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addressing a crowd at a london demonstration on wednesday. rickyjones, who is 57, has been suspended by labour in relation to the video. and lee carsley has been announced as interim manager of the england men's football team. he says it's an honour to "step up and lead the squad". with more on that and all the paris olympic news, here is jane at the bbc sport centre. hello, ben. yes... lee carsley has been appointed interim england manager ahead of september's nations league games, as the search for gareth southgate�*s successof continues. the 50—year—old has stepped up from his role as england u21 head coach to replace southgate, who resigned two days after losing the euros final to spain last month. carsley led england under—215 to victory in the final of the european championship last season, beating — you've guessed it —
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spain in the final. in a statement, carsley said... the plymouth argyle manager wayne rooney has said he'd like to see pep guardiola take over as permanent england boss. he did add that carsley deserves an opportunity, though. speaking ahead of tomorrow's community shield match against manchester united, the manchester city manager said the choice for his future will be his alone. i have to decide what i want to do with my life. i want to continue here, i want to take a break, i want to do national teams or not, many things, but of course right now, because i'm here, my energy and my
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energy rises again close to the competition. so, fully, i would say excited for the season because i see things that i like, and we see. to the olympics now, and toby roberts won great britain's 14th gold in paris and their first medal in sport climbing at a games with a dramatic victory in the boulder and lead event. after a strong performance in the boulder saw him in the bronze medal position, roberts scored 92.1 out of a 100 in the lead to move into provisional first place. japanese favourite sorato anraku needed to score 86 to relegate roberts into second but lost his grip — to the shock of both roberts and 6,000 people in the crowd at le bourget. roberts�* team—mate hamish mcarthur finished fifth. i'm just absolutely lost for words. to find out that i got the gold in that moment,
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just truly incredible. i've been training for this moment all my life. to say it hasn't sunk in is just an understatement. i don't really know what to think right now, but i imagine later that there's just going to be a flood of emotions. it's a goal i have been training towards for ten years, basically. just no words. double world heptathlon champion katerina johnson—thompson is in second place going into the final event of the olympic competition, the 800 metres. overnight leaderjohnson—thompson, who has never won an olympic medal, kept her advantage with a solid long jump of 6.40metres with her third and final jump. she then threw a season's best in the javelin of 16.49 metres, which took her overall tally to 5,803 points. johnson—thompson trails her long—time opponent and the two—time
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olympic champion nafi thiam by 121 points after the belgian also threw a season's best in the javelin. thiam's 54.04 metres was worth 939 points, which meant she moved above the brit. so, thiam's lead of 121 points over johnson—thompson means that the british athlete needs to beat the belgian by 8.5 seconds in the 800 metres in order to win gold. johnson—thompson's personal best is six seconds better than thiam's. if they match their pbs in tonight's race, that will mean johnson—thompson will fall short of gold byjust 18 points. in the race for bronze, switzerland's annik kaelin and belgium's noor vidts are separated byjust six points. so that's going to make for a very exciting final event. that so that's going to make for a very exciting final event.— exciting final event. that will be covered, exciting final event. that will be covered. of— exciting final event. that will be covered, of course, _ exciting final event. that will be covered, of course, across - exciting final event. that will be covered, of course, across the l exciting final event. that will be - covered, of course, across the bbc, but that's all the sport for now.
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jane, thank you very much indeed. let's talk more about the recent violent scenes we have seen in the uk. more people in the uk have been sent to prison for their involvement in recent riots, with those in leeds having their sentences aired live on television. here's a reminder who's been jailed today. this is adnan ghafoorr. he's 31 years old and has been jailed for 18 months for affray. he was also jailed for an additional 12 months for breaching a suspended sentence. alongside him in the courtroom was this man, sameer ali, 21 years old, also jailed for affray, for which he was given a sentence of 20 months. soon after them, this man, jordon parlour, appeared in the same courtroom, in front of the same judge. he was also sentenced to 20 months in prison, but for a different offence — stiring up racial hatred. it's the first time someone has been jailed for comments made on social media in relation to the riots. the judge said that parlour encouraged people online to attack the britannia hotel in leeds, where a number of refugees and asylum seekers were being housed.
