for the bbc, not the government. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about tha
low pressure slowly starts moving eastwards into the north sea but there will be showers pretty widely overnight and it will remain breezy. a frost free nights with temperatures between 4 9 celsius. the weekend is going to be dominated by that low pressure. it might be moving out of the way but still close enough to bring in some showers. more rain on the way for the second half of the weekend. saturday s forecast, another showery day with a greater chance of seeing showers across northern ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands and east anglia. across wales and south west england the weather should become drier through the afternoon as pressure rises with a bit more sunshine to end the day. temperatures for most still on the mild side but the second half of the weekend sees some cooler air arriving across the north of the uk whereas in the south we have low pressure moving in, bringing a zone of rain across parts of england and wales. further north, we will see show
the british and us governments scramble to reassure their tech start up sectors after the collapse of one of the main sources of funding, the silicon valley bank. and hollywood is getting ready for its big night we ll take a look at what s in store at the oscars. the impact of bbc sports presenter gary lineker s removalfrom match of the day is continuing to affect the bbc s sports output. the controversy over the broadcaster and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show, match of the day. on saturday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out. in the coverage of the women s super league on sunday, there was no bbc in house commentary and there were no pundits to talk about the game either. let s take a look at the background to this now with our correspondent, ste
the uk s prime minister, rishi sunak, is flying to san diego for talks on defence with the us and australian leaders. it s understood they ll discuss ways of dealing with any security threats posed by china in the asia pacific region at the meeting of the aukus group. coming up is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday here on bbc news. ireland are on for the grand slam in the six nations, overpowering scotland at murrayfield. another test passed with flying colours for arsenal, who restore the five point advantage at the top with victory at fulham. and england collapse in bangladesh the hosts taking the t20 series with a match to spare. also coming up on sportsday. cameron norrie s in third round action as the brits march on at indian wells. and the chase is on can tommy fleetwood catch the leaders at the players in florida, the pga s flagship event? set hello there. will come along to sportsday on bbc news. ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ranke
office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. president zelensky says he ll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park in the uk. last week the uk s high court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. (00v)millions of people around the world are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. now on bbc news its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. more boos and second from bottom. everton lose again. with their owner and board in the stands to see the protests. at the minute we are in a tough time it upsets everyone at the club and everyone is to try and stick together and move f