bringing gales and heavy rain. as the rain moves through, temperatures will drop, so it will feel chilly despite there being some sunshine as the rain band moves eastwards. you can see this complicated weather story. low pressure to the north. the heaviest rain is across southern scotland, northern western england and wales. lots of heavy showers behind that rain across scotland and northern ireland. but in the south east, we are still mild, cloudy and dry at the moment, but that rain will push its way eastwards as the afternoon wears on. there could be heavy bursts for a while. it stays blustery for all areas, gusts in excess of a0 mph in the windiest spots. but the windiest weather will be associated with that weatherfront across the south east. plenty of showers, some of them thundery, for western scotland. temperatures will be lower in the afternoon than what we have had in the last couple of days. it stays blustery this evening and overnight, further showers rattling int
a greenpeace banner. elsewhere. ukraine says it has recaptured new territory in the south as russian forces retreat. police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. rail services across the uk will be severely disrupted again with around 9000 train drivers in the aslef union on strike. billionaire elon musk has apparently changed his mind about buying twitter, again. he s told the social media firm he wants to proceed with his takeover of the platform, at the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal. good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used herfirst good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used her first speech as prime minister to defend her plans on economic growth, saying, i get it, regarding the 45p income tax. she told delegates that her tax cuts would help britain break out of what she called a high tech slow growth cycle. signalling people said whenever there is trick change, there is disruption an
good morning from north yorkshire. millions of us go on coach trips every year but they are under really big financial pressure and hoping for a big summer to their losses. it s a huge day forjockey rachael blackmore. she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival and today aims to become the first woman to win the gold cup. raising a laugh, but at a safe distance. red nose day goes ahead in the face of covid restrictions. a spring equinox this weekend but the weather stays fairly cloudy for most of you, but most should stay dry. the full forecast coming up. it s friday the 19th of march. our top story. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will be rolled out in some european countries today after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the prime minister borisjohnson will receive the vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe after more than a dozen countries paused their delivery of the jab. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. the oxford astr
also on the programme tonight. pressure grows on the first minister nicola sturgeon. it s understood the holyrood committee investigating the handling of harassment claims against alex salmond believes she misled their inquiry. the duke and duchess of sussex condemn the predatory practices of the british tabloids, after the sun paid a us private investigator to gather information about meghan markle. he says he then acted illegally. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. and coming up in sport on bbc news trouble at tottenham, as spurs are knocked out of the europa league late in extra time by dynamo zagreb. good evening. most of the european countries that suspended the use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine have said they will start using it again, after the eu s medical regulator declared it safe and effective . italy, germany, france and spain are among those resumin