the highest temperatures were around merseyside. which will work its way into northern ireland and eventually into western scotland. as we see the cloud coming in and thickening up, so we will see some rain pushing in from the west across northern ireland overnight and beginning to arrive in western parts of scotland by the early hours. these areas will be milder overnight. for the rest of the uk, we will have lighter winds, clearer skies and temperatures will be close to freezing. a touch of frost in some areas, but it will warm up in the sunshine. not so much sunshine for northern ireland and scotland. the rain tending to peter out, it will be brighter for eastern scotland full stops sunshine for england and wales, although some fair weather cloud bubbling up and it could be hazy at times across east anglia. it will be a warm day in the midlands and eastern england. temperatures lower than today in the cloud for scotland and northern ireland. weather fronts have been lurking in the atlantic to the west of the uk for a few days now

advancing atlantic weather front, we are expecting a little bit of snow possibly over wales, maybe merseysidee peak district, the midlands. elsewhere, just a scattering of wintry showers and cold. temperatures down to minus four celsius in some northern towns and cities. here's tomorrow's weather forecast — monday. lots of sunshine across eastern areas, but out towards the west a bit more cloud and some hit and miss rain. that's it. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello. i'm shaun ley, welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk journalists, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who file their stories from the dateline london. this week, 70 years of soft power. how prince philip utilised his status to project and protect. and empty chairs and absent ones — how to interpret a week of diplomatic signals. with me to discuss all that, thomas kielinger, who's spent decades in this country explaining the uk to germans, including the monarchy, with his biographies of both queens called elizabeth. bronwen maddox, a former newspaper foreign editor, now director of the institu

highest temperatures were around merseyside.astern parts of england, but it is quite thin, high cloud. most of it is sitting in the atlantic, and this will work its way into northern ireland and eventually into western scotland. the cloud coming in and thickens up, so we will start to see some rain pushing in from the west across northern ireland overnight. by across northern ireland overnight. by the early hours, it will arrive in western scotland. these areas will be milder overnight. for the rest of the uk, eastern scotland, england and wales will have lighter winds, clearer skies and temperatures close to freezing. a touch of frost in some areas. but it will warm up in the sunshine. some rain and drizzle for northern ireland and scotland, petering out through the day. sunshine for england and wales, but some fair weather cloud bubbling up for wales and western england, and hazy at times in east anglia. a warmer date through midlands and eastern england. slightly lower than today for scotland and northern ireland. weather fra

the highest temperatures were around merseyside. of england, but it is then, high cloud. most of the cloud is sitting in the atlantic, which will work its way into northern ireland and eventually into western scotland. as we see the cloud coming in and thickening up, so we will see some rain pushing in from the west across northern ireland overnight and beginning to arrive in western parts of scotland by the early hours. these areas will be milder overnight. forthe hours. these areas will be milder overnight. for the rest of the uk, we will have lighter winds, clearer skies and temperatures will be close to freezing. a touch of frost in some areas, but it will warm up in the sunshine. not so much sunshine for northern ireland and scotland. the rain tending to peter out, it will be brighterfor the rain tending to peter out, it will be brighter for eastern scotland full stops sunshine for england and wales, although some fair weather cloud bubbling up and it could be hazy at times across east anglia. it will be a warm day in the midla

we are also live on the bbc radio merseyside service if you are in liverpool. real madrid? john murray will be reading it with us. we will talk about them in a moment and the challenge ahead for them. in terms of last night, chelsea getting through although they did lose on the night. but what he goal puerto scored right at the end? , ., , , ., end? yes, and the best thing for chelsea was _ end? yes, and the best thing for chelsea was that _ end? yes, and the best thing for chelsea was that it _ end? yes, and the best thing for chelsea was that it didn't - end? yes, and the best thing for| chelsea was that it didn't happen earlier in the game. chelsea got the job done last night. very odd, part of these old times, the fact that both matches were played in the same stadium in seville. so very strange, and theyjust got it done. theyjust got it done, which is certainly what manchester city must do tonight. absolutely. before we talk about city, they will need to beat psg, that's probably the glamour time. would you make of their performance? high tautai, psg hadju

