and as we _ you have for the west midlands. and as we said _ you have for the west midlands. for the west midlands. and as we said it is great to be here in dudiey— as we said it is great to be here in dudiey to — as we said it is great to be here in dudley to launch labour's local election— dudley to launch labour's local election campaign. the path to changing — election campaign. the path to changing britain, to national rehewai_ changing britain, to national renewal starts and begins here. applause and you can take it from me, we are not playing _ and you can take it from me, we are not playing for a draw, we are looking — not playing for a draw, we are looking to _ not playing for a draw, we are looking to win in dudley, looking to win in— looking to win in dudley, looking to win in the _ looking to win in dudley, looking to win in the west midlands, right across— win in the west midlands, right across the country from hastings to hartlepool, are changed labour party on the _ hartlepool, are changed labour party on the march, on your side, returned to the _ on the march,

two years ago, the west midlands police took me to the old bailey in an attempt to force me to disclose sources in this case. happily, thejudge threw the case out, so i don't suppose we'll be hearing about that again. the case did lead to some significant changes to the british criminaljustice system, and some of them have made things better. but we still have problems. we want to talk a great deal about that and changes which indeed were very necessary as was exposed by this case. let us go back to the beginning, to november 197a. give me the context for this ira attack on two targets in birmingham. what was going on at the time? well, the ira had brought, as they would see it, the campaign to the british mainland, and they were planting bombs in many parts of britain at the time. when you say the campaign, it was their military campaign to get british forces, the british army, out of northern ireland. the army, of course, being there because of strife between the nationalist and unionist communities in northern ireland, which really kicked off in the late �*60s. yes, that's right. the

if you're in the west midlands, _ easily been solved. easily been solved. if you're in the l west midlands, don't worry, you will get your phone calls answered, just when it has learned how to use that accident. it's lovely to chat with you. thank you very much for coming of the programme. that is it for this week. of course we do this every week on thursday. i hope you have enjoyed this programme as well. hello there. thursday has been a predominantly dry day, but the amount of cloud you've seen has varied a lot from place to place. best of the sunshine has been across the western side of the country. a lovely day here in nairn in highlands, scotland, but you can also see the extent of the day's cloud on this satellite picture, particularly affecting parts of east wales, central and eastern england, eastern parts of scotland. so, a big difference from the west coast of scotland, the east coast of scotland in st andrew's, fife, very grey. we've even seen a bit of drizzle falling from that cloud. and overnight we go, the cloud will contin

west midlands reporter girl. our west midlands reporter jack carson is at the scene.ild with injuries was found unaddressed here in rowley regis and confirmed dead at the scene. the police also confirmed that a 30 year old, a 33 year old woman who they believe and understand to be known to the girl, has been arrested and taken into police custody for questioning. the investigation is still very much investigation is still very much in an early stage, but continuing around as as members of what has been described as a close knit community now come together tributes together to pay their tributes together to pay their tributes to . west midlands to this girl. west midlands ambulance also ambulance service also confirming yesterday that they'd sent two ambulances and a paramedic officer here the paramedic officer here to the scene, was clear upon scene, but it was clear upon their arrival that nothing could be save the girl in that be done to save the girl in that ten year old was confirmed deceased at the scene . deceased at the scene. >> thank you jack france has becom

tectonic plates, in scores of parliamentary constituencies, beginning here in the north—west, in the west midlandsford to bethnal green and bow, labour is on notice that they have lost the confidence of millions of their voters, who loyally and traditionally voted for them, generation after generation. i've heard some of the narrative being spun around this election result this evening. yes, it's true that every muslim is bitterly angry at keir starmer and his misnamed labour party, but you would be very foolish if you did not realise that millions of other citizens of our country are too. keir starmerand of other citizens of our country are too. keir starmer and rishi of other citizens of our country are too. keir starmerand rishi sunak are two cheeks of the same backside. and they both got well and truly spanked tonight here in rochdale. finally, i congratulate david tully on his remarkable achievement. cheering and applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this by—election, and trust that even the most biased journalist in the room will realise that this is the first time ever in

