a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. good evening. if you are out and about in the next few hours we still have torrential downpours around crosby is the guide of the uk, northern ireland and scotland. —— across the eastern side. thunderstorms will ease away as for most of the showers, and a clearer skies it will turn fairly chilly. more likely we will see mr fogg in central and eastern areas, grass crossed in the grounds of scotland —— east and fog. much drier day and brighter after the fog clears quickly. we will see a bit more cloud, rain rushing into northern ireland and western scotland, the odd shower here and there. in contrast to what we have had today, far less intensity in the showers, farming the dry and sunny spells, and therefore it will feel quite warm, —— far lengthier rice bowls. looking ahead to monday and tuesday, temperatures recovering in the north, with the weather front close by, it is gett

a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. we had heavy downpours, thundery showers and persistent rain. this is a scene from buckinghamshire. you can see the dark cloud and heavy rain. we had hailstones and thunderstorms, which have been more persistent in the east thanks to this low—pressure. that is tracking north as we had over saturday. sitting across the north—east of scotla nd sitting across the north—east of scotland and with more persistent rain here. throughout the course of the weekend, saturday is a day of heavy showers and a bit of sunshine in between those. sunday, second half of the weakened, looks drier, as the showers fade away for most and things turn warmer, too. some detail on the forecast... on saturday, still cloud and outbreaks of rain across north—eastern scotla nd of rain across north—eastern scotland in particular. elsewhere across the country, sunshine and showers, showers bu

a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online . and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. good evening. well, the weather has been warming up today for many of us, and that theme continues through much of the week ahead. a lot of dry weather on the cards. there will be a little bit of rain moving in from the north—west as we had through the early hours of monday so for northern ireland a few showers during the early hours. elsewhere, clear and dry during the early hours. elsewhere, clearand dry and during the early hours. elsewhere, clear and dry and it should be frost free, with temperatures at least in the towns and cities holding up in double figures. a little bit cooler than in the countryside, one or two misty patches will clear away quickly. england and wales stick with the sunshine for much of the day. dry and pretty warm. further towards the north—west, for northern ireland and scotland, patchy rain moving west to east through the day. te

, a quick reminder before we go that you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc onlinell find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that is it for this week from both of us. thanks for watching, happy cinemagoing. goodbye. hello, good evening, a lovely day across the northern half of the uk today, 20 degrees in highland scotland, nice blue skies in perth and kinross. more cloud across this pa rt and kinross. more cloud across this part of scotland tomorrow. today, cloud at painting in devon and we have been on the edge of some rain so near have been on the edge of some rain so near yet so far, most of the rain across the isles of scilly and into the channel islands, trying to move up the channel islands, trying to move up from the south, not going to make it. more cloud across northern england and then the cloud is more broken further north for a while, cloud coming across eastern scotland bringing drizzle overnight. the cloud filtering into north—east england. pretty chilly in the countryside, you can see the rain cleared the channel islands by the end of the

a reminder, you can find much more film news and reviews from across the bbc online of course. ur previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema—going. bye— bye. good evening. we are seeing a change to a more u nsettled we are seeing a change to a more unsettled weather type. this was the scene in angus, fairly cloudy skies. i think there will be some more sunshine on sunday, but equally, some showers as well. start sunday with this weather front across eastern parts of scotland and eastern parts of scotland and eastern england, too. returning to sunshine from the west as the morning gets going. the rain will linger across the northern isles of scotland. sunshine in the west of scotla nd scotland. sunshine in the west of scotland and much of northern ireland, too. a little bit of cloudy down the east coast of england, you could catch a shower here. but for the bulk of england and wales, it is a dry start, with some sunshine. you will notice just a few showers starting to crop up. they cleared away fairly quickly. sunshine and a peppering of sh

a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online an find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. good evening. we have had some rain around today, for some it's been heavy welcome rain. after a dry april and start to may. there has also been sunshine, so contrasting pictures from weather watchers. this was somerset earlier, heavy downpours across parts of somerset. north and east across the uk a lot more cloud and that's been producing rain across eastern england, eastern scotla nd rain across eastern england, eastern scotland too. here is the scene in east lea ke earlier, scotland too. here is the scene in east leake earlier, a lot of cloud there and outbreaks of rain too. through the rest of this evening we keep heavy and thundery showers father a time. to the north—east that area of rain makes its way northwards. wet weather arriving across much of scotland tonight. elsewhere, as the showers fade away and skies clear, it will be a fresh start to saturday mornin

a quick reminder before we go that you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc onlineall our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week from both of us. thanks for watching, happy cinemagoing. goodbye. hello there. lots of spring sunshine over the weekend for many of us. the second half of the weekend was a good deal better across the south—west and the first half of the weekend, lots more sunshine around. it make want to go to the beach, doesn't it? st ives. the water wasn't that warm. blue skies in northern ireland. blue skies all the way across the country. temperatures 21 degrees. the contrast, eight degrees in loftus with the west —— wind off the north sea. the wind blows in the cloud. temperatures he —— here went to change through the night. someone close to freezing. in the towns and cities, this is what we are looking at. more cloud into scotland, eastern scotland and easton, central parts of england. we started at east, west split. another lovely day for northern ireland. sunshine for scotland and especially in the south—west of wales and

a reminder that you can find much more from news and reviews from across the bbc online. u can find all our previous programmes on the bbc i play. that is it for this week. enjoy your cinema going. hello. we started the week on a drain witha hello. we started the week on a drain with a good deal of sunshine, but we ended the week rather differently with a good deal of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. it is very welcome rain, especially for the gardeners and growers. here is the gardeners and growers. here is the satellite and radar sequence from friday. cloud swirling around an area of the pressure, showers as well and a bit of sunshine to be had. it is drifting with wood. there will be some rain across scotland, the north west, parts of northern ireland, into saturday afternoon. reasonable weather for the self—induced. eastern scotland will be great but try. western and central scotland will see cloud and outbreaks of rain. there will be rain in northern ireland. across the bulk of england and wales, there will be showers but a lot of that try and bright. showers few and

a reminder, you can find much more film news and reviews from across the bbc online of course. ur previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema going. rain is heading our way. it hasn't reached us yet, the skies being clear across most of the uk. but it will reach us early on monday morning. here it is, coming from the south—west. this is the window of fine weather we had over the weekend. but the cloud is piling in now and it looks like it will be wet across western parts of the uk by dawn on monday. some of that rain may start to fall across the south—western fringes of wales and ireland by the morning. but the majority of the east and north will be dry for the start of the day. here comes the rain to monday. it splashes through the uk. the heaviest will fall across western hills. elsewhere, it will wax and wane through the course of the day. it will not be told. temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees for most. damp weather will continue for most of monday and tuesday. a little bit of monday and tuesday. a little bit of rain on the way. that

quick reminder before we doubt that you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc onlineall our previous programmes on the bbc i play. that is it for this week from both of us. thanks for watching, happy cinema going. goodbye. it's been lovely in western scotland for days now. plenty of sunshine and some warmth and we got it again on friday. we got some good sunshine and up to 20 celsius in the northwest. the breeze coming in a cost of cool molseed, so work if you're in the sunshine or cloud, talent is only 11 degrees. we will see similar contrast in the coming days. a lot more cloud in the sky to start the weekend for ireland and wales, but rain is confined to the far south—west. a lovely day further north in scotland over the north coast maybe a bit on the cloudy side. the western side against a very well, some sunshine and warm 16 temperatures in glasgow, with a high in north—west time. 1a or 15 in northern ireland, some bowls of sunshine, but northern england have brighter interludes but cool, a lot of cloud in the midlands and wales, but generally a dry day, 50 degre

a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online , though. thanks for watching, goodbye. it has been a shower after shower. the good news is it is drier tomorrow. we still have torrential downpours starting to leave lincolnshire. staying in scotland, northern ireland. after dark they will fade away. a drier night except for the northern isles. quite chilly for the northern isles. quite chilly for this time of year, some grass frost in scotland. a little bit of mist and fog first thing in the morning but that will be gone. a much drier day. we will still see patchy rain but nowhere near the intensity we have had today. any showers will be few and far between. more sunshine in the morning. warmer with lighter winds and fewer showers. next week, pretty much the same. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines at eight. president trump celebrates the signing of $350 billion worth of contracts between the us and saudi arabia on day one of his visit to the region. the president leaves behind fresh controversy in washington over the

a reminder, you can find much more film news and reviews from across the bbc online of course. lcome rain is on the way for farmers and growers over the weekend. initially coming from this low pressure which heads from a long way south towards the uk. drawing up warm air which holds moisture, hence a chance of heavy rain. cloud spelling up from the south—west already. this band of cloud bought a band of rain earlier, veering away so that we see showers and sunshine. they fade away this evening, clear for a good part of the night in eastern areas and towards the west. thickening cloud, low—pressure bridges, and wind and rain on the way. eight or 9 degrees temperatures, on monday morning, we have rain spilling in across scotla nd have rain spilling in across scotland in the rush—hour, wet across the south—west, and dry towards the north—east of scotland. largely dry to the east of the pennines. heavy rain in cumbria and lancashire, wet in northern ireland. 0utbreaks lancashire, wet in northern ireland. outbreaks of rain in wales, always wet in the west of wales, bring in southern