this is andy cook, the chief constable a merseyside police.ly when you hear from police officers and chiefs, they're calling for more money for their particular part of public service. but he says if you have £5 billion to spend on cutting crime, he would spend £1 billion on law enforcement and the other 4 billion on tackling poverty and creating opportunity, and he says that one of the problems that he sees is that a lot of young people think they don't have much choice. they think that crime is the only answer, so he's saying if you show them, if you work hard and earn good money and get a greatjob, then you might be able to pluck some people away from that life of crime. it’s pluck some people away from that life of crime.— life of crime. it's an interesting idea from _ life of crime. it's an interesting idea from a _ life of crime. it's an interesting idea from a police _ life of crime. it's an interesting idea from a police officer, - life of crime. it's an interesting l idea from a police officer, kezia. yes, i think it's fantastic. it d

the highest temperatures were around merseyside.across eastern parts of england, but it is then, high cloud. most of the cloud is sitting in the atlantic, which will work its way into northern ireland and eventually into western scotland. as we see the cloud coming in and thickening up, so we will see some rain pushing in from the west across northern ireland overnight and beginning to arrive in western parts of scotland by the early hours. these areas will be milder overnight. for the rest of the uk, we will have lighter winds, clearer skies and temperatures will be close to freezing. a touch of frost in some areas, but it will warm up in the sunshine. not so much sunshine for northern ireland and scotland. the rain tending to peter out, it will be brighter for eastern scotland full stops sunshine for england and wales, although some fair weather cloud bubbling up and it could be hazy at times across east anglia. it will be a warm day in the midlands and eastern england. temperatures lower than today in the cloud for scotland and n

pat and jack will celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary tomorrow. still together in their merseysidee devastated losing her husband after all this time. he's been there steadfast, standing — not beside her, you know... just behind her! it's very difficult. what strikes me about your generation is that real sense of duty and of resilience and determination. it's being tolerant and enjoying each other�*s company. and being lucky. being lucky! yeah, we were lucky finding each other. he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these . years and i and his whole - family owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know. i the queen made her wedding vows before god, to love, to cherish and by tradition, to obey. till death us do part. mark easton, bbc news, liverpool. after the weather we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are eve pollard & peter hunt now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett hello there, good evening. there was some warm spring sunshine for many of us today. the for many of us toda

still together in their merseyside home, they respect the example set by the queen and prince philip.here, steadfast, standing... not beside her but, you know... just behind her. it's very difficult, that, isn't it? what strikes me about your generation is that real sense of duty and of resilience and determination. it'sjust being tolerant, i think. and enjoying each other's company is the most... and being lucky. being lucky? - being lucky. yeah, we were lucky, finding each other. he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and i and his whole family owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know. the queen made her wedding vows before god, to love, to cherish, and — by tradition — to obey, till death us do part. mark easton, bbc news, liverpool. 0ur royal correspondent, sarah campbell is with me now. this does now mark a new phase for the queen, facing life alone. indeed, she has lost her confident, the widerfamily has indeed, she has lost her confident, the wider family has lost the patriarch, grandfather, great—grandfather and there were m

pat and jack will celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary tomorrow. still together in their merseysidehey respect the example set by the queen and prince philip. she must be devastated losing her husband after all this time. he's been there steadfast, standing — not beside her, you know... just behind her! it's very difficult. what strikes me about your generation is that real sense of duty and of resilience and determination. it's being tolerant and enjoying each other�*s company. and being lucky. being lucky! yeah, we were lucky finding each other. he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these . years and i and his whole - family owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know. i the queen made her wedding vows before god, to love, to cherish and by tradition, to obey. till death us do part. mark easton, bbc news, liverpool. now on bbc news, click. this week, vaccine passports. how will they work? and will they work? plus, teaching a gorilla to talk. making a fox fly. and walking a dog on the beach from the sofa. good boy! welcome to click. we're into

from london to leeds, merseyside to manchester, hundreds of thousands of leaseholders are living in flatsmmable materials. after grenfell, they never thought they'd have to foot the bill. we are determined that no leaseholder should have to pay for the unaffordable cost of fixing safety defects that they didn't cause and are no fault of their own. i have spent days and weeks crying about it. leaseholders were hoping the fire safety bill would protect them from costs, but it hasn't, and now it's law. rachel and her partner in manchester fear they'll face life—changing bills. declaring bankruptcy at this age, you know, what does that do to us for our future? it decimates it. so, yeah, it's... yeah, it's terrifying. and these are real discussions about bankruptcy that you're having now? yes. yeah, obviously, it's not the wisest thing to do, but we have, you know, we've sat there at night and had the fire safety bill strengthened regulations following the grenfell tower fire. the legislation clarifies that building owners must manage and reduce the fire risk. the fire safety bill, which has r

