by the chair, which will be its centrepiece. nicholas witchell, bbc news, westminster abbey. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. chilly today but there is colder weather on the way as we head into next week. today is the first day of meteorological spring, it s also st david s day and it s been pretty cloudy. the cloud is thick enough to give us more showers around today. still got high pressure close by so the really wet weather is being deflected into southern parts of europe. that s the storm that brought all of the rain we saw in majorca, that s moving away. just to the north of that there is clear skies. it looks like we will tap into some of that tonight and tomorrow, so may be some changes on the way. today the winds are coming in from off the north sea, picking up in from off the north sea, picking up a lot of cloud. that s pushing our way. the best sunshine in western scotland. the cloud still ringing quite a peppering of showers in those temperatures
Judges law clerk which had been posted on social media, she has been assisting the judge throughout the trial, sitting next to him, and the judge had ordered trump to take it down and it hadnt happened. Now, we are reporting that Donald Trumps lawyer has now apologised to the judge for that violation, saying that Trumps Campaign machinery forgot to take down the post, there was no intention to evade or circumvent or ignore the order, according to Donald Trumps lawyers, adding that the post had now been taken down and the judge has said he would take the explanation under advisement and noted that trump is still responsible for the large machine, and thejudge did not immediately rule on the violation, although a ruling could come later in terms of any sort of sanction. So really robust words there from the judge in new york, so we will keep an eye on that story, there is bound to be more developments as the judge decides eventually what the sanction should be if there is any sanction, b
Flooding. In the dark, they hadnt realised how deep it was. The south asked river burst its banks at around four in the morning. 70 year old muriel has lived here for 20 years. Last night she was adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage of adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage of the l heard the water in the garage of the house, this is how close we got to escaping in our car which is a hybrid but we thought for a moment we were trapped in it because we couldnt get the doors open. But we feel rescued now. David and islay and their beloved spaniels were sheltering in the attic for help came. I had been up in the attic since five oclock basically, since the water started coming out of the house. This is stil
This is still very much an ongoing operation. These teams have so far rescued around about 50 residents this morning. No one knows for sure how long this water will remain here, but it is thought it might stay flooded for the next couple of days. And listen to this. Just a0 miles up north in Aberdeen Winds of up to 70mph. Along the coast, these homes were submerged and damaged. Yesterday, the body of a 57 year old woman was rescued from a river in angus. Within the last hour, police have confirmed the death of a 56 year old driver after a falling tree hit the van near forfar. Some parts of scotland have now been issued a new red danger to life Weather Warning for tomorrow. But for today it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. Parts of Northern England at the midlands are now bracing themselves for what is to come. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Our reporter louise cowie is also in brechin and gave us this update. The rain has literallyjust stopped before we came on air, but its b
The north sea and winds will gradually ease but we have some windy conditions today across the southern half of the country storm eleanor. Iwill southern half of the country storm eleanor. I will have your full forecast at 6 15am. And a special report on how the opening of the uks first dedicated Treatment Centre for people with rare genetic conditions could change the lives of people like james. Conditions could change the lives of people like james. Over the last three orfour people like james. Over the last three or four years we have noticed a huge difference from bandages to experimental treatments and research thatis experimental treatments and research that is going on. Whether we streamed it, downloaded it or bought a cd, we consumed nearly 10 more music in 2017 than the year before. Ill have the details shorlty. In sport, Manchester City are back to winning ways and are 15 points clear at the top of the table once again. They scored after just 39 seconds last night, comfortabl