that there are big set to join. that there are big challenges, how and when ukraine joined nato. prime minister rishi sunak describes allegations that a bbc presenter paid for explicit images from a teenager as "shocking" and " c oncerning" protests continue in israel — as the country's parliament pushes ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges�* powers. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. a very warm welcome to you. we begin in lithuania, where the nato summit is under way — members are divided on how to handle ukraine's bid to join the alliance. the summit is being held in the lithuanian capital, vilnius, close to russia and ukraine — which are set to dominate discussion amongst nato�*s leaders. my colleague lewis vaughanjones

is in vilnius for us now. yes, this summit got under way with a big success, a big win forjens stoltenberg, that announcement that the opposition to sweden joining nato would be dropped. that keeps the bigger challenge of ukraine and its membership of nato. there is widespread support, of course, for ukrainejoining nato in principle, but then it gets a bit more tricky when you look at the details. when and what kind of assurances can ukraine be given? let's take a listen now to jens stoltenberg, ukraine be given? let's take a listen now tojens stoltenberg, the chief of nato, addressing just that issue. i also expect that allies will send a clear and positive message on the path forward towards membership for ukraine. i have proposed a package of three

elements with more practical support, with a multi—year programme to ensure full interoperability between the ukrainian forces and the nato forces. this will move ukraine closer to nato. geography is central to all this. you will know that mr zelensky and ukraine want assurances that once the war ends then nato membership is pretty much guaranteed from that point onwards. the strength of words from nato allies will be crucial. but you understand a bit of the background to one of this, it is crucial to look at a map and the geography. let's take a look. how is nato responding to the war in ukraine? the geography is crucial. russia controls crimea in the south as well as large parts of the east of ukraine, and it has a close ally to the north, belarus. all of this means nato wants to strengthen its eastern flank. lithuania, where this

summit is being held, along with bulgaria, hungary, romania, slovakia, poland, latvia and estonia, all members of nato. there are 31 countries in total, and article five of nato�*s founding treaty says an attack on one ally is considered an attack against all. the organisation was formed back in 1949 the organisation was formed back in 19119 and has now grown to offer protection to around a billion people. finland is the newest member, signing up earlier this year, and sweden now looks set to join soon. the focus, though, remains on events in ukraine and the threat posed by russia. that is exactly what we are going to focus on now. katia adler is with us now. let's start with ukraine, ukraine's membership. let's start with ukraine, ukraine's membership-— let's start with ukraine, ukraine's membership. there are numerous issues. membership. there are numerous issues- put _ membership. there are numerous issues- put it _ membership. there are numerous issues. put it this _ membership. there are numerous issues. put it this way, _ membership. there are numerous issues. put it this way, why - membership. there are numerous issues. put it this way, why does i issues. put it this way, why does ukraine — issues. put it this way, why does ukraine want tojoin nato so much?

it is receiving military aid, humanitarian aid, financial aid to the tune — humanitarian aid, financial aid to the tune of— humanitarian aid, financial aid to the tune of about $165 billion come may this_ the tune of about $165 billion come may this year, so why the membership question? _ may this year, so why the membership question? the difference is that inside _ question? the difference is that inside nato, once you are a member, they have _ inside nato, once you are a member, they have this all for one and all for one — they have this all for one and all for one clause that means what attack — for one clause that means what attack against one member could lead to all of— attack against one member could lead to all of the _ attack against one member could lead to all of the others piling in and helping — to all of the others piling in and helping. crucially for nato's members, whether it is the uk or the us or— members, whether it is the uk or the us or france, — members, whether it is the uk or the us or france, but that would mean is notiust_ us or france, but that would mean is notjust sending money us or france, but that would mean is not just sending money and us or france, but that would mean is notjust sending money and military aid to— notjust sending money and military aid to ukraine but possibly sending their own _ aid to ukraine but possibly sending their own soldiers, and that is a huge _ their own soldiers, and that is a huge difference. the potential cost of lives _ huge difference. the potential cost of lives to— huge difference. the potential cost of lives to these individual countries and it would bring nato face and — countries and it would bring nato face and face into conflict with russia, — face and face into conflict with russia, something that nato must try to avoid _ russia, something that nato must try to avoid right from the beginning, because _ to avoid right from the beginning, because there is the nuclear question— because there is the nuclear question of course as well. when this all wraps _ question of course as well. when this all wraps up _ question of course as well. when this all wraps up in _ question of course as well. when this all wraps up in two _ question of course as well. when this all wraps up in two days' - question of course as well. when l this all wraps up in two days' time, the strength of the language, it might seem quite detailed and

