by the chair, which will be its centrepiece. nicholas witchell, bbc news, westminster abbey. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. chilly today but there is colder weather on the way as we head into next week. today is the first day of meteorological spring, it s also st david s day and it s been pretty cloudy. the cloud is thick enough to give us more showers around today. still got high pressure close by so the really wet weather is being deflected into southern parts of europe. that s the storm that brought all of the rain we saw in majorca, that s moving away. just to the north of that there is clear skies. it looks like we will tap into some of that tonight and tomorrow, so may be some changes on the way. today the winds are coming in from off the north sea, picking up in from off the north sea, picking up a lot of cloud. that s pushing our way. the best sunshine in western scotland. the cloud still ringing quite a peppering of showers in those temperatures
more than a third of doctors whojoined the nhs in england last year came from overseas, according to bbc research unions say it s unsustainable. the first hosepipe ban of the year comes into force shortly, in southern england, after the driestjuly in more than 80 years. 0h! superb! and it s commonwealth gold for england s jack laugher and andrew harding in the men s synchro three metre springboard. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, targetting herfirst commonwealth games medal. scotland s laura muir qualifies for the women s 1500 metres final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded. the bank has forecast that the uk economy will fall into recession in the last three months of this year and that it will last well into next year. it also anticipates a further climb in inflation to more than 13%, t
and at the commonwealth games it was gold for scotland s eilish mccolgan, in the 10,000 metres last night, and for england s katarina johnson thompson, who became hepathlon champion. hello and welcome to bbc news. the mother of 12 year old archie battersbee says the legal battle to postpone the withdrawal of her son s life support has come to an end. it comes after the european court of human rights refused an application to delay the withdrawal of his treatment. his family now wants him to be taken to a hospice as louisa pilbeam reports. she says she ll fight for him until the end. but archie s mum accepts she s now at the end of her legal fight for her son s life. 12 year old archie has been in a coma on life support since he was found unconscious in april. last night, the european court of human rights refused to intervene to stop that life support being withdrawn, ending the family s last hope. absolutely devastated. frustrated, angry. let down. so many emotions. hollie
in the waters around taiwan, after expressing anger over a visit to the island by a senior us politician. england s victorious lionesses urge the next prime minister to help more schoolgirls play football. good morning from the commonwealth games in birmingham, where it was a special night, of athletics, as aylish mccolgan ran the race of her life, to emulate her mother liz, by winning gold for scotland, in the 10,000 metres. good morning. 0ver good morning. over the next few days it will good morning. over the next few days it will feel good morning. over the next few days it will feel fresher. we are losing humidity it will feel fresher. we are losing humidity by day and night. any rain will be humidity by day and night. any rain will be in humidity by day and night. any rain will be in the north. no significant rain in will be in the north. no significant rain in the will be in the north. no significant rain in the forecast in the south and east rain in the fo