fortnight. that space station for a fortnight. that ceased in 2009, there was nothing through 2010, but now there is a whole series of adventures —— ventures are starting off, jeff bizos, has started one, the founder of amazon, he has a rocket and capsule system, this system you're looking at is launched from a carrier plane, jeff bezos has a rocket on the ground that sends you straight up, the capsule comes off the top, and it's ready tojust straight up, the capsule comes off the top, and it's ready to just over 100 kilometres into space and then it comes back down. it means you get to see a great view, some weightlessness and then you get strapped back in. then we have elon musk who is going to take you into orbit as well, so you can spend several days there.— several days there. jonathan, excitina several days there. jonathan, exciting times, _ several days there. jonathan, exciting times, an _ several days there. jonathan, exciting times, an exciting i several days there. jonathan, l exciting times, an exciting day. thank you very much indeed.

the men's singles final is under way at centre court and our correspondent has been watching it for us. where are we with it? well, there's been a major breakthrough in there's been a major breakthrough in the first grandstand vinyl for that player. he took the first set of novak djokovic. he is going for his 20th grand slam in total but he is never more dangerous than when he is on the defensive. he has really fought back into this match. we are currently poised at one set all and it is to be— two to novak djokovic who is up a set and in fact he has broken all of these sets. in the

fettes opponent did brilliantly. he saved set point at 5—2 down and fought his way all the way to a tie—breaker and he was the better player in that first set but djokovic, as he has done so many times before, remember this is his 30th grand slam final, he knows how to win these things. he has come out fighting. such a street fighter anyway. are great for turner and is looking the better player at the moment with that fantastic movement that he is caught. it is one set all is up a break 3—2 in the third set. thank you. now on bbc news. sam poling meets men and women who fled to scotland to escape danger. they come to scotland in search of safety but how warm

my my english is very weak. 0k. this is ali. he is an asylum seeker who lives in glasgow. he has come here seeking refuge from war. his days are spent wandering the city's parks. it days are spent wandering the city's arks. , . days are spent wandering the city's arks, , ., , ., days are spent wandering the city's arks. , ., , ., ., parks. it is a beautiful garden. i sta here parks. it is a beautiful garden. i stay here maybe _ parks. it is a beautiful garden. i stay here maybe two _ parks. it is a beautiful garden. i stay here maybe two hours - parks. it is a beautiful garden. i- stay here maybe two hours because after i will go back. i will go back to my home. for after i will go back. i will go back to my home-— after i will go back. i will go back to my home. for him that home is here. a to my home. for him that home is here- a guest _ to my home. for him that home is here. a guest house. _ to my home. for him that home is here. a guest house. and - to my home. for him that home is

here. a guest house. and 43. - the room's small. around 12 feet square. a tablet — donated by a charity — sits next to his bed. this is where he eats, where he sleeps and spends most of his time. there's no fridge, so he keeps his food and his milk on the windowsill outside to keep them cold. this is ali's world. he's agreed to film for us to try to show what life is like for him — and thousands of others — living inside the uk's asylum system. explosions, sirens. ali's from yemen,

in the middle east. it's a country in the midst of a brutal civil war. since 2014, more than four million people have had to flee. almost a quarter of a million have lost their lives as a result of the conflict. ali escaped over the border to saudi arabia with his family. then he set off alone to the uk, in search of a safer life for them all. he often travelled with others also fleeing countries at war, travelling on foot, smuggled in lorries through europe. this is one of the many camps that ali sought refuge in. he crossed borders in small boats in the dead of night. captain: slow down!

halfway into the journey, the boat capsized. a police spotlight picks out what's left of the boat. survivors clinging to the upturned vessel. this is all ali has left to remember his friends by — footage from the day they were buried.

eight of ali's friends drowned that night. it would be another four months before ali would make it to the uk, arriving in august last year. the horror of what he witnessed on hisjourney rarely leaves him. in english: in arabic: there are more than 5,000 asylum

seekers in scotland — and most of them in glasgow. that's because the council here is the only one in scotland that has an agreement with the uk government to take them. ali's still learning english. so he comes to meet me with a friend who can translate for him if he needs it. hi. how are you? yeah, i am good. and you? ali's a father of five. his wife and his children are still in hiding in saudi arabia while he goes through the asylum process. he's come to the uk hoping that, if asylum is granted, his family will be able to join him. why did you decide to come to the uk? why the uk?

years before interview? yes. years

before even interviewed. the home office is planning a controversial overhaul of policy which it says will speed up the asylum process. anyone who fails to claim asylum in another safe country prior to arriving in the uk or enters the country illegally will be considered inadmissible to the asylum system. there is no such thing as a visa from those countries to come here in a safe and legal route so they have to come here clandestinely but international agreements know that. the refugee convention of 1951 tells us that is how they arrive into countries and we also have domestic legislation which says, that can't be held against them. let legislation which says, that can't be held against them.— legislation which says, that can't be held against them. let me be blunt. be held against them. let me be hunt the _ be held against them. let me be blunt. the stringent _

be held against them. let me be blunt. the stringent restrictionsl be held against them. let me be l blunt. the stringent restrictions on our normal day—to—day lives that i'm about to set out are difficult and they are unprecedented. i about to set out are difficult and they are unprecedented.- about to set out are difficult and they are unprecedented. i must give they are unprecedented. i must give the british people _ they are unprecedented. i must give the british people a _ they are unprecedented. i must give the british people a very _ they are unprecedented. i must give the british people a very simple - the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. within_ instruction. you must stay at home. within days — instruction. you must stay at home. within days of lockdown being announced 400 asylum seekers began to be moved from their homes in glasgow. they receive around £5 a day to live. but when lockdown happened that cash was withdrawn for those placed in hotels because they would be receiving three meals a day. would be receiving three meals a da . . , would be receiving three meals a da . ., , ., ~ ., would be receiving three meals a da. ., ~ ., ., would be receiving three meals a da . .,, ., ~ ., ., ., day. there was talk of women not bein: day. there was talk of women not being able — day. there was talk of women not being able to _ day. there was talk of women not being able to buy _ day. there was talk of women not being able to buy sanitary - being able to buy sanitary protection. people not being able to buy toiletries. ramadan had begun and they were not able to get snacks at the right time. kitchens were not open. it was like, what is going on? it was clear in our minds that

people were suffering in the hotels. the food was not decent. they not able to communicate. people were enclosed. wejust able to communicate. people were enclosed. we just thought they were just get people into houses. this enclosed. we just thought they were just get people into houses.- just get people into houses. this is the company _ just get people into houses. this is the company responsible _ just get people into houses. this is the company responsible for- just get people into houses. this is the company responsible for housing asylum seekers in glasgow. it is part of the ten year contract worth over £1 billion that the company has with the home office. the contract states that they must provide safe and habitable and fit for purpose accommodation.— and habitable and fit for purpose accommodation. when the lockdown started we had _ accommodation. when the lockdown started we had a _ accommodation. when the lockdown started we had a decision _ accommodation. when the lockdown started we had a decision to - accommodation. when the lockdown started we had a decision to make i started we had a decision to make about how best to create a scenario where provisions were made available. whether that was food, whether it was health provisions and ultimately if people needed to self—isolate we could do that safely within the confines of the hotel. the uprooted hundreds of people, from residential homes. and dump them _ from residential homes. and dump them in _ from residential homes. and dump them in the — from residential homes. and dump them in the hotels that were emptied

so the _ them in the hotels that were emptied so the rest _ them in the hotels that were emptied so the rest of us did not have to catch _ so the rest of us did not have to catch a — so the rest of us did not have to catch a virus. partly that was because _ catch a virus. partly that was because of our wider home office plan _ because of our wider home office plan to _ because of our wider home office plan. to have of people transferred in the _ plan. to have of people transferred in the city _ plan. to have of people transferred in the city to accommodation within hotels _ in the city to accommodation within hotels. , . ., , ., hotels. decided to put them into hotels? that's _ hotels. decided to put them into hotels? that's a _ hotels. decided to put them into hotels? that's a conversation . hotels? that's a conversation between ourselves _ hotels? that's a conversation between ourselves and - hotels? that's a conversation between ourselves and the i hotels? that's a conversation - between ourselves and the home office. did between ourselves and the home office. , . , ., ., ., ., office. did decision audit home of this make the _ office. did decision audit home of this make the decision? _ office. did decision audit home of this make the decision? 50 - office. did decision audit home of this make the decision? 50 the i office. did decision audit home of. this make the decision? 50 the home this make the decision? so the home of the said you need to put these asylum seekers in a hotel? thea;t of the said you need to put these asylum seekers in a hotel? they gave us permission- _ asylum seekers in a hotel? they gave us permission. when _ asylum seekers in a hotel? they gave us permission. when you _ asylum seekers in a hotel? they gave us permission. when you say - asylum seekers in a hotel? they gave us permission. when you say gave . asylum seekers in a hotel? they gave| us permission. when you say gave you permission. — us permission. when you say gave you permission. did _ us permission. when you say gave you permission, did you _ us permission. when you say gave you permission, did you request? - us permission. when you say gave you permission, did you request? yes. - us permission. when you say gave you permission, did you request? yes. wej permission, did you request? yes. we requested to utilise hotels, yes. said the decision to move asylum seekers into hotels came from you. the home office granted that request. the home office granted that reuuest. . , the home office granted that reuuest. ., , . the home office granted that request-_ did i the home office granted that i request._ did not request. that is correct. did not make sense _ request. that is correct. did not make sense and _ request. that is correct. did not make sense and that _ request. that is correct. did not make sense and that is - request. that is correct. did not make sense and that is when i request. that is correct. did not| make sense and that is when we became — make sense and that is when we became suspicious. to what was happening — became suspicious. to what was happening to people under the care

of this— happening to people under the care of this company because what we thought— of this company because what we thought a — of this company because what we thought a problem sorted was actually— thought a problem sorted was actually now starting to unravel. the company said pressure grew further— the company said pressure grew further as— the company said pressure grew further as more asylum seekers arrived — further as more asylum seekers arrived in — further as more asylum seekers arrived in glasgow.— arrived in glasgow. when i'm struggling — arrived in glasgow. when i'm struggling is _ arrived in glasgow. when i'm struggling is you _ arrived in glasgow. when i'm struggling is you have - arrived in glasgow. when i'm struggling is you have £1 i arrived in glasgow. when i'm l struggling is you have £1 billion contract and yourjob is to provide accommodation. and you are telling me that you don't have that accommodation. so if you cannot fulfil that contract, why do you still have a contract. {lat fulfil that contract, why do you still have a contract.— fulfil that contract, why do you still have a contract. of 800 people came in in quite _ still have a contract. of 800 people came in in quite our— still have a contract. of 800 people came in in quite our quick _ still have a contract. of 800 people came in in quite our quick period. i came in in quite our quick period. there's never been a scenario in any contract to 800 people come in very quickly. contract to 800 people come in very ruickl . ,, contract to 800 people come in very ruickl . , , ., ., contract to 800 people come in very ruickl . ,, ., ., ., quickly. pressure on the and on those in the _ quickly. pressure on the and on those in the hotels _ quickly. pressure on the and on those in the hotels was - quickly. pressure on the and on | those in the hotels was reaching breaking point.

the centre of glasgow has been closed down at rhema do is make major police incident. emergency services were called to w. george st. you make this a clearly one of the biggest policing operations in scotland and many, many years. a multiple stabbing at a hotel. right in the centre of glasgow. it multiple stabbing at a hotel. right in the centre of glasgow.— multiple stabbing at a hotel. right in the centre of glasgow. it was all blood, in the centre of glasgow. it was all blood. they _ in the centre of glasgow. it was all blood, they said. _ in the centre of glasgow. it was all blood, they said. i— in the centre of glasgow. it was all blood, they said. i stairs _ in the centre of glasgow. it was all blood, they said. i stairs and i in the centre of glasgow. it was all blood, they said. i stairs and the l blood, they said. i stairs and the reception — blood, they said. i stairs and the reception was full of blood. the attacker reception was full of blood. ila: attacker stabbed his victim. reception was full of blood. the attacker stabbed his victim. all| reception was full of blood. the | attacker stabbed his victim. all i could see was... _ attacker stabbed his victim. all i could see was... and _ attacker stabbed his victim. fill i could see was... and the guy was like, help! help! he is kicking up.

