it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already b
the violence in sudan. thousands of british nationals are still trapped and demanding help. as more people are flown to safety by some eu states, british citizens describe the terror they face in a conflict between the military factions. eve fairbanks was one of a number of viewers concerned about the emphasis put on getting british nationals out of the country, calling bbc news. and grace dalton left us a phone message on monday with her thoughts. i ve been really frustrated throughout today, but was on the verge of tears watching the evening news at 10:00pm. as there was coverage regarding the situation in sudan and how awful it was for the british people who are stuck there. and yet there was no regard given for the sudanese civilians who are stuck there. obviously, i m really hoping that those who are british can be evacuated as soon as possible. but why was nothing said about the sudanese people who are caught up in this horrific situation? we put that point to bbc news
story. it goes on the nhs strike posing a threat to great ormond street, the children s hospital, serious concerns over staffing levels there, and looking ahead to next week s coronation. and the daily telegraph, there is a reference to the story of the bbc chair. gary lineker s tweet, saying, don t let ministers pick the bbc chief. he said the bbc chairman should not be selected by the government of the day, not now, not ever. another story about surgeons operating only once every fortnight. so a busy news week. that s all from us tonight. thank you forjoining us. mark is here on tuesday. till then, have a great bank holiday weekend. goodnight. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. yeah, we did not fire the first shot. all the mediators were present. we agreed to sit down at 10 a.m. and sign the final agreement. we were taken by surprise when we found that the country was shut down and all the bridges wer
through this evening and tonight. rain for northern ireland, parts of scotland and pushing south eastwards across england and wales and some snow developing over the high ground in scotland and with that, the risk of some ice. it will be quite a chilly night in the far north of scotland but further south, and extremely mild one, ten or 11 in southern parts of england and wales. tomorrow, band of patchy rain and cloud across the south were clear. another band of cloud and patchy rain across northern ireland and northern england. but in between and up northern england. but in between and up towards the north we will see some good spells of sunshine. it will be another mild day, 15 degrees at norwich. a little more chilly in the northern parts of scotland. so still some patchy rain in southern scotland, may be north east england as we go through saturday evening. essentially, saturday night with this ridge of high pressure is a window of mainly fine weather. but then there is an
last year amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. hello and welcome to bbc world news. we begin with developing news from south korea. it s reported that 120 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. 100 have been injured. the incident happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in the popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party goers. it s feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness a freelance journalist raphael rashid. let s hear what he said. it s a night out for a lot of people including myself. i was in the area. when i arrived towards 7pm it was very clear that there was just so many people here, probably the most i ve ever seen in itae