the city of galway is the european capital of culture for 2020. this is the eu nation most affected by brexit but it sees itself as having a different rhythm from its nearest neighbour, the uk. the moment when britain ripped itself out of europe, we are a proud european nation and the values of welcome and a progressive approach are really interesting. the coastline on the edge of the atlantic will take centre stage. the west of ireland is in line for development in an effort to spread more wealth to the regions. ireland has the fastest growing economy in the eu and galway seems to be feeling the benefits of that. across the country, opposition parties are emphasising issues like the shortage of housing, problems with the health service and a rise in the pension age. all that means is that the current prime minister is behind in the polls. leo varadkarjust does not have a high profile at home, he has become well—known abroad because of his role in the brexit process. he said that with trade—offs coming up, a change of government may be risky.

the city of galway is the european capital of culture for 2020. this is the eu nation most affected by brexit but it sees itself as having a different rhythm from its us neighbour, the uk. the moment when britain ripped itself out of europe, we are a proud european nation and the values of welcome and a progressive approach are really interesting. the coastline on the edge of the atlantic will take centre stage. the west of ireland is in line for development in an effort to spread more wealth to the regions. ireland has the fastest growing economy in the eu and galway seems to be feeling the benefits of that. across the country, opposition parties are emphasising issues like the shortage of housing, problems with the health service and a rise in the pension age. all that means is that the current prime minister is behind in the polls. leo varadkar does notjust have a high profile at home he has become well—known abroad because of his role in the brexit process. he said that with trade talks coming up, a change of government may be risky. the mes

and in galway in ireland, it is the 2020 european capital of culture, they we re european capital of culture, they were going to have an 0pening ceremony tomorrow but that, as you can imagine, has been cancelled. thank you very much for the update. this is bbc news. the headlines. 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. gusts of 63 miles per hour already in stornoway and ba cancels dozens of flights tomorrow. there are severe weather warnings as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. an update on our developing story, the shooting rampage that has been taking place in thailand. the greatest —— latest we're hearing from writers is new —— two casualties have been brought out of the shopping mall, terminal 21 in the shopping mall, terminal 21 in the town of korat. this is early on in sunday morning local time, that is the light seen, the life shot, you can see there, of the mall, where the secur

taking place during galway‘s year as european capital of culture. very good. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. a bracing start to say the least across the northern half of the british isles. this was the scene in the scottish borders. it was not like that everywhere. across southern counties of england, it is rather like that, and that's because we have a vigorous area of low pressure named alberto, across the channel can we are on the northern periphery. some of the coastal spots have been picking up strong winds and afair have been picking up strong winds and a fair bit of rain as well and the bad news is, i will run it on an hour or two, but it is moving slowly, so things will back up eventually across the south—west and wales, elsewhere across the uk, getting away from that low, not a warm afternoon, despite all of the sunshine and a peppering of showers across northern and western scotland with the odd one reaching the cumbrian tales. this evening and overnight, eventually the rain stops in the south—east, keeping that veil

taking place during galway‘s year as the european capital of culture. in a moment, will have a special programme about the coronavirus outbreak, but now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've got some very large contrasts in our weather today, from the stunning sunshine that some of us are enjoying across parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland, to the rather drab, cloudy and wet conditions we have across parts of southern england. now, the rain that's been working in across parts of the south of england into east anglia, that's going to be pushing away during the first part of the evening. we'll be left with clearing skies and with light winds around, that's a recipe for it turning cold. the frost pushing a little bit further southwards into parts of wales and the midlands, along with northern england and scotland, but perhaps not quite as chilly in northern ireland, here we'll have some cloud and showers to start the day. otherwise, a fine sunny cold, likely frosty start to the day, maybe an odd fog

capital of culture and it was a very busy year, and usually by this point, the tourists are flocking in. this is a new place on the tourist map of italy, but right now, as you can see, there is no one here and here right in the sassi of matera, there is nobody. it's very strange, very eerie. it must be. do you feel that the advice you are getting about how you could conduct yourself, what you should do has been clear? absolutely. from this morning, the rules have been very, very clear here. the government made it very clear what we can do, what we can't do. so the rules we have to follow, for example, the first thing is we cannot leave our towns, i local districts, if you like, unless we have permission for work or we have a medical emergency of some sort with a family member. we can go shopping, we can go to supermarkets, but only one person from a family is allowed to go in. they are being quite strict with that in the supermarkets. we are not allowed to form big groups on the street or even inside people have been fined for doing that this morning, i understand, in the matera. the