sir ian mckellen once again plays the prince, undimmed by the whips and scorns of time.g people who had turned out for a non—existent concert. officers on horseback and using water—cannon broke up the gathering, which was announced on social media apparently as an april fool's dayjoke. some in the crowd shouted "freedom" and threw projectiles at police. strict covid—19 social—distancing rules in belgium prohibit gatherings of more than four people outdoors. and finally, before we go, it seems easter has come early for a couple of monkeys and meerkats here in london. the zoo animals rushed to find treats hidden for them in easter eggs hanging from branches in their enclosures. it's part of an annual easter tradition at london zoo, although no guests were there to see it. zoos in the uk have been closed to visitors due to lockdown restrictions, but are currently scheduled to reopen on april 12, when many outdoor attractions are set to reopen. i don't think the animals were forced at all. —— fussed. temperatures have been coming down day by day, coming into the easter perio

and at the age of 81 why sir ian mckellen has chosen to take on one of the toughest roles in theatre.elcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the girlfriend of george floyd — whose death in minneapolis last year sparked protests across the world — took the stand today in the trial of derek chauvin — the police officer accused of murdering him. courtney ross cried as she talked about how she first met mr floyd and described their struggle with opioid addiction. derek chauvin has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one of manslaughter. our correspondent lebo diseko has been watching the evidence — and a warning her report contains some disturbing images. a man who enjoyed food, exercise and taking dad selfies — george floyd's girlfriend of three years painting a picture of the man she loved. she told the court about the life that they'd shared, including their addiction. our story is... it's a classic story of how many people get addicted to opioids. we got addicted and tried really hard to break that addiction, many times. the prosecution wanted to show mr fl

sir ian mckellen once again plays the prince, undimmed by the whips and scorns of time.ime online on social media if you want. i'm lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. goodbye. hello there. temperatures have been coming down day by day and it's going to stay chilly now into the easter period but with high pressure nearby, we should see quite a bit of sunshine around, though it'll be cold with overnight frost so gardeners and growers, beware. and then as we head on into easter monday, a significant cold, arctic blast will bring us a mixture of sunshine and also wintry showers. so for good friday, we've got high pressure building in, some slightly cooler air around it, and it will be breezier across northern and eastern areas. here's where we'll see most of the cloud — northern—eastern scotland, eastern england, maybe the odd light shower around through the morning. through the day, it looks like eastern air in parts of england will stay rather cloudy and breezy and cool. further west, the best of the sunshine, and it's here from northern ireland down through wales and t

sir ian mckellen once again plays the prince, undimmed by the whips and scorns of time.to the top of the roller—coaster, and we are going down. temperatures were 19 today in cornwall, the part of the country to be. linkage has been warm recently, but recently, the temperatures were no more than 9 degrees, with the cool breeze feeding off the cloud. most of the day ends with sunshine, but we will see patchy cloud moving into parts of england and wales, more across northern scotland. the rest of scotland and northern ireland, clear, cold and frosty. more thrust across northern england, and the risk across england, where the cloud is thinner. across the easter weekend, gardeners, take note. more thrust. and it will feel more cold in the wind, which could bring in some showers. 0ne in the wind, which could bring in some showers. one or two lights showers threatening the east of scotland, north—east on friday before the cloud breaks later.

and a seasoned hamlet — sir ian mckellen takes on the role of the prince of denmark, aged 81.oming up in the sport on the bbc news channel — super league champions st helens are looking to make it two wins from two against hull kr. good evening. a metropolitan police officer has been found guilty of belonging to a banned neo—nazi terror group, and possessing extremist material. the 22—year—old is the first serving british police officer to be convicted of a terror offence. benjamin hannam was a member of the far right extremist group, nationalaction, which was banned in 2016. he lied about his past when applying to join the met. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the story. pc ben hannam, 22 years old, who today became the first police officer in britain to be convicted of terrorism. although he faces a certain jail term, he was released on bail until the sentence is passed. we had to chase him to talk to him because he ran from a side door of the court. why did you join a terrorist organisation and then join the police? ben, ben... his father, keeping me from

it is an unweeded garden that grows to seed. ..sir ian mckellen once again plays the prince, undimmedand scorns of time. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are clare cohen, women's editor at the daily telegraph, and joe mayes, politics reporter for bloomberg. tomorrow's front pages starting with... were having slight issues in terms of it problems or something like that. but our political reporter for bloomberg is with us. great to see you and just trying to reestablish medications with claire. so hopefully we will get that up and running shortly. let's start with the daily mail. they say covid passports are to be introduced, which we'll need to attend entertainment venues like theatres and football stadiums. the i leads with an exclusive, reporting on links between the roles of david cameron's former ministers and their subsequentjobs within the private sector. uk tax payers funded a vaccine factory in the netherlands w

sir ian mckellen once again plays the prince, undimmed by the whips and scorns of time. degrees in norfork. move things on 24 hours and on thursday those same areas in england have much more cloud. temperatures were struggling to get in doubled figures. it was quite a change, a shock to the system. write the way through easter weekend it's going to remain on the cold side. a risk of frost at night but it will feel particularly cold on monday as the wind will be stronger, were going to find wintry showers around too. that could be one or two range i was threatening the east coast of scotland, northeast england on friday morning before the sunshine comes out later. more cloud coming down the eastern side of england but sunny sky eggs are likely further west after a cold and potential frosty start. but temperatures maximum 13 or 14 degrees in the sunshine. colder for eastern england and eastern parts of scotland. and the colder air has been rotating around this area of high pressure. it's late—night extending itself southwards. at least the high is keeping us fine and dry b

sir ian mckellen once again plays the prince, undimmed by the whips and scorns of time.oing to say, i wasjust looking where we - say, i was just looking where we were watching that. he's actually a wicken fen. —— wigan fan. let's move on. today's is the 1st of april, when it's customary to play practicaljokes. and i don't know about you, but i woke up this morning to find the kids throwing water over each other in the sitting room. it's also the day when it's acceptable — even expected — thatjournalists will publish patently false stories that readers and viewers will then write in about. and complain about. which is, christian, a good excuse for a quiz. some of these headlines i'm about to show you are obvious april fool's jokes from today. any idiot could spot that. others are real stories from today that are not made up, and you have to guess which ones are the april fool's. this should be no problem. are you ready? this should be no problem. are you read ? l, ll, l, this should be no problem. are you ready?_ 0k- - this should be no problem. are you | ready?_ ok. numb