Tourists have been evacuated from beaches in south western turkey, where raging wildfires are now threatening hotels and homes. Employers who still have staff on furlough will have to start contibuting 20 per cent of workers wages from today. And coming up later this hour, witness history. Team gb have two more Gold Medals on day nine of the tokyo olympics, with success in gymnastics and bmx. And in the last few minutes, italys Lamont Marcelljacobs has taken gold in the 100m final. It means a new Olympic Champion for the first time since 2008. But heartbreak for britains Zharnel Hughes who was disqualified after a false start. In the gymnastics, Max Whitlock retained his olympic title, with gold in the Pommel Horse final the 28 year old now becomes the most successful gymnast ever in the event and it brings his overall tally of olympic medals to six with three golds and three bronze. In the Bmx Freestyle Charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in Herfirst Run to claim a remarkable
time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. i m showing you the signs of spring, simon, but interspersed with the sunny spells we have showers today and it s a rather unsettled picture over the coming few days as well. we ve got the scattered showers around as well as the sunny spells. some areas faring better for sunshine than others. the showers are more numerous across northern and western are more numerous gci’oss northern and western areas are more numerous across northern and western areas and we ve recently had showers here in london, if you are stepping out for a bit of exercise. so through the rest of the afternoon sunny spells, showers, pretty much as it is at the moment but it s relatively mild. we ve got temperatures 10 14 c, just a smidgen above where they should be for this time of year, feeling pleasant in the spring sunshine. but change is afoot and as we go through the evening and overnight we keep the showers. they merge in the north to a longer
a new deal for yorkshire s economy will be debated in parliament today. steph will be there to see what it will mean for the economy. in sport, heartbreak for wales. their dreams of playing in the world cup end with defeat to the republic of ireland in cardiff. i ve been chatting to michael fassbender about his gripping new film, the snowman, his love of surfing, and his incredible impersonation of a red breasted robin. birds. he tweets. to the birds either? they do actually. that is quite good, that, isn t it? very good. and matt has the weather. thankfully, no snowman in the forecast today, fairly mild across the country, some rain but overall it isa the country, some rain but overall it is a brighter day than yesterday. all of the details coming up in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and health are expected to be exposed in a government study later today. the findings