even hisjersey, hisjersey literally was torn off. isaid, i said, look, isaid, look, listen i said, look, listen to me, you are going to be ok. i said, you're to be ok. he said, i love my mother. he said, love my mother. you thought about your — said, love my mother. you thought about your mum? _ said, love my mother. you thought about your mum? sam _ said, love my mother. you thought about your mum? sam i _ said, love my mother. you thought about your mum? sam i guess. i i said, love my mother. you thought i about your mum? sam i guess. i said, lease “ust about your mum? sam i guess. i said, please just don't _ about your mum? sam i guess. i said, please just don't close _ about your mum? sam i guess. i said, please just don't close your— about your mum? sam i guess. i said, please just don't close your eyes. i please just don't close your eyes. don't do it. i called 999 and told them and i explained itjust as a madman stabbing people in the hotel in the city centre. i said, look, the guys in there. i said, look, you

have got to stop him. he's going to kill people. all i can hear upstairs is... , ., , kill people. all i can hear upstairs is... inside, and please confront the attacker— is... inside, and please confront the attacker and _ is... inside, and please confront the attacker and shoot - is... inside, and please confront the attacker and shoot him i is... inside, and please confront| the attacker and shoot him dead. is... inside, and please confront- the attacker and shoot him dead. his name was... a 28—year—old sudanese man who arrived in seeking asylum seven months earlier. been living alongside them in the same hotel. in just a matter of minutes, he stabbed max and five other people.

certainly we were very aware of him and its challenges. what i can say at every turn when support was required whether that be to support with self isolation bring food to make sure he was ok and the doctor is well aware of the circumstance, we certainly made sure that happened. in we certainly made sure that happened-— we certainly made sure that ha ened. ., ., happened. in the hotel, fellow as lum happened. in the hotel, fellow asylum seekers _ happened. in the hotel, fellow asylum seekers same - happened. in the hotel, fellow asylum seekers same he i happened. in the hotel, fellow asylum seekers same he was i asylum seekers same he was withdrawn. he was of catching covid and self isolated, appearing paranoid and agitated. he asked for help and several others on his behalf. he had been living in a hotel room for three months. mears said it provided good care and has kept asylum seeker safer from covid in hotels during the pandemic. at one point, 700 asylum seekers were

in six hotels across glasgow. how many do we currently have in hotels? we operate three hotels currently in glasgow. there are 230 service users within this hotels.— within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably _ within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably with _ within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably with you - within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably with you that i within this hotels. doesn't sit i comfortably with you that today, whether they yeah send you put asylum seekers into the hotels, they are still there? ida. asylum seekers into the hotels, they are still there?— are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. _ are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. to _ are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. to expect i are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. to expect them| are still there? no, i don't want i them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? — them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? end _ them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? end of— them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? end ofjuly. _ them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? end ofjuly. you - out by when? end ofjuly. you already stated _ out by when? end ofjuly. you already stated their _ out by when? end ofjuly. you already stated their deadline i out by when? end ofjuly. you i already stated their deadline would be december. you missed that. march. missed that. what guarantee is can you give thatjuly will be the less asylum seekers and we do not have an expectation that will grow so based on the forecast that i've got right now the number of people leaving support through positive decisions, i am confident we will hit thejuly deadline. back in the guesthouse, living in the one room with no

money, to starting to take its toll. his five children who are hiding in saudi arabia are constantly on his mind.

ali worked as an accountant in yemen and has a university degree. before herfamily tried for and has a university degree. before her family tried for seven to manage this woman was studying a medical degree in london. after she claimed

asylum was not able to continue her studies or to work. asylum seekers, many wants to work. i want to work. i will be paying taxes that will be helping the government. we are a burden on them. why can't we support ourselves. i mean, i can work. i would do anything to be able to work. sabir believes the whole system is setup to act as a deterrent and force asylum seekers to withdraw their claim. you think it is designed to make you want to leave? yes. it is designed to make you want to leave? yes-— it is designed to make you want to leave? yes. , ., ., , ., ~ , ., leave? yes. they want to break you. i do have leave? yes. they want to break you. i do have a — leave? yes. they want to break you. i do have a problem _ leave? yes. they want to break you. i do have a problem back _ leave? yes. they want to break you. i do have a problem back home i leave? yes. they want to break you. i do have a problem back home and| i do have a problem back home and thatis i do have a problem back home and that is why i am here. why would i spend my life here?— that is why i am here. why would i spend my life here? what if they say no? i am spend my life here? what if they say no? i am rrot — spend my life here? what if they say no? i am not going _ spend my life here? what if they say no? i am not going back. _ spend my life here? what if they say no? i am not going back. so - spend my life here? what if they say no? i am not going back. so what. no? i am not going back. so what would you — no? i am not going back. so what would you do. — no? i am not going back. so what

would you do, then? _ no? i am not going back. so what would you do, then? i _ no? i am not going back. so what would you do, then? i don't i no? i am not going back. so what would you do, then? i don't want| no? i am not going back. so what. would you do, then? i don't want to sa it but would you do, then? i don't want to say it but i'm _ would you do, then? i don't want to say it but i'm not _ would you do, then? i don't want to say it but i'm not going _ would you do, then? i don't want to say it but i'm not going back. i would you do, then? i don't want to say it but i'm not going back. whatl say it but i'm not going back. what are ou say it but i'm not going back. what are you rrot — say it but i'm not going back. what are you not saying? _ say it but i'm not going back. what are you not saying? i _ say it but i'm not going back. what are you not saying? i would - are you not saying? i would rather- -- — are you not saying? i would rather... and _ are you not saying? i would rather... and my _ are you not saying? i would rather... and my life i are you not saying? i would rather... and my life here | are you not saying? i would i rather... and my life here than to go back. i'm not going back. that way be able to finish everything my way. way be able to finish everything my wa . ~ . way be able to finish everything my wa , ~ ., ., way be able to finish everything my wa . . ., ., , ., way be able to finish everything my wa. ., ., , way be able to finish everything my way. what are you seeing in terms of the effects on — way. what are you seeing in terms of the effects on your _ way. what are you seeing in terms of the effects on your clients? - way. what are you seeing in terms of the effects on your clients? we i way. what are you seeing in terms ofj the effects on your clients? we make a decline in the mental health. is a very visible one that you have seen? we met very visible. the people threatening to hurt themselves and we are seeing people hurting themselves. i have had clients who have tried to overdose and initially they would rather do that than face being removed to the abuse of the torture that they ran away from. but now they're ready to do that because they are saying, i am stuck in limbo for this long. some people in

scotland, like the rest of the uk, worry there are too many asylum seekers here. the actual numbers, it can be argued, tell a different story. we make the the timber 2020, not that long ago, we taken 31,000 applications in a population of over 60 million. germany and france and spain a lot more. greece, 81,000. turkey, nearly 4 million. lebanon, which is the size of dumfries and galloway 2 million. pakistan, 1.4 million. so i think that is the starting point for the public is not to be, you know, misled. 2020 some more than 6000 asylum seekers in glasgow and the impact on council services began to show. so much so the council took the decision to

stop accepting asylum seekers. tote the council took the decision to stop accepting asylum seekers. we as tem ora stop accepting asylum seekers. we as temporary does _ stop accepting asylum seekers. we as temporary does know— stop accepting asylum seekers. we as temporary does know and _ stop accepting asylum seekers. we as temporary does know and i _ stop accepting asylum seekers. , —3 temporary does know and i suppose the question would be more when do we stop that pause.— the question would be more when do we stop that pause._ i | we stop that pause. when do you? i don't have an _ we stop that pause. when do you? i don't have an answer. _ we stop that pause. when do you? i don't have an answer. are _ we stop that pause. when do you? i don't have an answer. are we i we stop that pause. when do you? i | don't have an answer. are we talking months. i don't _ don't have an answer. are we talking months. i don't think _ don't have an answer. are we talking months. i don't think it _ don't have an answer. are we talking months. i don't think it is _ don't have an answer. are we talking months. i don't think it is in - don't have an answer. are we talking months. i don't think it is in the i months. i don't think it is in the foreseeable _ months. i don't think it is in the foreseeable really? _ months. i don't think it is in the foreseeable really? it _ months. i don't think it is in the foreseeable really? it is i months. i don't think it is in the | foreseeable really? it is possibly not next foreseeable really? it is possibly rrot next year — foreseeable really? it is possibly not next year because _ foreseeable really? it is possibly not next year because we i foreseeable really? it is possibly not next year because we still. foreseeable really? it is possibly i not next year because we still have significant challenges not least that we still have almost 200 asylum seekers accommodated in hotels and we think it is completely inappropriate and it does not offer them the kind of support they need and we think they are entitled to. what needs to change, do you think? there needs to be an acceptance that additional— there needs to be an acceptance that additional funding _ there needs to be an acceptance that additional funding is— there needs to be an acceptance that additional funding is required - there needs to be an acceptance that additional funding is required and i additional funding is required and that would — additional funding is required and that would allow— additional funding is required and that would allow widening - additional funding is required and i that would allow widening dispersal to happen — that would allow widening dispersal to happen. asylum _ that would allow widening dispersal to happen. asylum seekers - that would allow widening dispersal to happen. asylum seekers are i to happen. asylum seekers are swported _ to happen. asylum seekers are supported within _ to happen. asylum seekers are supported within glasgow- to happen. asylum seekers are supported within glasgow very| supported within glasgow very uniquely— supported within glasgow very uniquely in_ supported within glasgow very uniquely in that _ supported within glasgow very uniquely in that context. - supported within glasgow very

