charge, a lot of dry weather around and a little bit of rain towards the north and the best of the sunshine across england and wales and we could be into the low 20s in the warmest spots. take care. and that s bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. my legacy is already exceptional! pep guardiola s words on the eve of manchester city s champions league semifinal against real madrid as they try to win the trophy for the first time. agony for archer as he s ruled out of the ashes. the fast bowler has a recurrence of the stress fracture in his right elbow and hasn t been named in england s test squad. another squad announcement, but for netball.head coachjess thirlby tells us what england s chances are in south africa this summer. welcome to the programme. where the business end of the meals pastorates competition of england football. tomorrow, the matchup between manchester city and ra
i wonderfor the flying i wonder for the flying weather will be like tonight. time for a look at the weather here s darren bett. it isa it is a fine and late spring day. for many parts of the country it stays dry today because we were close to the area of high pressure. more cloud coming in to bring rain to northern scotland tomorrow and that weather front has brought more clout from the north across scotland and this is actually where we have seen most of the showers. northern scotland should improve this afternoon and showers move down into northern ireland, northern england. further south you may squeeze a shower from the cloud but on the whole it is dry and a little bit warmer, not quite as breezy and the temperatures peaking at 17 degrees. some showers this evening and they could affect eastern parts of england before fading away, we are left with cloud across the east and more cloud coming into the north west of scotland. maybe not quite as chilly as last night, temper
for their lowest paid workers. rmt members who work for the 1a train operating companies are still due to go on strike, but this vote todayis due to go on strike, but this vote today is being seen as a breakthrough. we will have more of that on the news channel and the bbc news at six. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good afternoon, today is the spring equinox, the beginning of the astronomical spring. and certainly, we have been feeling the days getting longer. the sunrise this morning in the east of england was just before six o clock in the sun won t set in parts of northern ireland until nearly quarter to seven this evening. but you may not get to see too many sunrises and sunsets this weekend because the jet stream, high up in the atmosphere, is blowing strongly across the atlantic feeding what is essentially a conveyor belt of weather systems in our direction. it will often be cloudy and there will be quite a lot of rain. this is the rain we expect to a
three british men accused of being mercenaries in ukraine are expected to stand trial in a russian proxy court. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to industry body the early years alliance. researchers at the university of cambridge say they ve successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. and a sad end to the story of freya the walrus who became a tourist sensation in norway as she is put down. good morning. the labour leader sir keir starmer has set out how he would fund his party s plan to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. the energy price cap the maximum amount suppliers can charge for average use is forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,200 injanuary. labour said it would freeze the pr