so keir starmer, the labour leader launching his party's local election campaign in the west midlands midlands, saying that rishi sunak bottled it on calling a general election , said that general election, said that bofis general election, said that boris johnson got it right on levelling up, taking a barb at rishi sunak for not doing enough to follow in his footsteps, and saying that the tories rule over the last 14 years were completely wasted. does that inspire you? beverley turner ? inspire you? beverley turner? >> well, i thought you were going to ask our audience then. ben, does it inspire me? not particularly. i can't lie . i particularly. i can't lie. i still don't know enough of what the vision is. what he's talking about, as i said, is a historical vision. how great britain was in the 1950s and 60s is all i heard. but we're not going back there. so what does that vision look like? what is his ideology? what are his values? does he stand on values? where does he stand on the march of technology? this is the march of technology? this is the things going the things that are goi

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the west midlands has changed massively since the early 80s but some things have changed the same. here on the world today, luis is coming up next with the context, stay with us here on bbc news. hello there, good evening. it's been a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers heavy and thundery, even some hail mixed in at times, too. some beautiful rainbows, though, spotted by our weather watchers from across the uk. and for the rest of the bank holiday weekend, still sunny spells and showers, but fewer showers than we saw today. and it will feel warmer, more sunshine and lighter winds. but watch out for some more rain towards the south as we head through bank holiday monday. i'll have more on that injust a moment. now, overnight tonight, still breezy for a while across england and wales, but the winds will ease down. we'll see a scattering of the showers out towards the west, perhaps a bit more cloud for eastern coastal areas, but with clearing skies, there'll be some patches of frost around and maybe a bit of mist and fog into tomorrow morning. so a cold start to the day o

in the west midlands. in london, from elford to bethnal green and on.confidence of millions of

and gb news west midlands days.the spaghetti junction. jack carson , welcome to the jack carson, welcome to the show. they're calling it carmageddon. what can we expect ? carmageddon. what can we expect? >> well, we've certainly seen a bit of congestion today where i am a few miles up from spaghetti junction on part of the m6. now southbound, we seem to be flowing pretty steadily so far. if i just step out the way, you can probably see that the traffic is flowing pretty nicely northbound. not so much. we know that near cheshire there was a bit of an accident earlier as well. here where i am around birmingham, there was a couple of accidents this morning that were to delays of about were leading to delays of about 30 40 minutes, so nothing 30 to 40 minutes, so nothing really of the ordinary really maybe out of the ordinary so far. but of course the rac , so far. but of course the rac, as you were mentioning there, martin saying that 14 million leisure journeys to leisure journeys expected to take the easter take plac

further south and west midlands plymouth, cardiff, 11 or12.in between six and 11. but there is a change on the way later in the week, because we will start to see areas of low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, and that will change the wind direction. we will lose the easterly wind and pick up more of a souther south—westerly wind and that will bring a milderfeel to proceedings. temperatures if anything climbing as we head through the middle and end of the week. but don't expect blue skies and sunshine all the time. there will beasts in cloud and rain at times still. —— there will be some cloud and rain. live from london, this is bbc news. the first vessel to use the new maritime aid corridor to gaza is loaded in cyprus. 200 tonnes of supplies will be shipped. meanwhile, more aid is air—dropped into gaza — a method aid groups consider a last resort. a london fertility clinic has its operating licence suspended, after "significant concerns" were raised over errors in the freezing of embryos in a major defeat for ireland's government, voters

might be struggling to midlands, might be struggling to hang on to his post as the conservative west midlandsee there is potentially quite a lot at stake, you can see how quite stake, and you can see how quite quickly there is a risk, at least, that these local elections could prove to be a rather bad news story for the conservatives. yeah i mean, let's say, you know, they lose half their seats. >> they're down to 500 councillors particular councillors in this particular round , you know, is that the round, you know, is that the level at which the sort of rishi sunak alarm bells start to ring and letters start pouring in, and letters start pouring in, and we're into new leadership contests. is there is there a number here somewhere, that would be acceptable for the government , given, as you say, government, given, as you say, in 2021, they were on a high? is there a level of loss that they might find acceptable? >> yeah, sure. i'll give you a very simple benchmark. if we take, the position in last year's local elections, when you look at the votes as opposed to looking at seats and extrapola

