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this is bbc news with the latest headlines. holidaymakers and hauliers face a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel. delays around the port of dover appear to have eased, but other travellers spent all night stuck in queues. at folkestone, about 9am yesterday morning for a train at half past 10 and then we slowly have been crawling along for the past 21—plus hours. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturda targeting military installations —— ukraine's president denounced the attack as �*barbaric�*. rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration,
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in their latest announcements in the conservative leadership race. with more countries fighting wildfires, the us special envoy for climatejohn kerry tells the bbc that president biden is considering whether to announce a climate emergency. we are moving forward, but we're not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. good afternoon. the port of dover says work has been continuing "around the clock" to help holidaymakers and lorries get across the channel, after they faced lengthy waits over the past two days. queues at the port are expected to be reduced to about an hour this afternoon. the port's chief executive, doug bannister, has thanked travellers and residents of dover for their understanding during what he described
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as a "challenging period". but people using eurotunnel to travel to france have been warned to expect long delays at folkestone. simonjones reports. the not—so—great getaway continues. in folkestone, holiday—makers have been struggling to get to the eurotunnel terminal, some forced to spend the night in their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10:30, and then we've slowly been crawling along for the past 21—plus hours. the immediate challenge has been to begin getting the 1,500 hgvs parked on the motorway on their way. we have lorries currently stacking on the m20 as part of operation brock. some of them have been there for several, several hours and we need to now help them get through and across the channel. so we need to make sure that some priority is given to help get some freight across. but, ultimately, we now need to see some movement.
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the blame game continues. the british government said the french authorities had failed to mobilize enough border staff to check passports and demanded action to resolve what it's calling a terrible situation. the french transport minister hit back, insisting france is not responsible for brexit and the extra checks that brings. but there are now growing calls from politicians in kent for new infrastructure, such as lorry parks, to get freight off the road when there's cross—channel disruption. what we've been pushing - for for quite a long time is to say these should be treated as projects | of national significance, nationallyl significant infrastructure, because clearly it has, i as we've been talking about, - a horrible effect on people in kent and a damaging effect. it is also significant from - the point of view of the country as a whole. this is the artery through - which so much of our trade goes. the department for transport says it's investing more than £30 million to improve lorry parking facilities in england. but for now, the warning is that the coming months are set to be challenging. it will still be very, very busy
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throughout the whole summer. we've got another busy weekend next weekend, huge numbers of tourists crossing. we're back to pre—pandemic levels of tourists that are crossing the channel. in fact, in some places it's been even busier than it was three or four years ago. so we are prepared for that. we have traffic management plans in place in kent to really deal with that. food and drink has been handed out to some of those stuck in the queues, clinging to the hope of finally getting away on holiday. simonjones, bbc news, dover. our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma is in folkestone and has the latest on the queues there. so, frustration appears to have shifted here to folkstone. that's partly because of the roads leading to the channel tunnel entrance, which isjust behind me. now, there are queues of cars and lorries, as you can see, and there are about 600 lorries here, some of which have been here for 15 hours plus. that's because the stretch of road they're
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on on the m20 has been partly closed to accommodate them, effectively becoming a lorry park for them, and other traffic has been diverted to other roads and those roads have been struggling to cope. now eurotunnel say once you get to the terminal, the trains are running fine and they will keep passengers updated as much as possible, but they can't control the surrounding roads. so, they're saying they're expecting about 7,000 cars today. the advice is to stay hydrated and bring a packed lunch — you may be here a while. i'm joined now by former chief immigration officer of the uk border force in calais, kevin saunders. what do you think is behind these delays at dover?— delays at dover? good afternoon. well, this weekend _ delays at dover? good afternoon. well, this weekend is _ delays at dover? good afternoon. well, this weekend is a _ delays at dover? good afternoon. well, this weekend is a manic- well, this weekend is a manic weekend anyway. every year that we have been able to go on holiday this weekend, we have always had massive queues at both dover harbour and the channel tunnel. so, it is nothing
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new. things have slowed down a little bit, not a huge amount, a little bit, not a huge amount, a little bit, not a huge amount, a little bit, because the french are now stamping passports and they're having to do covid checks as well. so that's slowed it down a bit. it is just the amount of traffic, the lack of officers at dover yesterday, and friday, and just the amount of traffic. it is not unexpected. in which case why is it not pre—empted before the queues build. this which case why is it not pre-empted before the queues build.— before the queues build. this is something _ before the queues build. this is something that _ before the queues build. this is something that you _ before the queues build. this is something that you have - before the queues build. this is something that you have have l before the queues build. this is| something that you have have to before the queues build. this is - something that you have have to ask the carriers for, why they haven't got better infrastructure. i mean, there will be queues at the channel tunnel, with 6 or 7,000 cars, no doubt about that. but this is nothing to do with the border controls. that is just to do with
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eurotunnel not being able to cope with 7,000 or 8,000 cars. i5 eurotunnel not being able to cope with 7,000 or 8,000 cars. is it eurotunnel not being able to cope with 7,000 or 8,000 cars.- with 7,000 or 8,000 cars. is it a similar situation _ with 7,000 or 8,000 cars. is it a similar situation do _ with 7,000 or 8,000 cars. is it a similar situation do you - with 7,000 or 8,000 cars. is it a similar situation do you recall- with 7,000 or 8,000 cars. is it a | similar situation do you recall when you were working in calais for people trying to cross to the uk. it suspect this weekend, but towards the end of the school holidays and in particular the bank holiday weekend, yes, it will be very busy. but border force have weekend, yes, it will be very busy. but borderforce have been reslient over this and —— resilient over this and they will have every lane open at the channel tunnel and similarly at the channel tunnel and similarly at calais they will have each boothmaned booth manned. the accusation from the uk government is that the french authorities have not had enough of their border control staff at dover where the passport
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check are done to enable the flow of traffic to keep going. could there not be a arrangement to second border staff to help? ida. not be a arrangement to second border staff to help?— not be a arrangement to second border staff to help? no, the french wouldn't wear— border staff to help? no, the french wouldn't wear that. _ border staff to help? no, the french wouldn't wear that. the _ border staff to help? no, the french wouldn't wear that. the french - border staff to help? no, the french wouldn't wear that. the french have j wouldn't wear that. the french have their own computer systems, which their own computer systems, which their officers are trained to use. the problem is that there were only i believe a maximum of a dozen officers at dover east. now, when i was in calais, for the bank holiday weekend, and this isjust calais, not the channel tunnel, that is on top of that, i would want between 25 and 30 staff manning the controls. 0k, and 30 staff manning the controls. ok, that puts it into context. just to get your thoughts on another topic, we have had two conservative leadership candidates setting out their stalls on migration and the line they would take and capping
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numbers of refugees coming to the uk, what do you make of what we have heard so far and how realistic are the promises they have set out? i have had a look at what both of them have had a look at what both of them have said. in particular, rishi sunak�*s ten points on immigration and i got the impression that he wants to open a safe route. that is what i thought by reading it. he says he wants to cap immigration to the uk. so that would be opening a safe route. now, that's an idea, but you have still got to deal with the illegal migrants that can't come through the safe route and will come across the channel undocumented and we have no idea who they are. fiic we have no idea who they are. ok. thank you — we have no idea who they are. ok. thank you very _ we have no idea who they are. ok. thank you very much.
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cricket scotland's entire board has resigned with immediate effect, a day ahead of the publication of a review of racism in the sport. it is expected to report findings of institutional racism in the scottish game. 0ur scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, told us more. we have seen that letter of resignation. now, they said they had taken initial steps to deliver a resolution to the issues of racism, but they also said that this was a huge challenge for an organisation like cricket scotland. now, the board has said that they hadn't seen the full report, but they were committed to implementing the findings of that report, which is due out tomorrow. but they said they had become aware of certain proposals which they wrote about in their letter of resignations and they said that that included time scales and actions to be carried out that would make things unachievable for them to do.
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so, they said it was time for them to step aside. but the board also said it was truly sorry to anyone who had experienced racism of any kind in cricket in scotland. russia has admitted it carried out yesterday's missile attack on ukraine's port of 0desa, just a day after signing a deal to unblock shipments of grain through the black sea. moscow said it hit a military ship. ukraine has declined to say whether it was a military or civilian vessel. russia has defended the attack, claiming to have hit a weapons stockpile and military targets. translation: a docked ukrainian warship and a warehouse with us supplied harpoon antiship missiles were destroyed by long range precision—guided naval missiles in 0desa sea port on the territory of a ship repair plant. 0ur correspondent in kyiv — paul adams — told us it's uncertain
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where the attack leaves friday's grain deal. until this morning we hadn't really heard from the russians at all about what had happened yesterday. now, we have had this confirmation that indeed they reckon they hit two military targets, one a military patrol boat and the other a depot of us—supplied harpoon anti—ship missiles. as you say, the ukrainians have not confirmed that, but this does raise an interesting question, which what is do the terms of deal the terms of the deal signed in istanbul on friday actually mean? i think russia would argue, although it has not yet openly said, that it does not preclude them from conducting operations against purely military targets. the text of that agreement, the key phrase is, "the parties will not undertake any attacks against merchant vessels and other civilian vessels and port facilities engaged in this initiative". in other words engaged in the process of getting the grain out of 0desa. so the russians would argue, perhaps rather cynically, that they can continue to conduct military operations.
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of course, it does raise a huge question about safety. this was already going to be a complex and potentially hazardous operation, with shipping needing to be guided through potentially waters in which there are mines floating, but now we have this additional element of risk, which is that there could be an explosion in the port while ships in there trying to load up with grain. so, i think from the point of view of the shipping companies that is yet another reason for them to be extremely cautious and it is hard not to see that causing some kind of delay, even though the ukrainians say they're ready to go ahead pretty soon. it notjust this deal that is jeopardised by this strike, because this was seen as significant moment, an agreement on something substantial between the two sides, despite the ongoing conflict. if there is feeling that even this couldn't last a day, do you get the sense it may make it difficult to reach agreement on
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anything else in future, because of mistrust? well, certainly mistrust is rife. i think it was really only president erdogan of turkey who on friday was suggesting that this agreement could in some way set the scene for a wider agreement which might begin to tackle the differences between russsia and ukraine. no one else frankly shared that optimism and i think people are perhaps not that surprised that russia has chosen to act in this way. perhaps this is russia's way of saying, yes, this deal can go ahead, but it's going to go ahead on our terms, we will decide when and how this all happens and just to kind of throw a rather gratuitous spanner in the works just when everyone was thinking this might go ahead successfully. perhaps they don't want ukraine to feel that they have achieved too much. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has embarked on a diplomatic offensive in africa, as his country faces international anger over saturday's attack
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on the ukrainian port of 0desa. his first stop is cairo, where he gave a press conference with his egyptian counterpart. egypt — which imports large amounts of grain from russia — is trying to balance alliances with both russia and the us. mr lavrov will travel on to ethiopia, uganda and congo—brazzaville. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has embarked the headlines on bbc news: a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel — with some stuck in queues overnight. although delays around the port of dover appear to have eased. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits responsibility for a missile strike on the port of 0desa on saturday — which ukraine's president denounced as �*barbaric�*. sport and for a full round up,
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from the bbc sport centre, good afternoon. england's one—day decider against south africa is being affected by rain at headingly. they've gone off for a second time. the tourists won the toss and are batting first. they lost their openerjanneman malan to david willey forjust ii in the sixth over, but they recovered well after that with quinton de kock reaching a quickfire half century, he's on 92. england managed another much needed breakthrough. rassie van der dussen falling to legspinner adil rashid. jonny bairstow with the catch. rain has stopped play for the second time in leeds though. south africa 159—2 in the 28th over.
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dutch rider lorena wiebes has won the first stage of the inaugural women's tour de france. wiebes timed her sprint to perfection to beat her compatriot marianne vos and belgian lotte kopecky of italy, who were second and third on the champs elysees. for the first time in 33 years tour de france organisers have granted the top female professionals an official multi—stage race. there are seven more stages to go. the final round of the penultimate women's major of the year, the evian championship is underway in france. brooke henderson held a two shot lead overnight in france but that's disappeared. she's one shot behind new leader sophia schubert. the canadian is looking for her second major title, six years after winning her first. england's charley hull could make a charge — she was two shots off the lead a few moments ago. it's the final day at the world atheltics championships in oregon. great britain are up to five medals after the 100 metre sprint relays in the early hours of this morning.
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that was bronze for the men's team, but for dina asher smith and the women there was disappointment. our sports correspondent andy swiss was there. a day of relay drama for britain but ultimately delight, a medalfor the men in a truly frantic final. the us were the favourites but a wobbly last baton change let canada were let through and behind them could rhys prescott fend ofjamaica and hang onto bronze? canada have it, united states, great britain third. canada celebrated and so did the british team. zharnel hughes, reece prescod, nathaneel mitchell—blake and jona efoloko. what a dramatic race that was. against the very toughest opposition, the british men's quartet brought home a medal. we stepped up when we had to and credit to everyone for raising their game. it is a stepping stone, we will get better. got to raise our game going forward. appreciate the fact we got a medal. the women's hopes ended in heartache, right in it as dina asher—smith ran
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the third leg but then agony. dina's pulled up, dina's injured. that effectively ended their chances as they finished sixth. afterwards, dina asher—smith said she didn't know what happened. ijust feel a bit confused - because i felt fine coming in, went round the bend and my legs stopped corresponding with me. i the race was won by the us who edeged out the favourites but for britain, this time, it was just not to be. andy swiss, bbc news. there are nine more golds to be won on the final day of the championships. the first event is actually underway. a really early start for the mens 35 kilometre race walk, no british aheltes in this one. keely hodgkinson has a good chance of a podium finish in the 800 metres later, so too great britain's women in the 4 x 400 the last event of the championships
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finally, the formula one french grand prix is underway and ferraris charles le clerc, who started on pole, has crashed out of the race, losing conrol whilst in the lead. max verstappen leads at the moment, and if it stays like that he will stretch his championship lead to over 60 points. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a state of emergency has been declared in part of california as a wildfire continues to spread rapidly near yosemite national park. the oak fire began on friday, and firefighters
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are struggling to control the blaze. more than 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. the us special envoy for climate says the world is not moving fast enough to tackle the global climate crisis. speaking to the bbc�*s jim naughtie, senatorjohn kerry said president biden is considering whether to announce a climate emergency, to give him additional powers to push his renewable energy agenda. we are moving forward, but we are not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. so we are behind where we need to be to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis and i think everybody in the united states, europe and around the world are feeling the early parts of that, of those consequences. hopefully, we can turn this around and accelerate what we promised to do in glasgow. it is interesting, because that requires in the industrialised nations courage in governments, doesn't it, because it sometimes requires giving a tough message, saying, look, the benefits of this will not
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be felt for some time. historically, responsible nations have moved to try to reduce pollution and protect their citizens. we need to do that now — that's a benefit and that's a benefit now. thejobs are benefits now, fastest growing job in the united states the last two years was wind turbine technician. third fastest growing job, solar panel installer. most countries could significantly grow their renewable energy base, balance their grid more effectively, provide cleaner energy and less expensive energy to their citizens, with less damaging negative consequences at the same time. also with china and india, now you spend a lot of time talking to those two nations and you know that they get the effects of climate change. in china it has got to do with water and irrigation. and yet, you know that their policies are against what needs to be done. how fast do you think
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they're likely to increase their pace, because if they don't, we are all going to fall behind? it's notjust china and india, it is every one of the top 20 countries that equal 80% of all the emissions. they all have to do more. china has a new plan they have put in place. we think they could do more. we'd like to see them transition off coal faster if possible. we think there are ways to make that happen. india has set a goal of deploying 500 gigawatts — that's a lot of energy — in the next eight years in order to try to meet their obligation and they are deploying very rapidly. they're working very hard at this.
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a british model has offered a reward for stolen jewellery. three italian men have beenjailed for the burglary in 2019 her mansion was one of three celebrity homes targeted by international thieves. a leading judge has criticised the number of divorce cases heard in court and said their confrontational nature was harming outcomes for both adults and children. in a rare interview for a sitting judge, sir andrew mcfarlane — who is head of the family courts in england and wales — estimated that around a fifth of marriages wrongfully ended in court and that it is often seen as the first port of call — when it should be a last resort. joining me now is debbie wahle do you agree with the judge? i do.
