and southern england could be —50 midlands and southern england could be -50 -6 midlands and southernnd could be —50 —6 in southern england. that fog around for the rush around the money could be very slow to clear during the course of the morning, otherwise some sunshine, there will be something to the east of the pennines and in north—east scotland. hello this is bbc news, with me, ben brown. the headlines: the queen has attended church at sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. the couple will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. said prime minister has been reacting to the news. said prime minister has been reacting to the newsli said prime minister has been reacting to the news. i think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future. in other news — powers come into force this week to stop stalkers from contacting or approaching their victims — while police investigate allegations against them. the conflict in libya — key world powers begin a conference i

the fog in the midlands, defence, linkage to be very slow to left in the morning.scotla nd of the pennines in the north—east of scotland it will be mild. the rest of northern parts of the uk will be holding on to the cloud and temperatures will be higher. the high pressure will be in charge over the week ahead. it will be squeezed by this weather fronts. it brings a north—south split in the weather with a frosty start across england and wales. a bit of light rain and drizzle coming down across scotland and northern ireland but that will peter wright to the afternoon. the first signs of any rain in the next few days. some mist and fog patches in southern parts of england and into wales and the midlands. that is the sort of story through the rest of the week. a lot of cloud around, pockets of frost and fog, but for many of us it will be dry. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at ten. harry and meghan will drop their ‘hrh' title and give up all royal duties under a new agreement with buckingham palace. the queen says they will always be much loved members

because it is not just about north and the midlands?on or down to london quickly. that's not the case. it is about linking the midlands and the north more effectively. currently it takes the best part of two hours to get from leeds to birmingham and no one makes that journey, from leeds to birmingham and no one makes thatjourney, that could be down to a0 minutes, about connecting manchester airport is the international gateway to the north to the rest of the country, and it is about linking up strength in the midlands and the north currently do not have any real travel benefits or links. it is about creating a north of england that is fully connected, both to each other... itself and the other parts of the country. when is the final review coming out? we are not sure about that, that will depend on when the new government chooses to do so, but we would expect something in the next couple of months and it will be interesting to see what happens in that period. thank you very much indeed. sir keir starmer says the country needs a radical

it will be wales, the midlands, southern england that will have a widespread frost.rth. the to —6 in the south, it will be milder further north. the fog for the rush hour tomorrow, watch out for that. it may well linger throughout this morning —— the morning before lifting. to the east of the pennines to north—east of scotla nd of the pennines to north—east of scotland it will be very mild. elsewhere, it could be quite cloudy and cold further south, even though we will see some sunshine. high pressure is still in charge as we head into tuesday. this weakening weather front is toppling down from the north, introducing a lot cloud. it will keep the temperature is up. any rain and drizzle for scotland and northern ireland will peter wright. north of that we will see the cloud breaking and we will see some sunshine. there could be some pockets of mist and fog in the south and temperatures here only 56 degrees. it will be a quiet week ahead with this gentle westerly breeze coming in across the uk. there may be some patchy mist and fog around but a fair bit of cloud on the

maria is with me come she is the director of midland connect.use we talk about the train track and the stations, about the cost. we don‘t often talk about the businesses that probably need this. absolutely and we saw the letter today, the point about what happens today, the point about what happens to places like birmingham, the west midlands and wider midlands, when it's already happening we have been living and breathing hsz for ten years and the transformation the city is experiencing its second to none. we never had the level of investment, the jobs creation, not only in construction but in terms of the regeneration plans that are happening for the city. and that takes time and resources to plan. we need to consider that this has been the biggest investment that has come to the midlands and we want to keep it going to put why would you stop it? when you talk about that time, how frustrating that there are still big questions about whether the project will even get built at all? we are extremely frustrated and of course there has to be screwe

the effects of climate change have been felt in this country with flooding in yorkshire in the midlands and despite net 0 emissions by 2050, by 2099. can we afford to wait another 79 years before we reach net 0 in this country? >> this government has doubled spending on tax and climate change nationally to 11.6 billion pounds. don't forget this country has reduced co2 emissions by 42%. the economy under this conservative government has grown by 73%. we can do both. >> army corp. and has voted against every proposal to take action on climate change until he became prime minister. i hope for the sake of our future he changes his mind before prop 26 meeting glascow. speaking of planning to take a global lead on climate change the us secretary of state is visiting later today. donald trump's latest middle east peace plan is not a peace plan. it will annex palestinian territory, lock in illegal israeli colonization, and deny palestinian people there fundamental rights. when the government meets later today, he makes it clear the british government will stand for a genuine internationally bac

