it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
hour s time. new figures are expected to show net migration to the uk reached a record level last year. what a way to seal europa league football for the first time. ensiso s cracker earns brighton a draw, and a place in the group stages of next season s competition. # waterloo, i was defeated, you won the war. and we ll hear from abba on those eurovision reunion rumours. plus, the perfect day to take to the river, here in baiano on the banks of the thames, a bit more clout around the uk but most will avoid the ray. here in malo on the banks of the thames, cloud around but most will avoid the rain. tributes to the singer tina turner have been pouring in overnight after her death at the age of 83 was announced. known as the queen of rock n roll, she survived poverty, domestic abuse and career setbacks before becoming one of the world s biggest stars. our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at her life. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always
the late, great tina turner. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. as you know, i can t stand the rain, and there hasn t been much of that this week and there won t be much as we head into the bank holiday weekend. today most of us are seeing some sunshine once again. there are some sunshine once again. there are some areas of cloud that are floating around, developing and trapped under this high pressure and thatis trapped under this high pressure and that is keeping it fine and dry. the wind has changed direction a bit today, meaning some northern and eastern areas might be cooler. this is the cloud we have seen developing in places over the last three hours, turning more cloudy. in northern ireland. clown developing across east anglia and the south east and parts of the midlands could see some more cloud. it could squeeze out showers the pennines. showers of the shetland area as well. higher temperatures are squeezed more to the south west, a very pleasant 22
of including her and being kind to her and years down the line, you know, she s neverforgotten how laura was with her and i would never have known that. and that was such a lovely thing to read. but my first instinct was to run upstairs to tell laura about it. gracie, you vejust finished your university degree. laura finished hers a year ago. but she completed that start to finish whilst going through treatment. i mean, you must be in awe of that. she just makes everyone look bad, honestly. it was really incredible. but she was really determined. and she wanted to walk down her graduation hall and pick up that certificate. and that was an amazing day, wasn t it? it was the best day. she s just a force of nature. a force of nature. but to make a difference even continues now. she s no longer here, just explain what she s doing. laura knew that without research, we weren t ever going to improve things and people like us would be in the same position five and ten years down the