a reminder, you can find much more film news and reviews from across the bbc online of course. n into a more straightforward day of sunshine and showers. today we've had a good deal of sunshine earlier on in wales and here in the south west in devon. but there is some rain moving in from the west. we've had some rain pushing into scotland, a rather grey and cool scene there in perth and kinross, where rain is desperately needed. put them on the map, you can see the extent of the cloud breaks in england and wales and that wetter weather moving away from northern ireland and up into scotland. more rain coming in from the west on this weatherfront here into northern ireland, wales and the southwest this evening. the rain will transfer its way eastwards, there could be heavy bursts of rain on that as well. it will keep the temperatures up across the eastern side of the uk, 11 or 12, as skies clear out to the west. after the rain, temperatures could get low enough for a pinch of grass frost in rural parts of northern ireland. into tomorrow, and if you're out and about early, the temp

a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online rammes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. coming up before 7:00am, we will have the sport with holly and the weather with phil. but first, at 6:30am, a summary of this morning's main news: president trump will today call on muslims to present a united front in the fight against religious extremism. he will address more than a0 leaders of islamic countries, on the second day of his visit to saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent simon clemison reports. in business, sometimes you have to do the dance. and, having won billions of dollars‘ worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more comfortable celebrating with the saudis than he might look. it's beautiful. it is certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director, given allegations his presidential campaign was tied to russia. but the second day of this tour could

a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up before 7am, philip has the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. president trump will arrive in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials james comey was a "nut job" whose sacking had "relieved great pressure" on him. the claim, not denied by the white house, emerged as he set off for his first foreign trip since taking office. new rules for cigarette packaging come into force this weekend. all packs must be greenish—brown withjust a small space for the brand name and include a graphic warning of the dangers of smoking. a ban on selling packs of ten will also come into force. but the tobacco manufacturers association says greater restrictions will push people to buy cigarettes on the black market. back on the elec

a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online g, goodbye. while there will be a bit of rain through this coming week, generally the week ahead will be much drier and considerably warmer as well particularly through the second half of the week. we've seen a bit of warmth build today because high pressured to the east and low pressure to the west bringing it into the south. through this evening it becomes confined to the highlands and islands, still one or two showers in northern ireland. clear skies around, most having a dry night. winds are gentle and stop things dropping as far as the temperatures are concerned. double—figure temperatures for towns and city centres tomorrow. high pressured to the east and low pressure to the west. a complication comes courtesy of the cold front which in the morning rush—hour will bring more cloud across northern ireland and occasional rain. by the end of the morning that will push into the islands of western scotland. for most of you a fine start on monday. patchy cloud in the west. we'll see a b

i was reading some of the stuff on bbc online that the home affairs unit has written up over the lastyour colleagues are making the point that quite usually in these cases where they are plaiting a bombing of this kind, there is always a weak point and that will be surprising i think to the security services that they weren't able to pick up the threads of this before it happened? yes. though, i mean, through history there is always been attacks that get through. the ira famously said they only need to succeed once and they only need to succeed once and the security services needed to succeed all the time. so, i think what the police will be hoping now is, and i'm sure there will be, there was a weak point in the planning that they can get at now. there will be something in the clues from the explosives found and from the way the bomb was built, from trawling through cctv and through dash cams and so on which allow them to build the picture of this, but counter—terrorism policing in britain, it's almost a different kind of policing. they literally leave no stone unturned. they will go

a reminder, you can find much more film news and reviews across the bbc online. ma going. goodbye. this is breakfast. coming up before 7am, all of the weather forecast. first, a summary of the main use. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. the first indication that something was wrong was mid—afternoon yesterday when some hospital trusts and gp surgeries reported being locked out of their computers. dave lee is our north american technology correspondent. good morning, dave. we arejust getting a grasp of the scale of the problems here in the uk. we know that it has happened elsewhere. what light can you shed on what is going on? i can confirm, as you mentioned, that it on? i can confirm, as you mentioned, thatitis on? i can confirm, as you mentioned, that it is an international cyber attack. almost 100 countries have registered this problem. some of the worst hit have been a russia. many of their government systems were hit by

a reminder, you can find much more film news and reviews from across the bbc online of course. for this week. enjoy your cinema going. goodbye. and hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sian lloyd. coming up before seven helen will have the weather but first, a summary of this morning's main news. most of the health organisations in england and scotland that were affected by a global cyber attack are back up and running, but some patients face continued disruption with six trusts in england still affected. let's speak now to andy moore who is outside the royal london hospital, part of barts health trust — the biggest in the country, what's the situation there? are things returned to normal yet? still a few problems at this hospital but the good news generally it is, that the home secretary says and% of nhs trust in england are operating normally. six have oblongs, like here, there is a handwritten note on a indeed he is saying that they still have it problems. a major incident has been declared here this weekend and they are advising people to choose other services if

