hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. a late morning commute with a twist rail passengers in newjersey are delayed due to a bull on the tracks. just a couple of lines of breaking news. we have just heard from the la department of medical examiner that the friends star matthew perry s death has been ruled an accident from the effects of kata mean. you will remember his body was recovered from the jacuzzi in his la home. the examiners are saying that he was suffering acute effects of ketamine. he long talked about his drug problems and addiction, very open about that. we heard from some of his co actors on friends, they said they d spoken to him in the morning he died and he was in fairly good spirits. so something obviously went wrong between that moment and when he was found the next day. and he seemed to have ketamine in his system. and from the bbc, question of sport which has been running for 53 years has been axed due to funding challenge
after the quakes that killed nearly 16,000 people. and there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has told world leaders meeting in munich that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine has not been strong enough. mr sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. i v e i ve been having meetings with the leaders from the united states and across europe, and we are united in our determination to ensure ukraine seeds and russia fails. i want everyone to follow our lead in giving ukraine that support, but not only do we need to help them when the war, we need to ensure a lasting peace, and that is something that i have been talking about two allies today. have been talking about two allies toda . ., , ., ~ ., today. you
wales as we saw and through the course of today we will see that transferring to parts of the midlands, the north of england and northern parts of london. notice in the south that it is mostly rain and all the while in northern ireland and southern parts of scotland it is bright today and clear at this evening. then later on tonight we re looking at the next low pressure sweeping in bringing the next spell of potentially quite disruptive snow for more central parts of the uk. so today the weather front moving away in the next area moving into ireland and reaching northern parts of wales in the morning. that transfers to the north of england, a wintry mix in liverpool for example. manchester, nottingham, sheffield and further north in lancashire. certainly the peak district and into the lake district and the north east, and this is the area where we could have disruptive snow tomorrow. elsewhere it is rain and look at those temperatures. by the evening tomorrow the snow really
centimetres into major cities, manchester and sheffield and a bit more than that put out more on the hills but were most concerned about the amber warning area in the peak district northwards where we could see up to a0 centimetres of snow by the time we reach friday morning. it is slowly improving through friday, a brief respite with them some time before more rain, sleet and snow at the weekend. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 8th of march. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m laura mcghie. coming up on wednesday s programme. a substantial government package which will seek to offer equal access to sports for girls is announced. we speak to the olympian who was mis diagnosed, sectioned and put in an induced coma, as she targets a return to playing rugby on the world stage. i cannot go outside for a walk or could not
spoken to after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media. unacceptable. kyiv denies any involvement in reports that a pro ukrainian group was behind september s attack on the nord stream pipeline. i think that the investigation i official authorities will describe every detailed, because it s like - a complement for our special forces, but this is not our activity. a crime the two victims. how gangs forcing migrants carry out online scams worth hundreds of millions of dollars. police in pakistan used tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of the former prime minister and ron con ahead of a planned rally imran khan. princess lilibet diana was born injune in 2021 and christened on friday. hello. the british prime minister has been defending his government s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader