the position for scotland. i don't dismiss efter as a step on the way towards full a year membership but my belief is that full a u. membership is about scotland taking a seat at the international table to which it rightfully belongs and efter is a bit of an outsiders organization it's peripheral and it takes rulings fundamentally from europe and other organizations the w t o and has little opportunity to shape them for itself so the advantages are better than not being an after but they are an opportunity to really play that international role that scotland curd scotland is not to we to be sitting in brussels flying its own flag shouting its own message and influencing the future of europe as much as for the people of scotland for everybody else we need to know what scotland's got to say and so for political reasons i do not see why scotland would want to stay stuck with after and i am absolutely certain that the euro problem is not one that is going to be imposed upon scotland nobody is now being forced to jo

child poverty is way too high and scotland. 0ne scotland. child poverty is way too high and scotland. one child in poverty— high and scotland. one child in poverty is_ high and scotland. one child in poverty is one child too many, but the fact— poverty is one child too many, but the fact that we have 100,000 children— the fact that we have 100,000 children living in poverty is civilly _ children living in poverty is civilly not acceptable. i want us to eradicate — civilly not acceptable. i want us to eradicate child poverty within ten years— eradicate child poverty within ten years in— eradicate child poverty within ten years in scotland. that would require — years in scotland. that would require public spending, and we want to make _ require public spending, and we want to make sure those broad shoulders are paying _ to make sure those broad shoulders are paying more. at the same time, we've _ are paying more. at the same time, we've got— are paying more. at the same time, we've got to — are paying more. at the same time,

this is in fact the view from scotland so far today. is in fact the view from scotland so fartoday. plenty is in fact the view from scotland so far today. plenty of blue sky. just a few showers in the far north—west. barely a cloud in the sky this afternoon in northern ireland. and in wales. increasingly so in england, south east anglia —— east anglia in south—east england staying dull. the start of the week, temperatures quite widely into double figures. tonight it will turn quite chilly for a while across eastern parts under clear skies. close to freezing in one or two nightspots, maybe some frost, fog patches, hoping temperatures come up later in the night. when picking up and clearly that system is bringing in the rain for a wet start in northern ireland across much of scotland and parts of wales and western areas of england, where is central and eastern england tomorrow will stay largely dry. some hazy sunshine around and all areas turning much windier, regardless of whether you are seeing the rain of the hazy sunshine, and maybe some ghost gusts close to 70 mph in nort

with the fear is that it would come to scotland. we are i would come to scotland. we are already seeing it in all numbers are thankfully small is quite scattered over many areas. in the worry is that as many cases we don�*t know about. they�*re one of the reasons why the introduction of hotel quarantine or stricter border controls need to go much further than the uk government went last week. we know about the south african and brazilian variance, but coronavirus mutates and there could easily be other variants out there that we don�*t know about. the first minister has said if the uk government goes further on border controls this would be so the scottish government have to look at. we cannot close our external borders, but looking at putting in stronger public health measures within those.— stronger public health measures within those. ., ,, ., . within those. thank you for so much for bein: within those. thank you for so much for being with _ within those. thank you for so much for being with us. _ within those. thank you for so much for being with us. t

windier than today, strongest to the west of scotland. a couple of degrees cooler than this afternoon, but still very mild for this time of year. on tuesday evening and overnight the next weather system starts to work its way in, again strengthening winds bringing rain quite widely into wednesday morning. that will push through eastwards quite smartly. sunshine will develop for many with showers mixed in, but the cloud could linger in southern counties of england and south wales with further outbreaks of rain in the afternoon. cooler in scotland with snow on the hills, but overall temperatures well above the levels we saw last week. after a brief dip on thursday, they will climb further. up to 16 or 17 by the time we hit saturday. simon, maybe it is time to dust off that spring wardrobe. or not! a reminder of our top story... pressure is building on the government to say how and when we'll come out of lockdown but the prime minister says he will announce a plan next week. the prime minister will be leading today's coronavirus briefing. no

— in terms of the next steps for scotland? , . ., , scotland? yes, what we are seeing this afternoon _ scotland? yes, what we are seeing this afternoon is _ scotland? yes, what we are seeing this afternoon is a _ scotland? yes, what we are seeing this afternoon is a picture - scotland? yes, what we are seeing this afternoon is a picture in - this afternoon is a picture in scotland where we recognise that we can't stay in lockdown indefinitely and we don't want to stay any longer than necessary but we have got to plot our way out of lockdown very cautiously and in a safe way for the population of scotland. the environment is very different now compared to the last time we exited lockdown, a lot has changed, because we are now dealing with a variant which has become the predominant type of virus that we are seeing in scotland, and of course we have got the wonderful encouraging news of the wonderful encouraging news of the vaccine programme and the effects that is having at this early stage, as well. nevertheless, it is important that at this stag

with identified what works for scotland, not trying — identified what works for scotland, not trying to emulate how england would _ not trying to emulate how england would play, but identifying what works— would play, but identifying what works for— would play, but identifying what works for them and another thing is they got— works for them and another thing is they got some fantastic players. maverick — they got some fantastic players. maverick individualism within the collective efforts. frozen out last winter but is now the teams conductor, stored as a brilliant soloist. the topsides to measure success in tournaments one, not one—off matches. success in tournaments one, not one-off matches.— success in tournaments one, not one-off matches. what happens in front of us. — one-off matches. what happens in front of us, we _ one-off matches. what happens in front of us, we can _ one-off matches. what happens in front of us, we can change - we can't change history, but want to create _ we can't change history, but want to create new _ we can't change history, but want to

in some way scotland _ scotland backed it up. in some way scotland play— scotland backed it up. in some way scotland play the _ scotland backed it up. in some way scotland play the better— scotland backed it up. in some way scotland play the better than - scotland backed it up. in some way scotland play the better than theyl scotland play the better than they did against — scotland play the better than they did against england _ scotland play the better than they did against england but _ scotland play the better than they did against england but in - scotland play the better than they did against england but in other. did against england but in other areas _ did against england but in other areas like — did against england but in other areas like discipline _ did against england but in other areas like discipline and - did against england but in other areas like discipline and being l areas like discipline and being ruthless— areas like discipline and being ruthless in— areas like discipline and being ruthless in taking _ areas like discipline and being ruthless in ta

still, the coldest parts of scotland close to minus double figures. quite sharp frost in scotland and northern england under clear skies, but with some sunshine for monday morning. icy where we're still seeing some wintry showers towards the north and east of scotland. damp and drizzly with plenty of misty, murky conditions across parts of southern england and wales. parts of the the midlands, though, and east anglia may brighten up into the afternoon. and rain and hill snow spreading north across northern ireland during the afternoon, and that will push into parts of scotland into monday evening. but this area of rain is from that low pressure system i showed you. some heavier rain pushing north into the cold air monday night and into tuesday. we're going to see some snow out of that in parts of wales, the midlands and northern england before it turns to rain but briefly very icy with that, and the snow by tuesday morning across northern england and into parts of scotland, so a covering for some of us to start the day, some very difficult travel cond

today, more and more scots think scotland would benefit from splitting off from great britain. but david, a scotsman himself, thinks scottish independence is impossible. for geological reasons, if nothing else. >> and at one stage there would have been a sea scotland and england. when scotland moved on to england, england went underneath and then volcanoes came up in a line. and so we're sort of stapled, if you like, to england. it's rather difficult to get away from them. >> brexit has shown just how complicated leaving a political union can be. many scots, however, are undeterred by this, and a growing segment of the population wants out. >> we'll keep you updated on developments from scotland and other parts of europe right here on our show and on our website. and you can also find me on twitter. thanks for watching. see you next time. ♪ 02/05/21 02/05/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! pres. biden: this war has to end. and to underscore our commitment, we are ending all american support for offensive operations in th

that would really hamper scotland and limit scotland which does not seem fair. then if you do cancel or postpone it a week, it means that france and scotland are playing three weeks running, which again could actually have a knock—on effect for later games for scotland and ireland and italy. so there really is difficult with a congested six nation tournaments over a few weeks, there is no real room and we try to cut it during a pandemic, i think this is the moment we have all been dreading. so we willjust see how it pans out. inot“!!! been dreading. so we will “ust see how it pans outi how it pans out. will any part of scotland want _ how it pans out. will any part of scotland want to _ how it pans out. will any part of scotland want to play _ how it pans out. will any part of scotland want to play this i how it pans out. will any part of| scotland want to play this match because it is a weekend france side that you will be facing? you because it is a weekend france side that you will be facing?— because it is a weekend france side that you will be facin

