is nothing, and i m sure the chairman would say the same, there is nothing more he would love to see than an asian lad from bradford coming out and playing in front of 20,000 every week. players like aston villa s neil taylor remain in a tiny minority. two years ago the fa launched a plan to increase asian involvement in football, hoping things might be different for the next generation. dave edwards, bbc news, bradford. nearly time to go, but before we do, time to quickly reveal the top three contenders for the bbc young sports personality of the year. well we ve certainly been spoilt for choice this year. 2015 winner ellie downie has made history this year, by becoming the first british gymnast to win all round gold at a major international competition, at the 2017 european championships. 17 year old manchester city midfielder phil foden won the fifa under 17 world cup, in india with england, and also the golden ball award for best player at the tournament. and para skier m
christiano ronaldo has been named the world s best player. he pips messi and neymar to the ballon d or. and the winner is. coventry! a night of celebration for the city, after it s awarded the next uk city of culture. and snow has been falling overnight. warnings of disruption later in the day. carol has the full forecast. snow has been falling in the north and west of the uk and in the midlands. that will continue through today. some snow showers getting into eastern areas and there is ice to watch out for first thing. a cold day as well and windy, but not as windy as yesterday. a full forecast in15 windy as yesterday. a full forecast in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may has just arrived in brussels after intense negotiations which continued throughout the night to try to break the deadlock over the irish border in brexit negotiations. we can talk now to our political correspondent chris mason who s in westminster. you are really where the story be
are switching accounts for better service for our money. in sport, seven points clear now. chelsea close in on the premier league title with a vital victory over southampton. we ll also be looking at how your garden grows, as a new report says climate change affects the north and the south in very different ways. and carol has the weather. good morning. another cool day in prospect. still some wintry showers in the forecast but there will be some sunshine as well. later, cloud coming in from the north west and the wind eases but i will have more detail in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and to restore bursaries for nurses in training if it wins the general election. the party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to i%. it also plans to introduce a law that ensures staffing levels in hospitals are safe. our health editor hugh pym reports. marchers by student
atioam. an hourand sunshine and showers. some sunshine at 10am. an hour and a sunshine and showers. some sunshine atioam. an hourand a half sunshine and showers. some sunshine at 10am. an hour and a half later it looks very different indeed. across scotla nd looks very different indeed. across scotland and northern ireland, the heel mixing in with that and not a great deal of sunshine in between. potential for thunder and lightning. there is more showers. the south coast of england doing very well. this morning we saw waterspout. through this evening the showers slowly fa d e through this evening the showers slowly fade away. in the south west the showers will be showing their hand. temperature will be 15 degrees in cardiff. 10 degrees in aberdeen. 0ral scotland into single figures. rule. this week it is all about what is coming in from the south west. it is blowing nearly a gale. wet weather pushing northwards. northern scotland will be the place to be. northern ireland h
the piece hall in halifax has re opened today following a £19 million transformation. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. british gas will increase electricity prices by 12.5% in september, a move which will affect more than three million customers. its parent company centrica said the price rise is a because of the increasing cost of transmitting energy to people s homes, and government environmental policies. the government has indicated that it may still legislate to impose a cap on energy prices. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. british gas likes to say it is putting its customers in control. but even if they turn the heating down, those on a standard variable tariffs will see their bills going up. after the increases announced today, the cost of an average dualfuel energy bill, electricity and gas, provided by british gas, will be going up. it will now cost £1120 a year, an increase of £76 compared to last year. it is not the cheapest among the big