scotland are a good side. this isa that. scotland are a good side.d. three matches in and neither ireland wales look like collecting the wooden spoon or title. after falling two scores down, wales called themselves within sight of their hosts. that simply made the girls in green angry. despite being down to 14, they extended their lead and two more tries followed that the irish in pole position to be best of the rest. we can see how tight it is at the top of the women's six nations. england have some key players back. who do you fancy, france or england, to ta ke who do you fancy, france or england, to take the title? i think england going there with the captain coming back, the fact they have beaten france the last couple of times they have played them. incredibly tough going over to grenoble but i will face england to turnover and impressive french outfit who defensively have only conceded three points all tournament, which is impressive. we will wait to see. a fascinating end. scotland can take heart from the fact in the men's tournament, as far a

we knew how good scotland were.hings in then the score up bonus point in six nations is a big feet. as always, there are things we can do better, but ultimately we are really ha p py can do better, but ultimately we are really happy to get big win. you will only get so many opportunities asa team will only get so many opportunities as a team against ireland. those opportunities would run pass them. frustrating, but pleasing, but tie. ireland had great opportunities. england needed tries in the match out in france today. they could not produce a single one in the first half. it was all penalties. owen farrell knocking one earlier on to get england into an early lead and added another. there was one from rangers well from elliot daly as england moved into a nine. they were pegged back, levelling things up 9—9 at half—time. what could england produce them in the second—half? they got off to the worst possible start as anthony watson gave away penalty try for a high tackle. that saw him receive a yellow card, and the wr

we knew how good scotland were.od things in there and to score a bonus point win in six nations is a big feat. as always, there are things we can do better, but ultimately we are really happy to get big win. you will only get so many opportunities against a team as good as against ireland. those opportunities would run pass them. frustrating, but pleasing,. ireland had great opportunities. tries with the order of the day for england in paris against france. they could do only produce one when they needed four to try and match ireland's result today. plenty for eddiejones to ponder. after that defeat to france. heading into the final match tournament against ireland next weekend. if england's six nations hopes would go up in hopes, they needed to keep their cool in the star to france. despite a side boasting more caps, eddie jones said this would be a test of their manhood. it was also a test for in new captain, owen farrell taking over from the for in new captain, owen farrell taking overfrom the injured dylan hartl

scotland. forecasters say snow and freezing temperatures pose a risk to life. for the rest of the uk with storm emma due to hit later today. this morning and covers the central lowlands, tayside and fife. lowlands, tayside and fife. the top level warning that the met office issues. office issues. snow comes in across southern counties. counties. ice will be a hazard and it will be bitterly cold. more in 15 minutes. it is going to be busy. morning, it is thursday the ist of march. march. thousands of british children sent abroad after the second world war. abroad after the second world war. an independent enquiry publishes its report. with soaring demand for data, rather than calls. and movies on the move? i'll ask the boss of phone company giff gaff. win to reach the fa cup quarterfinals. good morning. first, our main story. across almost all of the uk today. severe warning which means there's a risk to life. into the southwest of england and south wales later today. to make any uncessaryjourne

it will reach scotland as well. there will bea reach scotland as well.a lot of clouds. when you get the sunshine, that is when you will notice it averages. but it is a compact pattern of low pressure. this is the first one moving through overnight. this room, it will arrive overnight. this room, it will arrive overnight. it will bring some slow to the highlands. a slice of dry error to make their —— a slice of dry aircoming into error to make their —— a slice of dry air coming into the south. very wet afternoon for most of scotland, northern ireland, northern england as well. given some brightness, though, with the showery rain, we could see 1a, 15, 16 celsius. some of that rain will be quite heavy as it moves north. the saturday night, that grey continues to move northwards, clearing away. for many, it will be dry to saturday night. into sunday, we start on a dry note. probably some mist and cloud around, but the sunshine should break through, and it will be a dry day for many areas. in the south, the midlands, southern england and wales, there could be

showers in scotland and northern ireland, especially on the hills.cius. sunday looks like the better day of the weekend. more widespread sunny spells. the best of the sunshine across the east. feeling more milder too, top temperatures around 13 celsius. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: mark zuckerberg admits facebook made mistakes, mishandling data from 50 million users, and promises to make changes. anger in russia as britain's foreign secretary says president putin will use the world cup as propaganda like adolf hitler did with the berlin olympics. the suspect in the texas bombings blows himself up as police close in. but what motivated the 23—year—old man? six months after hurricane maria, millions of puerto ricans are still struggling to survive. many blame the us government forfailing to do enough. and a cracking continent. the seismic shift in kenya's rift valley that could divide africa.