from me we are not playing for a draw, we are looking to win in dudley, looking to win in the west midlands, right across the country from hastings to hartlepool, a changed labour party, on the march, on your side, return to the service of working people. applause. but, look, i do have to be honest. i was hoping we would be launching a different election campaign here today. but the prime minister bottled it. he wants one last drawn out summer tour with his beloved helicopter. so, we need to send him another message — show his party once again that their time is up. the dithering must stop. britain wants change and it is time for change with labour. that was sir keir starmer speaking. queen camilla has arrived for the traditional royal maundy thursday service. this was the queen a short while ago being greeted outside worcester cathedral. maundy thursday is a major fixture on the royal calendar. normally the monarch, who is the head of the church of england, presents special coins to people recognised for their community service. king charles isn't there today because of his cancer treatmen

west midlands police did get involved all three times to try and move him on.g those protesters today . but of those protesters today. but of course it all comes. um as rishi sunak yesterday on the on the steps of downing saying steps of downing street saying that feels like forces here that he feels like forces here at are trying to tear us at home are trying to tear us apart. he that he has no apart. he says that he has no problems with those protesters that are going about their job that are going about theirjob peacefully. to say, from peacefully. i have to say, from watching and observing these protests there were protests here today, there were some were some music, but some there were some music, but there chanting there was certainly no chanting that here and seen that we've seen here and seen around the country with these palestine certainly around the country with these palestmusic, certainly around the country with these palestmusic, but certainly around the country with these palestmusic, but no ertainly around the country with these palestmusic, bu

the other two contests, the west midlands and the tees valley, those two areas also have conservativethe moment and there is a feeling that labour, if they're going to do well at the general election, might well have to show they're going to take those mayoral seats. show they're going to take those mayoralseats. he show they're going to take those mayoral seats. he has also chosen the specific area of amber valley, which is one of those constituencies when we get to the general election that will determine who will end up in power. it was held by labour up until 2010 when it was taken by the conservatives and quite a healthy tory majority there. they don't choose these locations by accidents. interesting to hear some of the campaign messages from the prime minister, pointing out that nottingham city council has effectively declared itself bankrupt, it is labour run. he contrasted that with the conservative run nottinghamshire county council, saying that there and it is investing in services rather than cutting them. the converse argument or that is one that labour will make, is that

then you go over to the west midlands where we have the great auntie streets.re that he secures more investment than wales and scotland combined. he is making sure there are billions being invested in local transport idea smashing his targets all whilst protecting the green i also known know that king duncan up in north yorkshire will do a fantasticjob across the board, that is conservative mayors delivering for their communities. in contrast, just look at what is happening in london with city can. more interested in virtue signalling can actually deliver on. failing on crime, failing on housing and his transport policy is to tax motorists off the road and rename trend lines, for goodness' sake! and whilst auntie anne pam to chart the residents are planning an extra council tax, city can saddle says constituents with £400 in extra bills. itjust goes to show, what you get with labour? they tax you more and deliver less. applause. and it is the same across our consoles, too. just look at what is happening here. nottingham council effectively bankrupt after having

well, let's speak to our west midlands reporter , jack our west midlands reporter, jack carson.ard to overstate what a mess birmingham city council is in and the impact this is going to have on ordinary people's lives. everything is going to be slashed. it seems . slashed. it seems. >> that's right. these these cuts worth hundreds of millions of pounds over the next two years. don't leave any department unscathed . whether it department unscathed. whether it is young people and families and that department, as we were heanng that department, as we were hearing in that there from the from the youth leader who's worried that doesn't really know what the other side looks like when funding for community when all funding for community centres the next centres goes over the next couple of years. what does that support for young people? this is city europe, is the youngest city in europe, so those services that may be particularly more specialised for people , those for young people, those campaigners and those charities across this city will have to be trying finding extra trying and

, west midlands ranked number one.ce area that ranked number one for knife crime. cleveland second met police, third, south yorkshire fourth and greater manchester fifth. see, i just, i feel like people will come out and i know you do a lot of work with young people, and after the break, i want to bring in the attitudes of going on at school and in the homes and all the rest of it, because teachers now are saying that actually the young but so many people will turn kerry and they'll turn around. kerry and they'll go, yeah, this is because you go, oh yeah, this is because you ain't got no youth clubs. people are machete in each are going around machete in each other taken other because you've taken the ping other because you've taken the ping tables what do ping pong tables away. what do you to that? you think to that? >> i think it's a complete >> i just think it's a complete nonsense and it's very tragic that that's what people will come they'll say they come outwith. they'll say they will insufficient will say there'

did see some snow return to parts of cumbria and also some snowfall from somerset through the west midlandsaces. cold air, then, firmly in place at the moment, with our area of low pressure spiralling around, with further showers gradually moving their way northwards for the time being. again, the vast majority of these are coming through as rain. a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher parts of dumfries and galloway. and over the next few hours, we'll also see a bit of snow across higher parts of the grampians. otherwise, any showers will come through as rain. it will then get cold with clearing skies across wales, the middle and southern county of england, lowest temperatures about —2, so some frost and a few icy stretches to watch out for. sunday morning, few mist and fog patches around as well. by and large, though, a decent kind of day coming up on sunday. there will be some high cloud affecting eastern parts of both scotland and england. the best of the sunshine will be further west, withjust one or two showers running through across parts of western scotland,

coventry in the west midlands.including fully funded training for young people and reduction in red tape for small businesses. labour accused the government , though, of the government, though, of economic failure. but mr sunak says action is being taken in. the full cost of apprenticeships will be offered to applicants aged under at small firms aged under 21 at small firms from the 1st of april. small business owners seem to have welcomed the move . welcomed the move. >> i think the apprenticeship, payment in full would be fantastic. we've had an apprentice before , she did apprentice before, she did phenomenally well and but funds have been quite tight the last couple of years and that's not something that i, i've been able to enter into again, although i want to. so that will be is benefit. >> i think there's lots of positives in there. i think there's some great stuff for helping small businesses. there's some great stuff for helping small businesses . as for helping small businesses. as for our business, we ne

, up towards nonh of the west midlands, up towards north wales, down towards gloucestershire for tomorrowg. it's going turn morning. it's going to turn windy again tomorrow as windy again through tomorrow as well, particularly from the southwest, rain comes southwest, as further rain comes in here. it will be a chilly night in scotland. a touch of frost but northern frost here, but northern scotland should see some sunny spells thursday . another spells during thursday. another band rain swings up from band of rain then swings up from the and very blustery the south and very blustery conditions along the south coast. met office coast. there's a met office yellow warning place for yellow warning in place for those winds and again from those gusty winds and again from mid—morning onwards, it's another day of heavy showers and again feeling on the chilly side. 10 to 12 at best. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. away. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 on wednesday, the 27th of march. the shocking figures, which reveal that spills of raw sewage,

ilford to bethnal green in the heart of the city of london, in birmingham, in other parts of the west midlands blackburn, burnley, nelson, bury. we will put candidates up in all these places, and we will either win or we will make sure that keir starmer doesn't win. ~ , ., .,, win. we will 'ust leave those comments— win. we willjust leave those comments there. _ win. we willjust leave those comments there. that - win. we willjust leave those comments there. that is - win. we willjust leave those - comments there. that is george galloway, who hasjust been comments there. that is george galloway, who has just been sworn in as the member of parliament here in the uk for the constituency of rochdale. he was sworn in earlier today. we can show you some of those images there. just to remind viewers, george galloway has a career spanning four decades. he has been hailed as a hero of the anti—war left. he has been ridiculed as reality tv contestant, and he has been elected to parliament seven times for three different parties, including the uk's labour party. he has been sworn back into day as the new

