steve mcnamara, thank you very much. keep your umbrellas handy, we are going to see some rain in all areas, andi are going to see some rain in all areas, and i have seen some rain moved north today, a good crop showers in the and west. the main band of rain will get stuck across northern ireland, a wet night here, and rain in the eastern side of scotla nd and rain in the eastern side of scotland for quite some time. a miserable day in the eastern side of scotland, cold, wet, windy, rain slowly moving away to the north of northern ireland. a lot of dry and bright weather in southern england, but chilly underneath that rain in scotland. sunday, some wet weather across england and wales, rain followed by sunshine and showers, scattered showers across scotland and northern ireland. hello, you're watching bbc news with me, rachel schofield, our headlines at 7:30 four. in the northern ireland assembly election, there are signs that the sinn fein and dup are polling strongly. air—accident investigators say the pilot of a vintag

steve mcnamara represents many london taxi drivers and has come for a look.ent? cabbies care much more about the environment than people give us credit for. the worst place to be, sitting in traffic, breathing the poor air, is in a vehicle. you're better off walking or cycling. if we can go some way to cleaning up our own air and better the city we work in and londoners recognise that, it's got to be a good thing. the people they'll need to convince are here in london. even with subsidies, the new camps will be more than £a0,000. too steep for the drivers we flagged down. the infrastructure's not in place. they've got to put all the charging points on ranks and it just wouldn't be practical for us. yeah, it's great in theory, yeah. but as long as you've got the charge points and the money to pay for it. it all comes down to the dollar, governor. back in norway, government support means you can even get a fast charge in the arctic circle. the new taxes will be built in britain, using chinese money, led by a german engineer. more and more countries are looking

for 25 years, steve mcnamara was the one behind the wheel of the taxi.nal database of drivers. the most urgent thing that needs to be resolved is cross—border hiring, because at the moment, a licensing authority can set whatever standard they want, and somebodyjust goes elsewhere. if we prohibit cross—border hiring, limit cross—border hiring, that goes some way to resolving the problem. the second thing that needs to be done is we need a good standard of licensing that must apply to all authorities, a standard that everyone has to comply with. and obviously, if certain authorities want a higher standard, that's great. currently, individual councils are responsible, but across local authorities, the requirements that need to be met before a licence is handed out can be vastly different, and some drivers refused a licence in one area may be approved in another. though all drivers undergo a criminal—records check, it doesn't reveal if the driver has ever had a licence refused or revoked for behaviour that hasn't ended up in court. in the wake of the rotherh

steve mcnamara represents many london taxi drivers and has come for a look.people give us credit for. the worst place to be, sitting in traffic, breathing the poor air, is in a vehicle. you're better off walking or cycling. if we can go some way to cleaning up our own air and better the city the city we work in, and londoners recognise that, it's got to be a good thing. the people they'll need to convince are here in london. even with subsidies, the new cabs will be more than £110,000. too steep for the drivers we flagged down. the infrastructure's not in place. they've got to put all the charging points on ranks and it just wouldn't be practical for us. yeah, it's great in theory, yeah. but as long as you've got the charge points and the money to pay for it. it all comes down to the dollar, governor. back in norway, government support means you can even get a fast charge in the arctic circle. the new taxis will be built in britain, using chinese money, led by a german engineer. more and more countries are looking to make the centre of the cities free from di

steve mcnamara represents many london taxi drivers and has come for a look.people give us credit for. the worst place to be, sitting in traffic, breathing the poor air, is in a vehicle. you're better off walking or cycling. if we can go some way to cleaning up our own air and better the city we work in and londoners recognise that, it's got to be a good thing. the people they'll need to convince are here in london. even with subsidies, the new camps will be more than £40,000. too steep for the drivers we flagged down. the infrastructure's not in place. they've got to put all the charging points on ranks and it just wouldn't be practical for us. yeah, it's great in theory, yeah. but as long as you've got the charge points and the money to pay for it. it all comes down to the dollar, governor. back in norway, government support means you can even get a fast charge in the arctic circle. the new taxes will be built in britain, using chinese money, led by a german engineer. more and more countries are looking to make the centre of the cities free from diesel and p