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
collapse of silicon valley bank uk. you re watching bbc news. many of us might like to take a weekend stroll in a beauty spot but here in the uk too many of them are seemingly marred by litter. one group of volunteers says they ve filled hundreds of bin bags with the rubbish collected from a set of lakes in north warwickshire in the midlands. amy cole went to find out more. take a look at this. there are 7a bags of rubbish along here, including some larger items such as this children s trike. it was all collected over the weekend. but look, there are all these white bags of rubbish, too, and that was all collected five weeks ago. and it s still to be disposed of. what s going on? beavering away along lea marston lakes is a small army of litter pickers. well, they told me this was a rubbish story and they weren t wrong. it s everywhere. phil, you re up to your eyeballs in the stuff. where is it all coming from? we ve got our work cut out. it s coming, we feel, from upstr
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Here, and some of that could turn heavy, even thundery, particularly from the east midlands eastwood, into east anglia as we head towards the end of the day. The best of the sunshine for the north, Northern Ireland, scotland, northern england. Watch out for a few showers. Temperatures are lower than yesterday but still above the early october average, so it is still fairly one, and we still have that humidity towards the south as well. The warm front will clear into the north sea tonight, but there is a line of showers following behind that will sweep away all that warm, humid feeling air, so it will feel pressure. Still showers in North West Scotland and Northern Ireland. Chile again tonight across eastern scotland, where we will see the clearest skies. For the vast majority, a mild start to the day tomorrow. Across england and wales tomorrow, a very different feel to things, pressure, without westerly to north westerly wind. Across the whole of the uk, it will be a day of sunshine an
Good afternoon. There are warnings of extreme disruption in hospitals in england this week. This morning, Junior Doctors and consultants walked out on strike for three days, bringing non Emergency Care to a near standstill. The doctors and consultants want above inflation wage rises. The government says its made fair and final pay offers. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Whose nhs . Our nhs. Picket lines of medics in what whose nhs . Our nhs. Picket lines of medics in what is whose nhs . Our nhs. Picket lines of medics in what is the whose nhs . Our nhs. Picket lines of medics in what is the most medics in what is the most significant strike to hit the nhs in england. Forthe significant strike to hit the nhs in england. For the next few days hospitals will survive on minimum coverfrom hospitals will survive on minimum cover from consultants and Junior Doctors. Only Emergency Care will be provided and with almost 8 million patients already on waiting lists, the situat