the country today, further north weather fronts and thicker clouds, rain in northern ireland, central scotlandtla nd interludes across the north of scotland tonight. quite a bit of cloud. we are starting to see warmer air moving across the country. we start tuesday on a mild note. rather cloudy, misty and murky, some splashes of rain across central scotla nd splashes of rain across central scotland and northern england. we are we have more cloud. high pressure builds on four wednesday, that will push those weather fronts northwards and bring warm air from the south. it could be quite a wet day on wednesday for the northern isles, elsewhere much drier. variable cloud, some sunshine. most of that sunshine across the south. it looks like wednesday will be the peak of the warm for many of us. thursday another warm day for the south and the south—east. the risk of showers and thunderstorms across southern parts of the country thanks toa southern parts of the country thanks to a weather front that will move in and destabilise the atmosphere. thursday on which this area of low pressure pushes and fro

areas, 20 in central scotland.peratures at 26—27. things start to break down on thursday, where we have the chances of some thunderstorms. and for all of some thunderstorms. and for all of us it turns cooler and fresher by the end of the week. welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: president trump's doctor confirm says he's been taking an unproven drug to prevent coronavirus. i happen to be taking it, i happen to be taking it. hydroxychloroquine? hydroxychloroquine. the world health organisation pledges an independent inquiry into the pandemic, but the us renews its criticism. the british government adds loss of smell or taste to its official list of symptoms — doctors say it should have been done weeks ago. cyclone amphan powers towards india and bangladesh. two million people are fleeing the coast.

a bit disappointing but the warmth will be quite widespread, low 20s into central scotland, a size 27 as 27. we are looking at high uv as high as 27. we are looking at high uv levels throughout the day. as we move out of wednesday into thursday, the weather front will push in from the atlantic and it will bring outbreaks of light showery rain to scotland, starting off pretty grey and wet but that will drift its way steadily east allowing for improvement, and at the same time it stays hot and humid in the south—east corner and that could trigger a few thunderstorms. dodge the shower thank you to sunshine and again we could see highs of 27 degrees. —— dodge the showers and in the sunshine we could see highs of 27. friday, tightly squeezed isobars around the centre of the low, so the strongest of the winds is likely to northern ireland, western scotland, gail is not out of the question, and also longer spells of rain as we go through the day. more card on friday are not as warm, top temperatures of around 11—20 —— more cloud. fresh start to the weekend but next week the heat is set to bu

widely stop into the afternoon, we are likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through the central scotlandland, the highest temperatures across the midlands to the southeast of england, 27—28d. things start to break down a bit on thursday, a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out. from the southeast of them and heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy infantry. that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we have got this area of low pressure, it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening come in this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk for friday, but not much rain for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds with will be stronger, gales likely in the northwest, and this is where we

here, a little disappointing, but the warmth will be quite widespread — low 20s into central scotlanda little more time outside, where we've got the sunshine, we are looking at high uv levels throughout the day. now, as we move out of wednesday into thursday, that whether front will start to push and from the atlantic, and it's going to bring some outbreaks of light showery rain to scotland. so starting off pretty grey and wet to the west, that will drift its way steadily east, allowing for an improvement. at the same time, it stays pretty hot and humid in the south—east corner, and that could trigger off a few sharp, thundery downpours. dodge the showers, keep the sunshine, again, we could see highs of 27 degrees. but the real change arrives on friday. you can see quite clearly, more of a significant area of low pressure, tightly squeezed isobars around that centre of the low — that means the strongest of the winds look likely through northern ireland and western scotland. gales not out of the question. there will be some sharp showers or longer spells of rain as we go through the da

and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 ort temperatures across the midlands to the south—east of england, 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south—east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely

and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 or across the midlands to the south—east of england, 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south—east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north—w

