Heres stav da naos. Good afternoon. What a wet night it was for some others, Standing Water and localised flooding in places. The rain will be easing, snow in the north petering out, leaving a legacy of patchy, light rain and cloud. Some areas quite cloudy but sunny spells breaking out, like for the east, southeast quadrant, the southwest and northern scotland. Not as mild in the south as yesterday, a colder day for scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england. This cold air drifts overnight, showers for North East Scotland and north east england. This new area of rain pushing from the south west will bring persistent downpours, maybe localised flooding, increasingly turning to snow as it bumps into the cold air. Milder across the South West Verses across the north. This weekend, turning colder, we will see some rain, sleet and snow. Cold air across the north of the uk for the last few days will push southwards, we will have a low pressure pushing from the south west, like i
If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And the queen and Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. Good morning. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. The research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when theres a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. Researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76 effective for up to three months after the first shot, while p
Where it faces an uncertain future. Majority leader Chuck Schumer has been noncommittal about whether hell bring it up for a vote. Some senators have already vowed to vote against it. It does move to the senate, President Biden has said he will sign it. Proponents have argued that tiktok is a Security Threat and the 170 million us users. Are still vulnerable to data theft. The riori vulnerable to data theft. The priority is vulnerable to data theft. The priority is National Vulnerable to data theft. Tue priority is national security. Thats what the primary issue is. There are trade offs. Former President Trump used a vac this idea, but this week, change his tune, tiktok poses security and privacy concerns, banning the app would be of boom for facebook with that, and national security, free speech and youth issue also becomes a campaign issue. Protesters took to capitol hill in support of tiktok. Do you have any concerns about china tapping into peoples phones or Security Risks . Securi
praised the antimissile defence systems which intercepted a berridge of russian rockets over kyiv overnight. let me show you the footage from the defence systems in action. ukraine says 18 missiles were shot down, including six of the hypersonic weapons that president putin had claimed are unstoppable. ukrainian officials have declined to comment on a claim moscow that one missile got through air defences to destroy a us built the latest barrage came just hours after president zelensky wrapped up a european tour, in which he was promised billions of dollars worth of new military aid by western allies. live now to kyiv where i can speak to the ukrainian lawyer and politician, lesia vasylenko. thank you so much for being with us here once again on bbc news. give me a sense of what it was like during the night with that pharos from russia. ~ ., , ., ., russia. well, it was one of the most intense nights russia. well, it was one of the most intense nights tonight, russia. we
detention centre to remove people from the french coast. the news came at the end of the first summit when the two countries of five years. now, uk government loans meant to help keep companies afloat during the covid pandemic but billions of pounds were defrauded in the government s bounceback loan scheme. bbc investigation can reveal the story of a criminal gang is still more than £10 million of taxpayer money. they launder tens of millions more after a final court case which ended today, total of ten people now been sentenced. angus crawford has the details. bags full of cash. bundles of dirty notes. they even needed a safe. now, after a series of court cases, the inside story of the gang that stole £10 million of taxpayers money. i ve never seen anything like it. it is the biggest one i know of. it s the biggest one i ve seen, and it s probably going to be the biggest one we will see for a long time. when covid shut down the economy, the chancellor announced the bounce