could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own immi
violent, we have to remember violence only takes. and that s why we have to over prepare because we can t allow something like this to happen again. but i don t think we ll be seeing violence and massive protests. calvin, thank you and massive protests. calvin, thank you so and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much for- and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much forjoiningi thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. a reminder for our top story donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. be indicted in new york over alleged hush money giving to a pawn star porn star. he s run again for president in 2024, has repeated he is innocent. we had statements coming in from the trump team with mr trump calling the entire process persecution and electoral interference. we can cross live back to my colleague nada tawfik in new york. we were speaking just moments ago, an
in russia, an americanjournalist is arrested and accused of spying. the white house has condemned the move in the strongest terms. a new blood test, which could save thousands from having unnecessary chemotherapy every year. and the giant business of gaming we report on tonight s winners at the bafta games awards. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. we ll have the best of the action from the womens champions league. as chelsea take on serial european cup winners lyon with a place in the semi finals at stake. dealer in liverpool last summer. it was, in the words of the prosecutors, a case that shocked notjust a city, but a whole nation. today, thomas cashman was convicted of the little girl s murder, which happened when he opened fire while chasing another local criminal. cashman was also found guilty of injuring olivia s mother and of the attempted murder ofjoseph nee another drug dealer. cashman s family were ushered out of the courtroom after loudly protes
coast of england, southern wales, 50, 60, 70 mph coast of england, southern wales, 50, 60,70 mph winds, some disruption, lingering across the south west of england tomorrow morning. elsewhere, the south west, east anglia, the midlands and wales will see the rain breaking up into heavy showers, some sunny spells in between. a lot of cloud feeding into north east england and eastern scotland, some rain and feeling cool scotland, some rain and feeling cool, sunny spells in western scotland and northern ireland, albeit with a scattering of heavy and thundery showers. this area of low pressure tends to clear away eastwards into the weekend but still a couple of weather fronts left behind for saturday. so quite a messy weather picture on saturday. a lot of cloud, a couple of different bands of rain. we will have a keen easterly breeze making it feel rather cool for the eastern coast, seven in aberdeen, nine in hull and even further inland and further west it is not going to be quit
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