- members in scotland? we all want to see family members, don't we? we l members in scotland? we all want to. see family members, don't we? we all miss not seeing parents, children, grandchildren, i have grandchildren that i have barely seen over the course of the last year, now, but it is important that we do that on the basis that we keep people safe. it is important that we do it by finding a way out of this, that we finding a way out of this, that we find a way that means we don't have to go backwards again. i think there's a recognition that the first steps that we can take is to allow families to meet outdoors. we know that meeting in confined spaces is more dangerous, so, again, we want to create the circumstances where families can meet up but it has to be done on the basis that if we do that we have got the infection down to a level that gives us hope and gives the security. {lilia to a level that gives us hope and gives the security.— gives the security. 0k, ian blackford, _ gives the security. 0k, ian blackford, we _ gives the security. 0k, ian blackford, we will

it's more like things like breaks it, which scotland — like things like breaks it, which scotland did not vote for —— brexit, austerity— scotland did not vote for —— brexit, austerity and other things driven by westminster, of which scotland doesn't — westminster, of which scotland doesn't necessarily want to go in that direction. i'm not sure that a few royal— that direction. i'm not sure that a few royal visits will really smooth things— few royal visits will really smooth things out. few royal visits will really smooth thin . s out. , few royal visits will really smooth thins out. , w' , few royal visits will really smooth things out-— things out. very quickly let's turn to the financial— things out. very quickly let's turn to the financial times _ things out. very quickly let's turn to the financial times and - things out. very quickly let's turn to the financial times and the . to the financial times and the expulsion of three diplomats after they were accused of attending alexi navalny protests.— they were accused of attending alexi navalny protests. three

early rain clearing away from northern scotland. then we're left with a few sunny spells, but a few showers coming in towards the west. some of these could be heavy, possibly with a rumble of thunder. turning quite windy again, particularly towards the north—west of scotland. again, for most of us, temperatures into double figures. a little bit cooler on thursday, and then the potential for things to turn very mild indeed going into next weekend. we'll keep an eye on that, particularly in those areas that get to see a bit of sunshine rather than a bit more rain. much milder, then, this week, and we'll notice that by day and by night, but with rain at times. their first covid—19 vaccine — just over two months since the programme started. in england, the top four priority groups have now been offered the vaccine. the prime minister said overall it was an "extraordinary feat". i want to thank each and every person who has helped make it happen. you can be incredibly proud of the part you've played. we'll be looking at which group

it than divides us, we can build a better scotland.— better scotland. it is a very complicated _ better scotland. it is a very complicated example, - better scotland. it is a very complicated example, as i better scotland. it is a very l complicated example, as you better scotland. it is a very - complicated example, as you said, bringing communities together as a long established and well integrated first, second, now third generation of immigrants into scotland has been. 0bviously, of immigrants into scotland has been. obviously, not of immigrants into scotland has been. 0bviously, notjust immigrants from other parts of the uk but from right around the world, like your previous generation from your father's generation and so on. what message can you deliver to those many scots who seem to have been won over by the argument for independence? at least if the broad opinion poll is to be believed, certainly the numbers have grown. there appears to be something of a trend, notjust isolated poles. how trend, not 'ust isolated poles. how do ou trend, notjust

with cameron redpath making his debut for scotland. redpath actually played for england at youth level, but chose to join scotland for the 2021 six nations. he'll line up against several of his former under 20's england former team—mates. the bath centre's father bryan redpath is a former scotland captain. meanwhile, ollie lawrence will make his first start for england. eddie jones' selection is one of five changes, he's also dropped george ford to the bench, with captain owen farrell switching to fly—half. more details on the bbc sport website. rory mcilroy has critisiced golf�*s authorities for spending "millions of dollars" on "the wrong thing", after they proposed changing the length of golf clubs in an attempt to reduce the distance players can hit the ball. the sports two main governing bodies — the r&a and the usga — want to reduce the maximum length of clubs from 48 to 46 inches to restrict hitting distances. but mcilroy says those proposals "reek of self importance", and rule makers should invest in grassroots golf i

snow falling across scotland and across northern england. this heavier rain sweeps towards wales in the south—west, the rain becomes light but starts to turn to snow in the early hours of the morning, by which time we have got strengthening easterly wind bringing snow showers. temperatures close to freezing, icy conditions as well. things much worse towards the south—east of the uk. here we are closer to storm darcy, named by the dutch met institute, meeting all the cold air that we can trace back to the arctic. as that colder air sweeps down we get the wet weather, so we find is quite readily falling by the early hours, continuing through sunday. amber snow warning from the met office, mainly suffolk, essex and kent, widely 5—10, more likely in some places, some will fall throughout, further north, bitterly cold when blowing in showers from the north sea all the way across scotland, northern england, north wales and northern ireland. it's going to be windy, particularly towards the south—east of the uk. winds in excess of 50 so bliz

