bbc website - office. you can continue watching this on the bbc website news - office. u can continue watching this on the bbc website news at i office. you can continue watching l this on the bbc website news at six now. as part of their probe into its finances. colin beattie was arrested at his home in dalkeith near edinburgh this morning — the party leader and first minister humza yusuf had this to say. i've said already that people are innocent until proven guilty. there is change that is needed within the way the party is operated, i have made that absolutely clear. the arrest comes two weeks after the snp's former chief executive peter murrell was taken in for questioning — he was later released without charge. also on the programme... prepayment meters are back although with restrictions — but it's angered campaigners who want a total ban. in the us — the 16 year old boy who rang the wrong doorbell and was shot in the head — a man has been charged. and the moment 95—year—old tom street found he'd broken a world record — for playing in a brass band. and coming up o

bbc news - airfield. that's it from us. much| more on the bbc news website. bye—bye. hello. oking drier, more settled to start the new week, but it will be turning markedly colder. this area of low pressure that brought the weekend�*s unsettled weather heads off towards the continent for monday. as it pulls out of the way, we engage a northerly airstream and arctic air floods all the way south across the uk through monday and it will stick around for tuesday and wednesday as well. winds gusting as—ss mph around the coasts of northern and eastern and eastern scotland into the small hours of monday, the cold air pushing in, turning showers here increasingly to snow. further south, some rain for wales and the south—west of england overnight. a frost for scotland and elsewhere, we should see temperatures holding up in the mid range of single figures. and there we are again — monday daytime with that arctic air gradually running its way south. you can see some milder airjust about clings on to the south. that�*s tied in with this area of rain moving across from wales and the south

bbc news. and of course there is plenty more on the bbc news website. s in england will have to bring photo id to vote in the upcoming local elections. this change follows northern ireland, who introduced the rule in 2003. people who don't have an official id can apply for a voter authority certificate. ione wells has the details. in three weeks' time, scenes like this will be taking place in hundreds of council areas across england. about 8000 councillors are being elected in total. in the biggest round of local elections in england since 2019. but this time, there is one big change. [30 england since 2019. but this time, there is one big change.— england since 2019. but this time, there is one big change. do you have our id on there is one big change. do you have your m on you? _ there is one big change. do you have your id on you? now _ there is one big change. do you have your id on you? now you _ there is one big change. do you have your id on you? now you have - there is one big change. do you have your id on you? now you have to - there is one big

bbc news, at westminster abbey. we will have live coverage of the coronation on bbc news. as always, there is much more detail on the bbc news websitehat will make a king. it is referring to the historic saint edward's crown that will be placed on the head of king charles iii as part of a coronation ritual that goes back centuries. lots more facts and figures and you can find them on the bbc news website. the authorities in colombia have reissued their warning that people living close to a volcano that may erupt should evacuate. the nevada galleries volcano has been on orange alert since march the 30th, meaning a large eruption is expected in the coming days or weeks. early this month, families were told their children may be forcibly removed from the area should they decide to stay. it is unclear how many people have chosen to leave. in 1985 the volcano caused one of the world's most deadly eruption is 125,000 people were killed after mudslides engulfed the town. tolls are opening across uzbekistan for a referendum on changes to the constitution, including controversially extending the president's term in office. the president says

bbc news. you can read more of that story on the bbc news website, and 40 was in the bbc news website, and 40 wasn dhaka which was the worst accident in bangladesh's history. over 1000 people died when an illegally extended 8—storey building housing garment factories collapsed. that disaster prompted an international outcry and promised worker safety. i have been speaking to a fashion journalist and author about whether something like this could happen again. i something like this could happen aaain. ~ . ., ., ,, again. i think that today i work fashion industry _ again. i think that today i work fashion industry has _ again. i think that today i work fashion industry has gotten - again. i think that today i work - fashion industry has gotten murkier and i don't think there have been the significant changes that need to happen. coming mostly from the multinational companies. there is still a fight for a safe working and labour conditions for workers in the global south in the fashion industry. global south in the fashion indust . , ._ industry. many companies, many countries made _ industry. many

and you can find out more about that story, if you log onto the bbc news website. s app if you have not. thank you for watching. hello there. we've seen a lot of cloud again today, with rain developing more widely. there will be some changes in the next few days. tomorrow, a drier day than today and it's warming up a bitjust in time for the bank holiday weekend, although there will be some sharp showers around as well. earlier on today, it was particularly wet in cornwall, an inch of rain falling in places. since then, that heavier rain has pushed through the midlands towards the south—east of england. it's heading up towards east anglia and lincolnshire as well. there'll be a lot of cloud around overnight, but the worst of the rain tending to move away towards the end of the night. it will be a mild start to friday and quite a bit milder than of late actually in scotland. there'll still be some rain left from overnight first thing, especially across northern england. the worst that moves away out into the north sea. we've got some damp weather heading down with tha