scotla nd scotland cricketers won their match. scotland one a nervy victory.reland are chasing 236 to beat patchwork new guinea. more sport on the website. watch out on the website for reaction from that council meeting that he refuses the assertion that he misled that report regarding what he knew about historic russian doping. also the bradley wiggins review and how he refutes the claim is. i will be back just after two you. britain is promising to respond "robustly" if it's found that russia was involved in the suspected poisoning of a former spy, who's critically ill in hospital in wiltshire. sergei skripal — a double agent who was convicted of passing state secrets to m16 — was found slumped on a bench in the centre of salisbury two days ago alongside his daughter yulia who was also unconscious. moscow says it has no knowledge of the incident. but the foreign secretary boris johnson told the commons that an investigation had been launched. it is too early to speculate as to the precise nature of the crime or attempted crime that has taken place in salisbu

rain pushing across northern england and into northern ireland and scotland.s the milder air works in, snow will turn back to rain. rain across wales in south—west england, perhaps lingering into the first part of the afternoon. it will be cloudy, but on the mild side, particularly eastern england where it could reach 15 celsius. another band of rain moving get across southern counties of england could be heavy, with under mixed in perhaps. and rain not far from the east coast. further north west, lighter winds, more from the east coast. further north west, lighterwinds, more sunshine. that is the latest weather. that is all. so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. that afternoon, look at the sport on bbc news. the opening ceremony has taken place in pyeongchang to mark the start of the biggest winter paralympics to date. a spectacular light show and dance performance marked the start of the ceremony before snowboarder 0wen pick, a former soldier who had his leg amputated after being injured in afghanistan, led t

scotland play italy on sunday. scotland's women are in italy and play on sunday.e, but after [io—odd years behind the microphone for the bbc, this is his final year, which means that tomorrow will be his final six nations match. he played in a couple for scotland, too, and he's been sharing some of his tournament memories with our correspondentjoe wilson. ian, thanks for having us round. where are we going to start your six nations highlights? one little highlight for me in my whole very average international career was a wales — scotland match in cardiff in 1970, when jb williams wales — scotland match in cardiff in 1970, whenjb williams made a very, very, very ramis date, and instead of kicking to touch he has the ball and he chips are tired, as if he's going to run —— a rare mistake. i got it, and i link with young, my scrum—half partner at my club. then i get it back, a little dummy. i think they need to speed this up a bit, really! no celebrations! why aren't they hugging and kissing you?! we didn't do that in those days! we now have a scotland victory, and a

a red weather warning for scotland. a risk to life. people are told to stay indoors and there could be worse on the way for the rest of the uk with storm emma due to hit later today. the red warning issued by the met office is valid until ten o'clock this morning and covers the central lowlands, tayside and fife. it is the top level warning that the met office issues. further snow also across northern and eastern scotland, southern scotland, northern england, and then later snow comes in across southern counties. ice will be a hazard and it will be bitterly cold. more in 15 minutes.

one to showers for the north—west of scotland.13 degrees celsius across the south. is the this is bbc world news, i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: french police shoot dead a man who killed at least three people and took others hostage in a supermarket. as the attacker claims allegiance to islamic state, a policeman emerges as a hero by offering to swap himself for one of the captives. he's now fighting for his life. to the kernel who was with those men voluntarily swap himself hostage. who the terrorists then let go. the officer stayed with him and then the terrorists opened fire, so our forces intervened and brought down the terrorists. also ahead: british officials search the offices of the data gathering company cambridge analytica, despite it insisting it broke no laws while amassing online information.

another great day skiing in scotland.ason. this year it'll be more than 90. nature's delivered snow and lots of it to all of scotland's five ski areas, and its estimated they bring in close to £20 million to the local economy every year. it was worse last year. this year's boom, which is fantastic, and when we see that weather forecast with the beast from the east, we thought, yes, here it comes! after a few days we started opening up the lifts right across the hillside. so when we see the weather forecast, you know, you guys dread it down south there but we love it up here. more than 70,000 people will ski the slopes this year. this season has helped put scotland back on the map for snow sports enthusiasts from scotland, and england too, and they are hoping the snow will continue to fall. lorna gordon, bbc news, glenshee. they are in luck because ben rich is here to tell you there could be more! later in the easter weekend there is the potential for more! later in the easter weekend there is the potentialfor snow, and be

mctominay qualifies for scotland through his father and has only pledged his allegaince to scotland in squad since taking charge of scotland for a second time swansea striker 0li mcburnie, hibs midfielder dylan mcgeouch and wolves full—back barry douglas are also included, but all eyes will be on 21 year mctominay. he's a young guy, so let's not say that he is going to take us to the finals. he's got a lot of learning to do and he certainly at the age of 21 doesn't have all the answers, but the games i have seen him in, he has shown a fantastic maturity. and jose mourinho was ecstatic with his performance at the weekend. that quebec did strike's man which in the premier league. spilker 51 points behind city. a win for pep guardiola's side would put them 16 points clear with eight games to play. at the bet365 stadium to see if they can do that is slive's conor mcnamara. stoke city certainly have a lot to aspire to this evening. they could get a victory, not many people expect them to do so, it would move them out of the relegation zone, it would be quite a turnaround for their manager,

