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joining us. this is bbc news. to stay with us. —— do you stay with us. this is bbc news, the headlines... the shock return of former prime minister david cameron as foreign secretary, as rishi sunak�*s cabinet reshuffle continues. i will do everything to strengthen our alliances, work with our friends, build those vital partnerships to make sure our country is secure and prosperous in a difficult and dangerous world. that work starts now and i've got to get on with it. a british man, who spent two years with islamic state in syria, and who knew the british militant dubbedjihadijohn is jailed for terrorism offences. five members of the same family, including three children, die in a house fire in west london. and, thousands line the streets of manchester to pay their respects to the football legend,
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sir bobby charlton. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. it evening. thousands of people have lined the streets of manchester to honour one of england football's greatest players. a member of the i966 greatest players. a member of the 1966 world cup winning squad with manchester united, the funeral cortege of sir bobby passed by old trafford to applause manchester united, bobby passed by old trafford to applause from the thousands gathered. the united legend died last month at the age of 86. he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton _ he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton growing - he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton growing up. - talked about charlton growing up. the world cup winner, how much he meant. my dad supported livable and he said what a great player he was quitting then�*s greatest ever. the
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quitting then's greatest ever. the createst quitting then's greatest ever. the greatest footballer, saw his friends die in_ greatest footballer, saw his friends die in munich. won the ballon d'0r, won the _ die in munich. won the ballon d'0r, won the world cup. the least i could do was _ won the world cup. the least i could do was show— won the world cup. the least i could do was show my face for a man who single—handedly came back from the ashes _ single—handedly came back from the ashes and _ single—handedly came back from the ashes and became the greatest footballer that ever lived. it used to break my _ footballer that ever lived. it used to break my heart _ footballer that ever lived. it used to break my heart when - footballer that ever lived. it used to break my heart when he - footballer that ever lived. it used to break my heart when he wentl footballer that ever lived. it used i to break my heart when he went to hampden _ to break my heart when he went to hampden park_ to break my heart when he went to hampden park and _ to break my heart when he went to hampden park and scored - to break my heart when he went to hampden park and scored the - to break my heart when he went to i hampden park and scored the goals. he was_ hampden park and scored the goals. he was a _ hampden park and scored the goals. he was a proper— hampden park and scored the goals. he was a proper gentleman. - hampden park and scored the goals. he was a proper gentleman. i- hampden park and scored the goals. he was a proper gentleman. i had i hampden park and scored the goals. he was a proper gentleman. i had ai he was a proper gentleman. i had a tear in_ he was a proper gentleman. i had a tear in my— he was a proper gentleman. i had a tear in my eye— he was a proper gentleman. i had a tear in my eye thinking _ he was a proper gentleman. i had a tear in my eye thinking about - he was a proper gentleman. i had a tear in my eye thinking about him. i tear in my eye thinking about him. excuse _ tear in my eye thinking about him. excuse me — more than 1,000 guests were invited to the private service at manchester cathedral, including fa president—designate prince william. former manchester united manager and close friend, sir alex ferguson, was also at the service. he was joined by some of the current members of the squad. it isa it is a very sombre occasion, obviously. his grandson in particular was magnificent. not easy
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to go up and speak. for such a person as his grandfather. bobby charlton was a wonderfully humble man. cole palmer is the latest player to be called up to the england squad for the first time. the 20—year—old joins aston villa defender ezri konza and his old team mate at manchester city, rico lewis. palmer's scored four goals in five league games for chelsea, including a penalty against city on sunday. his inclusion comes afterjames maddison, callum wilson and lewis dunk all withdrew from gareth southgate's squad through injury. ben davies insists wales are determined to prove the doubters wrong by making euro 2024 and reaching a fourth major tournament in five attempts. wales are preparing for their decisive euro 2024 ties against armenia and turkey knowing qualification for next summer's finals is in their hands. it is one of those things. 0nce it is one of those things. once it has done once it gives people a chance to dream. i think we have
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come in every camp with the focus of getting to these major tournaments and with the belief we can do it. we have had a great run so far but we want to do it again. alex zverev so often saves his best tennis for the atp finals — he's been the men's singles champion twice in this event, now he's made the perfect start to this campaign by beating world number two carlos alcaraz. the wimbledon champion took the first set but zverev responded and came back to win in a final set decider. zverev is the world number seven and has never won a grand slam singles event, but he's taken the first steps to a third title title in turin. britain's neal skupski is up and running with a win in his opening doubles match at the atp finals. skupski and his dutch playing partner wesley koolhof won in straight sets against the australian pair rinky hijikata and jason kubler 6—3, 6—4. skupski and koolhof were semi—finalists at this event last year, they are the current wimbledon champions in the men's doubles.
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emma raducanu has pulled out of an exhibition match in macau next month, as she continues her rehabilitation from hand and foot operations. the 2021 us open champion, who's 21 today, hasn't played since april, but is still hoping to return to the tour injanuary. and that's all the sport for now. straight back to the reshuffle. 0ne straight back to the reshuffle. one by one we have been hearing of the manoeuvrings, their various names being put into the new posts. quite a lot a key thekeep is changing. the headline bringing one of his predecessors at number 10,
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david cameron, back as foreign secretary. but because he's not an elected mp, he has to be appointed to the house of lords to take up the role. ms braverman, who had been openly critical of the police and their handling of recent pro—palestinian protests in london, has so far limited her comments to a simple statement — that it had been the "greatest privilege" to serve in government. let's start with david cameron. he has been speaking to chris mason. you are the face and voice of post—brexit britain. lord cameron, foreign secretary. quite a thing! it foreign secretary. quite a thing! it is not usual for a prime minister to come _ is not usual for a prime minister to come back— is not usual for a prime minister to come back in— is not usual for a prime minister to come back in this way. i believe in public— come back in this way. i believe in public service. the prime minister asked _ public service. the prime minister asked me — public service. the prime minister asked me to do thisjob. we have daunting — asked me to do thisjob. we have daunting challenges as a country. the conflict in the middle east, the war in_
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the conflict in the middle east, the war in ukraine. 0f the conflict in the middle east, the war in ukraine. of course, i hope that— war in ukraine. of course, i hope that six— war in ukraine. of course, i hope that six years as prime minister, 11 years— that six years as prime minister, 11 years in_ that six years as prime minister, 11 years in the — that six years as prime minister, 11 years in the conservative party gives _ years in the conservative party gives me — years in the conservative party gives me some useful experience and contacts— gives me some useful experience and contacts and relationships and knowledge that i can help the prime minister— knowledge that i can help the prime minister to make sure we build our attiahces, — minister to make sure we build our alliances, build partnerships with our friends, alliances, build partnerships with ourfriends, deter our enemies and keep— our friends, deter our enemies and keep the _ ourfriends, deter our enemies and keep the country strong. that is why i am doing _ keep the country strong. that is why i am doing the job and i am delighted to accept. you have ublicl delighted to accept. you have publicly expressed _ delighted to accept. you have - publicly expressed disagreements with the prime minister. how do you back neck? is it collective responsibility from here on n? i responsibility from here on n? i have tried to keep quiet about politics — have tried to keep quiet about politics. hard enough to be prime minister— politics. hard enough to be prime minister without having your predecessors and see giving a running — predecessors and see giving a running commentary. of course i disagree — running commentary. of course i disagree with individual decisions. politics _ disagree with individual decisions. politics is — disagree with individual decisions. politics is a — disagree with individual decisions. politics is a key enterprise. i decided _ politics is a key enterprise. i decided tojoin their politics is a key enterprise. i decided to join their team politics is a key enterprise. i decided tojoin their team because rishi sunak is a good prime minister doing _ rishi sunak is a good prime minister doing a _ rishi sunak is a good prime minister doing a difficultjob rishi sunak is a good prime minister doing a difficult job at a rishi sunak is a good prime minister doing a difficultjob at a hard time that i_
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doing a difficultjob at a hard time that i want— doing a difficultjob at a hard time that i want to support him, i am a member— that i want to support him, i am a memberof— that i want to support him, i am a memberof the team and that i want to support him, i am a member of the team and i accept cabinet _ member of the team and i accept cabinet collective responsibility that comes with that. i spoke to political columnist and author steve richards and anne mcelvoy, who is the executive editor of politico europe. i asked both for their headline thoughts. but while it's one of the more dramatic reshuffles with genuine surprises like the return of cameron, reshuffles don't change very much. and i think this one reinforces the sense of confusion at the top of the conservative party. and the return of cameron, in a way, is a reminder of how long this party has been in power and will not change the dial to sunak�*s advantage. and your headline thought? my headline thought is that this is proof that rishi sunak has taken on board over these last incredibly turbulent days at the top of the party and from his colleagues that he cannot go on as he is. rishi sunak was never one for big surprises. he was like the big tent. that's why suella