and if you want to watch the full interview with elon musk — it's available right now — on the bbc news website from twitter — all attention will be on northern ireland today — as us presidentjoe biden begins his visit to belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. he's been meeting with the uk prime minister rishi sunak — and has a busy day ahead. the windsor framework will be discussed — that's the new brexit deal for northern ireland agreed with the european union. northern ireland is the only part of the uk to have a land border with the eu at the republic of ireland. the signing of the windsor framework in february did ease fears over post brexit trade rules but the democratic unionist party is still not on board so what does the future hold for businesses in northern ireland? gordon milligan is the chair of the institute of directors for northern ireland. give us a snapshot because you are in a position to see what business was like before the deal was signed and a business now, talk to me about how ireland has changed as a place to invest. ~ ., ., , , to invest. wi

bbc website - office. you can continue watching this on the bbc website news - office. nue watching l this on the bbc website news at six now. as part of their probe into its finances. colin beattie was arrested at his home in dalkeith near edinburgh this morning — the party leader and first minister humza yusuf had this to say. i've said already that people are innocent until proven guilty. there is change that is needed within the way the party is operated, i have made that absolutely clear. the arrest comes two weeks after the snp's former chief executive peter murrell was taken in for questioning — he was later released without charge. also on the programme... prepayment meters are back although with restrictions — but it's angered campaigners who want a total ban. in the us — the 16 year old boy who rang the wrong doorbell and was shot in the head — a man has been charged.

there is much more from samir and that interview on the bbc news website, should you need it. — in one of his first interviews since he bought twitter for $41; billion last year. he defended his decision to lay off thousands of staff, saying that twitter only had 4 months to live if drastic measures weren't taken. musk also said he's confident the company will become profitbable and advertisers will return. no, twitter is rough... i'd say we're roughly break even at this point. and i think you've said before, you see you see a world where you could be in profit. is there a timeline on that, do you think? i mean, depending on how things go, if current trends continue, i think we could be profitable, or i mean... to be more precise, we could be cash flow positive this quarter if things keep going well. this quarter, as soon as that? possibly, yeah. wow. and do you have a message for the advertisers? i mean, can you say which advertisers haven't come back? i think almost all of them have either come back or said they're going to come back. there are very few exceptions. can you sa

and if you want to watch the full interview with elon musk — it's available right now — on the bbc news websiteedia company. let's get a reminder of how we got to this point — with our reporter naomi choy smith who joins us now live from the london newsroom... naomi can you breakdown the past six months for it is hard to believe it has been only six months since elon musk took over twitter, let“s only six months since elon musk took over twitter, let's start at the beginning and the controversy that started about 12 months ago when he became the largest shareholder with a 9.2% stake. things started to happen fast. you put an offer for $44 happen fast. you put an offer for $41; billion. unfortunately after that it seemed like he was starting to get cold feet, he sick to end the bids to buy twitter claiming the deal could be reached that there were not enough disclosure of what he called fake bots on the site. a us court after that try to increase the timeline and said a twitter court case may actually go to trial so that brought everything into sharp focus leading to this moment when elon musk c

there is much more on that and all our other stories on the bbc news website or app. ew week. most of us have seen real cloud at times, it is looking drier to start the new week but it will be turning colder. this area of low pressure brought the weekend's unsettled weather and heads off to the continent for monday, as it pulls away it engages a northerly airstream and arctic air flights all the way south across the uk on monday and stick around for tuesday wednesday. winds gusting to five, 50 mph around the coast of northern and eastern scotland into the small hours of monday. a cold air pushing in, turning showers increasingly to snow. furthersouth, in, turning showers increasingly to snow. further south, some rain in the south—west of england, overnight frost for scotland. elsewhere we should see temperatures holding up any mid range of single figures. there we are again, monday daytime with that arctic air gradually running its way south. you can see some milder air clings on to the south and that is tied in with this area of rain moving across from wales and the s

much more on all of those stories, including that developing story throughout the day on the bbc news websites ricochets around westminster this morning. much more on that on the top of the hour. time not for the top of the hour. time not for the weather. hello there. we've got the bank holiday weekend just around the corner. the weather is changing somewhat. it's probably going to be a bit warmerfor many parts of the country over the weekend. whilst there will be some sunshine around, we've got the chance of some heavy showers, as well. it feels a bit warmer today. the clouds slowly breaking up and thinning to allow temperatures in the south—east to reach 18, maybe even 19 degrees. one or two showers around, particularly across northern ireland. those will tend to fade away during this evening. for many parts it's going to be dry overnight. some breaks in the cloud leading to a bit of mist and fog here and there. thickening cloud could bring some wetter weather towards parts of mainland scotland. temperatures similar to last night, actually, so a mild four to seven degrees. heading into tomo

