it s goodnight. after multiple racist incidents involving uk police officers newsnight learns that the initiative set up to tackle racism in policing in england and wales is now facing allegations of racism itself. some ethnic minority staff who used to work for the unit tell this programme they believed they were seen as troublemakers or difficult . i was treated differently my white colleagues by a lack of support when the workload increased. i increasingly felt my voice and at times might lived and professional experience were being ignored. we ll ask the chair of the body tasked with oversight of the programme where this leaves the police race action plan. also tonight south africa grants diplomatic immunity to world leaders attending a conference in august. president putin himself has outstanding arrest warrants for war crimes, so will he now turn up injoburg? the message is that south africa would have been showing is that it prefers its relationship with mr puti
Weeks election to find out what locals here want from the politicians. In sport, two more years for Arsene Wenger. He will extend his 21 year spell as Arsenal Manager with an official announcement to be made today. As Ariana Grande announces she and some of the biggest names in pop will hold a Benefit Concert for the victims of the Manchester Bombing, well speak to the man who had to organise it all injust four days. And carol has the weather. Good morning. To date will be cloudy gcioss good morning. To date will be cloudy across the southern half of the uk, but equally, brightness, Polyanskiy Share across the north of the country with pleasant sunshine. More details in 15 minutes. Carol, thank you. First, our main story. Police say a dangerous prisoner believed to be armed with a razor blade is on the run after escaping from officers in wiltshire. The man had been taken to hospital with a head injury, before escaping from guards yesterday evening. Lets get more on this from our corres
into parts of north west england into parts of western scotland, absolutely glorious, temperatures peaking into the lower 20s once again. so it really is a tale of two sites across the country, and where we have got that sunshine, well, it is grass pollen, so pollen will be pretty high across much of central and western parts. as we head into the weekend, the high pressurejust drifts a little bit further east, and so we might start to see some changes. there is a good deal of dry weather through out the remainder of this week, plenty of sunshine coming through, temperature starting to be a little bit more even right across the country. huw. three suns in swansea isn t too bad! and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday 31st may. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. 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.
of who is eligible, and what you need to do. in sport, whose name will be on that plane as the england women s world cup squad s announced, with under 50 days to go until the start of the tournament? # ijust # i just want to tell you how # ijust want to tell you how i m feeling. it was a dream he was never going to give up laughter rick astley will finally get to perform at glastonbury. he ll be on the show just before 8.00. good morning. a fairly cloudy start to the day for most, thick enough for some drizzle here and there. through the day, rather like the last few days, a lot will push back towards the east and many will have a dry day with some sunshine. all the details later in the programme. it s wednesday 31st may. rail passengers are facing disruption this morning,