2—2 draw. it's a big year for england cricket, they leave for their tour the west indies in the coming days, and they'll host the world cup later in 2019 before the ashes series that starts in august. our sports correspondentjoe wilson has been speaking to the ecb's new director of cricket ashley giles.. well, as england's meant that there are the caribbean, lords awaits this summerand are the caribbean, lords awaits this summer and potentially of course, this could be english cricket‘s biggest ever year with the world cup and the ashes being staged in england and wales. ashley giles told me hisjob is to england and wales. ashley giles told me his job is to steer england's ship as managing director and paid tribute to the work andrew strauss had done, in particular the way he had done, in particular the way he had overseen a step change in the way england views white ball cricket. of course, the pedicle of white ball cricket is the 50— the world cup staged this you're in england and wales so the for ashley giles. .. england and wales so the for ashley giles... as we sit here

have so far been found. now on bbc news... the summer's world cup in russia saw england make a memorablejourney to the semi—finals. the bbc‘s olly foster was there and reports on the highs and lows of the tournament in review 2018: football fever. france, champions of the football world! this is the stuff of brilliance. absolutely extraordinary! he has only gone and done it! blast in by musa! coutinho! 0h! modric. great goal! oh, it's a scorcher! saved by pickford. dier does it! world cup '18 has exploded with surprises. # right here, right now.# a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that was churchill's russia 80 years ago. vast, impenetrable. what of russia in 2018? a country criticised for its human rights within its borders, and strained political and sporting relations around the globe. entrusted with the 21st fifa world cup, what hosts would they be? well, for one month this summer, they opened their arms. the largest country to stage the tournament had a welcome to match, a mighty bearhug for the thousands of fans who journeyed to the 11 cities stretching a

wickets fall on a day that sees england bowled out for 77 against the west indies. chelsea are spot on as they overcome tottenham on penalties to reach the league cup final. au revoir, thierry. henry is sacked by monaco afterjust three months in charge. good evening and welcome to tonight's sports day. it's been a busy night with a dramatic semi final in the efl cup — more on that in just a moment but we start the programme, where else, but in barbados, where england were bowled out for 77 as a charged west indies took control of the first test. it was an incredible day in which 18 wickets fell in bridgetown. nick parrott reports. when england headed to the west indies it is never easy. jimmy anderson can make bowling look at it, still adding to his records this was this 27th five wicket haul no englishman has more. the holes were all out for 289, all that was ok, the terrorist betting was in. keith and jennings went for glory and found only hope, shea hope that the catcher holder the border with a measly 17 rents he was england's top score, the lowest total in test history. and a ra

indies frustrate england on the opening day of the first test in barbados, but ben stokes changes the mood with two wickets in five balls. while serena williams has frustrations of her own — as karolina pliskova saves four match points to win their australian open quarterfinal. also coming up in the programme. it's the greatest championship in rugby union — the six nations is back! we hearfrom the home nations captains. hello and welcome to tonight's programme, where we start with the tragic disappearance of argentinian footballer emiliano sala, whose plane vanished from radar on monday night. nearly two days on, and one rescuer has admitted there is "no hope" of finding the player — who's just signed for cardiff city — or his pilot, david ibbotson. guernsey police say the search has been stood down for the night. mike wilkins is there for us. well the third day of searching for this missing aircraft has come to an end here in guernsey, i am at the police where the search operation is being co—ordinated from, and it has been a very difficult day. day. they haven't found

you are. hello, i'm steven wyeth, and welcome to sportsday. west indies bowlers give england another torrid examination, this time on day one of the second test in antigua. the clock is ticking but is there time for late drama on an otherwise cautious transfer deadline day? and wigan make the worst possible start to their defence of the superleague title. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome to sportsday on what has been another torrid day for england's batsmen in west indies. hopes for an improvement after the heavy defeat in barbados were dashed early, and quickly, in antigua, as patrick geary reports. antigua can look too good to be true, and for england's batsmen, this paradise was a mirage. old problems re—emerged in the heat. rory burns went first and wilted. england's openers keep closing early. joe daly on debut, age 32, will know that he should have left this one alone. joe root had no such choice as the delivery was so fierce this just to get hold of that. butler followed, and england will have been shaken. having seen thatjohnny knew he might not last long. so batting

