abhorrent and had previously been unaware of the claims. we can speak now to laurie at the international communications and financial world affairs commentator. she s in west london for us this evening. good to see you. a rather strange statement, suspending key activities can i suppose you have to understand what the cbi does to make sense of that. maybe you could explain it to les. the cbi is really one of the bigger lobbying groups that polices between business and government. cbi has had a bit of a reputational hit, even before all of these allegations. we will get to those in a moment. a lot of people were wondering whether the cbi had become, had lost its effectiveness, given the last governments attitude towards business. rehabilitated itself a little bit, couple of the things that cbi had been looking for, like childcare provisions did make it into the last budget, but that seems a different era now. so many company picnic companies have deserted the cbi the last coup
germany and the united states are reportedly ready to send tanks to ukraine, in what kyiv hopes will be a game changer in the war. at least 1a leopard 2 tanks could be provided by germany, following months of debate. the united states reportedly plans to supply at least 30 m1 abrams tanks. it s claimed german officials privately insisted they would only send tanks if the us did too. ukrainian officials say they urgently need heavier weapons. britain is providing challenger two tanks. poland wants to send some of its german made tanks but needs permission from berlin. at least 16 other european and nato countries have leopard 2 tanks, which could be available if germany approves their export. elsewhere in ukraine, it s been confirmed two british aid workers, who went missing earlier this month, have been killed. chris parry and andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the eastern city of soledar. we ll have more on that shortly, but first this report on wea
the saints defence before sending the ball into the sky joelinton missed his turn. an hour to go, and che adams had a chance to put southampton ahead but nick pope was equal. joelinton made amends to put newcastle ahead. a few minutes later armstrong thought he had struck back for the saints but handball was the eventual decision. 1 0 it remained and newcastle will be favourites to book a wembley trip. the lowest ranked team left in the fa cup have been knocked out this evening. boreham wood took accrington stanley to extra time in their replay, before losing 1 0. it took until the seventh minute of extra time for league one side accrington to get the better of the national league side. accrington will now host premier league side leeds united this saturday lunchtime with the match live on bbc tv. three men have been arrested for alleged homophobic chanting during liverpool s draw with chelsea on saturday. one was arrested inside anfield and two outside the ground on suspicio
morning and cloud conditions for glasgow, and the remnants of that frost still across the south. here is a cold front moving through northern england, into the midlands by the time you get to the afternoon, wales catching some spots of rain. the best sunshine tomorrow is across northern ireland, sunshine scotland, and the lake district enjoying fine weather and further south it will be cloudier and notice the rain reaches east anglia and the south east in the evening and clear the kent coast by the time we get to around ten or iipm. the kent coast by the time we get to around ten or pm. in this large area of high pressure, sort of mango shaped, it noses into the uk for thursday, which should be a nice day for many of us. a bit more a breeze on the north sea coast, maybe one or two showers, but on the whole a fine day for many of us. let s have a look at the outlook. those temperatures starting to rise into double figures across western areas of the uk, variable amounts of
bbc news, darvel. time for a look at the weather. here s tomasz schafernaker. another day of contrasts across the uk. let s look at the temperatures. first thing in the morning we were shivering in rural oxfordshire. temperatures down to minus nine. but it warmed up to 16 in the afternoon. mild south westerly winds coming in go over the mountain, they dry out the other side of the mountain and the other side of the mountain and the sunshine comes out. the next few days, the temperatures will be back to average. we are going to lose the frost as well. tomorrow morning, still around minus four in a few spots, but if you look at that into next week, temperatures will be generally above freezing. here is the forecast towards tomorrow morning, the frost toward southern areas. but in the north it hasn t been that cold. the culture and sweeping in from the north and there will be rain for a time in the north before the sunshine comes out. the temperature is 10 degrees in belfast and