for their country will prevail. we ll be hearing from steve rosenberg in moscow, sarah smith in warsaw, and jeremy bowen, who s in kyiv. also on the programme: it s just been announced that strike action by nurses in england is being paused. the royal college of nursing says it is starting talks with the government tomorrow over the long running dispute. some supermarkets begin limiting the amount of fruit and veg you can buy because of problems with supplies. and the world s biggest trial of a four day working week. it took place here, in the uk. it s popular, but does it work? and coming up on the bbc news channel liverpool and real madrid meet again in the champions league with the premier league team hoping to change their recent form against the defending champions. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from kharkiv, in north east ukraine, just 20 miles from the russian border. which is that day. we have been hearing air raid sirens sounding periodicall
ash wednesday will be cooler with outbreaks of rain around. the weather is changing but perhaps only briefly. a colourful end today in yorkshire with the clouds thickening up yorkshire with the clouds thickening up and bringing some rain. the clouds moving up from northern france bringing the first rain for quite awhile across eastern england. also thickening cloud bringing rain across scotland, northern ireland, heading into wales and western parts of england. lots of cloud and rain developing over many areas overnight and temperatures probably staying at five or six by the end of the night. quite a change in the weather. we will see the back of the rain in eastern scotland in the morning and then for scotland and northern ireland we ll get some sunshine, a scattering of showers, cold enough for wintriness over the hills in scotland. we keep some showers and longer spells of rain across england and wales, particularly cloudy across eastern england. temperatures as a result w
analysis from moscow, warsaw, kyiv, and beijing, on china s potential role in the war. and the other main stories on tonight s programme. nurses in england suspend next week s 48 hour strike action to restart pay talks with the government. supply problems with fruit and veg now some supermarkets are limiting the amount you can buy. and liverpool are trounced by real madrid in the champions league. and coming up on the bbc news channel. leeds united have their man at last. former watford boss javi gracia takes charge, following the sacking ofjesse marsch with the club currently in the relegation zone. good evening, live from kharkiv in north east ukraine just 20 miles from the russian border, just over there. air raid sirens have been going off, and we are within the range of long range missiles from russia. behind me is the city but you cannot see it because we are in curfew and also people are trying to conserve energy in the middle of this war. this is the day that pr
this trial suggests there s another way of working for those able and willing to take the plunge. emma simpson, bbc news, gateshead. and finally it s pancake day today. and to mark shrove tuesday traditional pancake races have been taking place across the uk. the market town of 0lney in buckinghamshire claims to hold the oldest annual pancake race in the world, dating back to 1445. 0nly women compete in this race because it s said to have started after a woman who was late for church ran to the shrove tuesday service still carrying a frying pan in her hand. in bradford on avon in wiltshire there were plenty of pancakes and runners in fancy dress though some made it harder for themselves than others. and this was the scene inside worcester cathedral where cathedral choristers and staff take it very seriously racing through the medieval cloisters and even adding obstacles along the way.
to have started after a woman who was late for church ran to the shrove tuesday service still carrying a frying pan in her hand. and this was the scene inside worcester cathedral, where cathedral choristers and staff took it very seriously racing racing through the medieval cloisters and even adding obstacles along the way. the princess of wales was at it too. luckily for her she wasn t in a race to toss her pancake as it took her quite some time to unstick it from the frying pan. but she got there eventually. i m not sure what her family would have made of that particular pancake, though. i don t think i would have done any better. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett.