we will be live and out and about withjohn maguire we will be live and out and about with john maguireouple have also been touring the capital havana. from there our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. in the palace of the revolution in havana, a ceremonial welcome. 0n the left, the president who is taking cuba into the post—castro era. president miguel diaz—canel took over last year and last night, he and prince charles sat down for talks — pleasantries rather than politics — but the very fact that charles is here at all is a clear sign that britain wants to build a relationship with cuba and a visit by the heir to the british throne undoubtedly helps. royal visits aren't so much about detail — that's all up to the politicians. these visits are all about striking the right note and creating the right ambience and here in cuba, that means connecting with some of the things for which cuba is famous. ballet is one thing at which cubans excel. charles and camilla visited a ballet school run by carlos acosta, formerly principal artist at the royal ballet in london. does he, a c

john maguire, bbc news, ely. eating ducks. the 25 pound catfish was caught by the environment agency at a man—made lake outside the lakeside shopping centre in thurrock. a spokesman said fishing contests would be held at the lake to reduce

john maguire, bbc news, dorset. time for a look at the weather. here's lucy martin. and into the weekend. today predominantly cloudy skies like in this photo from one of our weather watchers. the colour certainly coming from the spring flowers. if

john maguire reporting there from bradford. motion on whether or not to request an extension to article 50 and the uk's departure from the eu currently happening at the end of this month. the voting is due to start from 5pm, and from 4.45pm this afternoon there'll be a bbc news brexit vote special with huw edwards — that will be on the bbc news channel, bbc two and you can also hear any votes on bbc radio 5live. for now, from westminster, back to you, kate. simon, thank you. the number of people cautioned or convicted for carrying a knife has reached its highest level for ten years. the ministry ofjustice says nearly 21,500 offenders were dealt with in england and wales last year. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here tell us more. talk us through these very troubling figures. yes, these are figures for last year, and they are for people who went through the criminal justice system, having been found with a knife or another banned weapon. and what they show is that 24 out of the 43 police forces reported year—on—yea

john maguire, bbc news, ely. now it's time for a look at the weather.sing wind and wales. this is how the skies what earlier on today in north wales. the warmest place is actually london. the wind of change is blowing and tomorrow the capital is looking at highs of 11 so nine celsius drop in temperature on the way. the drop in temperatures are down to these cold fronts pushing through scotland and ireland bringing coolair through scotland and ireland bringing cool air here and through the night, that area of cloud is quite a weak front which will press southwards. a little bit of rain left on which will push southward into midlands, and perhaps southeast england. it will be a cold night and a widespread frost in scotland with temperatures in the countryside at minus four celsius. and the clocks go forward tonight which means for most of us is one hour less in bed. u nless most of us is one hour less in bed. unless you are a mum because it is mother's sunday so you have the lying card for the rest of the weekend. a cool easterly wind will come in sunday.

john maguire has more.outh on the morning tired, map one mack struck an incongruous and imposing figure. seven metres tall and one needed wide, messenger will seven metres tall and one needed wide, messengerwill take seven metres tall and one needed wide, messenger will take up residency outside the theatre royal in them as. she's the uk's largest roms sculpture. she represents a young actor, the dynamism the energy, the message that an actor gets a cross energy, the message that an actor gets across when they are on stage. the statue was created using both ancient and modern techniques. she's assembled from cast bronze segments formed using robots and computer—aided design. the stance is based on an actor rehearsing for the shakespearean play a fellow. when you think about statues and victorian statues, they are rock men standing. but she is quite dynamic. i was keen to capture that. once messenger was safely delivered by sid she then took to the air and was lifted onto dry land, ready to take place outsid

earlier, i spoke with peter maguire from xm .com and he told me why, despite all the political directions has remained relatively stable. directions, the sterling has remained relatively stablelj directions, the sterling has remained relatively stable. i don't think there has been any definitive movie from government and in turn that hasn't been interpreted from the market. the market has kept the range bound activity, that 130 the market. the market has kept the range bound activity, that i30 inch— range bound activity, that 130 inch— 132 sort of level. until you see something definitive coming from the brexit talks and the interpretation of the market then we will see something to push it to a different stage. what a definitive moment all events a re stage. what a definitive moment all events are investors looking for? they are looking for something to be a breakthrough. they are saying "do we see some move 01’ a breakthrough. they are saying "do we see some move or something definitive coming from government?" yes we are moving forward with brexit, we were interested when we saw that c

mary, president maguire from trinity college, my alma mater, which i totally love. so the first time -- i have to say, when i was running for leadership in the congress, or for speaker, the last thing i could ever say to someone is you should vote for me because we should have a woman. you just had to prove that you would do the best job. but when it turned out that i became the speaker, it was uite an overwhelming feeling that we had broken a marvel ceiling in our country. i always thought the american people were much more ready for an american president than the congress of the united states was ready for a woman speaker. i like to tell story that the first meeting i ever went to as a leader, not yet speaker, but leader, was with president bush as president. and when i went into -- was going to the white house for my first meeting as a leader of micah cuss, and -- of my caucus, and i didn't feel apprehensive about it because i'd been to the white house many times as an appropriator, as a member of the intelligence committee. those are two places i was forged in c

they'd had harry maguire sent off in the 11th minute.inute goal from matt ritchie saw newcastle salvage a point away at bournemouth, they had taken the lead through salomon rondon before two josh king goals put the cherries on course for victory ...but it finished 2—all today's matches were mostly significant for the bottom of the table. huddersfield look doomed and could be just a couple fo games away from relegation now. 16 points adrift. how does their heart is still on doomed as well. kind of what they think glimmer of help. arguably the biggest match of the day was in the championship... sheffield united securing a huge win at elland road. chris basham scored a crucial goal, which sees the blades climb above their promotion rivals leeds and into second. the home side pressed for an equaliser but couldn't salvage a point in a game where keeper kiko casilla was shown a straight red card in the closing minutes. elsewhere in the championship leaders norwich have opened up a four point gap at the top after a 2—1win over relegation strugg

harry maguire was sent off in the 11th minute.ation zone nat siver made 93 from 73 balls to help england's women to a comprehensive 154—run win in a rain—affected opening one day international in sri lanka. half centuries from amyjones and captain heather knight helped england to 331 for seven from their 50 overs. katherine brunt took three wickets as sri lanka slumped to 46 for seven before the rain came, and the home side couldn't reach the revised target of 314. and lewis hamilton is on pole for the opening grand prix of the season in australia. set your alarms for commentary of the race on five live at 5am! is it from me. thank you. a short time ago, mike's fellow 2017 love island contestant and friend, montana brown, love island star, mike thalassitis, has been found dead near his hometown in essex. the 26—year—old rose to fame on love island in 2017, where he became a tv sensation after his stint on the show. the former league one footballer, who comes from a cypriot family, enjoyed a successful playing career before becomin

victory of their own, beating burnley with a last—minute goal from wes morgan to win 2—1, but harry maguiren for most of the match. elsewhere, bournemouth drew with newcastle. rangers slipped up again in their pursuit of the scottish premiership leaders celtic. they could only draw one—all at home to kilmarnock. celtic are away to dundee later today. aberdeen‘s poor run at home continues — they drew with livingston. niall mcginn putting the dons ahead after 30 minutes. but craig sibbald equalised for the visitors just before the break. that result extends their winless league run at home to six games in a row. elsewhere, there were wins for hamilton and hibs. in golf, rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood go into the final round of the players‘ championship at sawgrass in florida one stroke behind leaderjon rahm of spain. rahm equalled the lowest score of the week with a third round 64 and is 15 under—par. mcilroy recovered from a shaky start. both he and fleetwood made two—under—par 70s to move to iii—under. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, time for the papers. how very discombobu

harry maguire was sent off in the 11th minute.. the clarets are just 2 points above the relegation zonein a rain—affected opening one day international in sri lanka.. half centuries from amyjones and captain heather knight helped england to 331 for seven from their 50 overs... katherine brunt took three wickets as sri lanka slumped to 46 for seven before the rain came... and the home side couldn't reach the revised target of 314... the new formula one season is underway, but it looks like the same old story ahead of the australian grand prix. that's because world champion lewis hamilton picked up where he left off, dominating the sport. the briton broke the track record in qualifying as he claimed pole in melbourne for the sixth year in a row. ferrari had looked better in preseason testing, but sebastian vettel was a huge seven tenths of a second off the pace in third. that's all the sport for now. it is still goalless between wills and manchester united. 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 t

