but the toughest test of all if northern ireland taking on l all if northern ireland taking on italy. at the bet is that —— desperate to make up for lost time. remember how the italian here in russia, that is because they did not even qualify. but now they are completely different sides. they have not lost in 22 matches and they have not lost in 22 matches and they have never been beaten at home in a world cup qualifier. we have never been beaten at home in a world cup qualifier.— world cup qualifier. we have paid the themes _ world cup qualifier. we have paid the themes for _ world cup qualifier. we have paid the themes for a _ world cup qualifier. we have paid the themes for a few _ world cup qualifier. we have paid the themes for a few years - world cup qualifier. we have paid the themes for a few years and i world cup qualifier. we have paid . the themes for a few years and some of the players have been praying at these places. we have to work very hard to play and beat them in switzerland and italy. this group of players have done it in the past and there is no reason not t

but the northern ireland secretary insisted the actions were lawful. they're temporary operational easements introduced change our legal obligations set out in the protocol, and we will continue to discuss protocol implementation in the joint committee. can i ask my right honourable friend whether the government understands the very destabilising effect on trust that such unilateral action brings on both uk—eu relations and on uk—irish relations? these are pragmatic, they're operational, they are temporary. we have seen the irish government take temporary flexabilities without giving an end date, without anybody criticising or challenging them just a few weeks ago in a very similar way to what we are talking about, we want to continue to work with the eu. it's not the publicly stated objective of protecting - the flow of goods which is an issue here, but ratherl the provocative and belligerent i manner in which the government seems determined to go - about trying to achieve that. a labour mp reckoned the prime minister was more interested in buildi

ireland and he is _ incredible for northern ireland and he is such— incredible for northern ireland and he is such an important player for us, even — he is such an important player for us, even at — he is such an important player for us, even at the ag is. it is he is such an important player for us, even at the ag is.— us, even at the ag is. it is a monster _ us, even at the ag is. it is a monster win _ us, even at the ag is. it is a monster win game - us, even at the ag is. it is a monster win game for - us, even at the ag is. it is a - monster win game for northern ireland. what are the chances? they've two out of two. we have obviously — they've two out of two. we have obviously lost our first game but probably— obviously lost our first game but probably the hardest game we're going _ probably the hardest game we're going to — probably the hardest game we're going to play in the group. we probably— going to play in the group. we probably have to aim for second place _ probably have to aim for second place i— probably have to aim for second place i think that was

is that about is worth remembering what the northern ireland protocol is this was the the agreement that was reached in haste at the end of last year to try to preserve the good friday agreement and to deal with this unique situation in northern ireland zain has a shares a land border with the e.u. but it's part of britain and so in order to avoid a border through ireland bought to protect the e.u. single market the u.k. a greek to have limited checks on goods that were leaving great britain the island of england scotland wales the are heading over to northern ireland and that's produced all sorts of headaches especially because this deal was done very little on christmas to give a lot of time for businesses to to prepare for the paper that would be involved and so. what you had was you you had empty supermarket shelves and then now we have a grace period there where grace periods but the u.k. has said the grace periods that we have in place on and off so they've they've they've they've extended them unilaterally and the e.u. has sent off a very angry email i don't think kind of sta

mps in northern ireland were not persuaded by the government's approach. even an extended grace period still leaves us i with the reality that - in the words of the secretary of the department of. agriculture, 20% of all the checks taking . place on all borders across the european union are now taking place - in the irish sea, and thati will increase substantially beyond the grace period. last week, the secretary of state rushed out, sneaked out an announcement unilaterally on budget day that his government would once again break international law. on capitol hill and in the white house are furious about this move, is the secretary of state at all concerned that this government's reputation is in tatters across the world? if the protocol is to be sustainable, we need to see a genuine partnership between the uk and the eu to fix problems, not for northern ireland to become a pawn in a war of attrition with the eu. in a debate on international women's day, a labour mp listed all women killed in the uk over the last year, where a man has been convicted or cha

mps in northern ireland were not persuaded by the government's approach. even an extended grace period still leaves us i with the reality that _ in the words of the permanent secretary of the department of agriculture, 20% of all. the checks taking . place on all borders across the european union are now taking place - in the irish sea, and thati will increase substantially beyond the grace period. last week, the secretary of state rushed out, sneaked out an announcement unilaterally on budget day that his government would once again break international law. given that governments across europe, politicians on capitol hill and in the white house are furious about this move, is the secretary of state at all concerned that this government's reputation is in tatters across the world? if the protocol is to be sustainable, we need to see a genuine partnership between the uk and the eu to fix problems, not for northern ireland to become a pawn in a war of attrition with the eu. stephen farry. in a debate on international women's day, a labour mp listed all women

, the uk and northern ireland has worked so hard to achieve. and there's got to be a balance and symmetry in that. absent today were the dup's partners in government sinn fein, who refused to meet with the prime minister. his visit, they said, served only as a pr stunt. we want to sit down and have a grown—up political meeting with the prime minister. we do not want to provide cover for what is essentially a day out for unionism today and to engage in pr exercises. while the prime minister's focus here today was on the collective efforts against the pandemic in northern ireland, the division brought about by brexit was really the elephant in the room, and rebuilding trust with unionists will be hard. nice to see you. the success of the vaccine programme, said northern ireland's health minister today, shows the strength of the union. but as long as there are uncertainties over the brexit arrangements, the prime minister's relationships on all sides will continue to be strained. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the ancient silk road used to pass

ireland no one's going to vote to go into a country that chant of sort to keep northern ireland we're part of the 5th largest economy in the world and on the vaccines ace alone northern ireland has got almost a 3rd of its entire population boxed in that the republic of arms has less than 10 percent fox no no better team practice and pays a junior thank you well after a full page adverts for a united ireland in the new york times in the washington post paid by friends of shin fein that's now here from gen fein m.p. from belfast old john fund who can john thanks so much for coming back on we just spoke to him paisley jr i'm not sure whether in helps him feign that vaccination is so much higher in the north but he said not only that but. you're basically a carrying out the queen's bidding cian fame is no longer a movement for anything irish it's basically british. well good afternoon and it's good to talk to you again i'm not happy to have padres national that. happy some projects they do all of your listeners as well all around the work so. it's one of many many those are strange calm c

in northern ireland who are on hockey with this northern ireland protocol which is a part of the the whole agreement that breaks that agreement and i think it's the fact that this is only expected that this was on herald it's i think the economy herm's that you are managing the european union indeed an art and that is a johnson that government does is an unpredictable government it's a moderate government and it's one that cannot be trusted to keep the commitments that it enters into you know reification of our and is now a talking point in a way that it was never before greg said and there is an argument there the logic of united ireland has much greater force now whole sprague's and not art and as an economic unit it's something that's accepted in the india with all that being that there can't be a hoarder our border 'd and you are structural border 'd between north and south now just nation that was on here what these dogs this is this particular act that we're talking about today what he does is that he deepens divisions within northern ireland loyalists in northern ireland withd

i that is not fair on the people of northern ireland.— northern ireland. i share the determination _ northern ireland. i share the determination to _ northern ireland. i share the determination to protect i northern ireland. i share the determination to protect the | determination to protect the integrity of the good friday belfast agreement in terms of north—south, and east—west. the eu decision to invoke article 16 was in complete contradiction of the spirit of the protocol and shamefully plays to the eu protection of their single market over the protection of the good friday agreement. seriously undermined cross community confidence in its operation. does the minister agree it is now incumbent on the eu to remedy their mistake and restore trust in the protocol in northern ireland? mt; protocol in northern ireland? my honourable friend makes it an important powerful point, he is right it is important we remember the good friday belfast agreement is about the entire community, it has a north—south, and an east—west dimension and people need to und

but equally there cannot be a hard border oregan entry border between northern ireland and the rest of our own country some plea is anathema to unionism so how much of a threat is there to peace in northern ireland well observers including the police force don't believe there are many among the former paramilitaries who want a return to violence but there's no denying that unionists and therefore harder line lower. lists have been badly let down by the briggs it negotiations and there's very real anger about the feelings that loyalist activists warn shouldn't be overlooked if the concerns of young loyalists and the concerns of the way to unions community are persistently ignored then what's going to happen is the data anger is going to have nowhere to go and when you have all this pent up anger and you've no order to act and then you end of a the interest territory and once once that genie gets out of the bottle it's extraordinarily difficult to put to put it back in again and that's a concern the good friday agreement is underpinned by public support and it will likely stand regard

