there'sjon sopel, dino sophos, also nosheen iqbal, alastair campbell and adam boulton.gathered, download their programmes whenever you like as you can the media show. hello. it's been a weekend of extremes across the uk. warm sunshine helping temperatures up to 26 celsius across east anglia. torrential rain, particularly for northern ireland and scotland. and that heavy rain has been coming from this area of low pressure, which is the dominant feature in the week ahead. so for those of us that need the rain, there will be some notable rain in the forecast over the coming days. there'll be some warm spells of sunshine too, and gradually, the temperatures will start to come down. and we start monday with some rain across northeast england and across scotland — that will be pushing its way north and eastwards, may linger across the northern isles for much of the day. behind it, warm spells of sunshine for many, a few heavy and thundery showers. most will stay dry, but those showers becoming more frequent across wales and southwest england through the afternoon. a breezy da

there'sjon sopel, you know sophos also nosheen iqbal, alastair campbell and adam boulton. have gathered, download their programmes whenever you like as you can the media show. hello. still some warmth out there, particularly where you are getting to see some sunny spells and overall the weather picture is looking rather more autumnal for the rest of this weekend and into next week, with the cloud thick enough to produce some thundery downpours in places. this is the rainfall picture from earlier today, and this is where we have seen the bulk of the rain so far across western parts of the uk. elsewhere there have been a few heavy showers as well. it is all down to an area of low pressure to the south—west of us. it will stay here for several days now, spinning up bands of rain and pushing north eastwards, but also some heavy and perhaps thundery showers, with quite breezy conditions. where we have seen the heaviest rain across western areas, notice how it will begin to become more patchy for a time before pepping up later in the night. we will feed outbreaks of rain further

there'sjon sopel, you know sophos also nosheen iqbal, alastair campbell and adam boulton.ave gathered, download their programmes whenever you like as you can. the media show. hello there. september can often be a contrasting month, as the battle between summer and autumn really take shape. in fact, on friday, we saw a high of 27 celsius — 80 fahrenheit in suffolk. it was pretty humid, as well. but out to the west was a different story — and as we head through the weekend, we will see heavy, thundery rain with the wettest of the weather continuing out to the west, and the winds strengthening to gusts in excess of 40mph at times. so this low pressure not really going very far, very fast, and it will flick these frontal systems in an anti—clockwise direction around that low — that's where the heaviest of the rain is likely to be. take a look at the accumulation totals as we go through the weekend, take a look at northern ireland and parts of southwest scotland — the darker blues, the brighter greens suggest that we could potentially see as much as 50—100mm of rain before the

there'sjon sopel, you know sophos, also nosheen iqbal, alastair campbell and adam boulton.gathered, download their programmes whenever you like as you can the media show. hello. once again sunday brings a mixed forecast across the uk. warm sunshine for some, heavy rain for others, and the heavy rain tied in with this area of low pressure to the west of the uk, slow moving. notice the squeeze into the isobars. notice the squeeze in the isobars. we'll see some gusty winds for the irish sea coasts. heavy rain clearing for northern ireland through the morning, sunshine behind, extending its way northwards and eastwards, that rain, through scotland through the day. for england and wales, a mixture of sunny spells, but also some heavy and locally thundery showers. the showers more frequent in parts of wales and south—west england, through the afternoon. driest and warmest for east anglia and south—east england, where we will see the highest temperatures. then through sunday evening, overnight, into monday morning, we see another spell of rain pushing its way northwards across the

there'sjon sopel, you know sophos also nosheen iqbal, alastair campbell and adam boulton.heir programmes whenever you like as you can the media show. for the skull and dissing the weather is weather and some warm and humid sunday spells out there. the other batch moving in from the southwest this evening and spending northeastward to some heavy and thunder rain and windy and western areas, some warm to humid nights out there. you start the day tomorrow for some random parts of northeast england, scotland gradually pulling away northwards in a little gap of sunny spells, very warm again in a few thunder showers breaking out, another batch reaching in the southwest england and as it turns windy once again here. all of that feeling northwards overnight and into tuesday morning in here, you can see them pushing it in northern ireland during monday evening. it will not be a wash—out but for the shower surround us to go to the beginning and in places, windy times too, slowly turning a bit cooler and less humid. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 6.00 — two men hav

there'sjon sopel, dino sophos also nosheen iqbal, alastair campbell and adam boulton.e gathered, download their programmes whenever you like as you can. download their programmes whenever you like as you can the media show. hello there. over the last few nights, mother nature has been putting on a pretty impressive display of thunder and lightning. late in the day on wednesday, we had a number of storms move across northern england, and that was one of them late in the day in county durham. and recently, the storms have been forming thanks to this area of low pressure just to the south of the republic of ireland. we've had these trough features, these organised bands of showers being thrown in from the south and west, and for wednesday night, we had two clutches of storms — one affecting north wales, the north midlands, northern england. that really was the most active. but we also have another area of storms in the south—east as well. here's the weather picture over the next few hours. there will be a few more downpours coming and going, one or two mist and fog patche

the adam smith 20 and the 50 featuring the portraits of manufacturers matthew boulton and james watton the golden boy statue in birmingham, but they're high about you banknote will not be accepted in the shop. they may have only been on our currency for a decade, but the withdrawal of the boulton and watt £50 note also marks a change in 300 years of history. that is because it is the end of paper banknotes in circulation. for the first time, the entire bank of england collection will be made of polymer. over the road, in a cashless cafe, there was once an old banking hall here, the new plastic notes get a mixed reception. so, there are a bit slippery? there are a bit slippery. they quite, yeah, difficult to keep hold of, really. yeah. notjust because you're spending them? no. yeah, feels a little bit cleaner and a little bit less concerned about it ripping in my pocket. i'm not sure, but the plastic one looks to be much- better and very smooth. and i think i probably would like the plasticj one than the paper one. if you find you still have some paper banknotes after friday's deadlin

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the adam smith 20, and the 50 — featuring the portraits of manufacturers matthew boulton and james wattth. and i think i probably would like the plasticj one than the paper one. if you find you still have some paper banknotes after friday�*s deadline, you can queue here at the bank of england, at your own bank, or at some post offices to exchange the old notes. kevin peachey, bbc news. let�*s speak now to phil mussell, director at coin news magazine. that must be a pretty busy place at the moment. you have a lot on your plate. should we start talking about the new look coins and notes with the new look coins and notes with the new look coins and notes with the new monarch and? what is the process? we are promised images over the next few months so what will be going on behind—the—scenes to get those? j going on behind-the-scenes to get those? ., ., ., those? i would imagine the royal mint has already _ those? i would imagine the royal mint has already had _ those? i would imagine the royal mint has already had some i mint has already had some preliminary designs already there because, o