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and finally, 30—year—old jordan plain was sentenced to eight months in prison for racially aggravated intentional harassment. thejudge said he used offensive and racist language, and was seen making obscene gestures towards an anti—racism counter protest. away from leeds and away from the tv cameras, others were also sent to prison for their part in the riots, including this 18—year—old, kenzie roughley, who kicked and punched a police van. he was sentenced to two years and four months in a young offenders institution. we are going to talk now about the recent violent disorder and unrest in england and northern ireland. with me is tom winsor, chief inspector of constabulary from 2012 to 2022. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. first of all, let's talk about some of those sentences, and we've seen some very tough sentences for people engaged in violent disorder in the last few days. have those, do you think, had a deterrent effect on people wishing
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or planning to commit disorder? i think it's highly likely, but i also think it's highly likely, but i also think that the deterrence is the strength and professionalism of the police response and also the fact that the other night, thousands and thousands of people came out to counter the violence and to show that the community wasn't going to stand for it. lesser member, police officers in this country are not the oppressive arm of an authoritarian government, they do not follow clinical direction. they are of us, they are ourfriends, clinical direction. they are of us, they are our friends, our neighbours, ourfamily —— political direction. they come from the community and they protect the community. sir robert peel, who founded the metropolitan police, said the police are the public and the public are the police. so they are of us, they are not agents of the state in the way that they are
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in many, many other countries. {jut in many, many other countries. out althou:h in many, many other countries. out although there are claims from some of the protesters, some of those committing disorder, there is a kind of two—tiered policing as they would call it where protest by ethnic minorities and so on get a softer treatment from the police. that is the claim or the allegations. i don't buy the two—tier point, but the final point in relation to your last point is because these are people of the community, the police were taking a real battering, missiles and fans being set alight and so on, and therefore the community were coming out to stand with their friends community were coming out to stand with theirfriends and community were coming out to stand with their friends and their families and their neighbours who are the police, to protect the police and to show the police that they have their support. i think that's an enormously powerful illustration of the model of british policing which is different in many other countries most of us are as two—tiered policing is concerned, thatis
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two—tiered policing is concerned, that is just nonsense. everybody is entitled to the protection of the police and everybody is entitled to the attention of the police if they commit a crime. it's often said that noise emerges in relation to god or whatever, so on, have been police differently to these rights —— noisy marches in relation to gaza. of course they have because noisy marches are not setting fires to hotels were throwing rocks at the police or setting fire to police vans. every time there is a police operation, they have to assess, the police will assess the threat, harm and risk involved, and if there is more threat, harm and risk, they will police it harder.— will police it harder. we're 'ust seeinu will police it harder. we're 'ust seeing some fl will police it harder. we're 'ust seeing some light i will police it harder. we're 'ust seeing some light picturesh will police it harder. we're just . seeing some light pictures coming from belfast, one of the cities we have seen disorder over the last few days, and you are referencing what happened on wednesday night, where we saw those communities, antiracism and its traders and so on coming out onto the streets to protect premises
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under threat. onto the streets to protect premises underthreat. do onto the streets to protect premises under threat. do you think that was a turning point, that perhaps that was the point at which the violent disorder begins to end? i was the point at which the violent disorder begins to end?— was the point at which the violent disorder begins to end? i hope it is a turnin: disorder begins to end? i hope it is a turning point- — disorder begins to end? i hope it is a turning point. i _ disorder begins to end? i hope it is a turning point. i hope _ disorder begins to end? i hope it is a turning point. i hope it's - disorder begins to end? i hope it is a turning point. i hope it's not - a turning point. i hope it's not just a pause. it ought to be a turning point, and i think the support of the communities, the professionalism and capability of the police and the political support that they are getting, which is really strong, i think that should convince those who are inclined to violence just to stay at home and protect themselves, because let's face it, if you are throwing missiles at the police, if you're trying to set fire to a hotel with people inside it, that's not violent affray, in that case, that's attempted murder. you can go to jail for life for that. attempted murder. you can go to “ail for life for that.— for life for that. we are also seeinu for life for that. we are also seeing peeple _ for life for that. we are also seeing people now - for life for that. we are also seeing people now being . for life for that. we are also - seeing people now being sentenced for what they have set online, and this is the other side of it. it is notjust people throwing bricks and petrol bombs, is people saying things online, inciting hatred and
