottish parliament might have the power to hold a consultative plebiscite — not a full—scale statutory referendum but a consultative plebiscite — whether the reservation of the constitution to westminster would rule that out or not. now, let me be clear, she is not particularly in favour of that. some within her party are arguing for it. she is not advocating that. she is not seeking that at an early stage. indeed, she says the focus should be upon building support for independence rather than arguing about process. but she's not ruling that out. however,

there isa wintry flavour into scotland. will continue to run into england and wales. even that could be heavy and thundery. towards the south—east of england it will be largely dry. temperatures here close to freezing. the band of wet weather will head its way down to the south—east of england for the rush hour, that moves through then gradually overnight the charity become fewer, skies tend to clear. there will still be a few showers, wintry in scotland, and ice could be a problem, too. temperatures will be farfrom a problem, too. temperatures will be far from freezing, even a problem, too. temperatures will be farfrom freezing, even in a problem, too. temperatures will be far from freezing, even in towns and cities. cloud and rain moving in on wednesday morning, that affects wales, northern ireland, scotland. it will move eastward through the day. temperatures will be around nine or 10 degrees. with another speu nine or 10 degrees. with another spell of rain to come across wales and the north west of england, which could

but when it came to the vote, mps from scotland and wales staged a protest.and, meaning they didn't get a say. but the snp‘s westminster leader ian blackford said the bill would have spending implications for scotland. a bill to bring in no—fault divorce in england and wales was debated in the lords. currently, one spouse must allege adultery or unreasonable behaviour by the other for divorce proceedings to start straight away. if the bill passes, spouses will only have to state that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. while under certain circumstances divorce may well be the least worst option for some couples, this bill promotes individual choice over and at the expense of the sort of commitment, self giving and sacrifice which lies at the heart of the marriage covenant. i don't accept that this bill will lead to an increase in the overall number of divorces overtime, and i say, i refer to this having been through a divorce when there was no financial conflict, no conflict over parental responsibilities, and yet the divorce for me and i think for my

england reignite their six nations title hopes after beating scotland. earlier, ireland beat wales. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjo phillips and nigel nelson. stay with us for that. the security forces in thailand are searching for a soldier who went on a shooting spree with an assault rifle, killing at least 20 people. special forces have stormed a shopping centre in the city of nakhon ratchasima, also known as korat, where the gunman is believed to be holed up. in the last few hours, two casualties have been brought out of the complex. it's still not clear how many people remain inside the shopping centre tonight. (live pix)this is the scene tonight — as you can see — it's still not clear how many people remain inside the shopping centre tonight. this is the scene tonight — as you can see — gun shots have been reported in the past few hours. lots of police remain outside the building as the operation to find the gunman continues. we will bring you the latest as it this story develops. jonathan head sent this report from bangkok. panic in a p

that, some of us still stuck in winter, especially across northern england, northern ireland and scotlandich saw disruptive snow on monday and elsewhere in england and wales, heavy rain exacerbated the flood risk. not as wet as over the flood risk. not as wet as over the next ten days, many areas sensitive to small amounts of rain and there's a number of flood warnings still in place. this is tuesday, a cold north—westerly wind, strong winds pushing plenty of wintry showers across the country and we are all in this colder air, so and we are all in this colder air, so parts of england and wales have had a fairly mild weekend but we'll notice different on tuesday. lots of wintry showers around and by wintry, imean wintry showers around and by wintry, i mean they could contain sleet, hail, snow, even thunder and lightning and most frequent further west you are but nowhere immune from these wintry showers, blown through quickly on strong and gusty winds. the strongest in south—west england and among channel coast. five to nine celsius, add on the wind, feeling even colder. similar on wednesda

ireland have a new coach too, they host scotland later who've had some disciplinary issues?ame in dublin, ireland very much a different feel about irish rugby from wales, the high day really poor 2019, a disappointing six nations, lefty one cup than they had hoped for so former coachjoe lefty one cup than they had hoped for so former coach joe schmidt left and that a bit of a cloud and andy farrell ta kes and that a bit of a cloud and andy farrell takes over, he has never been a coach before so it be interesting to see how he gets on. they take on scotland to have some selection issues of their own, their player, most creative, finra russell has not been picked for the squad because of disciplinary issues in the build—up to the game this week so it will be interesting to see how they get on without him, well they still have the same flair and sparky created particularly in a very tough opening first fixture away to ireland. (britain's jamie murray could be on his way to an eighth grand slam double's title after taking the first set in the mixed doubles final of the australia

perhaps no the higher highest going to scotland. for the east of scotla nd to scotland.ra putting in from the west. a wet and windy start to sunday morning across the board. it will be mild, frost free to start the day, but you will certainly notice the strength of the wind and they will strengthen further through the day. you can see the proximity of these i showing how windy it will be, particularly strong gusty winds on this cold front as it works eastwards. and around the southern edge of the area of low pressure. these are the likely gusts of wind we will see tomorrow, widely 60—70 mph, even inland, around the hills and coast, 80 mile—per—hour gusts, even through the english channel. that is fairly unusual. we will see heavy rain and mountain snow across scotland and northern ireland. the rain clearly —— clearing kick sungshan shall throughout the day tomorrow. strong winds, gusts about 80 mph, even through the central belt through the afternoon tomorrow. further south across the uk, we start off with heavy bus of rain. could be hail and thunder, particularly on thi

