showers today or snow melt, there could be icy stretches first thing. in towns and city centres we are looking at below freezing, even colder where we had lying snow. early fog could be slow to lift across northern ireland, elsewhere a brief ridge of high pressure will build. some crisp winter sunshine to look out for on friday. a few scattered showers and a brisk breeze across the east coast, but generally speaking temperatures between four and 6 degrees, milder out of the south west. there is a change on its way but it will be painfully slow for some. way but it will be painfully slow forsome. it way but it will be painfully slow for some. it will bring milder air into northern ireland and scotland so we could have a rapid snowmelt for the start of the weekend, but the cold air clings on across england and wales, particularly on saturday. another chilly start. outbreaks of patchy rain and poor visibility to the west, top temperatures generally around five to 7 degrees. it w
office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. president zelensky says he ll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park in the uk. last week the uk s high court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. (00v)millions of people around the world are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. now on bbc news its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. more boos and second from bottom. everton lose again. with their owner and board in the stands to see the protests. at the minute we are in a tough time it upsets everyone at the club and everyone is to try and stick together and move f
are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. the year of the rabbit is considered the luckiest of the 12 zodiac animals. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. more boos and second from bottom everton lose again. with their owner and board in the stands to see the protests. the minute we are in a tough time it upsets everyone at the club and everyone is to try and stick together and move forward. mid table and mediocre. dsepite the debut of mudryk, liverpool and chelsea s 0 0 draw doesn t help either team. goals not a problem for celtic. they hit five to reach the scottish cup fifth round. also coming up in the programme. and he s played enough tennis for a whole tournament, but andy murray s australian open is over in the first week. a 350th appearance marked with a try and a win and danny care s harlequins have their first victory in more than a month. hello and welcome to spo
Thursday, they may drift steadily north wards on thursday, very hit and miss, you will feed to keep abreast of the forecast buzz the position of the showers and the frequency mayjust change a bit but as we go through thursday, dry, settled sunny, very warm if not hot and that story is set to continue as we head into the weekend as well. Thanks, louise. And thats bbc news at six. Hello, and welcome to sportsday this monday night. Im chetan pathak. Coming up on the programme. The newly turned pro wholl be playing for europe at the ryder cup. Well talk your through todays wild card picks. The biggest match of his Life Canjack Draper Reach his first grand slam quarter final . Well bring you the latest from new york where the womens world number one has already been knocked out, who can replace iga swiatek at the top of the sport . Also coming up on sportsday. 500 up for the 90 year old whos Setting Records at parkrun. If whos Setting Records at parkrun. I cant do it today well if i cant do
Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time, weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now when we reach the second and third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopefully this is the spot, this is the place where we can actually put all the modern nato technology, the tanks that weve been getting and the training that weve been receiving put all of that to use to our advantage. And just really, really briefly, the hope from your side that ukraines military has managed to break through these defences, how does that sit in the war across the country . Is this a key moment, would you say . Hopefully its a key moment. Again, well see what happens. Its hard to predict any at any point, including at this point. But we know what the objectives ar