a quick reminder before we go that you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online it for this week from both of us. thanks for watching, happy cinemagoing. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and katherine downes. coming up before seven, louise will be here with the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. labour is pledging not to raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 if it wins the general election. the party says it will not increase vat or employee national insurance rates. but says the top 5% of earners will pay more to fund public services. the conservatives, who have also ruled out a rise in vat, say there is a £45 billion black hole in labour's tax proposals. meanwhile, the prime minister says that if her party is re—elected, the conservatives will replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, with a new law tackling discrimination and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people. the party is also promising 10,000 more staff working in nhs mental health treatment by 2020. labour says the

a quick reminder before we go that you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc onlinehat's it for this week from both of us. thanks for watching, happy cinemagoing. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up before 7am, louise will have your full weekend weather forecast. but first at 6:28am, a summary of this morning's main news. after a day of tory triumph in the local elections, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has admitted he faces an historic challenge ahead of next month's vote. labour lost nearly 400 council 5eat5, while the conservatives gained just over 560, making it their best result in nearly a decade. campaigning for the general election on the eighth ofjune will resume today, with the prime minister saying she's not taking anything for granted. the campaign team of the french presidential frontrunner, emmanuel macron, says they've been the victim of a massive hacking attack after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine e—mail5 were mixed up with fake one5 ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow

am sure they will do a reality check as well, as we do for all of the different manifestoes on bbc onlinees rapidly. it is very warm. kew discovered 2000 species of plants last year and we have been looking at them this morning. this is the second one, it is so small, it was discovered in the kew gardens glasshouse. it is known as the" picture plant" because it is like a picture and it is a passive trap. unlike the venous flytra p, passive trap. unlike the venous flytrap, which captures insects by snapping close like that, it doesn't. what happens is around the rim, if you can see it, i will tilt it, around the rim there is a lot of nectar so the insect will go in, fall into it and this bid is very much like a slippery waterslide. so when the insect is in it cannot get out. it is rather beautiful. normally they are climbers but this one isn't. as i mentioned it is toasty in here but it is chilly outside. the temperatures will pick up. for most of us the forecast is one of sunshine and showers. if we start at 9am in scotland, dry weather around this morning with sunshine. one or two shower

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.ll there for you — seven days a week — at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you tojo phillips and liam halligan. goodbye. were going to be watching the weather change later this week, some showers and rainfall areas that have been dry for most of the week. high—pressure stretch to cross the united kingdom, and low pressure building, getting closer, making things wetter. actually going to be a bit of rain on tuesday, the far north—east of scotland, and patchy, light rain to be had. elsewhere, mix of cloud, sunny spells. eight o'clock in the morning. western fringes. and coastal east anglia. not for much of the midlands, lincolnshire, yorkshire, going to the cloud around. hard to shift. what happens during tuesday, we nibble away at the cloud, wales brightens up, sunny spells in scotla nd brightens up, sunny spells in scotland away from the north—east, but for the ease midlands and much of eastern england, it is still

bbc app. all the latest information we will publish online from the bbc newsroom. i will see you tomorrow.t weeks, we really need some rain. fora recent weeks, we really need some rain. for a large swathe of england we may not hear that for a little while. this is one soggy outlook on life from dorset in wednesday. for some people there was rain all day long. i suspect some people will be saying enough already. some people had half a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours. it was not long ago that we were talking about a record strike april. in edinburgh there was just a few millimetres of rain all month. we will start with the may rainfall so far at kew gardens. 36 millimetres, three quarters of the average rainfall in may has already fallen. but the transformation has not yet taken place in edinburgh, just nine millimetres in may so far. things are balanced out a little bit compared with april for some, thanks to this weather system clearing away as we go into thursday, but for others we still need some rain. this low pressure close on thursday sitting to the north—west of the uk will pr

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you. goodbye. with 28 degrees to date has been the hottest day of the year so far. we could even see higher than that tomorrow. it has been quite widely in the 20s upwards away from the coast where it has been more refreshing. the high pressure will ensure more sunshine through the course of friday. this is waiting in the wings to bring the start of a change. we have seen plenty of this sort of picture coming in. lovely shots of sunshine in aberystwyth and cornwall. plenty more through the course of friday. through the evening and overnight temperatures will not follow a quickly and will be and across the northern half of the country compared with last night. not much different to last night. not much different to last night in the south. we have the rest of mist and fog around the coast towards morning. for most of us it is sunshine. fairweather cloud. later we start to see the cloud bubbling up ahead of the n

