there s racism at every level of elite rugby in england, including at national level. those are the findings of the rugby football union s investigation into discrimination. it follows former england centre luther burrell s allegations last year that racism was rife in the sport and racist banter had become normalised. tonight he says he s proud and has a sense of closure after his claims of racism were found to be true. he s been talking about his experiences to our sports editor dan roan, a warning some people may find parts of the interview upsetting. it s been a tough eight to ten months, to be honest. i was disappointed initially by the lack of support shown from some of my peers. it was as if my comments were being dismissed. it peers. it was as if my comments were being dismissed. being dismissed. it was almost like eole being dismissed. it was almost like peeple needed being dismissed. it was almost like people needed proof. being dismissed. it was almost
to hear. the rest of the week looks very wet indeed. there could be flooding issues, a lot more rain to come on the ground is saturated. the rest of today is windy with rain slowly clearing but more pushing into the west later. that is the morning rain, confined to the north of the uk. it has cleared large parts of england and wales but here is the next band, pushing in later. barely any sunshine out there and a blustery feel two things. the only plus site is it is not feeling cold with temperatures in double figures, milder than we expect this time of year buckle across the north of scotland. a wet end to the day for the northern part of the country, rain rattling through quickly and clear spells and showers for overnight. chaos and severe gales affecting the northern isles and the north highlands through tonight so a wild night to come, blustery for most of us, when trainers on the hills, the best chance of dryness is towards the east. lots of isobars on the charts as we he
relations lawyer. also this afternoon. there were more excess deaths than usual in the uk last year. the highest number outside the covid pandemic in half a century. some shops open at midnight to meet demand for prince harry s heavily trailed autobiography, which is now on sale. and a setback, not a roadblock. the team behind a uk space mission which failed to launch say they will keep on trying. and this picture has been causing something of a stir on social media today, because someone or something is missing. we will be revealing all. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, the government has been introducing draft legislation to limit future industrial action in the public sector. the bill would cover health, fire and railway workers. ministers say it would introduce a minimum level of service. unions have reacted angrily to the proposals, which they say potentially are undemocratic and unworkable, and would limit the right to strike. the business secretary grant shapps
actually a large area of high pressure is keeping things very dry and settled and warm across much of central europe. but for us, don t expect it to be settled, there is going to be a lot of rain over the next few days. the next batch starts to show its hand over the next few hours, pushing into the south west of bringing a lot of low cloud and mist and fog, keeping it on the mild side across england and wales, but clearer skies, single figures into aberdeenshire, where the best of the sunshine will be first thing tomorrow morning. but it will not last, the rain will push gradually northwards, fragmenting, showery outbreaks, some of it heavy, with the odd rumble of thunder. clearer skies with some sunshine following on behind, and it is in that sunshine where we might see 20 22. more rain to come on friday, still staying mild but we will see some wet and increasingly windy weather coming in from the west, gale force gusts on that band of rain. the heaviest of the rain will be
and delete long, as he begins to have to mix and delete difficult decisions. another and delete difficult decisions. another bumpy incident for the government, the last few hours, sonia, just on the metro front page. james cleverley s comments about football fans going to the world cup in qatar, just a few weeks away now, their headline don t be gay at world cup but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this world cup - but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. - by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. james i on the radio this morning. james cleverley, foreign secretary, said he was going to go to the road cup in qatar and seem to imply we could compromise, with little but of compromise, with little but of compromise on both sides it should be a really fun world cup, and that is really problema