scotland can get the golden spike.the golden spike. the researchers will find out next year whether they and scotland have won the golden spike. pallab ghosh, bbc news. elias rugen is first author and geology phd researcher at ucl earth sciences and these rocks show the trainsition into that ice just explain what you are looking at in these rocks and what it tells you? in these rocks and what it tells ou? , , you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, — you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland. a _ you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record _ you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of— you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of what - you? these rocks off the west coast of scotland, a record of what is - of scotland, a record of what is known as noble earth, and this is a glaciation that basically covers the entire planet in ice. so, if you can imagine looking from outer space at the planet, it would look like a snowball. this glaciation in scotland, we do

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it could be quite warm in the sunshine in the north—east of scotland.ards the azores, low pressure towards iceland and that gives us with a run of western wind. they could be a bit stronger during the second half of the weekend, particularly for southern areas but again we'll see after a sunny start it will build up a bit. it brings a risk of one or two showers, and the north west of scotland and i spells of sunshine is around 12. they will not change too much, perhaps 18 or 19 at the best in scotland and northern ireland, i submit 20s in the south—east of england. as we head into monday, it starts to change a bit particularly western areas. it will be falling here, with some weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. dry and sunny most areas on monday morning. it is up to the west by the winds pick up, especially in the south—west, including the irish sea. get some rain and it might get wet in northern ireland and western scotland during the afternoon but ahead of that, the midlands should have a dry and warm day with some sunshine. live from london,

our scotland editor give us this u date. . ., . , our scotland editor give us this udate. . , update.ate. the concern is we can could expect a quite lot _ update. the concern is we can could expect a quite lot more _ update. the concern is we can could expect a quite lot more in _ update. the concern is we can could expect a quite lot more in the - update. the concern is we can could expect a quite lot more in the way l expect a quite lot more in the way of cuts, saying —— sent a blunt and alarming letter to fellow ministers thing money can only be spent in circumspect instances if there was a legal requirement to do so, for essential support and emergencies and to prevent significant economic damage across scotland. the scottish government say this is a direct result of decisions taken by the labour government at westminster which have a knock on the on the scottish's government byjudgment. a condom is here at glasgow at the institute say, that is partly true, but it would be, i quote, unfair to blame it all on that. they note that the scottish government for example is choosing to f

not in scotland, and this very weak ridge of high pressure will try to build.about here for monday morning. cloud and some showers, and then that will tend to drift northwards up across scotland as we go through the day. further south, not as many showers, more dry weather, some spells of sunshine and on the whole this is a drier, brighter and warmer day than we've been used to over the last few days. temperatures 15 to 23 degrees. as we head through monday night, the winds will strengthen once again across western parts, as this next frontal system works its way into the picture. that will bring some heavy rain across northern ireland, western scotland, getting into western england and wales. but just ahead of that, we are going to tap into some warmer air. so the further south and east you are, if you hold on to some sunshine during tuesday, i think you really will feel the difference. here's our weather front, a band of cloud and rain becoming slow moving, most likely across southern scotland, northwest england and wales. to the northwest of that, sunshine a

disruption across western scotland.id to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with variable cloud coming and going and some spells of sunshine. again, low to mid 20s in the south, high teens, low 20

katie, thanks for brinuain drugs in scotland. katie, thanks for bringing those _ drugs in scotland.otland. katie, thanks for bringing those new figures - drugs in scotland. katie, thanks for bringing those new figures to - drugs in scotland. katie, thanks for bringing those new figures to us - drugs in scotland. katie, thanks for| bringing those new figures to us and bringing those new figures to us and bringing us the context as well. a gay british—mexican man who spent aa days in prison in qatar has warned other lgbt people to "be careful" when visiting the country. manuel guerrero avina, who was convicted on drug offences, was arrested earlier in the year after arranging to meet a man on gay dating app grindr. he later found out the man was an undercover police officer. homosexuality is criminalised in qatar, and same—sex relationships can be punishable by the death sentence. let's speak to our reporterjosh parry. for those who haven't been following the story, can you bring us up to date with what has happened so far? manuel guerrero avina is a british mexican citizen and he had

to greet the day, we have some wet weather in scotland, as that moves through, more showers in scotlandowers further east across england and wales. still looking dry in the south—east of england, but temperatures even here will be lower on wednesday. 18—22 celsius is a little below the average for this time of year. the area of low pressure to the north of scotland does finally move away by thursday, but it allows these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. we will find the cloud sickening and increasing during the day on thursday, some rain and drizzle setting in. still uncertainty as to how far north the rain is going to get. now pushing a little further north into the central belt of scotland. northern scotland dry, and we may not get much rain towards the south—east of england, with temperatures into the low 20s. but we're not going to see a return of the heat. that's because the position of the jet stream is rushing right the way across the uk, so we are more likely to have some rain from time to time. but we're not going to see a return of the heat. that's because the posit

scotland can get the golden spike. formation presented.ll find out next year whether they and scotland have won the golden spike. pallab ghosh, bbc news. thank you for that. let's have a reminder of what i going on with those ceasefire talks. we can show you pictures of the israel gaza border now. those are live pictures. these talks have been going on. we had a joint statement from the us, egypt and qatar. the three countries which act as mediators say... president biden says adl is much closer than it was three days ago but it is not yet there. all parties to the conflict have been called to allow a polio vaccine campaign to take place. we will stay across everything going on involving those talks and bring it to you here on bbc news. so do not go away. hello there. and over the weekend, there will be some more sunshine at times. very quiet weather over the weekend. not too much changing from one day to the next. many places will remain dry. this was the picture earlier today. that weather front has moved to the south of us. we are seein

the showers move away from northern scotland and the winds continue to drop.ping, keeping coastal areas sunny. some cloud develops over land but it should be dry. temperatures still 17—18 in scotland and northern ireland, and around 2a or so in the southeast of england. high pressure to end the week. over the weekend it starts to move away and on saturday it allows this weather front to move up from the south and that is going to bring with it much more cloud northwards across england and wales on saturday. maybe the odd shower, but a lot of places i think will be dry. and we've got the sunnier skies further north. now the winds will be picking up a bit on saturday for much of england and wales. it's an easterly wind. it'll keep the east coast of england a little cooler and the breeze picks up in scotland and northern ireland. but we do have the sunshine here and so it may well be a warmer day for scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures in glasgow potentially the same as london, where we've got more cloud until later in the day. that cloud does move n

to greet the day, we have some wet weather in scotland.ers in scotland and northern ireland — with that stronger wind, we could blow a few showers further east across england and wales. still looking dry in the southeast of england, but temperatures even here will be lower on wednesday. 18—22 celsius is a little below the average for this time of year. the area of low pressure to the north of scotland does finally move away by thursday, but it allows these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. we will find the cloud thickening and increasing during the day on thursday, some rain and drizzle setting in. still uncertainty as to how far north the rain is going to get. now pushing a little further north into the central belt of scotland. northern scotland dry, and we may not get much rain towards the southeast of england, with temperatures into the low 20s. but we're not going to see a return of the heat. that's because the position of the jet stream is rushing right the way across the uk, so we are more likely to have some rain from ti

_ legacy looks like in the rest of scotland. ., legacy looks like in the rest of scotland. . , scotland to the project, they are disappointed the project is not going ahead and scottish tennis said they are sad to hear date today's news. andy murray who often called on tennis authorities to improve access to the game for the youngsters reacted on the exit social media site with a simple "what a surprise". as jamie murray continues to compete, the association said they are committed to growing the game of tennis and they will consider other avenues. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. wout van aert has won stage ten of the vuelta a espana — his twelfth stage victory in a grand tour. ben 0'connorfinished in the main bunch to retain the leader's red jersey. the australian leads by nearly four minutes, with 11 stages to go. logan sargeant has been dropped by williams for the remainder of the f1 season. he'll be replaced by argentine rookie franco colapinto — starting at this weekend's italian grand prix. lexi thompson, jennifer kupcho and sarah s

scotland, what's gone wrong?en years has been no to indyref2 and that was popular when the snp looked like they were going to push for a second independence referendum. they are on decline and voters in scotland know that. so people are asking themselves why should we vote for the party? who's going to oppose the snp when the snp's already on decline? >> we've got we're in edinburgh for this amazing festival, an extraordinary festival and yet the city is gripped by a bin strike. what are they thinking of? this is another indictment of? this is another indictment of the local labour council. and yet again, the tories aren't making anything out of it. >> well , we want making anything out of it. >> well, we want edinburgh looking at its best for the festival because it is, as you said earlier, the largest international festival in europe, and it is a great opportunity for scotland to showcase herself on the world stage. it's not often you can go to one building and get a book launch about the stuart monarchy in the

but wales has contributed so many rocks to this monument, i'm sure scotland can have one! date and composition. in the journal nature, he says it could only have come from the far north of scotland, here in the 0rcadian basin, which includes caithness, 0rkney and moray firth. so this is the altar stone, the heart of stonehenge, now partially buried. it is one of the larger stones here at around six tonnes. the big question is how on earth it was transported from north—east scotland and why the people back then thought it was so important to bring it all this way. they must have been very technically advanced to be able to do that, to bring down by boat and bring it down on sledges or whatever overland. and presumably it wasn'tjust a matter of engineering, there must have been some sort of social cohesion for, you know, the scots and the welsh and the english all to work together. absolutely. to bring this to here there must have been linking between all of these areas. so what does this say about neolithic society in britain? well, it certainly implies great social connect

mid to high teens across the north, maybe 20 degrees across northeast scotland. odd one continuing across the highlands through saturday night. lengthy clear skies again, light winds to the south. so it's going to be another fresh night to come with seven to 12 degrees for sunday. the azores, high across the south, just nudges up a little bit further northwards. so large parts of england and wales, maybe northern ireland, southern scotland will see lighter winds, but still quite breezy across the north and west of scotland, where again we'll have a few showers and a few showers, perhaps for northern ireland, maybe just one or two across western england and wales, but similar sorts of temperatures, mid 20s in the south and mid to high teens further north. now as we head out to sunday to monday, our area of high pressure begins to get squeezed out in towards the near continent as low pressure takes over across western areas, it goes downhill through the day across the north and the west. wetter and windier but central and eastern parts of the country will stay dry.

should be a bit warmer in the sunshine in north—east scotland. over the azores, the pressure toward scandinavia leaving us with a run of westerly winds, which may pick up a little bit as we head into sunday, particularly in the south, where we should see a lot of sunshine on sunday, most of the build—up of cloud is further north where we will see the bulk of showers coming into western scotland. for the most part it will be dry, temperatures for most of us not changing much. it could be a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland. some changes on the way for the start of next week. pressure is going to be dropping here in the atlantic and cloud and rain will be moving in, but it will start off dry and sunny, in the west we will feel the winds picking up in the southwest and over the irish sea. cloud thickening in western areas to bring some wet weather particularly into northern ireland and western scotland, but ahead of that for the midlands and eastern england it should stay dry and there will be some sunshine, and it will feel warm, w

the odd shower likely for western scotland, maybe western hills of england and wales.se it's mostly dry, up to 25 celsius in the southeast, the high teens further north. sunday night, we do it all again, the clouds tend to melt away for many, and the clear skies, it'll turn quite fresh again with temperatures of 8—12 degrees. now, some changes taking place to start the new week. the first of a series of low pressure systems will work its way in to the country during the day. so we start off with plenty of sunshine, but the clouds will tend to build in the west, and it'll turn wet and windy through the day. some pretty heavy and persistent rain for northern ireland, and it will turn windy with gales, perhaps around some irish sea coasts, but lighter winds again in towards the southeast, where it will stay dry and sunny all day. so temperatures responding, up to 25 celsius or so — that's the high teens further north and west, picking up a little bit more humidity as well from the south. and then monday night, that area of low pressure and its weather fronts crosses the c

cloud and showers will tend to drift up across scotland throughout the day.of sunshine. 0n the whole, a drier, brighter and warmer day than we have been used to over the last few days. temperatures 15—23. through monday night, the winds will strengthen once again through western parts as this next frontal system works its way into the picture. that will bring some heavy rain across northern ireland, western scotland, getting into western england and wales, but just ahead of that, we are going to tap into some warmer air. the further south and east you are, if you hold onto some sunshine during tuesday, i think you will really feel the difference. here is a band of cloud and rain moving across southern scotland, north—east england and wales. north—west england and wales. to the west of that, sunshine and showers. warmer than it has been, 19 for aberdeen, 20 for belfast, but parts of eastern england could get to 26. into wednesday, the same weather front not making much progress, stalling across western areas with outbreaks of rain. western england and wales, n

disruption across western scotland.ly england and wales, it'll stay mostly dry, with some spells of sunshine and feeling warm and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with variable clo

disruption across western scotland. it'll stay mostly dry, with some spells of sunshine and feeling warm and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with variable cloud coming and going a

disruption across western scotland.ll stay mostly dry, with some spells of sunshine and feeling warm and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with variable cloud coming and going and s

more than a 100,000 students in scotland have received their exam results today.and's education secretary describing results as "not good enough". some students had to wait to hear their grades in the nationals, higher and advanced higher exams after receiving emails, which should have contained the results, but were blank. 0ur scotland correspondent katie hunter has been hearing from students in glasgow. you have a message saying who the candidate and your results are 2a and then a blank space. thousands of people receive their results e—mail this morning with no results. most had signed up for a text but not all. when i got it was blank and it said your results are and there was nothing there and i asked my head teacher who had everybody's results and i had to ask what i had got for my highers. even those who did not sign up for an e—mail were not impressed. it is quite confusing and then quite anti—climactic to wait for an e—mail and there is nothing there. the scottish qualification authority said about 7000 people were affected. we are really sorry about what

grazing the northwest corner of scotland.the first time in more than three years so will the federal reserve begin cutting rates at its next meeting? in the uk, inflation is also in the spotlight. injuly, price rises accelerated to 2.2% injuly — because of higher energy prices. and we'll take you on a tour of indonesia's new capital city — built from scratch in the borneo rainforest. welcome to business today. there's been a slowdown in inflation in the world's biggest economy sparking hopes that a cut in the cost of borrowing could be around the corner. the us consumer price index rose by 2.9% in the year tojuly, down from 3% injune. most of this increase was due to a pick—up in housing costs. energy prices were unchanged in the month, while food price rose by 0.2%. this data comes at a time when there are concerns that the inflationary crisis era interest rates, which remain in place in the us, could cause a recession. it raises hopes of a response from the us federal reserve soon. so says doubleline's deputy chief investme

the showers move away from northern scotland and the winds continue to drop.nny. some cloud develops overland but it should be dry. temperatures still17—18 in scotland and northern ireland, and around 2a or so in the southeast of england. high pressure to end the week. over the weekend it starts to move away and on saturday it allows this weather front to move up from the south and that is going to bring with it much more cloud northwards across england and wales on saturday. maybe the odd shower, but a lot of places i think will be dry. and we've got the sunnier skies further north. now the winds will be picking up a bit on saturday for much of england and wales. it's an easterly wind. it'll keep the east coast of england a little cooler and the breeze picks up in scotland and northern ireland. but we do have the sunshine here and so it may well be a warmer day for scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures in glasgow potentially the same as london, where we've got more cloud until later in the day. that cloud does move northwards, though. on saturday n

furthersouth week, certainly so in western scotland. east, it will tend to stay dry with sunny spells and it will turn increasingly humid as we pick up the south—westerly wind. it stays pretty unsettled for the end of the week across more northern and western areas, a better chance of staying dry towards the south—east. live from london, this is bbc news. an israeli team has said it is cautiously optimistic about the gaza ceasefire talks — but hamas has described suggestions of progress as an illusion. venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, leads anti—government demonstrations in caracas — promising continued defiance after nicolas maduro�*s claim to have won the presidential election. why actors say they're increasingly worried about being asked to perform graphic scenes for video games. and an investigation begins into what sparked a fire at london's historic somerset house.

, with scotland having a higher rate compared to other uk countries for many years.standing and very complex roblem. , .,, a long-standing and very complex roblem. , .,, ., problem. so when people look at these figures. — problem. so when people look at these figures, they _ problem. so when people look at these figures, they would - problem. so when people look at these figures, they would also i problem. so when people look at l these figures, they would also look to efforts to try to tackle the drugs problem in scotland and ask what is working and what isn't working. what is working and what isn't workinu. . , . what is working and what isn't workin.. ., , ., , . working. that is a difficult question. _ working. that is a difficult question. i _ working. that is a difficult question, i don't - working. that is a difficult question, i don't think - working. that is a difficult - question, i don't think there's an easy answer to that. when you speak to experts about scotland's drug related debts, they often talk about poverty, and today's data revealed people living

it's the mid to high teens across scotland and northern ireland.south—east quadrant of the country on saturday. and i think sunday, as a ridge of high pressure tries to build in, although there'll be a few showers in the north and west, i think it's looking better. so we could see some heavier rain across more south—eastern areas on saturday. a better chance of seeing some sunshine with lighter winds as we head into sunday. live from london, this is bbc news. two more bodies have been found in the wreck of a yacht — that sank off the coast of sicily. we'll be live with the latest. day three at the democratic national convention, after the obamas electrify the garthering in chicago. america, hope is making a comeback! cheering i'm caitriona perry, here in chicago, when tim waltz officially becomes the vice presidential nominee. here in the uk, a man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and three children die in a bradford house fire. hello and welcome to verified live.

no, i know they had one job. >> scotland. >> scotland. >> it's quite. addicted to alcohol and drugs . addicted to alcohol and drugs. and for me, the frustration always is, is if you do manage to get somebody a rehab position, which is what they need , really, really difficult need, really, really difficult to get when they're finished and they're off, whatever their addiction is, they plant them straight back into the environment, which drove them to drugs in the first place, with the same friends, the same dealers and the same socioeconomic stressors. we need a much bigger picture that deals with housing, economy, all of this, and we need to treat it like a health problem as they did with knives. and in scotland they did sort out the knife problem. but this i think there's a bit of snobbish snobbishness here that drug addicts don't really count. they're kind of the lowest of the low . >> yeah. >> yeah. it's >> yeah. it's got >> yeah. it's got to >> yeah. it's got to be >> yeah. it's got to be sorted out and renee, why is kirstie allsopp coming under fi

she led after the first round making the best of the tricky conditions on the east coast of scotland but dropped the early shots in the second round. she clawed back but... she clawed them back, but it's american nelly korda who leads the way after shooting a four under par 68. england ended theirfirst innings with a 122 run lead over sri lanka on day three of the first test match. they finished on 358 all out — jamie smith getting his first test century. . . . he was eventually out for 111. in their second innings sri lanka are 50 for two. brazilian side flamengo are through to the quarterfinals of the copa libertadores despite losing the second leg of their last 16 tie against bolivar 1—0. the bolivians needed to score at least twice to overturn a 2—0 deficit from the first leg, in the high altitude of la paz. and they had hope when their brazilian midfielder bruno savio put them 1—0 up on the night. this was as close as they came to scoring again — henry vaca's shot was saved with eight minutes to go. so flamengo are through 2—1 on aggregate, they'll play pen—ya—rol of uruguay in

we've got some showers for the north west of scotland, but the skies continue to clear in east scotlandhtest start to the day on thursday with a fair bit of morning, sunshine, any sunshine for you staying there in southeast england? short—lived. it's going to turn quite cloudy, but staying on the bright side, the damp and drizzly weather for wales and western england replaced by more general outbreaks of rain through the day, the rain heavy as it swings across northern ireland into scotland, northern england and north wales. top temperatures running into the low 20s now through thursday night that we'll see that rain band continue its way northwards and eastwards, the rain turning heavy for a time in northern scotland before clearing out of the way, and there may well be a hang back of cloud still bits and pieces of rain left over into friday morning before this front finally pulls out of the way. then we get this little ridge of high pressure starting to build from the west, and that means an improving weather. picture rain clearing away. then from eastern england. many of us will have

we will _ that case to the people of scotland. we will do _ that case to the people of scotland.s an effective government that acts in the public interest in scotland and build — in the public interest in scotland and build to the future. and that is what _ and build to the future. and that is what will— and build to the future. and that is what will deliver hope and ambition that scotland today. thanks andrew — and bbc news will be covering the snp conference over this weekend — here on the news channel, and of course, online. stephen bates won silver in the men's blind 4000 metres individual pursuit. katina cox fell on the first corner of the women see for 500 metre time trial final. it was won by caroline groot. let's speak to stephen park, who is performance director of british cycling. not so great to hear the news about katina cox. what happened? she not so great to hear the news about katina cox. what happened? she had a roblem out katina cox. what happened? she had a problem out of — katina cox. what happened? she had a problem out of the _ katina cox. what happened? she

grazing the northwest corner of scotland.temperatures, high teens in the north to the mid 20s in the south. live from london. this is bbc news ukraine says 100 russian prisoners of war have been captured in kursk as its offensive in the region enters a second week. gaza ceasefire talks are to be held in doha tomorrow the us steps up pressure to reach a deal. inflation in the us drops to its lowest level for more than three years as the uk sees its first rise in 202a. thailand is plunged into political turmoil as the constitutional court removes prime minister srettha thavisin from office. new analysis shows the six—tonne iconic altar stone at the heart of stonehenge originated from scotland rather than wales. hello. ukraine says its troops have moved further into russian territory, despite denials from moscow. president zelensky says ukrainian troops have captured more than 100 russian soldiers in the area since the start of wednesday. (tx since the start of wednesday. this video from ukrainian tv shows troops pulling down th

some of them could be heavy and thundery, especially in western scotland.ch rain on it, but it's not moving very far at all. so again through the east midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia, the south—east — it's going to be warmer, temperatures getting up to 27, possibly 28 degrees. now that is likely to be the peak of the heat because that weather front is finally going to move its way eastwards. little or no rain in the south. a bit of rain for northern areas, but once that moves through, then we're all into a westerly breeze and that's going to bring with it cooler and fresher air. and again, we've got lower pressure towards the north of the uk. so we're going to find some showers coming into northern ireland, into scotland, perhaps the far north of england, but further south on thursday it should be dry and there'll be quite a bit of sunshine as well. it is cooler air. temperatures are going to be lower everywhere, only 16 or 17 in scotland and northern ireland. pleasant enough further south in the sunshine, mind you. the south—east — it's going to be war

it is exam results stay in scotland.lve issues after some candidates who signed up to receive results by e—mail reportedly received blank e—mails. the sqa said theissueis received blank e—mails. the sqa said the issue is affecting candidates who signed up to receive their results by e—mail only. so, imagine you are expecting your results and you're waiting for that e—mail, and you're waiting for that e—mail, and you get a blank e—mail. that is what we are hearing has happened to some students in scotland. now, the scottish qualifications authority has posted on x saying, we are working urgently to resolve the issue. texts are not impacted. the vast majority of learners who signed up vast majority of learners who signed up to what is known as my sqa are receiving their results as expected. of receiving their results as expected. of course, receiving their results as expected. of course, everyone receiving their results as expected. of course, everyone in scotland will also get a physical certificate today. that has been s

cloud building out west as the next weather front starts to approach scotland and northern ireland.t to come — 8—12 celsius across the south. now, this ridge of high pressure will build in for sunday — that will bring fine weather for england and wales. next low pressure system will start to push into scotland and northern ireland through the day, the winds picking up here, the cloud building, outbreaks of rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotland. but for eastern scotland, much of england and wales will see variable clouds, some good sunny spells — best of the sunshine towards the southeast corner, and it will feel very pleasant, with 23—24 celsius here with lower humidity, high teens further north with the wind and the rain. we tap into some warmth and humidity again into monday — this moving off france into much of the midlands, southern and eastern england. so here, a warm and humid, rather sunny day — further north and west, very different, windy, cloudy outbreaks are pretty heavy and persistent rain for northern ireland, southern and western scotland. could give

to greet the day, we have some wet weather in scotland.nd, we could blow a few showers further east across england and wales. still looking dry in the south—east of england, but temperatures even here will be lower on wednesday. 18—22 celsius is a little below the average for this time of year. the area of low pressure to the north of scotland does finally move away by thursday, but it allows these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. we will find the cloud thickening and increasing during the day on thursday, some rain and drizzle setting in. still uncertainty as to how far north the rain is going to get. now pushing a little further north into the central belt of scotland. northern scotland dry, and we may not get much rain towards the south—east of england, with temperatures into the low 20s. but we're not going to see a return of the heat. that's because the position of the jet stream is rushing right the way across the uk, so we are more likely to have some rain from time to time. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singap

disruption across western scotland.m and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with variable cloud coming and going and some spells of sunshine. again, low to mid 20s in the south, high

growing up in my parents' chinese restaurant in scotland taught me that there's more to food than just its flavour. it's about understanding the story behind every dish. this time i'm in turkey's black sea region. what a view! the peaks of the pontic mountains and the rugged coastline of the black sea create a dramatic landscape. here, nature dictates how people live, and every meal tells a story of tradition and culture. mm! i'm in the hazelnut capital of the world, visiting a farm and learning how to turn this prized produce into artisan chocolates... let's go! ifeel under pressure! ..meeting the scientists trying to save the future of the hazelnuts... we want to grow hazelnut in this beautiful landscape. ..discovering the wilder side of the region... if they start swarming, we need to run. ..hunting for a meal upstream... apparently there's bears here. ..and experiencing the extreme lengths that people go to preserve their landscape. this is unbelievable! he laughs come with me as we discover the world's table together in turkey's black sea region. i'm travelling in the black sea re

a little bit warmer across scotland and northern ireland to start friday than we've had of late, buts into friday — this new area of low pressure will bring weather fronts, outbreaks of rain, strengthening winds to western scotland and northern ireland through the day, winds also picking up through the irish sea. large parts of eastern scotland, certainly england and wales will have another sunny afternoon with a few thunderstorms across eastern england — but it's going to be another warm one again, 28—29 celsius in the warmest spots in the southeast, low—20s further north and west. and it will be turning fresher here as this weather front starts to cross the country during saturday. eventually, it will reach east and southeastern england during saturday afternoon, clearing through, then allowing fresher air to move in across most areas, with sunny spells, variable cloud, scattered showers for western scotland and northern ireland. here, the high teens at best, further south, it's cooler as well, 21—25 celsius. the fresher air will be across all areas as we move into part two of the

disruption across western scotland., certainly england and wales, it'll stay mostly dry, with some spells of sunshine and feeling warm and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with var

disruption across western scotland.nd, certainly england and wales, it'll stay mostly dry, with some spells of sunshine and feeling warm and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with v

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our scotland editorjames cook has been asking why. i'm an addict.ve used over the years? heroin and cocaine. last year we met jade on the streets of glasgow. my ex—partner died with drugs. my dad died — he was an addict. and my sister's passed away. a lot of my friends have passed away. and jade, do you mind me asking you why? why you do it? i do it to block my past, my trauma from my past. six months later, jade was found dead in a flat not far from here of a suspected overdose. she was 3a years old. jade's family did not want to appear on camera, but they did give us permission to rebroadcast her interview, saying they wanted to highlight the work that was being done to help people with drug—related issues. work is under way to improve addiction services. this site will soon become the uk's first official consumption room, where drug users can inject their own heroin and cocaine under medical supervision. for all my colleagues, these aren't just numbers, these are people. the doctor in charge here says there are many reasons why scotland has europ

our scotland editorjames cook has been asking why. i'm an addict.heroin and cocaine. last year we met jade on the streets of glasgow. my ex—partner died with drugs. my dad died — he was an addict. and my sister's passed away. a lot of my friends have passed away. and jade, do you mind me asking you why? why you do it? i do it to block my past, my trauma from my past. six months later, jade was found dead in a flat not far from here of a suspected overdose. she was 34 years old. jade's family did not want to appear on camera, but they did give us permission to rebroadcast her interview, saying they wanted to highlight the work that was being done to help people with drug—related issues. work is under way to improve addiction services. this site will soon become the uk's first official consumption room, where drug users can inject their own heroin and cocaine under medical supervision. for all my colleagues, these aren't just numbers, these are people. the doctor in charge here says there are many reasons why scotland has europe's highest level of dru

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so, drierfor northern ireland, drier for scotland and northern england, and just a few showery burstsrther south. but it will take the temperatures down by then. 20 to 25 is not far off average for the time of year, just a little above in the south. come thursday, we've got more rain coming in and this time it does look set to move its way further southwards, albeit very slowly, to give drier weather. with just a few showers to the north of that weather system. and it mayjust be hanging around still in the south as we move into friday as well. so you can see that as the heat comes to an end, we will start to see more rainfall, particularly in the north and west, but eventually some rain further south and east. as ever, you can stay up to date, particularly with warnings on the website. live from london, this is bbc news. russia evacuates parts of its belgorod region — close to kursk — as ukrainian forces continue their surprise cross—border offensive. vladimir putin says russia will respond. translation: the defence ministry's main task is to push and to kick - the enemy out of our te

the big question is how on earth it was transported from north—east scotland, and why the people back to do that, to bring it down by boat and bring it dpwm on sledges or whatever. it dowm on sledges or whatever. to bring it down by boat and bring it down on sledges or whatever. and presumably, it wasn'tjust a matter of engineering, there must have been some sort of social cohesion for the scots and the welsh and english all to work together? absolutely, to bring this to here, a sort of focus in a way at that time, there must have been linking between all of these areas. so what does this say about neolithic society in britain? well, it certainly implies great social connections and sophistication. i think we've got to remember that these people were just like us, in a way. they were just as clever, but they had different technologies. but to bring a stone of this size all the distance from what we now call scotland is really quite something. the new discovery has changed the story of stonehenge and those that built it. the tale is now of a people across great britain who were more in

mid to high teens across the north, maybe 20 degrees across north—east scotland.t winds to the south. so it's going to be another fresh night to come with seven to 12 degrees for sunday. the azores, high across the south, just nudges up a little bit further northwards. so large parts of england and wales, maybe northern ireland, southern scotland will see lighter winds, but still quite breezy across the north and west of scotland, where again we'll have a few showers and a few showers, perhaps for northern ireland, maybe just one or two across western england and wales, but similar sorts of temperatures, mid 20s in the south and mid to high teens further north. now as we head out to sunday to monday, our area of high pressure begins to get squeezed out in towards the near continent. as low pressure takes over across western areas, it goes downhill through the day across the north and the west. wetter and windier but central and eastern parts of the country will stay dry. plenty of sunshine and light winds, too. further north and west it will be turning blustery wi

disruption across western scotland.nly england and wales, it'll stay mostly dry, with some spells of sunshine and feeling warm and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the southeast on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far northwest of england, northern ireland, with a few showers. further south, tending to stay dry with variable cl