for northern ireland and our— for everybody. for northern ireland and our food manufacturers. this is saying _ and our food manufacturers. this is saying that — and our food manufacturers. this is saying that there has been a grace period _ saying that there has been a grace period going until april 21 and that so-catted — period going until april 21 and that so—called shelfstable products which contain _ so—called shelfstable products which contain meat and pasteurised milk, cheese _ contain meat and pasteurised milk, cheese onion chris which may be shelfstable but they have a best before _ shelfstable but they have a best before date, i suppose that's what it means — before date, i suppose that's what it means. they are now going to be stamped _ it means. they are now going to be stamped with the stamp. and that will add _ stamped with the stamp. and that will add millions i should say to the product lines for these big companies. but this piece is saying that it's _ companies. but this piece is saying that it's the — companies. but this piece is saying that it's

under the so-called northern ireland protocol. for unionists it's a stake through the heart of what they stand for causing loyalist paramilitary groups to withdraw their support for the good friday agreement any major decision affecting the norse in our community hard to have the consent of both communities in the case of this protocol a fact is being given just to the national nationalist side of the agreement in other words there is broader perspective it should not be a hard border on the island of ireland but equally there cannot be a hard border or regulatory border between northern ireland and the rest of our own country that some plea is anathema to unionism so how much of a threat is there to peace in northern ireland well observers including the police force don't believe there are many among the former paramilitaries who want a return to violence but there's no denying that unionists and therefore harder line loyalists have been badly let down by the briggs it negotiations and there's very real anger about their feelings

on to break northern ireland has remained part of the e.u. single market for goods. fully applied but the u.k. has decided to extend these transition period for some products without asking the e.u. 1st that's illegal brussels says and undermines the brig's that deal the european commission will respond to these developments in accordance with the legal means established by the withdrawal agreement. but britain the says brakes that supply chicks are causing huge disruption to delay it says will give businesses more time to get used to the new rules. we're taking some temporary technical measures to ensure that there are no barriers in the irish sea org to make sure that things flow freely from g.b. to n.i. and that's what you'd expect the tensions on just affecting trade paramilitary groups on happy with the breaks a disruption have temporarily abandoned to northern ireland historic 998 peace deal known as the good friday agreement the group signed then not planning a return to violence but it's heightening fears that northern ireland's delicate balance of peace is b

ireland.— only in scotland but also in northern ireland. . ., , northern ireland. yes. there does seem to be _ northern ireland. yes. there does seem to be a _ northern ireland. yes. there does seem to be a surge _ northern ireland. yes. there does seem to be a surge in _ northern ireland. yes. there does. seem to be a surge in independence movements in scotland and northern ireiand _ movements in scotland and northern ireiand in— movements in scotland and northern ireland in northern ireland interestingly it might have something to do with everything that has happened with brexit. both countries — has happened with brexit. both countries the conversation around brexit— countries the conversation around brexit and — countries the conversation around brexit and with estimate for trading and for— brexit and with estimate for trading and for the — brexit and with estimate for trading and for the values of those countries, has brought these issues to the _ countries, has brought these issues to the fore — countries, has brought these issues to the fore. a

ireland through the day, and brightening up to southern scotland, northern ireland, northern ireland and north wales. but with winds going into a more southerly direction across the southern half of wales, midlands, southern england, it is going to be increasingly sunny. and note the temperatures — on the up. above 20 degrees for one or two during the afternoon. even in eastern scotland, 17 or 18 degrees. and it gets warmer still through tuesday and wednesday towards the south. still through tuesday but the cold air is back across the north midweek onwards. hello, this is bbc news with tim wilcox. the headlines. more than 30 million people in the uk have now received their first covid vaccine dose, according to the latest government figures. ahead of restrictions easing in england, the nhs warns not to "squander" the progress made against covid — as the culture secretary says plans to lift lockdown are on target. at the moment, we are on track so thanks to the work of the british people and the vaccine roll—out we are confident so we will be going ahead with the easing from tom

the post—brexit trading rules known as the northern ireland protocol. a dup member of the northern ireland assembly warned that the jewish community is struggling to get kosher meat in time for the passover festival which begins towards the end of this month. he blamed the protocol, which has led to checks on some goods coming into northern ireland from the rest of the uk, one reason why the dup wants to scrap it. the synagogue in my- constituency, as we reach passover this is something that's become particularlyl acute. is this government aware of the scale and depth i of the problems of this - protocol, that this isn't some sort of pick—up? i thank the member for those very real and tangible examples of the impact of the protocol, and i note his remarks about thejewish community, something which is very concerning, i have to say. we have a very smalljewish community in northern ireland, and the fact that they can't access kosher meat is something that would cause me a great deal of concern. i want to touch on another aspect about the protocol. you w

there will be a little bit of patchy rain on that front, affecting northern england, northern ireland, that is the midlands as we move towards the end of the day. behind it, perhaps some glimmers of brightness, but for most it is going to be rather grey and pretty damp. those temperatures, single figures, low single figures in the north, turning chilly here and each chilly feel two things further south as well. this evening and overnight, that cold front spreads its way southwards, taking patchy rain with it. behind it, skies will tend to clear. variable cloud and clear skies. where the skies are clear, it will turn cold with some frost, mainly across northern and western areas. an onshore breeze continuing to keep things a little less frosty across the north sea coast. friday, we end the week with a big area of high pressure on top of the uk. some cold air wrapped into it so it will feel quite chilly. we start off on a cold note, perhaps some sunshine around. more than what we have seen over the last few days. but over the afternoon, that cloud may build up, so some areas turning gre

, the uk and northern ireland has worked so hard to achieve. there's got to be a balance and symmetry in that. absent today were the dup's partners in government sinn fein refused absent today were the dup's partners in government sinn fein, who refused to meet with the prime minister. his visit, they said, served only as a pr stunt. we want to sit down - and have a grown—up political meeting with the prime minister. we do not want to provide cover for what is essentially a day out| for unionism today and to engage in pr exercises. _ while the prime minister's focus here today was on the collective efforts against the pandemic in northern ireland, the division brought about by brexit was really the elephant in the room and rebuilding trust with unionists will be hard. good to see you. the success of the vaccine programme, said northern ireland health minister today, shows the strength of the union. but as long as there are uncertainties over the brexit arrangements, the prime minister's relationships on all sides will continue to be strained.

england and northern ireland can't be ruled out. to the south, after a frosty start, still a fair amount of cloud around, maybe a few early mist and fog patches. but significant weather changes on the way into midweek. goodbye, high pressure, hello, low pressure, and that does mean a change to, yes, slightly milder weather coming our way and some potentially disruptive wet and windy weather once more. welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: pope francis begins his historic visit to iraq with an appealfor all religions to come together and work for peace. gunfire more clashes in myanmar — as the united nations security council meets to decide what action to take against its military rulers. "a greater mass trauma than world war ii" — the head of the who says the effects of the pandemic will be felt for years to come. and, the disconnected phonebox injapan that helps relatives remember loved ones lost in the fukushima disaster ten years ago.

would be to allow businesses in northern ireland to adapt the e.u. has called foul they've accused the u.k. of a potential breach of international law with potential repercussions for peace on the in northern ireland those are as i said the latest point of dispute between the 2 and as the irish foreign affairs minister said this morning thomas byrne in northern ireland you're in dangerous territory when you do anything unilaterally and how that cross that story for us from london thank you so much stand. well still ahead here on out there venezuela's president is in the country. to evade international sanctions. russia has a 10 page made history. and excitement to despair as. test of an unmanned rocket. and enforce a hat trick followed by 6 sixes in a row action from a thrilling game of cricket coming right up. that deep winter maybe a vote we still got temperatures going up and down quite wildly this is another active cold front on its way down through europe the temperatures there for will drop behind it on the front itself will be rain or snow and

