rural lincolnshire.ds of miles of country roads to get to patients. after they have assessed what is needed... have you got any allergies that you know of? ..getting people to hospitals can mean more long journeys. we're going to see a 63—year—old gentleman, an ambulance has been called out for shortness of breath. a] is a specialist paramedic who knows all about the challenges of covering such a wide area. rural areas, phenomenal amount of pressure. there's not enough ambulances for the demand that we actually have. we aim to have somebody with you within the next 60 minutes, or as soon as there is an ambulance available within the area. it's a familiar issue in most rural parts of the country, and ambulance service chiefs are trying to get to grips with it. there are some patients that will be taken unwell in rural, remote areas that, despite of our best efforts, we'll take longer to arrive than we would prefer. but, in those cases, our control room staff are highly trained and very competent to be abl

there are concerns that wildlife may become trapped inside the nets, as happened here in north lincolnshireonsible manner. trees with nests cannot be chopped down during the spring and summer nesting season, so work can be allowed to continue all year round. legislation protects nesting birds, as it rightly should but developers under a lot of pressure to bring forward sites for development, to start building houses to meet the housing crisis and therefore, delay when they can't do tree works between march and august means that their development is put back, it means we can't start on site and it means we can't build houses that need. a parliamentary petition calling for a ban has reached more than 175,000 names, well above the number required to trigger a commons debate. back in cambridgeshire, the council has reacted to the negative public response here and ordered the nets to be taken down, whether they protect all they threatened wildlife, these will be removed at easter. john maguire, bbc news, ely. now it's time for a look at the weather. a wind of change boeing as to what we have com

cloud, some is quite stubborn, refusing to break up, but in wales, the midlands, east anglia, lincolnshirete a lot of sunshine, the highest temperatures this afternoon, possibly 18. even keeping the cloud, very mild and as we head towards the end of the day, most of us dry, some sunshine, bit of rain in the far north—west. talking of the end of the day, the spring equinox today, the days getting longer, you will have noticed, no doubt. 0nce getting longer, you will have noticed, no doubt. once the sun has gone down tonight, most of us will be predominantly dry. where we have had clear skies today, more clad filling in, some spots of drizzle and missed until folk filling in, some spots of drizzle and missed untilfolk in filling in, some spots of drizzle and missed until folk in the west —— more cloud, spots of drizzle and hill folk in the west. a cloudy start to tomorrow, damp and murky weather around. most places dry. we might seea weather around. most places dry. we might see a little bit of brightness in places, but generally a cloudier day than today. 0utbreaks in places, but generally

getting him to his new club in time for training was david ibbotson, a private pilot from north lincolnshireen flying at night because he was not licensed to. the bbc has been told that he was colour—blind and had a restriction on his license stating he could fly in daylight hours only. the ill—fated flight set off from nantes over one hour after sunset. there has been much speculation about the legality of the flight. the piper malibu was registered in the us and could not be operated commercially with paying passengers. the air accident investigation branch said that licensing continues to be a focus of its investigations but a full report into the crash is not expected until early next year. in the us, several campaigns for the 2020 presidential elections in the united states. several campaigns to seek the democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential elections have already kicked off. today was the turn of former three—term texas congressman beto o'rourke, who held a rally in el paso today to launch his own bid to become his party's nominee. our correspondent dan johnson is there. this

rural lincolnshire.you got any allergies that you know of? getting people to hospitals can mean more long journeys. we're going to see a 63—year—old gentleman who an ambulance has been called out to this morning for shortness of breath. aj is a specialist paramedic who knows all about the challenges of covering such a wide area. rural areas, a phenomenal amount of pressure. there's not enough ambulances for the demand that we actually have. we aim to have somebody with you within the next 60 minutes or as soon as there is an ambulance available in the area. it's a familiar issue in most rural parts of the country, and ambulance service chiefs are trying to get to grips with it. there are some patients that will be taken unwell in rural, remote areas that, despite our best efforts, we'll take longer to arrive than we would prefer. but, in those cases, our control room staff are highly trained and very competent to be able to stay on the line with the caller to provide pre—arrival advice, until the ambulan

rural lincolnshire.hundreds of miles of country roads to get to patients. after they've assessed what is needed... have you got any allergies that you know of? getting people to hospitals can mean more long journeys. we're going to see a 63—year—old gentleman who an ambulance has been called out to this morning for shortness of breath. a] is a specialist paramedic who knows all about the challenges of covering such a wide area. rural areas, a phenomenal amount of pressure. there's not enough ambulances for the demand that we actually have. we aim to have somebody with you within the next 60 minutes or as soon as there is an ambulance available in the area. it's a familiar issue in most rural parts of the country, and ambulance service chiefs are trying to get to grips with it. there are some patients that will be taken unwell in rural, remote areas that, despite our best efforts, we'll take longer to arrive than we would prefer. but, in those cases, our control room staff are highly trained and very comp

he'd been facing efforts by tory activists in his constituency in lincolnshire to oust him as the party's general election. the bbc‘s comic relief programme last night raised more than £63 million. highlights included a special reunion by the cast of four weddings and a funeral — and a spoof spin off of the bbc one drama the bodyguard. the money is used to help vulnerable children in the uk and across the world. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba reports. red nose day 2019! it's the night when some of entertainment‘s biggest stars come together and use comedy to raise money for comic relief. perhaps the most anticipated part of the evening was the short follow—up to four weddings and a funeral. it featured the original cast, reuniting 25 years later. very scary! mamma mia also got the comic relief treatment. # can you hear the drums, fernando? ican! and there was an appearance from the stars of tv‘s biggest drama for years, bodyguard. are we there yet, sweetie? there were celebrity performances in the studio, and a musical numberfrom the hit new west end version of only fools an

a bit of warmth, 111—15 degrees, south—east england, east anglia, and also lincolnshire.uch colder as we move into scotland and northern ireland. and north of the central belt, we're going to find that wet weather continuing with some snow over the highlands and the grampians. it stays wet in scotland overnight. and increasingly back into northern ireland and northern england, too. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will people wake to around 11—5 degrees. —— dip away to. it will feel colder as we move into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north north—westerly wind will be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which by this stage is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially east of scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the higher ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather, southern engl

a bit of warmth, actually, 1a, maybe 15 degrees, south—east england, east anglia, and also lincolnshirentially thundery. and we're much colder as you move into scotland and northern ireland. and north of the central belt, we're going to find that wet weather continuing with some snow over highland and grampian. stays wet in scotland overnight and increasingly back into northern ireland and into northern england too. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will dip away to around 4 or 5 degrees. it will feel colder, though, as we head into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north—north—westerly wind is going to be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which, by this stage, is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially eastern scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the high ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry wea

moving out of northern england across lincolnshire, just clipping into east anglia and then clearinghen, many of us will see dry weather, some spells of sunshine, but some showers, especially up towards the north and the west. some of these will still be wintry over the hills and the mountains. 7 degrees in glasgow, but further south, 1a in london, mild on saturday in southern areas. now, through saturday night, there's some uncertainty about this frontal system moving across the south of england and south wales, bringing outbreaks of rain and some strong winds, but if this deepens a little bit more, well, it could bring some very strong winds indeed. so, we'll have to keep an eye on that. and then into sunday, we keep brisk northwesterly winds across the uk, and we get into some colder air. so, we're likely to see an area of rain with some snow, especially over high ground, working eastwards. followed on by some pretty hefty showers, some thunder and lightning mixed in, some wintry weather over high ground, yes, but perhaps even to the lower levels across the north. wind gusts of 40

irish sea coasts, particularly strong by the end of the night to the north of east anglia and lincolnshire—east of england. the centre of the low of the storm pulls into the north sea pretty quickly on monday morning. this band of rain also clearing quite promptly so there will be a lot of sunshine. still windy in the north—east on the tail end of that system. into the west, the showers and some of those will be heavy and sundry. chillier feel with highs of 9011. an u nsettled feel with highs of 9011. an unsettled week, low pressure staying close by. —— highs of nine to 11. showers targeting northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england through the day, perhaps some longer spells of rain. wintry here across the pennines. by the end of the day more cloud and rain approaching the south—west of england and south wales. that is ahead of our major area of low pressure after the storm as we look at the week ahead. this is the area of low pressure bringing the most widespread spell of wind and rain in the next five days, affecting all areas at some stage with some snow potentially acro