what your weather arriving in west scotland could become squally in the day.cotland and northern ireland, showers filing overnight, mainly affecting internet wells. heavy rain over the hills in the west threatening some further whitening as well. it... showers will be wintry over the hills but exceptionally mild across much of england and wales where it is a wet 01’ england and wales where it is a wet or windy start to tomorrow. that rain band edges down towards the south—east and things may come down for a little bit but there are lots of showers packing in from the north—west, wintry over the high ground in scotland. the winds during the day probably easing off or a touch for england and wales so not as windy but the stronger winds will push back into scotland and northern ireland. those temperatures will be dropping away as we lose that wetter weather and introduce showers, colder air. scotland and northern ireland only six or 7 degrees and here as we get the centre of storm dennis getting closer during sunday evening and night, we may find a squeeze in the

possibly dental a—levels for a time scotland. possibly dental a—levels fora time in scotland.urther problems. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at 2pm... the british man linked to 11 coronavirus patients leaves hospital — as world health experts warn of the disease‘s global impact: it might end up as an outbreak that has, of course, has unfortunately killed over 1000 people, but can still be controlled and contained. on the other hand, it may become, still, a global outbreak or even a pandemic. stopped in its tracks — one of sport‘s prestige events, the chinese grand prix, is postponed because of fears over the coronavirus outbreak. how to police the internet... as media regulator ofcom is to get new powers to force social media companies to remove harmful content..

let's go to sarah now, and we have the old enemies scotland and england at murrayfield later. easy one to predict is it? no, it certainly isn't. 149 years of this fixture in the calcutta cup. it has given us plenty of surprises and also ample time for that rivalry to grow in intensity. today should be no different. traditionally, england come in as favourites. 0ver no different. traditionally, england come in as favourites. over the last ten years, scotland have won just once and that was here at murrayfield two years ago. remember, that a sensational second—half comeback from scotland at twickenham to rescue a draw last year. and you do think that scotland, despite that loss in dublin last week, as austin was mentioned, they are buoyed by their performance. they showed more determination, more grit and they hungin determination, more grit and they hung in the battle right until the end, that was a criticism over scotla nd end, that was a criticism over scotland of the last couple of years will stop in contrast, england looked limp and lifeless in their loss in france last wee

it allows a bit more sunshine to develop in scotland and northern ireland later., east anglia and the south after morning cloud and just one 01’ two showers. but even here the wind will be picking up. 50mph gusts not out of the question and the winds go more northerly across parts of scotland later on, which will introduce a drop in temperatures across the afternoon compared to how we started the day. most staying on the mild side, with temperatures in double figures. particularly for england and wales. that will be the case in cardiff for the opener of the six nations between wales and italy. we will see a fair bit of sunshine here after the morning cloud, but quite a blustery day and it will be blustery too in dublin for ireland against scotland. that wind could bring a few showers close to the city, but overall mostly dry. as we go into this evening, wales, northern ireland and the midlands, prone to some showers and one or two may be towards east anglia as well. they will fade away for a time. clearer skies, temperatures take a bit of a plummet across the nort

scotland we re ireland‘s lead extended. scotland were not finished yet.appy englishman in head coach andy farrell. everything today was about the result. we would like to play better. we had some great chances to score and didn‘t take them. we made a couple of line brea ks them. we made a couple of line breaks and an interception and they we re breaks and an interception and they were around the other end of the pitch. everything was about the result and i‘m happy about how we stuck in and fought back and we couldn‘t get that lead. if we got that two—score lead we could have opened up. all credit to scotland, they put it up to us. we had a few occasions in the first half close to the try line and obviously at the end of the game. there were opportunities for us to score points. and also we gave away two or three penalties that just eased the pressure on ireland. i felt we were good when we had ball in hand and we we re good when we had ball in hand and we were making good decision and getting behind the defence. but we didn't make must have of that —— eno

now, the forecast for monday, and a nasty area of low pressure is forecast to sweep across scotland.be picking up early on monday across the western isles of scotland, touching gale force very soon in the morning, and then basically through the morning into the afternoon, those winds will build. you can see some heavy rain sweeping through too, possibly some snow across the mountains. to the south of that, it's drier and brighter, maybe the southern counties getting a little dose of snow, but we're going to focus on those winds, very strong indeed, possibly up to around 80mph in gusts around the western isles of scotland, and then monday evening into early tuesday, we're expecting the worst of the weather to transfer to eastern parts of scotland, and here, you can see gusts of around 70mph, for example, for murray, aberdeenshire and it's expected to be very windy inland, through the lowlands as well, and these winds could cause some delays and some structural damage in places as well. and then thursday, in the wake of this weather system, again, some nasty winds possibly affecting ea

