it looks like australia might have had its wettest day on record, thanks to the cyclone. back home, it s not as bad as that, but it s not looking particularly festive. through the week we will see further rain at times, and we will also become very windy. it may be later in the week that some of us do see some snow. but i think it will only be some of us. we are in a battle ground right now. cold air to the north, mild airto ground right now. cold air to the north, mild air to the south. in between, the winds high in the atmosphere, driving weather systems around the world. the strong jet stream will spin up a various weather systems through the next few days. as cold air digs in from time to time, that is where we may see a little bit of snow. patchy rain across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a little bit brighter, at least for a time, and it is mild out there. temperatures up it is mild out there. temperatures up to around 13 or 1a degrees. through this e
the next general election. he ll be live on the sofa at 7:30am. the country s largest supermarket tesco is the latest to impose limits on certain fruit and vegetables, as shortages on the shelves continue. i ll have the latest. england s lionesses roar once more. they thrash belgium to retain the arnold clark cup and are now unbeaten in 29 matches. the cloud and rain across england and wales. all the details here on brick dust. breakfast. it s thursday, 23rd february. our main story. an off duty police officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around 8 o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened in front of young players, training at a football coaching session. it s thought the off duty officer was shot multiple times at around 8 o cl
Our look at the day at westminster. The headlines the Defence Secretary says he has full confidence in the Trident Nuclear deterrent, but wont give the commons any details on reports of an unarmed missile going off course in a test last year. Labour have questioned the Prime Ministers response. And yet when she came to this house on the 18th ofjuly to call on members to back the renewal of britains nuclear submarines, she did not say a word, not a single word. But many conservative mps defended trident and the need to keep the tests secret. Is it not the case that the unilateralists opposite who are complaining today are in the position of eunuchs complaining about the cost of viagra . Also tonight, users of Adult Social Care explain what the shortage of funding means for their lives. Its now legally acceptable for them to just say use Incontinence Pads even if youre not incontinent because you cant have a night time carer. The Defence Secretary has told mps he has full confidence in t
And england get ready for the clash in cardiff, in their crucial six nations game against wales. And coming up in sportsday in bbc news tom varndell becomes the premierships all time leading try scorer as he beats mark cuetos record with his 91st try. Good evening. A controversial investigation costing tens of millions of pounds, into claims of the abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down within months. It follows a scathing report by mps into the Iraq Historic Allegations Team, which it described as An Unmitigated Failure, Investigating Thousands of claims unsupported by credible evidence and that soldiers under investigation, had suffered u na cce pta ble stress. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has the story. Its almost 1a years since british troops invaded its almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq and the legacy of the war is still causing controversy.