reached a tipping point and new ways of paying for them need to be found. the latest on the battle to save hundreds of whales stranded on a new zealand beach. and in sport it s one of the biggest tests yet, for england s winning run. it s a first trip to cardiff, for their coach eddiejones, and wales are banking on home advantage to take them top of the six nations. and matt has the weather. good morning, a cold feeling day out there for all of us today. for some a little bit of snow to begin with, giving a coating in places but for many some of that snow will turn back to rain, all the details coming up in15 minutes. see you then. good morning. first, our main story. the government is to fund lessons in cyber security to encourage teenagers to pursue a career in defending britain from online attacks. it s hoped that thousands of pupils in england will spend up to four hours a week on the subject, over the next five years. here s our home affairs correspondent tom symonds.
popularity of women s american football as a new series in the sport gets under way. and we have the weather. the weather does not look particularly inspiring this weekend. there will be a lot of cloud around and it will be fairly blustery as well. all the details in 15 minutes. first, our main story. motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, that s the message from the transport secretary, chris grayling. he s urging drivers to consider a less polluting vehicle instead. four in ten cars on britain s roads are diesel. under labour they had been billed as the clean alternative to petrol with reduced fuel taxes. now they re said to be one of the reasons for increasing levels of air pollution. let s get more on this with our correspondent nick quraishi who s in central london. these comments by chris grayling in the daily mail are a complete different to what labour did when it was in power. in 2001, gordon brown reduced tax on low sulphur fuel. that had t
the mutiny on the bounty for its latest reality show. presenter ant middleton will be here to tell us all about it. and the weather is quite a rough today. and i hope the weather is quite a rough today. and we have sarah with the saturday weather. good morning. it s an unsettled, showery weekend and some of us will see some sunshine. see you in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the democratic unionist party narrowly remains the largest party in northern ireland after a snap election. but the result means they re nowjust one seat ahead of sinn fein having entered the election 10 ahead. the dup emerged with 28 seats, and sinn fein with 27. the parties now have three weeks to establish a government. this report, from our ireland correspondent chris buckler, contains flash photography. if walking out of government was a gamble for sinn fein, it s paid off. they increased their share of the vote and narrow the gap they increased their share of the vote and narr
down ireland s hopes of winning the six nations, as george north hands england the chance to retain their crown today, if they can beat scotland. sir david attenborough as you ve never seen him before. we ll hear how he s helping a new generation to understand the wonders of the wild. and louise lear has the weather. good morning, it s a cloudy start right across the country, but a mild one. we will have some sunshine today, topping and tailing the country. i ll have all the details coming up. the cyclistjess varnish has told the bbc she feels she was thrown under the bus after making allegations of sexism in the sport. a leaked report, published in the daily mail, claims british cycling sanitised its own inquiry into the claims. the olympian told the bbc‘s sports editor, dan roan, she believed the truth was finally coming out. representing great britain, jess varnish! she is the medal winner who became a whistleblower. jess varnish‘s allegations of sexism last year plu
before his killing spree is being looked at and police released all but two of the people arrested since the attack on wednesday. almost two million people in the uk don t have a bank account. a house of lords report says it s a scandal. we ll look back on red nose day as more than £70 million is raised for charity. it is pole position for lewis hamilton. i m not even tired! from bedroom to classroom. the mass experiment to see if the clocks going forward tonight affects children s concentration in school. and chris fawkes has the weather. we are looking at a chilly start to the day with a little bit of frost and a few fog patches to contend with, but for most of us, we are looking at a dry weekend with plenty of sunshine. in the warmest spots, it is forecast to reach 19 celsius later today. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump has tried to shrug off the biggest setback so far in his presidency, a failure to overhaul barack obama s health reforms. he has been fo