Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effective during the three months after the first dose. Good morning. Today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. Southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 3rd of february, and todays breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months captain sir tom moor
the energy company, shell, has reported another quarter of huge profits. injust three months it made more than £8 billion the second largest report in its history. and we head to a village near gateshead on the hunt for an unusual visitor which is becoming a social media star. politicians in northern ireland have until midnight tonight to restore the power sharing executive or face new elections. members of the northern ireland assembly will hold a special sitting aimed at appointing a new speaker the first step in forming a new devolved government but the bid is expected to fail due to opposition from the democratic unionist party. 0ur ireland correspondent charlotte gallagher is at stormont for us and joins us live. this has been rather protracted process and there this has been rather protracted process and there has this has been rather protracted process and there has been this has been rather protracted process and there has been no functional government for a
showers drifting east across england and wales with more packing in from the west. some clear spells in between but too breezy for most of us to see a frost. tomorrow sunshine and showers, the showers most plentiful where you are exposed to this brisk wind. further north and east with some shelter from the wind it should be a bit drier. the wind gusting to 40, 50 miles it should be a bit drier. the wind gusting to 40,50 miles an hour around some southern coasts and it will feel just a around some southern coasts and it will feeljust a bit chillier tomorrow than it has done at 8, ii tomorrow than it has done at 8, 11 degrees. as we move into friday low pressure is still with us and it is those isobars just squeezing together. a little weather feature drifting across wales bringing some heavy downpours and stronger wind for a time. a change in the wind direction on friday means showers most plentiful across northern and eastern parts and by the end of the date not too many show
good afternoon. the g7 group of nations, including the us and the uk, are calling for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in gaza, to allow more aid in and more civilians to leave. the united states has also said israel should not re occupy gaza after the war is over. on the ground, israel says its troops are now in the heart of gaza city, fighting hamas which is classified as a terrorist group by the uk government and which killed more than 1,400 people in israel a month ago. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says israel s bombardment there has now killed more than 10,500 people. live now to yolande knell injerusalem. yolande. soa so a lot is happening diplomatically this lunchtime and also inside gaza, where the israeli military extended for an extra hour its four hour window where it allows people from the north to head to the south. because so many people have been making thatjourney because so many people have been making that journey today. because so many people
heaviest rain will be in the north, later in the east, and as it moves away we will see a return to some sunshine. temperatures ranging from 12 in the north, to 20 as we push down towards the south. and then for the weekend, well, it still remains unsettled. low pressure is still in charge of our weather. various fronts bringing in rain pushing northwards. as you can see from the isobars, it is also going to be windy at times as well. so come on saturday what we have is overnight rain that comes in on friday, pushing steadily northwards across the country. after a bright start in the country. after a bright start in the north we will see some rain. after a wet start in the south, we will see it brighten up. sunday, we got some rain which is going to be clearing east, and then we also have showers coming to the west. some of those will merge to give longer spells of rain. it s going to be blustery as well. but in between, there will be bright or sunny skies. but noted the temperature sl