rangers and australia have discovered what is believed to be the world s biggest toad. it is a cane toad, it was found in queensland and weighed £6 back. the poisonous amphibians were reduced to australia in 1935 and are linked to the decline of native species. the toad we are told was put down and will be donated to a museum. i didn t look at that at all. hello, ben, it is where the time. she was looking away, i can assure you of that. you may not want to look away from this, we have got some beautiful scenes and this is from a weather watcher in wales. there is snow on the ground in parts of scotland, northern england, northern ireland and into wales. there are areas of cloud around as well and they are on the north sea coast, most falling as rain, but some sleet and snow on high ground. this cloud brings a bit of patchy rain into the far west of cornwall, but elsewhere sunny skies overhead. it is a chilly day, three to 8 degrees, but in the sunshine it will not feel too b
weather. things now look and feel very different. beautiful blue skies overhead here in county antrim but some strong wind feeding in wintry showers. we continue to bring wind down all the way from the arctic. cold air stays with us through the next few days. the picture shows this mesh rash of wintry showers along the coast and parts of scotland, those showers still mostly falling at low levels even as snow. elsewhere a mixture of sleet and snow and some showers feeding into some north sea coasts. windy for all of us especially around the coasts, up of us especially around the coasts, up to 50 miles an hour in places. temperatures reading between three and 7 degrees but factoring in the strength of the wind it feels colder than that. during this evening and tonight the wind using a little, we keep some showers going in western and northern parts where there is the risk of some ice. and temperatures dropping away widely below freezing, perhaps down to 8 in parts of the highl
government started a safer streets scheme with safeguarding measures and education to try to change attitudes towards women. we have been to bedford to find out whether that scheme is making a difference. the bedford women centre is, for many, a home away from home. the most many, a home away from home. tue: most important many, a home away from home. tte: most important thing is that people know that they can come in here, have a cry, a cup of tea. the centre hels have a cry, a cup of tea. the centre helps around have a cry, a cup of tea. the centre helps around 300 have a cry, a cup of tea. the centre helps around 300 vulnerable - have a cry, a cup of tea. the centrel helps around 300 vulnerable women have a cry, a cup of tea. the centre i helps around 300 vulnerable women a year, some as young as 17, some as old as 76. we year, some as young as 17, some as old as 76. ~ ~ ., ., year, some as young as 17, some as old as 7& year, some as young as 17, some as old as 76. ~ ~ ., ., ,
that s all from the bbc news at one, so it s goodbye from me good afternoon. it s 1.34pm and here s your latest sports news. cameron norrie is out of the australian open. the british number one was beaten in the third round byjiri lehecka in five sets in melbourne. norrie has still never reached the last 16 of the opening grand slam of the year and had a battle from the start. he took a 1 0 and 2 1 lead, but lehecka fought back twice to take it to a deciding set by winning the fourth 6 i. norrie had some tape applied by his trainer to his left knee at the beginning of the fifth. the 21 year old czech, ranked 71 in the world, took it 6 4. world number one iga swiatek needed just 55 minutes to progress to the fourth round. she beat spanish qualifier cristina bucsa. elsewhere this morning, third seed jessica pegula also
of patchy rain into the far west of cornwall, but elsewhere sunny skies overhead. it is a chilly day, three to 8 degrees, but in the sunshine it will not feel too bad. however, as soon as the sun goes down, temperatures will once again plunge. a widespread frost this evening, but by the end of the night things start to change. in northern ireland and scotland we will see cloud and rain at a brisk breeze and temperature starting to climb. 6 degrees in belfast by the end of the night with this word of milder air pushing its way across the north west of the uk. but it is going to make very, very slow progress south eastwards. so we develop split fortunes as we head through the weekend. for the south and east it will stakeholder. further north and west it feels milder, but cloudy and there will be some rain at times. so on saturday we have got that cloud moving in across northern ireland and scotland, some rain, a bit of snow briefly over high ground, but it