to our west midlands reporter joe jack carson.vely went bankrupt. what's the latest that . what's the latest that. >> well, martin, it will be even more than 5. it's 9.99% just for this year . more than 5. it's 9.99% just for this year. and then that more than 5. it's 9.99% just for this year . and then that then this year. and then that then increases into next year. and so over the next two years it's a total rise of 21% for birmingham resident . that is on top, of resident. that is on top, of course, of all of the cuts that are coming that the council in the building behind me are voting on now. the meeting which i've in attendance to this i've been in attendance to this afternoon is quite extraordinary. councillor john cotton, of course, the leader of birmingham city council, saying that he apologises the people that he apologises to the people and communities of this city. but much of his statement opening this debate on the budget was about the conservatives calling the birmingham tories the cheerleaders for austerity and sa

did see some snow return to parts of cumbria and also some snowfall from somerset through the west midlandses. cold air, then, firmly in place at the moment, with our area of low pressure spiralling around, with further showers gradually moving their way northwards for the time being. again, the vast majority of these are coming through as rain. a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher parts of dumfries and galloway. and over the next few hours, we'll also see a bit of snow across higher parts of the grampians. otherwise, any showers will come through as rain. it will then get cold with clearing skies across wales, the middle and southern county of england, lowest temperatures about —2, so some frost and a few icy stretches to watch out for. sunday morning, few mist and fog patches around as well. by and large, though, a decent kind of day coming up on sunday. there will be some high cloud affecting eastern parts of both scotland and england. the best of the sunshine will be further west, with just one or two showers running through across parts of western scotland,

some very well—behaved pups were from the west midlands police. they made an appearance on friday.igh maintenance than others, but they'll be putting their best paw forward until the winner is crowned on sunday. rachel mcadam, bbc news. winnie the pooh: blood and honey has swept the board at the razzie awards, which name and shame the year's worst films. the slasherfilm — a reimagining of aa milne's classic tale — picked up five of the ten awards. the film's creators took advantage of the expiration of copyrights on the winnie the pooh books, transforming its characters into serial killers. when it was released last year, it received a string of awful reviews. let's speak to our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher. not a surprise to me. critics said it had a lack of humour, bad acting, bad screenplay, one critic even said the scenes were so poorly lit they couldn't see what was going on in the film. the prosthetics were complained about, just $700 spent on winnie the pooh double prosthetics, a tiny amount. it swept the board at the razzies, worst film, worst director, worst s

from me we are not playing for a draw, we are looking to win in dudley, looking to win in the west midlandsastings to hartlepool, a changed labour party, on the march, on your side, return to the service of working people. applause. but, look, ido applause. but, look, i do have to be honest. i was hoping we would be launching a different election campaign here today. but the prime minister bottled it. he wants one last drawn out summer tour with his beloved helicopter. so, we need to send him another message — show his party once again that their time is up. the dithering must stop. britain wants change and it is time for change with labour. the wants change and it is time for change with labour. the labour party leader keir starmer. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's return to that story, a row in france over a headscarf, in the incident in question, the french prime minister said that he is going to ask the state to prosecute a student who struck a teacher, it is alleged, but after a police investigation the teacher was found not to have been at fault. it was in

cold front brings further outbreaks of rain into central, southern england, stretching up to the west midlandsouth. and then, on wednesday, perhaps some early brightness across parts of east anglia — it's a very windy day with low pressure out towards the west. with low pressure out towards the west. strong, gusty winds for irish sea coast, more organised bands of showers tracking northwards and eastwards. some of the showers possibly wintry over the higher ground of wales and the southwest of england. it's a bit milder across scotland on wednesday, but a bit cooler further south. and low pressure dominant, too, on thursday — there'll be further heavy rain as we head through the small hours across much of england and wales. again, bands of organised showers and brisk south—westerly winds, too, particularly towards english channel coasts, possibly severe gales here, so a very windy day on thursday. by the time we get to good friday, though, it should turn drier, especially in the afternoon, some showers at first, and temperatures will start to rise. so, for the easter bank holiday weekend, a lo