a bit of snow preceding that into the hills of scotland. wet for northern ireland, scotland. some outbreaks of rain into wales, western parts of england. the winds picking up as well. strong to gale—force winds with gusts 50—60 mph with that rain towards the north and west, whereas much of central and eastern england will stay dry. the further east you are, you see the sunny spells. this is where you see the higher temperatures, but we're all mild. and a very mild night to come on tuesday night. milder still in those brighter parts of england on wednesday. further rain at times in parts of scotland, with a renewed risk of seeing some flooding as those rain totals mount. but after the wet weather, where it has been so wet, it will turn drier again later in the week. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: a pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. it's because of the success of the vaccine rollout that we are able to do that and that will have an imp

for scotland fans, a brilliant start to this year's six nation. they beat the reigning champions england at twickenham for the first time in 38 years, austin halewood reports. the austin halewood reports. latest stage for rugby's c fixture. the latest stage for rugby's oldest fixture. but in all 150 years, there has never quite been a calcutta cup like this. none of the fans, none of the atmosphere, but the rivalry neverin the atmosphere, but the rivalry never in doubt. it was scotland that burst the game into life. van der merwe are inches away from an opening try. an international start, inches like that can often make all the difference. but he wasn't made to pay. moments later, he was in again and this time he made sure. scotland off to a flyer, but off on the stroke of half—time, playmaker finn russell sin binned for this trip. 0wen farrell kicking his side back into contention. england could not make the man advantage count. scotland took back control. russell back on the field and kicking his side even further ahead. for all of england's

further snow across scotland, but some rain at lower levels in south—east scotland, and north—east england as well. rain showers also coming across parts of england and wales for the course of the night. some ice and frost could develop under those clearer skies and some mist and fog patches first thing saturday morning. saturday's weather will see some rain across parts of england and wales, the snow will continue for scotland, falling to increasingly low levels and some of that snow will work into parts of northern england, particularly across the pennines into saturday afternoon. colder air, starting to filter its way south on saturday. mild for southern england, temperatures of 80 degrees, ——8 degrees, but then it is going to all change on saturday night into sunday. bitterly cold air moving into the east or north—east, combining that with low pressure in the south—east of the uk, we could see significant snowfall for parts of east anglia and the south—east through sunday. scattered snow showers elsewhere, especially eastern scotland and eastern england, and dry and cloudy in

and northern ireland seeing sunny spells and the chance of a shower in north—west scotland and we are starting the week mild. as we going to tuesday, this is when the next weather system comes in from the atlantic and the rain might be preceded by snow in the of scotland but it is the rain, the amounts we are concerned about that there will be further snowmelt and rain in scotland and northern ireland at times into west and wales with the rain coming in, and strong gale force winds of gust of 60 miles an hourin force winds of gust of 60 miles an hour in some spots and it will be windy across all areas. mild across all areas with higher temperatures through central and eastern parts of england but staying dry and the weather front is still around on wednesday and there will be a pulse of energy moving along it so there might be a lull in the rain for a time but it comes back in two parts of northern ireland, western parts of northern ireland, western parts of england and wales with the risk of england and wales with the risk of seeing rain but particularly into scotland and again throu

and when scotland had it, they kept it. england's coach was in a hurry to do something about his players were running into scotland come into trouble, and out of time, a large grab of the ball and a kick into touch, and hands to the skies. for the first time since 1983, winners here. we for the first time since 1983, winners here.— for the first time since 1983, winners here. ~ �* . ., ., winners here. we can't change what ha--ened winners here. we can't change what happened in — winners here. we can't change what happened in the _ winners here. we can't change what happened in the past _ winners here. we can't change what happened in the past but _ winners here. we can't change what happened in the past but we - winners here. we can't change what happened in the past but we are - winners here. we can't change what| happened in the past but we are very much in control of what happens in the future and we wanted to write our own history as individuals and as a collective and today we have done exactly that. a very happ

with a story with the fishing community scotland being obviously— the fishing community scotland being obviously affected and unhappy with the brexit deal, with the elections coming _ the brexit deal, with the elections coming up — the brexit deal, with the elections coming up in may and the different approaches you are seeing between nicola _ approaches you are seeing between nicola sturgeon and the government in west_ nicola sturgeon and the government in west minister. i think it does go back to _ in west minister. i think it does go back to what kind of deal scotland are getting and what is scotland's future _ are getting and what is scotland's future. certainly plays into that independent narrative.- future. certainly plays into that independent narrative. thank you both very much — independent narrative. thank you both very much for _ independent narrative. thank you both very much for being - independent narrative. thank you both very much for being my - both very much for being my valentine this evening. it's been lovely to have you on the papers. we will see you again soon