there is much more from this on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. in our weather for the start of the new week. most of us have seen a cloud and rain at times. looking drier and more settled to start the new week but it will be turning markedly colder. this area of low pressure that brought the weekend�*s unsettled weather heads towards the continent from monday. as it pulls out of the way we engage a northerly airstream and arctic floods all the way south across the uk through monday and it will stick around for tuesday and wednesday as well. winds are gusting 4 or 5, 55 mph around the north—east coast of scotland, cold pushing on, turning a shower to snow. further south, rain for wales on the south of england overnight. a frost for scotland and elsewhere we should see temperatures holding up in the mid range of single figures. that we are again, monday daytime without arctic gradually running its way south. you can see a milder air atjust about clings the cell. that is tied in with this area of rain from the south—west into the south—east for the

just head to the bbc news website. from myself, you are watching bbc news. hello.kend and into next week. and for many of us this afternoon, we'll see some good spells of sunshine. the overnight rain has cleared away from east anglia and southeast england, but in its wake we could see some showers developing here through the afternoon and out to the west, this bank of cloud will be extending its way gradually eastwards through this afternoon and overnight, eventually bringing some rain into northern ireland as we head towards the end of the day. but for many, dry, some good spells of sunshine. watch out for those showers across east anglia and south—east england. some of them could be heavy and thundery. it will be feeling warmer than it did yesterday. temperatures generally in the low to mid—teens across the uk and there'll be some good spells of sunshine to end the day across many central and eastern areas. then overnight, this band of cloud and increasingly patchy rain starts to work its way gradually eastwards, bringing some mist and some hill fog across wester

there's more analysis of the days main stories on the bbc news website. news where you are. have a very good night. good evening. a sudanese family have spoken of their joy and relief at being reunited in london after the mother and daughter escaped from the war—torn country last week. they're now back together in the capital and have been speaking to our reporter guy lynn. reunited at last. mohammed, who's british, finally with his wife, samya, and daughter after their evacuation to london. no money, no, no... no hospital, no care, no anything. as the civil war raged in khartoum, she and her daughter, layla, had to hide in their own house. so hard... so hard. we can't do anything. just we...we... we sleep under the bed. we sleep under the bed because we're scared if we go anywhere out. mohammed, watching the news from london, knew it was now or never. my daughter's life was in danger. my wife was in danger and there was no way out. and we just had tojust be evacuated. so i told them to go to the the airfield and they made that journey. it was a very scar

will have more for you on that story as and when we can get it, but of course lots more on the bbc news websitews. what i love most about myjob and what makes it most unique is the ability to tell stories about people from all over the world, give them a platform to be able to share their stories. and i love doing it, whether it's in the studio or out in the field. the focus of my storytelling throughout my career has been women and children, those who have been impacted by conflict, by upheaval. i often find in my storytelling that the issues that concern a young woman in kabul is also something that young women here in london are also thinking about. so we are far more connected. our concerns, whether that's about child care or about the cost of living or about energy prices, is something that's truly global. and so to be able to bring uk audiences those stories into their living rooms, on their mobile phones, on their digital platforms is so critical in an increasingly interconnected world. you're live with bbc news. pope francis has been leading a mass at st peter's basilica in the vatican

there is more on all our stories on the bbc news website and the bbc news mobile app.hat cloud has been thick enough for patchy light rain and drizzle, and we will keep some of that going through this evening and overnight, initially across parts of southern scotland into northern england as the night wears on, the midlands, maybe east anglia by the end of the night. could see some clearer skies across kent for a time but for most a generally cloudy night, but not as cold as last night. temperatures generally between 5—10 celsius, perhaps two or three if we see clearer skies developing for long enough across parts of kent. this is how we start the new week, with high pressure firmly in charge and we will keep that area of high pressure close by for much of the week. unlike the weekjust gone, the week ahead is looking much drierfor many, some spells of sunshine and a little warmer at first before we start to develop an easterly wind which will gradually turn things cooler as the week wears on. a lot of cloud to start the day through monday, some outbreaks of rain initia

there is much more on all those stories on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. hello again.h pressure. so, very settled conditions. but we do have a weather front making its way in from the atlantic. that will throw more cloud ahead of it as it does so through the course of the afternoon, especially and across the western isles and also northern ireland. here, too, its going to be windy, gusty winds around the outer hebrides. breezy along the north sea coastline, east anglia, kent and the english channel. so feeling a little bit cooler here. but for most of us, the breeze is very gentle. now, temperatures today could get up to 15 degrees somewhere around the moray firth. but generally, we're looking at about 9 to 13. through this evening and overnight under clear skies, temperatures will fall away quite rapidly. as the weather front comes in, it will bring thicker cloud in some rain across western scotland and northern ireland. so not as cold here, but temperatures freezing or indeed below for much of the rest of the country. tomorrow then, the high pressure is still with us

