but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.llimetres of rain. fortunately, it doesn't look as wet through the day ahead but there will be showers around, notjust in northern ireland, but elsewhere. at the moment, we're sandwiched between these two areas of low pressure. this one has taken precedent. and through the night that's brought some intense storms across the low countries which have been making their way northwards through the night across the southern north sea, just flirting with english coastlines. so don't be surprised if you see some lightening here and even catch some rain. but elsewhere, a little bit of dawn fog and a cool start with temperatures in single figures. given it'sjune, i think it will feel quite fresh this morning. but otherwise, some sunshine. before this rain makes its way into northern scotland, still potentially intense and heavy and for the northern isles, a wet day. but for northern ireland, near the area of low pressure, not as wet as it was yesterday, but with some slow—moving and heavy shower

for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.ment, pouring with rain across the north, but it's notjust here in the uk where we're getting the really unsettled weather. in fact, much of western europe, all the way down to spain and portugal are experiencing below average temperatures and quite changeable weather. now there's a big low pressure which is stuck across northern france, just around the channel here, and as long as there is low pressure here things aren't going to change. it will remain very, very unsettled. winds coming in across the north of europe but the winds will have to swing back around again. and they are blowing out of the south across central and eastern parts of the continent. there's a heatwave there, temperatures in the mid— 30s. that's the yin and yang of weather. one side of europe is hot and sunny, the other side is paying for it and it is cool and very, very wet. so here's the rain, early hours of wednesday morning. the low pressure, we've already established that, it's parked across this part of euro

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.d for england and wales. further rain, some thundery downpours as well. though should be tending to move through south—east of england, across east anglia then out into the north sea. however, we could see a fresh batch of storms arriving in the south—east and east anglia late morning and into the afternoon. a bit of patchy rain for a while for lincolnshire and the midlands. but further west it should be brightening up, drying up and then some more straightforward sunshine and showers for the davis scotland and showers for the davis scotland and northern ireland. temperature is very similar to what we had on tuesday. now, those times should be moving away from the south—east corner during the evening, and then we'll keep a few showers coming in towards the north—west of the uk where pressure is that bit lower. but otherwise, with clear skies, it won't be as humid for england and wales and we will have some early sunshine stop some places will stay dry on thursday but we will have showe

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.staffordshire! we have had a number of people writing in and saying, that's how it's looking at the moment and i'm not surprised. a big area of low pressure in the western side of the british isles, and keeping an eye on the massive cloud in the south—west because that is delivering reign for already. different story in the south—east, i have to keep the balance right because not everyone is getting flooded, there are some decent spells of sunshine in the mix. we have seen the rain in manchester, they are back on in old trafford i believe. that is going across the united kingdom today, and it leaves behind this trading portion of a weather front which will keep the rain going for the rest of the night and as you will see for the greater pa rt and as you will see for the greater part of monday morning for the western side of wales. not a cold night, a lot of cloud around and a south—westerly breeze. given the isobars on the chart, the wind will bea isobars on the chart, the wind will be

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.s have seen very little. that's all about to change through friday, this deep area of low pressure pushing its way northwards out of iberia and france will bring some notable rainfall, across a large swathe of the uk, in particular, southern and eastern counties of england, areas which haven't had very much rain recently. and the rain stays with us as we go into saturday, pulling its way northwards. and all the while we'll see some quite windy conditions. a tricky rush hour through friday morning across southern counties of england and south wales as this rain works its way northwards. a fine start across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, some rain arriving into northern england, the east of northern ireland and southern scotland through the afternoon. and behind the rain, some thunderstorms developing. winds, as i mentioned, very much a feature of this forecast, becoming particularly gusty across southern counties of england and for the channel coast. temperatures in th

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.eard that temperatures are on the rise this weekend. certainly to next week, it could be that some areas become quite hot indeed, but we'll see an increase of thundery downpours too. more on that in just a moment. the here and now, friday is looking like being another one of sunny spells and scattered showers, although most of the showers will be across the northern half of the country, closer to low pressure anchored to the north of scotland. so we start early friday with a few showers across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. further south mainly dry with some early sunshine around. it'll be quite nippy out there first thing. high pressure is going to be building up from the south as we head through the course of today. there's that low pressure system. this weather front affecting mainly scotland and the isobars a bit closer together here. so more of a breeze blowing in from the west or the north—west. some of the showers fairly heavy and frequent through the m