. the number of rough sleepers in england has fallen for the first time in nearly a decade. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says that brexit be delayed if enough progress isn't made any coming weeks to pay the impasse. freezing temperatures and snow bring in amber weather warning to parts of wales and southern england this evening. at least eight people have died in the united states after the coldest spell there in decades these temperatures fall as low as —33 celsius. -- -3 —— —3 celsius. soon it will be time for sportsday, although we have been looking at how prepared the uk is the brexit, and we will be looking at fruit and veg, and asked whether we can really sell the supermarket shelves after march 29. later, we will get the reaction about whether stu d e nts will get the reaction about whether students will be able to return to warwick university despite making rape threats to fellow students. this later on we have the papers. that is at101i0 and this later on we have the papers. that is at 1040 and 11 thirtieths evening. that is on the head here on bbc news, but now

la galaxy. england's one—day cricket captain insists his team are now comfortable being favourites to win the world cup. the tournament which england have never won his staged on home soil the summer. many people have the responsibility to make cricket relevant. 0nly many people have the responsibility to make cricket relevant. only one man captained england's one—day team. the 2019 successfully in your mind, does have to involve england lifting the world cup? i think at some stage over the next ten years, it would be a mess of me to say it would be disappointing if we didn't win some silverware. because everything has been building towards a? it always is, through every world cup, the aspiration is to lift the trophy at the end. i think with this group of players and with the age being quite young, this is the first chance to live the sugar. eoin morgan leads the one day of the caribbean, in february. but after their recent form, everyone just expect england to win, right through to the world cup final in london mid—july. it's important to be inspired by that favouritism. you

of a ticket. fares in england and wales are going up by more than 3%, as delays and cancellations hit a 17 year high. a man suspected of stabbing three people at a manchester tram stop is detained under the mental health act. the average 10—year—old has already eaten more sugar than the recommended maximum intake for an 18—year—old, according to health officials. new year, new you? why the stars of you, me and the big c are encouraging people to take part in triathlons, no matter what their ability. i feel like if i ifeel like if i can beat cancer and get to that, i am deep under the pool get to that, i am deep under the pool, albeit with a noodle, but i am in the pool now. tottenham look like title contenders again. their pursuit of liverpool at the top of the premier league is back on, as they return to winning ways. and it is a frosty start to wednesday across northern and western areas that it —— but it is here we will find the brightest weather. i will have your full weather. i will have your full weather shortly. it's wednesday, the second of january. our top sto

number weather warning for this area of heavy snow, stretching across south—west england, as far east as hampshire, and into southern parts of wales as well. within this area we could see around 5—10 centimetres of snow building up but that's just half the story because the snow is going to come down very quickly and heavily and that might mean it's quite difficult to keep some of the roads open. roads look quite vulnerable, maybe the heads of the valleys road in wales, also the a38 and m5,away from the snowy south—west most areas will have a dry day with sunshine. we have freezing fog patches that will linger all afternoon, in yorkshire, temperatures below freezing, wintry showers for northern scotland but the main feature today's weather is this band of heavy snow that's going to be working in across southern counties of england, southern parts of wales. the fund does weaken somewhat across of wales. the fund does weaken somewhat across more of wales. the fund does weaken somewhat across more north—eastern parts of this region —— the front does weaken. the amount of snow b

. police in england and wales say there has been a steep rise in the number of violent crimes including knife crime. the search for the missing plane in which the football emiliano sala was flying to wales on monday has been called off. his sister has pleaded for the search to continue. jack shephard, the man convicted of killing a woman in a speed boat crash, protested his innocence after handing himself in. herfamily crash, protested his innocence after handing hii —— lf in. herfamily crash, protested his innocence after handing hii —— accuse erfamily crash, protested his innocence after handing hii —— accuse him. nily in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. the political crisis in venezuela continues with fresh accusations from the defence mininster that opposition leaderjuan guaido on the left, has launched a coup against president nicolas maduro, here on the right. we'll get the very latest. there are fears that an entire sea is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean, all because of climate change.

championship and perhaps record a second consecutive grand slam. england under eddiejones looking to continue their resurgence in form they showed during the autumn internationals and wales and scotla nd autumn internationals and wales and scotland looking to build on good results too. too. the captains and coaches descended here for the annual launch event an we caught up with them. we will have to make sure we do everything right to get the start we need, to get the momentum. if you lose that first one if we off but the championship, you give england a head start won't fall over to anyone so so it is their competitive. easily, so it is their competitive. we don't need any extra motivation, we are playing ireland in the first game of the six nations, we want to win them, we have to beat ireland, so win them, we have to beat ireland, soa simple win them, we have to beat ireland, so a simple equation. do you feel you are in a better place than last career? 10096. you are in a better place than last career? 100%. fitness you are in a better place than last career? 10096. fitness levels

lottery in gp care, with doctors in some parts of england struggling with three times as many patients as their equivalents elsewhere. the royal college of gps says it's the result of years of under—investment. our health correspondent nick triggle reports. there are 311,000 gps in england, around one for every 1700 patients, but these doctors are not evenly spread around the country. nhs england figures show gps in some areas have to deal with three times as many patients as those in others. in rushcliffe, there are nearly 1200 patients per every gp. but in kent, there are over 3300 patients per every gp. some variation is to be expected, an area with a high number of older patients were lots of young children is likely to need more doctors. but the royal college of gps said some areas were struggling withjudges describing gps said some areas were struggling with judges describing the differences as shocking and a risk to patient care. but the areas that are to patient care. but the areas that a re really to patient care. but the areas that are really struggling the most we

england barely getting above freezing today. under the clear skies by night as temperatures will plummet. that is away from northern ireland where we keep that cloud and those showery outbreaks. there could be some snow over higher ground but not exclusively higher ground. and because it is really cold there is the risk of some icy stretches and freezing fog. so cold start to thursday. here is the warm front introducing that slightly less cold airand that introducing that slightly less cold air and that continues to move east as we had through thursday. introducing more cloud and showers which is built into parts of the western half of the uk. the best of any brightness across eastern england and art into scotland. here temperatures remain in low single figures worse out to the west temperatures doing a little better. so as we had to thursday night and into friday here is the warm front continuing its journey east. into friday here is the warm front continuing itsjourney east. but look what follows behind, a cold front. so all that effort the slightly less cold air makes largely

. your latest novel is called middle england. now, it's notjust about brexit, but brexit sits at the centre of the story. was that by design and intent, or was it simply that you couldn't avoid it, even if you wanted do? i think with the kind of novel i had already told myself i was going to write there was no avoiding brexit. it's a novel which features characters from two of my earlier looks, the rotters‘ club and the closed circle. the closed circle was published in 2004, so i haven't written about these characters in 12 years, but they were at the back of my mind. i always say that when i put the final full stop in a novel, the characters are dead to me, and i don't think about them again. that didn't happen with these characters, especially the central one, benjamin trotter. i started to think i wanted to revisit them. i wanted to put them in contemporary britain and see how they were getting on. i knew they would be in their mid—sos by now. so those thoughts were kind of flitting through my mind in the early months of 2016. and then, you know, david cameron called the refer

of rough sleepers in england falls for the first time in eight years. but in london numbers are up by 13%. and a heart—warming reunion — the chance to say "thank you" to the stranger who saved this woman's life. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has acknowledged that brexit might have to be delayed, if a deal is agreed only at the last minute. speaking to the bbc‘s today programme on radio 4 the foreign secretary said that some extra time may be needed to pass the necessary legislation. this morning, the leader of the house of commons, also told mps they should expect to continue sitting the brexit impasse. during the february recess in order to try to resolve the brexit impasse. but in the last few minutes the prime minister's 0fficial spokesman has reiterated that the uk will be leaving on the 29th march. let's go to westminster where i'm joined by our assistant political editor, norman smith. crikey, norman, what is it, then? we definitely leaving or not on march the 29th? maybe we are leaving on march the 2

the australian open. also coming up in the programme, cautious confidence from england's new director of cricket. i believe we can win the world cup. and the ashes, but it's a different thing from well. and tackling player safety — plans are made to reduce injury lay—offs in rugby. hello and welcome to sportsday. a dream tie in the league cup this evening for league one burton albion — a semifinal first leg against holders and premier league champions. manchester city. clearly on paper, burton are the underdogs...but here they are in the league cup semis, and they're cruising in the fa cup too. 0ur reporter adam wild is at the etihad for us this evening — no—one's writing burton off, especially with nigel clough in the dug—out? absolutely. it is a huge occasion for burton albion. it is the first time they have been this far in the league cup, is the first time they've ever face manchester city in a competitive match. it's a huge occasion but they will be under no illusion the size of the task ahead. 0ne illusion the size of the task ahead. one of the most difficult places

rain, quite heavy rain as well, in scotland will move southwards into northern england and northern ireland while patchy rain in the east of england will ease overnight. it will be a blustery night but also a very mild night with temperatures ranging between 8 and 10 celsius. sunday, two weather fronts move southwards. the first of these a weak cold fronts that will push across england and wales. the second, an occluded front, still bringing rain to scotland. behind that front, the air turns much, much colder. on sunday, england and wales cloudy with a little bit of light rain pushing southwards followed by blustery showers and some brighter weather in the north through the afternoon. sunshine and showers. and, a few of these for northern ireland, more persistent rain for the far north of scotland. temperature—wise, mild across england and wales, cooler further north and cold in shetland, where there could even be some showers of sleet or snow. are hello. this is bbc news with geeta guru—murthy. the headlines... a saudi teenager, whose efforts to escape her family gained worldwi

is a rugby mystery. one of england's strongest sides struggled in continental competition. the alibi for this englishman that he has been out since november, and with his return, he did this. the first clue as to the chief problems followed soon afterwards. without a weapon, exeter was out, the strength and skill created this forjoe simmons. johnny hill followed him over. henry slade guided one perfectly down the runway, bonus point in the baggage. any remaining castor holds were slain. how they wish they would have solved the riddle sooner. and there were two other matches today — saracens were successful in lyon, winning 28 — 10 which means they're through to the quarter finals, and glasgow warriors are getting closer to those last 8 places — they beat cardiff blues and will face sarries next weekend to decide who tops the group. it's the first day of the the masters snooker, and we've already had a shock. defending champion mark allen is out, beaten by belgium's luca brecel. hazel irvine and the team were watching at alexandra palace. a seismic surprise on the opening

cold snap known as a polar vortex. the number of rough sleepers in england falls for the first time in eight years. in london, numbers are up by 13%. and a heart—warming reunion — the chance to say "thank you" to the stranger who saved this woman's life. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has that britain may need to delay its exit from the european union in order to pass crucial legislation if a deal is agreed in late march. the uk is due to leave the eu injust under two months‘ time — on the 29th march. the foreign secretary's comments come as the non—partisan think—tank, the institute for government, warns that the uk is un—prepared for a no—deal exit. they warn that a lot of legislation to replace eu laws with uk laws after brexit has yet to be passed — including bills covering trade, agriculture, fisheries, immigration and financial services. the research also raises concerns over whether it's possible to implement the changes needed — including new processes, systems and staff required — in tim

monitor suspects thought to be carrying knives in england and wales temperatures in the uk plummet, making it the coldest night of winter so far — more snow is forecast. meanwhile, it's —30 in chicago, as cities across the us midwest come to a standstill in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex. and the heart—warming reunion — the chance to say "thank you" to the stranger who saved this woman's life. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. a study carried out for the bbc has warned that the government isn't ready for the prospect of the uk leaving the eu with no deal in two months‘ time. ministers are working to replace eu legislation which would no longer apply but the non—partisan think—tank, the institute for government, has concluded there's a very significant risk that new laws won't get passed in time let's go now to westminster where i'm joined by our assistant political editor norman smith. good morning, norman. it's difficult to prepare, isn't it, whatever its sector you are in, with two months to go, when you don't know the track the uk is going

saturday, tending to become a bit lighter i think across eastern coastal counties of england. we will have a few dotted around some western coast. aside from that, many places will be dry with plenty of winter sunshine. it will be quite cold in the northerly winds. the fine weather attributed to this high pressure which will have an influence on our shores for much of sunday. this next weather system will push in off the atlantic. this will push in off the atlantic. this will bring more cloud, breeze, rain into northern ireland. then it pushes into much of western britain in scotland. it is likely to cause headaches with snow falling over the high ground. the pennines and the high ground. the pennines and the high ground. the pennines and the high ground of scotland. further south it will be mainly rain and a good deal of sunshine. as we head into monday, this area of low pressure m oves into monday, this area of low pressure moves in off the atlantic. a deeper feature pressure moves in off the atlantic. a deeperfeature which pressure moves in off the atlantic. a deeper feature which

indies and england. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start in melbourne, where petra kvitova and naomi osaka will play for the australian open title this weekend after both won their semifinals on thursday in scorching conditions. the czech was the first to reach the final, beating danielle collins. all the more remarkable given her career nearly ended two years ago after being stabbed in the hand in her own home. she'll face japan's naomi osaka in saturday's showdown, with the winner also claiming the world number one ranking, as anneka radley reports. danielle collins has had a fairytale run so danielle collins has had a fairytale run so far in this tournament, taking out three seeded players including angelique kerber, but standing in her way was petra kvitova, who was certainly eyeing a third grand slam after the biggest names in the women's draw fell before the semifinals. however, as the action was hotting up on court, play was delayed at four games or to close the roof on the rod laver arena as the temperature approached 100 fahrenheit. the cooler conditions seemed to

etihad. how can rugby union tackle the injury toll on its players? cautious confidence from england's new director of cricket. i believe we can win the world cup. and the ashes, but it's a different thing from well. good evening, or maybe should i say a bad evening for burton albion. the league one side, in their first appearance in the final four of a competition at the top level, they were hammered 9—0 by title holders manchester city in the first leg of their league cup semifinal. a great evening though for pep guardiola and his side, they were sensational, in their biggest win in 21 years. our correspondent david ornstein watched the goals rain in. the kind of away trip lowly clubs tend to dream and get test dream about, but for burton albion, that dream became reality. the biggest game in their history, and i did regardless of the result. he won this competition for times, though beating pat guardiola to get a shot at emulating him what always be unlikely, and he soon set city on their way. separated by 51 places in their way. separated by 51 places in the football league, but qual

from them. stay with us. still to come. building on a big year for england netball — why professionalism in the sport may not be far away. we wa nt we want a full—time professional league. it is the thing we want. we wa nt to league. it is the thing we want. we want to be the same as australia, well, we want to be better than australia but we want a full—time professional league. but before that, it's a break for the time being at least in the premier league this weekend after the title race was blown wide open with manchester city's two one victory over liverpool last night. pep guardiola said he doesn't remember a league so tough with so many title contenders. as the champions cut liverpool's lead at the top to four points with 17 games of the season remaining. who then is the favourite now? i'll go with liverpool. i'll continue to go with liverpool. i think man city are magnificent and they will push liverpool all the way, which you would expect because they are trying to retain the premier league, which hasn't been done for many years. you have to give them the cr

northern ireland, slowly reaching western scotland, wales, westernmost england, to the east of that increasing cloud and staying dry. it is another mild day away from northern scotland. as we saw earlier thatis northern scotland. as we saw earlier that is all about to change going into pa rt that is all about to change going into part two of the weekend. low pressure will move across the uk, sweeping that rain east on saturday night. on sunday it is still close by so it's still going to be showery. as we change the wind direction to a northerly some of the showers will be wintry, that means there will be some snow, maybe not just on hills, scotland, northern ireland, northern england, maybe feeding further southwards as we go into sunday night. so that is the cold wind direction, gusts are going to be stronger by the way as well, so to be stronger by the way as well, so it is a windy day on sunday. this is what it will say on the thermometer. we have already lost thermometer. we have already lost the double—figure temperatures and the double—figure temperatures and the winchell

england this evening. at least eight people have died in the us after the coldest spell there in decades sees temperatures fall as low as —53 celsius. two male students at warwick university are to be allowed back to study next year despite threatening to rape fellow students. and police could soon be able to impose curfews and limit the social media use of individuals to crack down on knife crime. the foreign secretary says that the uk may need to delay its exit from the european union if an agreement is only reached in the final days. jeremy hunt said extra time might be needed, meaning an extension to the deadline of 29th march, depending on how much progress is made in the coming weeks. number 10 has insisted that the government is committed to brexit in two months‘ time. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. the uk is due to leave the european union two months from now and, time again, the prime minister has said the departure date is march the 29th. today, one other cabinet minister suggested there could be some flexibility. it is true that, if we ended up approving

clear from east anglia and central and south—east england. wintry showers feeding down across scotland, into parts of north—east england. some of them may get down to parts of wales as well through sunday afternoon. some sunshine in between but it will feel bitterly cold, given the strength of the winds. north or northwesterly winds. this is an idea of gusts through the day, quite widely a0 or 50 mph, some northern, western and eastern coasts could see gusts reaching 60 mph. temperatures on sunday much lower than they have been in the last few days. generally 4—8 celsius. add on the strength of the wind and particularly across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, it is going to feel sub zero, a bitterly cold day. as we go from sunday into monday, slowly, we start to lose the wintry showers from the east coast. the winds start to die down a little and we see increasingly clear skies as we go into monday morning. more cloud across northern ireland, still some wintry showers and more cloud in the far south—west of england. here, we should just about escape a frost but ev

begun in liverpool in england. commonwealth champions england have beaten new zealand 54—41, while earlier world number one side australia accounted for south africa 62—45. 0ur reporter emily croydon is there. well, it has been a fascinating first day of action here in liverpool. the gold and silver—medallists from last year's commonwealth games really showed again that they mean business. the world's number one side, australia, recovered from a stuttering start to record a comfortable victory over south africa. through the course of that match they went on some new shooting partnerships, having lost theircaptain, shooting partnerships, having lost their captain, caitlin bassett, to a broken arm earlier this week. in the second match, england produced a record equalling victory over new zealand. 30 goals the margin in that one, 50 4—41, the score. 0nly zealand. 30 goals the margin in that one, 50 4—41, the score. only one goal going into half—time but it was a scintillating second—half performance from tracy neville's side in front of their home crowd here in liverpool.

brea ks cloud, but there have been some good breaks in east anglia and south—east england. we have some clearance in scotla nd england. we have some clearance in scotland and northern ireland. both of these areas will turn cold overnight, with frost this evening. the weak weather front will bring some cloud southwards across england and wales, some drizzle on that. we will probably find some mist and fog patches there as well. otherwise, a cold night, one of the coldest of the winter so far in parts of northern scotland. there will be a chill in the air on sunday, but we will see some high—powered moving m, will see some high—powered moving in, which will make the sunshine hazy. outbreaks of rain in the north—west, and cold enough for some of this snow to turn —— mike rain to turn to snow. hello this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: the prime minister theresa may is to brief ministers on cross—party talks as downing street warns mps not to try and block brexit. two people are arrested following a car bomb attack in londonderry last night. police believe di

the early part of saturday, it does look fairly wet across parts of england and wales with some sleet and snow, particularly over the higher ground of the east and north—east of england. further north, though, across scotland, the far north of england, where we have the best of any clear skies,. and here it is going to be the coldest start to the day but at least you will have the sunshine to compensate. so much of the northern half of scotland bright, cold and crisp through this morning. further south, into england and wales and for parts of northern ireland, we've got that weak weather front so it stays cloudy, for most of us anyway, with outbreaks of rain and a little bit of hill sleet and snow continuing, particularly across this north—east corner of england. but as we head through the course of today, that weather front will continue to weaken. many places should turn drier but hold onto a legacy of cloud, but we should start to see some heavy showers developing across south wales and in towards south—west england with a few sunny spells — that could push temperatur