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braverman was there. well, that turned out to be more eventful than he thought. so i think he's trying something, which is partly desperation, but partly he is someone who likes the tried and tested. and you could say it was there in plain sight, that you could reach back and find someone back in, if you like, go back to the old testament of the modernisers and go back to david cameron. of course, it all seems obvious when it's happened. it's certainly not without its risks. it does look a bit backward looking, but at the same time, if you're very thin on the ground for talent, well, why not go and get someone out of retirement? i'll come back to risk in a moment. briefly, steve, on this. it's being sold as an attempt to reassert his authority from rishi sunak. do you buy that? i mean, it's taken five days to sack suella braverman after that times article. i think it's a reminder of the weak position he's in. i have no idea whether he's a weak personality, but he's in a weak position, although oddly one where no one's going to remove him
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between now and the election. so that gives him a bit of space. but you see, i don't see cameron as this great modernising figure in inverted commas. he, when he was prime minister, was in terms of economic policy and public service reform. whether you agree with it or not. but in terms of position to the right of margaret thatcher, and i think that's where sunak is. so it's brought together in a way the full 13 years. i don't think it's a move to the centre ground at all. the one nation tories are just out of the picture at the moment. now it will alienate those sort of british nationalists who are happy about breaking international law and things sooner. and things. sunak and cameron not like that, but the divide within the tory party is between different sections on the right. i don't think the divide is between one nation centrists and the right.
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and this reshuffle reflects the current divisions all in different ways rooted on the right. and you talked about the risks with david cameron because austerity, brexit, all that controversy around greensill. in terms of the benefits. so if that's the risk side and the throwback is also a risk, what is the benefit here? so those are all true. he brings a lot of baggage, kind of luxury baggage from the former prime ministerial life. but he hasn't really settled. he hasn't really found a job or a role that was satisfying to him. i think what it does bring, it'sjust a grown up for rishi sunak to talk to in the cabinet and i'm not being entirely glib about that. i think he's aware that a lot of people and we see it further down the reshuffle ranks that are going on right now as we're talking. there are a lot of people who would be perfectly credible senior ministers, but having to be hoiked up into the cabinet, partly because a lot of talent left
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in the exodus after brexit and the divisions in the party. also, a lot of people have just decided, "well, we're unlikely to win the next election". "i might as well get on with the rest of my life." and i think rishi sunak wants to have some people around him who are experienced, who are worldly. remember, this israel—gaza crisis is not going away. the pressure is going to rise on the government, on its position, on its handling. it always has the big on ukraine and relations with the us, which could get very fissile. i think he simply wants someone who's very experienced and has been abroad a bit. in terms of things not going away. sarah braverman, the former cabinet minister, rory stewart, posted earlier today. "brave decision from rishi sunak. but don't underestimate the support for braverman's populist positions. the prime minister now has to win a tough fight within his own party. and this is only just the beginning." steve. . . and this is onlyjust the beginning. steve, is it is itjust the beginning of having a fight with perhaps those that
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will polarise around suella braverman? well, i'm not sure whether she will be the polarising figure. she will definitely be a troublemaker. she hinted that in her statement when she left. i wonder whether she will make one of those dramatic resignation statements in the commons that you're allowed to do if you want to. there have been some famous ones in the past. she clearly will be trouble. a british man, who spent two years with islamic state in syria and knew the british militant dubbed jihadijohn, has beenjailed for eight years. 39—year—old aine davis had admitted two charges of financing terrorism and possessing a weapon for terrorist purposes. intelligence services once believed davis was part of the "is beatles" who tortured and killed hostages. he was deported to the uk in august 2022 after serving a prison sentence in turkey, also for terrorism offences. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, explained
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the sentence handed down to aine davis today. from the time when the islamic state was ruling large parts of syria as part of its caliphate, aine davis was there sending a picture of himself with a gun to his wife, asking his wife to arrange for a 20,000 eurps shipment of cash, which was only stopped because the female courier, who was carrying it in her underwear, was stopped at heathrow airport. so that's essentially the offences that he was sentenced for. he was sentenced for possessing a firearm for terrorist purposes and also for fundraising for terrorist purposes while he was based in syria. once he came out of syria, he was arrested by the turkish authorities and then spent almost seven years in prison for being a member of the islamic state group. and that's the time that he served in the turkish prison before being deported back here last summer.