gusts of 70—80 mph in northern scotland.away towards scandinavia on monday. still, lots of isobars on the chart. monday is still going to be a very windy day. gales quite widely, and we'll have some showers, perhaps some longer spells of rain and yes, cold enough for the showers across the northern half of the uk to be wintry over the hills — particularly in scotland. those temperatures around 8—10 degrees for the start of the week. so, it's still a windy start of the week. we no longer have storm dennis on the scene. we've got this run of winds coming in from the atlantic, a showery airstream through monday and into tuesday. maybe some longer spells of rain in the far north of scotland. just south of that, the colder air means that showers will be wintry over the hills of scotland and perhaps down over the hills of northern england and northern ireland. fewer showers for southern and eastern parts of england. those temperatures, 6—7 degrees in the north, 10 in the south. now, we got higher pressure not far away, certainly g

it is still cold in scotland as well. we are seeing the weather changing.trengthening from the south—west, pushing in all the cloud. for many parts of the country we will find rain continuing overnight, pushing in from the south—west of england where it will be particularly mild. further north we still have colder air so it is notjust rain but also snow and even in the rush hour some snow falling in the central belt of scotland. most snow over the hills and central southern scotland and for northern ireland so it could be wintry for a while but it is mostly rain, even that petering out during the morning. further south, heavy showers and those will be driven on by some gale force winds across southern england through the english channel and channel islands with gusts of 60 mph. further north, an improving story with many places drying off and brightening off, still damp and grey and cold for south—east scotland and north—east of england. the area of low pressure bringing all that weather is going to push away during thursday evening and by the time we get t

and locally, 80 miles and scotland and locally, 80 miles an hourfor and scotland and locally, 80 milesrts and scotland and locally, 80 miles an hourfor parts of us are and scotland and locally, 80 miles an hour for parts of us are well. strength of wind likely to bring some disruption. the into the early hours of sunday, a mixture of clear spells, blustery wintry showers it's a more significant snow starting to accumulate across the highlands and at lower levels, it is likely to be sleet and rain. every of the pressure storm slips are simple way northwards and still quite windy but those whence to slowly ease down through sunday, potentially on sunday morning we could see some outbreaks of rain in southeast england and i can scoot out the way. mostly england and i can scoot out the way. m ostly o n england and i can scoot out the way. mostly on sunday, sunny spells and some wintry showers and we could see some wintry showers and we could see some further accumulations of snow across the highlands that releases to pile up by the latter half of the weekend. another quality but temperatur

the far north of scotland, much of scotland the far north of england will stay dry. a frost. a frost for some of you there. the cloud and rain will be on there. the cloud and rain will be on the move as we go through tomorrow. things across england and wales if we start what dry up for a time before showers develop in the west the same in northern ireland. some could be heavy and hungry. scotland will see rain and hills no push northwards through the day. eventually lifting temperatures after that chilly start. on sunday we could see temperatures around a0 degrees across the south—east corner with some sunshine. a quick peek into the start of next week. keep an eye on what will happen. this area of low pressure we will see rain at top and tail of the country. some parts in central areas. a few showers, a little sunshine around. but while the wind will be light they will be picking up further north. anna cross parts of northern and western scotland and northern ireland. widespread gales continuing. damaging gusts of 70—80 mph. temperatures above levels where they shou

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that's jorge sitting close to the north west of scotland, still quite windy. may well bring a spell of rain across more southern parts of england through the english channel. so more snow, though, for the highlands, a lot of snow to come. elsewhere, some sunshine and some showers, which could be wintry over the hills as well. another chilly sort of feeling day. not as windy for the southern half of the uk, where temperatures are 8 or 9. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. today at 14:00... a man who was on the diamond princess cruise ship has become the first briton to die from the coronavirus. three new cases are confirmed in the uk and there are growing fears about the global spread of the virus. a lot of our attention has been on italy and japan. what happens in iran and africa is probably more significant in terms of the risk of this turning into a pandemic where the spread across borders becomes not possible to contain. as stock markets across the globe suffer their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008, the bank of england

ireland hadn't lost to scotland in dublin for a decade. confident?y were confident after this, skipperjohnny sexton putting the hosts ahead. but scotland stayed in touch and after the break, it was their captain's chance. surely stuart hogg had scored? but just watch this. replays showed he dropped it on the line and as the ball agonisingly slipped from his grasp, had his team's chances. he sexton certainly didn't help, as he booted ireland's 19—12 ahead, but still scotland weren't done. in the closing minutes, within inches of the line, but ireland's defence clung on to claim a hard—fought victory. everything was about the result. i am happy with how we stuck in and fought back. we just couldn't get that lead. we could have really opened up, but we couldn't get it and scotland put it up to us. earlier, wales began their title defence amid passion and an awful lot of points, 42, to be precise, as italy were left chasing shadows. two early tries forjosh adams, the second courtesy of some outrageous skill. how often do you see this? through the legs fr