we'll speak to one of the police officers who dealt with the paddington rail crash in oct 1999. good evening. "we will fight to win." that is now president trump's battle cry for afghanistan, a far cry from his pre—election determination that there should be an american withdrawal from the country. now he has given the pentagon authority to ramp up troop numbers, and greater autonomy to attack the taliban. also in his sights in his fort myer speech was pakistan — with the president calling for islamabad to stop providing safe havens for terrorists. mr trump said pakistan had much to gain from partnering with the international effort in afghanistan and much to lose from harbouring criminals and terrorists. taking tough on pakistan is not new, but taking meaningful action to prevent terrorism there has proven difficult. we'll assess what levers trump has — and how he might make his ire felt. with general kelly... donald trump has appointed more generals to his cabinet than any president since world war ii. perhaps it is unsurprising that after months of infighting he has bowed to

waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street and paddington will have greatly reduced services.end. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. the advice is to check before you leave for your journey, or take the advice is to check before you leave for yourjourney, or take the advice of the rail companies who are saying don't travel unless it's absolutely essential. but there are lots of things to travel for this weekend and lots of things will be affected. there is the rugby league final at wembley, the notting hill carnival, many premier league matches that would normally involve supporters using some of those very busy routes that are now di

we'll speak to one of the police officers who dealt with the paddington rail crash in oct 1999.ent trump's battle cry for afghanistan, a far cry from his pre—election determination that there should be an american withdrawal from the country. now he has given the pentagon authority to ramp up troop numbers, and greater autonomy to attack the taliban. also in his sights in his fort myer speech was pakistan — with the president calling for islamabad to stop providing safe havens for terrorists. mr trump said pakistan had much to gain from partnering with the international effort in afghanistan and much to lose from harbouring criminals and terrorists.

waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street and paddington will have greatly reduced services.turday and sunday. work on hs2 means there will be no trains from scotland and the north of england to london on the west coast main line on saturday and sunday. services from the midlands will only run as far south as northampton. great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. 0ur reporter adina campbell is at euston station in central london. clearly there is never a perfect time to do this sort of work, but wha

on the trains, there are delays of up to 20 minutes at paddington station this morning after a train introduced tropical air. humid air with us this week. that cloud is with us first thing. mist and murk around. the cloud is thick enough to produce a spot of drizzle. temperature maximums, around 21—22. this evening and overnight, that cloud is still with us. again, some patches of mist and fog to look out for. temperatures not falling too far, though, overnight temperatures of 17—18. not very comfortable for sleeping. it should thin and break into the afternoon. bright intervals developing. just the chance of the odd isolated shower. more sunshine means temperatures are rising. 2a—25 degrees. i will leave you with the outlook then. a humid start week this week. temperatures more warm tomorrow thanks to sunshine. turning more fresh next week. pets and cinema aren't a natural combination, but one theatre has now opened its doors to dogs. "doggy cinema sundays" at the london's picture house in piccadilly now allows owners to bring their pets and watch a film together. organisers say it'

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend, it is actually going to pick on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways are in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. 0ur correspondents adina campbell is at euston station and dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. and our correspondent adina campbell is at euston station. euston is going to be closed, but disruption will be felt across the whole country. that is right. in the last couple of hours, it has got so much busier here at euston station. doubled the number of people arrived since we got here this morning, and many other stations across london and another part of the country will be feeling this rush as we head into t

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge and paddington.ier than normal, especially on monday. traffic will build over the weekend and it will peak on monday, with around 5 million leisure journeys on oui’ around 5 million leisure journeys on our road. that is people heading back over the school holidays, also people looking to enjoy a date trip. passengers are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. adding that give us this update from euston station. this is what the bank holiday friday rush hour looks like. queues of people building as they look at the information board is hoping to make their way home tonight. notjust is hoping to make their way home tonight. not just commuters is hoping to make their way home tonight. notjust commuters but people hoping to make their way to parts of the uk and beyond for the bank holiday. this is part of the engineering work going on. euston station will close tomorrow for two days as part of this widespread engineering work. it is a multi—million pound project. n

