Is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has spoken about the appointment of a Special Counsel to take over the russia investigation into any potential ties with his campaign. He said the entire affair was a witch hunt which hurt the country, as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his National Security advisor Michael Flynn. From washington, aleem macqbool reports. The president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. And there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. I think it divides the country. I think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. Did you at any time urge former fbi Directorjames Comey to close or back down the investigation into Michael F
Outbreaks of rain pushing northward to bring milder weather to much of the uk, still cold and offers an hill snow in higher parts of scotland. Above 300 metres elevation. Things could be slippy here for a time. The rain reluctant to clear from Northern Areas in the south and west some sun shines, blustery showers following in, relatively mild, 8 10. Overnight, some icy stretches in Northern Areas. Frost in rural parts and showers in across scotland and Northern Ireland england. Later and iit Northern Ireland england. Later and i it should turn a bit Milderfor Wales in south west england, as we see the next system moving in. That will bring another spell of rain on sunday. After a bright start in eastern areas, the rain will push northwards and eastwards. Not Reaching North East England or scotla nd Reaching North East England or scotland until after dark, so here holding onto some sunshine. Highs at best 5 6, milder the south west. Hello this is bbc news, with maxine mawhinney. The hea
Outbreaks of rain pushing northward to bring milder weather to much of the uk, still cold and offers an hill snow in higher parts of scotland. Above 300 metres elevation. Things could be slippy here for a time. The rain reluctant to clear from Northern Areas in the south and west some sun shines, blustery showers following in, relatively mild, 8 10. Overnight, some icy stretches in Northern Areas. Frost in rural parts and showers in across scotland and Northern Ireland england. Later and iit Northern Ireland england. Later and i it should turn a bit Milderfor Wales in south west england, as we see the next system moving in. That will bring another spell of rain on sunday. After a bright start in eastern areas, the rain will push northwards and eastwards. Not Reaching North East England or scotla nd Reaching North East England or scotland until after dark, so here holding onto some sunshine. Highs at best 5 6, milder the south west. Hello this is bbc news, with maxine mawhinney. The hea
Teachers who are having to teach children to get them through their exams, and are having to say that with term time holidays every single week there could be a child missing . Theres always kids off school sick. And sometimes kids off with term time holidays. The issue is blown out of all proportion because, for every child who misses a day because of a term time holiday, there are 12 days missed because of illness. The cost of holidays outside of term time, home and abroad, is a worry for lots of families. So whats happended since last years case . 108 councils in england responded to our questions. 35 councils say they have changed their policy since the judgment. Five more are reviewing theirs. 28 have dropped cases against parents. 22 have noticed parents taking more term time holidays. Councils from the Isle Of Wight to the north of england have different policies. Some Issue Thousands of fines. Others almost none. One dads battle here on the Isle Of Wight has implications for pa
Teachers who are having to teach children to get them through their exams, and are having to say that with term time holidays every single week there could be a child missing . Theres always kids off school sick. And sometimes kids off with term time holidays. The issue is blown out of all proportion because, for every child who misses a day because of a term time holiday, there are 12 days missed because of illness. The cost of holidays outside of term time, home and abroad, is a worry for lots of families. So whats happended since last years case . 108 councils in england responded to our questions. 35 councils say they have changed their policy since the judgment. Five more are reviewing theirs. 28 have dropped cases against parents. 22 have noticed parents taking more term time holidays. Councils from the Isle Of Wight to the north of england have different policies. Some Issue Thousands of fines. Others almost none. One dads battle here on the Isle Of Wight has implications for pa