insignificant, but how important will that be for president zelensky if the language is not as strong as you would like?— if the language is not as strong as you would like? massively important. in 2008, you would like? massively important. in 2008. he — you would like? massively important. in 2008, he already _ you would like? massively important. in 2008, he already got _ you would like? massively important. in 2008, he already got assurances l in 2008, he already got assurances he had _ in 2008, he already got assurances he had a _ in 2008, he already got assurances he had a place at the table, and i was before — he had a place at the table, and i was before russia invaded. we are in vilnius. _ was before russia invaded. we are in vilnius. the _ was before russia invaded. we are in vilnius, the capital of lithuania, a country— vilnius, the capital of lithuania, a country that — vilnius, the capital of lithuania, a country that knows occupation under soviet _ country that knows occupation under soviet times and says that it bleeds with ukraine and that it is a moral question — with ukraine and that it is a moral question. what ukraine wants to see is not _ question. what ukraine wants to see is notiust_ question. what ukraine wants to see is notjust that question. what ukraine wants to see is not just that one question. what ukraine wants to see is notjust that one day question. what ukraine wants to see is not just that one day we'll have a place. _ is not just that one day we'll have a place. but — is not just that one day we'll have a place, but more of a concrete timetable _ a place, but more of a concrete timetable. if there is a ceasefire with russia, it wants to have a sparse — with russia, it wants to have a sparse tract process to joining nato, — sparse tract process to joining nato, but _ sparse tract process to joining nato, but there is not unanimous agreement. one of the questions the united _ agreement. one of the questions the united states are saying is that if russia _ united states are saying is that if russia knows that when there is a ceasefire — russia knows that when there is a ceasefire ukraine willjoin nato, would _ ceasefire ukraine willjoin nato, would that not encourage russia to prolong _ would that not encourage russia to prolong the war even longer? so it is a complex argument.— is a complex argument. thank you very much — is a complex argument. thank you very much for— is a complex argument. thank you very much for that. _ is a complex argument. thank you very much for that. we _ is a complex argument. thank you very much for that. we just - is a complex argument. thank you | very much for that. we just cleared a bit of space around us. i'm going

to show you some of the geography here, some of the attention that is on this place. you can see the world pass medias on this side. actually, as the world's media has been arriving this morning, so have world leaders. basically, we are in an adjacent building effectively, but just behind the camera, out of shot in a separate building, world leader after world leader has been arriving. some have been speaking to the media as they do so, all with their prepared scripts and their prepared lines about the levels of support for ukraine membership and things like that. and then discussions later on. after those discussions, we should hear a little bit more about exactly what will be released in the communique at the end of all this, the form of words and the strength of language that will be picked over and over. let's speak to someone who knows all about how these summits work.

we can speak now to stefanie babst. good morning to vilnius. what we can speak now to stefanie babst. good morning to vilnius.— good morning to vilnius. what about the arenda good morning to vilnius. what about the agenda here? _ good morning to vilnius. what about the agenda here? what _ good morning to vilnius. what about the agenda here? what sticks - good morning to vilnius. what about the agenda here? what sticks out. good morning to vilnius. what about the agenda here? what sticks out to| the agenda here? what sticks out to you? the agenda here? what sticks out to ou? . , , the agenda here? what sticks out to ou? ., , , , ., you? clearly it is good news that erdouan you? clearly it is good news that erdogan has _ you? clearly it is good news that erdogan has lifted _ you? clearly it is good news that erdogan has lifted his _ you? clearly it is good news that erdogan has lifted his opposition against — erdogan has lifted his opposition against sweden, we now have to wait for hungary— against sweden, we now have to wait for hungary tojoin in but broadly speaking — for hungary tojoin in but broadly speaking that is really good news because — speaking that is really good news because with sweden, as allies, we will have _ because with sweden, as allies, we will have a — because with sweden, as allies, we will have a very capable and democratically solid new member on the table _ democratically solid new member on the table. but the big elephant in the table. but the big elephant in the room — the table. but the big elephant in the room clearly is ukraine and the relation _ the room clearly is ukraine and the relation the — the room clearly is ukraine and the relation the allies would like to develop — relation the allies would like to develop with russia.— relation the allies would like to develop with russia. given the high stakes on exactly _ develop with russia. given the high stakes on exactly that _ develop with russia. given the high stakes on exactly that question, - stakes on exactly that question, what do you think will be a