lots more on the bbc news website, that's it from me, do state with bbc news.ese big cumulonimbus clouds looming over the skyline of hastings. not too far away in kent we had a heavy downpour that brought some hail, two centimetres pail was reported and temperatures came down to about one celsius as well so a sudden drop in temperatures as that storm went through. at the moment we have still got a few showers left over across scotland but otherwise some clear spells around, bit of rain starting to edge back into south—west england, southern parts of wales. a chilly start to the day with images 1—3 . this area of low pressure moves ran across southern wales, southern of england and dives into northern france. i think away from that for scotland and northern ireland there is another day of sun phone and showers, some of them slow—moving as is that low pressure works on two fronts it changes the wind flow and we get this zone of convergence whether winds bash together, a big line of form. maybe we will get an odd funnel cloud even from that kind of area. highs to

there is much more of calls on the bbc news website or of course the bbc news app.n. thank you very much for your company, goodbye. hello. quite a marked change to come in a weatherfor quite a marked change to come in a weather for the start of the new week. forthe weather for the start of the new week. for the weekend, most have seen a cloud and rain at times. actually looking drier, more settled to start the new week and it will be turning remarkably colder. this area of low pressure that brought the weekend unsettled weather heads off towards the continent from monday. as it pulls out of the way, we engage a northerly airstream and arctic airfront all the engage a northerly airstream and arctic air front all the way south across the uk through monday and it will stick around for tuesday and wednesday as well. winds gusting 4 or 5, 50 five miles per hour around the coast of northern and eastern scotland into the small hours of monday. the cold air pushing on, turning showers increasingly does no. south, some rain for wales in the south—west of england overnight. a

we have the bbc news website story about this behind me. now and the 17th of may, so don't panic if you have not received it today, it will be coming. the second will be in the autumn and the third next spring. they are slightly different. £301 this time, then 299, and then 300 for the next couple. how is it paid? let's start with how it is paid. it will be directly in people personal bank accounts, the bank account that is used to pay their benefits into. that is really important to say, that it is automatic and it will be with the reference dwp ceo al and then their national insurance number. the fact it is going directly means that unfortunately fraudsters will be trying to take advantage of this, but if someone tries to get in contact and says we need your bank details to transfer this payment, that clearly is a scam. he is eligible? 8 million people. people who qualify who are already in receipt of certain benefits, one of universal credit, jobseeker�*s allowance, the employment and support allowance, working tax credits, child tax cre

just a reminder that you can get all the latest on the bbc news website. can get that 2a hours a day. just a reminder before we go, the top story the summer, president emmanuel macron of france and i von der leyen from the european commission are embellishing meeting president xijinping and pushing commission are embellishing meeting president xi jinping and pushing for closer economic ties between europe and china but they are also pushing for china to do more when it comes to pressure on russia regarding the war in ukraine. stay with us on bbc news, we will keep you posted on that story during the day. thank you very much for your company. i will see you next time. goodbye. hello again. if you are out and about over the next few days and you have an allergy to tree pollen, across the southern half of england and all of wales, the levels are going to be high or on saturday, very high. today, a ridge of high pressure building in behind this weather front. the weather front has produced a fair bit of cloud and rain in the early part of the day. it is continu

you're struggling with food, there is budget ideas on the tackling it together pages on the bbc news websitemurdoch's media empire, has paid more than $787 million to settle a lawsuit over its coverage of the 2020 us presidential election. a company which operated voting machines accused fox of damaging its reputation by broadcasting claims that its machines were used to rig the election in favour ofjoe biden. here's our north america editor sarah smith. we are fox news. forced to admit to broadcasting lies, fox news agreed to pay one of the largest defamation settlement in history. the truth matters. at the very last minute, lawyers agreed a payment to avoid a trial. today's settlement of $787,500,000 represents vindication and accountability. lies have consequences. on air, fox news anchors had peddled lies about the 2020 presidential election, saying there was a problem with voting machines made by dominion, even though they knew it wasn't true. we don't know how many votes were stolen on tuesday, we don't know anything about the software many say was rigged. we talked about the dominion

bbc news. ——mrtrump's. for now in court right here on bbc news. ——mr trump's. for now you can keep up—to—date on the bbc news websiter website or simply download the bbc news app, simply download the bbc news app, if you haven't done so already. time now to take a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines today, starting with the fact that malaysia's parliament has voted to remove the country's mandatory death penalty. there are more than 1300 prisoners currently on i300 prisoners currently on death row there although there has been a moratorium on executions since 2018. crimes like murder and terrorism will now be punished by life imprisonment. the white house says it cannot confirm us media reports that a chinese balloon that flew across the united states two months ago was able to gather intelligence from several military sites and transmit it back to beijing's. speaking at a briefing depend again deputy press secretary sabrina singh said she could not confirm whether live transmissions were made by the balloon. oil prices have surged after several of the world's largest exporters announced surp

