and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning, there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicola s. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it s taken away from the purpose of, of, of their work and of the police s work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation really of much of the press and media coverage and what the family said was media intrusion into their li
heavy rain. two brothers from pakistan who were held in the us military prison at guantanamo bay for nearly 20 years are released without charge. and roald dahl s multimillion selling children s books are to be printed in their original form after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility . james waterhouse reports from kyiv on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning, wore rained down on ukraine. war. air raid siren wails a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world on.
in other news, large parts of southern california are struck by record breaking blizzards and freezing temperatures. you can see the hollywood sign, which i can assure you is behind me, for miles around, but today it is blanketed by a wall of fog, and dense and very heavy rain. and roald dahl s multi million selling childrens books are to be printed in their original form, after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. hello there, and a very warm welcome to the programme. president biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed, for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support, to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility . james waterhouse reports from kyiv on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down
good morning. a quiet weekend of weather ahead. a west east divide. the best of the sunshine out west. further east, a fresh cold winds driving and plenty of showers. all the details from the coming out shortly. all the details from me coming up. it s saturday, the 25th of february. our top story: a fifth man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of an off duty police officer in county tyrone. two gunmen fired several shots at detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell at a sports complex in omagh on wednesday. he remains in a critical but stable condition. a rally will be held in the town later today condemning the shooting. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. john chris page reports. caldwell s friends, neighbours and john caldwell s friends, neighbours and colleagues have paid tribute to his bravery and selflessness. eyewitnesses say that he shouted to children to run to safety, even has he was being attacked himself. this sports complex in the town o