now uncertaintly remains over sunday s sports programming and whether more presenters and pundits willjoin the boycott in support of gary lineker. police and demonstrators clash across france over welfare reforms as the upper house of parliament passes a bill that will raise the pension age to 64. the british chancellor meets the governor of the bank of england, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank after the failure of its parent company in the us. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? hello and welcome to bbc news. talks are continuing to try to resolve the row that s led to widespread disruption of football coverage across the bbc. there are fears that more programming could be affected on sunday, including the women s super league and match of the day two. sports presenters boycotted saturday s programmes in support of gary lineker, who was asked to step down from match of the day
cumbria, the channel islands and south west england will have heavy rain this afternoon. central and eastern areas may stay bright with sunny spells, the temperature is much milder than recent days, double figures for much of england and wales. tonight, rain at times for all, even snow across the high ground of scotland, northerly winds fighting back, cold a limited because glasgow, southwards, temperatures above where they should be for a march morning so mild but when they start to monday. air pushing east, to the south and north we have strong winds, widespread girls affecting northern scotland as winds stir to sinking to low levels. widespread gales. heavy and bend ray showers, the best of the brightness in the south east, round southern coastal counties winds gusting at over 60 miles an hour and in the north of scotland it s over