here, a little disappointing, but the warmth will be quite widespread, low 20s into central scotland, bearing in mind that, if you are going to be spending a little more time outside, well you have got the sunshine, we're looking at high uv levels throughout the day. now, as we move out of wednesday into thursday, that weather front will start to push and from the atlantic, and it'll bring some outbreaks of late showery ring to scotland. so starting off pretty grey and wet to the west, that will drift its way steadily east, allowing for an improvement. and at the same time, it stays pretty hot and humid in the southeast corner, and that could trigger off a few sharp thundery downpours. dodged the showers, keep the sunshine — again, we could see highs of 27 celsius. but the real change arrives on friday. you can see quite clearly, more of a significant area of low pressure, tightly squeezed isobars around that centre of the low. so that means the strongest of the winds look likely through northern ireland and western scotland. gales not out of the question. and there will be some sharp

here, a little disappointing, but the warmth will be quite widespread — low 20s into central scotland. it's worth bearing in mind if you are going to be spending a little more time outside, where we've got the sunshine, we are looking at high uv levels throughout the day. now, as we move out of wednesday into thursday, that whether front will start to push and from the atlantic, and it's going to bring some outbreaks of light showery rain to scotland. so starting off pretty grey and wet to the west, that will drift its way steadily east, allowing for an improvement. at the same time, it stays pretty hot and humid in the south—east corner, and that could trigger off a few sharp, thundery downpours. dodge the showers, keep the sunshine, again, we could see highs of 27 degrees. but the real change arrives on friday. you can see quite clearly, more of a significant area of low pressure, tightly squeezed isobars around that centre of the low — that means the strongest of the winds look likely through northern ireland and western scotland. gales not out of the question. there will be some s

clear skies, particularly england and wales with southwestern areas in northern ireland, central southern scotlandnorthern isles, later went with clear skies looking a little bit cooler than the last few nights in in single figures for most. across much of the country for most. across much of the country for monday, we left these weather fronts which will come into play later in the day. plenty of sunshine around the wind picks up on the northwest of scotland with thicker cloud and epics of wrangling on later on in the day. the southern east, the mid—20s celsius. we could still up east, the mid—20s celsius. we could stillup ina east, the mid—20s celsius. we could still up in a frame with more clouds northern parts of the uk and to stay we will stayed warm dry and sunny across this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister boris johnson stands by his chief advisor, rejecting calls for his resignation, over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. according to mrjohnson dominic cummings was "following instinct," in travelling over 2

and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 ornds to the south—east of england, 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south—east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north—west, and this is

here, a little disappointing, but the warmth will be quite widespread — low 20s into central scotlande going to be spending a little more time outside, where we've got the sunshine, we are looking at high uv levels throughout the day. now, as we move out of wednesday into thursday, that whether front will start to push and from the atlantic, and it's going to bring some outbreaks of light showery rain to scotland. so starting off pretty grey and wet to the west, that will drift its way steadily east, allowing for an improvement. at the same time, it stays pretty hot and humid in the south—east corner, and that could trigger off a few sharp, thundery downpours. dodge the showers, keep the sunshine, again, we could see highs of 27 degrees. but the real change arrives on friday. you can see quite clearly, more of a significant area of low pressure, tightly squeezed isobars around that centre of the low — that means the strongest of the winds look likely through northern ireland and western scotland. gales not out of the question. there will be some sharp showers or longer spells of rain

more likely to paint images at 23 degrees through the central scotla nd 23 degrees through the central scotlands and south—east of england, 28 degrees or so. things began on thursday, some rain trying to come in from the west, that might not make it too far. it could be heavy towards lincolnshire with those hours. that will knock temperatures down. it's still warm for many of us on thursday just not quite as warm as wednesday. then things that you change more widely, i think of the end of the week because we have this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening in this weather front will be bringing some rain. that will move its way eastwards across the uk during friday but there will not be much rain for england and wales. persistent rain will sweep away from mainland england and scotland, this is where we will see most of the showers. a cooler and fresher feel, cooler and 21 of the showers. a cooler and fresherfeel, cooler and 21 in eastern england. this is bbc news. the headlines: latest figures from the us show at least 90,000 people have now died with coro