hopefully the worst will be over just east midlands. for most of us be frost free, touch and go in eastern scotland. the rain cleared quickly from northern ireland and scotland, but will take several hours to meander southwards so it might start reasonable in the south—east and brighten up behind it, but there will be showers following for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. still, temperatures well above where they should be for the time of year. we might even see 15 in some southern areas because it is mild air coming up areas because it is mild air coming up from the mid atlantic. that stays with us on and off throughout the weekend so it means we are braced with further areas of low pressure and further spells of rain. the weekend won‘t be a wash—out but there will be lively outbreaks. on one particular weather front in the south on saturday, then gusty winds and driving showery rain into the north. then brighter weather in between, as i say it is not a wash—out. then the next area of rain, and the spell of wet and wind

had a generally breezy day, about some dense patches of fog 39, particularly across wales and the midlands and north—west england. visibility already less than 100 metres in places. we will keep the cloud in the breeze going across scotla nd cloud in the breeze going across scotland and northern ireland, that fog becoming quite dense there are northern england, wales, clear skies elsewhere, you can see where the lowest entry will be. as low as —60 -74 lowest entry will be. as low as —60 —74 rural parts of england and wales. compared to 8—9 for the north of scotland. a lengthy dry spell for many, this frontal system and using the cloud and some patchy rain into the cloud and some patchy rain into the far north and west of scotland later on monday. scotland and northern ireland, again cloudy and breezy, that bog slow to clear across parts of england and wales. there will be some spells of sunshine, probably not much we saw today. it could be quite cold where the fog lingers. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the queen attends church near sandringham after reaching an agreement with pri

we will see more cloud arriving into northern england down to the midlands.orthern ireland and for most on tuesday a much cloudier day, a colder—feeling day as well. for central, southern england, temperatures here not much higher than six or seven celsius. here's this area of hig hpressure still with us as we go into wednesday, a longer, drier spell for much of the uk, in the week ahead. it does not necessarily mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. underneath the area of high pressure, we're feeding in a lot of moisture and we can see some mist and murkiness and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter will be along some eastern coasts. temperatures around nine or ten degrees celsius. so to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. some frosty nights, particularly at first. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and also further problems with mist and fog. goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: prince harry speaks out for the first time since his decisio

midlands. you and i know that as non- southerners! exactly.ctually, some of the other infrastructure projects in the north also need to be accelerated because clearly, as a guest from the northern power earlier on was pointing out... the environmental impacts and economic want. making sure the reasonable capacity because, at the moment, it is all locked up. as you know, the trains are not quite like they are here. that's it for the purpose tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages online in the website. seven days a week. if you miss the programme you can watch it later on the bbc iplayer. a huge thank you to you both, don't forget oui’ thank you to you both, don't forget our papers tomorrow. good night. the film review is coming up next. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is, as ever, mark kermode. good to see you, mark, what have you been watching? interesting week. we have the personal history of david copperfield, which is a new interpretation by armando iann

the fog in the midlands, across the fens in lincolnshire, slow to lift in the morning.e further north, to the east of the pennines and the north—east of scotland. the rest of northern parts of the uk hanging on to more cloud but the temperatures will be a little higher. the high pressure still in charge in one shape or another over the weekend, getting squeezed a little by the weakening weather front heading southwards. it brings a north—south split in the weather, with a frosty start in england and wales, more cloud, may be some light rain and drizzle across scotland and northern ireland. even that peters out in the afternoon. the first signs of any rain in the next few days. either side of that, there may be some sunshine but again some mist and fog patches in southern parts of england and into wales and the midlands. that is the story through the rest of the week. a lot of cloud around, pockets of frost and fog but for many of us, it will be dry. this is bbc news. the headlines at midday. the queen attends church at sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince

perhaps and into the west midlands perhaps and into the south—west of england.s a dry prospect for east anglia, the south—east and perhaps the east midlands and drying up later in the day across northern ireland under a little ridge of high pressure until on tuesday, we bring a real humdinger. very wet and windy conditions widely across the british isles but especially so across central and northern part of scotland. hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with foreign correspondents who file their stories for the folks back home with the dateline ‘london'. 2019 ended with two events that underline the folly of prediction; bush fires raging out of control across parts of australia forced the government to acknowledge some link between the claims of scientists and the humanitarian and environmental disaster unfolding around it — just nine months after winning re—election on a climate sceptic ticket. the other was the assassination by the united states of qasem soleimani, arguably the second most

