Finalfor eight years, they havent met in a grand slam final for eight years, but they havent met in a grand slam finalfor eight years, but in they havent met in a grand slam final for eight years, but in the next half hour Serena Williams takes on her sister venus for the australian title and a record breaking 23rd major crown. And chris has the weather. It is not as cold as has been over recent days, but we have got some rain to contend with today and it is still just about code rain to contend with today and it is stilljust about code and for some of that rain to fall as snow in the hills of scotland. Good morning. First, our main story. The actor Sirjohn Hurt Has died. He was 77 and had recently been ill with cancer. He starred in around 200 films including harry potter and was nominated for an oscar for his roles in The Elephant Man and midnight express. Our correspondent nick higham reports. Everything seemed to come to a head today. John hurt, as the political diarist alan clark.
Its saturday 4th march. Well be live in belfast in the next few minutes. Also ahead mercedes recalls 75 thousand cars in the uk because of a risk of them catching fire. Sweeping away the small print. The chancellor promises a crackdown on consumer rip offs. Could the uk quit the eu without paying a penny . A House Of Lords report says the government isnt legally obliged to contribute to the cost of brexit. In sport, a century from captain eoin morgan sets up england for victory, in the First One Day International against west indies. And how do make sure your children get a good nights sleep . A Panorama Investigation finds a big rise in the number of youngsters being diagnosed with sleep disorders. And we have sarah with the saturday weather. Good morning. Its an u nsettled, weather. Good morning. Its an unsettled, showery weekend and some of us will see some sunshine. See you ina of us will see some sunshine. See you in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Democrat
Its saturday 4th march. Well be live in belfast in the next few minutes. Also ahead mercedes recalls 75 thousand cars in the uk because of a risk of them catching fire. Sweeping away the small print. The chancellor promises a crackdown on consumer rip offs. Could the uk quit the eu without paying a penny . A House Of Lords report says the government isnt legally obliged to contribute to the cost of brexit. In sport, a century from captain eoin morgan sets up england for victory, in the First One Day International against west indies. And how do make sure your children get a good nights sleep . A Panorama Investigation finds a big rise in the number of youngsters being diagnosed with sleep disorders. And we have sarah with the saturday weather. Good morning. Its an u nsettled, weather. Good morning. Its an unsettled, showery weekend and some of us will see some sunshine. See you ina of us will see some sunshine. See you in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Democrat
Its saturday 4th march. Well be live in belfast in the next few minutes. Also ahead mercedes recalls 75 thousand cars in the uk because of a risk of them catching fire. Sweeping away the small print. The chancellor promises a crackdown on consumer rip offs. Could the uk quit the eu without paying a penny . A House Of Lords report says the government isnt legally obliged to contribute to the cost of brexit. In sport, a century from captain eoin morgan sets up england for victory, in the First One Day International against west indies. And how do make sure your children get a good nights sleep . A Panorama Investigation finds a big rise in the number of youngsters being diagnosed with sleep disorders. And we have sarah with the saturday weather. Good morning. Its an u nsettled, weather. Good morning. Its an unsettled, showery weekend and some of us will see some sunshine. See you ina of us will see some sunshine. See you in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Democrat
Of frost around, mild in the west, cloud and outbreaks of rain and hail fog around. Quite a contrast is friday begins, the cloud and drizzly rain will win out. On friday things look very different, with plenty of cloud around, but it will feel very similar because it will still be mild. More unsettled at the weekend, we will bring these Weather Fronts across the uk but there are gaps in between and if you find yourself in a gap it will be drier and brighter for a time. The weekend starts mild but we will change the direction of bit. From the west of the uk, it will bring temperatures down by a couple of degrees by sunday. Not by much. Occasional sunshine, degrees by sunday. Not by much. Occasionalsunshine, occasional rain, feeling cooler by sunday. The top stories the Philip Hammond has increased National Insurance for Self Employed people in his first budget, leading to accusations he has broken a Manifesto Pledge not to raise taxes. The budget also included an extra £2 billion for t