they'd had harry maguire sent off in the lith minute.egation zone. a 94th minute goal from matt ritchie saw newcastle salvage a point away at bournemouth. they had taken the lead through salomon rondon before two josh king goals put the cherries on course for victory, but it finished 2—all. a big point! what a fantasticjob he has done in newcastle. today's matches were mostly significant for the bottom of the table , huddersfield look doomed and could bejust a couple fo games away from relegation now. southhampton has a game in burnley. a couple of games away from relegation now. looks like this theme is gone as well. there has been a goal in swansea. it is to— one. the red be as exciting as well. it is 38-21. we one. the red be as exciting as well. it is 38—21. we will get the result when we get it. arguably the biggest match of the day was in the championship... sheffield united securing a huge win at elland road. chris basham scored a crucial goal, which sees the blades climb above their promotion rivals leeds and into second. the hom

john maguire has more. surfing into plymouth on the morning tide.ongruous and imposing figure. seven metres tall and nine metres wide, messenger rotate residency outside the theatre royal in the city of plymouth. she is the uk's largest bronze sculpture, she represents a young actor, the dynamism, the energy, the message that an actor gets across when they are on stage. the statue has been created using both ancient and modern techniques. she is assembled from cast bronze segments formed using robots and computer—aided design. her stance is based on an actor rehearsing for the shakespearean play 0thello. if you think about most victorian statues in towns, they are of men standing motionless but she is very dynamic and that is something i was very keen to capture. 0nce messenger was safely delivered by sea she then took to the air and was lifted onto dry land, ready to take her place outside the theatre royal and at the centre of plymouth‘s cultural ambitions. just look at her, she is beautiful. she will make an impact on the city and hopefully peopl

john maguire, bbc news, dorset. time for a look at the weather. here's lucy martin. it's turning cooler as we move through today and into the weekend. today predominantly cloudy skies like in this photo from one of our weather watchers. the colour certainly coming from the spring flowers. if i show you the satellite picture, an area of low pressure up towards the north and shower clouds feeding in for the north west. more in the way of cloud further south and east and we have got a cold front ringing in cooler air behind it and outbreaks of rain, which will spread south—east through the day. today this is how it's looking through the afternoon, outbreaks of rain moving out of scotland and northern ireland, into northern england and northern wales. behind it blustery showers and sunshine, and where we see the sunshine developing the temperatures will drop off. highs of around 13 under the cloud. this evening the cold front works south and east, not a great deal of rain left on it as we move into the early hours. clear rails behind it and blustery showers persisting in

john maguire has been looking into this. it's a cover—up, but is it right?o expand the school, something that wouldn't be allowed if birds were nesting. elaine ewert spotted them, tweeted and was amazed by the response. it has made such an impression because it is such a dramatic visual metaphor of what we are doing to the natural world. it has been happening across the uk here recently in surrey on a large scale and in warwickshire where hedgerows have been covered. the royal society for the protection of birds wants them banned. we are excluding birds from nesting habitats at this key side of year. the countryside should be at birdsong right now but across our country we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years and when nature is in crisis, we really can't afford to be adding to those pressures things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may be trapped inside the nets

including one from harry maguire as well. to do it on my foot. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that is all from me. more in the next hour. more now on that meeting between the home secretary and police chiefs that took place this morning. sajid javid met with representatives of seven forces to discuss the rise in violent crime and, specifically, knife crime. after that meeting mr javid said government "has to listen to police when they talk about resources". police resources are important to deal with this. we have do everything we can to work with the police to do this. we have to listen to them when they talk about resources . at the meeting we had today with police chiefs representing the seven largest forces with the biggest increases in serious violence, they said also resources are important. they welcome the £1 billion increase, the almost1 billion this year. i am listening to them and what more we can do. do yu think there is a link between that falling nu