some very well—behaved pups from the west midlands police. they made an appearance on friday.mewhat more high maintenance than others, but they will be putting the best poor forward until the winner is crowned on sunday. rachel mcadam, bbc news. and you can go to the bbc website, that is bbc news .com, where you can find all of the latest headlines. you are watching bbc news with me, stay with us, we will have more news after the headlines shortly. hello there. there was a lot of dry weather around on friday, but cloud varied quite a bit from place to place. southern england had some lovely sunshine, with temperatures reaching 12 celsius in hampshire, 13 celsius in wiggonholt, in sussex — which was the warmest spot in the country — whereas eastern scotland, with all this cloud around, temperatures struggled to around six celsius. we also had something called the helm wind that blew across northern england. this is the uk's only named wind — prevailing winds 20—30mph across northern england. but look at that, 71mph up over the top of great dun fell, and those strong, gusty wind

did see some snow return to parts of cumbria and also some snowfall from somerset through the west midlands, but a covering in places. cold air, then, firmly in place at the moment, with our area of low pressure spiralling around, with further showers gradually moving their way northwards for the time being. again, the vast majority of these are coming through as rain. a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher parts of dumfries and galloway. and over the next few hours, we'll also see a bit of snow across higher parts of the grampians. otherwise, any showers will come through as rain. it will then get cold with clearing skies across wales, the middle and southern county of england, lowest temperatures about —2, so some frost and a few icy stretches to watch out for. sunday morning, few mist and fog patches around as well. by and large, though, a decent kind of day coming up on sunday. there will be some high cloud affecting eastern parts of both scotland and england. the best of the sunshine will be further west, withjust one or two showers running through across part

in the west midlands, in london, from ilford to bethnal green and bow, labour is on notice that theyfidence of millions of their voters. he's always divided opinion, though. george galloway! you want to burn our future! that protester hauled away after accusing rochdale�*s new mp of denying climate change. you are well aware that you're a divisive figure. what are you going to do to speak to those in rochdale who will be pretty concerned, frankly, that... when i look at the result, it doesn't look all that divisive. it looks like the great majority of voters tonight voted for me. he will face plenty more scrutiny in the coming weeks and months, but his supporters were jubilant and partied into the early hours of the morning. this was, though, a bizarre contest, thrown wide open after labour dropped its candidate over remarks widely alleged to be anti—semitic. azhar ali had apologised but didn't turn up to the count. another extraordinary sub—plot was that of david tully, a local businessman who decided to run as an independent and came second, beating all of the main parties. the mai

did see some snow return to parts of cumbria and also some snowfall from somerset through the west midlandsvering in places. cold air, then, firmly in place at the moment, with our area of low pressure spiralling around, with further showers gradually moving their way northwards for the time being. again, the vast majority of these are coming through as rain. a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher parts of dumfries and galloway. and over the next few hours, we'll also see a bit of snow across higher parts of the grampians. otherwise, any showers will come through as rain. it will then get cold with clearing skies across wales, the middle and southern county of england, lowest temperatures about —2, so some frost and a few icy stretches to watch out for. sunday morning, few mist and fog patches around as well. by and large, though, a decent kind of day coming up on sunday. there will be some high cloud affecting eastern parts of both scotland and england. the best of the sunshine will be further west, withjust one or two showers running through across parts of weste

it's going to be quite a chilly day on the north sea coast around east anglia, the east and west midlandsn. it's not going to feel quite as warm tomorrow across the east of the country. and then come monday, a weather front sweeps in. and that, of course, spells rain. exactly where this rain is going to fall is still a little questionable. it might be a little bit further north. there might be a little less of it or perhaps a little bit more. but the broad message is a rather cloudy day and certainly a chance of catching some rain, at least across this part of the uk, perhaps drier further towards the northwest. and those temperatures, again, a little disappointing for some of us. and then tuesday, wednesday into thursday, more weather systems, more weather fronts are sweeping in on the strengthening south—westerly breeze. and take a look at this weather outlook. these weather icons pretty much a chance of encountering some rain every day next week. that's it from me. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines... israeli media are reporting on government proposals for an all—arab peacekeep