struggling to pay your energy bills, there's advice and help on the tackling it together pages on the bbc news website is on the brink of economic collapse, according to the united nations, who say that drastic restrictions on women's rights and their ability to work are part of the reason that afghanistan is struggling to make progress. the number of people living in poverty rose from 19 million in 2020 — to 34 million in 2022. that represents more than 90% of the total population. aid is being sent, around £3.5 billion worth last year, from the international community. but if that level of aid is reduced, the un says many more people will be dragged into extreme poverty. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye reports from the capital, kabul. no time for a childhood. 11—year—old saeed ali akbar must work every day so that his family can eat — one of more than a million children out of school in afghanistan. he was in sixth grade till last year. "i really liked school. "i miss it. "this is very hard work, but i've got used to it now," he says. next door, his older brother does the same work. nine hours of ha

i should say as well that you are able to keep up with all the latest development on the bbc news websitents from dublin. chris, i think your microphone issues may be resolved if you can tell us what you see from your vantage point.— tell us what you see from your vantage point. yes, sarah i hope communication _ vantage point. yes, sarah i hope communication issues _ vantage point. yes, sarah i hope communication issues have - vantage point. yes, sarah i hope l communication issues have indeed been resolved. the presidential motorcade has arrived here at the house in dublin city centre are ahead of this historic presidential address byjoe biden to more than 200 parliamentarians. just on the steps waiting to greet the president we had the speakers of both houses of the irish parliament. the concordia, speaker of the lower lack dues lower house, he will introduce president biden to members of parliament and also a senator who chairs the upper house of the irish parliament known as ——. you see the size of the presidential entourage as ever it really is quite a sight. we were talking about se

bbc news. bbc news is doing a live stream of the launch showing the rocket sending juice into space, that s from 12.30 bst — on the bbc news website that one of the two sea king helicopters britain has given to ukraine played a key role in the falklands conflict. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. i�*ve just come back from ukraine and while i was there, i had the opportunity to fly on one of the two sea king helicopters that the uk has given to ukraine. and it was while i was up in the air that itjust struck me just how long these aircraft have been in service. so i did a bit of digging around to try and discover what had happened to this aircraft over the years and discovered that one of them had this rather extraordinary back history. for years, this helicopter served the british navy. but now, it�*s flying new colours. one of two sea kings the uk has given ukraine. an iconic british aircraft — here to fetch and carry, to rescue and reconnoitre. we joined the crew on patrol in the skies of southern ukraine. this aircraft is not new. it can�*t fire any missiles, but it can play a key role moving troops and kit t

bbc news, east london. lots of coverage heading into the coronation next saturday. to the coronation of king charles on the bbc news websitext if working on a remote island with eight million birds sound like the idealjob, then this is for you. britain's royal society for the protection of birds is looking for someone to join a team of six to work on gough island, which is a seven day boat trip from south africa, right in the middle of the atlantic ocean. jonathan hall is from the rspb. it slap bang in the middle of the south atlantic in one of the most breeding islands on the planet and has big threats from introduced mice which are severely reducing the seabird populations in thisjob on behalf of the local community on the nearby islands is really to monitor the impact of those mice and make sure we are aware of all of what is going on to the seabird species. you are in the middle of nowhere, as you said, seven hours from cape town and you are therefore probably 13 months, so you are out in a field for long days, but if you love seabirds. this is real abundance. you are looking up huge green hills and seeing build balls

more on that and today�*s other stories on the bbc news website and app, and you can reach me on twitter dry weather to come now in the forecast with plenty of sunshine, too. sunny spells captured today by weather watchers in pembrokeshire and again in derbyshire. and there�*s a lot more of that to come as we head through the next few days. so more sunshine, it�*s dry and fine for most particularly away from the far north and the west. why? well, because high pressure is dominating. it�*s towards the south—west and also out towards the east as well, just sending this chilly northeasterly breeze towards north sea facing coast today. so here it�*s always going to feel a little cooler and there will be some cloud across scotland and northern ireland. small chance for a shower here, a bit more clouds, but still breaking up at times across west and wales, in the far south west of england, temperatures peaking between nine and 13 degrees celsius. of course, a little bit more strength than the sunshine at this time of year. so in the best of that, it�*s going to feel pleasantly warm. now as we

you can watch the full version of the interview on the bbc news website. you are watching bbc news.mier league clubs have been sponsored by financial firms that have subsequently been and by the british financial conduct authority, find, or are british financial conduct authority, find, orare under british financial conduct authority, find, or are under investigation. most of the companies were offering complex financial tools to ordinary people. but, as the world service investigation unit discovered, not many were playing by the rules. a glossy promo for leeds united. the video was sponsored by an online financialfirm called fxvc. for more than a year, their branding was seen around elland road. it was an endorsement that gave people like phil and joyce the confidence to hand over tens of thousands of pounds. the fact that they sponsored leeds football club, i just took them as being a proper investment platform. he was saying, phil, you do realise you're going to be a millionaire. it happened fast. the company were known as a contract for difference firm, speculating on things li