and to the east of the east midlands and to the east of the pennines.it will be very mild at 11 degrees. the clouds thickening up in western scotla nd the clouds thickening up in western scotland and temperatures in double figures in many parts of northern uk, more chilly further south. frost inafew uk, more chilly further south. frost in a few places, but then cloud amount tend to increase from the north, if anything lifting the temperatures. the coldest weather by the end of the night likely to be in the end of the night likely to be in the far south of england. much milder as you head further north. wednesday sees less sunshine across england and wales, a lot of cloud around. quite misty as well, especially over the hills. the best of the sunshine to the east of high ground, especially in eastern scotla nd ground, especially in eastern scotland where temperatures could reach 13 degrees. it should be a little bit milder further south across england and wales, but with that cloud which is stuck under the area of high pressure. we have another weak weat

travel from the midlands... at the end of the day we're always late for work, we're never on time. taxi. ..to the north of england and the stories are similar. today's rail fare rise hard to swallow. the prices seem to keep going up and you don't seem to get anything more for your money. as i say, they are always late. sometimes only by a minute or two, but they're always late. as the price hike took effect this morning, the transport secretary said the company running the largest franchise in northern england wasn't fit for purpose. ijust don't think it is acceptable. i've been a long—suffering commuter myself for many years, and i don't think it's right that people can't always rely on their train services, and particularly in places like northern, where it has been noticeably bad, i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. northern, the company operating these services, is effectively on a final warning. in a matter of weeks, the government has to make a controversial call. either strip the company of this franchise, or keep it operating these trains on a simpler type of

midlands. you and i know that as non- southerners! exactly. infrastructure projects in the north also need to be accelerated because clearly, as a guest from the northern power earlier on was pointing out... the environmental impacts and economic want. making sure the reasonable capacity because, at the moment, it is all locked up. as you know, the trains are not quite like they are here. that's it for the purpose tonight. don't forget you can see the front

we will see more cloud arriving into northern england and the midlands.st on tuesday a much cloudier day, a colder—feeling day as well. for central, southern england, temperatures here not much higher than six or seven celsius. here's this area of hig hpressure still with us as we go into wednesday, a longer, drier spell for much of the uk, in the week ahead. it does not necessarily mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. underneath the area of high pressure, we're feeding in a lot of moisture and we can see some mist and murkiness and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter will be along some eastern coasts. temperatures around nine or ten degrees celsius. so to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. some frosty nights, particularly at first. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and also further problems with mist and fog. goodbye. welcome to bbc news — i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: prince harry speaks publicly for the first time since the announcement he and meghan will start a new life in canada wi

conservative mayor in the west midlands, where. ..cs. this is working across the piece and getting investment we need. he needs to be bold and get on with it. michael says, whatever the cost, it's essential hs2 is completed to update our failed railways and drive industry and commerce away from a london centric economy. nigel says it's required, get on with it and build it. mark says, short—term pain for long—term gain. ian says that it's nearly half the cost of brexit by this time next year but at least we would have something tangible to show for it. if hs2 was abandoned to the money earmarked for the project would get spaffed away and not get spent regenerating the regions. keep your comments coming in. before 11:00am... what's been the impact of the huge fires on australia's wildlife? we'll speak to an expert who reckons the fires may have killed over a billion animals. we'll meet 8 year old faroukjames — who's been told he'll have to cut off his amazing long hair if he wants to go to any of his local secondary schools. his mum wi

very cold again across much of central and southern england and into wales and the midlands.nd northern england. around eight or nine in the far north of scotland. a cloudy and breezy day again tomorrow for much of scotland and northern ireland, some of that cloud moving down into northern england. the overnight mist and fog may be slow to clear. once it does, more sunshine in most of england. fairly light winds for many, gusty winds across northern and western scotland, where they could touch 50-55 scotland, where they could touch 50—55 miles an hour. ten or 11 celsius for northern scotland and 6— nine for most, closer to freezing where we have the lingering mist and fog. overall, through the week, it's looking much drier. i'm rico hizon in singapore — the headlines: prince harry speaks publicly for the first time since the announcement he and meghan will start a new life in canada without their royal titles. it gives me great sadness that it has come to this. the decision i've made my my wife and i do step back is not one i've made lightly. it was after many months of talks

