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Ireland, and quite cold across scotla nd ireland, and quite cold across scotland with further snow falling over the hills. 1 4 degrees over the north, but a little milder across the south. It turns cold for a while through friday night, so we could see some snow but it will be transient, temperatures lifting further across the south, milder air continuing across england and wales through saturday, whereas scotland and Northern Ireland remain in the cooler air. England and wales bright with sunshine, and we start to see some heavy rain pushing into the far south west. 10 13, your temperatures in the south, a little bit cooler in the north. Good afternoon. Youre watching bbc news. These are the latest headlines. Heavy snow and icy conditions are expected to cause severe disruption to travel across parts of Northern England and scotland. Glasgow airport has reopened after temporarily suspending flights, but is advising passengers to check with their airlines. 12 people, including three ch
Very unsettled. Hello, good afternoon. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines more than 1,100 people are recognised in the new year honours with knighthoods for the beatles drummer ringo starr, bee gees singer barry gibb, and strictly come dancing judge Darcey Bussell is made a dame. The labour peer lord adonis says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to step down as its infrastructure adviser. He quit yesterday, suggesting whitehall had been infected by brexit. Thousands of iranian government supporters are attending officially sponsored rallies across the country after two days of anti establishment protests. Millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post war generation, but not until theyre into their 60s, a report says. Now on bbc news, one of our Programme Highlights from the past 12 months. Africa is in the midst of a baby boom. The median age across the continent isjust 19. In september, Alastair Leithead investigated the potential pos
It will be windy ahead of this developing rain thats arriving in Northern Ireland later on in the day and that rain is going to sweep across all areas overnight. It comes with a deepening area of low pressure. It will be a windy week, an unsettled week and rain, when it comes, will be heavy at times. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines. Police appeal for information after four men are stabbed to death two of the british victims of a seaplane crash in australia are identified as emma bowden and her 11 year old daughter heather. Also among the dead her fiance and the head of a British Company compass, richard cousins, and his two sons william and edward both in their 20s. The both in their 20s. Pilot also died. A fire in a liverpool car park destroys around m00 vehicles, stranding hundreds of people in the city centre overnight. State media in iran says the death toll in Anti Government protests has risen to ten the countrys president warns that violence and disorder will not be toler
Todays news. First, africa is in the midst of a baby boom. Alistair lees had to investigate in africas population explosion. The population of africa is set to double by the year 2050. The 2. 5 billion people. To 2. 5 billion people. The young are moving from the countryside to the towns. U nfortu nately for unfortunately for us, in the last two, three years its been a deluge. But many end up in slums and cities are struggling to cope. An Industrial Revolution could transform african countries and lift millions out of poverty. Every year it grows, 20 millionjobs per year over the coming decades. But i dont use could mean millions more migrants and drive many into the hands of islamist extremists. And thatis hands of islamist extremists. And that is everyones problem. There is nowhere in the world where women have more children. Half the girls here are married by 15. So it isnt surprising that children have children. We are on the fringe of the sahara desert, not farfrom we are on the f