and miss, but another mad day. a little drier in northern ireland through the afternoon as this band of rain works into scotland, some heavy rain in the final for a time. shetland should hold on to some sunshine. forthe shetland should hold on to some sunshine. for the second half of the weekend, we have this ridge of high pressure bolting in. that will give us a window of fine weather, some spells of sunshine for most of us on sunday. a few showers in the final. by sunday. a few showers in the final. by the afternoon, cloud and rain getting into northern ireland, maybe getting into northern ireland, maybe getting to the west of scotland later in the day. a little bit cooler, but not a lot cooler. it will stay mild as we head to next week. while there will be some spells of sunshine, we can expect a lot of rain and some brisk winds at times. have a good weekend. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at ten on friday 17th march. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on ne
arsenal are going to nick it by one goal. it was city who struck 1st. kevin de bruyne pouncing. then in errorfrom edelson and arsenal the penalty for the fans desperate for an intervention. but bukayo saka didn t need it. prayers answered. the second saw city take charge. setting up a translate jack grealish. and they are talisman erling haaland made sure of the win. it finished a convincing 3 1 sending manchester city to the top of the sending city to the top of the read and arsenal questioning their title chances. chelsea have still only won once in 2023 after losing the first leg of their champions league last 16 tie at borussia dortmund. despite having a host of chances in germany, chelsea were beaten by karim adeyemi s solo effort on the counter, getting the better of new record signing enzo fernandez as graham potter s side failed to win for the fourth game in a row. the second leg is next month. there was only one english side involved in the champions league tonight,
well, they will, because nicola sturgeon will be remembered as one of the most successful politicians of the most successful politicians of her generation in terms of what she delivered at the ballot box, a string of landslide victories for the snp, and if you take a step back to see where she came from, she talked about the 1980s, growing up in ayrshire, and it could have been pretty lonely in those days to campaign for scottish independence when labour was dominant in scottish politics. to go from there all the way to a scottish parliament and to run the government here for eight years is no small achievement, to say the least. but she has always beenin say the least. but she has always been in politics for one thing above all, and she has not delivered to scottish independence, which leaves her successor with big challenges. first of all, immediately on the issue of gender, what to do about westminster blocking the bill that was passed to try to make it easy to legally cha
explosions lighting up the night sky. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9400 people have now been killed in the territory. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western governments. meanwhile, diplomatic efforts aimed at assisting palestinian civilians continue. a meeting in thejordanian capital on saturday said there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. mr blink and wants humanitarian forces and israel insist there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. water will have more on the diplomacy shortly, but we start our coverage without correspondence jon donnisson. there are distressing images from the outset of the report. four weeks into this war, the death and the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school in jabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. god will take my vengeance, this young boy says. i was stan
of atlanta cool and keep these trees from disappearing. the simple solutions that are already making a difference, one coat at a time how we can protect our bodies from the effects of extreme heat. plus, the people truly in the hot seat chief heat officers preparing cities for a hotter future. we start with those record breaking temperatures of 2023. several cities in the us were sweltering, but probably no one had it quite as bad as people living in phoenix, arizona. now, the state capital saw at least 55 days at or above 110 degrees fahrenheit. as we know, global warming is making heatwaves more frequent and more intense. and of course, extreme heat is also a matter of survival. in the us, it s a bigger killer than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined, potentially contributing to as many as 12,000 premature deaths per year in the us. so how can we keep our communities cool? well, it can feel like a huge challenge, but this is just one of the simple but powerful sol