wa nts like the mayor of the midlands who really wants this to go ahead.s notjust about speed, people say just cutting the travel time between london and birmingham, what is the point of that? it is about capacity is well, looking further into the future saying the growing number of passengers means you are going to need this kind of increased capacity for those lines to operate. vicki, thank you very much, from westminster, our chief political correspondent. the headlines on bbc news: the foreign office confirms a plane bringing britons home from the virus hit chinese city of wuhan will take off later tonight. the chancellor, sajid javid, throws his support behind hs2 as a number of tory mps consider rebelling against the government. the number of rape prosecutions in england and wales has fallen again — as the number of suspects charged rises slightly. —— and its ports, roger federer defeated by novak djokovic as a check of its customer of record eighth title. the striker goes to 0ld eighth title. the striker goes to old trafford for £46 million and geor

this is going to connect the north of england and the midlands to the south and help level up the economicn't be a government that says you are committed to the north and committed to infrastructure, as this government does — and i really welcome that — then cancel the biggest transport insfratructure project ever conceived for the north of england. there are the practicalities, the price tag, but of course the politics. hs2 is wildly overbudget and it will take years to complete. but remember the government won the election in part by making big promises to connect the country. to correct the lopsidedness, to things fairer north, south, east and west. some figures in government believe there would be a huge credibility problem if they were to call the whole thing off. downing tools completely seems far—fetched. signs in westminster point to a go—ahead soon. but it's a big choice and not clear yet when and how this project will roll on. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the headlines on bbc news: the world health organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health eme

in most places, cloudy, but that will break up across north wales and the midlands.astern scotland doing nicely for brightness but the north—west of scotla nd brightness but the north—west of scotland will see outbreaks of rain. temperature is above average for the time of year. this evening and tonight, rendell splashed across northern scotland. windy and the west, and generally, it will be cloudy, the odd spot of drizzle, some helpful, but where we keep clear, it will become chile, the east of scotland and england. tomorrow, a cloudy, drizzly start, then this band of rain will push and accompanied by brisk winds. the skies were clear and we will see something brighter, with some showers. look at the temperatures on tuesday. some spots will get to 16 degrees, but with that, some wet and very windy weather. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in iran to mourn the assassinated military leader general soleimani. president trump warns the us has a list of 52 targets that will be hit "very hard"

more cloud for northern england and the midlands.h—west of scotland again with breeze continuing. to go with the frost in the south to start tomorrow, if you are journeying by car be aware, there will be dense patches of fog around. from the south midlands to the south coast, those areas are most at risk. the fog will take a while to shift, a couple of spots lasting all the way through to lunch time. away from that, sunshine in the south, but cloud drifting southwards across england and wales generally. a few glances of sunshine here and there. maybe sometime to the east of scotland. that cloud the north and north—west scotland. still a bit ofa north and north—west scotland. still a bit of a breeze there, too. mildest in the north, and the further south you are the colder it will be. there will be stormy conditions across spain. high pressure still with us. things fairly quiet for us as a result. grey and muggy for many parts of the country. cloud breaks are difficult to pick out, more likely to the east of high grounds, eastern part

the east midlands and the fa ns towards the east midlands and the fans overnight.ross some southern parts of england. that is in the centre of this large and very high area of low pressure. just getting squeezed across northern parts of the uk by that atlantic wind, which is why we see more cloud. further south, across a good part of wales, some fog around in the morning and that will lift. then we see lots of sunshine. further north we will see sunshine. further north we will see sunshine to the east of the pennines, and north—eastern scotland. elsewhere, the northern half of the uk will see a lot more cloud, temperatures nine or 10 degrees, further south it will be chillier, especially if the fog is stubborn to lift. my pressure will be with us throughout next week. it will get pushed a bit by that week when a front which moves down from the north—west, bringing more cloud in. temperature staying high across the northern half of the uk, but there will still be a touch of frost further south. that weak weather front is just producing a little of drizzle, the only

