Of Eastern Ghouta in syria, nearly a quarter of them children. This evening the un is due to vote on a ceasefire resolution. The red cross becomes the latest aid charity to become embroiled in scandal after revealing that 21 staff paid for Sexual Services whilst working for it. The actress Emma Chambers has died aged 53. She was best known for playing alice tinker in the vicar of dibley. A man and a woman have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a crash which killed two Young Brothers in coventry. Britain is set for its coldest february week in five years. Now lets cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening are scotland about to stun england to take the calcutta cup in edinburgh . Ireland made it three from three as well, snatching away waless chances of last gasp comeback in the final play of the game. Theres also been british history made at the Winter Olympics with bill
Welcome to bbc news. Within the past hour, the United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a 30 day ceasefire across syria. The resolution would allow some respite for civilians in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, where activists say 500 people have been killed in the past week alone. Heres the moment that the current president of the un Security Council, kuwaits permanent representative, introduced the vote. Translation i would call upon those who are in favour of the draft resolution in the document as 2018 146 to raise their hand. Yes. Translation the results of the vote are as follows. The draft received 15 votes. The draft is hence adopted unanimously. As solution 401 for the year 2018. After the vote, the us ambassador, nikki haley, accused russia of cynically stalling on the ceasefire vote. The Syrian People should not have to die waiting for russia to organise their instructions from moscow. Ought to discuss it with the syrians. And wide
Attacks. Good morning, in sport. Scotland record their first victory over england in a decade to win the calcutta cup, ireland are top of the six nations championship after they beat wales. And philip avery has the weather. Good morning. Another chilly start to the day but what a day on offer gcioss to the day but what a day on offer across many parts of the British Isles with plenty of sunshine and staying cool throughout the day. I will have more injust a staying cool throughout the day. I will have more in just a few minutes. First, our main story. The International Olympic committee has decided not to lift russias suspension for doping in time for todays closing ceremony at the winter games in south korea. But the ban could be lifted at a later date if no more of the countrys athletes test positive at pyeongchang. In a moment, well get the reaction from moscow with our correspondent steve rosenberg. First lets go to the olympic park and our correspondent stephen mcdonell. The closi
Chris fawkes. Lovely weather, not sure about your tie we will be talking about all the different types of means you may have been looking at yesterday. As well as that, we have some heavy rainfor well as that, we have some heavy rain for new zealand. We will look at what is going on down under as well. Thanks, chris. Also coming up. Next stop norway the duke and duchess of cambridge continue their tour scandinavia and get a right royal welcome at the airport. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live im simon mccoy. Were enjoing a golden era in the relationship between britain and china thats the confident message from the Prime Minister after meeting the chinese president xijinping in beijing. Its the second day of her trip to try to boost trade between the two countries. With the sniping over brexit continuing back home, the International Trade secretary has urged theresa mays critics to focus on the big picture. Liam fox suggested that britain needed to get over its obsession with eur
Look at yesterdays super blue moon, this picture taken from the richmond area looking over the london city skyline. Today we are going to keep largely clear skies, for a number of people some sunshine but showers will continue to affect northern and Western Areas and we have a clump of showers working down from the North York Moors where they could be sleet and a bit of snow over the tops, the clu b and a bit of snow over the tops, the club of showers working at east anglia through the afternoon. It feels colder this afternoon on account of the brisk and gusty north and north westerly winds, continuing to blow around coastal counties over night to night. We could see one or two icy patches developing overnight as the road temperatures dipped below freezing. But in the towns and cities we are looking at lows of 24d. Cities we are looking at lows of 2 4d. Tomorrow the winds will be a bit lighter but there will be plenty of sunshine around so it went the us chilly. They will be showers in