and the bank of england wanted libor down.e so unwilling to lend to each other... but when mervyn king, the then governor of the bank of england, was called to answer questions before parliament in 2012, he said there was no instruction to doctor the libor rate. this is like, with a doctor, if the patient is sick, you want to bring the temperature down. but there is a world of difference between thinking about what measures he could adopt to bring the temperature of a patient down and actually tampering with a thermometer. but tampering with that thermometer, libor, is exactly what the bank of england had ordered. we were not aware... mervyn king's second—in—command at the bank of england was paul tucker. despite making that call to barclays boss paul dymond back in 2008, he told mps he'd onlyjust found out about lowballing. do yo recollect when libor was first raised as an issue to lowballing? umm, the... i mean, i wasn't aware of allegations of lowballing until the last few weeks. ditto, bob diamond. for the third time, what

north—west england and northwest wales. cooler and showery weather into northern scotland.hose showers will continue as the day goes on. some of us starting with a touch of frost. cloudy and damp weather, as i mentioned, northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and the north—west of wales. maybe the odd spot extending into the midlands and elsewhere in northern england to begin the day. there will be some occasional sunshine. some areas of rain at times, especially for good friday and easter day on sunday. now, this is how good friday begins, already with some damp weather affecting northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and northwest wales. cooler and showery weather into northern scotland. those showers will continue as the day goes on. some of us starting with a touch of frost. cloudy and damp weather, as i mentioned, northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and the north—west of wales. maybe the odd spot extending into the midlands and elsewhere in northern england to begin the day. to the south of that, though, varia

on sunday, england, wales and northern ireland mainly dry but the wind here will pick up.ross scotland is significant because into next week it will take colder air south across the uk and some of us will see some snow. keep checking the forecast. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: fighting for the french presidency. as support shifts, sunday's first round in a crucial election is looking too close to call. seven weeks and counting: british members of parliament vote to confirm a snap general election, onjune the 8th. two people are killed, as venezuela's biggest anti—government demonstrations in years turn violent. and grand slam mum—to—be. serena williams‘s agent confirms the tennis star is expecting a baby.

cook resigned the england captaincy earlier this year and wants to prove his worth as a batsman. it's kind of a different phase of my career after being captain. hopefully, i love playing cricket andi hopefully, i love playing cricket and i love playing for england, it isa and i love playing for england, it is a huge honour to walk out in front of lots of people at lord's or ed dickson or wherever, the ashes tour afterwards as well —— or edgbaston. i hope to score enough i’u ns edgbaston. i hope to score enough ru ns to edgbaston. i hope to score enough runs to get on the plane. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. you are watching bbc news, the headlines this evening... president trump says the syrian gas attack on children had a big impact on him, describing it as an affront to humanity. one of the closest advisers, his chief strategist steve bannon, has been removed from his position on the national security council. the labour party ruling bodyis council. the labour party ruling body is to review ken livingstone‘s stated i

we will see more cloud across the south—west of england and south wales, running up gci’oss england andes, running up across the home counties of east anglia. even under the cloud temperatures are 14—15. brightening up temperatures are 14—15. brightening up through the midlands, best of the sunshine to the east of the pennines. rather cloudy skies but in north—east england we've already seen temperatures of 18 degrees. there is a bit of rain in the north of scotla nd there is a bit of rain in the north of scotland which will move south overnight becoming more extensive overnight becoming more extensive over scotland. maybe more rain coming into northern ireland. most of england and wales will be dry. a lot of cloud around, not quite as cold as it was last night. lowest temperatures in the south—west where we will see some mist and fog patches. those will clear and it will brighten up slowly across england and wales on friday. more cloud across northern england, it could be damp over the hills. we'll see this light and patchy rain sinking southwards across southern scotla nd sinking sout

labour promises higher pay rises for nhs staff in england.back bursaries for student nurses. but the conservatives say labour's sums don't add up and would put the health service at risk. good morning, it's wednesday, the 26th of april. also this morning: ten years after the disappearance of madeleine mccann, detectives say they're pursuing a significant line of inquiry. these are the drones helping to make oui’ these are the drones helping to make our skies

england performance for wales compared to england ?on't ruin my child's education. well, it does, and i speak as an ex—head teacher because it imposes a much greater burden on schools to ensure that child does not fall behind their studies and is prepared well for examinations. no. pa rents prepared well for examinations. no. parents have got to come if they love their children and care for their children, they have got the balance holiday time with school time. once they are in school, they should observe the school rules.” do know if you have been watching the programme this morning, we have been talking about labour's proposal to provide funding for free school meals every primary school child in this country. what do you make of that? i have already said on this one i think the pupil prewritten di premium has made a big difference. i would much rather see any extra money being derived from extra taxation, whether private schools or other sources, given to the poorest children in our country and not necessarily subsidising those pa