not just northern ireland and southern scotland.d cause travel disruption, though south milder air, maybe a little brightness by the end of the day and for the northern half of scotla nd day and for the northern half of scotland this is where we should see the best conditions for easter monday. easter monday could be problematic if you are heading out on the roads, stay tuned for the weather forecast. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8: russia tells britain and other western countries it's expelling more diplomats after the salisbury poisoning row 15 palestinians are killed after a mass protest on the border between gaza and israel. a british soldier — working in syria with american troops — has been killed fighting the so—called islamic state group. new bail rules are leading to thousands of crime suspects, some involving murder and rape, being released without any conditions. and in the next hour — a new form of supercomputer. scientists say quantum computing could open up amazing new possibilities you can begin to solve problem

the best of the weather on scotland on monday. perhaps speculate at lower levels so keep tuned to the forecast. —— the snow. broke you're watching beyond 100 days... in one year and four hours, britain will leave the european union. what's been sorted and how much more is there to do? on a whirlwind tour of the united kingdom, theresa may tells the country she will make a post—brexit britain, "strong and united". i think there's a bright future out there, and, yes, ithink brexit i think there's a bright future out there, and, yes, i think brexit is going to deliver, a country that will be different, but i think there are real opportunities for us as an independent nation for the future. but what does that future look like? for trade, for the irish border, for immigration, forjobs — we'll attempt to find out. yes, the clock is ticking — yes, that's a cliche — we look at the language of brexit — cherry picking, cake eating — what's your favourite?

now, we next scotland— . next scotland has — . in the next hour, scotland has taken a real in the nextotrail to find out how many of their services are back up and running. 20,000 runners will take to the streets of london this morning for the big half a new half marathon distance race. among them is bbc radio 2's chris evan. we'll speak to him as he limbers up at the start line. diversity, or the lack of it, has been a big issue at the oscars in recent years. we'll speak to the teenagers frustrated by this and who decided to highlight the issue themselves by recreating famous film posters and swapping the white performers for black actors. all that still to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one, as it's time for match of the day. we are still here, on the bbc news channel. thank you for being with us. normally on this point we would say if he didn't want match of the day we have more foot all the sports news, but it isn'tjust football? no, notjust football. and who needs match of the day in half now, you can do it in a few minutes. we are

same, too, across the far north to scotland.it will be turning much wetter for the scottish mainland, into northern ireland and for northern england as well. the showery band of rain will continue to move north. but notice the temperatures — 14—15 degrees, you could even see 16 celsius, given some prolonged sunny spells. now, the drier weather across the south—west will continue to advance northwards during saturday night. so actually not a bad end to the night on saturday. into sunday, though, it looks like it'll be a bit of a cloudy, damp start. but there will be brightness across the northern half of the country. further south, we'll start to see some showers developing. some of them could be quite heavy, maybe even thundery. again, it could be mild. 12—13 degrees in the south, but even for scotland, double—figure values of ten or ii celsius. for lerwick, though, still in low single figures. this is the pressure chart into monday. this area of pressure will bring some showery rain to the southern half of the country, fairly s

no trains between carlisle and to scotland. no trains between ca rlisle and scotland to scotland.scotland on the west coast as well, also due to snow. the roots are back open on the south east chains. they had been affected for a couple of days and they are reopening in wales as well. no trains between bournemouth and weymouth. check with your provider, if you're using great western, check with them, if you're using scotrail, check with them, the list goes on, before you make your journey to the yourjourney to the station. a lot of these websites have live departure boards online. airports, air travel and some international airports have been affected. things are much better today. birmingham airport was —— michael has reopened, it was suspended yesterday. it is not a small airport. it is the seventh biggest airport in the uk. for the nerds among us, it is the 43rd largest in europe. back open today, was suspended yesterday, dublin airport, even bigger, was closed for two days, back open. heathrow airport running and near normal service as is gatwick, edinburgh, but of course are

undefeated ireland versus rejuvenated scotland.ontention. if ireland win, they could be six nations champions by saturday night. if scotland win then everything seems wide open. remember how they beat england. the group's got confidence but they've also got awareness of how good ireland are and how good we will have to be to win and we'll have to be better than we were against england. we're really excited to get back out on the field and get going. but, you know, there's nerves and a little bit of, you know, worry about the threat that scotland bring. well, dublin's match willjust be the start of things. the next rugby bridge to cross on saturday will come in paris. tea—time kick—off, fragile france versus uncertain england? well, with mind or muscle, england must beat the french. they may have to score four tries for a bonus point to stay in sight of ireland. england have made big changes, some enforced by injury. there is a new man carrying the ca ptain's responsibility, his way. you try and be aggressive in the right times. you