john maguire has been looking into this. it's a cover—up, but is it right?in cambridgeshire. the council wants to expand the school, something which wouldn't be allowed if birds were nesting. elaine spotted them, tweeted about them, and was amazed by the response. i think it has made such an impression because it is such a dramatic visual metaphor, if you like, of what we're doing to the natural world. it has been happening across the uk, here recently in surrey on a large scale, and in warwickshire, where hedgerows have been covered. the royal society for the protection of birds wants them banned. the problem is that we are excluding those from the nesting habitat at this key time of year. the countryside should be full of lively birdsong right now, but across our country, we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years and when nature is in crisis, we really can't afford to be adding to its pressures with things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may become trapped inside the nets, as happened here in north lincolnshire, but developers say the net

but this morning we've sent our reporterjohn maguire 200 miles away from westminster, to the city ofwhat's going on. morning, john. look at the magnificent setting that we are bringing you this morning. this is in the centre of the city of bradford. absolutely stunning. they had a production of matilda here last night. it's built in 1914. i was thinking that was the beginning ofa was thinking that was the beginning of a lot of turmoil in europe. what we have seen over the last couple of yea rs, we have seen over the last couple of years, what we saw last night, what we will see again tonight, really has gripped the nation and we will hear more about it in a second. what do people out and about in the city think about what has happened and what is about to happen, last night? been doing at 2.5 years. to—ing and fro—ing onjet been doing at 2.5 years. to—ing and fro—ing on jet planes. been doing at 2.5 years. to—ing and fro—ing onjet planes. we are still in the same boat, not good. kick out of parliament. i voted to remain so i'm not really passionate about what's going on in the moment

incidentally, the passenger -- the passenger -- >> tom maguire made a face back there. >> the -- >> wait 'til public comment, tom. [laughter] >> the passenger messenging find is lower than this arch, so it's not the only place that we ask tall people to duck on the train. but it is -- it will be a tradeoff. the second thing we are bringing you for consideration is three different seat types. the current seat design we have is a bench design, and the second seat option b is more closer to what we have on the busses, so, kind of a more individualized seat and the third type mirrors most closely what we have on the current. the seats themselves, we do estimate that we'll lose about one official seat per quarter of the train but that's really debateable. we are seeing on the benches, people spreading out intentionally or in the intentionally and not realizing the full potential of the benching. the one place we have gotten positive feedback from the current seat design, parents, like scoop up myself and two kids and we can scoop into a smaller area than we might otherwise be able to do. and

john maguire, bbc news, herefordshire. clearly very happy, what a lovely story.duct than the others is guilty of gross misconduct. a container packed with 100 million worth of cocaine headed for london has been intercepted by customs in america. the us authorities were tipped off after 1.5 tonnes of the class a drug was discovered at the port of new york. the daughter of a russian xl found strangled in south—west london is appealing for information on the anniversary of his death. he was a retired financial director and found dead at his home in new malden one year ago today. nobody has ever been charged, despite detectives contacting more than 1800 witnesses. a new app will be able to tell people working outdoors in london how much air pollution they are being exposed to. the qatar canary app has been developed by kings couege app has been developed by kings college london. research suggests more than 9000 people in the capital die prematurely each year because of poorair die prematurely each year because of poor air quality. now the travel. now the weather with

john maguire reporting there. susannah streeter is here now with the latest business news.n to all of its services. the outage which lasted at least 1a hours has affected the main paltform as well as messaging services including whatsapp and instagram. govia thameslink railway has been fined a record £5 million by the rail regulator over its chaotic introduction of a new timetable in may last year. the independent watchdog transport focus said the fine should be a wake—up call to train companies that accurate passenger information really matters. with just 15 days until the uk is due to leave the european union there is still little certainty for businesses or anyone else about the way ahead. ahead of the vote this evening on delaying brexit, london's blue chip index the ftse 100 is slightly higher today, though investors stay pretty cautious. sterling has given up some of its early gains, when it briefly hit a nine month high. debenhams has been one to watch — its shares were up more than 4% earlier — but have since dropped a little. that's after the high street chain said