scotland, loud singing to give sunshine across east anglia into the saudis did england later. those temperatures still struggling between 4—6d. what happens overnight, any four across wales, the midlands, southern england, the cloud thinning more, picking up, london temperatures to fall away and allowing some fog to form as well. across the southern half of the uk, more widespread frost tonight, temperatures reaching “11, —5. the window of clear skies in the north—east of scotland, the west of scotland, northern ireland, milder with atlantic influence. the continuing into tomorrow, more cloud in the north of england. in the south we have sunshine developing after a frosty start. if you are stuck under this cloud it will be a grim sort of day. even with sunshine temperatures three or 4 degrees, less cold as you head further north into scotland and northern ireland. heading into the weekend, more frost around, chilly start, there may be pockets of mist and fog lingering through the day but we will start to see the weather changing in the north—west towards the end of the day

sweeping into wales and southern england amid warnings of significant disruption overnight. around 4,500 people slept rough in england last year says the government — there's been a big rise in the capital. imported from the continent — we look at the impact on fresh fruit and vegetables if there's a no—deal brexit. and normally hidden from view — the greatest collection of leonardo da vinci drawings in the world is going on display across the uk. coming up on bbc news, newcastle break a 14—year—old club transfer record to sign the biggest deal of deadline day so far. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there's been a big increase in the number of young people contacting a suicide prevention charity helpline since we highlighted the case of 14—year—old molly russell last week. she took her own life just over a year ago. herfather blames her death partly on images of self—harm and suicide that she saw on instagram. molly's story prompted a huge response, with many families getting in touch to share similar experiences and concerns. facebook, the owner

at the university of brighton in england. he's held fellow ships at the johns hopkins university, college of william & mary, harvard and is a fellow of the royal historical society. i'm also proud to note that he's you currently serving on the advisory committee for the upcoming exhibition, the 400-year struggle for black equality which tells the story of the arrival of 1619 andin virginia in the first century that followed. a critical milestone that's part of the commonwealth's 400-year commemoration of several pivotal moments in our state's history. this exhibit will open in june of 2019 as part of this commemoration and we're thrilled to have the expertise of jim and so many others to help shape that important exhibition. >> jim is a leading expert on early virginia. he's the author of numerous articles and books including a land as god made it, jamestown, and the birth of america. a kingdom strange, the brief and tragic history of the lost colony of roanoke and most recently, 1619, jamestown, and the forging of american democracy. which has just been published, copies are ava

its presence felt across northern ireland, west and wales, south—west england. you can see these yellow colours starting to develop. over the next 24—hour as the temperatures will be on the rise. wintry showers this afternoon on the m4 corridor towards kent, parts of suffolk. further north, more cloud, patchy rain. mistand further north, more cloud, patchy rain. mist and fog slowed here in places. —— slow to clear. through this evening, clear skies in the east. a frost. snow and ice for northern scotland. as the night wears on, patchy light rain and drizzle. by the time we get to 5am in the morning, temperatures in the west will be up to nine to 10 celsius. still struggling to get above freezing for east anglia and south east england. a chilly start. tomorrow the milder air will work its way across the uk. it will bring a lot of cloud. patchy light rain and drizzle across scotland, northern ireland and northern ireland. further south east, drier. a breezy if not windy day. the strongest winds for northern and western coasts. look at the temperatures. nine to 12 celsius. muc

. police in england and wales say there's been a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crime. the head of the planemaker airbus says uncertainty over brexit is a disgrace and warns it may move operations out of the uk if there's no deal. and if you're baffled by brexitjargon terms like ‘backstop‘ and ‘article 50‘ — we're here to help. after half past, we'll be explaining the terminology with our political correspondent chris mason. it's 5 o'clock. our main story: the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has appeared in court in edinburgh, facing fourteen charges including two counts of attempted rape and nine of sexual assault. mr salmond emerged after the hearing to say he denies all the charges against him. he said he's ‘innocent of any criminality whatsover‘ and promised to defend himself in court ‘to the utmost‘. let‘s speak to our scotland correspondent — lorna gordon — who is outside edinburgh sheriff court. yes, alex salmond arrived at edinburgh sheriff court shortly before two o‘clock for a short hearing which took pla

re—offending rates. in england and wales, it's thought the move would mean about 40,000 offenders avoiding jail every year, including burglars and shoplifters. this report from ben ando. at any one time, around 3,500 people are behind bars in england and wales, serving sentences of six months or less for crimes like burglary or shoplifting. but almost two thirds of those released will re—offend within a year. the prisons minister rory stewart has described these short sentences in a newspaper interview as long enough to damage you and not long enough to heal you, adding that those jailed even for a few weeks can lose their home, theirjob and their family and be set on a course to more crime. the ministry ofjustice says that prison is meant to protect the public from dangerous people, reduce crime, and also reform prisoners. but could it be our overcrowded jails are instead turning one—time offenders into career criminals? since the 1990s, the prison population has doubled from 40,000 to 80,000. in 2017, 86,275 people were jailed and more than half of them received sentences of