we were fostered by a lovely english couple in the midlands of england who had seen a photograph in af my sister and i with just a few lines underneath, saying "two sisters, well brought up, seeking a home, can you help?" they couldn't speak a word of german, i couldn't speak a word of english. i was traumatised, they were nervous, it was pretty grim! my feelings were just of being disturbed, of being with strange people, of not understanding what was going on, and when was i going to see my mother again? we were reunited after about 12 months or so, and we lived with our natural parents when i was in my teens, but as i think happens quite often with separated families, i never really bonded with them again, and that i really mourn. the act of sending your children away is a fantastic act of love. it didn't seem like it at the time, but it is the most loving thing a parent can do. the former child refugee, dame stephanie shirley. now to america, and a pioneering dance company that defied the prejudice that kept black people out of ballet. the dance theatre of harlem was the first clas

notice this area of cloud, the in north west england towards a west midlands which could be stubbornsewhere, loads of sunshine around. cloud their care across the north west, 10 degrees in stornoway. a little rain pushing into the northern isles because we have these weather fronts nearby but elsewhere, chilly afternoon. a strong area of high pressure with us as we head into monday. sunny skies further south. more cloud and more breeze across northern areas. so as we had three sunday night into the early hours of monday, under the cloud, more of a breeze, not as cold as it will be across most of england and wales. temperatures down to —5 —6 in some of the cold spots, again mist and fog could be an issue. further north, it will be rather cloudy with more of a breeze and less cold to start monday morning. a north— south divide. further south, start monday morning. a north— south divide. furthersouth, is a mist start monday morning. a north— south divide. further south, is a mist and fog through the morning. cold and frosty for most but at least you will have the sunshine to compensate.

more cloud arriving into northern england and the midlands.most of us on tuesday. temperatures not much higher than six or seven celsius. wednesday, longer, spell for much of the uk. it does not mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. feeding in a lot of moisture with mist and s and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter in south—eastern coast. to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. frosty nights. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and further problems with mist and fog. goodbye. spare law i'm lewis vaughan jones with bbc news. our top story. prince harry says his decision to step back from royal duties and move his family to canada wasn't taken lightly — and brings him great sadness. harry says the uk is his home and he wants to make it clear the couple is not walking away from the british public. lebanon's capital is hit by some of the worst violence since demonstrations against the ruling elite began in october. hundreds of people have reportedly been injured. snow storms have overwhelme

then another band of rain stretching through wales, the midlands and out through wales, the midlandsback into mid single figures are best. style mild towards the far south and east. the sort of a new week and all eyes on this area of low pressure. it looks as if it will bring some disruption. monday starts off on fine dry notes, some good spells of sunshine around particularly the further east you are. then this rain sta rts further east you are. then this rain starts to edge its way in, some heavy bursts, maybe something wintry over the hills of scotland, accompanied by strong wind. gales, perhaps severe, for some western spots making the evening commute fairly tricky. temperature wise, above—average, particularly towards the south and east where we are still in double digits. the week ahead looks unsettled. at times, strongly with strong wind, spells of rain which could be heavy leading to some travel disruption on the roads and ferries. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 6: after days of denial, iran admits shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran o

travel from the midlands... at the end of the day we're always late for work, we're neveron time.ometimes i have to get a taxi. ..to the north of england and the stories are similar. today's rail fare rise, hard to swallow. the prices seem to keep going up and you don't seem to get anything more for your money. as i say, they are always late. sometimes only by a minute or two, but always late. as the price hike took effect this morning, the transport secretary said the company running the largest franchise in northern england wasn't fit for purpose. ijust don't think it is acceptable. i've been a long—suffering commuter myself for many years, and i don't think it's right that people can't always rely on their train services, and particularly in places like northern, where it has been notably bad, i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. northern, the company operating these services, is effectively on a final warning. in a matter of weeks, the government has to make a controversial call. either strip the company of this franchise, or let it keep operating these trains on

, those could be rather heavyin midlands, those could be rather heavy in the morning before easing offosite scotland rate will be wintry over the hills. back in to cool air on sunday, particularly across the northern half of the uk, still double figures for a while in the south—east, it won't be as windy. but only briefly because look what is coming in from the up a storm is brewing. that's going to be resting oui’ brewing. that's going to be resting our way heading towards northwest scotla nd our way heading towards northwest scotland after a reasonably quiet start, with some sunshine around, it will stay dry across eastern areas but the wind will continue to strengthen, particularly out towards the west to oversee the rain moving in and that's going to be quite heavy. the strength of the wind could cause one or two issues, 16 maybe 17 miles —— miles an hour or more across western parts of the uk. amount of interaction this temperatures are going to be up to around 8— 11 degrees. that's a scene of what is going to be a changeable week ahead, we will find further areas of low pressure,