under brakes or to northern ireland has remained part of the e.u. single market for goods checks aren't fully applied yet but the u.k. has decided to extend this transition period for some products without asking the e.u. 1st that's illegal brussels says and undermines the brig's that deal the european commission will respond to these developments in accordance with the legal means established by the withdrawal agreement. but britain the says breaks that supply checks are causing huge disruption a delay it says will give businesses more time to get used to the new rules. where taking some temporary technical measures to ensure that there are no barriers in the in the irish sea org to make sure that things flow freely from g b to n.i. and that's what you'd expect the tensions aren't just affecting trade paramilitary groups on happy with the breaks a disruption have temporarily abandoned to northern ireland historic 998 peace deal known as the good friday agreement the group say they're not planning a return to violence but it's heightening fears that

brightening up in northern ireland and southern scotland in the afternoon. much better day for england and wales, increasing sunshine, 20—23 . eastern scotland could see 17 at 18 degrees. south—westerly winds ease to the south and east into tuesday night. some mist and fog patches form. rain continues across the north—west of scotland and could be a cold night in the south—east. temperatures building in the day but the warmth disappears into the horizon. a touch of frost for one or two. high pressure on the continent mean skies will be clearer, a lot more sunshine around. mist and fog clears, quickly warming up. bright for northern ireland and southern scotland. rain still in the highlands and islands. a chilly day. in the south, widely reaching the 20s. 23 possible in the south east corner. the warmest march day since 2012 on the cards. warmth disappears into wednesday but with high pressure building from the north, the weather front pushes south through wednesday. rain, snow and sleet through time. day for scotland. brightening up in the north. tem

tried to ignore the northern ireland protocol injanuary which _ northern ireland protocol injanuary which went down very badly. this is not the _ which went down very badly. this is not the same thing but the uk government needs to be very careful about— government needs to be very careful about upsetting our european neighbours. and over the longer ternr~ _ neighbours. and over the longer term. , neighbours. and over the longer term. �*, term. boris johnson was saying it's 'ust a term. boris johnson was saying it's just a technical— term. boris johnson was saying it's just a technical issue. _ term. boris johnson was saying it's just a technical issue. it's - term. boris johnson was saying it's just a technical issue. it's a - just a technical issue. it's a problem that can be resolved straightforward.— problem that can be resolved straightforward. problem that can be resolved strairhtforward. 1, _ ., , straightforward. boris johnson gives the impression _ straightforward. boris johnson gives the impression of _ straightforward. boris johnson gives the impression of somebod

in northern ireland. the sunday people hails this year as the summer of love — and says 300 weddings could take place each day as lockdown eases. and the sunday express reports the prime minister is �*optimistic�* that the roadmap out of restrictions in england will go ahead as planned. so let's begin... hello again martin and penny. martin, i wonder if you could kick us off at the sunday times and the uk to offer covid dead to ireland. yeah, we know there's ongoing issues between the british government over the last three or four weeks over vaccination and threats to stop exporting elements of the vaccine for the up the latest twist is they say there was a plan being cut out draughted, howeveryou say there was a plan being cut out draughted, however you want to put it by dominic raab that will go over vander and louis the northern ireland secretary to offer a 3.7 million doses of the vaccine to ireland. some will go over to the border to northern ireland which would be positive to the people they a

al-jazeera teaching a group of paramilitary organizations which supports northern ireland staying in the u.k. says it's temporarily pulling out of a historic peace deal the loyalist communities council says it's suspending its role in the good friday agreement over breaks it they say it's destructive trade and commerce between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. in 1911 that the 3 decade conflict between catholic nationalists and protestant unionists joel holism london and says it comes down to being consulted on train. i'm not sure there's any realistic immediate threat to the integrity of the good friday agreement itself after all this is an agreement that's backed by public support as much as anything else nor is there any sense that the parties to the former troubles really want any real return to the troubles or resumption of violence but this being northern ireland it's impossible to say where things like this might go where they might end so we're talking here about the loyalist communities council the l.c.c. this is an umbrella group that represents what remains of a nu

ireland through the day, and brightening up to southern scotland, northern ireland, northern ireland and north wales. but with winds going into a more southerly direction across the southern half of wales, midlands, southern england, it is going to be increasingly sunny. and note the temperatures — on the up. above 20 degrees for one or two during the afternoon. even in eastern scotland, 17 or 18 degrees. and it gets warmer still through tuesday and wednesday towards the south. but the cold air is back across the north midweek onwards. hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines... with further easing of restrictions in england tomorrow, the culture secretary says the country's on target — he hopes the lifting of curbs will be "irreversible"... but the national medical director for the nhs in england warns people not to "squander the gains" made against coronavirus. the government says lorry drivers arriving in england from outside the uk will need to take a covid test within 48 hours and then one every 72 hours afterwards. the prime minister is urged to "swiftly clar