when i was able tojoin him at lincolnshire last friday.colnshire we all enjoy our visits to north east lincolnshire and to seeing the many opportunities there are there across the economy but of course he talked about seafood and fishing but he is right, leaving the european union and making sure as we do so we have the ability to have our own independent trade policy means we will be able to have those free trade agreements around the world, including with the united states and the united states as we have heard on many occasions. we are both keen on many occasions. we are both keen on both sides of the atlantic to pursue that free trade agreement. firstly, i think she should do more to welcome the action this government has taken on this issue, secondly she will have noted that clea n secondly she will have noted that clean growth is one of the challenges we set in our modern industrial strategy. for a long time people used to say it was not possible to deal with climate change and environmental issues without damaging the economy. that

to 60 inland, higher here with windy at the end of the night for parts of northern england and lincolnshires up around five or 6 degrees. this low into the north sea first thing on monday so the skies will brighten considerably through monday morning. rain through southern counties of england first thing but sunshine before heavy showers come in from the west in the afternoon, maybe with the chance of some thunder and a chillier field to what we have been used to, temperatures widely in single figures. an unsettled week ahead with low pressure never far away. tuesday, one sitting to the north bringing frequent showers, maybe even snow for the higher ground. by the end of the day towards the south—west and south wales thickening cloud and rain coming in ahead of perhaps our next big blow for the week ahead and that is on wednesday. wednesday looks like it will be, after today, the wettest and windiest day of the week ahead. rain spreading to all areas, may be snow too, it could be sleety even at low levels. showers coming in behind that main band of rain also look pretty punchy. an unsettled

best conditions today likely to be around parts of the midlands, east anglia, the southeast, lincolnshire we could hit16, possibly 17, depending on how much sunshine we see. but elsewhere, not too shabby across the board. in scotland, it will again be windy but the windsor easing a little bit by the end of the night, and another mild night with all this cloud amount. yes, there will be a few breaks that they will be fairly limited. tomorrow, we will start off with those conditions across the north—west but what you will find as they will start to push back towards they will start to push back towards the north—west is we move through the north—west is we move through the day and then again tomorrow, a lot of cloud, if anything hardier than today. temperatures up to once again, in early sunshine, a maximum of 16. and as we head on into fide, we start and very windy note across the north—west of scotland and it will continue in that vein as we go through the course of the day. —— friday. getting into northern england, north wales by the end of the day, it is likely to be windy for a the day

getting him to his new club in time for training was david ibbotson, a private pilot from north lincolnshireld not have been flying at night because he was not licensed to. the bbc has been told that he was colour—blind and had a restriction on his license stating he could fly in daylight hours only. the ill—fated flight set off from nantes over one hour after sunset. there has been much speculation about the legality of the flight. the piper malibu was registered in the us and could not be operated commercially with paying passengers. the air accident investigation branch said that licensing continues to be a focus of its investigations but a full report into the crash is not expected until early next year. president trump has threatened to close the border with mexico next week, after accusing the country of not doing enough to stop migrants from reaching the us. american border officials say they're struggling to cope with a surge in asylum seekers from central america. mexico's government says it does not respond to threats. psychiatrists are being urged to ask children, who are undergoi

theresa may will urge eu leaders to give ground on brexit when she delivers a speech in lincolnshiree in education funding after more than 7000 headteachers write a joint letter to parents. in sport, red faces for arsenal in rennes for arsenal, but no such problems for chelsea, who are in touching distance of the quarterfinals. manchester city face allegations of breaking financial fair play rules. an investigation is under way, but the club denies any wrongdoing. and venus is bright again. through to the second round in indian wells. more on those stories and we're also talking women's cricket at about 9.40. the operators of one of the uk's oldest nuclear power stations say they still hope to restart it despite finding hundreds of cracks in the bricks which make up its core. it's a year since a reactor at the hunterston b power station in north ayrshire last generated electricity. 0ur environment correspondent kevin keane reports. these are the first images of some of the 370 cracks found on the graphite bricks which make up the reactor‘s core. the one at hunterston hasn't generated

