but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.st at the moment. day—on—day, we're seeing those temperatures building. lots of sunny and dry weather during wednesday. top temperatures reached 32 at porthmadog in north wales. and we could see a similar story, i think, during the day on thursday. so high pressure well and truly driving our weather, keeping things dry and settled, with generally gentle breezes around. i think we will have one or two areas of cloud around through thursday, particularly around the east, down towards lincolnshire, east anglia, some cloud around the coast that should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, it's looking a little bit cooler around those eastern coasts. but, for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s. some seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could just kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, cou

you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy.ister has said that the public might be worryingly naive about the need to invest in the uk's armed forces. tobias ellwood was speaking to the defence committee which has published a report urging the government to increase expenditure by billions of pounds to maintain uk influence with united states and other nato allies. thank you for the report, i think it is helpful to the debate. clearly there has been a raising of the public profile of defence spend and that is good. i think if we are honest and fair, it got a little undignified. and we must move to making i think a more reasoned, convincing and cost—effective argument that unites rather than divides opinion. he said there were four stakeholders who had to be convinced about defence spending. the first is that we need to persuade all mps, not just 20 but all mps that a failure to invest would lead to the demise in our capabilities at the very time that the world is getting more dangerous. i think we need to persuade the treasury

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello again.of england and wales and, although it started off pretty cloudy, we did get the cloud breaking up across eastern parts of england and it was a fine end to the day in cromer, in norfolk. we had the highest and bridges across eastern parts of england with 26 degrees. fresher air. across eastern parts of england with 26 degrees. fresherair. it across eastern parts of england with 26 degrees. fresher air. it was coming from different places. human across england and wales because the area had made its way up from the subtropics, the across scotland and northern ireland had come down from greenland. the coming from different places. they front where the two air mass is meat. cloud beating across the north of the uk is where that weather front needs. it will be a wet start of the day for northern ireland and scotland. the rented is quite quickly in northern ireland. wet weather getting into country, lancashire, the north—west of wales. drizzle to start the day. mr rehn coastal hills as well.

you're watching thursday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy.ublic spending watchdog — the national audit office — has published a highly critical report about universal credit. it concluded that the new benefit was causing hardship and was not delivering value for money. the conservative former work and pension secretary — iain duncan smith — who introduced the new system called the nao report "a shoddy piece of work", while the current post—holder esther mcvey said universal credit was an example of "great british innovation". universal credit is a brand—new benefits system. it is based on leading edge technology and agile working practises. our strategy is based on continuous improvement, listening, learning and adapting our deliveries as changes roll—out across the country. the result will be a tailor—made system based on the individual. this is a unique example of great british innovation, and, mr deputy speaker, we are leading the world in developing this kind of person centred system. she said that, along the way, changes had been made to

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.bove 30 degrees, so can we keep that up through the next few days? can that up through the next few days? we do that int this can we do that in the next as? hijab this will turn slightly cooler. —— well, it is going to stayjust about dry, there'll be some sunshine around, but northern areas are going to turn just a little bit cooler. high pressure still with us, but it is drifting northwards. the flow of winds around high pressure in this clockwise direction, and that will allow us to tap into some slightly cooler air, sitting a long way up to the north, but some of that is just going to try to fringe its way in towards parts of scotland in particular. having said that, we start 50 degrees in glasgow. similar in london. further east, more in the way of cloud. where is in the last two days can be cloud has retreated out to sea, i suspect it might be a bit more stubborn during friday. were it lingers across the eastern coasts, it will feel a bit cooler. cooler generally across scotland,

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy.this week that she's going to increase spending on england's nhs by £20 billion by 2023 came under scrutiny from the labour leader at prime minister's questions. jeremy corbyn wanted more detail about to where the money was coming from. the prime minister said extra funding for the national health service will come from three sources. brexit, economic growth and the tax system. there can be no dividend before 2022, economic growth is the slowest since 2009, so which taxes are going up? theresa may said she'd set up a long term plan for the nhs. but she reckoned labour didn't have an agreed position. in relation to money we no longer send to the eu being spent on the nhs, the housing secretary called it bogus. the shadow health secretary said it is a deceit. but perhaps i can tell them what another labour member said a few weeks ago. he said we would use the funds returned from brussels after brexit to invest in our public services. it was him, the right honourable gentleman, the leader