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so that brings us up to date. but i mentioned there in the introduction, the intelligence services at one time believed he was part of that group that was dubbed the beatles that we, of course, knew so much about. and this is what this is what makes aine davis such a significant figure, because he grew up in west london, was part of the gang and guns culture in parts of west london, converted to islam. and there he knew two men, at least one called mohammed emwazi, who later became nicknamed jihadi john and the other called alexander kotey. and those two men went on to become key members in that kidnap and murder gang that beheaded british and american hostages. there was a third british member there as well called el shafee el sheikh, who also came from west london. so of those three key members, aine davis knew at least two of them. jihadi john was then killed by a drone strike in syria. the other two men are now serving life sentences in america for their role in killing american hostages. and that left aine davis in prison in turkey. so everyone thought that when he finished his prison sentence in turkey, he might go to america
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to stand trial in america, or he might stand trial here for being a member of the islamic state beatles gang. but that didn't happen. and no—one quite knows what it was, whether the intelligence changed or what else it is that meant that he is now no longer accused or suspected of being a member of that gang and were sentenced for these relatively minor offenses today. —— was sentenced. police say they're keeping an open mind, as they continue investigations into a fire which killed five members of the same family in west london. officers say they believe three children were among the victims. specialist fire teams are looking into possible causes of the blaze, at a house in hounslow. well, let's go live to hounslow and speak with our correspondent victoria hollins, who is there for us. victoria, tell us more. yes, as you can see. — victoria, tell us more. yes, as you can see. there _ victoria, tell us more. yes, as you can see, there is _ victoria, tell us more. yes, as you can see, there is still— victoria, tell us more. yes, as you can see, there is still a _ can see, there is still a significant police presence as well is a significant police cordoned in
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the area it happened late last night into the early hours this morning. this is channel close. the house involved in this tragic incident is quite a distance away. the police cordoned as quite significant at this time. more than 70 firefighters came to tackle the blaze at its peak after they were called around 10:30pm last night admitted it residential area of hounslow that are very close to one of the main roads in london, the all, underneath a heathrow flight path, as you may be able to hear. when the fire brigade got here, they reached what they described as an extremely severe fire. tragically they found bodies of five people believed to be from the same family. tragically three of those people are thought to be children. they say one person are still unaccounted for and that the one man was taken to hospital. his injuries were not believed to be
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life—threatening. police have not officially named the family involved yet. i spoke to some local residents, the next—door neighbours had to be evacuated from their homes in the early hours of this morning. they did not know the family well but said they were very lovely, had very lovely children. they said they had been only in the area for a relatively short period of time. those families who were evacuated from their homes in the early hours of the morning were taken to a nearby hotel can only around 500 metres from 600 metres away from here in only the clothes they had on. they tried to get back to get some belongings and more clothing for their own children. they have now been allowed to go back in but there will be some people who will not be allowed to go back to their own homes tonight while the by brigade and the police investigate the cause of the fire and whether it
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is safe and nearby residents to go back in. police say it is likely to be a lengthy investigation which has left a family of five dead.— left a family of five dead. thank ou ve left a family of five dead. thank you very much- _ they're silent, they can go up to 70 miles per hour, and they can cause havoc in towns and cities across the uk. police say electric motorbikes — while environmentally friendly — are sometimes being ridden illegally on roads, parks and pavements. danjohnson has been given exclusive access to a bristol police operation targeting the bikes, to see the challenges that officers face. if you can withdraw for now, we've got stinger contingencies. we've now got two sur— ron motorcycles out and about. it's an electric—powered bike. he's in black clothing. this is a menace tearing through communities. it's a huge issue. the best word to describe it is relentless. he's got no helmet on. they're going about 18 miles per hour in a car park, - doing wheelies and doing _ god—knows—what, and shouting abuse at people while they're doing it. teenagers, riding high—speed electric bikes.
