coldest winter in a decade. we will have extensive coverage. and we find out out how this 170 year old indigenous canadian jacket ended up at a vintage store in northern england. we start with the issue dominating discussions among ukraine s allies sending leopard ii tanks to kyiv. the german chancellor 0laf scholz has decided to send leopard ii tanks to ukraine. we should know we haven t had any direct comment from the german governmentjust yet, when we hearfrom them the german governmentjust yet, when we hear from them we will pass on immediately. 0ne we hear from them we will pass on immediately. one of the countries at the heart of this has been poland. poland has said it will send the german made battle tanks to ukraine within two weeks, whether or not germany gives its approval. the polish prime minister, speaking to the bbc, had this message for germany. i hope this reply can come as quickly as possible. well, germany played a key role in building up the huge russian
bbc news, darvel. time for a look at the weather. here s tomasz schafernaker. another day of contrasts across the uk. let s look at the temperatures. first thing in the morning we were shivering in rural oxfordshire. temperatures down to minus nine. but it warmed up to 16 in the afternoon. mild south westerly winds coming in go over the mountain, they dry out the other side of the mountain and the other side of the mountain and the sunshine comes out. the next few days, the temperatures will be back to average. we are going to lose the frost as well. tomorrow morning, still around minus four in a few spots, but if you look at that into next week, temperatures will be generally above freezing. here is the forecast towards tomorrow morning, the frost toward southern areas. but in the north it hasn t been that cold. the culture and sweeping in from the north and there will be rain for a time in the north before the sunshine comes out. the temperature is 10 degrees in belfast and
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has blamed westminster for the cost of living crisis and renewed her pledge to achieve scottish independence scotla nd scotland has got what it takes to be a successful, independent country. it has it in abundance. never let anyone tell us otherwise. a nurse pleads not guilty to murdering 7 babies and attempting to murder ten others as her trial begins in manchester. a new ticketmaster pricing system, which alters the price of tickets based on demand, is being criticised by both fans and industry experts. russia has carried out a series of missile strikes on cities across ukraine, in the most widespread bombardment since the early weeks of the war. the capital city of kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months. and there have been explosions in other cities including lviv, dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia. ukraine says at least 11 people were killed and 64 injured in the attacks. vladimir putin says the strikes are moscow s