colin paterson, bbc news, swindon. that's it from us.d night. welcome to bbc london news with me, victoria hollins. a headteacher has backed down from a ban on hijabs in her east london primary school. st stephen's in upton park recently introduced restrictions on girls wearing the headscarf. the school said the move was to help muslim children integrate it's a0 celsius and wet outside playing tennis. one game at the start of the fourth set lasted 20 minutes. just one game. under the most extreme pressure in the most extreme conditions, he peaked. nothing much between the players in world rankings or court will stop from this moment he took the fourth set 6—0. both men stretched the armed previous limits. who wilts, ? who wins? edmonds is the kind of guy who lets his tennis do the talking. it's a professional sport. it's not meant to bet. it is meant to hurt. if people do start to become ill it might be a concern but i am just concerned with getting through. he is through. edmonds's endurance impressed many. andy murray described it as t

colin paterson, bbc news, swindon.ions, they will find out next week. what's more on our website. if you want to get in touch with us here at bbc world news, you can do so on social media. i'm @bbckasiamadera on twitter. now the weather, with chris fawkes. hello there. yesterday, in scotland, again we had some problems with snow, seems like this fairly commonplace. but in the highlands of scotland, just short of 47 metres of snow lying on the ground. now, the weather this weekend dominated by two areas of low pressure. 0ne here coming in today and another one near the coast of canada will be bringing a spell of heavy rain, hill snow, and eventually a change, the weather. this is how we start off the weekend, though. a band of rain working in the southern and western areas. cold air to the north—east, a risk of ice, and further snow showers affecting scotland. now the main uncertainty is how far north this pulse of sedation gets. it looks likely to move right across ireland, we could see four centimetres of snow for som

laughter colin paterson, bbc news, swindon.ll in her stride. we have had more snow showers today. this is the view in glasgow after just half an hour of heavy snow. we have a lot of lying snow around at the moment and its continuing to cause some disruption. the met office have issued a member whether one today for the heavy snow and ice, particularly affecting the south west of scotland but we have also some heavy snow in the north—west of england. the snow showers across western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, will continue but they will ease away overnight so eventually the skies become clear and rain works in from the south—western night. as it bops the colder air wiggo season snow over the hills of wales, perhaps the chilterns, and the cotswolds too. further north there will be ice and it will be a problem through saturday morning. on saturday morning, imogen improved a across scotland, northern england and northern ireland with a return to sunshine and the snow showers easing away eventually. further south

colin paterson, bbc news, swindon. 0ut out of the mouths of babes. they‘ve taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine, a single blood test for all types of cancer 0n the eve of his first year in office, president trump hold talks with democrats in a bid to avert a us government shutdown now it‘s time for the film review with mark kermode and jane hill. warm welcome to the film review. to ta ke warm welcome to the film review. to take us through this week‘s release ises mark kermode. what have you been watching this week? very exciting week. we have the post starring tom hanks and meryl streep. coco the new animation from pixar. and the commuter the new liam neeson action vehicle. the post is about journalism. i can‘t wait. i‘m excited. did you like it?|j journalism. i can‘t wait. i‘m excited. did you like it? i did. i really did. this is a

our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been along to rehearsals.eat. but the festival will also be incorporating some more famous work on the subject. i have alzheimer's disease. early onset. three years ago, julianne moore won the best actress oscar for still alice. try pretending you are me when you walk. for the uk premiere of the stage version, that role will be played by sharon small from the inspector lynley mysteries. i do feel the pressure, but we are telling the story in a slightly different way, more theatrically. i'm going... oh, yes, stanford. have fun! that will be myjob on this one, to try to get people to see that people with dementia are still, although struggling, they are still trying to get on with life and they are still people. if i go further away i get lost, but i do make myself go out, because you've got to, haven't you? and in another rehearsal room, rosa peterson is listening to her play being read by actors for the very first time. i‘m glad i‘ve done it. it‘s an achievement. itjust proves that if you‘ve got dementia you c

our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, was there.as caused politicians to change policy, do you do that show. i managed to speak to him afterwards. i don't often get starstruck, but i was standing there thinking, that is so david attenborough. we were all amazed when we saw that programme. what was your reaction when you first saw the footage from blue planet? you see shots sometimes as they come in. you see them is not edited, in different shapes and forms, and eventually, you see the finished thing. when you see the finished thing, you think, i am very privileged to be putting words to that. right, jodie whittaker was there. you spoke to her about doctor who.” whittaker was there. you spoke to her about doctor who. i wanted to ask about one of the most memorable moments in tv last year. do you remember the men's singles final at wimbledon? at the end, they unveiled doctor who. i said, wimbledon? at the end, they unveiled doctor who. isaid, what wimbledon? at the end, they unveiled doctor who. i said, what is that —— was that like f

the festival is called ‘every third minute'. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has beenhe no different things. bob fulcher was picked to work with professional playwright for the every third minute festival. they've created i see land ahead, a nautical tale based on one of his paintings. bob, you were a farmer for more than 40 bob, you were a farmer for more than a0 yea rs. bob, you were a farmer for more than a0 years. you are now 70 and now you area a0 years. you are now 70 and now you are a about to have a play on. how does that feel? being part of this festival has given me a chance to put my message across about how important it is to enjoy life, even though i've had dementia for eight yea rs. life though i've had dementia for eight years. life is great. but the festival will also be incorporating some more famous work on the subject. i have alzheimer's disease. early onset. three years ago, julianne moore won the best actress 0scar julianne moore won the best actress oscar for still alice. try pretending you are me when you walk. for the uk premiere of the stage ve