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.e pushed its way from south to north. the centre of the low will push increasingly out into the north sea now, as the hours go by. but it will trail a weather front behind it, to keep things pretty grey and wet in the north on and off throughout the day. we also have this front to the south, and we'll see more out of that as we look to wednesday evening overnight into thursday. for this morning, it's scotland and northern ireland, though, that sit under the band of cloud and rain, and for much of the day, the prospects will be rather dank. first thing, perhaps a bit of brightness for the north—east of england, some showers to the north—west, a few for north wales. some decent sunshine as we head for the south into england. a few early—morning patches of mist are possible, but they should be fairly short—lived. and actually, for england and wales on the whole, a lot of fine weather. perhaps a bit of sunshine, as well, just getting into southern scotland later on in the day. just a chanc

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.nths‘ worth ofjune rainfall and just a week, over 150 millimetres in the wettest places. still rain in the forecast but not necessarily the same areas, as low pressure adopts a new position to the north—west of the uk in the coming days, means showers are most frequent in the north and the west. and there is, as friday starts, a fresh area of rain affecting parts of england and wales, also rain in north—west scotland. fairly chilly for the clearer parts of scotland and northern ireland as the day begins. but where you start the day with rain, things should improve as we go through the day, it should brighten up and it will be an afternoon of sunshine and showers. here's a look at things at 8:00 in the morning. so you're in the rain in north—west scotland, especially into the western isles, one or two showers elsewhere, but where you have got the clear skies and here into northern ireland, too, your temperature could be around the mid single figures as the day first starts. but you can

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. where after the second anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, the labour leader wanted to know why action to protect other buildings was taking so long. two years on, why do 328 high—rise buildings, homes to thousands of people from newham to newcastle, still have the same grenfell—style cladding? theresa may said in the immediate aftermath of the fire, she had set up an inquiry to look at what had happened. as for the cladding... of course, we are asked building owners in the private sector to do the action that we believed was necessary. but we have seen they have not been acting quickly enough, and that is why we will fully fund the replacement of cladding on high—rise residential buildings and interim measures are in place where necessary on all 163 high—rise private residential buildings with unsafe acm cladding. the government spent £1013 million on fire services in 2016—17. this year, it's £858 million. £155 million cut from fire services. every fire authority across the count

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.w days, comes a real risk of severe thunderstorms. not everyone will see them but, where you do, an increased risk of some flash flooding around. summer is back good and proper. in the here and now, a weather system with outbursts of thunder. 0utbreaks of rain which is pretty heavy. eastern scotland as we start the day. south—easterly wind. the greatest risk of waterflooding here. temperatures around 10— ii greatest risk of waterflooding here. temperatures around 10— 11 degrees. temperatures around 10— 11 degrees. temperatures no lower than 18 celsius. rain pushing northwards. some sunshine breaking through elsewhere but then a case of all or nothing. 0ne elsewhere but then a case of all or nothing. one or two isolated thunderstorms, this is a worst—case scenario pushing northwards across eastern england. keeping in mind it could be a little bit less wet than that but when you get the sunshine, hot across the south. a little bit cooler than we saw through sunday across parts of some sc

alicia mccarthy will be here for the rest of the week but for me, goodbye for now.downpours in the next few days. start generally dry in the morning on tuesday, and some sunshine around but we have thickening cloud coming across the channel to bring some brain, heaviest of the rain pushing towards the south—east defendant in east anglia. rent for royal ascot. it should be dry for the cricket, sunshine and the far north of england, sunshine and showers. and at northern ireland. quite a muddy field towards the south—east with that cloud and rain coming in. while the first area of red pushes away, there's more coming up from the south and overnight we could get some torrential thundery downpours coming in from the neo— continent. in the south—east, the midlands, cost east anglia and lincolnshire for the rush hour in the morning on wednesday. wetter weather moves away, takes members to the stores but because he more returning to the south—east later. further west and it's much more straightforward. sunshine and showers, damages again 16- 20 sunshine and showers, damages

on monday night at 11 with her round up of the day here at westminster, but for now, from me, alicia mccarthyy lively a lot of rain for some of us, thunder and lightning, and even reports of one or two funnel clouds. these pictures came from somerset. this certainly looks like a funnel cloud. a funnel cloud is very similar to a tornado, itjust doesn't touch the ground. this is the radar picture from friday evening. showers and thunderstorms developed across the west country, south—east wales, drifted up into the midlands. still some hefty showers around through the first part of saturday morning. the thunder and lightning risk much lower at this stage. 0utbrea ks of persistent rain drifting into southern scotland, northern ireland, certainly affecting northern england and there's some very windy weather down towards the south. it all comes courtesy of this, an area of low pressure, only slowly drifting north through the day ahead. it will bring some unseasonably windy weather and some outbreaks of rain at times. the rain is likely to be sitting across the south and east of scotland, into nort

