of rain in northern ireland and also western and perhaps central scotland, but across england and wales, saturday will be dry, mild, temperatures in the south east could get up to around 1a degrees. sunday will be sunnier. hello, this is bbc news, i m clive myrie. the headlines. the partner of nicola bulley, who vanished while walking her dog in lancashire a week ago, says he s living in a nightmare and wants her home. closing statements will be heard today in the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, in which 30,000 were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. a man who climbed into windsor castle with a loaded crossbow admits a treason charge for trying to harm the late queen. the government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday park in merseyside. china urges calm, after the united states said it s tracking
this is bbc news. the headlines: the partner of nicola bulley who vanished while walking her dog in lancashire a week ago says he s living in a nightmare and wants her home: we are never, ever going to lose hope, of course we re not, but right now it is as though she has vanished into thin air. closing statements will be heard today in the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s in which 30,000 were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. a man who climbed into windsor castle with a loaded crossbow admits a treason charge for trying to harm the late queen. the government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday park in merseyside.
hello, this is bbc news, i mjane hill. these are the headlines.. lancashire police have said they believe mum of two nicola bulley fell into the river wyre, and there are no suspicious circumstances. victims have lived through the worst times, say representatives at a public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s. us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected above montana. a warm welcome in south sudan for pope francis, as he continues what s described as a pilgrimage for peace in africa. we ll talk a bit more about those stories in the coming half hour. now
days earlier and posted on snapchat, he d said that it was to do with wanting to avenge a massacre in india in 1919. he said, i am sorry for what i have done and what i will do, i will attempt to assassinate elizabeth, queen of the royal family. this is revenge for those who died in the 1919 jallianwala bagh massacre. he was also carrying a note which said, please don t remove my clothes, shoes and gloves, masks, etc, don t want postmortem, don t want embalming. thank you and i m sorry. he will be sentenced on the 31st of march and the judge has asked for reports from two psychiatrists. the headlines on bbc news: the partner of nicola bulley who vanished while walking her dog in lancashire a week ago says he s living in a nightmare and wants her home. closing statements will be heard today in the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s in which 30,000 were infected
this is bbc news. i m jane hill. the headlines at 5pm: lancashire police have said they believe mum of two nicola bulley fell into the river wyre and there are no suspicious circumstances. our main working hypothesis, therefore, is that nicola has sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third party or criminal involvement and that this is not suspicious. victims have lived through the worst times , say representatives at a public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s. us secretary of state antony blinken has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing after