this is balmoral castle, in aberdeenshire, the queen's scottish retreat, where the royal family escaperom the hustle and bustle and public scrutiny of london. that is a magnificent building. more like a big country house than a castle. beautiful manicured lawn. i tell you what, i wouldn't mind unwinding here for a little while over the summer months. so the history is, in september 1853, queen victoria laid the foundation stone, and this is when they started the build of the balmoral castle that we have today. and in terms of the design, the architecture, what would you describe it as? yes, again, i think prince albert had quite an influence. it's quite a germanic style. it reminds him, i think, of his home in germany. i think someone described it as a piece of bavaria, plunked into the middle of the scottish forestland. exactly! so that was the start of the love affair with balmoral, so prince albert and victoria came here often? yes, every summer. normally, august, september, that's when they would come here for their summer holidays. and that tradition has remained and the royal fam

still heavy in aberdeenshire, pushing into the north—east.tchy. behind it, showers, some of them heavy. longer spells of rain in scotland. temperatures of 14 to 21 degrees. from there on, high pressure builds. on sunday, some showers around, mostly in the north—west and then drier and warmer. especially in the latter part of next week. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the uk is to give a further billion pounds of military aid to ukraine to help its fight against russian forces. we have been working with our allies to look at what needs to be done. this is the united kingdom's contribution to that effort to enable the ukrainians to succeed. and i'm mark lowen live in madrid, where the uk prime minister has joined other nato leaders to discuss ways to continue to support ukraine. they ways to continue to support ukraine. have pledges increases they have pledges of huge troop increases to counter the threat from pressure. buckingham palace says the details of an investigation int

temperatures rising and on wednesday temperatures reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshirerees was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland. the next few days will turn cooler, temperatures dropping, turning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england.

here in aberdeenshire, 26 degrees was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland.otland, but it's the clouded france that we need to keep a close eye on. that's been producing some thundery downpours. that will trigger some more showers. we will see those showers developing, some of them will be heavy and thundery. scotland and northern ireland may have a dry day, not quite as warm as wednesday. the weather's changing because presser is falling, which means we're likely to find more cloud. ahead of that, there will be sunshine around, but we will find more showers breaking out. this band of rain arrives in parts of wales in the southwest of england, and temperatures will be lower, typically 22 degrees. last of the warm weather. across the anglia —— east anglia. looking at the details for saturday, we're looking at most of the wet weather across the western side of the uk. there will be some sunshine, but we may see cloud thickening across the southeast. temperatures looking around 19—21 degrees, cooler in northern ireland. quite wet here. it's going to be northern

seen temperatures rising and on wednesday they reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshirer in scotland. the next few days will turn cooler, temperatures dropping, turning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressure i

and in aberdeenshire, 26, the warmest day of the year so far in scotland. but you know i'm going to spoil it. things are going to change was that it will turn more unsettled with temperatures dropping and that means we have rain in the forecast. overnight tonight, a bit of clout in the north of scotland but otherwise skies are clear from top to keep a close eye on this clout in northern france. this is where change is coming from. by the morning there could be rain in the channel islands and through the day tomorrow we will find more cloud and showers breaking out and moving northwards into england and wales. some heavy and thundery. hit and miss, some sunshine, scotland and northern ireland are likely to stay dry with sunny spells will stop not as warm as today in the north—east of scotland but a warm day in england and wales despite developing showers. ahead of the showers temperatures could reach 27 or 28 again. the weather is changing because pressure is falling. when that happens we have more cloud and the chance of rain particularly with all these wea

still heavy in aberdeenshire, pushing into the north—east.billion of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. the home office has announced that mike the home office has announced an agreement to deport aslyum seekers to nigeria as part of a similar deal to a controversial plan agreed with rwanda last month. the home office has announced there are growing concerns about a �*growing shortage' of gps in england as a new study predicts a quarter of posts could be vacant by 2030. the former snp mp — natalie mcgarry — has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling nearly £25,000 from two pro—independence groups. the uk will provide an extra £1 billion of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. it comes on the final day of the nato summit in madrid, from where we are expecting to hear more from the secretary general and prime minister borisjohnson. russian president vladimir putin has accused nato countries of tryin