that is it from monday in parliament, alicia mccarthy will be here for the rest of the week, but fromsday is going to bring further heavy rain and there could be a lot of it, particularly across northern parts of england, the midlands, and wales. on monday, the heaviest of the rainfall was actually across eastern parts of the country in the south—east. if we look at europe, the big picture, we can see over the last two or three days, most of the clouds seem to be stuck across... from northern spain, france, germany, the uk. we have seen big thunderstorms on the near continent, heavy rain here, of course. eastern parts of europe a different story, a few summertime showers and thunderstorms but on the whole a lot of sunshine and very hot, and the reason for this is that this vortex has formed across western europe. it has been dragging cold air all the way from the north across the uk, france and into spain, whereas this side of europe, warm air has been coming from the south, affecting central and eastern areas, so warsaw, for example, has been in excess of 30 degrees, when it was only

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. can follow me on twitter @bbc alicia. a minister has said he "desperately wants to improve" the experience of vulnerable people using, or trying to access, universal credit. he was giving evidence to the work and pensions committee which is investigating claims that difficulties with the new benefit mean some people are turning to what's sometimes called "survival sex". three weeks ago, the committee heard evidence in private from women who said they'd used sex to help pay the bills. i want to reiterate to the committee how serious i take this issue. i am concerned to hear of individuals who feel they have no choice but to turn to sex work in order to get by. only yesterday, the secretary of state and i met with a number of the stakeholders that the committee had also heard from, that provided you with evidence. i want to better understand what factors contribute to somebody being in that position and what my department can do to address this. he said there had been more money for uni

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. good morning.es around 9— i2 the fresh mornings of the week with temperatures around 9— 12 degrees, a bright start for many with a fair bit of sunshine around. bit of cloud in the hebrides and patchy rain which will gradually diminish. a shower across scotland later on but tending to the south—west, increasing breeze and increasing amounts of cloud, outbreaks of rain, south—west england, spreading to parts of south—west wales and northern ireland later on, some of which could be on the heavy side. after the sunshine, it turns hazy and increasingly cloudy compared with saturday. temperatures in the mid—teens in the north, mid— 20s in the south—east corner. humidity levels build with the chance of severe storms through sunday night and into monday, particularly through parts of wales, the midlands, northern england and spreading their way northwards into parts of eastern scotland later. that could bring flush lighting and travel disruption as we going to monday morning cosmic rush—hour. we walked kee

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello again. has been running off hills and into our river catchments. this is how the river severn is looking and a number of flood warnings still in force. flood warnings for a couple of spots in the midlands and lincolnshire as well. an area of low pressure has been influencing the weather across the uk every single day of this month so far and for monday, the low pressure is just to the west of ireland, continuing to bring showers and lengthy outbreaks of rain. if you are heading outside over the next hour or two, take the wet weather gear across northern scotland because the rain will be heavy. the wind will continue to work in, you won't need to many layers but just some wet weather gear. this will be slow—moving, so if you find yourself underneath this narrow band of rain it could be with you for quite a length of time. the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, a mixture of bright spells and heavy afternoon showers, across much of the east midlands, east anglia and southern c

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.s for the next 24—48 hours. feel for thunderstorms for the next 24-48 hours. a fair amount of cloud across many parts of the country, the input side by this area of low pressure to the south—west. when the have already arise across parts of south—west england and wales, some patchy outbreaks of rain here. for northern and eastern parts of england, still some sunny spells but it is clogging over. for scotland there are brighter spells for the rest of the afternoon. 0ne there are brighter spells for the rest of the afternoon. one or two showers around for the north of scotland. temperatures are doing well for the time of year, sunshine is breaking through the cloud across northern and eastern england, how is up northern and eastern england, how is up to 2a celsius or so. typically, how teens across scotland and norman's island. but with the arrival of the rain it will feel a little bit cooler. this area of rain hits its weight not words, there could be 20—25 millimetres of rain — 20-35 c