we got into his card car and started to try to the countryside of scotland. i knew very little about his parents except his parents worked in london but had a house in scotland and every three weeks he would come back to the family home. that's all i knew. so we are driving through the countryside where jm barry wrote peter pan, beautiful scenic hillsides and grazing. we pass by this castle, the queen mother's birthplace and we go-round the great band and another hill and then we came to this great drive and we started down the drive and i looked at him and i said patty where i am from its against the law to trespass. patty said no, no this is my home. this is your home, one of those godly moments and he said that's the ground keepers cottage. and then we went down this winding path for another 10 or 15 minutes and sitting majestically is this great castle, corky castle,, cattle, a moat everything that disney informed you that is castle should look like. patty gets out of the car and he runs in, a valet comes out and helps me with my luggage and i turned to t

but could be slow to clear in western scotland.g occasional bright spells through the afternoon. and here, temperatures will lift into double figures, probably one of the warmest spots in the uk. even further south, those temperatures going up. and, crucially, we will have lost the bitter wind. looking at the weather picture for thursday, a decent start to the day for many of us, with some bright and sunny spells. we've got a weather front coming in from the atlantic bringing heavy rain to western areas later in the afternoon. also some pretty strong winds edging into wales and south—west england, where we could get gales developing around the coast later in the day. looking towards the end of the week, an area of cloud and rain pushing across the uk. and then another area of low pressure set to swing in off the atlantic and moving towards the south—west of the uk. some uncertainty about exactly how far north the band of rain gets. we may see a stronger area of low pressure develop, and if that happens, the rain might not get quite

the year so far for scotland.eeing a series of weather fronts moving in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain. quite a lot of cloud around, also strengthening wind, too. but by the end of the night into the early hours of friday, i think most of the rain will become confined to scotland, northern ireland, northern england. the weather front further south will have barely any rain on it, as it reaches eastern england. just the odd spit and spot, it'lljust be mainly cloud. but where we have the cloud cover, it's going to be another fairly mild start to friday. so friday starts off on a grey note for many. outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain in the northern half of the country for friday. however, it's an improving picture into the afternoon. looks like the clouds will move away, sunshine will appear, and we should see one or two showers across the north and west of scotland, though staying wet across the far north—west of scotland. rain getting in towards cornwall and devon. temperatures single figures in the

scotland, much colder. exacerbating the cold feel. getting down to low levels in shetland. as we go through the evening and overnight, significant snowfall in the hills of scotland. low pressure moving north through the north sea. the distribution of where we see the snow tends to change. coming in again across the northern isles and across north—west scotland as well. tonight, cloud around. some breaks and some frost. the risk of ice. and also showers, some will be wintry. tonight, there could be problematic fog and dense fog, patchy and dense fog, in east anglia and the south—east. keep that in mind if you are travelling tomorrow morning. tomorrow, low pressure is continuing to push in the direction of scandinavia. the weather front around it producing rain in the north—west. wintriness here and there. showers, and we will not all see them. dry weather in between. sunshine. some showers in the south of england could be heavy with a mixture of hail and thunder and lightning. temperatures coming down a touc

it will push steadily north into scotland as rain arrives.and. eventually the rain will push through the borders into central scotland. behind it, sunny spells and scatter showers. by by the middle of the afternoon it looks likely to be a wet story for scotland. some snow on higher ground but we are not too concerned as the melbourne air moves. but —— double digits in northern ireland with the rain. if the cloud breaks up and we get lengthy spells of sunshine, temperatures will respond. if we get over 15.1, it will be the warmest day of the years of earth. through the night the rain continues to drift north, and handed the winds will become light. clear skies and fog forming with that moisture around. it could be a murky start to mother‘s day and the chilly start with single figures in some places. the fog will lift in the morning, and as we go through the day, for many, there will be dry weather. the rain will linger in the northern isles, but not a bad day for scotla nd isles, but not a bad day for scotland in the north of england. showers

into tomorrow it's still the northern and western isles and scotland seen rain at times, much of scotland, sunny spells and a fine day. the rest of england and wales, some showers from time to time, it could be quite heavy with the freshening south—easterly wind. today we had quite a big range of temperatures, tomorrow were all a bit closer together, more mild in scotla nd bit closer together, more mild in scotland and a bit cooler the further south you are. this is bbc news. i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 5:00. specialist military personnel are moving a number in salisbury, as the investigation continues into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. home secretary amber rudd is chairing a meeting of the government's cobra committee. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical condition in hospital. no more changes to exams, and a reduction in teachers' workload. the education secretary promises to make changes, as he attempts to resolve the school recruitment crisis. talks between the eu, japan and us on president trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium have broken u

