temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
personally towards the end, i was vieira out but if you d said we d be going back to roy hodgson, i think i would ve rather stuck with vieira. i m really fond of roy, but we did move away from him for a reason. so going back to roy now after having a season of playing more progressive football, it does feel like a backward step. hodgson s been a coach since 1976. there have been highs and lows. but through countries and continents, it s at place he s most at home. so good was his first spell, he got the freedom of croydon now south london hopes the man five years off his 80s can steer them to safety. joe lynskey, bbc news. tottenham midfielder pierre emile hojbjerg says his manager antonio conte needs to be more precise, following the italian s outburst on saturday. after tottenham gave up a two goal lead against bottom club southampton, conte called his players selfish and criticised the club s culture. it s now expected that conte will not be in place for tottenham
thursday. again, a showery day and those showers are heavy, some of them thundery and we still have those brisk south westerly winds dragging up my old iso temperatures for many around ia or 15 degrees, 11 for many around 1a or 15 degrees, 11 and 12 for scotland and northern ireland. thursday we might see some rain skirting into eastern areas of england and it looks wet in the west and the outlook further showers expected. it might get a bit cold in the far north of scotland and may be some wintry showers at the weekend. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday the 21st of march. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. thank you, racism, misogyny and homophobia at the heart of the metropolitan police force. tonight on bbc london a special programme on what it means for londoners and what needs to change. the review by baron as casey looked at the culture throug
in the same boat. a day of sunshine and heavy showers with thunderstorms. at least one benefit of the strong wind is that the showers don t last in any one place for any length of time, really. we got more of the showers to come as we head into thursday. again, some will turn heavy with hail and thunder. still fairly windy as well. temperatures still on the mild side with south westerly winds dragging mild air from the south. a0 with south westerly winds dragging mild airfrom the south. a0 or 50 celsius also. into thursday night, we might see some more general rain pushing into eastern england. it stays very unsettled in the west with further showers. there is not a great deal changing with the weather pattern through friday on the weekend. loads more showers on the way with colder air in northern scotland. some of the showers will start to turn wintry. thanks, chris. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark which isjust getting underway o
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in moscow, where president putin has wrapped up talks with chinese president xi jinping for a second day. the two leaders have been discussing what s been described as a peace plan for ukraine, put forward by beijing. president putin has also warned that if the uk goes ahead with a plan to supply ammunition to ukraine, then russia will be forced to respond. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. take two world leaders. ..a dash of kremlin choreography. ..and you get this. the symbolism was clear. on the world stage, xi and putin, china and russia, are coming together to forge what they claim is a strong partnership. the talk at the table was about expanding cooperation, but equal partners they are not. russia, under pressure over its war in ukraine, is increasingly dependent on china. and vladimir putin is increasingly critical of the west. later, he slammed the