up continuing around the irish sea and up to dumfries and galloway were it has been wet recently. from the west of wales. running up away from the west of wales. running up through the midlands and the ci’oss up through the midlands and the cross linkage. that will push away and already you can see brighter skies developing in the south—east. as the rain retreats back towards the north—west, mainly affecting areas near the irish sea, we will find more sunshine across england and wales. it will brighten up, the cloud will break, we will get some sunshine and warmth in the southerly wind. it could be the warmest day of the year so far, 22 degrees and out of the question. even further north west the temperatures are good for the time of year. with the cloud we will get more rain on friday, focused on the area of low pressure. it takes rain away from northern ireland and pushes it into scotland. the weather front is very weak. behind it we get fresher air and more in the way of sunshine. it should feel quite pleasant again on friday afternoon. it is a weekend of two halves. saturday w

scotland's sunshine won't last forever because the rain piled up the irish sea and up to wales.d. a disappointing end to the day, dry weather will probably hold on to the far north. northern ireland will have dry spells through the afternoon but not relied upon. not much in the east of the pennines. renfrew west wales, nudging into the far south—west of england. we will see dry weather and cloudy and muggy feel with 15 or 16 degrees temperatures. that's nothing compared to thursday's temperatures. warm air wafting from the continent. it could send the mercury to 20 or 21 degrees. the north and west will be markedly cooler and that is because we will have a lot of cloud and some brain particularly through the irish sea close to this band here. dry across parts of northern scotla nd here. dry across parts of northern scotland and ireland, the best temperatures in the south east. by friday, further wet weather in the west. that will move its way eastwards and this is a cold front. that will push the warm air away. a fresh appeal to things as we start this weekend, we will see some

mostly run the irish sea and we've even seen showers mostly run the irish sea and we've even seen showerse warmer weather and those will continue northwards. hit and miss. most rain at further west. developing across south has lingered in wales. what a cloud. after today, it will be a mild night. tomorrow, rain. shift northwards and turns dry in south—west england and wales. sunny in northern ireland. rain moving northwards across scotland. showers possibly following across eastern parts, but sunshine, too. fresh air, not too bad for most of us fresh air, not too bad for most of us in the afternoon. april showers on saturday. fine weather on sunday. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a starred with some news that has come in. the hosted south korean president has been arrested on corruption charges. the syrian war is now in its seventh year. today the bbc is focusing on the day—to—day lives many have to live with violence all around. in syria, in a place which has seen some of the worst fighting of the war, now an ordinary day with children going to school and having fun. lyse

it will be windy and wet and windy weather makes its way across the irish sea. temperatures from seven to ii across the irish sea. temperatures from seven to 11 degrees. even across all parts. we will all see rain through the day on tuesday. it is on the move toward the new continent. but the middle of the week it is out of the way but we still unsettled. some chores around the temperatures are doing quite well, 12 to 14 for cardiff and london. hello. this is bbc news with nicholas owen. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. the chancellor, phillip hammond, has dismissed as "reckless" calls for him to increase spending in his first budget on wednesday. we are spending over £50 billion a year onjust paying the interest on our debt, more than we spend on defence and overseas aid together. the white house demands that congress investigates whether barack obama ordered wire—taps on president trump before last year's election. a former director of national intelligence denies the claims. there was no such wiretap activ

most of the rain will sit over the irish sea. england and wales. that could boost the temperature to 22 degrees or so across the south—east, making it the warmest day of the year so far. making it the warmest day of the yearso far. rain making it the warmest day of the year so far. rain on friday, though. most of it is near the low pressure which has gone towards scotland and away from northern ireland and wales and west england. the rain behind it is weak. little or no rain towards the south—east. fresher air behind that with some sunshine, it should be quite nice in the afternoon. the weekend has two halves. some sunshine to be quite warm. some showers around as well. slow—moving. it could be heavy. winds not strong. after that, what we find is a ridge of high pressure that builds in pushing away showers on saturday night. quite chilly on saturday night. quite chilly on saturday night. different to the night. weather fronts being night. different to the night. weatherfronts being kept at night. different to the night. weather f

that has been mostly over the irish sea but it has been affecting a god part of north—west england, soven in that warmer air, towards the south—east, there might be one or two hit—and—miss showers but much wetter further west. that rain will develop more widely in south—west england and wales. northern ireland, north—west england and scotland. some heavy rain over the hills too. but with a lot of cloud round and after warmth with temperature winds it will be a very mild night. into tomorrow though, and heading to the south—east and east anglia, where there may be early sunshine we have this band of cloud that could bring showers eastwards. hit—and—miss and many places will be dry. quickly it should be drying off, in the south—west of england, we have the rain in western parts of wales, through the irish sea, still wet start for northern ireland, cumbria, lancashire, the pennines the and rain in scotland. more rain for the southern uplands. that focus of wet weather shifts to scotland, away from wales, away from north—west england and northern ireland, but turning wetter across central

