on the ukrainian border sends tensions soaring. and, could pole position at the first saudi arabian grand prix be decisive for lewis hamilton? hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s health secretary, sajid javid, has announced a further tightening of travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant of covid. anyone arriving into the uk will require proof of a negative test taken before departure. it means britain isjoining a long list of countries who are tightening restrictions, including the us which announced similiar rules last week. like the uk, all travellers even if you re vaccinated will need to take a pre departure test. our political correspondent ben wright reports. travellers arriving into london on eurostar trains this evening did not need to take a covid test before boarding. but from 4am on tuesday morning, the rules change. everyone entering the uk will have to show proof of a negative test, whether they ve been
england and wales. that should paid, this weather front weakens as it pushes south into england and wales through the afternoon. it are behind it for the far north of england, scotland and northern ireland. central and blustery showers, a bit wintry on the hills. temperatures from 6 to 9 sources. the middle part of the week, this next system moves in, it will bring a wedge of wild area so it will be turning gradually as we move through wednesday but also more cloudy and more windy. it struck chilly, perhaps some early mist and fog across the southeast. some early brightness then wetter and breezy, the weather pushes in from into northern and western areas. temperatures will be climbing with home wetter and more windy weather into the low teens. still quite chilly across the far north and east. as we end february, staying unsettled and mild, but then towards the first few days of march, turning unsettled and cold once again. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six. now its
good evening. the former conservative mp lee anderson has doubled down on his criticism of london s mayor sadiq khan. mr anderson was suspended from the party after claiming the mayor is controlled by islamists. today he said that his words were clumsy, but he again refused to apologise for them. mr anderson has been accused of islamophobia, and the prime minister rishi sunak has now condemned his his remarks as wrong and unacceptable . here s our political editor chris mason. mr anderson. hang on, mranderson. hang on, we mr anderson. hang on, we have spotted lee anderson, he is on quite a walk. the former labour councillor became a conservative mp, and then conservative deputy chairman. trier? conservative deputy chairman. very cuickl , a conservative deputy chairman. very quickly. a few conservative deputy chairman. very quickly, a few words. conservative deputy chairman. very quickly, a few words. last - conservative deputy chairman. very quickly, a few words. last m
on days when it wasn t raining, which is illegal. the practice is known as dry spilling and is banned because it can cause environmental harm. let s go live to our environment correspondentjonah fisher who s at langstone harbour in hampshire. thanks. last year, ourwater companies in england released raw sewage into our seas and rivers for 1.75 million hours. sewage was discharged on average 825 times every day. breaking that down still further, that means there was a new sewage discharge, roughly speaking, every two minutes. rural west sussex, and one of southern england s celebrated chalk streams. so here we are, welcome to the river lavant or as we locally call it, the river lav. the river lav. the lav, just full of effluent. rob, a retired businessman, is notjoking. there would be no river lavant in the summer without the treated discharges from the next door sewage plant. when we came it was overflowing, so we had the storm overflow coming out here, untreated sewage com
The armenians, roman catholics and greek orthodox share control of the church in the west bank town. you re watching bbc news. we will look at the papers shortly. now it s time for a look at the weather with stav danoas. hello there. it s been very cold everywhere across the uk on saturday. we ve seen increasing amounts of snow across southern southeast scotland and across northern england, mainly over the pennines. sunday is also going to be another cold day, maybe not quite as cold cos the winds won t be as strong as saturday, and there will be further rain. most of the rain towards the eastern side of the country. we ve still got that cold air mass across the uk, but like i mentioned, the winds won t be quite as strong across northern and western areas, thanks to this ridge of high pressure. these weather fronts across the east and certainly the northeast will bring further rain. so it could be quite wet again across southeast scotland into the northeast of england. that rain cont