ilford to bethnal green in the heart of the city of london, in birmingham, in other parts of the west midlandsn, burry. we will be putting candidates up in all of these places and we will either win or we will make sure that keir starmer doesn't win. for more on this we can go straight to westminster and join my colleague, ben wright. george galloway is often a fly in the ointment for the british labour party. what we heard there sounds like he is planning to shake up the next general election.— next general election. yeah, he wants to cause _ next general election. yeah, he wants to cause electoral - next general election. yeah, he l wants to cause electoral trouble, next general election. yeah, he - wants to cause electoral trouble, no doubt about it, and he said to the journalists assembled outside parliament, quite a crowd, i should say, for a solo mp with no other parliamentary colleagues. he is the sole representative of the workers party of britain. he said the next election will cause trouble for labour, and he intends his party to put up candidates in seats from the midlands to london

did see some snow return to parts of cumbria and also some snowfall from somerset through the west midlands the moment, with our area of low pressure spiralling around, with further showers gradually moving their way northwards for the time being. again, the vast majority of these are coming through as rain. a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher parts of dumfries and galloway. and over the next few hours, we'll also see a bit of snow across higher parts of the grampians. otherwise, any showers will come through as rain. it will then get cold with clearing skies across wales, the middle and southern county of england, lowest temperatures about —2, so some frost and a few icy stretches to watch out for. sunday morning, few mist and fog patches around as well. by and large, though, a decent kind of day coming up on sunday. there will be some high cloud affecting eastern parts of both scotland and england. the best of the sunshine will be further west, withjust one or two showers running through across parts of western scotland, northern ireland, wales and the south—w

it is one program, there's an individual from the west midlands , i think she operates midlands, i think consultancy. her name's , ryan priest. she's name's, ryan priest. she's actually developed a program. she's implementing a program which i've looked at myself and other people have looked at around me. and we believe it's going to be highly effective. so, you know, it's people like that that we need. she's a qualified youth worker. she's got a degree in youth work. she's a criminologist . she goes she's a criminologist. she goes out and engages with people on the streets, on the front line. and, to me, she's one of the most effective individuals in this game. >> and it's just in a sentence, if you would. how did you get out of it ? you if you would. how did you get out of it? you were if you would. how did you get out of it ? you were involved if you would. how did you get out of it? you were involved in in gang crime for, for years. what enabled you to reform yourself, yourself? >> look, i think with age, the propensity for violence reduces to, we don't see 70, 80 year olds running a

it is going to be quite a chilly day on the north sea coast, around east anglia, the east and west midlandstomorrow across the east of the country. come monday a weather front sweeps in and that of course spells rain. where this rain will fall is still a little questionable. it might be further north, there might be less of it, or perhaps more, but the broad message is, a rather cloudy day and certainly a chance of catching some rain, at least across this part of the uk. perhaps drier towards the north—west. those temperatures are a little disappointing for some of us. tuesday and wednesday, into thursday, more weather systems, tuesday and wednesday, into thursday, more weathersystems, more weather fronts are thursday, more weather systems, more weather fronts are sweeping thursday, more weathersystems, more weather fronts are sweeping in on a strengthening south—westerly breeze. take a look at this weather these weather icons are pretty much a chance of encountering some rain every day next week. that is it for me. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines... the palestinian red crescent sa

some very well—behaved pups were from the west midlands police. they made an appearance on friday.nner is crowned on sunday. rachel mcadam, bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather. here is ben rich. good afternoon. it is not the most inspiring weekend of weather overall. there are some brighter spots. this was how it looked earlier on for a weather watcher in kent. but for many more places it is pretty cloudy. we�*ve got some rain around. it�*s all driven by a big area of low pressure to the south of us. this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. we�*re on the northern flank of the low and that means we�*ve got quite a strong easterly wind blowing across the uk today. where you�*re exposed to that wind, particularly for some of these north sea coasts where it stays cloudy, but it is going to feel decidedly cool. there�*ll be some bits and pieces of rain in the mix, perhaps most especially across the south west of england by the end of the afternoon. limited, bright or sunny spells, generally quite a lot of cloud. and as we head through this evening and tonight, the wi