less in england and wales, but said they won't work unless they're given more resources. the number of families in england sharing their rented home with adult children or professionals has trebled in the last 27 years, according to research by the resolution foundation. it says not enough homes are being built to accommodate a growing population. here'sjoe miller. with a seven—year—old child to look after, charity worker sian was just about managing to pay the rent on her 1—bedroom flat. when her tenancy came to an end, she found herself at home with her dad. i am a 33—year—old, i've got a good job, a securejob 33—year—old, i've got a good job, a secure job but 33—year—old, i've got a good job, a securejob but i 33—year—old, i've got a good job, a secure job but i was faced with unaffordable rent, over two thirds of the main income would go on the cost of housing and not to mention other costs. i was forced to move backin other costs. i was forced to move back in with my parents. i had nowhere else to go. she is by no means unusual. researchers have found that

been with us all be for england and wales and has rocked patches of rain and drizzle. further north sunshine did appear following the passage of a cold front. but broke the cloud up significantly. the front is pushing southwards. close to the centre of the low pressure we have seen strong winds affecting northern scotland bringing localised damage and disruption. top gust, 76 mph in wick, but the peak of the storms have now passed. through the rest of the night, brisk north—westerly winds across the country which will keep the frost at bay for many of us, cloud for northern ireland, wales, south—west england. it will bea wales, south—west england. it will be a chilly night. the winds should prevent a frost from forming. a brighter day on tuesday, more in the way sunshine, showers northern scotland, and eastern coast of england. the risk of localised flooding in parts of anglia. a cooler day. winds finally calmed down through tuesday night and temperatures will drop away. it will bea temperatures will drop away. it will be a cold night with patches of frost from scotland into n

new england patriots in that match the patriots currently lead 17—7 in the third quarter. now the netball world cup takes place in england later this year and some of the teams taking part have been warming up in london this weekend. on sunday england beat australia 52—49 in a repeat of their historic commonwealth games final victory. but fell just short of the five—goal margin needed to take the series. emily croydon was watching. (tx vt) if we needed anything to whet the appetite, this was it. australia winning the quad series. england's roses with the momentum board. they beat australia in an impressive display. that was short of the margin they needed. that shock defeat to south africa on saturday really cost them. the sellout crowd retreated. in an earlier match, new zealand had their first match of the series. what would learn is the top level of netball is more competitive than ever before. when the world's best teams meet in liverpool in july, if this is anything to go by, it promises to be a real rollercoaster ride. judd trump put in a brilliant performance to thrash

england as heavy snow sweeps in from the west — a severe weather warning is in place. people have been stuck for hours because of the heavy snowfall that came down from mid to late afternoon it started. ever since then, it has been fallling fast and a lot of people have been caught out with it. foreign secretary, jeremy hunt says brexit could be delayed if enough progress isn't made in the coming weeks to break the impasse. if we ended up approving a deal in the days before the 29th of march, then we might need some extra time to pass critical legislation. there's been a big increase in the number of young people contacting a suicide prevention helpline after the case of molly russell, a 14—year—old who took her own life a year ago. two male students at warwick university are to be allowed back to study next year despite threatening to rape fellow students. in sport, england are bowled out forjust 187 on the first day of the second test against the west indies. good evening. parts of southern england and wales are being hit by heavy snowfall which has brought chaos to the road

says there's a "shocking" variation in their availability in different parts of england. the actor windsor davies has died at the age of 88. you enjoying your tea, gunner? yes... what the hell's going on? he's best known for his role as the sergeant major in the bbc comedy it ain't half hot mum. and liverpool beat crystal palace by four goals to three to maintain their lead at the top of the premier league. we'll have that and the rest of the sport at 5:30pm. the former prime minister sirjohn major says the house of commons should be given a vote on all brexit options. sirjohn told the bbc allowing mps to indicate their preferred alternative to theresa may's deal, which mps rejected this week, might help break the deadlock. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, has called on mrs may to negotiate a deal with the eu that keeps the uk close to it. he also warned that labour had to be ready to campaign for a fresh referendum. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. things here are stuck. mps don't agree on what brexit should look like. they don't like the pm's deal,

, as snow causes travel chaos in southern england and wales. over 100 drivers are stuck on one road in cornwall. icame off i came off the a30 and was just slipping and i actually couldn't move my carfrom slipping and i actually couldn't move my car from about here, so slipping and i actually couldn't move my carfrom about here, so i thought it would be safer to not try and drive it. there's been a big increase in the number of young people contacting a suicide prevention helpline after the case of molly russell, a 14—year—old who took her own life a year ago the number of rough sleepers in england has fallen for the first time in nearly a decade. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says brexit could be delayed if enough progress isn't made in the coming weeks to break the impasse. in sport, england are bowled out forjust 187 on the first day of the second test against the west indies, who finished the day 30 for none in reply. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, guardian columnist dawn foster, and deputy political editor of the dail