don't forget all the front pages are online on the bbc news website, where you can read a detailed reviewthe papers. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and you can see us there too, with each night's edition of the papers being posted on the page shortly after we've finished. ruthis ruth is so polite, always saying, may i say! you may! now it's time for meet the author. this week on meet the authorjim naughtie talks to ann patchett about her new novel commonwealth. ann patchett is a novelist who spins her stories without letting the effort show. they race along with the complexities and their rich subtleties subsumed into a narrative that never seems to flag. commonwealth is a story of american life told over nearly five decades, from the early 60s, when a gate—crasher at a christening sets in train a series of chance events that change two families forever. welcome. why do you think it is that so many readers want to come back so often to family stories? it is the universal, after all. it is the one thing that we all have. we were all a baby, we will all die, w

don't forget, you can see the front pages of all the papers online and on the bbc news website, it ise programme, any evening, you can see it all again online player. thank you for watching. goodbye. clear skies this evening and tonight. and a pretty chilly one on the way. the first thing tomorrow morning, there could be cross frost around ina morning, there could be cross frost around in a number of areas, especially outside town. we are losing the cloud that has been studied across central and eastern areas of the uk. it means when state is looking very promising across most of the uk. here is the weather for the rest of the night. you can see clear skies across the uk, apart from the far north of scotland. maybe a few spots of rain. city to bridges in rural areas, two or three to greece, cold enough for grass frost. tomorrow, sunshine all around, almost. —— two or three degrees. most of the country, cloud and spots of rain in the northern isles. temperatures responding into the high teens in some areas. thursday and friday, increasing cloud. by the time we get to friday, we could h

that's the papers to much, don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc newsat bbc.co.uk/papers and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you katie and oliver. goodbye. coming up next, the weather. good evening. central and western pa rt5 good evening. central and western parts of scotland have had lovely weather all week. the end of the week is on a lovely night. there's plenty of blue sky and sunshine. it's quite warm, as well. 20 celsius in the north—west highlands. however, further south and east underneath the undulating crowd, it's 11 degrees. even when we saw the cloud, there was sunshine coming through. fairly consistent cloud in the farther south eastern corner. there's more cloud in the north sea, spreading inland across england and wales overnight. it will thicken up in the south—west. the odd spot of rain through the midlands and parts of wales. overnight, lows about seven oi’ of wales. overnight, lows about seven or 8 degrees for most places. dipping down to the top and a single figures in the far north

online. this is bbc news. we are covering the launch of the liberal democrat manifesto.to will be at the heart of that manifesto campaign. the british people, you, should have the final say. and if you don't like what theresa may comes back with, you should have the right to vote remain. the lib dems are making a pitch for younger voters — with promises of cheap bus passes and help to buy home. with promises of cheap bus passes and help to buy homelj with promises of cheap bus passes and help to buy home. i think many things need to be changed, tuition, health care, is only to be different. i will be live in bethnal green in east london where the lib dems are launching their general election manifesto this evening and we will hear from the reader tim

forget you concede the front pages —— don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbceek at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer thank you rachel and owen. goodbye. good evening. it was a decent day across large parts of the uk and it leads us into a quiet night. it is dry pretty much everywhere and it will be a dry night with patches of missed developing. this is what we saw earlier. reducing the odd shower in wales. this area is heading our way. the breeze is picking up and the cloud is for them all the while. the odd shower in northern england overnight. by the end of the night the rain is getting into the western side of northern ireland, and ahead of that, it's a mild night, 1344, some places 16 to start the day, so pretty warm air to start the day and it will be a warm afternoon. the warm aircoming up it will be a warm afternoon. the warm air coming up ahead of the main weather front which will be a slow—moving feature. northern ireland, you can see it moving east, but the bulk of england and wales wil

you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc website.here seven on the bbc website. it is there seven days a week. if you miss the programme you can watch it later on the bbc iplayer. thank you both. it has been delightful, as usual. goodbye. this weather pattern keeping eastern coastal park school, the west wall, and most dry is set to continue until next week. —— eastern coastal areas cool. in this cloudy zone it was wet in places, 9 degrees was the top temperature. north—west scotland hitting 20 degrees. lots of sunshine in the west. cloud in england and parts of wales. patchy rain around. not amounting to much. some breaks in the cloud in wales, more especially northern england and into northern —— and into northern ireland and scotland. some pockets of frost for scotland going into thursday morning. more cloud around in scotland tomorrow. still some good sunny spells, as there will be the northern england and northern ireland and we will stay mainly dry. still a breeze coming in from the sea. still a breeze coming in from the sea. i

