colin patterson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. . not much to sing about today to be honest with you, we have a lot of cloud around today. and in scotland in particular it feels quite chilly under the cloud, in the next few days, there will be some sunshine at times but we are all going to get more rain. this is the rainfall accumulation through the rest of the week and the heavier rain in the western hills and central and southern parts of scotland. and for many parts of the uk, we will have a south—westerly wind and that is where the cloud is coming from. racing across the atlantic and spinning up from the south—west, we have got more rain arriving here at the moment. that rain will push into wales and southern england through the rest of the day. the odd shower ahead of that and we still have patchy lighter rain in scotland, where it feels particularly chilly in the north east, six or seven

degree, again, ahead of the rain in the south—west we could see temperatures of 1a or 15, but that rain will move north war, this evening and overnight, across england and wales, up into scotland, and northern ireland later on in the night. night. and there will be a lot of cloud round, less cold than last night. we have the rain to begin with though, in northern england, that will move northwards, stay wet for much of scotland and also for northern ireland, and there could be heavier showers in northern england, the odd shower further south but hopefully a bit more sunshine than today. temperatures not changing too much, really, for england and wales but further north in scotland and northern ireland, it may be just that bit colder, tomorrow, in a north—easterly wind. but we have got the winds from the south—west bringing in more rain you can see it is one area of low pressure, after another, after another and we will see more rain pushing across england and wales on wednesday night. during thursday that should then tend to move away, and things may turn

drier, maybe brighter, some sunshine coming through, but there is more rain arriving from the south—west during the afternoon. ahead of that could make 16 degrees but six or so in northern and eastern part of scotland in that north—easterly wind. it will be cold in scotland for the next few day, we have the milder south—westerly winds fort south. that is where all the wet weather is coming from, the next area of low pressure on friday, maybe driving further north this time, taking wetter weather into scotland and northern ireland. briefly some snow over the scottish mountain, further south there will be showers, it may not be as wet or windy further east but in the west we will find gale force winds, the temperatures lifting a bit for scotland but we could make 16 or 17 in eastern england, it could be warmer than that on saturday but it will and that's bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest

developments on the bbc website. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. coming up the programme, pivotal night. look to end their winless streak at newcastle. a bid to focus on his fitness. as the men's world curling championships takes place we have a look at where the stones come from.

there are five games later in the premier league on tuesday. with three of the bottom five clubs in action. everton are three points above the drop and they travel to newcastle — looking to find some form — they're on a club record equalling run of 12 league matches without a win. .. but sean dyche will be taking inspiration from the reverse fixture they won at goodison. we provided a good performance against a earlier in the season we, we cannot rely on it but it is a good marker that we can take these things on. you have to play well, there are no give mes in the premier league, certainly not the places like newcastle. they kick off at 7.30 as do nottingham forest, who sit one place below everton. they're at home to fulham. there's also bournemouth

against crystal palace and burnley, who desperately need a win, against wolves. for tottenham, they're chasing down aston villa in fourth, who are three points ahead, but spurs do have a game in hand. ange postocoglu's side travel to london rivals west ham, who are 7th and for the spurs boss, the run in to the end of the season is all about momentum and confidence for his team. we wa nt we want to finish the season strong, hopefully in 12 months people will be talking about us typically, it is notjust be talking about us typically, it is not just about where you finish, be talking about us typically, it is notjust about where you finish, it has to be more than that. obvious, if you finish this is a strong, we will finish in a decent position and see where that takes us. ahead of england's first euro 2025 qualifier, leah williamson has been going through an individual training session at st george's park after picking up a minor knee injury. the arsenal defender was substituted at half time of the league cup final win on sunday. all other members of the 23—player

squad are training in some capacity, depending on game time over the weekend. sarina weigman�*s side face sweden at wembley on friday and then ireland in dublin next tuesday. england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 world cup to focus on his fitness. stokes has revolutionised england's test team since taking over as captain two years ago. but he has struggled to bowl and had knee surgery over the winter. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. in a statement he said... sri lanka are edging to victory against bangladesh in the second test in chattogram. they set a notional target of 511

for the hosts who have at least gone past their own first innings score. mominul haque top scoring before he was out for 50. some good resistance lower down the order as well but the sri lankan bowlers have chipped away. bangladesh are 268 for seven, still 2113 runs off their target. three more wickets for sri lanka on the final day tomorrow will wrap up a 2—0 series win. england prop vickii cornborough has announced her immediate retirement from international rugby saying she is "not ready" to balance both motherhood and playing for the red roses. the 34—year—old won 75 caps for the red roses and reached two world cup finals. she has been on maternity leave from england after having twins last summer. one of the toughest parts of going through this process of announcing

my retirement is physically i am absolutely fine and i've hit all of my markers, i am probably the fittest and strongest i have ever been but i am not there yet mentally because having twins is really hard. and living off of a couple of hours sleep a night is not conducive to high—performance in a high—pressure environment and it is really difficult for me to understand because i've never gone through it before, what my body is capable of doing and what my mind is capable of doing and what my mind is capable of doing going through that whole kind of process. it's the opening day of the british swimming championships, with the event playing a key role in selection of the british olympic and paralympic swimming team. today's finals will be live on the bbc iplayer and sport website from 7pm adam peaty will be there, in the men's 100m breaststroke final and he was comfortably fastest out of the seven heats to make the final this afternoon,