... the south—west of england already affected by the freezing weather, as heavy snow is expected in parts of wales and southern england overnight. official figures show an overall drop in the number of rough sleepers across england but leading charities say the true problem is under—reported. the nhs blood contamination scandal of the ‘70s and ‘80s. victims and their families have still not received extra financial support. it's not easy to admit that, at my age, you've got nothing, because you've had it all taken away from you. and a glimpse of one of the world's greatest collection of leonardo da vinci drawings, on loan from the queen. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, west indies bowlers give england another torrid examination, this time on day one of the second test in antigua. good evening. social media companies are facing the prospect of new laws giving them a legal duty of care to children and young people who use their sites. the culture secretary, jeremy wright, says he's considering the move "very carefully" following the case of molly russell, the 14—year�

. plenty of sunshine for most. more in the way of cloud for northern ireland, wales and south—west england, could just bring the odd spot of rain. so is perhaps wintry across the northern i of scotland. those costs will slowly is down, noticeable breeze across northern ireland, northern and western england, southern scotland. much more in the way of cloud across wales into the midlands, and the far south—west of england may be getting the odd spot of rain but that will soon disperse and through the day, increasing amounts of sunshine from the north, for the far south—west of england, which may hold on to littlemore ploughed into the afternoon. a fairly brisk breeze blowing along eastern coast with littlemore ploughed here, a fairly chilly feel. we are looking at as new year's day between five and 11 celsius for most. newsday evening, for most it will be fine and dry but we will continue to feed more cloud along the eastern coast. that means overnight, temperatures will keep above freezing but further west, under clearer skies and with lighter winds, is going to be a chilly start to wed

‘ leaders say there is a ‘shocking' variation in the availability of gps — in different parts of england. the actor windsor davies has died — at the age of 88. what the hell is going on here? he's best known for his role as the sergeant major in the bbc comedy "it ain't half hot mum". and as the yellow vest protest movement continues in france, the country's finance minister speaks to hardtalk about the situation there and brexit. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. sirjohn told the bbc, allowing mps 5... :.§y:sis;irn:1:m—* alternative to theresa may's deag might help break the deadlock. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, has called on mrs may to negotiate a deal with the eu that keeps the uk close to it. he also warned that labour had to be ready to campaign for a fresh referendum. our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. things here are stuck. mps don't agree on what brexit should look like. they don't like the pm's deal but it's not easy to figure out what they do like. so could a series of indicative votes testing different proposals be the way out of

gentle layla's of north east england like a great great hit sits darren christie. the great feature of the east front is the immense twelve the frozen wind. seen from inside it's a rage and creation to the mediæval mind it symbolized christ the light of the wild towards whom all things strive the church images full of mankind's way to that life . the cathedrals of monumental size recalling the focus and not without reason. built nine hundred years ago it has is a treasure brought by monks more than a millennium ago the multiple remains of sin cost but this was to be his final resting place. like a great stone aka the cathedral rest since round on a rise above the river which. with a river looping right around it the rises like a peninsula sheltering the church away from the cities free which this was a kind of protected place the monks it sort of almost two hundred years they've been moving the remains of sin kuspit from one location to another driven by fear of the rapacious fight. their fight began on linda's found a little island off the northeast coast not far from the scottish bo

is attempting the risky trip england should be claiming asylum in france instead. there was also significant coverage on the bbc news website, where the situation was referred to as a crisis. that reflected saj id that reflected sajid javid's interpretation but was the bbc right to go along with its? a number of viewers thought not with this person writing: there was also another objection voiced by viewers such as barbara relating to the use of the term migrants. she recorded this video for us expending the problem as she saw it. the trouble with the word immigrant is that it's now used by governments with the object of illegal or economic to encourage the british people to feel negatively towards the people crossing the channel. if the bbc chose to use the word asylum seeker or refugee that would be much closer to the truth and it would not play into the hands of government ministers who have created under continuing to encourage the so—called hostile environment. on wednesday, home editor puts the number of those attempting the perilous journey gci’oss attempting the peril

six nations next month. all the home nations have named their squads, with england doing so today. so how prepared are england to take on last year's champions ireland at twickenham in their first match? here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. eddiejones may eddie jones may sidestep journalists in route to the eddiejones may sidestep journi he s eddiejones may sidestepjourni he has one thing in mind, beating ireland jn‘efiel‘rnf'fi= one thing in mind, beating ireland inefieit'f'fi last time, and ireland in dublin. last time, and ireland ove rca m e in dublin. last time, and ireland overcame england. we asked jones if he is still experimenting. we are clear who are best players are but we wa nt clear who are best players are but we want competition in the squad. we wa nt blo kes we want competition in the squad. we want blokes desperate to play for england and through that, when the competition. we are deliberately in some cases creating competition to ensure that we get the best out of the players. because to be the best player —— team in the world, which the need t