former conservative minister, nick boles, has resigned from his local conservative association in lincolnshiree over brexit. in his resignation letter, mr boles said divisions had opened up between him and the local association in grantham and stamford. but he said he would continue to take the conservative whip in parliament if it is offered on ‘acceptable terms'. the chief whip, julian smith said nick boles was a ‘valued member of the conservative parliamentary pa rty‘. our political correspondent, susana mendonca explained to more about the events that led to his resignation. he has been trying to push, along with mps from lots of parties, to block a no—deal brexit, extend article 50. he has voted for the deal but he favours a closer relationship, a norway style model. that doesn't correspond i think with what has been happening in terms of his local party association. they feel he hasn't been taking their side. he says, i have been reading through the letter, there are people within the constituency party that want a no—deal brexit. that is something he cannot agree with because he thinks

theresa may is giving a speech tomorrow in lincolnshire and she is going to say it is up to you, to thehis deal passes or not on monday. whether that works, it is unlikely that he will. she will then go to brussels for another week of fraught diplomacy but the question everyone is asking is what is that we need to do to create the majority? you have conservatives saying that have deep problems with the backstop, it is not clear about a different brexit and it is not clear it is a second referendum because there is not a majority in parliament for that. it is not getting anywhere. what i love — love is a strong word—a year preset the headlines the first paragraph may or may not make a last—ditch attempt, struggling to hold her crumbling cabinet after an embarrassing day. i have read that paragraph before, and that is not the guardian's fault but it is something that has happened before. they are saying is that we have seen this before and nothing changes and, two, he need to decide what it is that you want although it is not like they are being particularly true. a conservative former ca

a bit of warmth, 1a—15 degrees, south—east england, east anglia, and also lincolnshire. northern ireland. and north of the central belt, we're going to find that wet weather continuing with some snow over highland and grampian. stays wet in scotland overnight. and increasingly back into northern ireland and into northern england too. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will people wake to around a or 5 degrees. it will feel colder, though, as we move into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north—north—westerly wind is going to be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which by this stage is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially eastern scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the high ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather, southern england and south wales, 11 degrees here. but a chil

his title, lord constant iron of —— recall his time in lincolnshire club side.ouse of lords on loan from the national portrait gallery. his award in the new year's honours of 1959 made him the first life peer from trinidad and the second to pay tribute. he was a great cricketer. he was a man of dignity, can you imagine in 1944, he took on a —— top hotel who was being racist towards him and his family, and this was 1944, before the windrush generation came he paved the way for them, he actually made sure that soldiers in the army we re made sure that soldiers in the army were well taken care of because they had to face a lot of racism. he was at it in making sure equality was served. so he was a man, he was a mana served. so he was a man, he was a man a little ahead of his time, what he did do was he embraced other people and he paved the way for the windrush generation, and people like me, and! windrush generation, and people like me, and ifeel proud to be from trinidad and follow in his footsteps. through the round window for those enough to remember her in a p

he'd been facing efforts by tory activists in his constituency in lincolnshire to oust him as the party'so be a conservative in parliament. a man has died after being stabbed in south—west london. scotland yard said officers were called to reports of a fight in fulham in the early hours of this morning. a 29—year old man was pronounced dead at the scene. caroline davies reports. police tape and an ambulance in west london. it's the second fatal knife attack in the area in nine days. yet another one in this area. i don't think you thinkjust because you live in a nice area where all the houses are pretty that you're going to be safe. the victim, a 29—year—old, was described by one of his friends as a good man. police are still investigating what has happened here but neighbours close to the scene say they heard an argument. i spoke to one passer—by who didn't want to appear on camera. he said he was in this area around 12:30am last night when he came across a man lying down just around the corner in gowan avenue, about 50 yards behind me. members of the public gave the man cpr until paramed