for northern ireland and scotland, a scattering of showers, particularly for north—east scotland, whichould fall as snow, even at lower levels. a chilly but bright start to the day on easter day. easter day is probably the best of the weekend. a few scattered showers in the north. turning cloudy from the south—west with wet and windy weather moving into england, but the winds will be lighter than we have seen over the previous days. we move overnight into easter monday, we have this area of low pressure and the next weather front moving up from the south—west. that is going to collide with some cold air, so it brings the potential to see some disruptive snow, mainly falling as rain across the south. anywhere from wales and the midlands northwards may see some disruptive snow. the far north of scotland will see some drier weather. there is a bit of uncertainty with the detail on the snow at the moment, so if you are travelling anywhere, stay tuned to the local forecast and we will keep you up—to—date. hello, good morning. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... tighter rules on police

some snow across the highest mountains in scotland. the airwill turn highest mountains in scotland.ains in scotland. the air will turn milder. rain for many of us to start the day and that rain relu cta nt to of us to start the day and that rain reluctant to clear from scotland, but for northern ireland and western england and wales the cloud should break up and some sunshine coming through. temperatures ten to 13 degrees. cooler in shetland. as we get to the middle of week, there was rumour of beast from the east returning but that does not look likely. north—westerly winds will drag in cooler air. a likely. north—westerly winds will drag in coolerair. a band likely. north—westerly winds will drag in cooler air. a band of air in southern england and as it moves away it could become very windy in south—east england. some showers will follow. what you will notice on wednesday is temperatures are down, with highs between seven and nine. looking ahead to easter, the weather will start off on a cool note and turn milder and windy with some rain at times. that is your weather. hello, you

not particularly heavy but pushing northwards, getting into scotland with showers across eastern scotlandgland, as well as the snow we have freezing rain right now, which is liquid rain with a temperature below zero, it freezes as soon temperature below zero, it freezes as soon as temperature below zero, it freezes as soon as it hits the surface. just down the road from where these photos were taken we had a ten car multi—vehicle pile—up on the a38 and problems in the m20. likely to have been caused by freezing rain. we have freezing rain right now across eastern scotland. it will turn roadster black eyes and pigment slippery as well. tricky to be heading out this morning. we have snow showers working at northern areas. wales should have a dry afternoon. the showers working into southern england, getting into hampshire and the isle of wight before long but probably falling as rain. overnight, some showers pushing north. snow over the tops of the peaks pushing north. snow over the tops of the pea ks and pushing north. snow over the tops of the peaks and pennines. further snow showers for p

right across scotland. many people. right across scotland.oking at pictures while you're talking of some of the railways. just how challenging as this cold snap been for you and your staff? hugely challenging, this is unprecedented, to see a red alert warning of serious risk to life really has been an enormous challenge so not only to clear the railway and get everything ready and back up and running again, just to get our own staff to work has been an enormous challenge so we have had to set out for by force to bring in key staff to get them into allowed things to happen so it has been a huge challenge for our staff to get in and a huge challenge to get all thatice in and a huge challenge to get all that ice and snow out of the way, get platform is clear and the pores clear to get the really back up and running so we can provide a service to our customers. well the weather is something you can't control, the response to it is something that you can. what lessons have been learned for you from this? i think the time for you from this? i think

tomorrow afternoon, showers will continue in scotland, a of rainfor showers will continue in scotlandure sweeps through. not a massive deal but it will turn wetter later on in the afternoon in the south—west. how about the weekend? it the south—west. how about the weekend ? it is the south—west. how about the weekend? it is looking a little mixed, some of those will have sunshine, some with rain. this is the big picture across the planet. you can see in this part of the world, the weather front and low pressure riding thejets dreams, moving them with the system around us. made me bypassing the uk so not an awful lot rain around. maybe dribs and drabs around across southern areas. sunshine and showers across the north but from many others saturday is looking very decent, bright at least with temperatures of around nine or 10 degrees. sunday similar, fresher in northern scotland because we have the wind out of the north—west here so maybe one or two wintry showers across the hills but elsewhere very pleasa nt across the hills but elsewhere very pleasant day. temperatures might recover a

milder day in scotland, milderair shetland. milder day in scotland, milder air moving shetland., shetland. milder day in scotland, milder air moving in, temperatures into double figures just about across—the—board. and into double figures just about across—the—boa rd. and they into double figures just about across—the—board. and they into monday, area of low pressure still close by, we'll still be the focus, particularly into england and wales for showers or longer spells of rain. fairly breezy with that as well, plenty of cloud around, limited brightness. lots of cloud into scotland, western part brightening up, northern ireland having the best of it with sunny spells, week weather front moving m, spells, week weather front moving in, the odd spot of rain to parts of north—west scotland later in the day. temperatures fairly close to average for the time of year, taking average for the time of year, taking a bit ofa average for the time of year, taking a bit of a dip average for the time of year, taking a bit ofa dip in average for the time of year, taking a bit of a dip in scot

an all—weather front is sitting to the north—east of scotland. and east across england and wales. a few showers are breaking out ahead of that but some sunshine as well. still cool and damp in the north—east of scotland. some snow over the higher ground. some heavier rain further south will work its way northwards during the evening and overnight. then it sort of stops, really, around the borders of northern england into northern ireland. the rain tending to peter out. not as cold on friday morning, but there's more rain arriving perhaps into the far south—west right at the end of the night. it may move to northwards more slowly, but we are looking at some wet weather again to drive up across england and wales. brighter skies further north and once the earlier rain or drizzle and hills now tends to peter out, that lets the sunshine in because the winds are coming in from the east. never a good direction as you saw, 7—9 degrees, nothing good at all. the weather front will move northwards and peter out. this low pressure area moves away. on saturda

elsewhere in eastern scotland and south—east scotland, outbreaks of rain at times.through the day. a dry spell across parts of northern england. at the moment in wales, the midlands, east anglia, clearing to allow some sunshine. sunny spells already developing in southern counties of england and wales. here is where we will see showers gradually develop. does showers will become heavy and perhaps thundery in the afternoon. —— those showers. the wind will be like compared to further north. —— lighter. north—east england will be rather wet with snow coming down to lower levels through the day. temperatures in northern scotland today, three degrees. we could again get into the mid—teens in southern england and wales. yesterday, we hit 16. tonight, what you will notice is the rain starts to increase in turn to snow. it will all shift south once again as strong gale force winds become dominant. some snow here and there. especially in the north of the uk into saturday morning. the far south and south—west of uk is the only place that will avoid the frost. you are in for a

some of the brightest weather will be in scotland.us into monday, but low pressure to start the week means many of you will start the week with showers. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. an historic breakthrough as president trump accepts an offer from north korea to hold talks with kim jong—un the two leaders will meet by may — the north koreans also agree not to carry out any more nuclear or missile tests. good morning — it's friday 9 march. also this morning: pressure grows on counter—terrorism police to identify where the nerve agent, used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter, came from. the us imposes tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. other countries have threatened to retaliate, sparking fears of a global trade war.

the real cold air sits across eastern scotland.he weekend it's still going to be cold, but little less cold across much of england and wales cricket but however any precipitation we still see over the weekend could still see over the weekend could still fall as snow. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. the latest sport this hour. the scottish rugby union says it is appalled by the abuse suffered by england had coach eddiejones as he returned from edinburgh by train over the weekend. he revealed he was physically and verbally abused on the journey. this is physically and verbally abused on thejourney. this is footage physically and verbally abused on the journey. this is footage taken of him in manchester, when he was also sworn at by a group of men. jones then went to a manchester united match as a guest of sir alex ferguson. when he continued his journey to london by train he was abused again. here is our rugby union reporter. he also spoke about and interview that gavin hastings gave, saying that gavin hastings gave, sayin

scotch whiskey has been produced in scotland for hundreds of yea rs produced in scotland for hundreds have very strict regulations in place as to how scotch whiskey is produced so the idea that other countries could then the dues are whiskey and call it scotch doesn't really sit right at all. you were bought by a japanese company in the mid—80s which helped turn around the fortu nes mid—80s which helped turn around the fortunes of your company but some would say that is selling out, isn't it? it doesn't mean you are now independent and really you are selling scotch whiskey. we are owned bya selling scotch whiskey. we are owned by a japanese company but in terms of the day—to—day running of the business we are fairly autonomous. in terms of the strategic direction of the business, we are left to our own devices. we very much see ourselves as a scottish company. and you were telling me earlier about the time you were bailed out by the japanese company, 25 distilleries went bust in scotland and a lot of that was to do with the us market, big dip in the us market that the time. historical

the year so far for scotland.f weather fronts moving in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain. quite a lot of cloud around, also strengthening wind, too. but by the end of the night into the early hours of friday, i think most of the rain will be confined to scotland, northern ireland, northern england. the weather front further south will have barely any rain on it, as it reaches eastern england. just the odd spit and spot, it'lljust be mainly cloud. but where we have the cloud cover, it's going to be another fairly mild start to friday. so friday starts off on a grey note for many. outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain in the northern half of the country for friday. however, it's an improving picture into the afternoon. looks like the clouds will move away, sunshine will appear, and we should see one or two showers across the north and west of scotland, though staying wet across the far north—west of scotland. rain coming in towards cornwall and devon. temperatures single figures in the north. cooler genera