england and scotland. ii ifgoing to be mono a new story in england and scotland.— england and scotland. if you are from the north _ england and scotland. if you are from the north of— england and scotland. if you are from the north of england i england and scotland. if you are from the north of england you . england and scotland. if you are l from the north of england you just need her big coat, they always say. down in the southeast we are a bit more protected from it. i think wales seems to be getting away with, away from the worst of it. if you were able to travel that would be ready go, but we are all stuck. it's one way of giving us indoors and stopping us from going out what we are not meant to do. xfies. stopping us from going out what we are not meant to do. yes. absolutely freezin: are not meant to do. yes. absolutely freezing cold — are not meant to do. yes. absolutely freezing cold but _ are not meant to do. yes. absolutely freezing cold but we _ are not meant to do. yes. absolutely freezi

east scotland, central and eastern parts of england still on the cool side with temperature is about 4—6. we will see rain clearing eastwards through sunday night and into monday quite a bit of cloud around with showers particularly across western areas. some bright or sunny spells but it is very mild compared with the weather we've seen over recent days. temperatures, northern ireland, england and wales 11-13, northern ireland, england and wales 11—13, scotland 8—9. if anything in the week ahead it gets even milder. indeed this time next weekend in london we could see temperatures as high as 16. it will feel like spring has sprung. this is bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories... the us senate reconvenes for the fifth and potentially final day of donald trump's second impeachment trial. republicans are expected to acquit the former president on the charge of inciting insurrection. iam gary i am gary o'donoghue, live on capitol hill, where the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, has made it clear he will vote

now for scotland. identified what works for them. now things, for scotland. identified what works forthem. now things, we've for scotland. identified what works for them. now things, we've got fantastic— for them. now things, we've got fantastic players. ._ for them. now things, we've got fantastic players. . there is room for maverick _ fantastic players. . there is room for maverick individualism - fantastic players. . there is room for maverick individualism within | for maverick individualism within the collective effort. then russell was frozen out last winter, but is now the team's conductor. these are players that some of europe's topsides measured success in tournaments one, not one—off matches. tournaments one, not one-off matches-— tournaments one, not one-off matches. , ., ., , , matches. everything that happened in front of us, matches. everything that happened in front of us. we _ matches. everything that happened in front of us, we can _ matches. everything that happened in front of us, we can change _ matches. everything that happened in

scotland wants to stop all international travellers coming into scotland, but they can still enter via england. are there any plans in scotland to close that loophole? it isa it is a huge problem because as you say there is this glaring loophole in the middle of the scottish government's policy of trying to quarantine everybody coming in from any foreign country, so there are discussions ongoing with the uk government about this because there is this way out. if you fly directly into scotland you go straight into a quarantine hotel. if you fly to england and travelled to scotland, you are expected to self—isolate at home for ten days and take two coded test but that is much cheaper than staying in a hotel and harderfor the authorities to enforce. nicola sturgeon says it would be better and easier if the rules were the same and all four nations of the united kingdom, but the way to achieve that she thinks is for borisjohnson to adopt her policy of quarantining travellers from any country. there is one other option and that would be if the uk government would enforce quarantine for peo

we saw scotland badly affected through the latter part of the weekjust gone. still some snow for scotland this afternoon and actually, increasingly at lower levels, as the colder air works in. we will also start to see some snow across parts of northern england, particularly across the high ground of the pennines. further south, it's largely rain across central and eastern england at this stage. towards the west, there will be some sunshine around. through the evening, and overnight, the colder air from the east continues to float its way southwards. a weather front comes into the mix pushing up from the continent and then we look set to see some fairly persistent snow across some southern and eastern counties of england. widespread frost takes us into sunday, further snow showers pushing in from the east across scotland and northern england, icejust about anywhere and we have some standing surface water. here comes that cold air from scandinavia from sunday, all the way south across the uk. this is storm darcy, named by the dutch met service, pulling off into

the showers most frequent in western scotland. slightly cooler air blowing its way in through the afternoon, so temperatures dropping just a little bit. highs of 10—11 quite widely, so still on the mild side but not quite as mild as monday. for wednesday, we see those winds again coming in from a south—westerly direction. low pressure still to the north—west of scotland, continuing to feed in some showers here, maybe some rain returning to southern parts of england and into parts of wales as well. those temperatures still around 10—12 quite widely. again, the far north of scotland around 7—8, something like that with some brighter spells. thursday, probably have some very heavy rain working across the country for a time. as this weather system works its way through, the winds, just for a time, will come down from the north—west so those temperatures won't be as high as we go through thursday afternoon. looking at highs of around 7—9. there might be a little bit of winter rain this mixed in with the rain over some of