rain not far away from northern ireland, mainly affecting eastern parts but continuing around the irish seahere it has been wet recently. rain not farfrom galloway, where it has been wet recently. rain not far from western parts of wales, this finger of rain running up through the midlands and across lincolnshire. that will push away and already, you can see brighter skies developing in the south—east and as the rain retreats back towards the north and west of the uk, mainly affecting areas near the uk, mainly affecting areas near the irish sea, we find more sunshine in england and wales. it will brighten up, the cloud will break, we could some sunshine and some warmth in the southerly wind, could be the warmest day of the year so far. 22 degrees not out of the question, even further north and west with the cloud, temperatures pretty good. with the cloud, more rain on friday, mainly focused on that area of low pressure. it takes away the rain from northern ireland and pushes it into scotland. that weather front is very weak and behind it, some slightly fresher air but more in wales sunshine

pushing up through the irish sea to west wales, north—west england. ireland and scotland seeing some dry weather, not as fresh in the breeze and not as warm as it will be further ease. the rain will head eastwards in the day and push the warmth out of the way. it is a cold front. the cold fronts will introduce fresh air to all of us at the weekend. blobs blue, showers around for saturday. but ridge of high pressure building infor but ridge of high pressure building in for sunday. to sum up this weekend, if you have any plans, take something waterproof. there will be something waterproof. there will be some april showers around. sunday looks dry but there will be some chilly nights ahead. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: theresa may has signed the letter triggering the two year process of britain leaving the european union. it will be delivered to brussels tomorrow. and with brexit in mind, the scottish parliament has voted to hold a second referendum on independence. a royal marine who was convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter in

. —— irish sea. it weulg quite mild, irish sea. it would be quite mild, 15 16 irish sea. referendum on scottish independence will take place despite theresa may‘s objections. george osborne is to become the editor of the london evening standard and says he‘ll also remain an mp. i'm a member of parliament, proud to represent my constituency. of course, this newspaper is edited primarily in the morning, parliament votes in the afternogg there are warnings new funding plans won‘t stop schools in england facing budget cuts — that‘s according to the latest study. let‘s go over to the sports desk now and getan let‘s go over to the sports desk now and get an update. i very good afternoon to you both. leicester city will face atletico madrid in the quarterfinals of the champions league. the english champions are the only british side left in the competition and were one of the first names drawn in nyon. ian rush did the honours. they have faced atletico twice eefere leenne home 953? oeoe in the uefa cup in 97 and also going out to the spaniards in cup winners‘ cup in 1961. atleti

again, up through the irish sea, some fairly persistent rain.the south—east. you made it, jon. jojust made it, jon. jo just about. a made it, jon. jojust about. a reminder of made it, jon. jo just about. a reminder of the top story: scotland has asked for a new scottish independence referendum, but westminster says no negotiations until brexit is complete. now we can join the news teams where you are. you watching bbc news. the top stories just after 6:30pm. the motion is agreed. the scottish parliament has agreed to back referendum after hours of fierce debate. three cheers for alexander blackman! a royal marine

the rain will be pushing up to the irish sea and putting up towards north—west england and engulfingt quite a muddy field. fast forward to thursday and much cooler further north and west so here we will see further spells of wind and rain. hello. this is bbc news — the headlines: yes 69, no 59. the motion is agreed. the scottish parliament has voted to back a second independence referendum, by 69 to 59 after hours of fierce debate at holyrood. theresa may is preparing to kick—start the two year process, for leaving the eu. she'll send a letter to brussels tomorrow. three cheers for alexander blackman, hip—hip. .. hurray! a royal marine who was convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan, will be freed within weeks. his sentence has been reduced from murder to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility. the nhs is planning to take certain treatments off prescription lists. from cod liver oil to gluten—free bread, nhs managers say the move will save money. heavy rains and winds of up 160 miles per hour have battered australia's north east coast. tens of thous

a lot of wet weather through the irish sea, running into cumbria.oo long and already there is sunshine breaking through in the south—east. the rain runs its way northwards across wales on the north—west of into scotland, and most of the wet weather will be out in the rsc. for england and wales it will brighten in the south—east, sunshine coming through and some real warmth. —— out in the irish sea. north and west, temperatures will not be quite so high but good for the time of year. rain on friday, focused on that area of low pressure going up to scotland. this front is weak, little rain in the south—east. behind it we have cooler, fresh air but a good deal of sunshine. temperatures could be 15-17 sunshine. temperatures could be 15—17 and it will feel quite pleasant. the weekend is a weekend of two halves. on friday there will be some sunshine —— on saturday. it will be pleasant enough when the sun is out but there will be showers developing, slow—moving and eventually on the heavy side. then we find these showers get pushed the wa ke we find these