and the odd spot of rain also in the east of scotland but with cloud brea ks east of scotland but withs into the afternoon, it could hit 12 degrees in aberdeenshire. still feeling cool in northern england with the clout in place. on thursday the milder pushes in from the atlantic. cooling down a touch by the end of the week but still by and large the wind coming in from the atlantic. after some patchy rain through the night bragging up on thursday. clouding over in the west with outbreaks of rain later in the day. just about all of us in double figures by then. rain across the country through thursday night and into friday. showers getting going from the west. some of them could be happy with hail and thunder. some longer spells of rain into west of scotland and the north of northern ireland later. temperature still in double figures. you're watching beyond 100 days. facebook‘s share price continues to slide after revelations revelations of a data breach. the uk authorities are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the british firm that harvested facebook data. everybody wants to

scotland and maybe a rumble of thunder to the east of scotland, for the rest, sunshine.ear skies here, temperatures taking a tumble and close to freezing if not below in some areas. hanging onto the cloud in the south. here, temperatures between 4—7. as low as —3 in rural spots. a cold start tomorrow but bright for many and the one exception to the sunshine will be south—east england, hanging on to cloud and maybe drizzle. elsewhere, spells of sunshine, showers, and the winds will be fairly light. it should feel quite pleasant. things change slowly next week. it will turn colder. there is the risk of snow particularly on tuesday and wednesday and uncertainty surrounding the details so keep an eye on the forecast. monday, starts dry, bright and cold with sunshine and slowly the sunshine disappears. rain arriving into western scotland, northern ireland, wales, south—west england later in the day. we need to keep an eye on what is happening on tuesday and wednesday. we pick up an east, north—easterly wind, feeding cold air across the uk and the prospect that some could see

i knew very little about his parents except they worked in london but had a scotland -- a house in scotland and every three would come home. that is all i knew so going to the countryside breathtakingly beautiful you would've thought handle composed messiah there and the queen mother's birthplace then go around the bend and restart down the drive and i said patty, where i'm from it is against the law to trespass and he said this is my home. this is your home? he said that as the groundskeepers cottage. so we go down the winding path another ten or 15 minutes and then there is a great castle sheik, with about everything that disney has informed you what a castle should look like. i recognize wanted to he gets out of the car he goes in and a valet comes out to help me with my luggage and i turned to the valet trying to maintain a sense of composure like this is normal and i say i recognize the union jack what is the other flag? that is lord patrick you mean patty? that is his father's flag and the other flag that is his office don't you know it is lord chamberlain to her majesty the queen and

where was the secretary of state for scotland?d's voice was not heard at these crucial cabinet discussions. there has, mr speaker, been a flagrant disregard by this government of the nations that make up the united kingdom. the decisions that led to the approach that was in my speech were taken by the whole cabinet, not by a subgroup of the cabinet, and all members bar one that was in this house at the time were present when that decision was taken. on friday and today, the prime minister said that access to one another's markets would be less than it is now. this is the public burial of the claim made by her brexit secretary a year ago in this house that the government's aim was to secure the exact same benefits. the prime minister has admitted to the country that there is economic cost to brexit. so will she now tell us — what is that economic cost, when will the public be told about it, and who will pay it? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, life is going to be different in the future because we will have a different

milder day in scotland, a bit cooler than further south you are. this is bbc news.ur latest headlines: specialist military personnel near salisbury are examining a number of ambulances as the investigation continues into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his wife. —— daughter. in the last few minutes, the home secretary, amber rudd, has begun to chair a meeting of the government's cobra committee. no more changes to exams and a reduction in teachers‘ workload. the promise of the education secretary as he attempts to resolve the school recruitment crisis. "a deal with north korea is very much in the making," the words of president trump on twitter as he agrees to a meeting with kim jong—un. but his spokeswoman says the summit won't happen unless washington sees concrete actions by pyongyang. and the nephew of the actress liz hurley is recovering after being repeatedly stabbed in an attack in central london. now on bbc news, it's click. this week: the app that helps record and report sexual assault. the ai going after cancer. and the man who wants us all to li

over the border, just look what the trains are having to plough through in scotland.even more snow expected to fall. rail travel is difficult across the uk. as well as snow and ice, services on northern and merseyrail are affected by strike action. thousands of flights have also been cancelled. teams are battling to keep runways open. in manchester, officers searching for a man who had gone missing after leaving a nightclub pulled a body from the canal. there are flood warnings in the south—west and the north—east. the long thaw may have begun, but more problems are still to come. 0ne one of 11 coastal spots for the environment agency has issued a flood warning, it looks rather ominous looking out at the water level behind you, what are the conditions? the high tide is predicted year from now until 5:30pm, there was a flood warning for here and whitley bayjust up the coast, in some cases it's coming over the sea wall, high winds and high waves, not reaching where we are at the moment. a further number of flood warnings down in the south west of england as well. in the