with food bills, there's help and budget recipe ideas on the tackling it together pages on the bbc news websitetor, faisal islam, is here. lets try to dig under some of the problems raised in that report. why is inflation proving to be so stubborn?— is inflation proving to be so stubborn? , ., , ., stubborn? these are extremely and freakishly high _ stubborn? these are extremely and freakishly high rate _ stubborn? these are extremely and freakishly high rate of— stubborn? these are extremely and freakishly high rate of inflation - freakishly high rate of inflation and food price inflation in particular. and that 10%, they are consistent with people's lived experience, double takes on the supermarket, why has it gone up so much in the past week? even if it halves, as the government hopes, by the end of the year, you might lose that sentiment but it does not mean prices will have fallen on average and you will still get that pain in the report pulled hopefully the headline rate of inflation starts to fall sharply in the coming months because of the comparison with last year's big rises in energy

bbc news. more the stories on the bbc news. more the stories on the bbc news. more the stories on the bbc news website. thanks for watching. some rain and chilly feel and even where the sun did shine some big show up as developed in through the mesh of the week and we will continue to see those heavy showers but also some spells in warm sunshine and this is the satellite picture from early on and you can see that field of cloud across parts of north—east england and scotland and then more cloud gathering out in the atlantic and is that these its way eastwards as we head through the night will bring a band of showers across many parts of the uk. ahead of that, they could well be some areas of mist and fog. little bit chilly other parts of east anglia may be up to 3—4 or colder in shetland to the lerwick 10 degrees for belfast so i'll start to sunday. through the day tomorrow will see this band of cloud rain pushed its way eastwards. more significant rain like developer time across the northern isles. the name brightening but also scattering of heavy and thundery showers. staying dry across east anglia and the south—east, hi

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your reflections on that will- stay with us here on bbc news. you can get up—to—date on a lot of stories around the world, head to the bbc news website have nearly seen double the april average rainfall, is over. but in contrast to the wet weather in england, in the final to scotland, just like last month, it's turning out to be a much drier months and there has been more sunshine here, damages have been a bit higher than average as well. today, it's another cloudy day and we have got bursts of rain working from west to east across the uk, some heavy downpours are set to move into scotland and northern ireland, with a risk of some thunderstorms, with a risk of some thunderstorms, with some hail and heavy showers through the afternoon. at the same time, they will not be that many showers in east anglia and south—east england and weather should brighten up across wales on the south—west later today. nice temperatures around 8919 degrees, one feel too bad at all in those brighter moments. 0vernight with low pressure game in charge —— make 18-19 . pressure game in charge —— make 18—19 . further showers moving pressure game in charge —— m

bbc news. you can find out more on panorama tonight at 8pm on bbc one and iplayer and the full details of the poll are on the bbc news websitersing staff next week. he argued the mandate for industrial action expires at midnight on monday. the union denies this. it's general secretary accused the government of bullying. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says he utterly condemns the comments made by diane abbott about racism, describing them as "antisemitic". ms abbott was suspended as a labour mp yesterday, after suggesting jewish, irish and traveller people suffered prejudice, but weren't subject to racism. she later apologised and withdrew the comments. one of the most famous and controversial news anchors in america, tucker carlson, has left the fox news network. last week the channel paid dominion voting systems over 600 million pounds in an out of court settlement. dominion had alleged that statements made on carlson's show were defamatory, including his claims that its ballot—counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favour ofjoe biden. more than 200 million pounds of funding, intended to help s

don't forget to go to the bbc news website for all the very latest on our top stories.at the moment thatis up and running for you at the moment that is covering a story we have been following throughout the day, the bbc chairman richard sharp has resigned, after the borisjohnson loan rail, a report has found he didn't disclose potential perceived conflicts of interest during his appointment. and we are getting lots of reaction in from the prime minister, also from members of the opposition as well. media pundits are weighing in, katie razzall, our culture editor, has also just contributed her thoughts to the page, so well worth logging on to take a look. hello, we have got the bank holiday weekend just around the corner, the weather is changing somewhat, it is probably going to be a bit warmer for many parts of the country over the weekend and whilst there will be some sunshine around, we have got the chance of some heavy showers as well, it feels a bit warmer today, temperatures in the south—east will be reaching 18 on 19, one or two showers around, particularly for no

the causal link is, but within a few hours, this morning, of our story being published on the bbc news website and was swiftly allowed through. again, we don't know exactly what the causal link is but he thinks the popular city of this is led to a change and he says in his networks of sudanese doctors, he is seeing more and more people who are being allowed onto these flights, so they are optimistic that this has had an impact but he told me when i spoke to him a couple of hours ago, in the departure lounge, that this was bittersweet. it departure lounge, that this was bittersweet-— departure lounge, that this was bittersweet. , , bittersweet. it is mixed feelings, to be honest. — bittersweet. it is mixed feelings, to be honest, because _ bittersweet. it is mixed feelings, to be honest, because with - bittersweet. it is mixed feelings, to be honest, because with all i bittersweet. it is mixed feelings, to be honest, because with all ofj to be honest, because with all of this, _ to be honest, because with all of this, leaving my family, my dad, my mum: _ this, leaving my family, my dad, my mum.

