one like her. she was brilliant for the british public and morale and everything else like that. she was the most beautiful woman. while the marriage between charles and diana is remembered for its discord and divorce, this car is a sign of happier times, a gift from a prince for a future princess in the early days of their romance. lakshmi gopal, bbc news. time for a look at the weather here s nick miller there is a chance of seeing some showers moving through wembley, and wimbledon. we have to wait before we get something drier, brighter, and warmer arriving here. south east of the uk, still an area of low pressure seeing some rain, high pressure seeing some rain, high pressure for northern ireland and scotland where most of the sunshine is so far today. across western scotland and parts of north west england, temperatures rising towards the mid 20s. western counties of northern ireland, the far north and east of scotland with cloud, and may be around 15 degrees. a shower
you can get in touch with me on twitter @vicderbyshire, or on email at victoria@bbc.co.uk. days after suspending bowler ollie robinson, the england and wales cricket board is investigating a second england player for posting offensive material on social media in the past. it occurred when he was a teenager. police in australia say they ve made hundreds of arrests in a sophisticated sting operation working with the fbi to tackle organised global crime, including acting on 20 threats to kill. bleep screaming. that woman had told the council her ceiling could collapse and it did. that, by the way was the second time we ll talk to her later. new quarantine restrictions have come into force for passengers returning to england from portugal. the country has been moved from green to the amber list of destinations, meaning travellers must take two lab approved covid tests while they self isolate at home for ten days. thousands of british tourists were caught up in a scramble to g
and also for northern ireland as we head into friday morning. some mist and fog patches across southern parts of england and wales, they could be slow to clear tomorrow. we have still got that mix of rain around the coast and at low levels but heavy snow across central parts of scotland, so some disruption is likely. heavy rain showers for parts of north east england and for northern ireland. but into the weekend that s when things will turn colder for all of us and there is further snow in places as well. so heading through the course of friday night into saturday, low pressure starts to drift away towards the south. we still got more snow across the higher ground of scotland, some of that snow on saturday falling to lower levels and it will start to snow across parts of northern england as well. to the south of that mainly rain showers with the driest weather for parts of northern ireland and into wales on saturday but those temperature starting to come down, around 2 8 deg
since going into hospital last week with virtual audiences from windsor castle. sir david attenborough tells the bbc world leaders must sieze the moment at next week s climate change summit in glasgow. well, if we don t act now, it will be too late. and walter smith, one of scottish football s greatest managers, has died at the age of 73. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze. it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic, but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he s lifting it. nurses, teachers, police and prison officers, and members of the armed forces will be among the five million workers whose pay will go up, but how much depends on independent pay review bodies. pay offers for some staff in scotland, wales and northern ireland will be made separately. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the arm
england s water companies dumped twice as much into them last year, compared to the year before. how is that allowed? who or what specifically is responsible the firms, the bosses, heavy rainfall, privatisation, the regulators. the government? we ll ask campaigner feargal sharkey and the tory mp who s head of the environmental audit select committee. police are looking again at claims made by the conservatives that labour s deputy leader broke electoral law over the sale of her house. last week angela rayner told this programme. it isa it is a nonstory manufactured to try and smear me. nick will bring you the latest. the government has missed its target to reduce the number of autistic people and those with learning disabilities in secure units. we ll talk live to alexis quinn who is autistic and spent three years in such a unit. she says she was restrained 97 times and forcibly drugged. plus mark urban has been looking into the rise of the far right in rural communities in