last year more than 800,000 pupils in england missed one oi’ 800,000 pupils in england missed one or00 pupils in england missed one oi’ more sessions 800,000 pupils in england missed one or more sessions of school for family holidays, up more to 100,000 a year before that. that is interesting because in 2013, because of this fear, the law was tightened up. it enabled local authorities to fine parents. this case now makes the position clear, if you are a pa rent the position clear, if you are a parent and want to stay within the law, you take your holidays with your children during the school holidays, if you don't, you will be committing a criminal offence. some pa rents committing a criminal offence. some parents may take you, if i will only be fined £60, then it is a price worth paying, but what the supreme court said today, we cannot have the mayhem in our education system that would consume if you allow parents to ta ke would consume if you allow parents to take their children out of school for holidays whenever they wanted to do so. the prime minister today said, iam do so. the

the bank of england had warning signs about this certainly in 2007.ey were hearing, there's unequivocal signs that there's something very wrong with this rate. in october, 2008, the government launched emergency measures to get stricken banks lending again. it's been a tumultuous day. it started with the announcement of a giant rescue package for the british banking sector. the government pumped £37 billion of capital into the troubled banks. it was part of a huge rescue plan. if it worked, libor would fall, but it stayed frozen. the problem for the bank of england was even with a huge bailout, the banks knew they were all in trouble. it still wasn't getting any cheaper for them to borrow money from each other, and barclays kept their libor rate high to reflect that. the bank of england wasn't happy. 0n the 29th of october, 2008, it's then executive director paul tucker phoned up the barclays boss paul diamond. a conversation was had. that conversation was interpreted by barclays, by senior people within barclays, as an instruction to change their lib

some good sunny breaks in other parts of england, but a lot of cloud through northern england, down throughening rush—hour, staying financial dry. the south coast after a lovely sunny day so far, it is cool in the breeze, and the cloud amounts will increase. more in the way of cloud further north, and the showers could be on the heavy side. maybe the odd from the fund as well. northern ireland, scattered showers, the same in the west of scotland. temperatures around the mid in parts of lothian. tonight, showers across eastern england will drift southwards, fragments in, and without too much rain in them. i can't promise you too much rain for the garden. it will keep the temperature up here, but eastern scotla nd temperature up here, but eastern scotland and northern england and particularly the countryside and over the hills, some frost into friday morning. a fresh and crisp start with some sunshine. isolated showers on the north sea coasts in the morning, a brighter day than expected. towards the west, more cloud at times producing the odd shower. a dry day for the most part on friday, and

those winds continue to feed in the showers to the east coast of england.res elevation in the morning. so some wintryness here, perhaps a little bit of iciness around as well, and perhaps a bit of sleet in some of the heavy showers during the morning across eastern counties of england, maybe a dusting of snow for the north york moors. aside from that, though, i think it‘s going to be heavy rain showers that we see developing through the afternoon. and spilling inland across the midlands, covering much of east anglia, south—east england where the showers will be particularly heavy, some hail and thunder mixed in. and another coolish feeling day, temperatures 9—12 degrees. colder, though, as those showers moved through, the temperatures will drop away for a time. looking at wednesday night, things will begin to turn a little bit less cold across northern and western areas as cloudier weather spills in, bringing some spots of rain with it. but further south, with any link the clear spells we could well see a frost developing and it could be quite a damaging fr

in the afternoon, most of england and wales warm. temperatures, 2a— 25 in eastern england.his is the last of the warm airfora england. this is the last of the warm airfor a while. a england. this is the last of the warm air for a while. a weather front going south introducing cold airona front going south introducing cold air on a north—westerly wind for monday. once again, little to know rain. many parts of the country will have a dry day as also be some sunshine. more cloud than we have seen sunshine. more cloud than we have seen over sunshine. more cloud than we have seen over the weekend. heavy for a while. northern scotland. wintriness in showers. cold. single figures is unlikely. it will feel much, much cooler. that north—westerly airflow around this high pressure will get cut off to a certain extent on tuesday. these weather fronts coming in affecting the north of the uk. this rain could be quite heavy. it