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.reas, where the humidity will also gradually increase, and into next week, certainly late on sunday, the threat of thundery showers increases as well. for the weekend, fine for most of us. lots of dry weather around. we start this morning on a cool note outside town. the single digits in one or two places. the pressure chart reveals high pressure. this will be the driving force for the fine weather, certainly for the first half of the weekend, but this low pressure system will come into play later across the south—west. lots of sunshine up and down the country this morning, into the afternoon, cloud will tend to build up in places. could see an isolated shower pretty much anywhere, but northern scotland will see a scattering of showers, i think, through the morning and into the afternoon. temperatures higher than we have seen over the last few days. high 20s for england and wales. 19 or 20 in the central belt of scotland. into saturday evening and saturday night, most places will stay

and coming up on bbc news, alicia mccarthy looks back at recent events in westminster, in the week in. that‘s at half—past two. good afternoon. the conservative leadership candidate michael gove has admitted he commited a criminal offence when he took cocaine on several occasions. speaking for the first time about his use of the class a drug, he said he had a "profound sense of regret" about it. he used cocaine when working as a journalist 20 years ago. here‘s our political correspondent susana mendonca. these aren‘t the headlines that michael gove would have been hoping for this weekend as he embarked on his campaign for the leadership. yes, it was a crime, it was a mistake, andi yes, it was a crime, it was a mistake, and i deeply regret it. should you have gone to prison?” was fortu nate should you have gone to prison?” was fortunate that i didn‘t, but it was fortunate that i didn‘t, but it was a huge mistake and i have seen the damage drugs do. he had wanted to focus on his pro—business agenda and plans to replace vat with a simpler system. and plans to replace vat with a simplersy

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.alk about the sunshine first. this is lancashire a short while ago. cloud building and nebulous never far away whenever you are. this is cornwall, truro, an hour or so this is cornwall, truro, an hour or so ago, and this weather watcher said it went on for nearly 20 minutes before it started to ease away. this rain in the last few days has cleared away into scandinavia. in nearby france, there is front will be moving towards us later. sunshine and showers most frequent across scotland, south—west england, northern ireland, starting to edge further north and east. temperatures this afternoon in the sunshine, 20, may be 21, and eastern counties of england, and for most of us in the mid to high teens. shower activity continuing through to this evening and tonight only slowly fading. continuing across south—west england then heavy and persistent rain in south east anglia and south—east england. nine or 10 celsius for many tonight but two are three across rural parts of scotland so, chilly

on monday night at 11 with her round up of the day here at westminster, but for now, from me, alicia mccarthywas pretty blustery with strong winds. the skies looking a little grey like these. 0vercast. but at least it was a comment to the day with the cloud tending to thin and break up, clear spells becoming established, that's what you've got at the moment. many of us will continue to see the skies clear over the next few hours, a few showers running in across the final stress —— northwest, dry if you are heading outside, not especially cold, temperatures around 7— nine celsius. sundays with a picture in more detail, by and large it could be a fine and sunny start to the day, the exception in scotland where it will be rather cloudy. really the shower clouds start to develop around the middle part of the day and into the afternoon. that's when we see the main risk of showers, they will form in lines whether winds bash together in convergence owns sewer line of heavy, thundery, slow—moving shells extending from the south—west, a few more across the central oils, another line into parts of nort

on monday night at 11 with her round up of the day here at westminster, but for now, from me, alicia mccarthya lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain and blustery winds for much of the day across good parts of the uk. many across good parts of the uk. will continue to seek n skies many will continue to seek clear skies with a few showers running in. 0therwise, skies with a few showers running in. otherwise, it is dry if you are heading outside and not especially cold stop temperatures 7—9. sunday's with a picture in more detail. by and large, a fine start of the day. the exception is northern scotland. sunday will be a day of sunshine and showers and the shower cloud is hard to develop around the middle part of the day and into the afternoon. that is when we see the main risk of showers. they will form in these lines where the winds batch —— bashed together. maybe a few more across the central of wales and another line into parts of northern ireland and another line in northern scotland. that is where you are most likely to see downpours and away from those zones, the weather should be largely dry s

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.acerbating the flooding we saw earlier in the week. this was burton upon trent in staffordshire during saturday afternoon. for others, blue skies and sunshine. and it's this mixture that we keep as we go into sunday, our area of low pressure still slow moving to the north—west of the uk. and another frontal system working its way north and eastwards. so this will generate showers through sunday morning, initially across northern ireland, wales, south—west england, but soon extending north and eastwards across much of the uk. now, where these showers develop they'll be heavy, they'll be thundery, they'll be slow—moving. some gusty winds as well associated with these showers. here's an idea of average wind strengths. but the gusts will be even higher. could well see some hailstones, too. meanwhile, across parts of southern and south—east england fewer showers through the afternoon, more sunshine, so 20 or 21 celsius. where we've got the frequent showers struggling to get much above 1a or