successful outcome here with regards to ukraine membership of nato? weill. to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belon: to to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belong to those _ to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belong to those who _ to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belong to those who have advocated a fast-track— i belong to those who have advocated a fast—track approach for ukraine early— a fast—track approach for ukraine early on — a fast—track approach for ukraine early on i— a fast—track approach for ukraine early on. i think it would be very important — early on. i think it would be very important for the allies to send a very clear— important for the allies to send a very clear strategic message to russia — very clear strategic message to russia. talking about our own red lines _ russia. talking about our own red lines and — russia. talking about our own red lines and notjust russia. talking about our own red lines and not just looking at potential russian red lines all the time _ potential russian red lines all the time i_ potential russian red lines all the time. i think admitting ukraine to nato _ time. i think admitting ukraine to nato would certainly contain and rollback — nato would certainly contain and rollback this expressionist russia in the _ rollback this expressionist russia in the long term. but i'm afraid i don't _ in the long term. but i'm afraid i don't see — in the long term. but i'm afraid i don't see there is a consensus around — don't see there is a consensus around the _ don't see there is a consensus around the table, sol don't see there is a consensus around the table, so i fear we are going _ around the table, so i fear we are going to — around the table, so i fear we are going to have more or less a wishy—washy type of language as far as a very— wishy—washy type of language as far as a very distant future perspective is concerned. and as a very distant future perspective is concerned-— as a very distant future perspective is concerned. and i'm sure that kind of wishy-washy _ is concerned. and i'm sure that kind of wishy-washy language, _ is concerned. and i'm sure that kind of wishy-washy language, as - is concerned. and i'm sure that kind of wishy-washy language, as you i is concerned. and i'm sure that kind | of wishy-washy language, as you put of wishy—washy language, as you put it, won't be music to the ears of

president zelensky. before i let you 90, president zelensky. before i let you go, i want to ask you about funding. for decades now, there has been this aspiration, countries within nato spent 2% of their gdp on defence, there is going to be a lot of language here in this summit over today and tomorrow about increasing that, making that to present a minimum even though the vast majority of countries don't even meet that. $5 majority of countries don't even meet that-— majority of countries don't even meet that. ~ , i. , ,._ , meet that. as you rightly say, this is language. _ meet that. as you rightly say, this is language. it _ meet that. as you rightly say, this is language. it is _ meet that. as you rightly say, this is language, it is important - is language, it is important language, and i interpret this language, and i interpret this language primarily as a electrical message — language primarily as a electrical message towards washington. we are --oin message towards washington. we are going to _ message towards washington. we are going to see more american burden sharing _ going to see more american burden sharing demands and discussions coming _ sharing demands and discussions coming along, and clearly the european _ coming along, and clearly the european allies must show, must demonstrate their resolve to really put lrutter— demonstrate their resolve to really put butter by the bread as we say in german— put butter by the bread as we say in german and — put butter by the bread as we say in german and really move on with spending — german and really move on with spending more on their defence

expenditures.— spending more on their defence exenditures. ,, ., , , ., ,, expenditures. stefanie babst, thank ou so expenditures. stefanie babst, thank you so much — expenditures. stefanie babst, thank you so much for— expenditures. stefanie babst, thank you so much for your _ expenditures. stefanie babst, thank you so much for your time _ expenditures. stefanie babst, thank you so much for your time and - you so much for your time and lending us a bit if your expertise. we appreciate that. over the next couple of hours, we have world leaders arriving and we are waiting for that family photo that everyone will know so well. the collection of world leaders posing for that all—important photograph before the talks get under way. we will bring you more coverage of that as it happens. thanks very much, lewis. there is plenty more on that nato summit on the bbc news website. prime minister rishi sunak has described allegations that a bbc presenter paid for explicit images from a teenager as "shocking" and " c oncerning" the parents of the young person at the heart of claims are standing by their account,

