To the 6 nations. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Its shaping up to be a brighter day for most today, quite a lot of sunshine around but some wintry showers too brought in on a cold north easterly wind. All the weather details you need to know on the way. Cheers, ben. Talk to you later. Good morning. First, our main story. Scotland yard is looking into two more allegations of Sexual Assault against the hollywood Film Producer harvey wine steen. It brings the total number of women who have reported him to British Police to nine. The actress uma thuman has also alleged he assaulted her at a hotel in london in the 1990s. Our correspondent simon jones has more. She starred in several films produced by the disgraced movie mogul. It was after the success of pulp fiction that uma thuman it was after the success of pulp fiction that uma thurman says she was targeted by Harvey Weinstein. Now shes the latest woman to speak out in an interview with the new york times. Uma thurman claims Ha
An olympic record in her opening heat in the 500m event. A warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. Tax Authorities Say elderly and Vulnerable People are becoming victims. And taxi by air click looks ahead into the future of passenger travel. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 0xfam has rejected claims that it covered up an investigation downing street has said that it is reviewing its relationship with the charity 0xfam in the light of claims that some of its staff in haiti exploited people for sex following the earthquake there in 2011. 0xfam dismissed some workers and reported the matter to the charity to mission, but critics say it didnt do enough to deal with the situation. Thanks crawford reports. It was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. Aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. 0xfam, with more than 70 years experience, had hundreds of s
And after wales comprehensive defeat of scotland yesterday england prepare to take on italy in the six nations. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A group of mps is warning that cuts to the Royal Marines would rip the heart out of one of britains elite fighting forces. The government has reportedly been considering axing around two thousand marines and getting rid of two of the warships they use to launch beach landings. The Defence Select Committee says the cuts would be militarily illiterate. Daniella relph reports. The training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 Royal Marines go through it to make them amongst britains at elite fighting forces. Known for their versatility and their ability to respond quickly to situations around the world. The Royal Marines also provide up to half the personnel for the uk special forces. The Defence Select Committee report warns that further cuts to the marines would damage their ability to be a High Readiness unit, quickly deployable, ofte
Backbencherjacob rees mogg was wrong to accuse the treasury of fiddling the figures, with forecasts showing the uk would be worse off outside the eu. She also said she was not intimidated by brexiteers warnings over the Customs Union and that the uk government would not surrender too quickly in its battle for a bespoke trade deal with the eu. Two employees of the us Train Company amtrak have been killed and over 100 people injured in a rail crash in the us state of South Carolina. A passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a Freight Train and derailed. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent david willis, who said the South Carolina governor, henry mcmaster, has been updating the media. He said that this incident occurred involving a passenger train belonging to the national trail carrier, amtrak, which had 139 passengers on board and eight crew. And a stationery Freight Train. The passenger train was headed from new york to miami when the collision occurred. It
Philadelphia. Little breeze out of the southwest. Only 1 mile visibility at the airport right now. Sunrise time 6 46. And some sunshine today, quite a bit of cloud cover, but enough sun to get us to about 75 degrees. That will shatter the records of 72, which was set way back in 1930. Even before our memory, bob kelly. 50 00; offer to pretty good start this morning, roads still little damp from all of the fog, almost the same spots as yesterday. But not as thick. Here is a live look, at the schuylkill expressway. The headlight coming uphill toward us here. In toward belmont avenue. So looking good there. All of the construction pick up and gone. Accident, though, down if delaware, southbound lanes of i95, at exit number ten, which is harvey road. Another foggy start, so expect flight delays again this morning, down at Philadelphia International airport. And then maybe some left over delays through the first half of our afternoon. So the airport is open. Everything is rocking and rollin