still together in their merseyside home, they respect the example set by the queen and prince philip.st be devastated, losing her husband after all this time. he has been there, steadfast, standing not her but, you know... standing not her but, you know - -— standing not her but, you i know. . ._ it's know... just behind her. it's very difficult, _ know... just behind her. it's very difficult, that. - know... just behind her. it's very difficult, that. what - very difficult, that. what strikes me _ very difficult, that. what strikes me about - very difficult, that. what strikes me about your. strikes me about your generation is that real sense of duty and of resilience and determination. it’s of duty and of resilience and determination.— of duty and of resilience and determination. it's 'ust to be intolerant. h determination. it's 'ust to be intolerant, i_ determination. it's 'ust to be intolerant, i think, _ determination. it'sjust to be intolerant, ithink, and - intolerant, ithink, and enjoying each other�*s company. i've been lucky. enjoying each other's company. i've been lucky.—

from london to leeds, merseyside to manchester, thousands of leaseholders are facing huge bills to removeadding and to fix other fire safety faults. i have spent days and weeks crying about it, worrying about our future. in manchester, this was rachel and her partner's first home together. now they feel trapped. declaring bankruptcy at this age, you know, what does that do to us for our future? it decimates it. so, yeah, it's... yeah, it's terrifying. and these are real discussions about bankruptcy that you're having now? yes. yeah, obviously it's not the wisest thing to do, but we have sat there at night and had conversations, "what would it mean?" the fire safety bill was introduced to strengthen building regulations following the grenfell tragedy. peers in the lords and some conservative backbench mps tried to make changes to the bill to protect flat owners from cladding costs, but those attempts failed and the bill became law today. the fire safety bill, which has received royal assent, will actually help to save lives by changing some of these awful regulations and guidelines that ex

this event, we realise the importance not just for the racing industry preferred liverpool and merseysidely for the grand national festival of these stands will be packed with people already. there will be betting stalls all along here as well. i have to say, it feels pretty flat. having said that just talking to people within racing, the main thing that they have got is that particularly bearing in mind what happened last year when it had to be cancelled, that it be said is going ahead. —— at least it is going ahead. tt is at least it is going ahead. it is not going _ at least it is going ahead. it is not going to _ at least it is going ahead. it is not going to be _ at least it is going ahead. it is not going to be the _ at least it is going ahead. te 3 not going to be the same but having said all of that, i can't wait. i go racing nearly every day of the year and this is the one big day that i absolutely love. bud and this is the one big day that i absolutely love.— and this is the one big day that i absolutely love. and of course the uk and iron _ absolutely love. and of course the uk

merseyside police have launched an investigation after a window on real madrid's team bus was smashedefore last night's champions lague quarter final against liverpool. hundreds of supporters lined anfield road, with a small minority throwing objects. the club have called the incident "unacceptable and the shameful behaviour" of "a few individuals". as for the game, it finished goalless, meaning liverpool are out of europe having failed to overturn their 3—1 first leg defecit. tonight the focus is on the europa league. arsenal have work to do if they're to reach the semi finals. they're in the czech republic for their second leg against slavia prague, which is delicately poised at 1—1. manchester united, meanwhile, host granada at old trafford. united have a 2—0 advantage heading into the second leg — making them big favourites to reach the final four, where ajax or roma await. but manager ole gunner solskjaer insists his side won't be complacent. we now know the draw for the first round of this year's world snooker championship, as ronnie o'sullivan begins his quest to win a record—e

merseyside police say patrols will happen in popular places like this. happen in popular places likeapart. a plan echoed by forces up and down the country. we're trying to tread that line between the rules changing and people being able to enjoyjust those slight relaxations, but at the same time, trying to make sure that people don't think it's ok to go back to how it was before, everything's totally normal, because that's when we start to affect public health issues that have been so prevalent. and in scotland, today is the start of new rules. stay at home changed to stay local, now the same as wales, but any change to that message in northern ireland is still more than a week away. back in liverpool, the easing of lockdown lifting the spirits of people in this park. i love coming here, it's one of my highlights of 2021. i love it here. i love the park, the people, and i love meeting them. hopefully we won't go into another lockdown, and it will stay open, everyone will behave. fingers crossed. mairead smith, bbc news. the uk medicines watchdog says it has identified only 30 cases o

