Good afternoon. The best of the sunshine for saturday was certainly first thing. Shower cloud developed through the latter stages of the morning, and some of those showers are quite heavy and slow moving, so if youre out during the early evening, thats worth bearing in mind. Overnight, those showers will tend to fade away. And under clearer skies, we do it all again. That means temperatures likely to fall close to orjust below freezing, the blue tones denoting where we could see a frost first thing in rural areas. A chilly start to sunday, patchy mist easing away to sunny spells and scattered showers. Once again, some of these could be heavy with hail and thunder. All change for bank holiday monday. This area of low pressure expected to come in off the atlantic, some wet and windy weather arrives through northern ireland, gradually moving into southern scotland, north west england and wales, perhaps staying showery in the far north of scotland, and South East England should stay dry un
Indias covid crisis continues to worsen as more than 400,000 infections have been reported in a single day. It comes as the countrys hospitals continue to struggle and its Vaccination Drive is hampered by a lack of supplies. Families prepare for easing of restrictions in care homes in england after the government faced legal action on the issue. Could we see a return to this . Liverpool prepares to welcome a 5,000 strong crowd as part of a trial live music festival. And in sport, bath try to make it an all england affairfor the European Challenge Cup final. Good evening. The covid crisis in india continues to worsen, with hospitals struggling with shortages of oxygen and beds and a shortage of vaccines. More than 400,000 infections have been reported in a single day. The previous highest was the united states, which hit a peak of 300,000 infections per day injanuary but it has a much Better Health care service compared to india. In india which has a population of 1. 3 billion the Infec
A Controversial European Super League collapse after 10 of the 12 football clubs pull out. A move to change Police Culture in the u. S. Has been treated with greater urgency following directions conviction for murdering george freud the Justice Department is launching an investigation into policing in the city of minneapolis floyd died almost a year ago is being hailed as a step towards cleaning up systematic abuse in the force john hendren has more from minneapolis George Floyd Square has transformed from crime scene to memorial to was somber site of celebration theres a feeling of hope that there was a big turn yesterday. You know we. Came back to celebrate. Take some time out. To grasp the moment with been having these last couple months thing this. Is. Not as really what it is as many who have been demonstrating for 11 months felt buoyed further by the announcement on wednesday that the u. S. Justice department has launched a sweeping investigation into whether the Minneapolis Poli
Weve seen body after body being brought in. Its hard for anyone to keep calm, but what workers have been telling me is the scale of deaths caused by covid 19 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. Hello and welcome. So, its all over for another year. The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony has been held in los angeles, an event that was notable for its diversity. The film nomadland and its director, chloe zhao, won best movie, while british actor Daniel Kaluuya picked up the best supporting actor. South koreas Youn Yuh Jung was named best supporting actress. As weve already mentioned, Anthony Hopkins got best actor for the father. Peter bowes has been following a thought from beginning to end and looking very dapper as well, i might say. So talk is through the night. It was quite a night, very unusual, with the oscars taking place at more than one venue. The main venue, the main Train Station in Downtown Los Angeles customer all of that because of covid i9 and the restri
Youve got no choice. Feel the heat and we speak to the american rock legend, alice cooper, a singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over 50 years. President biden is ending americas longest ever war. Us soldiers invaded afghanistan in 2001, almost 20 years later, they are still there. But not for much longer. He will withdraw the remaining 2,500 troops by september the 11th, the anniversary of the Terror Attack that launched this fight. Heres what mr biden had to say a little earlier today. Keeping thousands of troops grounded and concentrated in just one country at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and our leaders. We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our Military Presence in afghanistan, hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result. Thats what the president is saying. Lets get more from the brookings institution, following these developments very closely. What you make of them . , . ,. , them . P