quite breezy too, especially around irish sea coasts. some wet weather into wales.eastwards, quite dry. given the brightness, 16—17, but remaining cloudy for most of us. we import some warm air across central, southern and eastern parts on thursday from the near continent, so we could be looking at the warmest day of the year so far on thursday afternoon, especially given some brightness in the south—east. 20, 21, maybe 22 degrees. but the weather for thursday across northern and western areas will maintain this cloudy, damp theme. outbreaks of rain at times. quite breezy too, with lighter winds further east. a little bit cooler generally on friday. still quite warm across the south—east. in the west, looking at 12—15 degrees. a band of pretty heavy rain spreading north and eastwards because of that weather front. that will clear away into the weekend and it looks like we have a ridge of high pressure building in for sunday. before we reach that point, it could be quite showery on saturday. april showers — some could be quite heavy, maybe some hail and thunder mixed

frayne continues for those around the irish sea, wet across scotla nd around the irish sea, wet acrossrn ireland and scotland first thing. scotland holds on to the rain in the morning and then departs. friday brightens up, so if you start delivering you will see the sunshine come out later on, and pleasant once it is through. saturday has rain and showers, springtime showers which could be heavy and thundery. slow moving across england and wales with light wind, turning cooler with sunshine at times. sunday has a chilly start but it should be a dry and bright day for many. sunday the better day of the weekend. that is how your weather is looking. as you can see from the birds eye view here in bedfordshire it is a cracking start. if you have dry weather, enjoy it —— birds eye view. beautiful collars. see you later. thank you. —— colours. a credit card boom and a rise in the minimum wage — steph has more on that and the other main business stories. credit card borrowing has risen at its fastest rate in more than a decade and raised fears of a new debt crisis. spending on plastic grew 9.3

sunshine in scotland won't last because rain will surge up won't last because rain will surge up the irish seang to scotland as we go through the day. most of the rain across the northern areas, it will be cloudy. my northern areas, it will be cloudy. my old phone, mid—teens and chilly across the far north. thursday could reach 21 degrees. that's mostly cooler and cloudy and with some hello and welcome to 100 days. scotland's parliament backs a second independence referendum, a decision that puts it on a collision course with the british government. yes 69, no 59. . is this . the beginning of the end of the united kingdom? i hope the united kingdom government will respect the view of parliament. this is simply about giving people in scotland a choice. but the british government refuses to negotiate with edinburgh until the "brexit process" is complete. we'll speak to alex salmond, scotland's former first minister, about what happens now. also... president trump plans to sweep away obama's climate change policies.

so, coastal areas around the irish sea could see areas around the irish sea could see a lot of rain upven celsius in aberdeen for example. patchy rain across northern england. most of the rain to the west of the pennines. a lot of rain across the hills of wales. northern ireland may dry up for a time, but the chance of showers. further south and east, not a lot of rain, afair further south and east, not a lot of rain, a fair bit of cloud, mild and muqqy rain, a fair bit of cloud, mild and muggy and 1a to 16 celsius. that's nothing with compared how warm it could get on thursday. some really warm airand could get on thursday. some really warm air and somebody could reach 20 celsius across parts of south—east england, maybe east anglia, but in contrast further north and west across the uk, thursday will be much cooler. and that's because it will be much wetter in some places. some spots could see a lot of rain. in a narrow zone, up spots could see a lot of rain. in a narrow zone, up through the irish sea, parts of scotland seeing brightness, but blustery showers too. on friday, more rain

quite breezy too, especially around irish sea coasts. some wet weather into wales., 16—17, but remaining cloudy for most of us. we import some warm air across central, southern and eastern parts on thursday from the near continent, so we could be looking at the warmest day of the year so far on thursday afternoon, especially given some brightness in the south—east. 20, 21, maybe up to 22 degrees. but the weather for thursday across northern and western areas will maintain this cloudy, damp theme. outbreaks of rain at times. quite breezy too, with lighter winds further east. a little bit cooler generally on friday. still quite warm across the south—east and west. looking at 12—15 degrees. a band of pretty heavy rain spreading north and eastwards because of that weather front. that will clear away into the weekend and it looks like we have a ridge of high pressure building in for sunday. before we reach that point, it could be quite showery on saturday. april showers — some could be quite heavy, maybe some hail and thunder mixed in. some sunshine around too and note t