he leftjohn maguire behind. i didn't see that.rds and heat exhaustion he is set to ascend and descend pen y fan for the final time. he has raised more than 40 thousand pounds for help for heroes and cancer research uk. that is impressive. wonderful. how long has it taken him? we will find out. congratulations because that is extraordinary. the value of sterling is on the rise. england fans must be excited. what a contrast from yesterday. this was the real deal from england. they seem to be going from england. they seem to be going from strength to strength. they have not been beaten in a world cup qualifier since 2009. nearly ten yea rs. qualifier since 2009. nearly ten years. fabio capello. it was brilliant then from raheem sterling, who's hattrick was just one highlight, as england shined at wembley, in their euro 2020 qualifier, against the czech republic. natalie pirks reports. with all talks entered a new talent, a time to remember the past. but now new memories are to be made and after a slow start, a teenager found himself

well now he's nearly done it — as john maguire reports. what number are we on? 356.ar since des set himself the challenge of climbing to the summit 365 times in 365 days stop it was to raise funds and awareness for two charities. a marathon, not a sprint. 0n des's busiest day he has climbed the 500 metres to the summit four times to keep himself on schedule. it is a huge physical challenge. last summer he was forced to take a long break after suffering heat exhaustion. when you are turning up at nine o'clock at night, it is dark, 78 mph winds, lashing down with rain, you are on your own, here you go again, but you think about the reasons why you are doing it, and you get on your way. number 356 done, time to look back at some of the highs and lows of so many assets. another attempt by mother nature to halt the progress. there has been a number of occasions when it has been like that. it is ha rd when it has been like that. it is hard going. it is verging on dangerous as well. he has battled through a whole year of sun, snow and storms. ahead now, just one thing, succ

harry maguire was sent off so they played with 10 men for most of the match.s a bournemouth player himself. that draw means newcastle are seven points clear of the bottom three. in the scottish premiership, rangers could only manage a 1—1 draw at home to kilmarnock. meanwhile aberdeen's poor run at home continues, they drew with livingston, niall mcginn putting the dons ahead after 30 minutes, but craig sibbald equalised for the visitors just before the break. that result extends aberdeen's winless run at home in the league to six games in a row. elsewhere there were wins for hamilton and hibs. in golf, rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood go into the final round of the players championship at sawgrass in florida one stroke behind leaderjon rahm of spain. rahm equalled the lowest score of the week with a third round 6a and is 15 under par. mcilroy recovered from a shaky start. both he and fleetwood made 2—under—par 70s to move to 1a under. dame sarah storey led a procession of british victories on day 3 of the para—cycling track world championships in the netherla

bbc breakfast‘s john maguire has been to find out how he's settling in. road. he seems to think it is all a game, but it was not. his owners drove off and left him. quite shocked,. we watched it and it pulled the heartstrings, how somebody could abandon such a nice dog. but it all turned out well. maybe they didn't understand that the rspca would rehome strays. maybe it was an active stupidity than cruelty. —— an act of stupidity rather than cruelty. but it has left no long lasting effects. he was rescued by the rspca, given the name snoop, and in the process of treating him and then finding him a new home began. when he came he was very nervous. what had happened to him had affected him quite a lot, we could tell. we spent time getting to know him and then lawrence got in touch and sounded like the perfect owner for snoop, touch and sounded like the perfect ownerfor snoop, we touch and sounded like the perfect owner for snoop, we found the touch and sounded like the perfect ownerfor snoop, we found the right home for him, he has a home for life with lawr

richard, thank you very much and john maguire, you as well.pies that keep them healthy. are medicare cuts that save less than one percent worth the risk to millions of patients? president trump promised to protect medicare... we need him to keep his word. >> that's it for today. the good news is, we will be back at the couch tomorrow. >> we might have something special tomorrow. it might be special, it might not. >> it will be special. to an end, we will be someplace else. >> you have to run to the tv, fox nation covers us. >> sandra: fox news alert, dutch police now searching for the gunmen behind a deadly shooting in and around a commuter tram in the netherland netherlands. one person killed and several others wounded. authorities are not ruling out terrorism at this time. good morning, everyone. i am sandra smith. >> was shooting happening just before noon local time at a busy intersection. now at its highest terror alert level. >> sandra: the very latest on all of this. what are we learning? >> this is a moving target right now literally.

