Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. A bit of spring sunshine. Of us. This is the picture in east sussex. A little bit hazy if you have blue skies. For most, sky is a little bit more like this, the picture in cumbria. A lot of cloud and for the rest of the day producing showery outbreaks of rain drifting east, but quite mild. Particularly in the south and south east. We could see 17 degrees this afternoon, down to the fact the winds are coming from the fact the winds are coming from the south westerly direction, so we have the warmer air mass and weather fronts continuing to produce rain particularly across parts of Central Scotland, quite persistent here, and Northern Ireland. Heavy showers across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly i7 across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly 17 in the east of england. Typically single figures in Central Scotland with more persistent rainfall. This evening, still got the rain in Central Scotl
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. the influential uk business lobby group, the cbi, wins a vote of confidence over its future after a series of scandals. let s start with the race for the white house, which has become a little bit more crowded today with chris christie announcing his bid for the republican nomination. you may remember him from his time as the governor of newjersey and also his unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2016. and that ultimately ended up with him endorsing donald trump who, of course, won and is running again this time round. mr trump isn t noted for being nice about any of his rivals, so we ll see what he has to say against his one time backer. back to our panel gillian tett, editor at large for the us financial times, who joins us from silicon valley in california. and nathalie tocci, from the institute of international affairs, is in rome. let s start with chris christie, what do you make of that? is in l
following claims she requested a private speed awareness course to avoid points on her driving licence after she was caught speeding last summer. and a woman from saudi arabia will make history later when she blasts off from florida to spend 10 days on board the international space station. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday this sunday night coming up on the programme. celebrations at the etihad stadium as manchester city are crowned champions of england again. on the brink of relegation leeds lose at west ham to leave their premier league fate hanging by a thread. all the players need to do is roll their sleeves up and try and beat tottenham and have the other results go in ourfavour. late drama at ibrox as glasgow city dramatically snatch the swpl title from celtic in the dying seconds. also coming up on the programme before seven. justin rose and rory mcilroy are among the chasing pack trying to catch brooks kopeka at the pga c
however it s unlikely they will earn an outright majority. there are calls for the uk s home secretary suella braverman to be investigated following claims she requesterd a private speed awareness course, to avoid points on her driving licence, after she was caught speeding last summer. sinn fein s vice president has called on the british and irish governments to restore a power sharing government at stormont. it s after the party delivered a stunning victory in the council elections. now on bbc news, it s sportsday with chetan. celebrations at the etihad stadium as manchester city are crowned champions of england again. fantastic! but we are getting used to it now. it is just one of those things. closing in on a fourth successive league title chelsea could be women s super league champions tonight. late drama at ibrox as glasgow city dramatically snatch the swpl title from celtic in the dying seconds. justin rose and rory mcilroy are among the chasing pack trying to ca
republican political party, sinn fein, is on track to become the largest party in local government that calls for the return of local rule in stormont. now on bbc news it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, i m chetan pathak. coming up the programme. all eyes on nottingham can forest beat arsenal to move closer to premier league survival, and send the title to manchester city. spurs are beaten by brentford and they re not the only team who s european hopes are dented on the penultimate weekend. can england s callum tarren keep his momentum? we ll be in new york as the leaders and the chasing pack prepare to tee off on day three of the pga championship also coming up on sportsday before 7. wigan show their warrior spirit coming from behind to knock leeds out of the challenge cup. and katie taylor prepares to make history on her homecoming night as big time boxing returns to ireland: i m just excited to be here, really excited to have a chance