according to the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said the parents' claims were "rubbish". here's what mr sunak had to say a short while ago. well, look, obviously they are very serious and concerning allegations, and that is why i'm pleased that the culture secretary spoke to the director general of the bbc over the weekend and is confident that the bbc is investigating this both rigorously and rapidly. i think that is the right course of action. what would you say to people on social media, indeed some mps, who say they might use parliamentary privilege to try and name this presenter? look, we have an existing set of laws that govern free speech and privacy. i think it's important that the bbc conduct this investigation quickly and rigorously, given the concerning and serious nature of the allegations. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre of this.

they've called the allegations, by their mother, rubbish. their lawyer says, "nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the bbc personality", adding the young person sent a denial to the sun on friday evening via whatsapp. but the sun proceeded to publish what they call an inappropriate article. in an interview splashed on the paper's front page this morning, the young person's parents say they stand by their account, claiming the presenter has got into their loved one's head. they also accuse the bbc of lying, and claim they spent an hour telling the corporation about the allegations in may. this appears to contradict a previous statement, which said, "the family say no—one from the corporation rang them for a proper interview after the initial complaint." there is still so much we don't know. bbc news has not seen the evidence the sun newspaper says it has.

is this about an abuse of power and trust? a scandal at the bbc? a scandal in tabloid journalism? or none of these? it was almost two months between the first complaint and the presenter�*s suspension. many have questions over why that took such a long time. on the face of it, you would think there were enough red flags in that information without knowing exactly what it was on the 19th of may, to have escalated this up the chain of command, to prevent the situation that we're in now. yesterday, the bbc met with the metropolitan police. officers are now making inquiries as to whether there is evidence of a criminal offence, but say there is no investigation at this time. until it's clearer, until we have a greater knowledge from possibly the police,

the bbc itself, the alleged victim, or the victim's mother in this case, it's very hard to know exactly what we're criticising the bbc for. today, the bbc director—general, tim davie, is due to speak to journalists about the bbc�*s annual report. but the event is likely to be dominated by this developing crisis. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. our culture correspondent, lizo mzimba, has been tracking the story. i asked him to put the latest events into context. i think it is important to remember that the crucial thing at the centre of all this is the question, has there been an impact on the welfare of a child? because the most important and concerning allegation made by the mother of the young individual through the sun newspaper is that the well—known presenter paid more than £35,000 to the young

individual in return for sexually explicit images of them. and they say that that began when the young individual was 17 years old, legally still a child. that has been disputed in a letterfrom still a child. that has been disputed in a letter from a still a child. that has been disputed in a letterfrom a lawyer representing the young individual who is now 20. that letter it says that nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the bbc personality, the allegations reported in the sun are rubbish. the sun reported back saying, "we reported a story about two very concerned parents. so we have the reputation of the unnamed bbc presenter, the role in the bbc and all this and potentially the welfare of a child, all these issues and we don't have clarity on any of them right now.— and we don't have clarity on any of them right now. around the world and across the uk. — them right now. around the world and across the uk, this _ them right now. around the world and across the uk, this is _ them right now. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc _ them right now. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. - we've been growing strawberries

on this farm for 45 years now and this year is probably one of the lowest yields we've seen. on a good year, you'd expect tojust go like that and have absolutely tonnes of ripe fruit. as you can see here, we're still way behind with these ones waiting to ripen up. pat wilson's farm should be heaving with people filling their plastic punnets, but not this year. when you've got customers coming and you've got more demand than you've got supply, that's really frustrating. the extreme weather, a really cold, wet spring, which the strawberries, our established strawberries here, didn't get growing until late april into early may. realising the crop was failing, pat planted 30,000 strawberry plants in may. they're slowly beginning to ripen, but even that may not be enough to salvage much from this season. there weren't very many to pick, but she enjoyed picking them, whether they were green or small or big, whatever. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news.