breakfast‘s john maguire has been to find out more. it is really rather wonderful.und the uk and normandy and it really is very beautiful. it will be touring until monday 11th of march. a stunning piece. now for the news and weather wherever you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. after the stabbings this weekend, which includes a 17—year—old girl being stabbed to death in east london, figures reveal there's been more than a 90% rise in the number of children being treated for stab wounds. a freedom of information request to police forces, by channel 4's dispatches programme, showed a steep rise in knife related offences. the home office says it's set out a range of actions to tackle violent crime. watford football club's troy deeney has got involved in the debate over knife crime, saying the media has a "big opportunity" and responsibility to balance its reporting of knife crime with stories of more positive community work. the striker, who was jailed for affray in 2012, told the bbc that its also "lazy" to look at footballers or celebrities as role models. he belie

let's get more from our reporterjohn maguire. there he is running down that hill.t night and then gone back down in the morning. the nominal effort. you have done for a sense. what was that like? yeah, we did four. we had to start very early, in the dark, and it wasjust great start very early, in the dark, and it was just great because start very early, in the dark, and it wasjust great because loads start very early, in the dark, and it was just great because loads of people came out on each ascent, loads of different people came out and joined us, it was really great to see all of that support there and it is for a really good because. indeed, and i'm going to talk about that in a second. if you have had days off for whatever reasons and you have to catch up, the first question, des, why do it? hello it is to raise funds and awareness for cancer research uk. why those charities quite close to heart? — your —— your heart. from a family point of view, they are both very close to my heart. and why penny van 365 any year, why did you fixate on that idea? alive is loo

our correspondentjohn maguire is there for us, and can tell us more. good morning.always a crowdpleaser in a crowd puller. it‘s great to see it so close up, such a huge engine, almost 100 years old, built in 1923 and on car, used to travel at 100 miles an hour between scotland and london, just look at the size of the wheels, they are taller than i am. the daughter of the man who is widely recognised as having saved the flying scotsman from the scrapheap will be setting off later on today. she is here at the swanage road. just looking at all the metres, making sure pressure is up. the flying scotsman will go through five tons of coal a day. i don‘t suppose the engine will be doing 100 miles an hour today. we are expecting big crowds to come along and see the flying scotsman pulling carriages, doing what it‘s designed to do. an amazing day for you guys. it's a real unique experience for the railway. tell us what car 1a years. it's railway. tell us what car 1a years. it‘s an observation coach which is a pullman carriage which went around america and penny pegler, who w

breakfast‘s john maguire is there for us this morning, and we canjoin him now. 30 feet across. she will take pride of place outside the theatre royal in plymouth. adrian is the man who runs the theatre. what is it like to see her now and what will be her new home? a mixture of relief and exhilaration. i will be more relieved when she is back on dry land. but wonderful. this has been five years in the making, really. and a lot of hard work and commitment and anxiety. and to see her in all her glory now, well, she speaks for herself. people have been out at sharing as she came in. everybody is turning up on votes to ta ke everybody is turning up on votes to take photographs. she has already made an impact. and she hasn't really arrived yet. it is going to make a statement about plymouth, its ambition, and the future of the city. joseph, this gulped, he was back to about an hour ago, told us she is based on an actor. you can see very she is based on an actor. you can see very much an actor acting in a very dynamic... in a rehearsal room here in plymouth. an actual

john maguire is going to show us a little bit of it.rday he did potholes live, today, the fatberg. what is the weather going to be like? we had a glimpse of a lovely sunrise this morning, carole, good morning. good morning, carole, good morning. good morning, it absolutely is across many areas, beautiful sunrises. and today once again the weather is stuck in action replay. it will be mostly dry with sunny spells and areas of cloud. if you are across north—west scotland, we are looking at some patchy rain. high pressure still firmly in charge of our weather. the centre of the higher to the south—west of us. so parts of south—west england into parts of wales will see the lion ‘s share of the sunshine from the word go. so again today, various areas of cloud floating around, breaking here and there. some sunshine coming through. we still have patchy rain across the north and west of scotland. here it is breezy, but the breeze a mild south—westerly, so temperature is not too bad. ten in loic two highs of 13 or 14 not too bad. ten in loic two