is a than what divides us, we can build a better scotland.— better scotland. is a very concrete exam - le, better scotland. is a very concrete example, bringing _ better scotland. is a very concrete example, bringing committees - example, bringing committees together, of how long—established and how well integrated the first second, now third—generation of immigrants into scotland has been. 0bviously immigrants into scotland has been. obviously not immigrants from other parts of the uk but from right around the world, like previous generations from your father's generations from your father's generation and so on. what message though do you thank you can deliver to those many scots who seemed to have been won over by the argument for independence, at least if the broad opinion polls are to be believed. certainly the numbers have grown. there appears to be something of a trend there, notjust isolated poles, how do you address that? well, firstly, i would say on your first point, — well, firstly, i would say on your first point, someone that looks like me,

rain for northern england and northern ireland, still stirring across scotland. friday and saturday, after the snow in the next few days, the met office have issued an amber warning for the possibility of snow for the end of the week and weekend for scotland being a really disruptive. this front keeps this low pressure coming from scotland through the 48 hours of friday and saturday. into sunday as well, there is the snow for the end of the week for scotland but increasing on saturday into northern england and by sunday the whole thing starts to go further south. the position of the snow will change as we get closer. just because it is hard to pinpoint weather fronts this far ahead. what is clear is the colder air will work south, where about that front is sitting on sunday there will be some heavy and persistent snow. keep up with that element of the forecast in the coming days. in the shorter term, snow for scotland this afternoon and tomorrow, more destructive by the end of the week and for all of us the chance of things getting much colder and some snow the w

away from northern scotland. when we have this where front loitering. that's going to bring some cloud by the end of the night and into the first part of friday morning. a little bit of rain on that pushing across scotland but —— shetland but clearing out of the way and skies brighton. for most of us on friday a fine day of weather with high pressure bringing sunny skies dawn till dusk really. temperature is above average for the time of year, 10—12 c widely. in london it should be about nine at this time of year so we are on the mild side of things. that mild weather continues to feed and as we head into the weekend with high pressure dominant at this weather front could bring more cloud and may be a few patches of rain across parts of scotland and may be running into areas of north england just for a time on saturday but for most of the country it's another fine day with long, sunny spells to come. those temperatures again widely about 10—12 c, perhaps getting up to 14 about 10—12 c, perhaps getting up to 1a across parts of south—east engl

the odd spot of rain just skipping across the far north of scotland, but otherwise, a dry day. that early fog lifting to leave some spells of sunshine, and top temperatures between ten and 12 degrees. then, as we head into the weekend, high pressure will be firmly in charge of the weather. frontal systems maybe just grazing close to northern scotland, perhaps northern ireland, giving a little bit of rain here, but generally, the weekend will be drier with lighter winds. the nights, though, will be quite chilly, and that could lead to some patches of fog. a very warm welcome to bbc news. i�*m mike embley. our top stories: golfing legend tiger woods crashes his car in los angeles. he�*s undergoing emergency surgery for multiple injuries. the interior was more or less intact, which kind of gave him the cushion to survive what otherwise would have been a fatal crash. us security officials in charge of defending the us capitol during last month�*s riot blame intelligence failures. these criminals came prepared for war, they came with their own radio system to co—ordinate the

a boy in scotland is raised in post—industrial poverty. his father is absent, his mother addicted to alcohol and dead by the time the boy is 16. he is bullied mercilessly because he's different, gay, in an intolerant culture. that boy becomes a fashion designer. he writes a first novel which wins the prestigious booker prize. this is no fiction. his name is douglas stuart and he is my guest today. douglas stuart in new york state, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. douglas, i think people right around the world are still discovering your extraordinary novel, shuggie bain. they may be surprised to learn that it took you pretty much a decade, maybe a little bit more than a decade, to actually complete this novel. now, that makes it sound like it was very difficult to write. was it difficult? it was at times quite difficult to write, because it draws on a lot of experience from my own life. but like many writers, i had to juggle the writing of it with some real—world ne

scotland's prosecution service had raised �*grave concerns' over the documents. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith told me more yes, it's an extremely complicated story, but it's a very, very important one. let me run you through what's happened today. alex salmond had submitted two lengthy statements to the holyrood committee investigating the scottish government's handling of sexual harassment allegations against him and they were laying out his version of events. there was legal wrangling over the last few weeks about whether or not they could be published and last night they were put up on the scottish parliament's website and in so doing, they were paving the way for him to appear in front of the committee tomorrow and give evidence in person. mr salmond had said he wouldn't do that unless his evidence was published. no sooner were the documents put up there then the prosecuting authorities, the crown office, said they had very grave concerns about some legal issues about some of the things said in these statements, so this morning the scottish parliament has taken one of those statemen