andy street, the mayor of the west midlands and the former party chair, have both said they should givess, the leader of the scottish conservatives, has said the donations should be looked at. 0ther mps say that frank hester apologised and that apology should be accepted. i think the question is, if he continues to give even more, does the party continue to accept these donations? indications are they would, but that will create quite a political row. quickly, ruling out potential early election, the prime minister has given us some news of a new date? yes, the prime minister was asked when he was in gloucestershire yesterday about a general election on the same day as the local elections, which is may the 2nd. there has been growing speculation around that because had he chosen to have an election then he would have had to say so within the next couple of weeks. he has ruled that out, that specific date of may the 2nd. not said anything further other than his working assumption is the second half of this year. lots of people suspect that perhaps means the autumn or heading into the win

west midlands police say officers attended an address in robin close in the town where the child wasbeen arrested and taken into custody for questioning. george galloway has been sworn in as rochdale's new member of parliament. the controversial politician is representing the workers party of britain. his by—election campaign tapped into public anger over the war in gaza, and lobbied against israeli military action. the prime minister called his victory "beyond alarming". you're live with bbc news. now, china's national people's congress is under way in beijing. the country's premier has delivered a major address on the economy, where he's announced that import tarrifs on advanced technology will be cut to try and boost growth. the annual gathering is the biggest event on china's political calendar. security at the great hall of the people in beijing is tight. from there, our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has more. here we have it, the government work report, as it is called, which gives you an idea of the marathon nature of the speech. there is a lot in here. a big emphasis o

did see some snow return to parts of cumbria and also some snowfall from somerset through the west midlands place at the moment with our area of low pressure spiralling around with further showers gradually moving their way northwards for the time being. again, the vast majority of these are coming through as rain. a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher parts of dumfries and galloway and over the next few hours, we'll also see a bit of snow across higher parts of the grampians. otherwise, any showers will come through as rain. it will then get cold with clearing skies across wales, the middle and southern counties of england. the lowest temperature about —2, so some frost and a few icy stretches to watch out for sunday morning. a few mist and fog patches around as well. by and large, though, a decent kind of day coming up on sunday. there will be some high cloud affecting eastern parts of both scotland and england. the best of the sunshine will be further west with just one or two showers running through across parts of western scotland, northern ireland, wales and

west midlands police say officers attended an address in robin close in the town, where the child waso be known to the girl, has been arrested and taken into custody for questioning. an investigation is under way in germany after a highly confidential discussion between military officials became public. a recording was published by state media in russia on friday. it appears to feature sensitive information about germany's allies, including britain. jessica parker is in the east of germany and has been following the story. jessica, how much of an embarrassment is this? this is embarrassing for germany but ministers today have certainly been defending themselves. they say this is part of a disinformation attack. they are not disputing a conference call between senior air force officials was intercepted. it is unclear whether they think it was tampered with but on friday, a 38 minute tape was published by russian state media. in it, german officials appear to be discussing information certainly not intended for the public domain, including the possibility of sending tourist cruise missi

and wales, the west midlands and southwest england too.rt could be some freezing fog patches aware of patches around. just be aware of that first in the morning. that first thing in the morning. quite a grey day again. of course, these eastern areas, eastern england, eastern scotland, of rain scotland, a little bit of rain here few more here and there and a few more showers. come the afternoon showers. then come the afternoon over midlands down over the east midlands down towards south east england again. sunshine in again. best of the sunshine in the west, although some rain could into cornwall could creep into cornwall later on. . on. goodbye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news . >> 11 am. on tuesday the 5th of march. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning to you. thanks the thanks forjoining us. the princess has her first princess of wales has her first engagement by the engagement announced by the ministry of def