are gathered this evening near the houses of parliament earlier they lay on the ground for a minutes silence. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british iranian nazanin zaghari ratcliffe after she faces new allegations of anti government propaganda in court. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who d had the jab in norway. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year, the grammys. they re being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. good evening. the commissioner of the metropolitan police, has defended the tactics of herforce, in breaking up last night s vigil for sarah everard, the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland on wednesday. dame cressida dick said she welcomed an independent review into what happened. but that anyone who wasn t in the operation, cannot pas
Brexiteers has suggested that voters can use the next general election to have their say on a final deal with the European Union and to force a future government to change course if they dont like it. The environment secretary, michael gove, makes his comments in the daily telegraph, a day after theresa mays agreement in brussels cleared the way for trade talks. The cabinet is expected to meet in the next fortnight to discuss britains future relationship with the eu. This was the reaction of andrea leadsom, the leader of the house of commons and a prominent leave campaigner when she spoke to bbc radio 4 earlier. Sovereign governments are always in a position to undertake and then subsequently to make different arrangements, should the will of the people be that they do that. I dont really see that this is getting us anywhere. It is the case in a Sovereign Parliament that the voters can choose to take a country in a different direction. Also speaking to bbc radio 4, the former conservat
Who died on wednesday aged 7a. And coming up a win for west ham as they beat chelsea at the london stadium, the first under new manager david moyes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, and says he has and frank and constructive talks. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. This afternoon, our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins spoke to nazanins husband richard ratcliffe, who spoke about his hopes that the foreign secretarys visit could help see his wife released from prison before christmas. Its obvious that nazanin is not coming home with the foreign secretary, but you think there is any evidence this series of meetings could make a difference . Im sure it will make a difference, him being there, him raising the case in the context of a lot of other stuff can only help improve relations and improve relations can only lead to
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. An amber weather warning has been issued for much of england and wales as heavy snow continues to cause disruption for travellers across the uk. At heathrow airport, over 100 flights have been cancelled while a further 50 flights were also cancellations at sta nsted. They are warning of further delays into this evening although the ru nway into this evening although the runway there we are told opened again at lunchtime. Birmingham international, east midlands and Belfast International airports have also all been affected. A number of motorways have been covered in snow with police asking people to travel only if absolutely necessary. Electricity supplier sse says up to 2a,000 homes in oxfordshire, berkshire and wiltshire are without power. Elesewhere, a p 0 ferry bound for dover carrying more than 300 people ran aground in high winds at the port of calais in northern france. Officials say no one on board vessel was injured. Lee milner reports no