and the other main headlines this lunchtime. the family of nicola bulley says they re in agony, as they wait for police to identify a body found in the river, close to where she disappeared. the true cost of a cup of tea sexual exploitation on the tea farms that supply some of britain s most popular brands. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes enters the race to replace nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaur, finds a new home in coventry. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll tell you how ireland are getting on in theirfinal women s t20 world cup group game against india, still searching for theirfirst win. good afternoon from kyiv, where an american president, has made an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone. it s joe biden s first trip to ukraine, since russia invaded almost a year ago. rumours had been swirling for 2h hours that a high level visitor would be here today, but the trip was shroude
it certainly feels like spring, but midweek, it gets chilly. we are bathed in the atlantic west or south west lease, high pressure keeping things dry to the south, but this weather front is bathing things dry to the south, but this weatherfront is bathing many things dry to the south, but this weather front is bathing many areas and cloud. we have rain across central scotland. to the north, brighter with sunshine and showers. and to the south across the midlands and east anglia and that sunshine is punctuating the cloud elsewhere. but the rain is with us in the north, drizzly with hill fog in some western areas around the coast. but where we have the sunshine, already 14 where we have the sunshine, already 1a and 15, so we could see 16 in a few spots throughout the afternoon. overnight come up with all that cloud around and the breeze, it is blowing a gale across the shetland isles. it will ease, but more cloud as the weather front pushes north and another approaches. all in
this historic fight. we hope that this year the 2023 will become a year of victory, this unprovoked and criminal, russia s waragainst ukraine and against the whole world. in other news, the family of nicola bulley describe their agony as police find a body in the river near the place she went missing. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes, becomes the third candidate to enter the leadership contest to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister. bbc analysis shows that some of britain s local bus networks have been slashed by more than a third. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaurfinds a new home in coventry. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv his first to ukraine since russia invaded almost a year ago. he met ukraine s president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraine s war dead. at a news conference mr biden announced more military, political and financial support for
days to reconstruct. this morning, daisy was given the honour of putting the final plaster of paris bone in place. it s basically like a sd jigsaw puzzle. yeah. apart from anything else, it s absolutely huge. |dippy s got an amazing history, i and so we re really pleased that it s out and about again. from today, visitors will be able if not to walk with dinosaurs, then at least to stand below and beside one, marvelling at its scale and imagining life on earth tens of millions of years ago. john maguire, bbc news, coventry. the latest on dup the dinosaur. dippy. time for a look at the weather.
it s basically like a 3d jigsaw puzzle. yeah. apart from anything else, it s absolutely huge. |dippy s got an amazing history, j and so we re really pleased that it s out and about again. from today, visitors will be able if not to walk with dinosaurs, then at least to stand below and beside one, marvelling at its scale and imagining life on earth tens of millions of years ago. john maguire, bbc news, coventry. the latest on dippy the dinosaur. now, have you ever broken something very valuable? if so, you ll know how an art collector in miami is feeling, after she accidentally knocked over a sculpture worth almost £35,000. the artwork which smashed into tiny pieces was by us pop artistjeff koons. here s what it looked like beforehand.