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planning some of this unrest, telling people we were told, how to commit arson, telling people how to make petrol bombs. that's a tougher thing, isn't it, how to police that online kind of hatred, misinformation, disinformation? the first thin , misinformation, disinformation? iie: first thing, incitement to misinformation, disinformation? "iie: first thing, incitement to commit misinformation, disinformation? iie: first thing, incitement to commit a crime isjust as much first thing, incitement to commit a crime is just as much a first thing, incitement to commit a crime isjust as much a crime first thing, incitement to commit a crime is just as much a crime as the actual commission of the crime, so these people sitting in their bedrooms, on their phones, inciting crimes, the police are going to come, and they can find them. the technology is very, very sophisticated and they will have their doors put in at six in the morning and they will be lifted. so if they think that because they are physically remote from the offence, in some way they are immune either from detection or criminal responsibility, they've got another thing coming. bud responsibility, they've got another thing coming-— thing coming. and what you think about peeple _ thing coming. and what you think about people like _ thing coming. and what you think about people like elon _ thing coming. and what you think about people like elon musk? - thing coming. and what you think about people like elon musk? he| thing coming. and what you think - about people like elon musk? he has been commenting on the unrest, criticising keir starmer, talking about two tiered policing, saying
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that civil war is inevitable in the united kingdom. do you think that has fanned some of the flames? yeah. has fanned some of the flames? yeah, robabl . has fanned some of the flames? yeah, probably- eton — has fanned some of the flames? yeah, probably. elon musk _ has fanned some of the flames? yeah, probably. elon musk should _ has fanned some of the flames? yeah, probably. elon musk should stick- has fanned some of the flames? jf�*ii probably. elon musk should stick to making cars and rockets, because he's really good at those things, but interfering in public policy in relation to the safety and security of our citizens and our friends, he should just stick to what he ought to do. should 'ust stick to what he ought to do. �* ., , should 'ust stick to what he ought to do. �* . , ., to do. and we have seen rioting in this country _ to do. and we have seen rioting in this country before, _ to do. and we have seen rioting in this country before, 2011 - to do. and we have seen rioting in this country before, 2011 most - this country before, 2011 most notably. do you think social media has made it more dangerous or certainly easierfor has made it more dangerous or certainly easier for this kind has made it more dangerous or certainly easierfor this kind of violent disorder to spread and spread very quickly?— spread very quickly? yeah, undoubtedly _ spread very quickly? yeah, undoubtedly it _ spread very quickly? yeah, undoubtedly it has. - spread very quickly? yeah, undoubtedly it has. but - spread very quickly? yeah, | undoubtedly it has. but the techniques and capabilities of the police and the security services to deal with those things, to detect them and to read them in advance and to predict where violent disorder is likely to take place, those
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techniques, etc, are much more sophisticated as well. i think there is also, i think it's worth saying, the fundamental difference between 2011 riots and the 2024 riots, predominantly, in 2011, the motivation of people was violence against property. theyjust wanted to go and burn things and loot things. in 2024, the predominant motivation was violence against people. that is far more serious, because they are trying to hurt people, they are trying to... if you set fire to a hotel as i mentioned earlier, that's an extremely serious violent offence and therefore the sentences that people are going to get are going to be much longer. the chapter you mentioned earlier, mr parlor, i think his name was, who had been prosecuted for incitement to crime — he is very lucky to get off with 20 months. you to crime - he is very lucky to get off with 20 months.— off with 20 months. you were chief insector off with 20 months. you were chief insnector of — off with 20 months. you were chief inspector of constabulary. - off with 20 months. you were chief inspector of constabulary. let's - inspector of constabulary. let's just talk about the police because in a sense, it's tough, it is one
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thing to say, we will have thousands of officers on the streets, but this is tough work, for the individual officer who is facing bricks and may be being punched and having tetra bombs even thrown at them, night after night after night after night? they are extremely well trained. there is the match bulletin police, have a training facility in gravesend in kent, where the police to public order training, facing petrol bombs and real violence —— metropolitan police. that is to acclimatise them to that sort of thing. public sector policing is the brain surgery of policing, the hardest thing to do, because you're dealing with a very fast—moving dynamic situation, but also the public order trained officers have a special higher professional qualification but there are 20,000 of them in england and we right now, about 9300 at the height of these riots were deployed, so this plenty of spare capacity and they are
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brave, they are professional and they are effective. 50 brave, they are professional and they are effective.— brave, they are professional and they are effective. so we have seen that tou . h they are effective. so we have seen that tough response _ they are effective. so we have seen that tough response to _ they are effective. so we have seen that tough response to what - they are effective. so we have seen that tough response to what has . that tough response to what has happened, but have you been surprised, were you surprised when this wave of unrestjust broke out across so many towns and cities in england and northern ireland? i think we were all surprised that it was so sudden, but when you whip up hatred against other people, especially if you can multiply that message and intensify it as quickly and as strongly as you can, through social media, and basic agitators and rabble—rousers, and we all know their names, it is likely, the spark is likely to turn to flame farmer quickly, and they have so far been suppressed. quickly, and they have so far been sunpressed-_ quickly, and they have so far been su ressed. ., ~ . ~' ,, suppressed. tom winsor, thank you for cominu suppressed. tom winsor, thank you for coming in- _
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suppressed. tom winsor, thank you for coming in. chief _ suppressed. tom winsor, thank you for coming in. chief inspector - suppressed. tom winsor, thank you for coming in. chief inspector of - for coming in. chief inspector of constabulary from 2012 to 2022. thank you very much. here in the uk, the latest figures show the number of migrants applying for student, skilled and health and social worker visas fell by a third injuly — compared with the same month last year. the former conservative government introduced bans on most international students and health and social care workers bringing family members to the uk. the home office says it's bringing down historically high levels of legal migration and has introduced a scheme to train more home—grown workers. on that, we are joined now by nadra ahmed, executive co—chair of the national care association. those numbers of people coming here to do that kind of work following, we know that. how much of the problem is that likely to be, do you think, for the social care system, for care homes, where we know many of those people work? i for care homes, where we know many
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of those people work?— for care homes, where we know many i of those people work?— of those people work? i think the roblem of those people work? i think the problem will _ of those people work? i think the problem will only _ of those people work? i think the problem will only occur— of those people work? i think the problem will only occur if- of those people work? i think the problem will only occur if we - problem will only occur if we are not able to get the domestic workforce into place, so we need to be building up a domestic workforce. which means that people wanting to work in social care will come forward and take up those roles. the reason we have had to go for international workforce is because we don't have the levels of care that we need in order to deliver the care services that we have, so i think that is the challenge that we face right now, and if we don't have the right level of staff in our services, then what's going to happen is that the people who need care and support are not going to be able to get it. we already have half able to get it. we already have half a million people who don't have a full care package because assessments can't be done, we've got people sitting in hospitals who
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cannot be sent home because we don't have the right level of care workers to support them in their own homes, so we have got this real challenge of balancing here. it’s so we have got this real challenge of balancing here.— of balancing here. it's a challenge of balancing here. it's a challenge of balancing _ of balancing here. it's a challenge of balancing that _ of balancing here. it's a challenge of balancing that is _ of balancing here. it's a challenge of balancing that is in _ of balancing here. it's a challenge of balancing that is in other- of balancing that is in other sectors of the economy as well, isn't it? it's notjust care homes and so on, its agriculture, for picking and so on. we have seen it before, this sort of conflict, if you like, between bringing down levels of immigration but also keeping the economy functioning, and you talked about growing the domestic home—grown workforce in the care sector. how easy or difficult is that? in other words, how many people actually want to do that kind of work? for people actually want to do that kind of work? ., .., , people actually want to do that kind of work? ., .. , �* , of work? for decades, we've been talkin: of work? for decades, we've been talking about _ of work? for decades, we've been talking about this _ of work? for decades, we've been talking about this and _ of work? for decades, we've been talking about this and we've - of work? for decades, we've been talking about this and we've been | talking about this and we've been talking about this and we've been talking about this and we've been talking about the value of our own workforce. we've been talking about making sure that there is a qualification agenda, so people can actually see a career pathway and
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start to move through it, and we have now got a strategy for social care, with the skills for care launch, just a couple of weeks ago, but the problem we have is that no government has been willing to take that on board and move forward with it, so it's always put on the back burner. and if we do not have that level of value for our workforce, we are not being able to upscale them to the level that they are at, and pay them what they deserve, that's the value base, because they are looking after people with very complex health care needs, very similar to the agencies and hospitals, but social care is not funded to be supporting our workforce in that way, and i think that's where we need to get. we need to get that qualification agenda, worked out, we need to move, so young people can see it as a career option. and start to move towards
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working in social care, not moving into other parts of health, which is the hospital, which will pay them more, or nurseries or whatever that might be. it's about looking after people, vulnerable, order people, and it's such a rewarding job, but it is a really difficultjob. we know that. it is a really difficult 'ob. we know that. ., ., ~ know that. indeed. nadra ahmed, thank ou know that. indeed. nadra ahmed, thank you very _ know that. indeed. nadra ahmed, thank you very much _ know that. indeed. nadra ahmed, thank you very much for _ know that. indeed. nadra ahmed, thank you very much for your - know that. indeed. nadra ahmed, | thank you very much for your time, the executive co—chair of the national care association. the bbc has learned that emails sent to an inbox set up by west mercia police for people to report incidents of violence against women and girls were not read for up to nine months. the failure was eventually noticed by a woman from shrewsbury, who tried to contact the force after her abuser breached his exclusion order. west mercia police has apologised and said the service was not what it expected from its officers and staff. the email address has now been removed from its website. our reporter
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tracey higgins has more. nine years ago, sadie hopkins was kidnapped and imprisoned in her own home by herformer partner, after he turned up unexpectedly one night. i was just waiting for the knife to plunge. waiting to feel that sensation of being stabbed. he made me get on my hands and knees, and he shut all the curtains, locked all the doors. i had to crawl on my hands and knees up to the bedroom, the whole time with a knife being held against me. before the attack, he'd been stalking herfor three months after she ended their relationship. i'd find him hiding outside bushes outside my house. just... ..he was just constantly about, constantly lurking in the shadows. sadie eventually managed to escape. her former partner was jailed and told not to contact her again or enter shrewsbury after his release. i didn't trust people. i thought everybody was out to get me. constantly looking over my shoulder.
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wouldn't go out running alone any more. it had a huge impact on my life, and my family's life. almost a decade later, sadie's sense of security was shattered. i was walking up the platform, and then all of a sudden, ijust saw him. he has a restraining order, and he's not allowed to step foot in shrewsbury. i just couldn't understand why he was there. i panicked, i was frightened. i was finally getting my life back together and then, boom, you know, he's there. she contacted west mercia police on a dedicated website to report issues of violence and abuse, but heard nothing back. and that's when she came to us. our investigation has discovered that an email inbox set up by west mercia police for women to report issues of violence and abuse hasn't been routinely monitored for nine months. so has the force failed the very people it should be protecting? so i wrote to them and said, you know, i'm frightened.
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you state that you're here to help women that feel scared and unsafe, and that you're trying to tackle this. i'm deeply sorry sadie has not received the service she should have received. and west mercia police have let her down. i'm absolutely committed, just as sadie refers to in there, of listening to the voices of the victims, ensuring that we are not only deeply professional in our response, but incredibly compassionate as well. the value that sadie provides in providing her account will feed into our development and understanding of our officers and staff, so that we can improve our service. sadie's glad she's spoken out, but she's done so to protect other women from going through the same ordeal. the police need to listen to women. if a woman says she's scared, it will be for a genuine reason. basically, they don't respond until it's too late. that's when they respond, when a bad thing has already happened and it's too late. somebody�*s gone, somebody�*s hurt.