he'd been facing efforts by tory activists in his constituency in lincolnshire to oust him as the party'sr political correspondent, susana mendonca. tell us more about the events that have fled to nick boles‘s decision to resign. brexit divisions are at the issue here because he is somebody who has been very pro—eu, he campaigned for remain in 2016, is local constituency voted to leave and he favours a norway style relationship, and while he has voted to support the prime minister's withdrawal agreement, he is somebody who has a very much been involved in the parliamentary attempts to block no—deal brexit and extend article 50. that put him at odds with the local party so he wrote a letter where he said he is resigning with immediate effect from his local association because they did not share his values and he spoke about how he regrets the division that has emerged in the local party but a politician without principles was worthless. that was his reasoning for this but as we understand he wa nts to for this but as we understand he wants to remain a member of the conservative government,

getting him to his new club in time for training was david ibbotson, a private pilot from north lincolnshiree been flying at night because he was not licensed to. the bbc has been told that he was colour—blind and had a restriction on his license stating he could fly in daylight hours only. the ill—fated flight set off from nantes over one hour after sunset. there has been much speculation about the legality of the flight. the piper malibu was registered in the us and could not be operated commercially with paying passengers. the air accident investigation branch said that licensing continues to be a focus of its investigations but a full report into the crash is not expected until early next year. a 44—year—old man has been arrested for trespass, after spending the night on a roof near the tracks of st pancras railway station. crowds have gathered there since eurostar suspended all services to and from the station. although services are expected to resume shortly, passengers are being advised not to travel this morning. south—eastern high speed train services have also been disrupted, but n

a bit of warmth, actually, 14, maybe 15 degrees, south—east england, east anglia, and also lincolnshirehern ireland. and north of the central belt, we're going to find that wet weather continuing with some snow over highland and grampian. stays wet in scotland overnight and increasingly back into northern ireland and into northern england too. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will dip away to around 4 or 5 degrees. it will feel colder, though, as we head into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north—north—westerly wind is going to be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which, by this stage, is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially eastern scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the high ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather — southern england and south wales, 11 degrees here. but a chilly 6 o

a bit of warmth, 14— 15 degrees, south—east england, east anglia, and lincolnshire.tinuing ads with some snow over the highlands and the grampian. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will people wake to a round 4—5d. it will people wake to a round 4—5d. it will feel colder as we move into thursday. we trace where the air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north north—westerly wind will be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which by this stage is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the logo we are packing ina lot the edge of the logo we are packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially east of scotland, especially east of scotland, northern england, down into east anglia, more so over the high ground and wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather, southern england and south wales, 11 degrees. a chilly six also in northern scotland. as we head into the end of the week, that area of low pressure is moving away. it is taking away tho

going to find temperatures perhaps as high as 1a or 15 degrees in the south—east, east anglia and lincolnshirempian. and it stays wet through the night across much of scotland and northern ireland and probably into the north of england as well. further south, we'll find clearer skies as most of those showers move away. temperatures will dip away to around 4 or 5 degrees. but it will feel colder, i think, as we head into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic. cold north—north—westerly winds pushing across the uk. the low pressure by this stage is out in the north sea, and around the edge of it, we've got all this wet weather across eastern scotland, northern england all the way down to east anglia. some showers following in, and, again, wintry over the hills. the best of the dry weather is southern england and south wales. 11 degrees here, nearer 6 in northern scotland. now, the low pressure then is heading away, away from the north sea and out into scandinavia and it will take away those strong winds as well. but with clear skies overnight, we may well

he'd been facing efforts by tory activists in his constituency in lincolnshire to oust him as the party'sas an mp for grantham and stamford, and continue to be a conservative in parliament. our political correspondent ben wright gave us some background to latest developments. he was a remainer during the referendum, but he has consistently supported the prime minister's deal in the last few weeks, he has voted for it, but the difficulty, the tension between him and his party is that he has four months also said that there should be under no circumstances a no—deal brexit at the end of march. he was making that argument very forcefully, to the clear irritation of his local party members who thought that no—deal brexit should be contemplated and should be on the table. he has also been very prominent working with mps from other parties, trying to find agreement and consensus around a different sort of economic relationship with the european union after brexit, to the one that the prime minister envisages, sort of the norway option, and he has been working on that. clearly all this has put h