meanwhile, we have a live page up and running on the bbc news website which keeps across all the developmentg street, the reaction as well. rishi sunak repeatedly declining to say whether he had informal warnings about dominic raab�*s conduct before he appointed him. a lot of questions and lots of responses for you, updating on the website with all the latest. we will return to the story shortly. the muslim holiday of eid is a time of celebration — a time to spend with family and friends. in yemen, that celebration has been shattered by the news that 80 people have been killed in a stampede at a school. hundreds of people, including many children, had gathered to receive gifts of money at a charity event arranged by local businesses in the capital, sanaa. there are not many images coming out of the country following last night's stampede, and most of those we have seen are too graphic or distressing to be shared. there are still some images that you may find upsetting in this report from our world affairs correspondent, caroline hawley. shouting. desperate efforts here to save people, pull t

moritz is inside the court, updating details to the bbc newsroom and also the live page on the bbc news websiteeping a cross every detail whilst we wait for the cameras to be switched on, we can focus just on the judge, and we can focus just on the judge, and we will get that sentencing as and when. we can speak to peter williams, a retired merseyside police inspector and now senior lecturer at the liverpooljohn moores university school ofjustice. what is your reaction to this case? well, one of them as a resident on merseyside, completely and utterly horrific, but i think what i have just said has been reiterated and reflected elsewhere, and i would say not only did this particular horrific case receive coverage lately, nationally but also glibly, with the advent of social media. —— also glibly. —— globally. in the light of that spotlight and attention the spotlight changed and was on merseyside police any merseyside police investigation. so it has been a difficultjourney for the residents of merseyside but i can tell you that we are all very pleased indeed with the unanimous verdicts and the

for more analysis you can head to the bbc news website, where you can read this piece which looks ather countries, and how americans feel about gun control laws. now — to a big one we're watching in the us — where the start of an explosive defamation case brought by dominion voting systems against fox news has been delayed by a day. dominion is suing fox for $1.6 billion — alleging that its presenters knowingly spread false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against donald trump. live now to new york — and media reporterfor the washington post — sarah ellison. welcome to the programme. it has been delayed for 24 hours. is that just to give the parties one last chance to try to settle this? exactly. my reporting indicates that the judge asked the two parties to try to get together one last time to see if they could settle before this explosive trial begins. and it does seem, though, that we are headed to trial, even though we have this 24—hour period, but we are all trying to figure out whether there could be some kind of last—ditch last—minute settlement. llsed cou

together to find some sort of peaceful solution and so don —— in suit on, you can find that on the bbc news websiteup people have missed out on the united nations children's agency says millions of children have missed some or all of their routine vaccinations, due to covid lockdowns and disruption caused by the pandemic. unicef says that across the world, up to 67 million children have missed out on vaccinations in some way. the organisation believes increased misinformation during the pandemic has contributed to vaccine hesitancy. and the consequences are potentially very serious. last year, the number of measles cases doubled and polio numbers rose sharply. joining me now is the bbc�*s health and disinformation reporter, rachel schraer. tell me first of all, are the big factors behind this misleading information, a lack of trust in expertise, and clinical polarisation in other countries, how big a problem is this? so in other countries, how big a problem is this?— in other countries, how big a roblem is this? , , ., ., problem is this? so this is a global re ort, problem is this? so this is a gl

doctors' strike and the impact it is expected to have on services in the coming days — on the bbc news websiteabout his conduct at work. tony danker had stepped aside while allegations linked to his behaviour towards a female employee were investigated. three other cbi employees have also been suspended "pending further investigation into a number of ongoing allegations", the group said. our business correspondent, emma simpson, is here. just remind us what's led up to his dismissal? this story has rocked the cbi. he stepped aside last month amid complaints. an investigation began but the report into what happened hasn't actually been published. it was done by an independent legal firm. the cbi simply saying today that related to specific complaints about workplace misconduct. but it had determined that his conduct fell short of that expected of the director—general. so he was sacked with immediate effect, but he's clearly not very happy about it because he said on twitter this morning that he was shocked to learn about his dismissal. instead of being invited to put forward his position. he sa

more on the website, of course, the bbc news website, and james' thoughts about that interview as well but not in interview that you turn down. well worth going on to the website and taking a look at all of his comments about what it was like to interview elon musk. a small piece of breaking news that comes from london, but it is from rishi sunak, the british prime minister, who says there is going to be a uk—ireland bed for the 2028 euros. he says if it is successful, the games would be the biggest sporting event that our islands have jointly staged. football has a habit of creating special memories, and in 2028 we want to create new memories for a new generation across england, scotland, wales, northern ireland and ireland, the biggest event of the islands have ever staged. rob watson is with me, because he has been watching president biden�*s speech, i will ask you to comment first on this footballing moment. it is not often that i would castigate a dear colleague, but did you describe that as a small news?! john lloyd i can tell you, for millions of us football fans... i lloyd i ca