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do you agree with the 'udge? i do. too many cases _ do you agree with the judge? i do. too many cases involving - do you agree with the judge? i if too many cases involving children end up before the courts and you know, the position is clearfor children, children have a right to see both parents, so long as it is safe. if there are no safeguarding concern, who better to make decisions for children than the parents themselveses?- decisions for children than the parents themselveses? what role does mediation play? _ parents themselveses? what role does mediation play? do _ parents themselveses? what role does mediation play? do you _ parents themselveses? what role does mediation play? do you find _ parents themselveses? what role does mediation play? do you find people - mediation play? do you find people come to you as a first port of call, is it something they think, let's get to court and get this sorted sooner rather than later? i mean mediation _ sooner rather than later? i mean mediation is _ sooner rather than later? i mean mediation is another _ sooner rather than later? i mean mediation is another way - sooner rather than later? i mean mediation is another way of - mediation is another way of resolving dispute, people can sort things out themselves, which is rarely successful, they can go to solicitors, which can be very helpful, i was a solicitor for many decades, but it can be expensive, it can raise the conflict. the hope is before going to the court and the it
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is the court who impose a decision on families, that people will try and make decisions themselves, empower themselves, to make their own decisions about children. so we often see families at the very early stages, sometimes they haven't even left the relationship. and of course it is very helpful for them to come in and have a confidential meeting one or one first of all. but, yes, more and more people are understanding that mediation can help. notjust in family cases, across the board. there is funding, there has been government funding through the pandemic which has been hugely helpfulfor through the pandemic which has been hugely helpful for families. through the pandemic which has been hugely helpfulforfamilies. because hugely helpful for families. because there hugely helpfulforfamilies. because there are costs. i, as with a number of mediators, can grant legal aid and many people are eligible for legal aid, especially after the pandemic and a lot of people have had to go on universal credit. so a
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very long—winded answer, we are seeing many people, but we should be seeing many people, but we should be seeing more. the courts are bouncing back cases to us. i had two cases last week where they got a telling off, the court said, why are you here, why haven't you tried to resolve this yourselves? share here, why haven't you tried to resolve this yourselves? are you findin: resolve this yourselves? are you finding your _ resolve this yourselves? are you finding your workload _ resolve this yourselves? are you finding your workload has - resolve this yourselves? are you finding your workload has gone i resolve this yourselves? are you i finding your workload has gone up resolve this yourselves? are you - finding your workload has gone up in recent years at all? and if so how much do you attribute to the extraordinary circumstances that we have lived through with the pandemic?— have lived through with the andemic? , ~ ., ., ~' have lived through with the andemic? , ~ ., ., ~ , pandemic? yes, ithink, look, it is very exoensive _ pandemic? yes, ithink, look, it is very expensive to _ pandemic? yes, ithink, look, it is very expensive to go _ pandemic? yes, ithink, look, it is very expensive to go through - pandemic? yes, ithink, look, it is very expensive to go through the i very expensive to go through the court process, there is very little legal aid since around 2014, most legal aid since around 2014, most legal aid since around 2014, most legal aid has gone in the family court, unless there are exceptional circumstances where there has been domestic abuse or certain typeses of behaviour. during the pandemic we saw a huge rise, because families were thrown together, it was like an extended christmas peer idea at the end of being with your families for
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a amount of time, conflict arises and we did see surge in the pandemic and we did see surge in the pandemic and there has been a welcome laing welcome change in the divorce law. relationships break down, but it is expensive for many people to access legal advice and sometimes they will come to us, sometimes prematurely, but kit help. it can help. that initial session is very much about signposting. so an hour spent with somebody like me, we can go through a huge amount, particularly when people are raw and still making decisions. but yes, court is always a last resort. particularly where you're dealing with children. share you're dealing with children. are there limits _ you're dealing with children. are there limits to what mediation can achieve, are there some people who think mediation won't help? absolutely. i often say to clients, mediation is not a magic pill. if
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only we could wave a magic wand. there are cases in mediation where it is not suitable, if there is a power imbalance, if people don't want to mediate or are fearful. it depends on the behaviour, you need to have two people that want to make things different. i often say, you just, that is why we meet people initially, i have to be satisfied they can at least, there is a chance they can at least, there is a chance they might reach a decision. if somebody is very raw, if you have come out after relationship and your partner perhaps maybe your ex—partner is seeing somebody else, there are a lot of emotions going on. we want to avoid people go into fight orflight, we need a level playing field, where it is safe to mediate. ., ,, , ., ., ., mediate. thank you. now the weather. it has been warm _
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mediate. thank you. now the weather. it has been warm today _ mediate. thank you. now the weather. it has been warm today in _ mediate. thank you. now the weather. it has been warm today in south-east i it has been warm today in south—east england. but not for the rest of the uk. we have had cloud and rain. this rain going across northern ireland was very heavy. that is pushing into scotland. some localised flooding as it pushes north. it hangs around northern scotland and comes back south later in the night. a few patches of rain elsewhere. but also some drier weather. a fresher night for scotland and northern ireland. but still warm for england and wales, with lows for most over night between 16 and 18. tomorrow we start off with this front bringing rain to northern scotland. that moves south across scotland. we will see the rain a arriving in north eastern areas of england. a few showers elsewhere. some bright or sunny spells and temperatures down on today. high teens in the north. the warmest spot east anglia at 25.

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