much wetter into northern ireland and scotland. rain preceded by snow in the hills of scotland. wales, western part of england will see some outbreaks of rain at times. with all of this there will be a strengthening southerly wind, strong as gale force. 50 or 60 mph. we see some of the wettest weather. central and eastern england looking dry, with higher temperatures. still wet and windy for some of us. after that, even where it has been wet it will turn drier. temperatures coming down a few degrees, even though it is staying mild. where you are dry you get to see sunshine. and eastern parts, very mild way time. we have established northern ireland, especially scotland seeing the wettest weather with a risk of flooding and all parts drier later. that is your forecast. more in 30 minutes. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. it's because of the success of the vaccine rollout that we are able to do that and that will have an impact on

forthe also heavy rain across parts of scotland. for the rest of the afternoon, the rain will start to ease off across the south—west and wales, and the heavy rain will continue the further north you are. the further east you are, a completely different story with spells of sunshine. exceptionally mild, up to 17 celsius. even where you have got the rain, it is a pretty mild afternoon. very windy afternoon as well, with gusts of up to 60 mph. with the wind, the rain, flood warnings in force, a pretty tricky travelling situation out there. tonight, the strongest winds will move towards the north west of scotland with gusts up to 70 mph for a time. much of the heavy rain will ease off. parts of wales where the situation is bad at the moment will dry out, leaving clear spells through the night. we will keep some rain in the south and south—east of this weather front which will still be sitting around into tomorrow morning. maybe fringing back into east wales through the day, but not nearly as wet as today. the further north and west

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_ intention to then travel up to scotland and that would need to be enforced _ scotland and that would need to be enforced by the uk government as near as— enforced by the uk government as near as possible to the point of arrivet— near as possible to the point of arrival in — near as possible to the point of arrival in england so that would need _ arrival in england so that would need cooperation between the two administrations and there are conversations ongoing about that. so we've explained the rules in scotland and england. elsewhere in the uk, if you look at northern ireland and wales, hotel quarantines aren't in effect, and that's because there are currently no international flights arriving there. meanwhile, the covid vaccine programme in the uk is hitting all of its targets, with 15 million people now having received their firstjab. the country's been locked down for six weeks now, but prime minister borisjohnson won't deliver a road map out of it until next monday. that's because ministers have not yet been given the vital data on exactly how effective the vaccine rollâ€

tonight at six: scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, launches a blistering attack on scotland's leaders, including nicola sturgeon. giving his long awaited evidence at a scottish parliamentary inquiry, he accused the government of acting illegally during an investigation into claims against him of sexual harassment. scotland hasn't failed, its leadership has failed. so the importance of this inquiry is for each and every one of us to help put this right. alex salmond said he believes nicola sturgeon has misled parliament and broken the ministerial code, which he thinks means she should resign. we'll be asking how much damage this bitterfeud is having on scotland's leadership. also tonight... age and not occupation will continue to lead the vaccination programme, with the over 40s next in line for the covid jab. the supreme court rules that shamima begum, who left london as a teenager to join the islamic state group, cannot return to the uk to challenge its decision to remove her british citizenship. a group of gymnasts is starting legal action against the governing body, british

scotland has not failed. _ nicola sturgeon at the top. scotland has not failed. its _ nicola sturgeon at the top. scotland has not failed. its leadership - nicola sturgeon at the top. scotland has not failed. its leadership has - has not failed. its leadership has failed. the crown office has not failed, its leadership has failed. he says nicola sturgeon misled parliament over when she first heard that complaints of sexual harassment had been made against him. if that complaints of sexual harassment had been made against him. ii the had been made against him. if the first minister _ had been made against him. if the first minister has _ had been made against him. if the first minister has broken - had been made against him. if the first minister has broken the - first minister has broken the ministerial code, should she resign? i have _ ministerial code, should she resign? i have no_ ministerial code, should she resign? i have no doubt that she has, but it is not for me to say what the consequences should be, that is for the peoplejudging consequences should be,

we that when the can and look forward to scotland next week.— to scotland next week. we did well and i'm proud _ to scotland next week. we did well and i'm proud of— to scotland next week. we did well and i'm proud of the _ to scotland next week. we did well and i'm proud of the boys - to scotland next week. we did well and i'm proud of the boys and - to scotland next week. we did well and i'm proud of the boys and the i and i'm proud of the boys and the effort _ and i'm proud of the boys and the effort and — and i'm proud of the boys and the effort and the position we put ourselves in. unfortunately it came down _ ourselves in. unfortunately it came down to— ourselves in. unfortunately it came down to a _ ourselves in. unfortunately it came down to a few mistakes at key times, wales_ down to a few mistakes at key times, wales are _ down to a few mistakes at key times, wales are a _ down to a few mistakes at key times, wales are a very good side and we only have — wales are a very good side and we only have ourselves to blame. we spoke _ only have ourselves to