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.es overhead, strong sunshine to and staying dry and the sum of you particularly hot this week. tha nkfully particularly hot this week. thankfully a dry heat rather than humid silt means the nights are fairly comfortable. monday, temperatures in the countryside down to single figures, some centres in the teams throughout this week but with sunshine overhead, right from the start of the day, things will warm up rapidly. the exception will be the highlands and islands, a bit cloudy are into the afternoon that it will break up every now and then, a bit ofa it will break up every now and then, a bit of a breeze and temperatures in the twit —— in the teens and 20s elsewhere. scotland, 25 and 26 in parts, to fight to the west of northern ireland, may be our first 30 of the week in the london area. high—pressure holding on. most places staying dry and sunny all week. patchy cloud in eastern coasts. otherwise, a perfect week of summer. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north amer

alicia mccarthy will be hit the rest of the week with updates on that eu withdrawal bill. me, christina cooper, goodbye. good morning. there's somewhat of a battle of the air masses across the uk at the moment. to the northern half of the country, we've got fresher north atlantic air pushing its way in. to the south, muggier air all the way from the mid—atlantic. separating air masses, though, tends to be weather fronts. and this one, as we see this little wave develop, a little bobble later will bring some heavier rain later this coming night. patchy rain and drizzle this morning across some western parts of england and wales, where the warmest of the air is. 18 degrees in central london. sunnier conditions further north for the commute, with just a few showers here and there, but it does feel a bit fresher. sunshine turns hazy, though, as cloud increases from the south—west through the day. the cloud across england and wales will break up but it will turn cloudy for northern england. and there's always a threat, northern and western areas, of patchy rain and drizzle into

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy — goodbye. hello there.rees in the uk. can we continue that into the weekend? well, there will be plenty more heat and sunshine for sure. just the chance ofa sunshine for sure. just the chance of a downpour, you can see this cloud currently circulating around close to iberia. that will be drifting northwards, threatening some showers into the south—west during sunday. ahead of that we are going to be pulling this very warm air infrom going to be pulling this very warm air in from the near continent. increasing amounts of humidity, as well, as we go through the weekend. saturday morning starting like this. temperatures between 11 and 15 degrees. notice some clumps of cloud on the chart. a bit of mr merk as well, potentially, but that should clear very quickly. watch the way the cloud breaks up on our map. by the cloud breaks up on our map. by the late morning most areas should be sunny. the sun very strong, high uv levels, high pollen levels as well and if we look at the temperature chart you can see the exte

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.s a taste of what is to come over the coming days. i will show you what i mean injust a second. but the day came to a glorious — and notjust on the river exe, but quite widely — away from the northern parts of scotland. high pressure is very much dominant at the moment, forcing the jet stream well to the north of the british isles. here, the darkening of the hues an indication of the rise in temperatures that we are expecting to see in the first half of the forthcoming week. a coolish sort of start to sunday, though, with the clear skies overnight so again, the temperatures will have dribbled away into single figures in a number of locations. but with the sun soon up in the day, i think those temperatures will soon recover and there will be a lot of fine and settled weather to be had. the frontal system still not a million miles away from the far north of scotland. the shetland islands keeping a lot of cloud for a good part of the day. a much improved situation, though, across the main

. —— alicia mccarthy.warm, we have got many more days of this very warm, if not hot weather. across the country, ju5t very warm, if not hot weather. across the country, just a bit of fairweather cloud here and there, thati5 fairweather cloud here and there, that is pretty much it. monday was the hottest day of the year so far. we broke 30 celsius in london and in many areas, the temperatures were in the mid or high 205. thejet 5tream i5 the mid or high 205. thejet 5tream is way to the north of that. we had been forecasting this week, it is certainly where we expected it to be. to the south of that, we have the high pressure which is very much and could acro55 the high pressure which is very much and could across the southern part of the uk, some parts of scandinavia, and this whole 5wathe of europe you is really starting to feel the heat. very little happening on the weather front. just clear skie5, light wind5, a pretty warm start of the day on tuesday in many major town5 start of the day on tuesday in ma

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.kend with temperatures next weekend to get near 30 celsius. plenty of sunshine coming but quite hazy on saturday. it depends how far north you are, how dry, in scotland, possibly a bit of rain. the circulation of wind around an area of high pressure moving across the uk and the warmer colours coming as the temperatures that up. a bit of a chill. first thing saturday morning, the widely into single figures. already in the far north of scotland, more cloud, more breeze and some outbreaks of rain, particularly into the northern isles. and there will actually be a bit more cloud around to many of us. saturday, compared with friday. north—westerly breeze, taking high cloud southwards in making the sunshine quite hazy but temperatures are heading higher. you will notice that across southern parts of the uk during saturday but more of us on sunday. now, saturday night and into sunday. now, saturday night and into sunday morning. still some cloud around northern scotland. clearing away early o