ireland, and the british government has said that supermarkets and other people in northern ireland need time to adjust to the post—brexit reality. the eu says you can'tjust unilaterally decide to do this sort of thing because you're telling people in northern ireland to break international norms and rules and regulations. ten years ago today, protests began in syria, calling for the removal of the regime of president bashar al—assad. in the months that followed, a peaceful uprising gave way to vicious civil war that has involved multiple nations and displaced millions of people. among them is one syrian farmer who lost his wife and his sons to this war, and is now left to look after his 12 grandchildren. the bbc�*s aruna iyengar has more on his story. this man was a well—to—do farmer in syria's rural province. ten years after the civil war began he is penniless, homeless and living in a tentin penniless, homeless and living in a tent in northern id lib with the wives of his dead sons and 12 grandchildren. translation: i grandchildren. translation: ., ., ., ., translation:

in northern ireland who are on hockey with this northern ireland protocol which is a part of the the whole 'd agreement to break that agreement and i think it's the fact that this is only expected that this was on the herald it's i think it can firmly that you are many in the european union indeed an ardent that is a johnson that government does is an unpredictable government it's a moderate government and it's one that cannot be trusted to keep the commitments that it enters into you know reification of our and is now a talking point in a way that it was never before greg said and there is an argument there the logic of united ireland has much greater force now breaks it and that aren't as a as an economic unit as something that's accepted in the in the with drawl that being that there can't be a hoarder our border 'd and you are structural border between north and south now just nation that was unclear what these dogs this is this particular act that we're talking about today what he does is that he deepens divisions within northern ireland loyalists in northern ireland withdrawn t

but the northern ireland secretary insisted the actions taken were lawful. they are temporary operational easements introduced where additional delivery time is needed, they don't change our legal obligations set out in the protocol and we will continue to set out protocol implementation in the committee. it is not protecting the flow of goods at issue here but rather the provocative and belligerent manner in which the government seems determined to go about trying to achieve that. the government's approach. even an extended grace period still leaves us i with the reality that _ in the words of the permanent secretary of the department of agriculture, 20% of all. the checks taking . place on all borders across the european union are now taking place - in the irish sea, and thati will increase substantially beyond the grace period. last week, the secretary of state rushed out, sneaked out an announcement unilaterally on budget day that his government would once again break international law. given that governments across europe, politicians on capitol hill an

so i have for you on the program fairs in northern ireland as loyalists pressed pause on their part in a historic peace deal. and pains warning to the world don't interfere as china overhauls hong kong's electoral system. the temperature is dropping in much of central and eastern europe just a reminder that winter is not really gone yet that's the cold front of relevance on it there is some snow mostly it's just a change in temperature feel and after that the sun comes out but it's going all the way down towards turkey it will be rather miserable day in istanbul i suspect on saturday everywhere else temperatures drop a single figures from what was double figures but any real wintry weather at the moment this is that we're talking about is probably no way in finland maybe the baltic states windy and snowy here a few showers in the war bits further south particularly spain in portugal but at least the south portico is slowly drying up now once that's cold is tucked in and it does in warsaw then the wind picks up there's quite a wind chill to feel for the weekend and then snow showers com

the dup welcomed the budget�*s impact on northern ireland. this budget and indeed the actions which have been taken by the government over the last year give an indication of the value of the union. and i look at the details which have been given in the budget paper itself, where in northern ireland, over a quarter of a million people are having their wages paid through the furlough scheme. i was interested listening - to the member for east antrim talking about the value - of the union, as if no other country in the world - was investing in businesses and people at this| very difficult time. of course, they're doing it in the republic of irelandl in a very generous way. but plaid cymru warned that the government's generosity wouldn't replace eu funds for wales. only £220 million is allocated to the shared prosperity funds pilot to post the entire uk. wales alone received around £375 million a year in needs—based funding from the eu schemes, and yet now they'll be expected to compete for a much smaller pot of money. the green party mp sen

