in sport today, delight for scottish side darvel. how the sixth tier side upset all the odds to knock out premiership side aberdeen in what s being called the biggest upset in scottish cup history. 0k, set, and. . .action. and it s one of the biggest hits of the year so far. we go behind the scenes with star of happy valleyjames norton. there s an energy about tommy. there s a kind of animal, vital and unstoppable kind of force. and so when he s allowed to let rip, like he was yesterday, it s so fun. good morning. the northwest, southeast split in the weather once again today. the north and the west and cloudy with some patchy rain, and cloudy with some patchy rain, and the south has patchy fog and frost. it s tuesday 24th january. failings by the probation service left a serial offender free to commit murder, just days after he was released from prison, according to a damning watchdog report. the chief inspector of probation said a catalogue of errors led tojordan mcsweene
nato s secretary general will meet the german minister of defence this morning, as the country comes under increased pressure to send its tanks to ukraine. our correspondent damien mcguinness is in berlin for us this morning. there is an awful lot of politics going on here, isn t there? that s riaht, it s going on here, isn t there? that s right. it s an going on here, isn t there? that s right, it s an incredibly going on here, isn t there? that s right, it s an incredibly ferocious i right, it s an incredibly ferocious debate here and a fiery one because traditionally germany does not send battle tanks into war zones and you have to ask permission from berlin to do that even if you have bought the tanks yourself. that is why the 2000 leopard tanks across europe, if they are sent to ukraine by the various countries that have bought them, has to ask berlin for permission and that is very controversial here in germany so the german chancellor olaf scholz is under a lot of pressure b