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. for those parts of england that had soaking rain on wednesday, thursday could not be any wetter. cloudy in east anglia and the south east and bright enough elsewhere and a good deal of sunshine to begin with. showers get going quite quickly in northern ireland. heavy, thundery downpours around and some beefy showers in scotland. for northern england, wales and the south—west there could be a few. it feels fresh, but pleasant sunny spells. as we go through thursday night we will ta ke we go through thursday night we will take another area of rain up the eastern side of england and on friday that could develop more widely across the northern half of the uk. elsewhere on friday we are expecting sunshine and showers. temperatures are around about the mid—teens. pleasant in the sunshine, cool in the rain. it is a similar picture over the weekend. risk of catching of a heavy downpour, chill

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.n days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you rachel and martin. coming up next, it's meet the author. ann patchett is a novelist who spends her stories without letting the effort show. they race along with the complexities and their rich subtleties subsumed into a narrative that never seems to flag. commonwealth is a story of american life told over nearly five decades from the early—60s and a gate—crasher at a christening sets in train a series of chance events that change two families forever. welcome. why do you think it is that so many readers want to come back so often to family stories? it is the universal after all. it is the one thing that we all have. we were all a baby, we will all die, we all had parents, and it is irresistible, it is what we know. and this begins, as i was saying, at a christening, with a gate—crasher. it is quite a thing to gate—crash a christening. and then chance events unf

bbc news. bullying in the online gaming world is a growing problem, according to new research.ditch the label, said they had been harassed or received threats. more details from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. for 16—year—old bailey, video games have been a big part of his life. and were once an escape when he was getting a hard time at school. he enjoys pitting his skills against other players online. but what he doesn't like is the abuse he sometimes gets while playing. he first experienced bullying in games when he was ten. and it is not getting any better. if i'm playing a game and i score a goal, i have literally been told to kill myself. if you are being bullied at school, you come home and you play computer and you're just getting more abuse thrown at you. it is just going to put you off doing anything social. the charity ditch the label surveyed 2500 young gamers. 57% said they had been subjected to hate speech in an online game. 47% had received threats and 40% had had unwanted sexual contact. what has changed over the last decade is that more and more

on the front pages are online on the bbc website. you can watch the programme on the bbc i play.ephen, thank you very much. see you again soon. hello, good evening. it was a bit of a mixed bag earlier on today. most of us saw some rain at some stage during the day. this is the view from one of our weather watchers in cornwall. but it wasn't all doom and gloom — in the highlands of scotland we saw some lovely weather — plenty of sunshine and we got temperatures into the low 20s. here is the satellite sequence which shows this area of rain and showers, showers to the north—west as well, but we saw some sunshine just to end the day in the south—eastern corner. as we go on overnight we will see some wet weather in northern ireland, parts of wales and scotland too. just a scattering of showers coming into the south coast by the end of the night. towards the north—east, though, we have some pretty extensive low cloud, mist and fog so it will be pretty grey here. not a cold night, temperatures typically around 11 or 12 degrees to start the weekend. in the morning, across the southernmos

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website..co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, ayesha and tim. good evening. we have started to see a change taking place. it is starting to come up from the south thanks to this area of low pressure. we have got rain moving its way ever northward and this is bringing in warm airfrom a long way northward and this is bringing in warm air from a long way south. warm and humid airwhich warm air from a long way south. warm and humid air which will be noticeable across parts of england and wales over the next few days. this cloud has been bringing its way m, this cloud has been bringing its way in, bringing showers and thunderstorms with it. it's bringing some rain with it and there's potential for thunder and lightning. notice how the rain creeps its way into northern ireland overnight. most of england and scotland stays dry but there will be cloud in the farand dry but there will be cloud in the far and some potential drizzle.

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.ou miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to my guests, james rampton and lucy fisher. goodbye. good evening. it's been a hot day, the hottest of the year so far. that will culminate in some big thunderstorms over the next 24 to 36 hours. 29 was the peak. we will have a warm evening as well, some showers to pick up and the moisture there are increasing. so to the humidity. though showers will become very occasionally in southern and western areas towards saturday. some sea fog as well. by no means will be a cold night. in fact it will be quite uncomfortable. through saturday, the showers runner northwards and eastwards. we will see potentially some wetter weather across northern ireland in the afternoon, and into southern western scotland. some big storms are likely across northern areas. some flash flooding and large hail. lots of thunder and lightning. that heat, 28 probably the high. sunday will see that diminishing in the north but the south

don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.d if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, paul and tim. goodbye. good evening. more sunshine this week and rising temperatures as well. mind you, it was pretty warm today in the sunshine. this was also a street in shropshire, just on the edge of the cloud, sunny skies in the south. in the south—east we saw temperatures of 25 degrees. we have had more cloud across the north of the uk, and particularly in scotland, that cloud has been bringing with it outbreaks of ring, heavier showers. —— outbreaks of rain. that is pushing towards the northern isles. clear skies following behind for many of us, but low cloud is sitting in the south—west that will feed its way overnight into wales and the south—west, beginning to poke its way through the channel. where we have the clearest guys, especially in scotland in the countryside it could be chilly in the morning but warming up in the sunshine. there may not be a great deal of that to begin the day

bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: a man from cardiff has beenjailed for eight years for creating an onlineollowers of the islamic state group. samata ullah stored is propaganda on memory sticks disguised as cufflinks. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. apple shares have lowered after the company posted a disappointing iphone sales. and training for the jobs of the future. how singapore hopes to give its students an edge in the age of globalisation. good morning asia and hello world. thank you forjoining us for this edition of asia business report. we begin with apple and its share price falling overnight about 2% after the world's most valuable company reported a fall when i fall in sales. they sold 50.8 million units in its second quarter, that is down 196 in its second quarter, that is down i% compared to the same quarter last year. it still posted revenues of around 53 million dollars us during the january to march period. i spoke to our correspondent earlier and askedif to our correspondent earlier and asked if customers were waiting for the next iphone

there‘s coverage throughout the weekend on the bbc red button and online.was coming very quick. he wanted to go so coming very quick. he wanted to go so fast and i really wanted to prepare. every time he saw the line, was fluid and pure fun, really. that‘s all the sport for now. let‘s have a quick look at some of the front pages. the observer headlines on labour‘s plans to increase income tax for people earning more than £80,000, ifjeremy corbyn becomes the next prime minister. the sunday times — says the move is in a bid to shore up labour‘s core support, as a new poll shows the party has fallen 19 points behind the tories. the paper — which is publishing its annual rich list — also says brexit has seen the combined wealth of the country‘s 1,000 richest individuals surge. the sunday express says theresa may is to unveil a set of manifesto pledges which will serve as labour‘s death warrant. the mail on sunday criticises a controversial drama to be aired on the bbc about the royal family. the bbc has defended the production as a "critically acclaimed and fic

there‘s coverage throughout the weekend on the bbc red button and online.ord has been watching the action.. this board has been given a makeover and with entrances like boxing ring walks, has the first day delivered a knockout punch? 16 countries are divided into four groups of four. each team plays each other and the top two go through to the quarterfinals. what is new? it is all played overjust six holes. england‘s pair are through to tomorrow‘s quarterfinal, they topped the group, which means they will will take on italy. scotland are also into the knockout rounds. they made sure they finished second behind thailand. they will face portugal tomorrow. so, has the event been a success? parents and children alike seemed to enjoy what they saw, and this is what it is all about. changing the game to inspire the next generation. almost hit that light! that‘s all for now and i will see you at 8:15 p-m-i for now and i will see you at 8:15 p.m., goodbye. as always, cloud amounts made a big difference to the feel of the day today, a couple of weather watcher pictu

there's coverage throughout the weekend on the bbc red button and online. that's all sport for now.ision of his father — prince philip — to stand down from royal duties later this year. he said he was sure the duke of edinburgh wouldn't disappear into the background. 0ur royal correspondent, peter hunt, reports. prince philip as we soon won't be seeing him, in public, on duty, by his wife's side. from autumn, the soon—to—be 96—year—old prince will be giving up such engagements. those who know him well insist he may be retiring, but he won't be inactive. i don't believe he will put his feet up completely and disappear into the background and never be seen again. i think he will pick and choose what he wants to do and how he wants to do it and what is sensible and what is practical. i don't think we will see him disappearing, but he's making it clear to organisations, please don't come and ask me to do things and expect me to say yes, because the answer will be no. hopefully he can enjoy more of what he enjoys doing. this is an ancient institution adjusting to the fact that one of its

online. this is bbc news, the headlines at 5pm.ek with european commission presidentjean—claude junker and theresa may. three teenage women are arrested on suspicion of terror offences in raids linked to a police operation in north london on thursday in which a woman was shot and injured. also: scuffles in paris as rallies are held by both candidates in the presidential election. there've been clashes on the sidelines of a may day parade —— as protestors demonstrate against far—right presidential candidate, marine le pen, who's made a scathing attack on her rival. police say the burglars who shot dead dorset homeowner guy hedger were armed with a shotgun, wore balaclavas and stole jewellery in a pre—planned raid.

online. hello — you're watching bbc world news with me tim willcox in washington. president trump as republicans in the us congress pass their health care bill. make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of 0bamacare, make no mistake about it. republicans secured just enough votes to push through the legislation. all democrats voted against the bill. and it will face big hurdles in the senate. meanwhile the president will now head to new york to meet the australian prime minister. it's donald trump's first trip home since taking office and i'm christian fraser in paris. after a brutal tv debate between the contenders just 3 days to go until french voters return to the polls. centrist candidate emmanuel macron takes legal action over claims

there's coverage throughout the weekend on the bbc red button and online.easy ride. i would say, i could not wave to the crowd. enjoyed myself too much! i knew that everything was coming very quick and he wanted to go so fast. he was a bit strong sometimes because he wa nted bit strong sometimes because he wanted to go even faster and i really wa nted wanted to go even faster and i really wanted to prepare. but every time he saw the line, he right away jump time he saw the line, he right away jump and was a fluent and pure fun, really. cricket‘s attempt to grab a new audience has been successful with 20/20, now it's the turn of golf to try to adapt to the changing demands of spectators in the 21st century. two tea ms two teams are facing each other with a bit of razzmatazz thrown in as well. james burford has been watching the action. this board has been given a makeover and with entrances like boxing ring walks, the first day delivered a knockout punch? 16 countries are divided into four groups of four. each team plays each other and the top two go through

don't forget you can see the front pages online on the bbc website. it is all there for you.from me, good night. manchester united have won the u roper league. it is the first time they have won this trophy in any of its previous guises. ——u roper league. england will have five sides now in the championships. there was a minutes silence and players wall black armband. paul pogba gave them the lead. at half—time, a second was added. jose mourinho had prioritised the europa league. they have achieved that as well as winning another trophy. following the manchester consulate attack, chelsea have decided to scrap their planned victory parade on sunday. they say it would be inappropriate. the champions also said the club did not wa nt to champions also said the club did not want to divert resources away from the emergency services with a heightened security. if they beat arsenal, . .. heightened security. if they beat arsenal,... the heightened security. if they beat arsenal, . .. the gunners heightened security. if they beat arsenal,... the gunners will trust the security arrange

bbc news. bullying in the online gaming world is a growing problem, according to new research.ng charity, ditch the label, said they had been harassed or received threats. more details from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. for 16—year—old bailey, video games have been a big part of his life. and were once an escape when he was getting a hard time at school. he enjoys pitting his skills against other players online. but what he doesn't like is the abuse he sometimes gets while playing. he first experienced bullying in games when he was ten. and it is not getting any better. if i'm playing a game and i score a goal, i have literally been told to kill myself. if you are being bullied at school, you come home and you play computer and you're just getting more abuse thrown at you. it is just going to put you off doing anything social. the charity ditch the label surveyed 2500 young gamers. 57% said they had been subjected to hate speech in an online game. 47% had received threats and 40% had had unwanted sexual contact. what has changed over the last decade is that m

online. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy.t to have materialised. we have not seen a second wave of attacks and the level of criminal activity is at the lower end of the range that we had anticipated. microsoft say the attack should be treated by governments around the world as a "wake—up call" — russia says it was not behind the attack. theresa may promises a big expansion of workers' rights if the conservatives win the election. meanwhilejeremy corbyn pledges the nhs will receive an extra £37 billion by 2022 if labour wins injune. the new french president has

for details of organisations which offer advice and support with eating disorders, go online to the bbcine. if you've got young children, you may well already know about the growing slime—making craze sweeping the uk at the moment. youngsters are making it at home with the help of how—to videos on social media. my daughter keeps doing it! but there are some worries that one ingredient, called borax, could be harmful. newsround's ayshah tull reports. therapeutic... satisfying... messy... moreish... slimy... disturbing... disturbing? 0h, right, well, some of you love slime and some of you, not so much. it comes in rainbow, unicorn pink, green and just about any other form you can think of. and it's pretty popular here. on some social media sites, there are millions of posts. when you type in "slime" online, loads of how—to videos pop up. i've come along to this class, where they are making slime. this type of slime is called oobleck. and when you pick it up, it seems solid and when you leave it in your hand, it goes into a very liquidy mixture. what's so good about slime? the best thing a

bbc. the fa cup final is on tv, online, already as well.lt week. you might not be able to see it, but they are putting thousands upon thousands of these scarves upon every single seat. people who know me will know how deeply uncomfortable this feels, to be carrying these two scarves, but it should be quite something tomorrow. both these teams have enjoyed their fa cup moments down the years. only one of them will enjoy tomorrow. from all of us in this fa cup double, goodbye. —— fa cup sportsday. he scores! george has done it! sunderland! 0h, oh, what about this? what about this? it's dropped by with a first goal in an fa cup final! ramsay! music plays good evening. cross fingers for some dry weather for the final tomorrow as well. it's certainly been a hot day today. it'll be a hot night tonight, but things are changing. 29 a high today, just beating yesterday's high of 28. when we have under activity to the west of ireland, and that creeps in across south—west of england overnight. south of wales as well. elsewhere, it will just be south o