but with a world cup looming, the start of this year s championship is a timely boost for a game in need of a lift. 2003, and england win the grand slam. sensational finish! before going on to claim their only global crown. 20 years on, new head coach steve borthwick is tasked with rediscovering such glory, starting against old rivals scotland. there s few fixtures in world rugby that have the ability to excite people more than this fixture. i m looking forward to the loud, packed twickenham this weekend. and england supporters are going to be cheering on this team. england have lost twice in a row against their opening opponents, scotland last year s defeat at murrayfield the start of a disappointing campaign that saw them finish in third place under the recently sacked eddiejones. but now there s added turmoil here in the community game amid mounting concern over head injuries, the rfu has apologised for its handling of a rule change lowering the tackle height. the memb
northern england with the rain moving southwards. it is already quite damp and drizzly across wales and western parts of england. a mild start tomorrow with some spots in double figures. the rain that moves south across scotland will lift back northwards across scotland tomorrow though the windiest weather will be easing and we are left with another day with a lot of cloud. wales, western parts of england seen the light rain and drizzle whereas in northern ireland it will brighten up a bit. temperatures rising to 14 degrees. a milder day tomorrow and a mild start to the weekend. clearly with a lot of cloud around, still a lot of light rain and drizzle and for northern ireland and scotland a band of heavy rain moving through and that is the leading edge of the weather change arriving by sunday. a cold front moving southwards with that rain weakening as it does so. behind it the cold moving in but with an area of high pressure centred right across the uk and that means bags of
Scotlands labour leader anas sarwar echoed these thoughts, saying his country would be key in delivering a uk wide labour victory, but the party must continue to work hard to regain voters trust. I am very clear that actually, scotland will lead the way in delivering uk wide labour government. And i think what you have seen happen in scotland over night is people move away and reject the politics of division, of chaos and incompetence and instead express a desire for a fresh start, express a desire for change. And they can now see that Scottish Labour is the vehicle for that change and that scotland will lead and that scotland will lead the way in delivering a uk wide labour government. A disappointing night for the snp. This is what humza yousaf had to say. A disappointing night. A tough night for the snp. Very difficult, of course. Theres a number of factors that played into that, we were told time and time again on the doorstep that margaret ferrier s reckless actions counted agains
hello, i m lyse doucet. reporting from jerusalem. we start with the latest from the israel gaza conflict, day 30 of the war. let us take a look at this live shot towards the gaza skyline from southern israel. just after 11am local time now. the israeli military has said it will open a four hour window for people still living in northern gaza under extremely dangerous circumstances to move towards the south. the route for the evacuation will be on the salah al din road. it is the main route running north south in the gaza strip. it will be open between 8am and 12pm gmt. the road is already open. we will try to get you reports about how the evacuation is going. we have also been following reports the hamas run health ministry has accused israel of carrying out another deadlier strikes. a spokesperson said more than 30 people were killed in the bombardment of a refugee camp in the centre of the gaza strip, al maghazi. israel said it was looking into whether its forces had been
Theresa may is in the us tonight. Charming Senior Republicans with a speech in philadelphia and stressing the historic ties between the uk and the us. Her messages on leadership, free trade and shared values went down well with her audience. Tomorrow the diplomacy might get trickier. In the commons before she left for philadelphia, politicians of all stripes were queuing up to offer her advice, but she has to walk a tightrope. If shed listened to the majority of them she would have a list of grievances in her briefcase, everything from human rights to Climate Change to misogyny. In fact, the new president has offered the hope that we might have a closer relationship than over the last eight years after all, he wants a new trade deal and hes a big fan of brexit. Our diplomatic editor mark urban is here. What was the tone of her speech . It was reaching out for what a lot of people in Downing Street Sea as a big political opportunity in the uk, but problematic as his reputation may be, h