welcome to bbc news. let s turn to our main headlines here. french farmers continue their protest for the dozens of roads blocked around paris and other major cities. we will talk live to our correspondence was there in paris for us. concerns of corruption in the uk are at an all time high as the country. its lowest ever position on a key global index and pakistan s former prime minister sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets. more on all of that here in a moment or two but first let s head to the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the barcelona coach says he feels liberated now he has announced his decision to step down at the end of the football season. slipped 11 points by the leaders and they conceded twice in injury time to lose 5 3 at home on saturday. both team and the manager leaving liverpool have spoken about the pressure of the dream job. the? liverpool have spoken about the pressure of the dream job. pressure of the dream “ob. they make ou fe
temperature 17 or 18 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we have that line of rain moving down from the north west tomorrow. it will continue down into england and wales on friday. this could give us not just more cloud, but it could pop off a few more sharp showers into england and wales. to the north, we have more sunshine this time in scotland and northern ireland, although the cloud will build up a bit and spread out. it should be dry in scotland and northern ireland. 18 degrees will be very quiet in the central belt. 16 or 17 towards the south east where we have the showers. the weekend looking quite promising. for many places it will be dry. some warm spells of sunshine. more cloud in the north, may be a little rain into northern scotland. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. it s the stage for one of footballs epic battles. etihad close the showdown between manchester city and real madrid with the winner getting a chance to lift the winner getting a chance to lift
with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
corner. as we go through the day and to the south west, showery outbreaks of rain arriving. the wind direction is still easterly and it looks likely the best of the sunshine will be across the south east corner. we might see 19 or 20 degrees, still very nice indeed. as we move out of thursday into friday, that low pressure is going to push its way steadily northwards taking rain with it. plenty of showers tucking in behind. friday will see some persistent rain moving through north east scotland, sunny spells and scattered showers across england and wales, some of them heavy and thundery. but there will still be some sunshine and warmth so temperatures are likely to peak at around 19. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting underway on bbc two. so who gave the order? if ukraine did launch the drones, what was the calculation? and what will putin do next? we ll be speaking to