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, butjones is concentrating on england's two—test tour of argentina in june.ey will just tell us, you know. what i envision happens is they will tell us and then we will give them a player and work out who is next, and that is how it works. and i am happy to do that, you know. that is ourjob, ourjob is for this period of time to serve the lions, and we will do that, so whoever they need we will give them too and then we will work out who we can bring into the squad. so we are happy to do that. there are three more games in basketball‘s nba play—offs on thursday night. cleveland are at indiana, with the cavs hoping to take a 3—0 lead in that series. although the pacers are currently leading 87— 8a. meanwhile, toronto are at milwaukee, with the series tied at 1—1. milwaukee is leaving 41— 15. coming up later in the western conference, san antonio are at memphis, with the spurs leading 2—0 in that series. and that is all your sport for now, from me and the rest of the wonderful sport today team, we will be back with more news in the next hour. hopefully see you t

the west of england will be easily into the low 20s.ill be the top temperatures, maybe about ten or 11 in the far north and west. but we do have a weather front drifting its way south sunday night into monday, and as that happens it is going to shut the warm air out of the way. there will be a few more showers dotted around, as well, and temperatures will be taking a bit of a tumble. hello. this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. the united states has carried out missile attacks in syria overnight. 59 cruise missiles were launched from us warships targeting a syrian air base. president trump said he ordered the action in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed dozens of people. it is in this vital national security interests of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.

it has to be the number one issue for england cricket right now.s to be england captain. within see how we are able to play against other teams and we might be able to show what we can do and try to get the next england captain. it could be you. yeah. 0ne england captain. it could be you. yeah. one day at a time. as captain often say. the big challenge for english cricket is to find this primary school in every part of the country. now 16 teams remain with the dream of the challenge cup. so to find out about the draw let's go to find out about the draw let's go to dave. 16 teams in the bowl for this sixth round challenge cup draw. including the top eight teams from super league last year. this is when the big guns really get involved. and we have a couple of special guests and we have a couple of special gu ests to and we have a couple of special guests to help us with the draw today. keith senior, winner in one of the most memorable challenge cup finals of all when sheffield eagles had a shock win over wigan in 1998. he has not aged a day. and chr

north west of england, the heavier burst.the south 16 considers, but in the north, a cold feerge to the —— feel to the weather. snow on top of the mountains. a cold night to come under clear skies for central and northern parts in particular. a fresh start to the day on saturday, but actually it's shaping up to be a fairly fine day. quite a lot of dry, bright weather with sunshine, just some showers towards the north and north—west of the country. further south, 1a degrees or so should feel fairly pleasant. it remains cool through the rest of the easter weekend with a mix of sunny spells. for some of us a bit of rain too. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the commander of american forces in afghanistan says dropping his country's most powerful non—nuclear bomb on islamic state was the right thing to do. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will not relent in our mission to fight alongside oui’ in our mission to fight alongside our afghan comrades to destroy isis in 2017. a british tourist, thought to b

england and northern ireland.s. pollen levels are high. tree pollen at this time of year. particularly high across england and wales away from the far north. towards the weekend, more sunshine developing more widely. pushing into scotla nd developing more widely. pushing into scotland and perhaps northern ireland, lifting the temperatures, i9 ireland, lifting the temperatures, 19 not out of the question. a lovely warm day for the grand national at aintree. no rain in the run—up to big race itself. high pressure is in charge of our weather. pushing its way towards the near continent. this weather front will encroach on the north—west of the uk but otherwise drawing up more of the southerly breeze which will tend to draw in sunny, clear air breeze which will tend to draw in sunny, clearairand warm breeze which will tend to draw in sunny, clear air and warm airfor england and wales. more cloud for northern ireland, western scotland, into eastern scotland and eventually over the irish sea. it's not going to be warm ev

but across england and wales we will have a lot of cloud.there. no great amounts. but a bit of a damp picture, especially for south wales and south—west england. to the north of northern england, scotland and northern ireland, something a bit brighter, but also showers. a strong wind will make it feel chilly in scotland. maybe sneaking a 16 in the south—east if we are very lucky. those weather systems pull away and we are back into the cooler north—westerly airflow. so we fluctuate almost from one day to the next over the easter weekend. on saturday, easter saturday, much drier and brighter. most places will have a fine day. a little sunshine at times, not doing an awful lot for temperatures. there could be a few showers in the north of scotland. then we are back into the fluctuation again for easter day. more weather fronts arriving across the uk. higher pressure in the south. those weather fronts again are fairly weak. most of the rain over the hills, across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. to the south, it should be dry an

the west of england will be easily into the low 20s. ten or 11 in the far north and west. but we do have a weather front drifting its way south sunday night into monday, and as that happens it is going to shut the warm air out of the way. colder air will follow along behind, so monday a very different look and a very different feel to things. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: the us signals a major shift in policy towards syria. it follows tuesday's suspected chemical attack. military options are being considered. will you and president trump organise an international coalition to remove bashar al—assad? organise an international coalition to remove bashar al-assad? those steps a re to remove bashar al-assad? those steps are under way. their first face—to—face meeting. with so many contentious issues on the agenda, will the presidents of china and the us find some common ground? after decades of violence, the basque separatist group

one or two for northern ireland and northern england, but very few for the rest of england, and for wales will be largely dry. those temperatures down compared with good friday, so 11! degrees possible in london, only nine in glasgow. for most of us, we will be around 9—12 degrees, in the wind, making you feel cooler. and bear that in mind, heading into the higher scottish hills and mountains. so wind chill will be a factor. there could be some snow showers as well, so some wintry conditions, you have to be prepared. now, as we go into saturday evening, it will be chilly. many of the showers will start to fade away, so we're left with a mainly dry saturday evening, but we are watching a weather system coming in from the atlantic for part two of the weekend. that is easter day, for sunday. now, still some uncertainty about the detail. it looks like it is going to push some rain into northern ireland, then feed into scotland. the risk of some snow into the scottish uplands, perhaps the higher parts of the pennines, too, for a time, as the wet weather pushes across northern england, wales, t

but brightening up across south—west england, wales and northern england, scotla nd england, wales andgales across the far north of scotland and in towns and cities, we‘re looking at temperatures six, seven and eight, but in the country sigh, lower than that. in the countryside once again, you can expect to see a touch of grass frost. under those clear skies, it means tomorrow morning will start on a bright notement againen the influence of high pressure. the weather settled for the rest of this week. still a squeeze on the isobars, still windy across the north, not as windy as it will be later today or tonight. cloud in the north—west will spill southwards during the day. a lot of this is high cloud. so it will be bright, rather than wall to wall blue skies, but the south—west of england should hang on to sunshine. here we are looking at a high of 12 celsius. dan and lou. thank you very much. they risk their lives protecting us from dangers such as burning buildings, road traffic accidents and floods. but are firefighters also exposing themselves to hidden health dangers? researchers

but across england and wales we will see a lot of cloud.zzle here and there. no great amounts. but a bit of a damp picture, especially for south wales and south—west england. to the north of northern england, scotland and northern ireland, something a bit brighter, some sunshine, but also showers. a strong wind will make it feel chilly in scotland. maybe sneaking a 16 in the south—east if we are very lucky. those weather systems pull away and we are back into the cooler north—westerly airflow. so we fluctuate almost from one day to the next over the easter weekend. and saturday, easter saturday, much drier and brighter. most places will have a fine day. a little sunshine at times, not doing an awful lot for temperatures. there could be a few showers in those stronger winds across the north of scotland. then we are back into the fluctuation again for easter day. more weather fronts arriving across the uk. mainly across the north. higher pressure in the south. those weather fronts again are fairly weak. most of the rain over the hills, across

the england coach today was relu cta nt to the england coach today was reluctant to talk about lionson that trip his squad for the tour of argentina in the summer was all was going to have a fascinating look to it. there are 15 uncapped players in the party including the teenagers ben and tom curry and several others,. after his lions disappointment dylan hartley will again captain england while other big is names to miss out on the lions are chris robshaw, james haskel, joan launchbury and ford are also heading to south america. he says his squad has asked striking blend of youth and experience. what i want these young guys to do is not wait for the senior players to ask them to do things. i want them to come in the squad and push the envelope. the curry boys, lone watch them play once and you could see they have something about them, i wa nt they have something about them, i want them to come in, read the intensity of training, be the new energy and the team. the only thing the senior players should have to do is ask them to tone it down. that is the only thing. and then find them

that said, a few showers overnight in the north—east of england. thing. again, sunshine to get to work on that fairly quickly and blake it —— break it up. as we will do for monday morning. video sunshine around, despite the chilly start in northern ireland and scotland. the rogue shower. it does look as if it will be dry for much of the day for most of us. to pick out a bit of detail, the fair weather cloud builds up inland as we go through the day. probably bright, rather than sunny, or more cloud than sunshine in the sky, but still a lovely afternoon. 13— 17 degrees, with light winds and sunshine. a lovely day. the best of the sunshine around the coasts. slightly cooler. the boat races go ahead. great for spectators and participants because it should be much calmer on the thames than last weekend. we had that choppy easterly wind. some sunshine for the premier league tomorrow in swansea and london. a bit more cloud building up into the afternoon. the cloud will potentially melt away under the high pressure tomorrow evening and overnight. again it

northern england cloudier times, along with northern ireland.nger at this time of year. temperatures in london 15 or16 of year. temperatures in london 15 or 16 degrees. in northern ireland, quite a bit of light, bright conditions on and off for the rest of the day. the north—west scotland it will be windy weather weather fronts continuing to feed in outbreaks of rain, targeting the high lands, and also that in the western isles and the northern isles. overnight, the weatherfront will slip its way southwards. the end of the night the brain will arrive in northern ireland, but making little overall ingress northern england. not cold one in the countryside. in the south in england and wales we could have pockets of frost in the coldest of spots. for weapons they, this weather front will move southwards, the weather will brighten up for scotla nd the weather will brighten up for scotland and northern ireland is. that could be a few showers here brought in under risk north—westerly wind. in the side that will stay dry but will cloud over. the font is