been packed with people enjoying the chance to meet together, but those groups have got larger and merseysidehave told me today that they will be patrolling places like parks and beaches, where they are reminding people that alcohol is banned from places like crosby beaches, just up the coast from where we are. but it's that chance to meet for the first time. this is the first bank holiday where everybody in england is under the same rules, the same restrictions of just two households together or the rule of six. but the message from public health experts is to not push that further than we should. of course, this is a really important weekend for religious people, for christians and jewish faiths, easter and passover will be celebrated and guidance has been given for people to worship safely. form people more interested in worshipping the sun today, the guidance is clear. two households or the rule of six. mairead, thank you very much. and there's been a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in scotland. the stay—at—home order — which has been operating for over three months — has b

still together in their merseyside home, they respect the example set by the queen and prince philip.this time. i mean, he's been there, steadfast, standing... not beside her but, you know... just behind her. it's very difficult, that, isn't it? what strikes me about your generation is that real sense of duty and of resilience and determination. it'sjust being tolerant, i think. and enjoying each other's company is the most... and being lucky. being lucky? - being lucky. yeah, we were lucky, finding each other. he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and i and his whole family owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know. the queen made her wedding vows before god, to love, to cherish, and — by tradition — to obey, till death us do part. mark easton, bbc news, liverpool. let's take a look at some of today's other news. the number of people who've died with coronavirus worldwide has passed three million. cases of the virus continue to surge in large parts of the world, including india and brazil. the figures — compiled byjohns hopkins uni

advancing atlantic weather front, we are expecting a little bit of snow possibly over wales, maybe merseyside some northern towns and cities. here's tomorrow's weather forecast — monday. lots of sunshine across eastern areas, but out towards the west a bit more cloud and some hit and miss rain. that's it.

tonight there could be a bit of snow around here, so wales, maybe merseyside, parts of the midlands,creasing amounts of cloud with some spots of rain with this breeze of the atlantic. also those temperatures just starting to rise. you can see ahead of it in cardiff, around 12 celsius. we will see that pattern as we head into monday night and into tuesday. this is tuesday's weather map, with high pressure over us stop i think tuesday a bit of a mixed bag. there will be some showers around, but light winds. that is not necessarily a good thing, because we want winds from the south to warm things up. we have not got the winds, we're just relying on that sunshine to warm up the cold air. in the area is very cold over us. so it will take time for things to warm up. if you can call it warm — not at all. 12, i3 for things to warm up. if you can call it warm — not at all. 12, 13 or 14 degrees by wednesday. if anything, it looks like we will get another cold wind out of the north east by thursday, which means that the temperatures. to go down again. so yes, things are relaxing from tomorrow,

from london to leeds, merseyside to manchester, thousands of leaseholders are facing huge bills to remove trapped. declaring bankruptcy at this age, you know, what does that do to us for our future? it decimates it. so, yeah, it's... yeah, it's terrifying. and these are real discussions about bankruptcy that you're having now? yes. yeah, obviously it's not the wisest thing to do, but we have sat there at night and had conversations, "what would it mean?" the fire safety bill was introduced to strengthen building regulations following the grenfell tragedy. peers in the lords and some conservative backbench mps tried to make changes to the bill to protect flat owners from cladding costs, but those attempts failed and the bill became law today. the fire safety bill, which has received royal assent, will actually help to save lives by changing some of these awful regulations and guidelines that existed previously and this will help to save lives. and the prime minister previously made this pledge. we're determined that no leaseholder should have to pay for the unaffordable costs of fixing saf

merseyside police have launched an investigation.y to dominate the ball, score goals like we always want to do, and just keep carrying on. in the last half hour, the draw for the first round of this year's world snooker championship's been made. ronnie 0'sullivan's going for a record—equalling seventh world title and begins the defence of his title against debutant markjoyce, who's ranked 46th in the world. uk championship winner neil robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trump faces liam highfield. with fewer than 100 days to go until the tokyo 0lympics, adam peaty produced a world leading time in the 100m breastroke. competing at the british olympic selection trials, he won the 100 metre breastroke with ease. his time of 57.39 seconds was more than a second quicker than anybody else — and he's now recorded the 20 fastest times in the history of the event. shaping up nicely ahead of the tokyo games. and ben stokes has been named leading cricketer in the world for the second year in a row by wisden. he

highlights the improvements that need to be made to the railways in north wales, linking up with merseysidestline, the routes into merseyside, and on the a55, i repeat what i said to my right honourable friend earlier, there is a great opportunity to do that if people will vote conservative and vote for a welsh conservative government and made the sixth. let's go to hywel williams. thank ou, mr let's go to hywel williams. thank you, mr speaker. _ let's go to hywel williams. thank you, mr speaker. in _ let's go to hywel williams. thank you, mr speaker. in 2007, - let's go to hywel williams. thank you, mr speaker. in 2007, my . let's go to hywel williams. thank. you, mr speaker. in 2007, my friend adam price, then the memberfor carmarthen east, proposed and elected representatives prohibition of deception bill. at this distance and time, it would be unkind to quiz the prime minister on the detail, because he is seen as a big thinker, so today, perhaps, he could tell the house what he thinks of the principle of that bill, that on important matters of public policy, politicians must not lie.— p

still together in their merseyside home, they respect the example set by the queen and prince philip. very difficult, that, isn't it? what strikes me about your generation is that real sense of duty and of resilience and determination. it's being tolerant and enjoying each other�*s company. and being lucky. being what? being lucky! yeah, we were lucky finding each other. he has quite simply been my. strength and stay all these years and i and his whole family owe him a debt greater. than he would ever claim or we shall ever know. i the queen made her wedding vows before god, to love, to cherish and by tradition, to obey. till death us do part. mark easton, bbc news, liverpool. we can speak now to the royal historian and biographer, robert lacey. robert, one of the images that will endure from the afternoon is the site of prince william and prince harry in conversation. what were your thoughts about that? yes. harry in conversation. what were your thoughts about that? yes, there was all this fuss _ your thoughts about that? yes, there was all this fuss beforehand - your thoughts about

it is a bit of a merseyside institution. how much have you missed being in there with the punters?ut under these restrictions. u, , opening a new venue but under these restrictions— restrictions. of course. it is baby ste -s at restrictions. of course. it is baby steps at first- — restrictions. of course. it is baby steps at first. i _ restrictions. of course. it is baby steps at first. i think— restrictions. of course. it is baby steps at first. i think it's - restrictions. of course. it is baby steps at first. i think it's really i steps at first. i think it's really important to give people back confidence that it is ok to go out and meet people. i think it is really important that people are able to start socialising in a safe way, and it has been pretty difficult when planning a brand—new venue, and re—establishing an existing one. so it has got its challenges. 50 existing one. so it has got its challenges-— existing one. so it has got its challenues. ., challenges. so with that in mind, safety first _ challenges. so with that in mind, safety first obviously, _ challenges. so

the south—east of england affecting the channel islands, highest temperatures across west wales, merseysideby when you down towards the south, strongest winds across south—west england and the channel islands once again. for england and wales a little cooler than today, highest temperatures tomorrow across northern ireland and scotland. after you two. thank you so much. we will see you later. time now for this week's newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. why were there more than 100,000 complaints about bbc coverage of the duke of edinburgh's death? and was it appropriate to focus on the relationship between prince william and prince harry before and after the duke's funeral? in the past two weeks, much has been written and said notjust about prince philip but also about the way the bbc handled his death, its aftermath and his funeral. it all began like this. we have just received a statement from buckingham palace, confirming that the duke of edinburgh has died. the statement says "it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen has announced the death of her b

so merseyside, greater manchester and inner london, for example.ps for you. other ways of making sure that you alwaysl get a good price is, - be honest — always give accurate information. and be careful with your mileage because you might think... - well, yes, less miles — that's. what we're all doing right now — means a lower price. but also, at a certain point, if you're not driving at all, i then actually your experience | is reduced so you can actually become a worse driver— and therefore be more susceptible to having accidents. so kind of keep up your ability to drive — - it's a valuable thing to do. so a top tip there — even if your costs have gone down and you're still working from home, get out in the car once in a while to keep your mileage up. but not all drivers will see these savings. those on auto—renewals aren't benefitting. the regulator is currently investigating and might change the rules on this. let us know your experiences with car insurance — have your costs gone down or are you still getting charged more despite driving about