let's turn to israel, where protesters have taken to the streets of tel aviv in response to the country's parliament voting by a narrow margin to push ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges' powers. the right—wing government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu believes the judiciary has a liberal bias and undemocratic selection processes. our middle east correspondent has more details. what they're about are plans by prime minister benjamin netanyahu's religious and right—wing government to really reign in the powers of israel's supreme court. now, that matters because the supreme court in israel is really the only check and balance on the power of the government. there isn't a second chamber of parliament, for example, there aren't some of the other checks and balances in other democracies. so the court is really crucial in a system where there is no written constitution, for example. and what we saw from

the start of this year is mr netanyahu's right—wing religious coalition that contains far—right ultranationalists is to try to diminish and limit the power of the court. they said that was about preventing overreach by the courts. they felt it had got too powerful in the system over the years. but we saw this outpouring of protests and civil disturbance that just grew and grew over the first few months of this year, leading to a crisis within mr netanyahu's coalition and him eventually saying he would postpone the reforms. but the pressure has built from the right of his coalition and we saw then last night the first reading of a bill that brings all of this back onto the table and so protesters saying they will bring the country to a standstill today. 0n the other hand, the israeli police say they will have zero tolerance for what they describe as rioting, so i think the stage is set for a very turbulent day in israel today.

india's capital, delhi, has been put on high alert for flooding as water levels in the yamuna river rise to dangerous levels. thousands of people living close to the river have been moved to safer locations. forecasters have warned that heavy rain is expected to continue for the next few days. more than a0 people are known to have died as a result of days of torrential rain and flooding across northern india. our correspondent arvind chhabra is in punjab state and he sent us this update. i'm in dera bassi, which has been one of the worst affected areas in the north indian state of punjab. there is no rain at the moment. in fact, the weather is clear at most places in the region, which has brought relief to people. but three days of incessant rainfall has left behind a trail of destruction in northern states of punjab, haryana and uttar pradesh.

the indian capital, delhi, has been put on high alert as well for flooding as water levels in the yamuna river rise to dangerous levels. thousands of people living near the river banks have been evacuated to safer locations. weather forecasters have warned heavy rains are expected to continue in the region for the next few days. more than a0 people are now known to have died in the past few days of heavy rain and flooding in northern india. arvind chhabra, bbc, dera bassi, punjab. let's talk to bahar dutt, an environmentaljournalist. she joins us from delhi. very good to have you with us. as someone who has lived in delhi myself, i know that monsoon season hits around now. but we never see this much rain, do we? irate hits around now. but we never see this much rain, do we?— hits around now. but we never see this much rain, do we? we don't. as our this much rain, do we? we don't. as your reporter— this much rain, do we? we don't. as your reporter rightly _ this much rain, do we? we don't. as your reporter rightly pointed - this much rain, do we? we don't. as your reporter rightly pointed out, - your reporter rightly pointed out, there has been incessant rains for there has been incessant rains for the last 48 hours, behind me may seem very calm, there has been a pause in the rain fell, but the city is really under the crisis of having received a record amount of

rainfall. in fact, we haven't had this kind of rainfall in the last 45 years, is what the indian mets department is saying.- years, is what the indian mets department is saying. what are they sa in: are department is saying. what are they saying are the _ department is saying. what are they saying are the reasons _ department is saying. what are they saying are the reasons for— department is saying. what are they saying are the reasons for this? - department is saying. what are they saying are the reasons for this? if. saying are the reasons for this? if you ask the weathermen, he is going to say it is the monsoon and this is part of the western disturbances. but i think if we speak to climate scientists, it fits in with what climate scientists have been saying, that the monsoon is going to become very dramatic and it is going to become very intense. but i don't think we can blame it completely on climate change. i think the city where i live in has witnessed rapid construction on its river's flood plains, people are building homes and construction of many infrastructure projects on the river itself. and these cause a lot of problems. we have had homes, i don't know of a single home in delhi which

has not had a problem with the backflow of sewage water. remember, this could also be a looming health crisis because we have drinking water mixing with the sewage water. the drains are choked with solid waste. so i think that in the future, if we have to resolve this, we have to have more climate friendly infrastructure within the city and we have to have our rivers flowing with less construction on them. it is a complicated task and it will have to have several government departments coordinating with each other, but it can be done if we are to save lives. we with each other, but it can be done if we are to save lives.— if we are to save lives. we were talkin: if we are to save lives. we were talking yesterday _ if we are to save lives. we were talking yesterday about - if we are to save lives. we were talking yesterday about how - if we are to save lives. we were j talking yesterday about how the if we are to save lives. we were - talking yesterday about how the un was saying last week was the hottest week ever recorded. you have got monsoons, you have also got very high temperatures in parts of north india at the moment. that high temperatures in parts of north india at the moment.— india at the moment. that is absolutely — india at the moment. that is absolutely correct. _ india at the moment. that is absolutely correct. in - india at the moment. that is absolutely correct. in fact, i india at the moment. that is i absolutely correct. in fact, the month of may was also the hottest.

