good morning. with the price of food and raw ingredients getting more in spreads of this easter, we are in a bakery in bolton expected this easter, we are looking at what it means that the sweet treats you might be buying this year. in sport this morning. racism in rugby union. former england rugby star luther burrell says he s proud for speaking out after an rfu investigation found his claims of racism in the sport were true. good morning. i ll start to the day to day for most of us to yesterday, away from the south east where it is called it is a milder start. cloud and rain pushing from the west to east but it should brighten up much later across northern ireland and western scotland. it s wednesday, the 5th of april. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since his arrest and appearance in court to face criminal charges. the former us president told a packed hall of supporters in florida last night that legal action against him was an insult to ameri
relatively mild. and this weather front will still for a little while, slow to clear early on thursday morning. reining across the south east and then eventually it will move out into the north sea further behind that not completely dry, there will be showers being dragged in by a north westerly breeze and some of these could be heavy. it is the kind of weather that will chop and change from hour to hour. so a changeable day. a real mixed bag tomorrow. and then good friday, i promised you some decent weather and it looks fine for most of us with some sunshine in northern ireland, scotland and wales but some eastern areas of england could be cloudy for a time. on the whole not bad at around 11, 14 degrees. then the easter weekend we are looking at the easter weekend we are looking at the wind coming from the west, south west self relatively mild. it is not going to be particularly cold, although not desperately warm. probably levelling off through the easter weekend around the
and jacinda ardern makes her farewell. former new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern has bowed out of parliament with a standing ovation following her farewell speech earlier. the 42 year old spoke about the honour she has felt representing her country and steering its people through some of the hardest times, including natural disasters, the covid i9 pandemic and the 2019 christchurch mosque attack. she shocked the country earlier this year when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics, saying she no longer had enough in the tank . i do hope i have demonstrated something else entirely. that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve. you can be a mother or not. you can be an ex mormon or not. you can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger, you can be all of these things. and not only can you be here, you can lead just like me. tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou. a standing ovation their in wellington. jacinda
trial, the biggest west midlands police have dealt with. 13 in prison, four awaiting sentence, and four more convicted of less serious offences have been given non custodial offences. i really can t go into the detail of what the crimes were, because they are just so horrific. in fact, west midlands police have described this as a case of shocking and systematic abuse. it first came to light following a hospital admission by one of the young victims, they were all aged 12 years and under, and in that case, safeguarding concerns were raised, that led to a much wider investigation, which ultimately led to the series of trials which have gone on over the last year or so. walsall safeguarding children s board is expected to publish a review in the coming months, and thatis review in the coming months, and that is to really look at whether there had been missed opportunities in this case, and whether or not interventions could have been made sooner. some of the victims who are now