temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
The deputy Prime Minister is expected to make a House Of Commons shortly. We will bring that when it happens but first sport. There are european football qualifiers this evening. More on those in a moment. But first the hosts for next years euros germany are going through some managerial strife. Hansi flick was sacked after germany lost 4 1 at home to japan in a friendly they qualify automatically next year as hosts. But the pressure s on to find a new manager to lead the side, at their home tournament in nine months time. Germany have only had two managers in the last 17 years, and their fa is stepping up the search, with several big names in the frame. They will approach the former bayern coach who is out of a job and someone who has not had a full time Coaching Position in 15 years but was a Sporting Director of the fa. Whether they are interested we do not know, coaching a team at the euros and leaving again because he wants to pursue a career at club level. That is up and the air.
uk, but rather a lot of cloud in that high pressure, so, the weather is going to be settling down to the end of the week, and into the weekend, not necessarily clear blue skies and far from it in the very far north west of the uk, we could have some rain, sophie, back sophie, back to you. thanks tomasz. and that s bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. thanks, sophie. coming up on bbc london tonight. hello, you re watching bbc news. thanks forjoining us on sportsday, i m ben croucher. coming up. england name their men s test squad to tour india four spinners, three uncapped players. we ll tell you who s in and who s out. derbyshire s anuj dal tells us about the power of restorative justice after he was racially abused on social media. and ahead of a huge week for manchester united are the players behind their under pressure manager? it s their under pressure manager? notjust a case of v managers, it s notjust a case of w