kate forbes who lost out to humza yousaf in the race to be scotland s first minister quits the scottish government. no let up hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of france again as protests at president macron s pension reforms continue into a second week. back at the high court for a second day prince harry accuses the publisher of the mail newspapers of criminality in his privacy case. can he pick out the killer pass? and scotland pull off an incredible victory over spain in their euro qualifier. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: we ll have the best of the action from tonight s euro 2024 qualifying, as scotland go head to head with continental heavyweights spain, while wales take on latvia. good evening. police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28 year old former pupil, shot six people d
across northern ireland, north west england and definitely into areas of scotland and then later in the afternoon we have a zone of heavy rain working into wales and parts of southern england. sunny spells in short supply, overall a cloudy and blustery day but mild with temperatures as high as 16, one of the warmest days of the year so far. as we head through wednesday night, the bad of heavy rain crosses the uk and for thursday, still aren t settled but a better day with sunny spells and showers and the showers will turn heavier with some of under ten, the greatest chance of thunderstorms in this line of shower stretching from south west england to the home counties and london and east anglia. still mild with temperatures 15, maybe up to 18, and in the last day of what has been a 5°99y in the last day of what has been a soggy month, march, is wet, more heavy rain for england and wales, especially into the weekend, we begin april, but the weather is not really changing with
and a huge payout by william hill one of the world s biggest betting companies after the uk regulator issues it with the largest penalty it s ever imposed. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin today in the united states where police who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker had legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28 year old former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children, all nine years old, and the school s head teacher before being shot and killed by officers. let s take a look at gun violence in the us. a mass shooting is defined as four or more people being injured or killed. it s only march, and there ve been over 130 mass shootings across the us so far this year. and there ve been more than 600 mass shootings in each of the last three years. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent this repor
for their friendlies next month, says it s very likely mead won t be back in time for the tournament in australia and new zealand. i had a conversation with her. she s doing well. she s in rehab, she is doing good. but the world cup is actually too early, so what we said now, just really take the time to get back well. but if a miracle happens and she goes so fast, we will reconsider it. but at this moment, i don t expect it. premier league s chief executive richard masters was quizzed by british mps on a number of football matters on tuesday, including the ownership of newcastle united and whether they should have permitted a saudi backed take over to go through in 2021. our sports editor dan roan has more. what he said was that he couldn t comment, he would be able to confirm whether or not the premier league are investigating or not. that she wouldn t. that he wouldn t. the ownership of newcastle united, or indeed whether they ve re examined the approval they gave for that
We love space news here on the context. And tonight, its the next step in chinas ambitious space programme. The countrys space agency has launched a rocket that its hoping will make history. This is the moment the change 6 mission blasted off from the Wenchang Space launch centre in southern hainan province. On board is a probe that will aim for the first time to collect samples from the far side of the moon. The spacecraft will attempt to make a soft landing on the South Pole Aitken basin, one of the largest known Impact Craters in the solar system. It then hopes to return the samples successfully to earth. The journey is expected to take 53 days to complete. Im pleased to say former nasa astronaut, who was once the commander of the International Space station, leroy chiao joins us now. Leroy, always a delight to talk to you. I love talking to you about space, and give me your sense of how significant this is not only that china has launched this probe that its been a successful launc