rangers and australia have discovered what is believed to be the world s biggest toad. it is a cane toad, it was found in queensland and weighed £6 back. the poisonous amphibians were reduced to australia in 1935 and are linked to the decline of native species. the toad we are told was put down and will be donated to a museum. i didn t look at that at all. hello, ben, it is where the time. she was looking away, i can assure you of that. you may not want to look away from this, we have got some beautiful scenes and this is from a weather watcher in wales. there is snow on the ground in parts of scotland, northern england, northern ireland and into wales. there are areas of cloud around as well and they are on the north sea coast, most falling as rain, but some sleet and snow on high ground. this cloud brings a bit of patchy rain into the far west of cornwall, but elsewhere sunny skies overhead. it is a chilly day, three to 8 degrees, but in the sunshine it will not feel too b
with a strike by nurses. the family of yousef makki when the fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. # it would be so nice. # and tickets have gone on sale for madonna s good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks, at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives of more than 50 countries are discussing the co ordination of stronger military support for kyiv. president zelensky called on the allies to agree the delivery of tanks and other advanced weapons as a matter of urgency. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard two tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. for western defence chie
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logos, it is going to remain on the very unsettled side. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up tonight. more woe for wales, as they crash out of the rugby world cup, after a masterclass from holders new zealand. still unbeaten england race into the quarter finals of the rugby league world cup, with a record win over greece. no haaland, no problem. manchester city top the table with victory over leicester. and georgia taylor brown defends her super league triathlon series title in style. hello and welcome to sportsday. england s women are bidding for a place in the semi finals of the rugby world cup later, as they take on australia in a crunch match in auckland. they re niow the only home nation left in the tournament, after wales followed in scotland s footsteps, going out at the group stage, after another heavy defeat by defending champions new zealand. jo currie was there. the other side of the world up against the defending champions in their back yard for a place in
whole picture. it is windy out there today and feeling different and for some we have outbreaks of rain as well. looking at the satellite picture low pressure the south west of the uk, bands of rain popping up across the country but at the moment we have some heavy rain heading into northern ireland. i suspect it could be heavy enough to bring localised flooding. otherwise some patches rain across the west, some patches in eastern scotland. some bright spells coming through across eastern areas of england but a gusty wind of up areas of england but a gusty wind of up to 30 miles an hour inland. very mild but late afternoon to evening we could see some heavy rain for a time across south west england and overnight affecting western areas of the uk. not so heavy a eastern areas and another mild night with temperatures around ten, 14 degrees. quite a chaotic weather picture, and we are looking at this next band of rain just starting to develop heading into portugal. some uncertai