Accompanied by some brisk showers and gale force whence. Starting to see the colder air coming down from the north west. Clinging onto the mild weather across the south east corner. But as we move through the evening and into the early hours of friday morning, with temperatures falling away, bumping into some cold air, we could actually see some snow to greet us for the first day of march, but it will be above 200 metres. But enough to see a few centimetres starting to accumulate, so, Higher Ground perhaps across North West England and north wales, circulating around that area of low pressure. Plenty of frequent showers for many, top temperatures, cooler feel to the beginning of march, 6 9. Thats it. Im back at ten, but you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello, im olly foster heres whats coming up on sportsday. Christian horner has been cleared after facing allegations of innapropriate and controlli
Leeds at Stamford Bridge, to reach the quarterfinals. Well have all the results. And on newsnight at 10 30. Well go deeper behind todays headlines and speak live to key players in todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Police scotland have apologised forfailings in a long Running Investigation that left a killer on the loose for almost 20 years. The hunt for the murderer of emma caldwell, who was 27 when she was strangled in South Lanarkshire in 2005, was one of the longest in scottish history. Today, iain packer, whos 51, was found guilty of her murder and jailed for life with a minimum of 36 years. He was also convicted of 11 charges of rape and multiple sexual assaults, against 21 other women, making him one of scotlands most prolific sex offenders. Lorna gordon has our top story. Emma caldwell, a vulnerable young woman who was murdered in terrifying circumstances. Her killer was this man, iain packer, who for a quarter of a century carried ou
and if you are south korean, you are now officially a year younger than you were yesterday. we ll tell you how a new law has changed the way koreans think about age. but we start with the situation in ukraine and the horrifying details of a russian missile attack on a restaurant in kramatorsk. 11 people were killed and rescue workers have spent most of the day going through the rubble, looking for any survivors. kramatorsk is in ukraine s eastern donetsk region. it s under ukrainian control but close to parts of the country occupied by russia. this was the scene after the attack. it was a popular, busy restaurant, with many families eating out before the nightly curfew. dozens of people were injured, the missile also damaged nearby apartment buildings and shops. among the dead were two 14 year old twins, yulia and anna aksenchenko. president zelensky said the attack showed russia deserved defeat. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i
pressure as well. the main problem is that the company has nearly £14 billion of debt, so it has a substantial interest bill to pay every year. that interest bill is currently going up because interest rates are going up. some interest rate payments are related to inflation, which is very high. at the same time, it s having to spend over £1 billion a year in infrastructure, water mains, stopping leakage and there s a regulatory review coming up in a few years which may mean it will have to invest even more. thames water needs to raise money from somewhere but if it can t get it, the government is looking at options. we need to make sure thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work the government is doing on resolving sewage. up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down but there is a lot of infrastructure work that needs to take place and we need that entity to survive. in a statement, thames water says it s working constructively