today on a second independence referendum. the ayes to the right, 335. the noes to the left, 287. so the ayes have it. at westminster mps vote to reject the changes made by the lords to the government s brexit bill. the lords are due to vote again on whether to accept the commons vote or resist, as government sources says the triggering of article 50 will be delayed until the end of the month. as famine looms for 20 million people across africa and the middle east, we report from somalia. rail services on some of the busiest lines in england are being disrupted because of a 24 hour strike. the queen leads a service at westminster abbey to mark commonwealth day. earlier she officially started the baton relay for the next commonwealth games which are being held on australia s gold coast next spring. and in sport chelsea take an manchester united for the last remaining place in the fa cup semifinals. good evening from bute house in edinburgh, the official residence of scotland
as well in that final. but two cracking semifinals to look forward to next month. women s football has been let down by the fa, according to the organisation s chief executive. the women s game was banned at football league grounds in 1921 and wasn t back under the jurisdication of the fa for another 70 years. martin glenn acknowledged the mistakes made in the past but is aiming to double participation in the sport by 2020. 0ne one of the jobs of the fa is to promote football in the country, whether it is small sided, 11 aside, it is such a great sport for everyone, and frankly half the publishing, are you females, have not had as much attention as they might. that has changed in recent yea rs, might. that has changed in recent years, but today was all about saying, let s be ambitious, let s double the number of girls playing, and really make it a mainstream sport. both birmingham and liverpool have already expressed an interest in hosting the 2022 commonwealth games after it
More sunshine around, fewer showers, lighter showers and as a result, temperatures are just beginning to creep up a little bit. still only around 1a, 15 degrees. as we head into thursday, the low pressure that was it wringing wet weather across the uk is going to be pulling away, heading towards southern parts of scandinavia and we will start to see the weather changing out the worst, with cloud coming in from of the atlantic to northern ireland, threatening some rain later. some sunshine in between all that wet weather, temperatures continuing to creep up a little. for a while the jet stream will be quite light, not doing much wednesday and thursday but then the pattern changes for the end of the week. much strongerjet will be propagating across the atlantic and that will change the weather pattern. it will pick up an area of low pressure, looks like it will deepen it, so the winds are going to be strengthening and we will have some rain on friday as well. on the face of it, does not
Look like a particularly nice to come a lot of rain around, heavy at times, strong even gale force winds pushing that rain in as well and those temperatures probably around 14 to 17 degrees to end the week. that area of low pressure, quite a deep one, will push away without a strongerjet and we may deep one, will push away without a stronger jet and we may well find another area of low pressure threatening to move in, but it looks like as we head into the following week, pressure will start to build as the jet stream becomes more undulating and buckling some of that. wetter, windy weather certainly by the end of the week and into the weekend before things then maybe become a bit dry, particularly in the south east. that is it, goodbye.