some showers peppering northern ireland and northern england. england, it will brighten up. the wind will not be a strong here is further north. but cooler and fresher wherever you are. but it is sunnier. there will be good sunny spells, even if you do catch a shower. this will move through quite quickly on the wind. hale and wintry across the tops of the hills. the rest of england and wales, few showers. most places will be dry. temperatures will be done compared with today. nine degrees in glasgow. into saturday, most places are looking dry. chilly, breezy. as we go to saturday night, it looks like cloud will increase in northern ireland. some outbreaks of rain moving in. while the weather system, some uncertainty of the detail going into easter sunday. there could be rain feeding into northern scotland. other parts of northern england, wales, midlands, east anglia, will see some outbreaks of rain on sunday. not much we think in southern england or northern scotland, but there will be a few scattered showers. the position and timing of this we

it is dry across a large part of england and wales and the channel islands. a mild start.land, northern ireland, and south scotland. a bit dampened drizzly at times, the declara nt scotland. a bit dampened drizzly at times, the declarant coasts and hills, but more consistent rain and wind will be in scotland. the northern aisle, with the showery hamas behind this system, this could turn wintry. —— showery air mass. north—west england, wales, the west hfiiezessflcnfllgnigglg:“127525 there will stay mainly cloudy. i these - the cloud 22.—sinew the . -- z’ mmfi m lithe evenin - to m lithe evenin on; as we go to the evening on saturday, a little bit of rain, moving south. north and especially scotland, as saturday begins, it will turn cold enough touch of frost. that takes us on the weekend. the weekend is looking pretty quiet, still. a mix of cloud and some occasional sunshine coming through. if you spots of rain from this weather front, looking southwards on saturday. north of that, it will be caught. sunny spells, and a couple of showers, especially in northern of showers, espe

in england, parents now face a choice.emium prices orface england, parents now face a choice. pay the premium prices or face the fines. it could not be more different from wales, where parents can ask for ten days extra away from school. the holidays are beginning that schools will expect children back the first day of term. branwen, this ruling has clarified the situation for parents, except that the rules about when you can and cannot take your child out of school vary from council to council. so, there is a little bit of a postcode lottery for parents at the moment in the sense that it depends how winning your local council is to issue a fine if the head teacher has refused permission for you to take your child on a term time holiday. we saw suffered issuing 6000 fines in one year but richmond—upon—thames in leafy south london issued none at all. tonight, councils have called for a bit of clarity from the government about how they choose for this rule to be interpreted. a note of caution from head teachers. we are delig

most of them will be near to the east coast of england. sunny spells elsewhere.degrees in london. that's your weather. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: it looks like president trump's border wall is going to be delayed. he's facing a government shutdown and mexico's not gonna pay. if they decide to do it, it is in their own sovereign right. the only thing that is clear is that there is no way mexico is not going to pay for it. a special report from lebanon, where refugees from syria are falling victim to the illegal trade in human organs. the united states begins to deploy its anti—missile system in korea a day after the north put on a massive display of firepower. the reality of... you hear the reaction from the audience, so i need to address one more point... and ivanka trump is greeted by groans in germany

tomorrow in england that averages 20- 21. it will be tomorrow in england that averages 20— 21. saying bill and ben. i apologise! we keep cutting the line because we don't want to hear your excuses! thanks amcu in a bit. we will be back with carol later. —— see you in a bit. let's bring you up to date with the events of the morning. last night the us launched missile strikes against syria. president trump said it was in america's national interest to prevent the spread and use of chemical weapons. the strike to race at1:40am uk time chemical weapons. the strike to race at 1:40am uk time and a total of 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from destroyers in the eastern mediterranean. the target was an air base in syria. we will be talking to the defence secretary later. afzal ashraf was a senior officer in the raf and worked as a counterinsurgency strategist for the us commanding general and the us ambassador in iraq. hejoins us now. we knew there would be some type of reaction from the us. but this feels like the start of a different military campaign. would you say that's fai

in england they have three times as many per head.they have tried to get it right but it is not perfect. wales isjust waking up now and people are starting to say that we need more psychotherapists. it is starting to seep into the culture that we must do it. ten years ago in england, around £200 million was spent training more therapists. there are signs that things are changing in wales as well. many of you who will be working with people who have ocd... this course at cardiff university is a step in the right direction but it is the only one of its level in wales. it will take more courses like this to ensure that the nhs has enough cbt therapists to meet the needs. many sufferers like dion pay for private treatment. the temptation then, of course, is to finish early because of the cost. that can increase the chance of a relapse. ocd comes back with force so quickly. so quickly. you have no idea. it is like the plague. it just takes over you. trying again. a fresh time again now. hoping to get completely free this time. a lot of har