and most of us staying _ time in aberdeenshire and most of us staying in_ time in aberdeenshire and later in the day another weather front will— later in the day another weather front will bring rain across northern ireland and eventually into wales _ northern ireland and eventually into wales. eventually we see the rain pushed _ wales. eventually we see the rain pushed to— wales. eventually we see the rain pushed to the north—east and more showers _ pushed to the north—east and more showers will develop behind it and tomorrow— showers will develop behind it and tomorrow there is the potential for them _ tomorrow there is the potential for them to— tomorrow there is the potential for them to be — tomorrow there is the potential for them to be heavy on thundery but with the _ them to be heavy on thundery but with the brisk wind tomorrow they will move — with the brisk wind tomorrow they will move through that bit quicker and here — will move through that bit quicker and here is— will move through that bit quicker and here is the rain i was telling you about — and here is the rain i w

and here in aboyne, aberdeenshire, 26 celsius was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland.ed. we've got more rain in the forecast, as well. now, we still have some cloud in the north and northwest of scotland, but it's the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on — that's been producing some thundery downpours, and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday. especially early on through the channel islands, in the english channel, and then, we'll see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery. there'll still be some warm sunshine around, as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day, with some sunny spells and a lighter wind. not quite as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. a very warm day across england and wales despite those showers — probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather's changing because pressure is falling, and that means we're likely to find more cloud, and w

we have sent temperatures rising and on wednesday they reached 28 degrees in london and here in aberdeenshiree next few days will turn cooler, temperatures dropping, turning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud on the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we had through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy in thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. in scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england stopping the weather is changing because pressure is fall

temperatures rising and on wednesday temperatures reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshireo far in scotland. the next few days will turn cooler, temperatures dropping, turning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressu

temperatures rising and on wednesday temperatures reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshirew days will turn cooler, temperatures dropping, turning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressure is falling and that means w

and in aberdeenshire, 26, the warmest day of the year so far in scotland. will turn more unsettled with temperatures dropping and that means we have rain in the forecast. 0vernight tonight, a bit of clout in the north of scotland but otherwise skies are clear from top to keep a close eye on this clout in northern france. this is where change is coming from. by the morning there could be rain in the channel islands and through the day tomorrow we will find more cloud and showers breaking out and moving northwards into england and wales. some heavy and thundery. hit and miss, some sunshine, scotland and northern ireland are likely to stay dry with sunny spells will stop not as warm as today in the north—east of scotland but a warm day in england and wales despite developing showers. ahead of the showers temperatures could reach 27 or 28 again. the weather is changing because pressure is falling. when that happens we have more cloud and the chance of rain particularly with all these

here in aberdeenshire, 26 was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland.ng, turning once at all. we have more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. it has been producing thundery downpours and it will trigger more showers as we headed through thursday. especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel, and then we will see the showers developing and moving forward into england and wales. some will be heavy and boundary. some still warm. scotland and northern ireland may be dry with sunny spells and light wind. not as warm as wednesday in eastern scotland, very warm across england and wales though despite the showers. probably the highest bidders ahead of the highest bidders ahead of the showers across northern midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressure is falling and that means we are likely to find more cloud and more rain as well, particularly on the weather front approaching the sou

temperatures rising and on wednesday temperatures reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshirefew days will turn cooler, temperatures dropping, turning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressure is falling and that means

as yesterday, it was beautiful in aberdeenshire, you can see the sun shining here.scotland and across northern england but when we add in the rainfall, there is quite a bit across rainfall and northern england and some thunder around lancashire and that thunder and rain will nudge further northwards through this evening. i met office warning that some could be quite torrential in places, but we are importing lots of warm air to a milder night for sleeping. quite a comfortable one for some tonight. this rain is tied in with low pressure, this will be with us for the next 2 or 3 days, the low pressure. it will throw in bands of showers or longer spells of rain so initially after a fine start the showers developed tomorrow with longer spells of rain coming into northern ireland, wales and the south—west. we lose the one, still 25 or 26 with the sunshine and the south—west. we lose the one, still 25 or 26 with the sunshine in eastern parts. that band of cloud through the evening and overnight tomorrow sweeps eastwards. 0n tomorrow sweeps eastwards. on saturday, we get o