northern ireland's stay home message is to be relaxed on the 12th of april. but despite the progress, the nhs is warning that we mustn't go too far too fast in our return to normality. we are beating the virus, professor powis says, but it's not beaten yet. simon jones, bbc news. here in the uk the culture secretary 0liver dowden says the country is on track to deliver the roll—out of the vaccine and the easing of lockdown measures. speaking to andrew marr mr dowden said that the aim of the current road map to ease curbs was that it is "irreversible". for more on that earlier i spoke to our political correspondentjessica parker. borisjohnson in the last few days has also said that looking at the data, he thinks there is no reason to pause the current plan for easing lockdown measures in england. of course, we have these dates and tomorrow is one of those. i beleive it is technically called step 1b. we all have it marked on the calendar. form tomorrow in england you will be able to meet outside, up to six people, outdoor sports can start again and the stay a

and the news loyalist paramilitary groups in northern ireland have told british prime minister boris johnson they're temporarily withdrawing support for the peace deal they say is because trade and commerce between northern ireland and the u.k. has been disrupted by bricks set in 1900 good friday agreement brought an end to the 3 decade conflict between catholic nationalists and for the stunt unionists a whole is live for us in london so how seriously under threat is a good friday agreement after this withdrawal. i'm not sure there's any realistic immediate threat to the integrity of the good friday agreement itself after all this is an agreement that's backed by public support as much as anything else or no nor is there any sense that the parties to the former troubles really want any return to the troubles or resumption of violence but this being northern ireland it's impossible to say where things like this might go where they might end so we're talking here about the loyalist communities council the l.c.c. this is numberless a group that represents what remains of a number of loy

but a brief covering over high ground in northern ireland, northern england, north wales, the west and the south malls of england. clear spells elsewhere, a chilly night and some places will be below freezing and that could lead to icy stretches in places tomorrow morning. on saturday morning, the driest and brightest window of whether through the weekend with spells of sunshine. but the window of sunshine will close in the afternoon with cloud pushing in and the winds will strengthen out west, rain later into northern ireland, western scotland, parts of wales and the south—west, but temperature showing signs of creeping up. this cold spell quite shortly. saturday night looks pretty windy. the frontal system is pushing in from the west will bring outbreaks of rain but also gales for a time across northern ireland and parts of scotland. the clocks go forward an hour during saturday night. a sunday, wet weather left behind for a time across central areas. to the north, sunshine and a few wintry showers. to the south the clive drew break to reveal some sunshine and at this stage we shou

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northern ireland, and what day so farfor many, but of northern ireland, and what day so far for many, but the heavy rain has shifted into parts of western scotland. can see here on the radar image, the blues have taken hold and it will be there for the next few days for some in the highlands. real risk of flooding. rain is an offer time and parts of northern england, the but it will be back, but for the south you might actually get to see the moon, which will be on show tonight, seem to maybe in the northeast of scotland. these area when skies are clear, temperatures are dropping in a mild night for many, especially the central heirs, 12 or 13 as we start monday morning. at the other rain and the partner to of england and also northern ireland, turning drier through the day. rain in the southern highlands pushes northwards into north highlands, but for most the afternoon will be dry. increasing santander england and wales into the afternoon, temperatures potentially up afternoon, temperatures potentially up to around 20 or 21 degrees and it will be warmer into tuesday. this is bbc new

on monday, quite cloudy, for western scotland and northern ireland, a dream breeze and some drizzle... elsewhere, it looks like it will be dry with sunshine from time to time, has temperatures 10—14 , the weather a bit cloudier in the din midlands, also the north—east of scotland. high pressure in charge, at the centre of the high drifting away towards continental europe on tuesday, allowing more of a south or south westerly breeze, a noticeable breeze picking up in most areas on tuesday and we may have a fair bit of cloud around, the best of the sunshine across more sheltered eastern areas and in northern ireland and western scotland a weather front arriving bringing some rain, a bit of drizzle some western areas through the day as well. that weather front will signal a change. it is not bring much rain at all, but it will move down across the country, opening up more than atlantic air stream heading our way and bringing with it some more unsettled weather. this weather front there is producing a bit of rain and drizzle as it heads east through the midlands into east anglia and t