northern ireland and things going downhill here and it will be windy and it makes its way across the irish seato the evening, it looks like the rain will ci’oss evening, it looks like the rain will cross pretty much all parts. i think we will all see rain on tuesday. but it is on the move heading towards the near continent. by the middle of the near continent. by the middle of the week, it that is out of the way but still unsettled. showers around but still unsettled. showers around but temperatures doing well. 12 to 14 for cardiff and london. this is bbc news, the headlines at eight o'clock. the chancellor of the exchequer rejects calls for huge spending sprees in his first budget this coming wednesday. as we embark on the journey we will be taking over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have got enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. the white house asks congress to investigate allegations that barack 0bama ordered wiretaps on president trump during the election. the director of national intelligence from the time denies the claims. there was no such wiretap a

further rain, particularly up through the irish sea, chris daniels getting quite a lot of rain.e temperatures southeast. by friday further wet weather piling in from the west. that was slowly move eastwards. this is a cold front. that cold front will push the warm air away. a fresher feel to things as we start the weekend. going to see a as we start the weekend. going to seeafair as we start the weekend. going to see a fairfew as we start the weekend. going to see a fair few showers around on saturday. this little ridge of high pressure will settle things down come sunday. to sum up this weekend, april showers on the menu for the 1st of april on saturday. drying up on sunday but some chilly nights to come as well. enjoy your evening. welcome back to 100 days with me michelle fleury in washington and christian fraser in london. 0ur headlines: scotland's parliament backs a second independence referendum, putting it on a collision course with the british government. yes 69, no 59, there were no abstentions. the motion as amended is therefore agreed. is this the beginning of the end

in the north and the west and slightly more general rain, pushing into northern ireland and the irish sealls, pushing its way into the uplands. and over the higher ground, the showers fading away, this will be quite clear and we will see a touch of frost developing. further south, rain moving in, that will keep temperatures moving at around six or seven or 8 degrees. it will be quite a wet start for many counties of england and quite windy as well, particularly the south—west. some of the rainfall set shall in southern england, could be on the heavy side. and not a great commute. but the north of wales and northern england starting on a reasonable note, broken cloud and sunshine, on the chilly side. radiant parts of northern ireland and scotland, but in northern scotla nd and scotland, but in northern scotland after a cold start, you'll see it early on and i think it is in the north of scotland, the best of the north of scotland, the best of the sunshine. elsewhere, sunshine short supply, a lot of cloud and rain moving its way north across england, wales, it stays pretty wet in the south—

clearing away from the midlands and the main focus of the rain will be across areas close to the irish seaay from wales towards north—west england up towards north—west england up towards southern scotland and eastern parts of northern ireland but across a good part of england and wales, as it brightens up, we get sunshine and it will get much warmer and a possible 22 degrees on thursday afternoon. on friday, we still have rain around, mainly close to that low pressure, running away from northern ireland, wales, heading across north—west england and into scotland. the weather front very weak, not much rain in the south—east at all. slightly fresher aircoming in behind south—east at all. slightly fresher air coming in behind that but also, some lovely sunshine. hello and welcome to a special edition of 100 days — i'm christian fraser live from westminster on this the day, the british government begins the process of leaving the european union. an official hand delivered letter to the eu formally triggers a two year countdown to brexit. this is an historic moment from which there can be no t

, bringing wetter weather, northern ireland and over the irish sea, bringing wetterweather, not just across southern england. wet in northern ireland this evening. that will track into southern scotland and further south we have rain developing overnight across southern england, moving across the channel and into south wales and south in men. it will be quite heavy. it will keep the temperature is up. sunshine isa keep the temperature is up. sunshine is a little harder to find. this wet weather is moving its way steadily northwards through the day, driven on by that southerly breeze which will draw in some milder rarer across the south—east later on. you're watching bbc news. the headlines: the police watchdog says the public is being put at risk, because of recent cutbacks in forces across england and wales. a report out today warns services are in a "potentially perilous" state. the two most senior democrats on capitol hill have called for attorney generaljeff sessions to resign. he is accused of failing to disclose readings he had with russia's ambassador during the presidential c

