intense the further north you go across the uk. looking at the weather chart, you think perhaps perfect conditions, high pressure normally means a lot of fine weather, but it doesn t necessarily equate to crystal clear skies. at the moment we have a north easterly wind coming around our area of high pressure kicking up moisture off the north sea bringing cloud and showers. quite a leopard print effect to our satellite picture at the moment. many areas are seeing cloud passing over and glimmers of sunshine coming in. some showers in the midlands this afternoon, some to the far south east as well, and a north easterly wind needs factoring in. one of the monitor you will see nine or 10 degrees, outside it will feel closer to five or six. indicators of a strong aurora to the north of the uk, even again possibly visible to the south. the best areas to get the clear skies probably somewhere in the south west of england and again to the north west of scotland. also where you get the
week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. we ll be live in windsor shortly but first, just to let you know we re expecting a news conference very shortly in belfast from police investigating the shooting last week of det chief inspectorjohn caldwell. two gunmen shot the 48 year old several times in front of his young son at a sports complex on wednesday evening. mr caldwell remains critically ill in hospital. six people remain in police custody for questioning. this is the scene, the podium, as we expect the conference getting under way. there are significant developm
in new zealand s largest city, auckland, after 3 people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. police in israel say that a 13 year old palestinian has carried out a shooting attack outside the old city injerusalem in which two people, a father and son, were seriously wounded. the teenage attacker was shot and wounded. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue in eastjerusalem. israeli police say they ve arrested 42 people in connection with friday s shooting the gunman was killed. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has urged israelis not to take matters into their own hands. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank town ofjenin. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son
been made redundant. a 15 year old girl has died after being stabbed in northumberland. police have arrested a 16 year old boy on suspicion of murder. a thirteen year old palestinian boy has shot and wounded a father and son in east jerusalem. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed 7 people near a synagogue. 42 people have been arrested in connection with friday s shooting; the gunman was killed. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning. police saying they were shot by a palestinian boy aged just 13. meanwhile, this was the scene of last night s attack, the deadliest israelis have seen in years. here, a palestinian gunman opened fire after prayers in a packed synagogue at the start of the jewish sabbath. as people rushed to help the injured, one witness said they were shot too. translation: i went out and saw my neighbour-