this is for p.m., quite cloudy for the likes of south wales to the south—east of england.thern england and southern scotland, generally dry and brighter. slightly cloudier in northern ireland and for northern scotland, we'll continue to see some showers, a northern scotland, we'll continue to see some showers, a wintry flavour to those showers in the mountains of scotla nd to those showers in the mountains of scotland and also quite windy in the far north—east. through the course of saturday night and overnight into sunday, clear skies and temperatures falling down, four orfive in the towns and cities, but colder in the countryside. for the start of the london marathon on sunday it will be quite a fresh feel, quite chilly first thing. but into the afternoon it will warm up to around 13 or 1a, s0 it will warm up to around 13 or 1a, so not bad conditions for running on sunday. and much of the uk having another generally dry and brighter day with those temperatures somewhere in the region of 11 hide and 16. high pressure not far away as we look through sunday into the new wor

but across england and wales we will have a lot of cloud.n or drizzle here and there. no great amounts. but a bit of a damp picture, especially for south wales and south—west england. to the north of northern england, scotland and northern ireland, something a bit brighter, but also showers. a strong wind will make it feel chilly in scotland. maybe sneaking a 16 in the south—east if we are very lucky. those weather systems pull away and we are back into the cooler north—westerly airflow. so we fluctuate almost from one day to the next over the easter weekend. on saturday, easter saturday, much drier and brighter. most places will have a fine day. a little sunshine at times, not doing an awful lot for temperatures. there could be a few showers in the north of scotland. then we are back into the fluctuation for easter day. more weather fronts arriving across the uk. high pressure in the south. those weather fronts again are fairly weak. most of the rain over the hills, across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. to the south, it sh

in england, up to three full cycles are recommended.ycle is offered. in wales, women under 40 are entitled to two cycles. in northern ireland, just one. the ivf programme in scotland is expected to cost the nhs around £1 million a year, money which has been put aside already. the public health minister said the changes made access to ivf treatment in scotland the fairest and most generous in the uk. officials in australia warn that swollen rivers are still threatening tens of thousands of people in queensland and new south wales. the police commissioner in the city of rockhampton in queensland said the flooding would be the worst in nearly a century. the floods come in the aftermath of tuesdays category four tropical cyclone debbie. tammi walker has this story. authorities in australia have warned local residents, stranded by floodwaters, to remain vigilant in the aftermath of a powerful tropical cyclone. swollen rivers continue to rise, threatening tens of thousands of people living near major rivers in queensland and new south wales.

one or two showers for england, scotla nd one or two showers for england, scotland and northern ireland. compared with yesterday, it is a dryer afternoon and evening. turning cloudy in the shetland islands. tonight, the showers quickly disappear across east anglia and the south—east. with increasing cloud, increasing breeze and the less cold aircoming from increasing breeze and the less cold air coming from iceland, temperatures should hold up. but gardeners, there could be a frost away from the towns and cities tonight. sorry chilly start to thursday morning, but a bright one. make the most of the sunshine. brightening up for scotland, northern ireland and northern england later. as we go into friday, it turns quieter. a bit of a chilly start, but only a few showers around. many will be dry, and that continues into saturday for the start of the bank holiday weekend. winds developed by this stage, but through the weekend low pressure start to get close by. we have milderaircoming ourway start to get close by. we have milder air coming our way and breezy conditions, but there could be ra

bbc news learns that only 5% of prison staff in england and wales will get new pay allowa nces in englandup from the bbc sports centre. this isjohn watson. the merseyside derby between liverpool and everton at anfield kicks off the premier league action. both sides are missing key players. no adam lallana orjordan henderson for the home side, but roberto firmino and philippe coutinho in the side after returning from international duty with brazil. mason holgate replaces the injured seamus coleman for everton and defender matty pennington starts in a three—man central defence for the visitors. lu ka ku will a three—man central defence for the visitors. lukaku will be a major threat for the away side with 21 goals. he is the top goal—scorer in the league this season. tiger woods will play no part in golf‘s first major of the year, the masters after pulling out of next week's tournament with ongoing fitness issues. he says he is not tournament ready as he continues his struggles with his back. he has been sidelined for 15 months. he returned to action earlier this year. he won his first majo

england and wales, though, should have lighter winds.urden and rogerjohnson. the british government toughens its rhetoric over russia's involvement in the syrian civil war. defence secretary michael fallon blames the kremlin for the civilian deaths in tuesday's chemical weapons attack. boris johnson seeks support for a new initiative to end the conflict. good morning, it's sunday 9th april. also ahead: a rare honourfor murdered police officer keith palmer. his coffin will be taken to the palace of westminster ahead of his funeral tomorrow. a ceremony to mark the centenary of the first world war battle