you're with food bills there is help with budget recipe ideas on tackling it together on the bbc news websiteovernment has a plan. craig erlam is senior market analyst at 0anda. for we get to what markets are pricing and the bank of england might do, what doesjeremy hunt mean to halve inflation by the summer, what do you make is that as outlined with his autumn statement? , ., autumn statement? the plan the chancellor announced _ autumn statement? the plan the chancellor announced previously| chancellor announced previously was a long—term plan, a lot of the measures announced will not drive inflation in my view in the short to medium term. a lot of that burden will lie with the bank of england, that's what interest rates have to rise as far as they have and they are already priced into rise with a. when you are talking about inflation you compare prices to a year ago, energy prices through the second half of the gear will have come down considerably from a year ago, oil prices, the same, food prices will start to drift lower as well. this will have a beneficial impact on inflation, while i'm

bbc news. you can find out more on panorama tonight at 8pm on bbc one and iplayer and the full details of the poll are on the bbc news websitee accused, along with six other defendants. all eight of them have pleaded not guilty. our midlands correspondent navteonhal is outside leicester crown court. mahek bukhari is a tiktok influence with millions of likes for her videos, some of which feature her mother, ansreen bukhari. the prosecution has been laying out to the court how an extramarital affair between mahek —— ansreen bukhari and another man led to what they called cold—blooded murder. 46—year—old ansreen bukhari had been having an affair with saqib hussein for about three years before she broke it off in january last year. it's something her daughter was aware of. at the prosecution said he threatened to expose the affair by sending sexually explicit images of her to her husband and son, and attempting to blackmail her to persuade her to contact him. they allege that the damage that the revelation of the affair could have caused to mahek bukhari's standing as an influence was one of the motives for what followed. ajury

— on bbc iplayer and the full details of the yougov poll are on the bbc news website. artifically straightened at some time in the past. and the benefits of re—wiggling, according to experts, are too good to ignore. the royal society for the protection of birds says it's good for wildlife. scientists say it reduces flooding downstream and improves local water quality. there are calls for more schemes to be funded. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has been to see the work on swindale beck in cumbria. a river coming back to life. fish are now breeding in this part of swindale beck in cumbria in habitat that's been missing for 200 years. this one kilometre stretch of river was artificially straightened two centuries ago, but conservationists have now set it back on its original meandering course. the results of this restoration are really starting to show. and yeah, this little bit of river that we can see here, we've got a fantastic gravel bar. we've got the ripples that we can hear a little bit further up near one of the meanders, we've got a nice deep pool. so a

there is more information on the bbc news website. thank you. the scottish parliament for the first time since her husband, peter murrell, the former chief executive of the snp and the party's treasurer were questioned by police and released without charge pending further investigation. ms sturgeon denied that there was any connection between her decision to stand down as leader, and the police investigation. i understand the view that some people might have that i knew all of this was about to unfold and that's why i walked away. nothing could be further than the truth. i could not have anticipated in my worst nightmares what would have unfolded over the past few weeks. the welsh government has today officially apologised for the practice of forced adoptions. thousands of unmarried women were pressured into giving up their babies for adoption in the post—war years. today's apology follows one given by the scottish government last month — and comes after a series of reports on bbc news highlighting the pain caused to the birth mothers and their

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if you're struggling with food, there is budget ideas on the tackling together pages on the bbc news website chris mason is at westminster. these latest figures will be concerning for the government? it is one of those — concerning for the government? it 3 one of those nights where concerning for the government? it 1 one of those nights where you might have put on the telly, put on the news, and you might think this isn't news, and you might think this isn't news to me, i know how horrible those price rises are. the capacity of inflation to steal from us, take the money out of our pocket, effectively, because its value is worth less. all the noise that is about the current state of the economy, right at the heart of it is the question of inflation. the government acknowledges things are very difficult for families. if you look at how the uk is performing relative to comparable countries, the short answer is, not very well. but some ministers will point out come in some countries food prices are rising even more steeply. speaking to people privately in government, theirfear is speaking to peo

and of course there's more on all these stories on the bbc news website.eady delay this morning, passengers are facing weights of 30 minutes to get through french passport control. in calais there are longer queues in the morning is it could be difficult day ahead. police in northern ireland are warning that dissident republicans could try to provoke unrest over the easter weekend as events take place to mark 25 years since the good friday agreement. another win, another trophy for england women. chloe kelly is the difference as the lionesses beat brazil on penalties to win the first ever women's finalissima. good morning from rspb dungeness in kent. i am good morning from rspb dungeness in kent. iam here good morning from rspb dungeness in kent. i am here looking at the vast array of wildlife here and i will be also bringing you a forecast for the weather over the easter weekend which is looking mostly decent, perhaps some rain on easter monday but i will have all of the details here on bbc breakfast. it's friday the 7th april. our main story. passengers