showers across scotland, wintry over the high ground. on easter day, sunday, looking the driest day of the easter weekend, a lot of cloud, a few glimmers of brightness, but to the south we have the next weather front which will be arriving over cornwall and devon to bring wet weather. this is the weather front the sponsor but, it will —— the weather front responsible, and it will be bumping into some cool air, during the whole of the weekend, and as it moves north we are likely to have some snow. we think it will be mainly over the high ground but there could be some wet snow down at lower levels as it spreads north, but it will quickly turn to rain in the south. probably the best of the weather will be across scotland on easter monday. this snow could be disruptive especially if it chelates down to lower levels. keep it change to local radio for the forecasts. —— keepjune hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. 0ne one year to 0ne yearto go one year to go until brexit. we're going to spend the hour looking at the story from every

some rain on the charts edging into western scotland as well.reas further south, for england and wales, clearer skies overnight. well, that means, for early—risers, we've got something like this. a widespread frost developing, even in the towns and cities. head into the countryside and a really a cold start to the day. temperatures could be down as low as —6 in the coldest spots wales. a cold start then, yes, but beautiful sunny skies in england and wales for most of the morning. into the afternoon, cloud thickening from the north and west. sunshine will make the sun hazy elsewhere, but probably the thicker cloud won't reach the south—east until the evening time. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: facebook‘s problems get worse. politicians in europe and the us demand answers about alleged misuse of personal data. an incendiary device in the texan city of austin, but police say it's not related to a spate of bombings. a bbc investigation finds rohingya girl

scotland waiting. this way. scotland's style, fast and loose.nd tries to the opposition. jacob stockdale for ireland. few players have ever made a try scoring starts toa have ever made a try scoring starts to a career like stockdale. this was his sixth of the tournament this year. his sixth of the tournament this yea r. early his sixth of the tournament this year. early in the second half, a scotla nd year. early in the second half, a scotland move finally worked, completed in the corner by the youngster blair kinghorn. sean cronin got ireland's fourth try, not only ensuring victory but also a bonus point. ireland had done all they could possibly do here in dublin. now, england had to match that performance in paris to keep their title hopes alive. england needed four tries but they were defending desperately. high tackle from anthony watson, sin—bin for him and france got a penalty try. things we re and france got a penalty try. things were not going to plan — understatement. a try came but what england produced in the 74th minute was what they

the far north of scotland will stay dry., if you have any travel plans, bear the snow in mind. it will cause disruption. so keep tuned to bbc local radio. heading into tuesday a different feel with much milder southerly winds and a typical mixture of sunshine and heavy showers in england and wales and some heavy down pours in northern ireland too. but the temperatures range from nine to 1a 01’ temperatures range from nine to 1a or 15 celsius. this is bbc news. the headlines — two men accused of carrying out beheadings for the so—called islamic state complain that they won't get a fair trial after losing their british citizenship. the mother of one victim, james foley, says britain and the us must hold the men to account as the uk resists calls for them to face trial here. i think there may be some argument that the international community should be working together to see if individuals who have committed these crimes can be brought tojustice. the senior labour party official, embroiled in an anti—semitism row, has stepped d

when scotland booked the trip to rome, they had hoped to see but only scotland and was five.t the final ten minutes with see dreams made and broken again. —— minutes would see dreams made and broken again. first, scotland but when italy got a penalty, there was only one man to take it. he kicked his way to 22 points in the match. but these are the moments when experience counts. scotland had one more chance. greg laidlaw‘s penalty was one blow too far for italy. their 17th straight defeat was perhaps the most cruel and these two sides both end their campaigns with a sense of regret. got to make use of these experiences, losing away from home in ireland and winning away from home today. it goes into the mix of the future challenges, when we are behind when we are leading or when we do have opportunities, we need to sure we take them. credit to the players that they have come away with three wins in what is a very competitive and tough championship. we know that we have to do better over the next six, 12 months, when we play this championship again and also 18 months, when we g

let's talk to the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, who's at holyrood., good to have you with us. joining us, good to have you with us. what was the sense there in scotla nd us. what was the sense there in scotland for you at least as a government of mrs may's message today? i think for most people, they listened to the prime minister today, a year before the uk is chewed to leave the eu and they wonder why we still then have any a nswe i’s wonder why we still then have any a nswers to wonder why we still then have any answers to the very real and basic questions that people have been asking ever since referendum day, and certainly ever since the triggering of article 50. there is no greater clarity today, a year to 90, no greater clarity today, a year to go, about what the future relationship will be van der voort is back then. and i think that is deeply, deeply concerning. ijust had the, some may say misfortune, of hearing nigel farage in mike in. listening to him saying it doesn't really matter, as long as we leave —— hearing nigel farage in my air. i