rangers are moving ever closer to the title in scotland. they won 4—1 against dundee united and are 18 points clear of celtic, who lost 1—0 at ross county. leaders bristol bears threw away a 25 point lead to draw against london irish in the rugby union premiership tom parton went over for the exiles in the last couple of minutes and the conversion tied the scores at 34—34. bristol are three points clear of champions exeter in the table. there's been a huge upset in the final of the welsh open snooker. outsiderjordan brown has beaten the six—time world champion ronnie o'sullivan. the northern irishman is ranked 81st in the world and had never played in a major final before. though it went to a deciding frame, brown showed great composure to see out the match, winning nine frames to eight. the 33—year—old also takes home £70,000. sir ben ainslie's americas cup dream is over. ineos team uk was well beaten by luna rossa, the italian boat winning both races in auckland today to take the prada cup 7—1. they will now take on the hol

but all parts of north—east scotland but all parts of north—east scotland but all parts of north—east scotland and northern ireland seem parts of cloud. bringing light winds. some stronger winds picking up affecting the channel islands. after a fine into the day for many, we will start to see that low cloud and fog rolling backin see that low cloud and fog rolling back in across parts of england and wales through the night. bit of fog and central belt of scotland, and ireland as well. clear spells for wales. here, temperatures below freezing, touch of frost around in chile where we have the clout. from monday, starting off on a chilly note. then slow the cloud will tend to burn away towards the east. good spells of sunshine developing and probably a sunny day in store for much of scotland and northern ireland. the theme is well you have the sunshine, temperatures will reach double figures otherwise quite chilly so we hold onto the cloud and mist and fog. repeat performance on tuesday, another grey, misty, chilly start but we should see sunshine developing across southern scotland and

today and i think i've school in scotland today and i think i've gone _ school in scotland today and i think i've gone back sooner than the eighth— i've gone back sooner than the eighth in— i've gone back sooner than the eighth in wales. the decision is you eat it _ eighth in wales. the decision is you eat it or— eighth in wales. the decision is you eat it or can — eighth in wales. the decision is you eat it or can it be enforcing a two metre _ eat it or can it be enforcing a two metre distance in school or as a compulsory mask wearing? i it's impossible to do both. when all children— impossible to do both. when all children are returning at the same time _ children are returning at the same time that's— children are returning at the same time that's a big gamble too. scott lynn time that's a big gamble too. scott lynn is _ time that's a big gamble too. scott lynn is step—by—step when school returns _ lynn is step—by—step when school returns. borisjohnson gone lynn is step—by—step when school returns. boris johnson gone all out. all kids _ returns. boris johns

following so scotland and showers following so scotland and northern ireland. it will be a mild night. i've not so bad a long timeovernight temperatures are for — 10 timeovernight temperatures are for — io celsius, and tomorrow in mild stock to the day, still some rain across east anglia and southern and eastern parts of england, but that will clear and a lot of cloud and some fog and mist patches across ireland and scotland as well. a mild day, temperatures iii at most, but about 8 degrees in scotland. that is your weather. hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines... more than 15 million people in the uk have now had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine — enough to cover all of groups 1—4. borisjohnson under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. government ministers, however, urge caution. we won't be able to give certainty unless it is based on the evidence that we have got that the vaccine is doing itsjob. so far, the prognosis is pretty good, but we have to keep monitoring it as the rol

. a, easing of the economy, here in scotland. �* ., ., scotland. a one-off payment to part-time _ scotland. a one-off payment to part-time teachers. _ scotland. a one-off payment to part-time teachers. yes, - scotland. a one-off payment to part-time teachers. yes, that l scotland. a one-off payment to i part-time teachers. yes, that will be welcomed. _ part-time teachers. yes, that will be welcomed, a _ part-time teachers. yes, that will be welcomed, a payment - part-time teachers. yes, that will be welcomed, a payment of- part-time teachers. yes, that willl be welcomed, a payment of £400, there _ be welcomed, a payment of £400, there was— be welcomed, a payment of £400, there was quite a lot of detail in certain areas in this speech, but i think it was a speech about managing expectations, people who want life to return to normal and what to see their relatives who live in a different council area in scotland will be disappointed by what they hear today, will be disappointed by what they heartoday, but will be disappointed by what they hear t