very gusty by the end of the night on the lincolnshire coast and north of east anglia.ime the rush—hour arrives. heavy rain on the tail end of the low. this frontal system here meaning quite a wash—out over southern england on monday. it will pull away from the south—east quickly so there will be some sunshine to follow. staying windy behind the low in the north—east through the day but eastern areas gets decent sunshine. in the west, some heavy showers, may be thundery. feeling chilly, high—temperature is 9—11. low pressure is staying with us this week. unsettled weather. 0n pressure is staying with us this week. unsettled weather. on tuesday we're going to see quite a few showers coming together, perhaps longer spells of rain in northern ireland and england and southern scotland, perhaps even some snow with cold air to the north of the uk. by the end of the day, thicker cloud in the south—west, rain pushing in here and into wales. looking into the atlantic for the next which will come in on wednesday. wet and windy affecting all areas at some stage. maybe even somethi

mr boles has long opposed a no—deal brexit and faced efforts by tory activists in his lincolnshire constituencyidate at the next general election. he'll remain as an mp for grantham and stamford and continue to be a conservative in parliament. our political correspondent, ben wright, is here. ben, is it a surprise he quit his local party? i think he jumped i think hejumped before he was pushed. today, nick boles says he has no regrets about working to stop and no brexit and cooperating with mps from other parties. the irony is he is one of the many tory mps who backed remain in the referendum but now supports a prime minister's deal to get brexit done. he has voted for that twice already and will back it again if it comes back to the commons next week. if the government has any chance of getting that withdrawal agreement three, number 10 needs to persuade the dozens of tory brexit enthusiasts to swing behind the deal but they hate it. in particular the irish backstop. today there has been a lull in the brexit drama but behind the scenes are truly website been hammering the phones, trying to per

very gusty by the end of the night on the lincolnshire coast and north of east anglia.over southern england on monday. it will pull away from the south—east quickly so there will be some sunshine to follow. staying windy behind the low in the north—east through the day but eastern areas gets decent sunshine. in the west, some heavy showers, may be thundery. feeling chilly, high—temperature is 9—11. low pressure is staying with us this week. unsettled weather. on tuesday we‘re going to see quite a few showers coming together, perhaps longer spells of rain in northern ireland and england and southern scotland, perhaps even some snow with cold air to the north of the uk. by the end of the day, thicker cloud in the south—west, rain pushing in here and into wales. looking to the atlantic for the next low which will come in on wednesday. wet and windy affecting all areas at some stage. maybe even something more wintry as the low bumps into the cold air over scotland, especially higher ground. some brighter skies further south but also heavy showers. a bit more mild by wednesd

i am mp for harlow, not lincolnshire.o leave without a deal but as nick has pointed out, because the country isn't properly prepared for that, to leave without a deal would be a huge risk indeed, so we've got to find a way of delivering the referendum result that doesn't mean that we crash out and also doesn't mean that we have a second referendum, which would be political calamity because that would lead to huge mistrust in our political system. as you say, you share similar views with nick boles. i wonder how concerned you are that perhaps you might face deselection as well. well, funnily enough, i've had my annual general meeting this morning with my local harlow conservative association and they were all very sympathetic and they know exactly how i voted, i voted against a second referendum. i am very worried about a long delay for article 50. i would accept a short delay but i voted against a long delay to article 50 and i was readopted a few months ago, so i think, on the whole, most conservative members are very re

