In the sunny skies and the south east, 22 or 23 degrees. That will be tempered by the strength of the wind, particularly when the around the pennines. Goodbye. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. A major easing of the coronavirus lockdown comes into effect in england with pubs, restaurants, hotels, and cinemas all able to re open. Some hairdressers in england have been open since midnight businesses will need to have new rules and procedures in place. A local lockdown comes into force in the city of leicester hospitality businesses arent allowed to open and social gatherings and overnight stays are banned. Spains catalonia region reintroduces some local restrictions for an area of more than hundred thousand people after a spike in Coronavirus Infections. Now on bbc news, live sport is returning to our screens though the pandemic is farfrom over. How has this happened . Patrick gearey has spoken to those at the centre of whats been called project restart. for 100 days, sport was froz
Live sport is returning to our screens, even though the pandemic is far from over. Patrick gearey speaks to those at the centre of project restart. For 100 days, football was frozen. This was an earlier thaw than some thought possible. The day the English Premier League returned, 1,115 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the uk. So, how had sport re emerged amid a pandemic . What are the risks and in the strange echoey bubble sport now sits in, what on earth comes next . London, on the morning of monday 9 march. The headlines are dominated by talk of supermarket rationing and the coming pandemic. Andthe culture secretary is being asked if sport can go on much longer. At this stage, we are not in the territory of cancelling or postponing events and i dont expect that to be the case after today. Those words aged within the week. The cheltenham festival, liverpool versus Atletico Madrid would be the final scenes of sport as we knew it. Tonights premier league game between Manchester
Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. Thank you. This is shaping up to be quite changeable. We started off with cloud and rain in Northern Areas but the warmth and sunshine of the south will spread north from tomorrow then the chance of thunderstorms on friday. By the end of the week low pressure suites and to bring some windy and cooler weather to our shores. The early radar on the satellite shows quite a bit of cloud across the country and most of that moving back to the coast but the cloud remains thicker gcioss coast but the cloud remains thicker across north west england, Northern Ireland and scotland, particularly western scotland would light rain and drizzle two. An improving picture with sunshine breaking through across eastern scotland, North Eastern england and elsewhere, but again it is central and southern parts of england and wales that will see the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. Temperatures already around 23 in london, and pretty high, 2526 there, g
That they will bring some improvement to peoples well being and quality life start getting our economy moving again and start to steer us safely towards a new normality. Borisjohnson is cleared of any criminal actions in his relationship withJennifer Arcuri whilst london mayor but a review establishes there may have been an intimate relationship. An International Trial has begun to see whether two anti malarial drugs could prevent covid 19. The International Olympic Committee President says he understands why the rescheduled tokyo 2020 games would have to be cancelled, if it cant take place next summer. In the last few minutes, downing street says a deal has been agreed on the supply of Antibody Tests, which will be available on the nhs, with health and care workers first in line to receive them. Were expecting to hear more details at the daily presser in a few hours time and well be speaking to our Political Correspondent chris mason very shortly so stay with us for that. Meanwhile th
End to the day for many others. Through the latter part of this evening and overnight the winds start to pick up. We blow in this band of rain northwards and eastwards, still dry in the south east and east anglia, where temperatures are going to be particularly warm. If you are hoping for some rain here you may be a bit disappointed tomorrow morning because the weather front is going to be weakening as it tracks eastwards. Most of the rain and the stronger winds will be closer to the area of low pressure. Rainfall accumulations from friday, saturday and into sunday show very little rain in the south east at all. Its much wetter further west and north, with a focus of some heavy rain over a months rain in the highlands of scotland, and for a while northern parts of the uk will be particularly windy as well. This is the picture as we head into friday. You can see the band of rain soon moves away from the uk and there wont be much rainfor from the uk and there wont be much rain for easter