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you imagine four kids on bikes coming towards you with balaclavas, just their eyes. it's fun. it's fun for me. i like the feel of it. -- thrill of it. yeah! the police are being taunted, and can be left looking powerless. it's a game. making us chase our tails, basically. and lives are being put at risk. well, someone's going to get killed. really? yeah, hurt or killed. i don't want these people to be losing their lives. . i don't think the police can win. 0ne detained, one detained. 0ften, motorcycles are historically linked to bristol south. in bristol, officers are ready to go after the electric bikes. but listen to the word of caution. you'll all be aware of the incidents that took place over in cardiff. two cases have ended with tragic consequences for everyone involved, with a suggestion officers have been following these vehicles. this was cardiff back in may — an estate up in flames after the death of two teenagers, harvey evans and kyrees sullivan
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crashed their electric motorbike, a sur—ron. they'd been followed shortly before by a police van. the south wales officers are still under investigation. i'm going to go into hartcliffe now and show our presence. the purpose of this op is to improve public confidence, as well as stopping the offences in question. there's a lot of sur—ron bikes driving anti—socially and just antagonising people. can you confirm what sort of speed he's doing? yes, he's three—zero. electric motorbikes are higher powered than regular e—bikes and capable of much greater speeds. they are dangerous pieces of kit if you haven't got the relevant training behind you, because they can go off at high speeds like that. most aren't road legal. the sur—ron is the most popular. we have to bear in mind that if they're young riders, they might not be experienced on that bike. therefore, if a police vehicle was to get behind them,
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they might come off. and we have to be proportionate and realistic in how we're dealing with it. and if it means letting them go and we can identify them later, then so be it. which one's this, then? they won't stop for the police, but we managed to get one young rider to talk. they're eco—friendly. but you're not riding that to be eco friendly, are you? no, i'm riding it for, like, the fun of it. some people think they are dangerous. yeah, well, they could be dangerous if you ride them dangerous. like, obviously, i don't ride this dangerous. i didn't want to harm anybody. it's not legal on the road, though, is it? no. so you shouldn't even be here, really?- what's the key to getting away from the police? lanes, little lanes. little alleyways. there's a sense the law has been left behind by quickly—developing technology, and officers want clearer guidance. that's a no—trace. we need to do some serious looks at our policy. so something's got to change? yeah, it does need to change. we need to start prosecuting people. we need the results from the courts. we need something to start showing that we mean business and we're not
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going to take it any more. withdraw, withdraw. i'm happy to follow until he runs out of battery and then we'll strike. there is some success on bristol's streets. after officers were told to drop back, the helicopter kept tracking this rider. 0ne detained, one detained. he was jailed for seven months and banned from driving. but there is a new generation of young riders now reaching for the saddle. danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. more now on the the funeral of football legend sir bobby charlton, which has taken place at manchester cathedral. guests included the former manchester united manager, sir alex ferguson, the england coach gareth southgate and the prince of wales. sir bobby, who won the european cup with manchester united, and the world cup with england, died last month, at the age of 86. gary lineker spoke to my colleague 0lly foster outside the service.