so we have had from may tojune, extreme weather right in the city itself, and i should also remind your viewers that it is notjust the city of new delhi, but as your reporter showed, city of new delhi, but as your reportershowed, parts city of new delhi, but as your reporter showed, parts of punjab, up in the mountains, where again rapid construction of hydropower dams are being constructed. they have been witnessing huge landslides. i think we need another model of development. but i would like to say on a more positive note that this may seem very overwhelming, but india has been able to reduce debts related to cyclone by building cyclone friendly shelters, so we can do the same for floods as well. it does not need to be a recurring problem. but first we cannot just blame it on the weather gods, we have to acknowledge there is ill planned development in the city. joining us from new delhi, thank you so much.

the spanish coast guard has rescued 86 people from a migrant boat that went missing more than a week ago. the rescued migrants left from senegal, heading towards the canary islands late last month. it's unclear whether all those who had been on board the ship have been rescued. two additional boats are said to still be missing, a migrant aid group told the bbc. a trial has begun in the us state of michigan over the estate of the late soul singer, aretha franklin. she was thought not to have left a will, when she died in 2018. but months later, hand—written wills were found in a cabinet — and under a sofa cushion at her home. her sons are now disputing which document represents her final wishes. just time to show you some incredible pictures from iceland. this is a volcano near the capital rejkjavik — it's the third time in two years that lava has been flowing in the area. a massive cloud of smoke has been rising — and is visible from the road which connects rejkjavik and iceland's international airport.

the icelandic authorities advised people against going to the site. iceland has a volcanic eruption every five years on average. the country has 33 volcanic systems currently considered active — that's the highest number in europe. incredible pictures there. stay with us here on bbc news. we will have more on all of the day's stories, including the latest from that nato summit in lithuania. there is more on the bbc news website, we have a live page running on that summit. thank you for joining us. hello again. the picture behind me tells the story. we're looking at sunshine. there will be some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery as we go through the course of the day, but they are showers so some of us

will miss them altogether, but some of them will be heavy, particularly across northern and central parts of scotland. low pressure is firmly in charge of our weather. it's drifting north—eastwards. this is the front that brought the rain this morning into the south—east and we've got a weather front out towards the west enhancing the showers. as we go through the afternoon, what you'll find is there will be showers around, aome of us will miss them altogether, some will merge to give some longer spells of rain. the heaviest showers will be across central and also northern parts of scotland. it's going to be another breezy day, gusty winds at times. the white circles represent the strength of the average wind — the gusts will be more than that, obviously. temperatures 15 in the north to 22 or 23 as we push further south. through this evening and overnight, many of the showers across england and wales will fade. we will hang on to some rain across the north of scotland. as we go through the evening and overnight, our next weather front is coming in and that's going to introduce some more showers

into some western areas. it's not going to be as muggy a start to the day tomorrow in southern areas as it was this morning, with temperatures falling away between 11 and 13 degrees. so, into wednesday, here's our area of low pressure pushing up towards norway. you can see from the isobars it's going to be another breezy day, some gusty winds at times. we start with some sunshine, but our weather front in the west is going to be pushing eastwards through the course of the day. it will still be wet across the far north of scotland. don't forget, it's also going to be breezy — gusty winds at times. temperatures — 15 in stornoway to 22 in norwich. wednesday into thursday, we start to see a bit of a change in the weather. a little ridge of high pressure starts to build in, but in the north we still will be looking at a fair few showers. so a lot of the showers will be across scotland. as we go through the ensuing couple of days, low pressure really does take charge. so showery in scotland — the showers becoming more isolated on thursday.

the winds start to pick up on friday, and it will become a feature of the weather through the weekend — as will the unsettled theme.

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