Superseded by a new, hyper intelligent life form Artificial Intelligence, i reckon, will be Something Like 10,000 times faster in thinking than we are. And Frank Lampard is back at chelsea as manager the club where he made over 600 appearances and won 11 major trophies. Good morning. In the last hour, the betting group william hill has said it plans to close around 700 of its shops across the uk, putting more than 4,500 jobs at risk. The company blamed the closures, which amount to nearly a third of its outlets, on the governments decision to reduce the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals to £2. Our Business Correspondent, emma simpson, is here. A bit of background as to how we have come to this point . The industry had warned that reducing the stakes on these fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2, that change came into effect in april, would trigger store closures and job losses. Today william hill said it plans to close 700 stores and they say since april, it has
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keeping an eye on this area of rain and hail snow. keeping an eye on this area of rain and hailsnow. pushing into keeping an eye on this area of rain and hail snow. pushing into northern ireland and wales. many will be drive for much of the day, and sunshine the further east you are. temperatures 3 7 c. this band of rain will turn increasingly into snow as it pushes into parts of northern england and scotland over tomorrow evening. this is the big picture for sunday. the frontal system is bringing the overnight snow and it will pull away and then there is another one extending across the uk and this one will be bringing strong winds and milder air and some heavy rain. some snow over the hills of scotland, but the main theme on sunday is things will be turning very much milder. weill. theme on sunday is things will be turning very much milder. well, that is all from us- turning very much milder. well, that is all from us. the turning very much milder. well, that is all fro
centimetres into major cities, manchester and sheffield and a bit more than that put out more on the hills but were most concerned about the amber warning area in the peak district northwards where we could see up to a0 centimetres of snow by the time we reach friday morning. it is slowly improving through friday, a brief respite with them some time before more rain, sleet and snow at the weekend. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 8th of march. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m laura mcghie. coming up on wednesday s programme. a substantial government package which will seek to offer equal access to sports for girls is announced. we speak to the olympian who was mis diagnosed, sectioned and put in an induced coma, as she targets a return to playing rugby on the world stage. i cannot go outside for a walk or could not
the uk s prime minister, rishi sunak, is flying to san diego for talks on defence with the us and australian leaders. it s understood they ll discuss ways of dealing with any security threats posed by china in the asia pacific region at the meeting of the aukus group. coming up is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday here on bbc news. ireland are on for the grand slam in the six nations, overpowering scotland at murrayfield. another test passed with flying colours for arsenal, who restore the five point advantage at the top with victory at fulham. and england collapse in bangladesh the hosts taking the t20 series with a match to spare. also coming up on sportsday. cameron norrie s in third round action as the brits march on at indian wells. and the chase is on can tommy fleetwood catch the leaders at the players in florida, the pga s flagship event? set hello there. will come along to sportsday on bbc news. ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ranke