hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far the markets seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. and other stocks are up too. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very quickly
daffodils in wales. and there is plenty of wet weather, muddy foot pads in lancashire and across the south west of england with rain across scotland as well. not a lot is set to change as we head through the rest of this week and into the start of next. still cloudy, mild and a lot more wet and windy weather to come in the forecast. this is today. you can see the rain starting today. you can see the rain starting to ease across scotland with a brisk south westerly wind and another cold front pushing slowly across england giving outbreaks of rain. south westerly wind, brisk towards western coasts dragging on mild air so temperatures away from the far north west of scotland are higher than they were yesterday. this afternoon in more detail without picks of rain across central and southern england was not the best of us sunshine today in north east england and temperatures peaking between 11 and 15. much higher than they were yesterday. all of that much milderfeeling they were y
by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share! ireland s team have made the decision to change the colour of their shorts for this year s women s six nations tournament. they were white, but will now be blue to combat period anxiety. and other sides are considering following suit. the tournament kicks off march 25, with england once again favourites to win the title for what would be a fifth time in a row. our reporter sara orchard has been at the launch. we re in a very trendy corner of east london for this women s six nations launch, where the players and the captains a lot of them have been talking a lot to social media creators, having their photos done, of course mixing with journalists and reporters as well about how they ll all go in the championship this year. however, one of the big talking points is the fact that every country taking part for the very first time will have either professional or semi professional players. and for scotland,