a new season is approaching, and for many, a new sense of optimism. there s a growing appreciation, it seems, for the power of nature. tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s stav da naos. the weather over the next few days is going to be conducive to pottering around in the garden preparing it for deeper into spring. skies are pretty cloudy out there underneath his area of high pressure sitting on top of the uk. a lot of cold air wrapped in the system so it is going to be chilly and today and into the weekend. the winners here and there and the cloud thick enough on one or two places for the odd shower but most places will be dry until they were temperatures ranging from three to 7 degrees which is below par for the time of year. most places overnight will be dry. where we see clear skies temperatures will dip below freezing so some frost and fog but other areas will see patchy cloud but it is going to be colder than the last few nights and a bit more w
the duke of edinburgh has been moved back to a private hospital in london, for recuperation after a heart procedure earlier this week. cyprus says any britons who ve had both doses of a vaccine can travel there without quarantine, from first may even though foreign holidays are still illegal. they sing a warm welcome as the pope becomes the first pontiff to visit iraq despite covid and security fears. hello. unions are calling it a kick in the teeth nhs staff in england have reacted angrily to the government proposal of a 1% pay rise. the royal college of nursing says the increase should be 12.5%, and have set up a fund to prepare for any potential strikes. ministers say public finances are under pressure, and many other public sector workers are to have their pay frozen. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says health workers deserve better. our political correspondent iain watson reports. nhs staff have been working hand in glove with each other, pulling together i
hello. our weather is coming in from the atlantic ocean and we know how u nsettled the atlantic ocean and we know how unsettled that means our weather is going to be. a lot of cloud coming in on some fairly brisk south westerly winds and the weather front focusing the thickest of the cloud and bringing rain to northern ireland and scotland. the rain in highland scotland, but not as windy as yesterday. for many parts of england and wales, still dry, rather confused skies here in norfolk. mostly high cloud so some hazy sunshine for much of the midlands, southern england, quite warm towards the south east, highs of 25, 26. those temperatures depressed further north with more cloud and rain continuing through this evening and overnight across northern ireland. the rain developing more widely across scotland, so heavy rain particularly into the hills. beginning to work its way to england and wales, where it should be largely drier overnight, fair bit of cloud and quite warm as wel
from his hospital bed. please pray for myself, for me and my daughter. hopefully she will be so much better. under tight security, the man accused of the shooting on friday was today brought to court to be charged with murder. ajudge has ruled that brenton tarrant‘s face should not be shown. the 28 year old wore a prison gown and handcuffs and made a hand gesture linked to white supremacism in the dock. the attacks brought chaos to christchurch, it took 36 minutes from the first emergency call for the suspect to be apprehended. naeem rashid was killed alongside his son, talha, in the al noor mosque. he was seen in a video of the attack apparently trying to tackle the gunman before he was shot. his death was confirmed by the government of pakistan, his home country. there, his brother told the bbc he was a hero. i saw that video and the first thing i wanted to see was the look in his eyes. i did not see one iota of fear in those eyes. and that made me proud. what a brave man
hundreds of homes without power. wales celebrate a third grand slam in 11 years, beating ireland to take the six nations title. and at 11:30 we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewersjohn stapleton and henry mance. we will go straight to christchurch to hear the latest from sharanjit leyl to hear the latest from sharanjit leyl. a day of mourning and remembrance for many here today in christchurch. iam very i am very close to the al noor mosque, very close to the site of one of the attacks, and people have been gathering here all morning to show their respects, to leave flowers, the memorial has grown to about twice its size since i have been here in the last couple of hours. people coming here to show their rejection of the hate that inspired friday s attack. just a few hours ago, as you said, we learned that the death toll had risen to 50. to show their grief, to show their love, christchurch s people are coming together as they try to comprehend a vio