like for the grand national here is darren bett. much better weather compared to what we have today, the sun will be out and it looks like it will be dry. today we have seen some sunshine across scotland, it also in northern ireland but we are seeing more showers breaking out as well, whereas for england and wales there really isn t much sunshine at all because essentially low pressure is still in charge as it has been through most of the week bringing more wet weather. if we look over the past few hours the rain has been developing more widely across england and wales and we are getting more showers breaking out in scotland and northern ireland, some could be heavy and thundery. but at least we are seeing some sunshine. lots of cloud for england and wales and underneath the cloud and rain temperatures only nine celsius, it will feel quite cold. a top temperature of 13 across norfolk and may be suffolk where the rain hasn t really started and things are briefly a bit brighter
also coming up on sportsday. what a routine, what a performance! what what a routine, what a performance! what a competition! jake jarman adds another medal to his growing haul. a silver in the european all around in turkey. hello again. amateur boxing has had a big break up. one that some hope will get it back together with the olympics. a large number of national federations. including britain s. have split from the current world governing body in an attempt to overturn a decision by the ioc not to include the sport in the 2028 games in los angeles. the international boxing association run the amateur game right now. but they. and their russian president umar kremlev. ..are mired in scandal. an independent investigation accused the iba of fixing fights at the rio olympics, selecting judges and referees to manipulate the results the same report detailed decades of financial mismanagement and deception and it led to the interntional olympic committee stripping the iba of it
the health secretary will meet representatives from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrainian police have since been conducting investigations into their disappearance. but now, unconfirmed reports from accounts linked to russia s wagner
we ll have a background in dance, so i m sure they re going to be really intrigued. good morning. we have got some rain this morning across wales and southern england which will be slow to clear, another band across northern ireland and england emergency call handlers being cheered as they walk out of the london ambulance service call centre. pushes just one of the picket lines that thousands of ambulance workers north into scotland and brightening up north into scotland and brightening up behind it. but it is be windy. something needs to change. the nhs is on its knees. we re all at breaking point. like i said, everyone s trying their best, but everyone s tired. hospitals are struggling with beds and then we get stuck waiting with patients for like four to five hours at times, and we just can t get out to see other patients that need us. nhs leaders say the system has coped as well as they could have hoped, but there s worry about the knock on effect on the health service ov
from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. in the us, where a fresh batch of classified documents relating tojoe biden s time as vice president have been discovered at an unsecured location. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office in the uk and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrai