are announced in england, a pay rise is offered to health workers in scotland. a man who spied for russia while working as a security guard at the british embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years in prison. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. 0h, he s found a way through. and in the cricket, a good second day for england has put them ahead in the first test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel, potential new manchester united owners have until today to submit takeover proposals. bids are expected from countries ranging from qatar to the usa. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak has been holding talks near belfast with representatives of all the main political parties in northern ireland, amid speculation that the government is close to agreeing a new deal with the eu on post brexit trading ar
we invetigate why so many buildings that should have withstood the tremors collapsed. travel disruption and thousands of homes without power after storm otto sweeps across northern england and scotland with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour. and the hollywood star bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age ofjust 67. on bbc london. coming up on sportsday later, will united find a new owner? tonight, the deadline for potential investors, forwarded ten p:m.. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting using fake russian agents who in fact worked for the british security services. the 58 year old had been passing on details to the russians of other members of staff as well as photographs and videos of buildings. british police described smith s actions as reckless and dangerous . our home affairs correspondent tom s
through this evening and tonight. rain for northern ireland, parts of scotland and pushing south eastwards across england and wales and some snow developing over the high ground in scotland and with that, the risk of some ice. it will be quite a chilly night in the far north of scotland but further south, and extremely mild one, ten or 11 in southern parts of england and wales. tomorrow, band of patchy rain and cloud across the south were clear. another band of cloud and patchy rain across northern ireland and northern england. but in between and up northern england. but in between and up towards the north we will see some good spells of sunshine. it will be another mild day, 15 degrees at norwich. a little more chilly in the northern parts of scotland. so still some patchy rain in southern scotland, may be north east england as we go through saturday evening. essentially, saturday night with this ridge of high pressure is a window of mainly fine weather. but then there is an
european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of britain and