england and wales, though, should have lighter winds. sunshine. welcome to bbc news. broadcasting at home and around the globe. i'm gavin grey. our top stories: home and around the globe. i'm gavin grey. ourtop stories: more home and around the globe. i'm gavin grey. our top stories: more details emerge about the main suspect in the stockholm lorry attack. he was known to the intelligence services. "prove it": russia demands the us shows evidence that the syrian government used chemical weapons on its own people. hello. police say they're increasingly certain the man arrested after the lorry attack in stockholm was responsible for driving the vehicle into a crowd of shoppers before ramming it into a department store.

a dry picture yet again for wales and southern england. ireland and from central scotland north, sunshine and also some blustery showers. and that continues throughout the day with a blustery wind. brightening up for northern ireland and the south of scotland and much of northern england into the afternoon. the midlands and east anglia, wales, clouding over but many places still dry. across the south of england around 15 or 16 degrees possible. as we go into thursday, a chilly start with high pressure building in initially. some sunshine around but perhaps a touch even of frost. just some showers possible but for most another predominantly dry day with temperatures around ten, 1a degrees. into good friday, cloud amounts fairly large with some spots of rain. nota huge fairly large with some spots of rain. not a huge amount of rain around, the best of the brightness across southern counties of england. and the east of scotland. through sunday, rain pushing west to east. not too much rain again across the south. and high pressure building in

later this afternoon, keeping brightness down the east coast of scotland and england and southern englandbreaking through the cloud but also the breeze coming in from the north—west. temperatures generally around 10—13. perhaps one or two rogue showers for the midlands and north west england, and also for fermanagh and londonderry, a bit of patchy rain. a few showers across scotla nd patchy rain. a few showers across scotland drifting from west to east. aberdeenshire should keep hold of a bit of sunshine through the day. this evening and overnight, the cloud gradually increases from the west. this is a weak front moving in. we will see patchy rain across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, north—west england and wales. to the south, relatively mild, seven or eight, clearer further north. through easter weekend, we will keep the fairly cool feel to the weather and there will be a mix of some sunshine, a bit of rain, not all of us seeing it, during good friday, the areas likely to see some rain, northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and wales. in the afternoon for

sean was across england will fit.two or three degrees. if your garden is prone to frost you may see one in the morning. it‘ll be a dry start before cloud belt up later. most of you will have a nice on tuesday with sunny spells. rain to the north—west highlands for much of the north—west highlands for much of the day. temperatures tomorrow in the day. temperatures tomorrow in the sunshine but feeling, in the north. this is bbc news. the headlines: the funeral of pc keith palmer, who was murdered in last month‘s westminster attack, has taken place at southwark cathedral. his family were joined by thousands of police officers who have been lining the route of the funeral procession through central london. the foreign secretary says russia faces the foreign secretary says russia fa ces fres h the foreign secretary says russia faces fresh international sanctions over its support of syrian president assad. this is your choice. stick with that guy, stick with that tyrant, or work with‘s to find a better solution. the number

in the next hour, a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england.lans to roll out a procedure that could help save thousands from lifelong disability were approved by nhs bosses. the queen and the duke of edinburgh offer bananas to donna the elephant while touring a new home for nine asian elephants at whipsnade zoo. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby with a rare genetic condition against his parents' wishes, a high court judge has ruled. specialists at great ormond street hospital said eight—month—old charlie gard has irreversible brain damage and should be moved to palliative care. his parents connie yates and chris gard have responded saying they are "devastated by the decision. they had wanted to take their son to the us for a treatment trial. let's go straight to the high court and our correspondent helena lee. a very distressing case and very distressing scenes when judgment was passed? they're, simon. as you would expect, emotional scenes in the family section of the high court here as t

the pressure on the ambulance service in england, because of overcrowding in many hospitals.ot of hot air — trying to beat the world record for crossing the channel. and coming up on bbc news: we've got the latest from the second round of the masters, where the weather has been far more friendly to the players, including england's lee westowood, at augusta. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. russia, an ally of syria, has condemned a missile strike authorised by president trump on a syrian government target. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from us warships in the mediterranean at the shayrat air base — from where mr trump said this week's deadly chemical weapons attack in northern syria was launched. in a moment, we'll get the latest on russia's response and how the strike could affect the long war in syria. but, first, here's our north america editorjon sopel and a warning, his report does contain some distressing images. it was after dark on the east coast of america and before the sun had risen in the middle east when the commander in chief gave the ord

northern england, also a sunny and pleasa nt northern england, also a sunny and pleasant afternoon. clear skies in england and wales. these temperatures in towns and cities and rural areas will be cold enough for frost. and cities and rural areas will be cold enough forfrost. high pressure is in charge of the weather, especially in england and wales. after a cold start tomorrow, lots of sunshine. cloud in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. a few showers here and there. nonetheless, sunny spots developing as we go through the course of the day to be cloud building as we go through the day as well in parts of wales. temperatures are fairly similar to today. between around 11 and 13— 14 degrees. for thursday, while we still have a weather front producing some cloud as it goes southwards, it will be a weak affair. unlikely rain. sunny spells in england and wales. also northern ireland. at another weather front coming in from the north—west of scotland will introduce rain. here it will be breezy as well. temperatures on thursday, between about ten and 15 degrees. by the tim

where will daydreaming of being england captain get you?srooms, joe root was reunited today with his former headteacher, who recalls a well mannered pupil. temperament wise, you ask any of the teachers, i have spoken to a few this week and they said he was just a really good lad. he works hard and makes good decisions, a good recipe for an england captain. michael came here as well. michael vaughan, england captain. michael came here as well. michaelvaughan, yes. i think it isjust coincidence to be honest, but coming back now and seeing so many kids getting involved, the opportunity was there for me and it's great to see it still happening. this coaching session has been organised by the chance to shine charity, which has been working for over a decade in engaging people like this. for every young person in yorkshire, is in the dream always to be england captain? we see how we will be able to play against other teams and might be able to show what they can do, and maybe try to get the next england captain. it could be you! yes. one step at

labour promises higher pay rises for nhs staff in england. they'd abolish the pay cap and bring back bursaries for student nurses. but the conservatives say labour's sums don't add up and would put the health service at risk. good morning, it's wednesday, the 26th of april. also this morning: ten years after the disappearance of madeleine mccann, detectives say they're pursuing a significant line of inquiry. these are the drones helping to make oui’ these are the drones helping to make our skies safer. we get exclusive access to the latest technology being used. good morning. more of us are switching accounts for better service for our money. in sport, seven points clear now... chelsea close in on the premier league title with a vital victory over southampton. we'll also be looking at how your garden grows, as a new report says climate change affects the north and the south in very different ways. and carol has the weather. good morning. another cool day in prospect. still some wintry showers in the forecast but there will be some sunshine as

across england and wales, milder. tomorrow, a different picture across the bulk of england. in the morning a lot of cloud. it would be so stubborn, moving sluggishly across the south east and southern parts of the uk. if you live in wales, the north, the north—west of the country, a much better picture in the afternoon. the rest of the week, not much happens. high—pressure angering itself across the uk. the weather systems going around it a bit like a catherine wheel. we are in the centre of the high. quite a bit of cloud around. some sunshine from time to time. temperatures will be on the low side. more now on those reports of an explosion in the russian city of st petersburg. it is understood three metro stations have been closed. let's speak to our moscow correspondent. what do we know? we are getting reports on two russian news agencies from an unconfirmed source saying that ten people have been killed in what the authorities have confirmed was an explosion on one metro carriage at a station in st petersburg. we believe it happened when the train was in the station. it w

southern england.hine. a fresh start to the day but mostly dry for cornwall, pembrokeshire, and one or two match showers dotted across wales and southern england. sunnier conditions through east anglia and the north—east of england. slightly cloudier as we had to the isle of man. much of northern ireland should see dry and bright weather this morning. the chance of a shower. a few showers across the western half of scotland. eastern scotland faring better with some sunshine and plenty of those showers easing away. moving through today, we will keep that cloudy and drizzly zone, but it will break up, so some brightness into the afternoon. the best of the sunshine around eastern parts of england and also for northern ireland in the afternoon. an improving picture for many of us. you could get caught by a rogue showery here and they are. lighter winds than we have seen in recent days. temperatures up to about 15 or possibly 16 degrees or so. what about the bank holiday weekend? things will turn milder. br

england's women have been in action this evening.gainst italy, at vale park. both sides have qualified for this summer's european finals. it finished i—i, jodie taylor with the goal for england. mark sampson's side had their chances, but couldn't convert them. brighton are back on top of the championship, after a 2—1 win at queens park rangers. glenn murray put them ahead after the break, and sebastien pocognoli's inch—perfect free kick made it 2—0. matt smith pulled one back for qpr. brighton are two points clear of newcastle, but they have played one game more. one other football line for you, and it has emerged that the amount of money paid by english clubs to agents or intermediaries has gone up by more than a third across the premier league and efl. and, as david ornstein reports, there are now calls for the huge pay—outs to be capped. football has never been so wealthy. as income has risen, it is not only the clubs and players who have profited. new figures for england show that payments to agents have hit an all—time high. one