with a time of 58.53. nobody else recorded a time under a minute. peaty is aiming to win a third straight gold medal in this category at the paris olympics. the world men's curling championship got under way at the weekend — and defending champions, scotland, are among those aiming for the medals. but you won't have to wait for their matches to see scottish representation. every curling stone used at the championships is made from granite found only on the island of ayl—ssa craig, —— alysa craig off the country's west coast. and the company which shapes the stones has given us a glimpse at this unique process. what stood the test of time as this metamorphic rock from the small island. it is hard to believe that taken from a rough rock like this ends up into a masterpiece and somebody throws that rock and ends

up somebody throws that rock and ends up winning a gold medal. we manufacture curling stones for the olympics and world championships, we have been here for 174 years. it gives it the final finish. have been here for174 years. it gives it the final finish. freehand turnin: gives it the final finish. freehand turning and _ gives it the final finish. freehand turning and grinding, _ gives it the final finish. freehand turning and grinding, this - gives it the final finish. freehand | turning and grinding, this success was dependent on the skill of the operator. — was dependent on the skill of the operator, who had to coordinate to -et operator, who had to coordinate to get the _ operator, who had to coordinate to get the proper size and shape of the stone _ get the proper size and shape of the stone. �* ., . , ., , stone. although curling stones we make have — stone. although curling stones we make have come _

stone. although curling stones we make have come from _ stone. although curling stones we make have come from this - stone. although curling stones we make have come from this islandl stone. although curling stones we | make have come from this island at kays scotland for the last 170 odd years. accredited by world curling and used in every olympic games since 1998. out of that one boulder, you would probably get something like 70-80 you would probably get something like 70—80 curling stones out of this one boulder. we do this harvest roughly every ten years and the product, it should last us 10—12 years based on the market growth at that point. elza craig is definitely far and away the best material located anywhere because of its unique composition postmark. unique composition the located anywhere because of its

unique composition the ailsa craig research they wear and tear of the ice. it is hard to imagine your stood here and over 100 years ago there are people like me to dig out the stone, manufacture the stone, rough cut it here. it is such a unique and interesting job with such a great, fantastic story. that unique and interesting job with such a great, fantastic story.— a great, fantastic story. that is fascinating- — and you can watch scotland's games in the championship today, tomorrow and on friday on the iplayer and bbc sport website. they are in action against germany right now in schaffhausen in switzerland. it's their sixth round—robin match. they've won four out of five so far and lie second in the group. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team

at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. i'm azadeh moshiri. let's get more on one of our main stories today — the start of the government's plan to expand childcare provision in england. rishi sunak has been talking about that this morning — and some other stories in the news, including the deaths of the aid workers in gaza. they started with childcare — let's have a listen. it's a positive week for the expansion of our child offer, supporting families, giving them the chance of how to juggle childcare

and their career and moving towards and their career and moving towards a system where working parents will have 30 hours of free childcare from the time their maternity leave ends at nine months untilfour the time their maternity leave ends at nine months until four years when they start school, this week expanded to two—year—olds, really positive, i've been talking to families for whom that will make a big difference, we have fully funded the programme and increase the rates we are painted nurseries, more childcare places, staff and the future looks bright and this is a positive intervention which when fully rule that will be worth £7,000 of support working parents. we have ut extra of support working parents. we have put extra funding _ of support working parents. we have put extra funding and _ of support working parents. we have put extra funding and not _ of support working parents. we have put extra funding and notjust - of support working parents. we have put extra funding and notjust for- put extra funding and notjust for new places but have increased the rates childcare providers are being paid, and it is easier to become a childminder, £1000 bonuses for people signing on to enter the profession as well, cut the red tape that was making it a bit trickier for people to become child minders, all these things are making it

easierjust provide the support we want to, 30 hours of free childcare from the time the little one is nine months old all the way up to when they start school at four, this week it is being rolled out to 2 euros and total support, £7,000, supporting families, making it easier to make choices about juggfing easier to make choices about juggling childcare and their careers. .. ., ., juggling childcare and their careers, .,. ., ., " careers. the reaction to the killing of ei . ht careers. the reaction to the killing of eight workers _ careers. the reaction to the killing of eight workers in _ careers. the reaction to the killing of eight workers in gaza? - careers. the reaction to the killing of eight workers in gaza? shocked and saddened. _ of eight workers in gaza? shocked and saddened. we _ of eight workers in gaza? shocked and saddened. we are _ of eight workers in gaza? shocked and saddened. we are working - and saddened. we are working urgently to confirm the details. my thoughts right now with her friends and family, they are doing fantastic work bringing alleviation to the suffering many are experiencing in gaza, they should be praised and commended, they need to be able to do that work unhindered and it is incumbent on israel to make sure they can do that and we are asking israel to investigate what happened urgently because clearly there are questions to be answered. figs urgently because clearly there are questions to be answered. as your government _ questions to be answered. as your government received _ questions to be answered. as your government received advice - questions to be answered. as your government received advice froml questions to be answered. as your l government received advice from its own lawyers that issue has breached