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it is day 14 of the paris olympics and katarina johnson—thompson is sitting second in the state is after six of the seven have tough lung events. fans will be following that action closely —— hep tafa line. our reporter emily brown is at the fanzone in kings cross. yes, we are here in kings cross and one of team gb positive brennie fanzones, lots for people to do here, table tennis going on behind us, and lots of families who have come along as well to watch many of the events taking part in the day. i want to bring in some of them. we have a mum and dad, and lonnie and wolf. i saw you having a go at table tennis billets it's been your favourite sport so far? table tennis. brilliant. _ favourite sport so far? table tennis. brilliant. what- favourite sport so far? table tennis. brilliant. what about favourite sport so far? table - tennis. brilliant. what about you? table tennis. _ tennis. brilliant. what about you? table tennis. in _ tennis. brilliant. what about you? table tennis. in the _ tennis. brilliant. what about you? table tennis. in the olympics, - tennis. brilliant. what about you? table tennis. in the olympics, i i table tennis. in the olympics, i would _ table tennis. in the olympics, i
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in the north of the country, brisk winds off the atlantic bringing scattered clouds and also some showers. here's the radarfrom earlier on — a few showers there in northern ireland, heavier ones in scotland, just a few across the lake district — whereas further south, it has been a generally dry and bright day and the evening, absolutely fine out there. temperatures at 8:00 still hovering around 20 to 23 celsius across the bulk of england. not far off of that in wales, a bit fresher in the north. and in the north, the showers will continue through the night. in the south, by around midnight, it'll turn cloudy across many south—western areas of the uk, this sort of thick area of light rain and drizzle spreading to coastal parts of wales, the south—west of england too. shouldn't be raining in the east and actually the south could be clear. these are the morning temperatures — 12 in glasgow, about 14 in london. so on saturday, well, broadly speaking, the southern half of the uk at times could be quite cloudy with some damp weather from time to time here in these western areas. i think sunny along the south coast of england, but the best
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of the sunshine in belfast, around the lake district, newcastle. scotland, sunny spells and showers. now, by sunday, we have hot air spreading in from france. high pressure's in charge of the weather, the winds are light, strong sunshine. temperatures are likely to hit high 20s widely across england and into wales, and probably hitting 30 degrees in one or two spots. and then by monday, that hot air which will have spread from spain through france, towards the uk, will be peaking. so we could see temperatures as high as 33 celsius, but far from it across some western and northern areas. in fact, a weather front will be sweeping through. there could be some storms in northern ireland, in the north—west of england, across scotland. so, much cooler here, whereas across the bulk of central, eastern and southern england, we've got that heat. but it is going to be a brief heat wave, if you can call it that, a couple of days of fairly intense heat, and then after that, from tuesday onwards, it's back to where we were. so, weatherfronts sweeping off the atlantic and much
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fresher conditions. bye— bye.
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in. today at six — the first prison sentences are handed down to people who encouraged disorder on social media during the recent violence across the country. this man, jordan parlour, admitted stirring up racial hatred via facebook — the prime minister says jail terms show social media isn't a law—free zone.
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whether you are directly involved or whether you are remotely involved, you are culpable and you will be put before the courts if you have broken the law. we'll hear more about the lengthy sentences for online activity. also on the programme... footage emerges of abandoned russian troop carriers — after the surprise attack by ukrainian forces who broke through the border. a russian missile has hit a supermarket inside ukraine — killing more than a dozen people. the bbc has asked the former news presenter huw edwards to return £200,000 he was paid after his arrest in november. and, at the olympics climbing wall — a british teenager looks shocked to win a spectacular gold. a british teenager looks shocked and coming up on sportsday — we will have more from paris.
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katarina johnson—thompson should win her first olympic medal later, but gold might be beyond her.

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