temperatures rising and on wednesday temperatures reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshirerning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressure is falling and that means we are likely to find more cloud, we're going to fi

temperatures rising and on wednesday temperatures reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshiree forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressure is falling and that means we are likely to find more cloud, we're going to find more rain as well particularly on

this is in aberdeenshire and the temperature was 26. will be showers and some heavy and thundery. 0vernight tonight still some cloud affecting the far north of scotland but this is where the showers come from, northern parts of france and by dawn tomorrow we could have some thundery downpours in the channel islands. those will push up across the english channel into southern parts of england and into the midlands. some of those showers will be heavy and thundery. 0ne some of those showers will be heavy and thundery. one or two showers could break out across other parts of and wales. scotland and northern ireland should still be dry and will be some sunshine. it would be quite as one is today, in eastern scotland, the heat still on ning and and wales. the showers highest temperatures will be further north. the weather is changing because pressure is dropping. several weather fronts on the scene threatening to bring some

this is in aberdeenshire and the temperature was 26. the hottest ever years apart in scotland as the heat today. the next few days temperature is will drop, the weather will change and there will be showers and some heavy and thundery. overnight tonight still some cloud affecting the far north of scotland but this is where the showers come from, northern parts of france and by dawn tomorrow we could have some thundery downpours in the channel islands. those will push up across the english channel into southern parts of england and into the midlands. some of those showers will be heavy and thundery. one or two showers could break out across other parts of and wales. scotland and northern ireland should still be dry and will be some sunshine. it would be quite as one is today, in eastern scotland, the heat still on ning and and wales. the showers highest temperatures will be further north. the weather is changing because pressure is dropping. several weather fronts on the scene threatening to bring some showers or longer spells around. th

well, now, listen, if you can't make it up here to sunny aberdeenshire, there are plenty more things. the tour takes you across five decks and, they say, it's the only place you can actually see the bedroom of a living british monarch. whilst down in london, a 15—minute walk from buckingham palace, nestled in the horse parade, is the museum of household cavalry — a living museum, where you can watch the queen's ceremonial guards tend to their horses. exhibits guide you through the history of the regiment and the pomp of all their iconic uniforms. make it there for 11 o'clock during the week to see the changing of the guard, too. or you could take a quick train ride out of london and head to the queen's weekend home at windsor castle, which has a claim to being the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. and this summer, they're holding a special exhibition, looking back at the coronation ceremony that officially marked the start of her record—breaking reign. still to come on the travel show — some sustainable tips for the summer festival season. and we're in oklahoma for the

there will be some brighter spells, some sunshine i think for parts of aberdeenshire, southern scotlandthat very warm, humid air moving in from the south. still some outbreaks of rain, and that rain threatens to turn heavy as we head through the night and thursday into friday. temperatures widely in the mid to the high 20s. now in south is a warm and sticky night on thursday into friday. let�*s take a look at friday. so outbreaks of rain again, some of that rain likely to be heavy on this weather front, that will be sinking southwards throughout the weekend. the highest temperatures probably just north of london, hertfordshire, cambridge, perhaps 31 to 33 degrees celsius. that�*s short lived, though, a thundery breakdown over the weekend. this is bbc news, i�*m ben thompson. the headlines at 8pm... as an aircraft bound for rwanda waits on the runway, the fistfight sending a silent fa ke fake —— a fight will go ahead. fake -- a fight will go ahead. will be necessary _ fake -- a fight will go ahead. will be necessary to _ fake —— a fight will go ahead. ll be necessary to change lives to h