more cloud arriving into northern england and the midlands.day for most of us on tuesday. temperatures not much higher than six or seven celsius. wednesday, longer, spell for much of the uk. wednesday, longer, dry spell for much of the uk. it does not mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. feeding in a lot of moisture with mist and s and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter in eastern coasts. to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. frosty nights. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and further problems with mist and fog. goodbye. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: prince harry speaks publicly for the first time since the announcement he and meghan will start a new life in canada without their royal titles. 0nce meghan and i were married, we were excited, we were hopeful and we were here to serve. for those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this. it brings me great sadness that it has come to this. the decision for me and my wife to stand back is one i not mak

|j reconnect with voters in the midlands and the north.here is definitely a disconnect between the hierarchy of the labour party and the country. what we have not understood is that take back control resonated like no other slugging in my lifetime. why did it resonate? because slugging in my lifetime. why did it resonate ? because people slugging in my lifetime. why did it resonate? because people like the means to effect change in their own lives. with emily thornberry and clive lewis already declared, there are now five confirmed contenders. the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey is also expected tojoin the rebecca long—bailey is also expected to join the contest. labour's ruling body needs tomorrow to decide the rules for the election, an election which may decide the future direction of the party for a generation to come. the 77th annual golden globes ceremony will take place this evening in los angeles, as the hollywood awards season gets underway. the nominations received some criticism due to the lack of any women, again

that means a dry prospect for east anglia, the south—east and perhaps east midlands and drying up laterigh pressure until on tuesday we bring a real humdinger, very wet, very windy conditions widely across the british isles but especially so close to the 00:28:45,219 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 low in northern parts of scotland. good afternoon.

and northern ireland, that fog becoming quite dense through parts of northern england, into the midlandshere the lowest temperatures are indicated by those blue colours, minus six or minus seven for rural parts of england and wales, compared to eight or nine across the far north of scotland. this area of high pressure is the dominant feature, not just through tomorrow, but for much of the weeks were ——with a lot of dry weather in this forecast. a front to the far north of scotland will introduce some rain here later in the day. and a lot of cloud still across scotland and northern ireland, some brightness across eastern counties. that fog will be slow to clear across parts of england and wales, making for quite a cold day and probably a bit more cloud across east anglia and southeast england. but light winds for many. quite a windy day, though, across the northern and western scotland. those gusts could touch 50 or 55 miles an hour, or 55 miles an hour, 10 or 11 celsius here or 6—9 celsius elsewhere, but closer to freezing where that fog is slow to clear. and another cold and frosty star

we will see more cloud arriving into northern england down to the midlands.t much higher than six or seven celsius. here‘s this area of hig hpressure still with us as we go into wednesday, a longer, drier spell for much of the uk, in the week ahead. it does not necessarily mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. underneath the area of high pressure, we‘re feeding in a lot of moisture and we can see some mist and murkiness and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter will be along some eastern coasts. temperatures around nine or ten degrees celsius. so to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. some frosty nights, particularly at first. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and also further problems with mist and fog. goodbye. this is bbc news — the headlines: prince harry has expressed great sadness at his decision to step back from his royal duties — but said he felt there was no other option. in his first public comments on the matter — the duke said the move followed months of talks and years of challenges. viol

another band of rain structuring through wales, clearing the midlands and lincolnshire.ustery day and starting feel fresher. this is bbc news. the headlines... iran admits shooting down the ukranian passenger plane, saying they mistook it for a cruise missile. british prime minister borisjohnson calls the admission ‘an important first step‘. in ukraine, questions over why the plane was allowed to take off from tehran, anger over iran's initial denials. translation: the iran representative instructed our crew in clear words to take off and the crew followed the orders. in the current climate it would be stupid to try to hide something. back to business for the northern ireland assembly. these are the scenes live in stormont, as talks resume for the first time since the power—sharing agreement collapsed three years ago. keir starmer — the shadow brexit secretary —

in government to be talking about this because they now represent a lot of constituencies in the midlandsof england that they did not before and this is pa rt that they did not before and this is part of what they called the levelling up agenda. as james cleverly was saying, they want to be a government of the people, they have to be closer to the people. there is an acknowledgement across political parties that people feel there is a real disconnect team westminster and voters lives. we have seen through the brexit vote, subsequent elections too. so a lot of politicians have been talking about this, conservatives have already talked about moving their headquarters out of london or at least pa rt headquarters out of london or at least part of the operations out of the capital and one of the labour leadership contenders, lisa nandy, has talked about in her view labour moving their headquarters out of london too. so, this idea of bringing politics a bit closer to voters lives is one that i think we will hear an awful lot more of in the coming years. the australian government has promised 76

