seized in schools across england and wales in the past two years. also, dreams become virtual reality for one british tech firm. improbable manages raises almost £400 million in one of the biggest ever investments in an early stage european technology business. and. a close shave for paddle boarders in calfornia, after they re warned they re swimming next to 15 great white sharks. good morning. it s friday 12th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to give a major foreign policy speech in about half an hour s time in which he is likely to say that he doesn t see himself as a pacifist, because he would use military force as a last resort but that he believes military intervention has become far too common in recent times. mr corbyn was chair of an anti war group and opposed intervention in kosovo and serbia. he is also known to bea kosovo and serbia. he is also known to be a long term supporter of unilateral disarmam
steve rosenberg, bbc news, kiev. let s catch up with the weather. thank you very much. afternoon. i will start with a sunny note because there is a lot of cloud today but the best is across scotland, this weather watcher picture proves that. you can see from the satellite and radar showing the rain. a lot of cloud out there. a band of rain moving northwards this morning, didn t amount to very much. there s been a lot of cloud further south too. through the afternoon we will see rain returning in to the west country and towards wales. there will be some sunshine breaking through that cloud as it continues to thin and break in the next couple of hours. the m4 corridor northwards likely to see hefty showers developing, some heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. watch out if you catch one. warm and humid you will notice. there is that rain continuing to push to southern scotland. for much of northern ireland and scotland should and good deal of sunshine, especially western scotla
the lorry and a car, so it was a very challenging scene. the lorry driver, who is from the west midlands, is being questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. happened, when it was early in the morning, traffic would have been relatively light and driving conditions were apparently good. police are still trying to trace the victims‘ next of kin, and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. liz copper, bbc news, stafford. the high street giant marks and spencer has seen its profits plummet in the last year. they dropped by 64% to £176 million. the retailer said the cost of overhauling the business, a decline in clothing sales, and the costs of opening new food stores were partly to blame. our business correspondent, emma simpson reports. ad campaign: no excuses. no staying silent. no holding back. the new campaign. the boss of m&s isn t holding back either. he s been making big changes, but they ve come at a cost. international stores like this on
catholic background. we weren t exactly an underclass, but we were pretty close to it. this team was the sporting champion of that ethnicity. that was probably almost as significant as the visit of the pope to scotland, first ever visit by the pope in 1982. it was, if you like, a stage in their emancipation. that is why these flickering images resonate so powerfully, half a century on. allan little, bbc news, glasgow. time for a look at the weather. it was already hot as i came in this morning. it has been the hottest day of the year so far. let me show you the table there. 28 is 82 fahrenheit andi the table there. 28 is 82 fahrenheit and i think that will be beaten tomorrow by some parts. we have had plenty of weather watcher pictures m, plenty of weather watcher pictures in, this is cornwall, beautiful, isn t it? overnight we pick up some fog near the north sea coast but it will be fairly remote foremost. it isa will be fairly remote foremost. it is a clear night, the most
Sweden aims to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat to Denmark as they face Serbia at Friends Arena in Solna. Despite missing out on a spot at the EURO 2024 finals, the Swedes are still considered favorites against a Serbian team struggling defensively. Burnley's Hjalmar Ekdal is unlikely to play due to an injury from