you are getting a letter from the mayor of swindon.ve to apologise like boris johnson. the man who said this this town is just about round abouts. good to talk to you, thank you for being with us. you can see the front—pages of the papers online on our bbc news website. all there for you seven days a week. if you miss the rowing you can watch it later on, bbc iplayer. thank you. goodbye from us. —— the programme. hello. plenty of cloud across the british isles today. if you see the sunshine, you will be doing pretty well. if you see the sunshine you could have exceptional temperatures for this time of year. very mild air with us at the moment. that has come in from the atlantic, that big long sea in from the atlantic, that big long sea track has allowed it to pick up moisture and that moisture is hanging across in form of cloud today. the weather front to the north in fact for scotland, persistent rain well on into this afternoon. northern ireland should become drier in the coming hours, a bit drizzly in the hills further south, and ar

colin paterson, bbc news, swindon. that's it from us.d night. welcome to bbc london news with me, victoria hollins. a headteacher has backed down from a ban on hijabs in her east london primary school. st stephen's in upton park recently introduced restrictions on girls wearing the headscarf. the school said the move was to help muslim children integrate it's a0 celsius and wet outside playing tennis. one game at the start of the fourth set lasted 20 minutes. just one game. under the most extreme pressure in the most extreme conditions, he peaked. nothing much between the players in world rankings or court will stop from this moment he took the fourth set 6—0. both men stretched the armed previous limits. who wilts, ? who wins? edmonds is the kind of guy who lets his tennis do the talking. it's a professional sport. it's not meant to bet. it is meant to hurt. if people do start to become ill it might be a concern but i am just concerned with getting through. he is through. edmonds's endurance impressed many. andy murray described it as t

we are competing with children coming up from swindon, and wiltshire and bristol, and some people are're moving from another part of the country. which is fair, i suppose. but another part of me thinks it's unfair, because its five miles from where we live. every grammar school in gloucestershire has added more places, even though the number of 11—year—olds hasn't been going up. grammar schools can expand because they're so popular with parents. after all, they only take the children who are already doing well at school. but that also means the larger they grow, the greater their effect on other neighbouring schools, and some fear that could reach a tipping point. in many parts of england, grammar school places have increased faster than pupil numbers. in 2010, there were just over 110,000 pupils aged 11—15 in grammar schools. by 2017, that had reached 118,000, the equivalent of 11 new grammar schools. this risks a knock on impact on other schools. results are above average at this secondary in warwickshire, but both the nearby grammar schools have added lots of extra places. with the

colin paterson, bbc news, swindon.ions, they will find out next week. what's more on our website. if you want to get in touch with us here at bbc world news, you can do so on social media. i'm @bbckasiamadera on twitter. now the weather, with chris fawkes. hello there. yesterday, in scotland, again we had some problems with snow, seems like this fairly commonplace. but in the highlands of scotland, just short of 47 metres of snow lying on the ground. now, the weather this weekend dominated by two areas of low pressure. 0ne here coming in today and another one near the coast of canada will be bringing a spell of heavy rain, hill snow, and eventually a change, the weather. this is how we start off the weekend, though. a band of rain working in the southern and western areas. cold air to the north—east, a risk of ice, and further snow showers affecting scotland. now the main uncertainty is how far north this pulse of sedation gets. it looks likely to move right across ireland, we could see four centimetres of snow for som

laughter colin paterson, bbc news, swindon.ll in her stride. we have had more snow showers today. this is the view in glasgow after just half an hour of heavy snow. we have a lot of lying snow around at the moment and its continuing to cause some disruption. the met office have issued a member whether one today for the heavy snow and ice, particularly affecting the south west of scotland but we have also some heavy snow in the north—west of england. the snow showers across western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, will continue but they will ease away overnight so eventually the skies become clear and rain works in from the south—western night. as it bops the colder air wiggo season snow over the hills of wales, perhaps the chilterns, and the cotswolds too. further north there will be ice and it will be a problem through saturday morning. on saturday morning, imogen improved a across scotland, northern england and northern ireland with a return to sunshine and the snow showers easing away eventually. further south

if you commute into london from swindon, it's now £300 more expensive, and the glasgow—edinburgh commuterferent parts of the country, but most people have similar gripes. it's pretty disgusting. well, you're not even guaranteed a seat. so, i think it's wrong. i travel around cardiff quite a lot using the train, i find that quite convenient, and i find it quite affordable to do that. it compares quite well with the bus and it compares quite well with driving. better service, please, more trains and there'll be more people, wouldn't there? this is where a lot of the money is going. london bridge hasjust had a £1 billion makeover. and there's a whole new line snaking under the city, crossrail, although critics argue too much is spent on london. the government says it's investing record amounts to improve the trains, but it's also changing who foots the bill. a smaller proportion now comes from the taxpayer, which means more has to come from ticket sales. well, for every £1 that a passenger pays in fares, 97p goes directly into running and improving the railway. but also, with more people usi

colin paterson, bbc news, swindon. 0ut out of the mouths of babes. they‘ve taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine, a single blood test for all types of cancer 0n the eve of his first year in office, president trump hold talks with democrats in a bid to avert a us government shutdown now it‘s time for the film review with mark kermode and jane hill. warm welcome to the film review. to ta ke warm welcome to the film review. to take us through this week‘s release ises mark kermode. what have you been watching this week? very exciting week. we have the post starring tom hanks and meryl streep. coco the new animation from pixar. and the commuter the new liam neeson action vehicle. the post is about journalism. i can‘t wait. i‘m excited. did you like it?|j journalism. i can‘t wait. i‘m excited. did you like it? i did. i really did. this is a

she got into a mini cab in swindon back in 2011. back in 2011. would have shown up on a criminal recordaxi drivers to be closely vetted. closely vetted. before the car door closes and locks. locks. plenty more at 630, thank you very much. very much. remembered today, what ceremonies have been? have been? football world said goodbye to cyrille regis. cyrille regis. family were keen to stress it was a celebration of his life. celebration of his life. cup winner with coventry city before moving to aston villa and wolves. moving to aston villa and wolves. well loved that their fans turned out as well. out as well. and former team—mates joined around 4000 fans to pay their respects. 4000 fans to pay their respects. you can imagine there were a lot of tea rs. you can imagine there were a lot of tears. tears. but smiles as well for a man who was loved by so many. who was loved by so many. david carr who knew cyrille for 40 years and gave the eulogy. years and gave the eulogy. death of his former team—mate lorry coming any car crash in 1989. an opportunity to look back at his life, what will hi