he'd been facing efforts by tory activists in his constituency in lincolnshire to oust him as the party'sion. he'll remain as an mp for grantham and stamford, and continue to be a conservative in parliament. let's speak to our political correspondent, ben wright, whojoins me now. my my back give us a bit of context to this resignation. he was a remainder during the referendum but has consistently supported the prime minister's deal in the last few weeks, he has voted for it but the difficulty, the tension between him and his party is that he has also said that they should have not accept no deal under any circumstances. the thought that in no—deal brexit should be contemplated and on the table, he has also been very prominently working with mps of other parties to find agreement and consensus around a different sort of economic relationship after brexit to the one that the prime minister envisages, the norway option and he has been working on that behind the scenes, this is put him out of kilter with his own party that have made it clear that they do not want him to be their candidate at

grimsby and north east lincolnshire.more than 2—1 in the referendum. two and a half yea rs than 2—1 in the referendum. two and a half years on, it is still not com pletely a half years on, it is still not completely clear what their decision will mean. the prime minister was here with a message for brussels, with talks in deadlock over how to ensure no hard border in ireland. the eu needs to agree to some sort of change before parliament votes on tuesday. we are both participants in this process. it is in the european interests for the uk to leave with a deal. we are working with them. at the decisions that the european union makes over the next few days will have a big impact on the outcome of the vote. 50 will have a big impact on the outcome of the vote. so let's not hold back. let's do what is necessary for mp5 to back the deal on tuesday. there was also a message for mp5 who want to deliver brexit, but haven't yet been convinced by her plan. back it, and the uk will leave the european union. reject it, and no one kn

midlands and northern england and by the end of the night, the north coast of norfolk and parts of lincolnshiremproves quite dramatically by the time we get to rush—hour and by lunchtime, sunshine over eastern areas. watch out for punchy thunderstorms coming into the west late in the day. this is bbc news. the headlines. the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group, has told the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. eight lawyers who back brexit, seven of them mps, set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. meanwhile the international trade secretary says leaving march 29th is still possible — but a delay may be necessary the hatch is open: america's new astronaut capsule makes its test flight to the international space station. a 17—year—old boy who was stabbed to death in hale barns, near altrincham, has been named by greater manchester police as yousef ghaleb makki from burnage. bbc scotland's chris clements reveals stories from one rural community where live

gusts of wind up to 75 mph for some exposed coasts, looking nasty around the coast of lincolnshire andll through quickly, but the weather front to the south could bring outbreaks of rain into the far south of england for first rain into the far south of england forfirst thing on rain into the far south of england for first thing on monday. pretty windy in the north—east tomorrow, look out for some punchy showers in the west with the odd rumble of thunder come tomorrow afternoon. this is bbc news the headlines at 13:30pm... the dutch husband of shamima begum — the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship for joining the islamic state group — has told the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice, she was the one who asked to look for a partner for her. then i was invited, and yeah, she was very young. eight lawyers who back brexit — seven of them mps — set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. rescuers hope to resume their search for british climber t

midlands and northern england and by the end of the night, the north coast of norfolk and parts of lincolnshireatically by the time we get to rush—hour and by lunchtime, sunshine over eastern areas. watch out for punchy thunderstorms coming into the west late in the day. this is bbc news. the headlines. a 17—year—old boy, who was stabbed to death near altrincham last night, is named by police as yousef ghaleb makki. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warns that attempts to end yemen's civil war have reached, in his words, the "last chance saloon". the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group, tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice. she was the one who asked to look for a partnerfor her. then i was invited, and... yeah, she was — she was very young. eight lawyers who back brexit — seven of them mps — set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. the hatch is open — america's new a

still a big issue because most of the flowers in these boxes are imported and put together in lincolnshireya, countries like that, well they might not having any uncertainty this week over a supply... what is your plan if there is disruption? element we source if there is disruption? element we source from lots of different countries, and therefore there are lots of different shipments —— countries, and therefore there are lots of different shipments -- yes, we source lots of different shipments -- yes, we source from. if it is a no deal, after brexit, we hope because there are after brexit, we hope because there a re lots of after brexit, we hope because there are lots of different sources of suppliers there will be at least some available, and worst comes to worst, we may need to ask customers to a cce pt worst, we may need to ask customers to accept a small number of substitutions. good luck with that. they are beautiful flowers. they are really nice, ben, take note. ok, i will let your boys know. for the weekend. yes! ok, moving on to apple... apple is expected to unveil a number of ne