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i mean, he was more thanjust a footballer in many ways. 0bviously, he brought us a lot of success as a country and a tremendous amount of success as a football club. but i think it was... it was perhaps how he was as a person, that he'll be remembered as much as anything else. he was a kind, generous, a lovely human being, and he was synonymous with the word football. you could go anywhere in the world, even places where they didn't speak english, and they'd perhaps know... they'd say one thing to you, and that was bobby charlton. and that shows his fame. and it also shows how much respect and love he has around the world. and the congregation today. can you can you talk to us the relevance of the service that stood out to you? i mean, it was always with these things, they're quite emotive and meaningful and a chance for everyone to pay their respects, just to see the turnout. and the people, particularly, of course, from the world of football, was testament to the man, the generation.
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—— the generation today, obviously, you look at lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo, these icons of the game. but his numbers, his statistics, they just stood the test of time. but from that grainy footage that most of us have seen, just an enormous, enormous talent. you know what he brought to a football field? i think he's probably england's greatest ever footballer. and looking back at, you know, obviously the achievement of winning a world cup, european championships, many titles for manchester united record england goalscorer for a long time, record scorer for manchester united for a long time. i think he's probably our best player. you were one of those who are chasing his record. at one point, the goal scoring record. yeah, i got quite close, but i almost feel out of respect, it was probably better i didn't beat him. what does he mean to manchester united? because his association lasted 70 years, signing amateur forms as a 15
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year old, but obviously going through the tragedy, surviving the munich air disaster, helping them rebuild around him and then obviously being a director at the club as well, he was a constant thread that ran through this manchester united for decades. absolutely. a remarkable career. 0ne—club man, of course. and it wasn'tjust during his career, it was after it as well. you'd see him every game, wouldn't you, on the television screens? and what he achieved for this club. to play 700—odd games or in well over 200 goals. just an extraordinary footballer. and for both club and country. lovely tribute from gary lineker. that brings us to the end of the programme. thank you for watching. hopefully i will see you at the same time tomorrow. bye for now. hello.
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good afternoon. storm debi has brought some strong, gusty winds, some heavy downpours of rain too, across much of the north—west of the uk. here are some of the strongest gusts of wind so far today. 77mph gusts in aberdaron in north wales, killowen in northern ireland saw 73mph gusts. you can see the storm quite nicely as the storm worked its way further east. clearing out into the north sea overnight. you can see that on the pressure chart quite nicely. still blustery in the south. the winds will ease down further north. still showers in the east of scotland. more showers in northern ireland, wales and the west of england. boundary downpours approaching the south—west of england. there could be a rumble of thunder on these. temperatures between five to 11, 12 celsius. windy in the south. tomorrow morning
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the line of heavy and thundery downpours works its way further east to coincide with the morning rush hour. heavy downpours of rain. it will brighten up from the west as we head through the course of the afternoon. the showers across scotland pushing further east with the centre of low pressure. cold air across the north of scotland. a drop in temperature across the board. we're losing a of degrees from where we were earlier on today. the area of low pressure pulls out into the north sea. still some rain across south—west scotland. the rain will step down. brightening up for many northern areas of scotland. to the south of that band of rain again some more sunshine for northern ireland, wales and england. another drop in temperature. the winds will lighten in the south. in the lighter
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winds there could be a touch of frost from the south as we head into thursday morning. thursday, he not of dry weather in the south. the air will turn milder on friday and into the weekend. the by. —— goodbye.
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today at six: he's the comeback cameron. the former pm makes a surprise return to politics as suella braverman is sacked. seven years after quitting after losing the eu referendum, david cameron is back and in the house of lords. i know it's not usual for a prime minister to come back in this way, but i believe in public service, the prime minister asked me to do this job, and it's a time when we have some daunting challenges as a country. the former home secretary suella braverman is out after her controversial comments about the pro—palestinian marches at the weekend. a back to the future moment here today. david cameron back in government. who saw that coming?! and suella braverman given the elbow. loads of other changes to nbn. we will bring you those details and try to explain
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