its time for the news where you are. at 10.30 — now on bbc1 its time goodbye. at 10.30 — now on bbc1jim naughtie talks with the writer francis harding about her historical fantasy skinful of shadows. the english civil war, and a country governed by rivalry and suspicion, by turmoil. in francis harding's novel a skinful 0f suspicion, by turmoil. in francis harding's novel a skinful of shadows we are led into that dark maze by a young girl who carries a special burden, spirits, ghosts who have taken refuge inside her. this is historical fantasy on a grand scale, a child flees persecution, she gathers a crew of protectors and cou nters gathers a crew of protectors and counters donaghy encounters a strange debonair and deals with a fear that we can all too well imagine. welcome. let's start with that time in england in the 17th century in the civil war because it's at the heart of the book, the turmoil, you are obviously drawn to it, it obviously excites you. very much so, i'm fascinated by historical time periods that are times of aftermath 01’ periods that are times of aftermath or tra

match of the day and scottish cup highlights are on bbc1 later tonight so if you don't want to know thet of the season with a 3—1 home victory over newcastle united. sergio aguero scoring a hatrick for the runaway premier league leaders. elsewhere there wins for arsenal, champions chelsea, manchester united, leicester and stoke who were playing under new manager paul lambert for the first time. in the scottish cup, aberdeen eased into the fifth round with a 4—1win over championship side st mirren. gary mackay—steven with the goal of the game to seal their place in the last 16 draw. amongst the other teams through are the highland league side — brora rangers and cup holders celtic. and arsenal's alexis sanchez will move to manchester united. the quarter—final line—up for rugby union's european champions cup is still undecided as teams continue to jostle for places on the last weekend of qualification. holders saracens gave themselves a late life—line by beating northampton at the expense of ospreys. which means the only welsh team through are scarlets. they topped their pool with a narro

throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at ten o'clock now on bbc1bbc news. i'm martine croxall. theresa may has said she'll set out plans in the coming weeks to crack down on company executives who enrich themselves while jeopardising their workers' pensions. writing in the observer newspaper, mrs may describes the practice as an unacceptable abuse that will be ended. earlier i spoke to the former pensions minister, baroness altmann. she explained what powers the pension regulator have to make companies keep their schemes in good order. the pensions regulator already has the power to stop a company paying dividends if it believes that that would jeopardise the pension scheme. but the pensions regulator would only do that if the trustees call it in and the regulator looks at the scheme and decides that the company should be putting money into the pension scheme rather than into the dividend payment. it also has the power to question executive pay as well, but i think there are duties on trustees and of course on company management that need to be tak

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel, but do stay with us on bbc1, it's hello. this is bbc news. the new chairman of the conservatives says their activists must be better at using social media to put forward the party's message. brandon lewis, who took over the role in last week's government reshuffle, said the tories would equip activists with a cyber "toolkit." speaking to the andrew marr show mr lewis said he wanted to help supporters engage with potential voters. what matters to me is we have a huge number of people, not just what matters to me is we have a huge number of people, notjust members, but volunteers and activists around the country who are out there day in and day out knocking on doors, delivering leaflets, getting involved in social media to ved spread the message about positive things we are doing in government, so we win the votes in local and general elections, to make sure we give people good governance in local areas. do you have as many members as the labour party? i'll not play the numbers game, as tempting as it is. it not just th

now on bbc1, its time for the news where you are. hello. for the news where you are."northern forest" stretching across rural areas from liverpool to hull have been announced by the government. the woodland trust is running the project, which will cost £500 million over 25 years. most of the money will need to be raised by the charity. the government is providing £5.7 million to cover woodland spanning manchester, leeds and bradford. our correspondent roger harrabin has more. the bare hills of the north. one of the most denuded parts of a country that itself has less woodland than almost anywhere in europe. the land stripped over centuries fortimberand farming, scarred by industry, overgrazed by sheep farming. at smithils near manchester, things will be different. planting has begun for what will be known as the northern forest. we think the northern forest will be a pathfinder for extending forest and woodland right across country. we think trees and woods can add value in many different landscapes. we just want to do it here first and do it big. it isn't really a fo

think it was over four pounds but this is all part of the documentary, "the coronation" that airs on bbc1ke to be queen so i think it's worth a listen in. >> the epitome of rich people problems. >> you can't look down to read the speech. you have to take the speech up. because if you did your neck would break. >> she's talking about the weight of the crown. she's been there for a minute. >> might want to watch. that see you tomorrow everybody. thanks for watching. appreciate it. >>> i'm gray hall alongside christie ileto. >> coming up next saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. multiple people were hospitalize after a house fire in trenton. what we've learned about their injuries. >>> we have reaction from the community following a report that the commander-in-chief used vulgar words to describe countries in africa. >> those story and more, all next on "action news" saturday morning. so, it's really nice when clients come in and have... done some of their ou think abrking with a bassett designer was really easy. us being young professionals we're so busy... there's no way we could've designed it o

throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at 20 past 9 — now on bbc1 england and wales that he would consider looking at legislation so victims don't feel excluded from the parole process. baroness newlove spoke to thejustice secretary, david lidington last night in the wake of the decision to release from jail the serial sex offenderjohn worboys. speaking to my colleague shaun ley earlier, baroness newlove gave her reaction to the news that worboys has been given parole and that some of his victims weren't informed beforehand that this was happening. when you go for an appeal hearing, there is a judgment that's in the public domain, and i have been asking that parole boards should give a similar judgments that is that open transparency, because it is very much a every closed hearing. victims can go and give their statement to a parole hearing, or they can do video link, and we just then wait for this letter or this telephone call to notify of the decision that has been made. so, ijust think this time is right, and if the government need to change the

think it was over four pounds but this is all part of the documentary, "the coronation" that airs on bbc1ke to be queen so i think it's worth a listen in. >> the epitome of rich people problems. >> you can't look down to read the speech. you have to take the speech up. because if you did your neck would break. >> she's talking about the weight of the crown. she's been there for a minute. >> thank you, adrienne. might want to watch that. see you tomorrow, everybody. thanks for watching. appreciate it. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm chris nguyen. martin luther king jr. day isn't until monday but one neighborhood is honoring the civil rights leader today. there will be a community march from the bay view opera house to bay view park at third street and carroll avenue. there will be live performances, swimming, lunch, and raffles at the park. the event is free and open to the public. >>> also happening today, san francisco is looking to hire. there are open positions with the parks and recreation department. the sheriff's department. and much more. the job fair is from 10:00 to 1:00 at the h