we had shown general, temperatures reaching 28 degrees in london and 26 in aberdeenshire for the making, where we got from northern parts of france. a bit of rain today in the far north moving away on the whole, some cloud still across the north and west of scotland and across northern island, will keep some of the cloud otherwise after a lovely evening, will have clear skies across england and wales for the first signs of some thundery showers moving up from northern france into the channel islands by the end of the night. these are the temperatures come the end of the night so pretty warm out there as we head into tomorrow morning. it will heat up in the sunshine but we got the chance of the showers that could be heavy and thundery moving up from the english channel induced art of london, parts of wales, one or two shows break out into northern england but for scotland and northern ireland it should stay dry with some sunshine. not quite as warm in the northeast of scotland is today and highest temperatures in england will be a bit further north ahead of those developing thundery show

it really has been a lovely start to the week, lots of sunshine around and in scotland and aberdeenshireve got thickening cloud overnight to bring with it some outbreaks of rain cover that rain tending to break up later on in the night will hang onto clear skies across england and wales, here a little bit cooler, temperatures perhaps down to seven or 8 degrees with up milder conditions underneath the cloud for scotland and northern ireland put up a much more cloud for northern ireland. much more cloud for scotland and northern ireland markham some of the club pushing into the far north of england for the probably not a great deal of rain left over in the afternoon and we could see eclipse of sunshine now again for them elsewhere across england and wales this is where we got light winds, strong sunshine and this is where temperatures are continuing to rise, 25 degrees on tuesday afternoon in the midlands towards the south—east of england, where as in the cloudy skies scotland and not an island, or 18. it does mean that pollen levels in scotland will be quite aside, still very high in nort

of dozens being lit on scotland including at balmoral castle, the queen's holiday home here in aberdeenshire of that uk's highest mountain and also handicap at castle will stop if we have a look of a here at the beacon there are a lot of people who started to gather here and we are expecting some musical performances ready on what is a very lovely evening on the northeast coast. let us go to northern ireland and emma is there. welcome to people's park here in northern ireland where the pipes and drums of the royal irish regiment arejust getting warmed drums of the royal irish regiment are just getting warmed up because they are going to be playing a specially composed fanfare by the writing of the beacon here in ballymena later on. a specially composed fanfare they'll be playing when this beacon is mixed. it's one of about a dozen that's being lit across the region this evening. it would be lots of entertainment here. they will be irish dancers dancing on these boards and it would be musical entertainment as well and of course it's a place that feels it has a strong connection to the monarch

the eat has eased a little, and around the cheshire region, we have had 28 degrees, but up in aberdeenshirehe day tomorrow. many central and eastern areas are having a fine and eastern areas are having a fine and eastern areas are having a finance price tag, but showers will tend to materialise. they could be some heavy and crumbly sender. parts of west wales as well may be. 25, 26, across eastern areas, but generally speaking, the breeze will pick up, it will feel fresher for many tomorrow. notably tomorrow for parts of scotland and northern england. tonight, the rain —— tomorrow night the rain pushes its way eastwards, but it should be easier sleeping, but it should be easier sleeping, but there will be some sunny spells and scattered showers. breezy and pressure for most. at six, the main search for survivors after the deadly earthquake in aghanistan is called off. more than 1,000 people are thought to have died in a remote part of the country which was already grappling with a humanitarian crisis. the people here didn't have much to begin with, but they've seen their homes, their positi

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warmest day of the year so far in northern ireland and also in scotland where temperatures in aberdeenshireland and that will give temperatures a boost. sunshine and light winds for england and wales, the temperatures widely in the mid 205, up to 28 degrees on wednesday. after wednesday, things may start to change a little bit. a couple of weather fronts, change a little bit. a couple of weatherfronts, one change a little bit. a couple of weather fronts, one to the south, one to the north, that will bring rain towards the northern isles. more cloud in western scotland and northern ireland but in england and wales, in the sunshine at heats up again before we see these thunderstorms are moving up across the channel into the far south of england in the end of the day. but not before the temperatures have risen widely, 26, 20 7 degrees, maybe even 30 degrees in the south of england. that will be the peak of the heat and by friday, more cloud and showers around, and a band of rain in western areas, sweeping eastwards, across glastonbury on friday night, cop followed by cooler and fresher air and