music mark savage, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. we've got some cold air in place and the same mist and some fog and some mist and some fog patches around for some of us to start your wednesday morning. so some fog patches, particularly through parts of southern and central england and east anglia and then rain is going to be spreading its way gradually eastwards. that rain pushing in across northern ireland by the early hours of wednesday during wednesday morning, pushing into scotland, wales as well, fog for parts of central, eastern and southern england that should clear away by the middle of the morning. and then these bursts of rain could be quite heavy as they push across wales, into central england as well for south and east anglia, staying dry for a good part of the day. but a return to a few more showers from the north west. temperatures, though, between about nine to 13. som certainly milder than they have been. now, through wednesday evening and overnight. then this next pulse of fairly heavy rain at times pushes its way

music mark savage, bbc news.you see every day. take a look. a pod of dolphins in the river thames near kent. volunteers from the royal national lifeboat institution saw the two adults and a calf on saturday and described the site is incredible. the river thames is home to 125 species of fish, marine, and terrestrial mammals. —— the sight as incredible. incredible, isn't it? hello. temperatures have been falling quite quickly over the past few hours. we've got some cold air in place and there's some mist and some fog patches around for some of us to start your wednesday morning. so some fog patches, particularly through parts of southern and central england and east anglia, and then rain is going to be spreading its way gradually eastwards. that rain pushing in across northern ireland by the early hours of wednesday, during wednesday morning pushing into scotland, wales as well. fog for parts of central, eastern and southern england — that should clear away by the middle of the morning. and then these bursts of ra

music mark savage, bbc news.ays, there are plans to designate 27 new clean sites for bathing in england. they'll be in rivers and lakes, and regularly monitored for pollution. people who use them hope this official designation will keep them clean as our north of england correspondent, danny savage, reports from one of those new sites. it's an idyllic—looking spot, a large area of open water popular with hardy souls who like a dip. huge mental health benefits. huge physical health benefits. it gets your blood flowing. but if you search swimming in the river nidd in knaresborough online, lots comes up about sewage pollution and even people getting sick after being in the water around here. we'll all agree we won't put our faces, our heads in the water and we'll try not to ever swallow any water. lucy has four sons. three out of the four have had a case of nidd belly. is that what you call it? yeah, belly puking, diarrhoea. sadly, they go under the water, they swallow the water and they are ill. i would say eight t

music mark savage, bbc news. this is a pod of dolphins, it was spotted in there with tens, no less.ribed the site as incredible. the thames is, believe it or not, it looks like an ugly river, doesn't it? it's actually home to 125 species of fish, marine and terrestrial mammals, and i know on a personal note, if i saw a couple of dolphins swimming in the river thames, couple of dolphins swimming in the riverthames, i mightjust couple of dolphins swimming in the river thames, i mightjust try and jump river thames, i mightjust try and jump in there and be with them. 0bviously that would be incredibly dangerous and very cold so i probably would be, but there you go. your live with me, mary moshiri, watching the world today. coming out on the programme it will be a spoon bending, dishing, we've invited uri geller on the programme to talk about the real magic behind spoon bending. stay with us on the bbc. hello there. good evening. it was a very pretty start earlier on this morning, with red sky across much of england and wales as snapped by our weather watchers — all ahead of an approach

music mark savage, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.how it — with al in the retail space and how it could affect your shopping habits.- how it could affect your shopping habits. that is all from us and _ shopping habits. that is all from us and we _ shopping habits. that is all from us and we will - shopping habits. that is all from us and we will see - shopping habits. that is all| from us and we will see you soon. hello. temperatures have been falling quite quickly over the past few hours. we've got some cold air in place and there's some mist and some fog patches around for some of us to start your wednesday morning. so some fog patches, particularly through parts of southern and central england and east anglia, and then rain is going to be spreading its way gradually eastwards. that rain pushing in across northern ireland by the early hours of wednesday, during wednesday morning pushing into scotland, wales as well. fog for parts of central, eastern and southern england — that should clear away by the middle of the morning. and then