talk to us about the wider benefits the north and the midlands would see.ster and leeds are creaking because they are having to compete with freight and high sport trains. in stockport, the number of trains you can get into manchester and the number of seats is constrained that there are a lot of people going to london who are on the line. the same is true for going from leeds to wheatfield and doncaster. by building a new your unlock capacity to support the most deprived parts of the country that would benefit from improved connectivity to their major city. and also for freight. people talk about this has been an environmentally negative project. there are benefits for regional economies. you also find that you are able to reduce carbon emissions from freight transport. at the moment, we have to rely on hgvs to transport the vast majority of our freight, largely because that isn't enough capacity on the rail network. if you leave the west coast main line with less and less intercity services, then you can have more freight. the comparative is building a ne

some breaks for north—east wales, the west midlands, certainly some breaks across eastern scotland andill hold onto some breaks in the cloud for these eastern areas. that will allow it to get a little milder, but generally we have this feed of cloud from the atlantic, that cloud producing the odd spot of light rain and drizzle. some slightly heavier rain across the far north of scotland. turning increasingly breezy through the night, temperatures typically between four and 9 degrees. where we do see those clear breaks further east, we could get quite close to freezing. so, into tomorrow, again a lot of cloud around. but i'm hopeful the cloud will break up a little bit through eastern and southern parts of england. north—west england may be seeing the old spot of drizzle, particularly parts of cumbria. similar story for northern ireland and western scotland. some rain across the north—west, but eastern scotland not doing too badly for some sunshine. a windier day tomorrow, a milder one, as well. particularly across the northern half of the uk, ten to 12 degrees. now, the high pressure w

and northern ireland, that fog becoming quite dense through parts of northern england, into the midlandsas well. and see where the lowest temperatures are indicated by those blue colours, minus six or minus seven for rural parts of england and wales, compared to eight or nine across the far north of scotland. this area of high pressure is the dominant feature, not just through tomorrow, but for much of the wee with a lot of dry weather in this forecast. a front to the far north of scotland will introduce some rain here later in the day. and a lot of cloud still across scotland and northern ireland, some brightness across eastern counties. that fog will be slow to clear across parts of england and wales, making for quite a cold day and probably a bit more cloud across east anglia and southeast england. but light winds for many. quite a windy day, though, across the northern and western scotland. those gusts could touch 50 or 55 miles an hour, 10 or ii celsius here or 6—9 celsius elsewhere, but closer to freezing where that fog is slow to clear. and another cold and frosty start to tuesday

travel from the midlands... at the end of the day we're always late for work, we're neveron time.e to get a taxi. ..to the north of england and the stories are similar. today's rail fare rise, hard to swallow. the prices seem to keep going up and you don't seem to get anything more for your money. as i say, they are always late. sometimes only by a minute or two, but always late. as the price hike took effect this morning, the transport secretary said the company running the largest franchise in northern england wasn't fit for purpose. ijust don't think it is acceptable. i've been a long—suffering commuter myself for many years, and i don't think it's right that people can't always rely on their train services, and particularly in places like northern, where it has been notably bad, i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. northern, the company operating these services, is effectively on a final warning. in a matter of weeks, the government has to make a controversial call. either strip the company of this franchise, or let it keep operating these trains on a simpler type

and that started in the days of midland all the way to the 18 grandkids up in maine. we all respected my grandma. she made sure we sat up straight, spoke with correct grammar. to speak correctly. we're going to miss her so much. that's the spirit that she had. i would say politically she was an advisor to my grandfather. she wasn't the one that ruled the roost internally within the family. she was the first person that gampy would ask advice on, particularly early on when he had two senate losses and other political challenges that faced him, from watergate on. >> sitting as we are in austin, texas, so the bushes come to midland as newlyweds and they are two kinds of exotic species. you didn't see much of in texas. they were connecticut yankees. and they were something that was even rarer at the time, they were republicans. later, after they moved to houston, your grandfather takes over the republican party in part because there was a battle going on between the corporate republicans and the berkshires. i think the bush family is so crucial to implanting the kind of d

