Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effective during the three months after the first dose. Good morning. Today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. Southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 3rd of february, and todays breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months captain sir tom moor
they have got this one badly wrong and now they are very, very exposed as is the government. the bbc has apologised for its limited sports programming this weekend after several tv and radio shows have been cancelled, as controversy continues over the corporation s decision to take gary lineker off match of the day. the presenter will not be hosting the programme tonight after criticising the government s language about migrants on social media. a number of presenters and pundits decided not to take part in some shows, in solidarity with gary lineker. football focus and final score were among those pulled and radio 5 live has also faced disruption to its schedules. a bbc spokesperson said it s working hard to resolve the situation. our media correspondent david sillito reports. when gary lineker left home this morning, it wasn t his normal saturday schedule. the decision by the bbc to drop him from match of the day for tweets one of which described a statement by the ho
a further five classified documents have been found at the home of president biden in delaware. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for sports day. hello i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday. city slip up in the title race as rashford wins the manchester derby for united. more boos as everton lose again, with the board staying away from goodison park following a real and credible threat to their safety . celtic are into another league cup final, we ll have the action from hampden. also coming up in the programme. england s netballers are beaten as jamaica s sunshine girls come from behind to force a series decider. and williams whitewash sees him reach his first masters final for 20 years. hello there, good evening, we are going to start with football because what drama we have had over the last few hours. it could prove to be a pivotal weekend in the premier leauge title race, mancheser city have slipped up in their pursuit of leaders arsenal. they lo
we start tomorrow with heavy rain, windy conditions in northern ireland that will push away as it starts to brighten up. we will see some further pulses of rain pushing north through scotland, persistently wet through parts of eastern scotland. as for wales, the western side of england, some showery rain occasionally too, just starting to push a little bit further in towards parts of the midlands and across northern england, whereas the eastern side of england, much of east anglia, for example, stays dry with warm, sunny spells. just looking into sunday evening, the rainjust peps up again towards south wales and south west england, and once again with a stronger breeze. low pressure close by throughout the week ahead, further rain or showers around. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: nasa calls off their second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis 1 to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. moscow blames maintenance problems for
Thundery slow moving downpours develop, if you catch one you will know about it. Temperature wise maybe not as warm because we have more showers round, 18, i9, more showers round, 18, 19, mid teens further north, stay similarfor bank holiday mid teens further north, stay similar for bank holiday monday, another showery day, some of the heaviest in Northern Areas and this area of low pressure starts to move in from tuesday on wards, it looks like it will stay unsettled for the up like it will stay unsettled for the up coming week. The Thundery Downpours on bank holiday monday. Showers, longerspell of downpours on bank holiday monday. Showers, longer spell of rain but still some sunshine adds we move through the week. Take care. Thanks stav. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im gavin ramjaun. A huge weekend of Sporting Finals is upon us. Well be live at wembley, as champions Manchester City prepare