let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
and it is still chilly out there but today for some of you a little bit more clout and one or two rain showers. i will have the four for forecast and detail later on. it s wednesday the 10th of january. the prime minister will face questions in parliament today over the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of innocent sub postmasters wrongly sentenced for fraud and theft. the former post office boss paula vennells yesterday bowed to public pressure to give up her cbe but more questions remain over the number of government contracts that are still being awarded to fujitsu, which supplied the faulty it system, and the delays in quashing convictions and awarding compensation. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. it was an announcement that added insult to their injury, depicted in the recent itv drama. paula vennells has got the cbe. joking! but now the former boss of the post office has agreed to hand back her honour, adding that she was truly so
to hear. the rest of the week looks very wet indeed. there could be flooding issues, a lot more rain to come on the ground is saturated. the rest of today is windy with rain slowly clearing but more pushing into the west later. that is the morning rain, confined to the north of the uk. it has cleared large parts of england and wales but here is the next band, pushing in later. barely any sunshine out there and a blustery feel two things. the only plus site is it is not feeling cold with temperatures in double figures, milder than we expect this time of year buckle across the north of scotland. a wet end to the day for the northern part of the country, rain rattling through quickly and clear spells and showers for overnight. chaos and severe gales affecting the northern isles and the north highlands through tonight so a wild night to come, blustery for most of us, when trainers on the hills, the best chance of dryness is towards the east. lots of isobars on the charts as we he