and a kind of related story, is the fate of the conservative mp nick boles for lincolnshire and grantonowel as far as is future of being a conservative candidate in the next election. letter has been linked to our stated tomorrow saying that he would be standing down from his local constituency party. but that he wa nts to constituency party. but that he wants to carry on being a conservative mp. it is not clear as to whether he can do both of those things. i asked the conservative party to clarify and we're still waiting for clarification. nick boles is someone who people know, his name has been on a number of amendments and he has been to push to block a no—deal brexit and extend article 54 he is someone who has voted for the withdrawal agreement deal but he formally, he favours and a lwa ys deal but he formally, he favours and always style model, and that does not correspond with what has been happening in terms of his local constituency party association, they feel that he has not been taking their side. i have read through his letter and he says there are people within the constitu

we are high above the humber estuary here and coastal communities in yorkshire and lincolnshire haved power and now the industry is expected to double in size by 2020. the danish firm which builds the winds farms has expanded its base on the east coast, transforming grimsby‘s fishing port. it's just a whole new lease of life, in the area and for grimsby that has struggled for some time but is really going through this renaissance and it is a sustainable future for grimsby if we are securing green energy. but environmentalists warn that as plans to expand nuclear are delayed these wind power targets don't go far enough to keep our lights on. britain, though, is the world's biggest offshore wind market. the deceits out plans for a five fold increase in exports to the far east, europe and the us and it is not just about the product, east, europe and the us and it is notjust about the product, these huge blades, it is about exporting technology, services and knowledge too. some people started here as operative, using skills from previous industries, so anything from joinery, to welding,

going to find temperatures perhaps as high as 14 or 15 degrees in the south—east, east anglia and lincolnshirew over the hills in the highlands and grampians. it stays wet throughout much of scotland and northern ireland and properly into the north of england as well. to the south, clearer skies as most of those showers move away. —— probably. it will feel colder i think as we head into thursday, let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic. cold, nor the north—westerly winds pushing across the uk. low pressure by this stage is out in the sea and around the edge of it, we have all this wet weather across eastern scotland, northern england, all the way down to east anglia. some showers following it and then again wintry over the hills, the best of the dry weather in england and southern wales. near the six in scotland. the low pressure is heading away from the north sea and out into scandinavia and it will ta ke out into scandinavia and it will take away those strong winds as well, but with clear skies overnight, we may well start with a touch of frost on friday morning

there are concerns that wildlife may be trapped inside the nets like here in north lincolnshire but developers say the nets protect birds and animals and are deployed in a controlled and responsible manner. trees with nests can't be chopped down during the spring and summer nesting season, so nets allow building work to continue all year round. legislation protects nesting birds as it rightly should but developers are under a lot of pressure to bring forward sites for development to start building houses to meet the housing crisis, therefore a delay when they can't do three works between march and august means that they are seeing development put back, it means we can start on site and build the houses that we need. a parliamentary petition calling for a ban has reached more than 175,000 names, well above the number required to trigger a commons debate. back in cambridgeshire, the council has reacted to the negative public response here and order the nets to be taken down. whether they protect or they threaten wildlife, these will be removed at easter. england's oldest man has celebrated his 1

there are concerns that wildlife may be trapped inside the nets like here in north lincolnshire but developers in a controlled and responsible manner. trees with nests can't be chopped down during the spring and summer nesting season, so nets allow building work to continue all year round. legislation protects nesting birds as it rightly should but developers are under a lot of pressure to bring forward sites for development to start building houses to meet the housing crisis, therefore a delay when they can't do three works between march and august means that they are seeing development put back, it means we can development put back, it means we ca n start development put back, it means we can start on site and build the houses that we need. a parliamentary petition calling for a ban has reached more than 175,000 names, well above the number required to trigger a commons debate. back in cambridgeshire, the council has reacted to the negative public response here and order the nets to be taken down. whether they protect 01’ be taken down. whether they protect or they threaten wildlife, these w