quite breezy too, especially around irish sea coasts. some wet weather into wales.te dry. given the brightness, 16—17, but remaining cloudy for most of us. we import some warm air across central, southern and eastern parts on thursday from the near continent, so we could be looking at the warmest day of the year so far on thursday afternoon, especially given some brightness in the south—east. 20, 21, maybe 22 degrees. but the weather for thursday across northern and western areas will maintain this cloudy, damp theme. outbreaks of rain at times. quite breezy too, with lighter winds further east. a little bit cooler generally on friday. still quite warm across the south—east. in the west, looking at 12—15 degrees. a band of pretty heavy rain spreading north and eastwards because of that weather front. that will clear away into the weekend and it looks like we have a ridge of high pressure building in for sunday. before we reach that point, it could be quite showery on saturday. april showers — some could be quite heavy, maybe some hail and thunder mixed in. some suns

elsewhere, cloud crisis, drear crisis weather and proper wet weather will push in across the irish seat doesn't look clever here through the afternoon. this is 4pm and cool as well under the rain clouds. 11, 12, 13 celsius, it might brighten up across northern ireland, but don't hold your breath. west wales seeing a lot of rain and dampness fringing into cornwall, but points east of that will hold on to a fair bit of dry weather. temperatures mid—teens. a muggy feel. on thursday, there will be southerly winds. in contrast further north and west across the uk, on thursday, it will bea across the uk, on thursday, it will be a lot cooler and the reason for that, of course, is more cloud and more rain and more wind again and wet weather up through the irish sea, west wales and north—west england could see rain and something brighter across northern ireland and scotland, but cool and blustery. now, by friday, some more wet weather will be pushing in from the south—west and this is a cold front. it will be important it will do what it says on the tin. so turning cooler for all of us and we'r

the search concentrated over the irish sea. sent a team to the area. the police have appealed for anyone who thinks they may have seen or heard the helicopter to get in touch with them. andy moore, bbc news. american astronaut, peggy whitson, is set to make history today by breaking the record for the most spacewalks carried out by a woman. the 57—year—old, from iowa, is taking part in her eighth spacewalk, which will see her pass the record previously held by fellow american suni williams. whitson studied biochemistry before going on to serve as the first female space station commander in 2008. currently on her third mission, she already holds the record for being the oldest woman to fly in space. the aim of today‘s spacewalk — which is due to last six—and—a—half hours — is to upgrade parts of the space station for the arrival of commercial spacecrafts in years to come. we will have the headlines in a moment and catch up with the day‘s sport. time for a look at the weather, here‘s darren bett. how is it doing? the warmest marc

wet weather surging up to the irish sea, west wales, northern ireland and west wales seen the wet weatherolding on across the far north—east of scotland. quite chilly here. the rest of scotland milder but wetter. dry spells in northern ireland but not to be relied upon. further rain in the northern england and west wales and fringing into cornwall. further east will not be seen much rain at all. mild and muggy. nothing compared to the warmth in some parts of the south east and east anglia on thursday, courtesy of southerly winds. somebody somewhere could hit 21 degrees. further north and west it is cooler. mid—teens is the best ican it is cooler. mid—teens is the best i can offer it is cooler. mid—teens is the best ican offerand it is cooler. mid—teens is the best i can offer and more rain through the aristide, west wales seeing more rain, perhaps north—west england. nothing like as warm as it will be in the sunshine across the south—east. another batch of rain turning across western areas again on friday. that will head further eastwards in the day. the head of that, still some warmth. b

it will be windy and wet and windy weather makes its way across the irish sea.arts. we will all see rain through the day on tuesday. it is on the move toward the new continent. but the middle of the week it is out of the way but we still unsettled. some chores around the temperatures are doing quite well, 12 to 14 for cardiff and london. hello. this is bbc news with nicholas owen. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. the chancellor, phillip hammond, has dismissed as "reckless" calls for him to increase spending in his first budget on wednesday. we are spending over £50 billion a year onjust paying

cloudy skies over the irish sea. england, east anglia, temperatures could be 21 or 22 degrees. further north it should be warm as well. we have got an area of low pressure focusing most of the rain on friday. moving away from northern ireland. this weatherfrom very weak. very little brain across the south—east of the uk. more in the south—east of the uk. more in the way of sunshine as we head into the way of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. highs of 16 or 17 degrees. a weekend of two halves. saturday has sunshine and showers. they may be —— be showers may be heavy. those showers not too far away. as we had through the evening and overnight, we will find a ridge of high pressure across the uk. it will push away those showers. the second half of the weekend looks like it will be much drier, some brightness, some sunshine. with light mac —— like winds it should feel. it is only in the north—west later in the day we will see some cloud, wind and rain. ideologs this is bbc news. i'm jane hill live at westminster, w

can see the sunshine, in between we have had this zone of actor crowd and rain, most of it to the irish sea two showers possible into the warmth in the south—east and to the to the midlands, the wetter weather is going to be for south west england, wales, heavy rain over the hell is once again, it's turning wetter, a lot of cloud, really mild, the focus of the rain is going to change whilst we get one or two showers coming eastwards, most of the brain moving north, away from wales and northern ireland up into scotla nd wales and northern ireland up into scotland where it will sit in the north for quite a while. some sunshine and some slightly fresher air which will not be as warm, 15-17 air which will not be as warm, 15—17 and a small risk of shower, looks pretty good on the whole, most of the showers waiting in the wings. rain in scotland where it will be a much cooler and wetter afternoon for the north and north—east of scotland. into the weekend a weekend of two caps, saturday looks like showers, not many for east anglia and the south east, temperatures about law. second half of the week

the wetter weather is restricted to areas around the irish sea.pecially in the north—east, thanks to the wind changing direction. southern scotla nd wind changing direction. southern scotland is still wet, with rain across the north—west of england, not far away from northern ireland. for most of england and wales, we get brighter weather, much warmer weather coming up from the south with temperatures as high as 22! heading into friday, the main focus of the rain is with the low pressure, taking it away from northern ireland and up into scotland. that weather front is weeks so there isn't much rain in the uk. some fresh air following weeks so there isn't much rain in the uk. some fresh airfollowing in behind, and it'll feel pleasant in the sunshine. the weekend, a weekend of two halves. saturday will have some sunshine at showers as well. the wind is slow—moving so slow—moving showers. then the showers move away and a julie bob start to sunday, a dry and brighter day with sunshine around, quite pleasa nt day with sunshine around, quite pleasant ag

the rain clears away from the midlands and gets small, pushed up towards irish sea coastal areas, movingw days where we have had the breeze. more rain to come “— we have had the breeze. more rain to come —— thanks to the northerly winds. into the afternoon the threat of rain on the western fringes of wales on the far south—west of england. for much of england and wales we get brighter skies and sunshine and we could get up to 22 celsius, 72 fahrenheit. as we head into friday, the main focus of the rainbow shift away from northern ireland up into scotland. behind that to the south —— the main focus of the shift. we do not have much. we have more in the way of sunshine following on behind. although it is fresher air, we change the wind direction to a certain extent and it will feel pleasant in the sunshine. this weekend will be a weekend of two halves. showers on saturday degrees the new month, a chilly night on saturday night and sunday looks like being the driest day of the two. the wind is not strong on saturday, the showers are going to hang around well. a bit hit and miss perhaps, but

across much of england and wales as the rain becomes focused across scotland and areas near the irish seares will shoot up, possibly as high as 22 degrees. even further north and west with the cloud. more rain on friday. the wettest weather in scotland. the weather front fairly weak. behind it, fresh air. temperature is still pretty good. 17 quite likely. it will feel pleasant in the sunshine. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the prime minister has officially triggered britain's exit from the european union, saying the government was following the democratic will of the british people. britain is leaving the european union. we are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. we are going to take control of the things that matter most to us. britain's ambassador in brussels handed over the letter to the president of the european council at lunchtime today. so, here it is. six pages... donald tusk said he missed the uk already, and promised to defend the remaining 27 member states in the negotiations. there is no reason to pretend this is a happy day. neithe

turning wetter in northern ireland, rain moving across the irish sea to western england and scotland.st, 14 quite mild towards the south—east, 111 or 15 degrees. for the rugby, a big day on saturday and pretty much in the same boat, cloudy skies, breezy, dry, strongest winds later in the day down the way in dublin. winds continue to strengthen the winds continue to strengthen overnight and it will be windy on sunday, rain in and sunday, rain in scotland and northern ireland sinking into northern part of england and wales. the south—east and east anglia are still dry and quite mild as well. the milder air does l"! last into week, it is pushed away and we next week, it is pushed away and we get cooler, showery weather moving a... a; get cooler, showery weather moving li the north—west. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... claims that british intelligence by don donald trump have been described by gchq is hello there, you're the draw has been made for the champions league and europa league quarterfinals. leicester city, the only british representative left in the top tier of eu

clearer skies to england and wales as the wet weather transferred its way towards the irish sea but continuest of england. more rain overnight. one or two showers to central and eastern areas. the wetter weather out towards the westheading into scotland. there will be heavy rain over the hills, foo. with the cloud around it will bea mild foo. with the cloud around it will be a mild night, 11—12 degrees typically. tomorrow, early sunshine across eastern parts of england. a line of showers. that is it pushing eastwards through the morning. the main focus of the wet weather is going to be further north and west. the heavier rain moving away from western parts of wales, continuing across northern ireland, the far north—west of england. cumbria will be wet to begin with. rain to central and southern scotland. wetter in northern scotland as well. low pressure will bring the wetter weather here. that will push the rain away from northern ireland and north—west england and wales but continue to bring rain in central and northern scotland. to the south of that, one or two showers, but we break the clo

later oi'i. heavier around the irish sea later on.ir comes on southerly winds and they will push the temperature even further, particularly towards the eastern pa rt of particularly towards the eastern part of england tomorrow, we could see highs of around 21 or 22, that pushes us into the 705 in fahrenheit. pu5he5 us into the 705 in fahrenheit. a few early 5hower5 tomorrow then dry with sunny 5pell5. tomorrow then dry with sunny spells. like today in the west, cloudy, outbreaks of rain, the heaviest and most persistent in parts of western wales, north—west england and southern scotland. the rain turning heavier still into friday, some eastern areas stay dry, sunny and warm. i'll have to go and fix back clicker now! is your computer all right, matthew? it is playing games with me today. i think i have broken it. -- that with me today. i think i have broken it. —— that clicker. with me today. i think i have broken it. -- that clicker. he has writes with technology as well! more from matt and later on in the programme that he has fights

as the main retreats back towards the north west uk, mainly affecting areas along the irish sea, so weme sunshine and wales. we will get some sunshine and some of that warmth in the southerly wind. it could be the warmest day of the year so far. even further north and west temperatures pretty good for the time of year. more rain on friday, moving into scotland. that weather front is pretty wea k. scotland. that weather front is pretty weak. behind that we have slightly fresher air but more in the way sunshine so it should feel quite pleasa nt way sunshine so it should feel quite pleasant again on friday afternoon. the weekend saturday will see little sunshine but also some showers that could be almost anywhere. and though showers will be slow—moving. any sunshine and it feels quite pleasant again. a cold night to come on saturday night because the showers get pushed away by this developing ridge of high pressure that is building in from the foul. keeping the weather front at bay for the time being. but the second half of the weekend is going to be much drier and brighter, again the win

rain is surging up the irish sea, with quite a lot of rain.stwards and shunt those higher temperatures out of the way. that's because this rain is associated with a cold front which will clear eastwards later on friday. at the weekend, we will get sharp showers on saturday with a ridge of high pressure building in from the west, so to sum up this weekend, april showers on saturday, dry on sunday, and watch out for some fairly chilly nights as well. the news coming up next. scotland's parliament asks for a referendum. and the response was quick and uncompromising we'll be declining the request for a section 30 to hold another independence referendum and we won't be making any negotiations until the brexit process is complete. with holyrood and westminster at loggerheads, we'll

england, many places here will stay dry, albeit quite cloudy, similar to wales, wetter near the irish seat but the rain surges its way northwards, could turn wet overnight, stays dry in the south—east. there might be a shower but basically dry. a remarkably mild might, temperatures being in double figures nationwide. across the south no lower than 12 or 13 degrees. a warm morning in east anglia and the south is, he sunshine, then it will cloud over with a freshening breeze and the odd shower. so all hazy sunshine. pretty wet across scotland, heavy rain. showers in the western most areas and northern ireland. a scattering of showers, dodge the showers, 17 degrees, pretty good for the time of year. things do turn a bit more showery for all of us as we hit the weekend. a trough of low pressure generating the showers. a ridge of high pressure generating fine weather for sunday. of the two days, saturday looks more roby, hit and miss showers, someplace avoiding. inland with some really heavy fund re—slow—moving downpours. april showers, the first of the month. chilly saturday night. sunday is

our trade is £1 billion a week, and across the irish sea, very valuable for both economies. e peace process and the open border in ireland, and the common travel area and the status of the irish community in britain. the border, of course, is the only land border, of course, is the only land border between the uk and any part of the european union. we have been working with the uk over the last eight monthsmm also with our european partners, to enlighten them about the very special circumstances which apply on the island of ireland. i think there is now a very good understanding around europe that the irish situation is a special one, which needs special attention. and have the noises been receptive, on that issue? i think i am right in saying that you have also been ambassador to berlin, so you are very well versed in how all of this will be viewed in some of the most important places in the eu? well, for example, michel barnier, the chief negotiator for the european union in these negotiations, has already said he wa nts to negotiations, has already said he wants to priorit

rainford tomorrow which will increasingly become confined to irish sea areas and pushing up into southernacross many parts of england and wales. warm air from the new continent will live temperatures to possibly 22 degrees, making it the warmest day of the year so far making it the warmest day of the yearso farand making it the warmest day of the year so far and even under the cloud, temperatures are pretty good. that weather front is very weak, and behind it, a bit more sunshine around, slightly fresher air coming in across the uk but in the sunshine, it will feel very pleasant. welcome back to westminster, 5:35pm, on the day that article 50 of the treaty of lisbon has been activated by the prime minister. she sent that letter to the president of the european council, it was delivered at lunchtime today and it starts up to two years of intensive negotiations leading to britain's exit from the european union. we have already discussed some of this with michael housing time and —— michael heseltine and john whittingdale and we will now till to gina miller, who brought and won the case agai

