and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. and the deadline looms to see who might want to buy manchester united, with offers expected to come in from prospective owners in britain, the us and qatar. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister will hold talks with stormont leaders in belfast today, with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could soon be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea in order to keep an open order on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern irel
through this evening and tonight. rain for northern ireland, parts of scotland and pushing south eastwards across england and wales and some snow developing over the high ground in scotland and with that, the risk of some ice. it will be quite a chilly night in the far north of scotland but further south, and extremely mild one, ten or 11 in southern parts of england and wales. tomorrow, band of patchy rain and cloud across the south were clear. another band of cloud and patchy rain across northern ireland and northern england. but in between and up northern england. but in between and up towards the north we will see some good spells of sunshine. it will be another mild day, 15 degrees at norwich. a little more chilly in the northern parts of scotland. so still some patchy rain in southern scotland, may be north east england as we go through saturday evening. essentially, saturday night with this ridge of high pressure is a window of mainly fine weather. but then there is an
Likely across parts of the midlands and down into southern counties. Where it doesnt linger, 0 degrees will be more typical. Hello. This is bbc news with lukwesa burak. The headlines. Fans travel to George Michaels homes in london and oxfordshire to pay their respects as the world remembers him. Russia says the bodies of eleven victims of the military plane crash in the black sea have been recovered and flown back to moscow. All 92 passengers and crew on board died when it came down shortly after taking off from sochi. Bargain hunters turn out for Boxing Day Sales but its thought many have stayed home after already splurging on pre christmas discounts. The former governor of the bank of england, lord king, says britain should be more self confident about leaving the eu. Hes suggested the uk would be better off if it was completely out of the single market. And coming up after the sport, well hear from Alexander Mccall smith that in meet the author in about fifteen minutes here on bbc n