Good morning. A wintry weekend for all, with plenty of sunshine in the forecast. Cold frosts, a few snow showers, and the potential of some significant snowfall some people tomorrow. Join the later for all the details. In sport, another off the field incident for england on their ashes tour. Its just been revealed why batsman ben duckett was been dropped from englands ashes tour match today it follows an incident ina match today it follows an incident in a perth bar. And the extreme riding skills of the mounted police. Ive been seeing how what they learn for their dramatic display, helps them cope with whatever is thrown at them on patrol. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is due to arrive in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as grave concerns over the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The aid worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the i
Tennis for the british star. There was a major upset to level the davis cup tie against spain. And the six nations gets underway. 15 matches across the next two weeks. It all sta rts across the next two weeks. It all starts here in cardiff, wales against scotland. And theyre back. The spice girls say the time is right to explore new opportunties. But what will those opportunties be . Well try to find out. And ben rich has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. Your saturday looks damp and cold. There will be some snow over high ground. The weather looks set to be called throughout the weekend and into next week. More later. Good morning. First, our main story. Small businesses affected by the collapse of carillion are being offered the chance to apply for government backed loans from high street lenders. Thousands of suppliers were left unpaid after the firm went into liquidation in january. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Britains second biggest Construction Company co
The Six Nations Rugby tournament, and wales are on target for beating scotla nd and wales are on target for beating scotland in the opening game. And at 4. 30pm, foreign correspondents currently posted to london look at events in the uk through outsiders eyes eyes in dateline london. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. President trump says his decision to release a classified memo accusing the fbi of political bias has totally vindicated him in the inquiry into his alleged links with russia. The memo, which accuses the bureau of an abuse of power, was written by republican members of congress. It says the fbi received permission to tap the phone of one of mr trumps advisers, by using evidence which had been paid for by his political opponents. In a tweet, the president again denied collusion with russia, calling the probe a witch hunt and an american disgrace. Daniela relph reports. The memo is out. A controversial gop document on the russia investigation is released. They are the
When he speaks to the conservative action group. And is a Russian Oligarch with ties to the kremlin . We have reports from the white house, moscow, new delhi and seoul and pyeongchang. Im christine romans. Im alex marquardt. It is february 23rd. The armed deputy assigned to Marjory Stoneman douglas high has resigned. Scott peterson failed to enter the building in parkland, florida last friday. He retired on thursday after he was suspended without pay. Peterson was armed and in unform when the shooting in uniform when the shooting began. The video and interview show the deputy did not engage. Devastated. Sick to my stomach. There are no words. These families lost their children. We lost coaches. I have been to the funerals. I have been to the homes where they sit shiva. I have been to the individuals. There are no words. No comment so far from peterson who garnered two deputy of the year nominations in recent years. The sheriff has two on restricted actions as they are investigated. Tod