that is a huge part of what this government is trying to achieve, to rebalance the economy in the midlands north of england, so how does the prime minister square that are gender with cancelling what is the biggest infrastructure project in europe. it isa infrastructure project in europe. it is a hugely tricky decision for him, but there are several newly elected conservative mps, in some of those areas in the midlands and the north, who are sceptical about it, increasingly worried about the spiralling costs, and we will wait and see what the review into this actually finds. we have seen a couple of leaked versions of the report. that is due out again in the coming weeks. but also, some of the advises that borisjohnson has in downing street are sceptical about the project too, so he will be mulling this over in the coming days, we understand he will have a meeting with chancellor sajid javid and transport secretary grant shapps to make a final decision. downing street says the prime minister will make the decision shortly. stephen barclay has also been talking about brexit itself, and the

we will see more cloud arriving into northern england and the midlands. colder—feeling day as well. for central, southern england, temperatures here not much higher than six or seven celsius. here's this area of hig hpressure still with us as we go into wednesday, a longer, drier spell for much of the uk, in the week ahead. it does not necessarily mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. underneath the area of high pressure, we're feeding in a lot of moisture and we can see some mist and murkiness and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter will be along some eastern coasts. temperatures around nine or ten degrees celsius. so to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. some frosty nights, particularly at first. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and also further problems with mist and fog. goodbye. this is bbc world news. our top story. prince harry says his decision to step back from royal duties and move his family to canada wasn't taken lightly — and brings him great sadness. harry says the uk is his home

the main risk is from the south midlands to the south coast and particularly to the west of london, thesewo spots sitting in fog until the afternoon. away from the fog, some sunshine to start the day but cloud amounts will increase, sunniest for the longest along the south coast. some sunny breaks to the east of scotland and far east of england but still some rain for the far west of scotland and the highest temperatures in the north of the country, 10—12, whether fog temperatures in the north of the country, 10—12, whetherfog lingers, only three orfour country, 10—12, whetherfog lingers, only three or four in the south. the big picture overnight wednesday, condition storming out here of late, it continues and still high pressure with us and the emphasis days with the dry weather into wednesday, it is just the dry weather into wednesday, it isjust picking the dry weather into wednesday, it is just picking out whether sunshine will be. probably always favoured to southern and eastern coasts, most will stay underfairly southern and eastern coasts, most will stay under fairly grey skies but

that means a dry prospect for east anglia, and east midlands.y wet, very windy conditions, widely across the british isles but especially so close to that northern parts of scotland. this is bbc news. the headlines at midday... president trump says he ordered the attack on iran's top military commander to stop a war, not start one. solemeini has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilise the middle east for the last 20 years. what the us did yesterday should have been done long ago. fears that the bushfires in australia could reach the outskirts of sydney with high winds and temperatures set to soar again. thousands of reserve troops are deployed. the fires that have raged in south eastern australia will be effected, fanned by these winds, making a dangerous situation even more perilous.

ireland, scotland and the north of england and increasingly early afternoon, eventually into the midlands also the range. it binds up nicely behind it. no rain in the south—east until quite late in the day. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... iranian mps chant "death to america!", as president trump warns the united states has a list of 52 targets that will be hit "very hard " if iran retaliates for the killing of its top military leader. royal navy warships are ordered to escort british—flagged vessels in the persian gulf and the prime minister is returning to the uk from his caribbean holiday. hundreds of thousands of people gather in the iranian city of ahvaz after the body of general soleimani arrived from iraq earlier. this is the scene live in the iranian city of ahvaz where hundreds of thousands of people are gathered after the body of general soleimani arrived from iraq. the australian bushfires claim their 24th life — as a man dies helping defend a friend's home in new south wales. more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed and an estimated 500 millio

will clear south and east, another band of rain were stretched through wales, clearing through the midlands and lincolnshire. brightening up through the afternoon for many, a blustery day and starting to feel fresher. this is bbc news. the headlines: iran admits unintentionally shooting down the ukranian airlines passenger plane killing all 176 people on board because of human error misidentifying it as a cruise missile. ukraine's top security officials say their investigators confronted around with conclusive evidence before they change their position after initially denying responsibility. the northern ireland assembly will today sit for the first time since the collapse of power sharing three years ago. keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, officially launches his leadership campaign in the race to lead the labour party. today, he defended anti—austerity policies. there is sometimes a tendency to say that everything we put on a manifesto and everything we believed in the last four years has got to go. wrong in my view. let's get a full round—up from the sport. good afternoon, the fi