uniquely in that context. the i uniquely in that context. the ability— uniquely in that context. the ability to— uniquely in that context. the ability to have _ uniquely in that context. the ability to have dispersal- uniquely in that context. the ability to have dispersal into| uniquely in that context. the - ability to have dispersal into other local authorities _ ability to have dispersal into other local authorities would _ ability to have dispersal into other local authorities would be - ability to have dispersal into other local authorities would be an - local authorities would be an advantage _ local authorities would be an advantage and _ local authorities would be an advantage and create - local authorities would be an advantage and create new i local authorities would be an _ advantage and create new communities and it would _ advantage and create new communities and it would take — advantage and create new communities and it would take pressure _ advantage and create new communities and it would take pressure off- advantage and create new communities and it would take pressure off the - and it would take pressure off the infrastructure _ and it would take pressure off the infrastructure around _ and it would take pressure off the infrastructure around glasgow - and it would take pressure off thei infrastructure around glasgow but that does — infrastructure around glasgow but that does need _ infrastructure around glasgow but that does need to _ infrastructure around glasgow but that does need to be _ infrastructure around glasgow but that does need to be funded. - infrastructure around glasgow but that does need to be funded. ten| infrastructure around glasgow but that does need to be funded. ten by matt would like _ that does need to be funded. ten by matt would like the _ that does need to be funded. ten by matt would like the rest _ that does need to be funded. ten by matt would like the rest of - that does need to be funded. ten by matt would like the rest of scotland | matt would like the rest of scotland would open output i would you endorse to see that as well. but while the home office runs the uk government runs the asylum system the way they do, which frankly is on the way they do, which frankly is on the cheap, privatised and on the cheat, other local authorities funnily enough are not going to be rushing to sign up to that and i don't particularly blame them. would you encourage them? right now, probably not. you encourage them? right now, probably not-— you encourage them? right now, probably not. right now what they would be taking _ probably not. right now what they would be taking on _ probably not. right now what they would be taking on is _ probably not. right now what they would be taking on is a _ probably not. right now what they| would be taking on is a challenging relationship with the home office and i think probably in the case of most local authorities a fundamental disconnect between their view of what an asylum system should be and the uk's government view of what a

uk asylum system should be. the home office did not want to be interviewed for this programme. br; interviewed for this programme. by the code is in a statement that throughout the pandemic we have taken decisive action to provide accommodation. it has a new plan for immigration which will reform what it calls the broken asylum system, allowing us to welcome people to safe and legal roots, preventing abuse and pressure on the system and criminality associated with it. the home office says it continues constructive discussions with glasgow city council and would encourage other local authorities in scotland to open their doors to asylum seekers. glasgow may have closed its doors for now to those been sent directly from the home office but asylum seekers continue to turn up in the city and ask for help. by the uk government presses on with its robust new plan for

immigration, those desperately seeking asylum here can only wait. and hope. cloud has been increasing and it has led to thundery showers in scotland, and perhaps northern england as well. cloud and rain moving across wales and the south—west moving towards the south of england to the midlands and just getting wetter as the night goes on across england and wales are keeping temperatures no lower than 15 degrees. it turns drier in scotland and also northern ireland. ten degrees lower here. a messy day tomorrow put up a lot of cloud and rain around in could be heavy for a while. as the cloud thins and breaks that could trigger heavy, thundery downpours, especially in scotland, northern england and the south—east

of england with the threat of local flooding. a bit drier and warmer than today. the details could change but as we head into tuesday may have the downpours on the other side of the channel. the threat of heavy showers towards the south—east but generally they showers are fewer and lighter on tuesday. it is drying up from the west end with a bit more sunshine it should be a bit warmer.

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