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. our correspondent dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. what's expected there in the coming hours? the rac is forecasting that between three o'clock this afternoon and seven o'clock this evening to be one of the busiest periods of the entire weekend in terms of traffic. monday another highlight in terms of the number of vehicles on the roads. they are expecting 5 million cars to be on the roads on monday. we've been here all afternoon. there's a lot of traffic but it's moving relatively freely. good news at the

great western railway has delays between slough and paddington. been disrupted following signal problemsg is for sure. with all that heavy rain around. towards the west in particular. 0therwise, many places seeing a mostly dry day. but it will be rather windy. through the afternoon. for many of us it is a dry and bright start. particularly. they will tend to dry out in the afternoon. top temperatures of 21 or 22 celsius. those temperatures pared back slightly by the gusty wind. through this evening and overnight it should stay dry. the wind will ease down a touch for tomorrow morning. tomorrow is looking dry or mostly dry. we may see one or two light showers, and the winds will be lighter. higher temperatures, up to 23. maybe one or two showers around again on saturday afternoon. quite cool for this time of year. sunday is looking dry. that's it for now. take a look at our website. now though, it's back to steph and naga. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. despite being medically fit to leave. are facing delays of more than six months. i have be

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.so expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. 0ur correspondents adina campbell is at euston station and dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. give us a sense of how things are looking? well, it has got a lot busier in the last few hours. you may be able to see the passengers behind me looking at those information boards head of their travel plans this weekend. of course it is set to get even busier as we enter the friday afternoon, freddy afternoon peak period. use i'm in my report before, but here is ross eastern from network rail. remind us why this work

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.usier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. and a short time ago adina campbell gave us this update from euston station in london. this is what a bank holiday friday rush—hour looks like. queues of people over there as they look at those information boards, hoping to make their way home tonight. notjust commuters, but people hoping to make their way to parts of the uk and beyond for the bank holiday. this, of course, is part of the engineering work going on. euston station will close as of tomorrow for two days as part of this widespread engineering work. a multi—million pound pr

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. with the disruption on the railways there's expected to be increased pressure on motorways. earlier our reporter dan whitworth sent us this update from the m6 near knutsford. i must mirror what adina was just saying in her report, we've been here for a couple of hours now and the traffic really starting to build up, really starting to get heavy. the rac is actually broadcasting that the busiest times this weekend will be between three and seven this afternoon, all day on monday, when it's expecting around 5 million

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.ads are also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. and we're going to talk to adina campbell at euston station and dan whitworth who's on the m6 near knutsford in cheshire now. we heard in your report how things we re we heard in your report how things were looking a while ago, how are things as the afternoon has gone on? well, this is what friday afternoon getaway looks like. the queues of people are building behind me. you may be able to see them looking at information boards. of course it's set to get even busier as commuters make their way home and those

tickets are being accepted on all tfl buses, underground and all services to london paddington and londonhose today. this morning, we‘rejust seeing some showers move off to the east, actually, and then we‘re left with really a mainly dry day. a bit of cloud around this morning, but even that starts to clear, to give us some sunny spells through this afternoon. some showers bubbling up, but i think many of us will miss those altogether. temperatures getting up to about 24 degrees celsius. a little bit of a breeze. as we head through this evening, well, that cloud melts away, and we‘re left with mainly clear skies, and feeling a little cooler, as well. temperatures down to about 12 or 13 across the board, but we may see single figures in more rural spots. for tomorrow, well, fairly cloudy or hazy for the morning, but by the afternoon we‘re seeing a fair deal of sunshine, and temperatures up to 23 degrees celsius. 0vernight, though, the rain sets in, and that takes much of thursday to clear, so a fairly wet day. we‘re back to the sunshine and showers picture for friday, and that continues in