the fa also says the st george s flag will be displayed prominently at wembley tomorrow as it always is. england will be playing brazil. before that, tonight, northern ireland are away in romania whilst scotland also have a friendly, they re in amsterdam to face the netherlands. manager steve clarke says will be. we have a good camaraderie, within the squad. it s something that we ve built over the last four and a half years. they understand that i can only pick 23 and they all try to show how they are in training which is fantastic because it drives the standard up and hopefully you see in the two games coming up that everybody has tried to show that they want to be part of the scotland s squad to go to germany in the summer. leicester city have started legal proceedings against the premier league and english football league after being charged with allegedly breaking spending rules. the championship leaders said they were compelled to act after being charged with breach
good morning. for many, cloudy and wet start to the day but that will give way to sunny spells through the afternoon. however, more rain coming in from the south west and it will be mild. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 19th march. our main story. a group compensation claim has been launched for those affected by the pollution of the river wye, which lawyers say could add up to hundreds of millions of pounds. last year, the government s nature watchdog, natural england, said the river s health was declining with many putting the blame on the rapid expansion of industrial chicken farms in the area, and the spreading of their manure on fields. now, lawyers want to hear from those affected but the food producer being targeted says it isn t supported by evidence. 0ur environment correspondent jonah fisher has the details. this is england s favourite river, and now it s like something like charlie and the chocolate factory. pete used to love taking his cor
hello. fresh from an election victory, that critics say was rigged, vladimir putin has been addressing supporters in moscow s red square. he has another six year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. the kremlin says he won more than 87% of the vote. but there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. so, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all? it s about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents, for his war in ukraine. steve rosenberg has the latest, from moscow. vladimir putin! after the landslide came the love. vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. at a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. long live russia, he cried. cue the national anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. thousands of russians had been given free tickets
secured their biggest pay rise since 1991, giving the central bank the confidence to make its move. one that puts decades of deflation in the rear view mirror. lets go live to shizuoka in japan and seijiro takeshita professor at the univesity of shizuoka. good to have you on the programme. we knew this was coming, it has happened, give us your reaction. us your reaction. well, as you said, it us your reaction. well, as you said. it was us your reaction. well, as you said, it was expected - us your reaction. well, as you said, it was expected because of the pre requisites were set, basically, 5.2% increase by larger companies, pay rise. we expected only form per sense of that history very well. we have the inflation target which is to present a morejust been fulfilled so basically, prerequisites for lifting off from this secure operation of negative interest rate is finally here. it negative interest rate is finally here. finally here. it is finally here, finally here. i