mark savage, our music correspondent, no surprises from you that taylor won the top award?p award? iirrt really, and like ben says, it feels more of an award for the tour, and taylor's cultural dominance over the last 12 months, than it does for the music itself. it wasn't her best reviewed album but it has sold in huge numbers and i think the recording academy is always mindful of that wider cultural impact of the artists that it represents. i think it would have been good to see a win for lana del rey, whom taylor called up for lana del rey, whom taylor called up onto the stage and called out as one of the artists of her generation, orsister, one of the artists of her generation, or sister, for sos, she would have been the first black artist female to win album of the year since 1997, artist female to win album of the yearsince1997, lauren artist female to win album of the year since 1997, lauren hill, artist female to win album of the yearsince1997, lauren hill, if artist female to win album of the year since 1997, lauren hill, if she had won. but taylor swift probably e

ben beaumont thomas, he is the guardian�*s music editor, and also the bbc�*s music correspondent mark savaget's the 66th annual grammy awards.

podcast and we also have been thomas was the guardian music editor and the bbc music correspondent mark savageth annual grammy award. taylor swift for midnight! my brand—new album. comes out april 19. think you are so much and i don't think— think you are so much and i don't think i've — think you are so much and i don't think i've forgotten _ think you are so much and i don't think i've forgotten anyone. i i think i've forgotten anyone. i might've _ think i've forgotten anyone. i might've forgotten _ think i've forgotten anyone. i i might've forgotten underwear, thereby — might've forgotten underwear, thereb. �* , billie eilish mitchell ending that little montage and will have more on that later in the programme but the big award went to taylor swift and this is the moment it was announced by celine dion. taylor looking a little surprise there but let us go to la in the news correspondent, thank you for joining us and really, it was taylor swift's night. it joining us and really, it was taylor swift's night-— joining us and really, it was taylor swift's night. it was a star-studded event but

west coast rap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday, or you can find around the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. new at 11 tonight, 2023 markeda record low for home sales in san francisco. >> a new report from compass shows less than 4200 homes were sold in the city last year. >> that marks the lowest annual number of home sales ever recorded by compass, whose data stretches all the way back to 20 to 2005. listings also reached a record low last year, with just over 6200 homes put up for sale starting this year. california plans to use artificial intelligence to help answer your tax questions. california's department of tax and fee administration said it will use generative ai to advise its call center agents on state tax code, and the ai will then inform what information is passed on to california business owners, asking for tax guidance. the project is part of an ai adoption process that governor newsom kicked off last fall, requiring state agencies to explore new ways to use ai by this coming july. well caltrans says crews began leading convoys for local residents and supply trucks to get through highway one in monterey co

coast rap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday or you can find round the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. now to the latest on the war in ukraine. saturday marksrs since russian forces invaded ukraine. >> right now the small european nation is desperate for more soldiers and is considering expanding its military draft as it tries to hold on to land its troops have reclaimed from russia. lack of soldiers is not the only component crippling ukraine's war effort, according to its president, but also dwindling funds and weapons from western allies, including the united states, ukraine's president says support from the u.s. is vital to his country. >> this help is crucial. so without it so. but we will have more and more such heroic guys who will be in the hospitals. >> meanwhile, the state department is warning all americans in russia to leave immediately. this comes after a los angeles woman with dual citizenship was detained in russia for treason. and as this weekend marks two years since the beginning of russia's invasion, one student in the east bay wants to make sure that ukrainian people are not forgotten. >> tomorrow, bell towers and campus

savage and i'm heather holmes. >> a lot of us saw some heavy rain overnight. and there is even more to come. we want to go straight now to our meteorologist, mark tamayo, for a look at what we can expect next. mark >> yeah, still some off and on scattered showers. the guys in the possibility of some thunderstorms. but as you know, it has been a very active period here in the bay area. those rainfall totals really adding up. we're not just talking about a 10th of an inch or a quarter of an inch. take a look at the totals so far from yesterday and into today, we're tracking rainfall amounts over four inches in kentfield and boulder creek, santa rosa, san francisco 2.60 oakland, san jose, concord, redwood city, all. over an inch of rain. so the today is one of those days where you can actually have a break in the rain. then all of a sudden a big, intense downpour with some thunderstorms out there as well. so an active day to track those clouds and the showers. here's the radar activity over the past few hours and all those little you can see, all those little lightning strikes detected on the radar throughout the day, not only here in the bay area