sunday service the royal mail says it will trial sunday deliveries for the first time, to cash in on the boom in online shopping as it plays catch up with rivals. two wins and two draws for british sides in the europa league. more magic from harry kane leaves tottenham with one foot in the quarterfinals. and ever changing skies across the uk today. thundery showers, bit of sunshine, the odd rainbow. iwill have yourfull sunshine, the odd rainbow. iwill have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s friday march the 12th. our top story. the family of sarah everard have paid tribute to her as a shining example to us all who brought so much joy to our lives . a serving metropolitan police officer is still being held on suspicion of murdering the 33 year old. the force has referred itself to the police watchdog over how it investigated a separate allegation that the same officer indecently exposed himselfjust three days before sarah went missing. charlotte wright has the lat
looking great for many us, rain on the way, a bit sunshine earlier, but now the weather is rapidly going downhill across the south, really soggy. downhill across the south, really soggy. this is the sunshine we had earlier, lovely weather in places, but now it is coming in from the atlantic, the south west, engulfing the uk with cloud, and this rain has already reached cornwall, devon, central and southern england, rain and strong winds for a time. it is not going to be a wall of water into it right across the country, the rain will wax and wane, it may stop and then come back again, but suffice to say it is a soggy one and not perfect if you have got plans for the garden or anything like that. tomorrow, wherever you are, a story of sunny spells and showers, lots of showers across the uk. the extreme south east, maybe kent, will get away with it, but for the rest of us, downpours galore. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines at 1:30. angry clashes in east london during a pro
was a 48 minute take and it is a real tribute to the cast and the crew. it is a long running drama and we we re crew. it is a long running drama and we were able to do it. there is not many teams that would have been able to pull that off as efficiently as they did. you know, the results are spectacular. 30th anniversary is an extraordinary achievement, what do you put this perennial appeal of casualty down to? i think everybody knows we face those crises of health in our life knows we face those crises of health in ourlife and knows we face those crises of health in our life and the a&e department is the crucible of truth, in many ways. it is where we are faced with life and death situations in ourselves and others. that brings out true character and i think there is such inherent drama in a life and death situation that it is enhanced. we have the characters, c and duffy, who the audience absolutely love. it was paul s love letter to the nhs and it continues to be so. the c
welcome to witness, here at the british library in london. this month, we have anotherfive people have witnessed extraordinary moments of history first hand. we ll be talking about the legalisation of homosexuality in britain 50 years ago. a breakthrough for women in the men s world of racing, and, in a moment, the russian ballet star rudolf nureyev defected to the west. but first, we go back to a turning point for china. china was wracked with a civil war between communists and the nationalists. translation: i never even thought about joining the communists. i followed the nationalist party all the way. i m 99 years old, and i still haven t changed my mind about that. for most people, life was wretched. someone had to rescue china from these miserable conditions. there were two men willing to try. one was chiang kai shek, who was leader of the nationalist troops. the other was mao zedong, who wanted to turn china into a communist state. the two men were to become bitter riva
east anglia and the south east should stay dry for a good part of the day. temperatures around 17 to 22 degrees, it will feel pleasant in between any of those showers. there will be frequent showers, particularly in the north. some drifting into the south east into the evening hours as well. fading overnight across much of england and wales, showers continued the scotla nd wales, showers continued the scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow, similar to today. sunshine and showers, some heavy and thundery in the north and west, fewer showers towards the south east and temperatures up to around 22 degrees. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 10.30am: the threat of terrorism is very real. the disruption operation the efforts overnight have been very effective, but there is more work to do. the international trade secretary liam fox has said the government would not be keeping faith with the eu referendum result if it allowed the free movement of people to cont