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hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far the markets seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. and other stocks are up too. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situ...

will be finding out what people make of the chancellor's announcement. there's big changes to pensions to encourage people like doctors to stay in work butjeremy hunt's plans prompt accusations his budget favours the rich. check before you travel. rail workers in the rmt union take part in another strike in their discpute over pay, jobs and working conditions. no miracle in madrid for liverpool as they lose their second leg against real and are knocked out of the champions league humbled 6—2 on aggregate. and we hear from kate middleton's childhood piano teacher, who's written a so...

daffodils in wales. and there is plenty of wet weather, muddy foot pads in lancashire and across the south—west of england with rain across scotland as well. not a lot is set to change as we head through the rest of this week and into the start of next. still cloudy, mild and a lot more wet and windy weather to come in the forecast. this is today. you can see the rain starting today. you can see the rain starting to ease across scotland with a brisk south—westerly wind and another cold front pushing slowly across england giving outbreaks of rain. south—westerly wind, brisk towa...

i'm afraid, chris fawkes was not available this evening. northern ireland has had its warmest day of the year so far. temperatures at helens bay, close to belfast, getting above 16 degrees. but that warmth spawned some sharp showers this afternoon, some heavy downpours on thunderstorms, extending to parts of western scotland as well. for england and wales, we got a lot of cloud, bits and pieces of rain pushing south eastwards. but then stalling across the south—east corner, through the night. showers continue across parts of scotland, into north—west england, wales, a little bit ...

by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share! ireland's team have made the decision to change the colour of their shorts for this year's women's six nations tournament. they were white, but will now be blue to combat period anxiety. and other sides are considering following suit. the tournament kicks off march 25, with england once again favourites to win the title for what would be a fifth time in a row. our reporter sara orchard has been at the launch. we're in a very trendy corner of east london for this women's six nations launch, where the players and the ca...