many are looking across the irish sea. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. vonnie quinn. mark: i'm a mark barton in london. as prime minister theresa may prepares to trigger brexit, eu banks are beginning to dust off contingency plans. dublin seemingly the best destination in the eu for london-based bankers forced to move after brexit? >> right, so this is one survey that was done from a perspective of an employee. if you are moving from london, you want people to speak english, low tax rate, low cost of living, and they factored all , plusthings in restaurants, cocktails, things like that, and they came up with dublin as number one. the banks are taking other factors. mark: cocktails are good in dublin? it is the cost of an evening cocktail, not just the quality. amsterdam following on from dublin. frankfurt in sixth place. you would think frankfurt, given its home for the ecb and deutsche bank that it would be higher up the list. , butis is just one measure certainly frankfurt seems to be popular among the banks, but if you think about the reasons why a lo

we have great relations with united kingdom, trade of 1.2 billion across the irish sea every week. but when uk leaves, ireland will be the only country with a land border internal to the european union. it brought with it sectarian violence and troubles. we don't want to go back there and we are not going back there. my political agreement with the british government is that there would be no return to that hard border. that's a political challenge but that foundation is one that we both agree on. if you drive from dublin to belfast today, you would not know that you crossed the border except when your phone goes click. we're not going back to that kind of border which brought sectarian problems in the past. it's a political challenge with which both governments agree. >> prime minister enda kenny, we're out of time. a lot of this conversation will be available on cnbc.com later in the day. >> my privilege. thank you very much. >> carl, back over to you. >> our thanks to you, eamon javers. >> a fabulous friend ireland is and how prime minister kenny is one more person part of the i

to the irish brigades and a sea of green.oung dancers practiced moves just to stay warm. >> great out here, invigorating. great dancing and music >> happy st. patrick's day to you >> a young girl meantime isn't letting the burglary of her family's home get her down. but she does have a message for the thief. the son family from guatemala moved into their home last month and while the mother was taking her to school. someone broke in ransacked and took whatever they could. that's when windy decided to send them a message and a note taped to the front window of their home >> for the robbers, there are good people in this house, we're people that do not to steal. we're sad that you have been stealing in this house. >> at the end of the letter, second grader said she forgives the thieves. she hopes the letter will help the people change their ways. >>> a deadly stampeed in argentina killed at least two people injured dozens of others on saturday night. officials say the stampeed started when attendees started a moshpit. at the sh

after a crash at sea an irish coastguard pilot has died, three colleagues are still missing.ime minister has welcomed parliament's decision to give her the authority to begin the uk's divorce from the european union. parliament cleared the way last night for theresa may to trigger article 50 — the formal process of leaving the eu. earlier this afternoon she told mps the process would start before the end of this month. she said that brexit would be a defining moment for the uk to reach an agreement that would work for the whole of the united kingdom, including scotland. let's hear more of what the prime minister told the commons. last night, the bill on article 50 successfully completed its passage through both houses unchanged. it will now proceed to royal assent in the coming days, so we remain on track with the timetable i set out six months ago. i will return to this house before the end of this month to notify when i have formally triggered article 50 and begun the process through which the united kingdom will leave the european union. this will be a defining moment for

a crew member from a crashed irish coastguard helicopter who died after being pulled from the sea isn dara fitzpatrick. the search continues for three people who are missing. a state of emergency has been declared in areas of america, including new york and pennsylvania. 100,000 people without power.

a crew member from a crashed irish coastguard helicopter who died after being pulled from the sea isamed as captain dara fitzpatrick. the search continues for three people who are missing. a state of emergency has been declared in areas of america, including new york and pennsylvania. 100,000 people without power. ina in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up on bbc news. we will speak to broadcast magazine in ten minutes about why david abrahams, the channel 4 chief executive, has decided to resign. we have an exclusive interview with professor kelly and his children at 7pm after his interview became a viral hit online. scotla nd viral hit online. scotland could get another independence vote, but would european partners welcome them to the fold in a post—brexit britain? find out in 100 days at 7pm. and the political editor of the mirrorand and the political editor of the mirror and the broadcasterjulia hartley brewer willjoin me for the papers. that's all i have. right now, sportsday. hello. i'm 0lly foster. these are our sportsday headl