john maguire, bbc news, ely. "rogue" fish has been removed from a lake in essex after children reported seeing it eating ducks. the 25 pound catfish was caught by the environment agency at a man—made lake outside the lakeside shopping centre in thurrock. a spokesman said fishing contests would be held at the lake to reduce the population of invasive species. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. temperatures reached 20 celsius earlier on in greater london, the woman's place in the uk, but the wind of change is blowing. we have a cold front moving in, bringing cool air, but that pushes southwards, bringing a real change to the weather across england and wales. here is that frontal area of cloud, working across wales and the midlands into the south—east. in the north, clearing skies, frost around, temperatures in scotland in the countryside getting down to minus four celsius and a reminder that the clocks go forward tonight so for most of us and our less in bed. as we go to sunday, more cloud a

john maguire has more. on the morning tide, messenger, as she is known, struck an incongruous and imposing figure. seven metres tall and nine metres wide messenger will take up residency outside the theatre royal in the city of plymouth, she is the uk's largest bronze sculpture. she represents our young actor, the dynamism, the energy, the message that an actor gets across when they are on stage. originally based on the character bianca, the courtesan in othello, the subject matter has led to some bemusement in the city. but as she takes up her permanent place outside the theatre it's hoped she will become a magnet for visitors and plymouth people alike, a messenger that will be heard far and wide. john maguire, bbc news, plymouth. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... 11 days to go to brexit and britain is plunged into a constitutional crisis as the speaker of the house of commons tells theresa may she can't hold another vote on her deal. we have heard today from the prime mi

john maguire reports.ded by giant nets at this school in cambridge, the council wants to expand the school, something which would not be allowed if birds were nesting. elaine spotted them, tweeted about them and was amazed by the response. i think it has made such an impression because it is such a dramatic visual metaphor, if you like, of what we're doing to the natural world. it has been happening across the uk, he recently in surrey ona across the uk, he recently in surrey on a large scale and in warwickshire, where hedgerows have been covered. the royal society for the protection of birds wants the band. the problem is that we are excluding those from the nesting habitat at this key time of year. the countryside should be a lively birdsong right now but across our country, we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years and when nature is in crisis, we really can't afford to be adding to its pressures with things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may become trapped inside the nets, as happene

john maguire, bbc news, bath. lots of differing points of view. richard bridgerjoins us now.ere it is left empty, short—term rentals enable them to welcome guests and earn money. in most cases it isjust them to welcome guests and earn money. in most cases it is just a very part—time operation, so you expect if it is good enough for them to live there than it is good enough for people to stay occasionally. the i guess the legislative regulations like pass testing etc, what about the effect on the community? lots of times the guests leave at mitre footprint, they are tourists, out and about, business travellers are working, people are seeing friends and family. they use it as a base but do not stay there much. as with any neighbour, whether they live permanently or part time, you get noisy ones and you want the right processes in place to try to stop but, nobody wants noisy neighbours. but it is quite rare. the face —— they are making money, so why should they are making money, so why should they not have to comply to the same criteria as businesses like a b&b? if you are a hom

john maguire has more.will take up residency outside the theatre royal in the city of plymouth. she is the uk's largest bronze sculpture. she represents a young actor, the dynamism, the energy, the message that an actor gets across when they're on stage. the statue has been created using both ancient and modern techniques. she's assembled from cast—bronze segments, formed using robots and computer—aided design. her stance is based on an actor rehearsing for the shakespearean play othello. if you think about most victorian statues in towns, they are of men, standing motionless. but she's very dynamic and that's something i was very keen to capture. once messenger was safely delivered by sea, she then took to the air and was lifted onto dry land, ready to take her place outside the theatre royal and at the centre of plymouth‘s cultural ambitions. just look at her, she is beautiful. she will make an impact on the city and hopefully people will come for many years to come to see her, because she is rather speci