on wednesday, a new weather front pushes into northern ireland and central western scotland. much of england and wales, another dry and sunny day, thanks to high pressure. and another warm one as well, closer to the mid—teens celsius for northern scotland and high for northern ireland. the area of high pressure shifts eastwards and draws up southerly winds from the near continent, and that drives the warmer air northwards into scotland and northern ireland. so, i think thursday and friday look warmer across the board. low 20s in the north and mid 20s further south. tonight at 10pm... borisjohnson backs his most senior advisor over allegations he ignored government restrictions on the coronavirus lockdown. did you leave the family home in durham? dominic cummings, the prime minister said, was "following instinct" in travelling over 250 miles for childcare when his wife showed coronavirus symptoms. i believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. this was a huge test of the prime minister and he has just failed that test. he hasn't sacked

and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 or 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north west, and this is where we'll see most of the showe

and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south—east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north—west, and this is where we'll see most of the showers. 0t

and across scotland and northern ireland, again another warm one to come, particularly across centralarts of northern ireland. the high temperatures could spark off an isolated heavy shower, but most places will be dry. england and wales — widespread sunshine, again an onshore breeze will put those temperatures back on the north sea coast. the highest of the temperatures — central and western areas, reaching the mid 20s celsius. and, again, uv levels will be high across the board. 0n into tuesday, this is where we see the first of the change taking place across the north of the country. this is a cold front pushing southwards into northern scotland. it's going to introduce more cloud, outbreaks of rain, some of which will be heavier into the afternoon, and some cold northerly winds pushing in behind it. elsewhere across the country it's another fine, dry, sunny, and a very warm day. highs of 27 or 28 degrees in the south, but much cooler across the northern half of scotland than what we've had over the last few days. so, for midweek, we start to see the change then — that weather fron

on wednesday, we see a new weather front push into northern ireland and into central western scotlandmuch of england and wales, another dry, sunny day thanks to high pressure and another warm one too, closer to the mid teens for northern scotland. a little bit higher, though, for northern ireland. that's because our area of high pressure will be shifting eastwards and starting to draw up southerly winds in the near continent. that will drive the warm air northwards into scotland and northern ireland, so i think thursday and friday look warmer across the board, low 20s in the north, mid—20s further south. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. reporter: are you going to resign, mrcummings? the uk prime minister, boris johnson, stands by his chief advisor, rejecting calls for his resignation over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. i believe that in every respect, he has acted responsibly, and legally, and with integrity. protests in hong kong against beijing's new proposed security laws turn ugly. more than

will bubble up in response to the high temperatures and across scotland and northern ireland another one want to come particularly across centraland, western parts of northern ireland, and the high temperatures could spark off an isolated heavy shower but most places dry. england and wales, widespread sunshine, an onshore breeze will peg the temperatures back, the highest temperatures central and western areas in the mid 20s and uv levels will be high across the board. 0n into tuesday, we see a change taking place across the north of the country. this cold front pushes southwards introducing more cloud, outbreaks of rain, some which will be heavier. cold northerly winds pushing on behind it. elsewhere across the country another fine, it. elsewhere across the country anotherfine, dry, it. elsewhere across the country another fine, dry, sunny it. elsewhere across the country anotherfine, dry, sunny and warm day. but much cooler across the northern half of scotland. from mid week, we see a change. that weather front begins to move southwards bringing patchy rain for some of us and we will see a drop in temperatures. there is that

and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 ors to the south east of england, 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south east of england and heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north west, and this is where we'

so we're likely to find temperatures into the mid 20s, even in central scotland.rt of the government's test, track and trace system. but some health officials express concern about getting the public on board. what we must have, if there was a local lockdown, is adherence of the local population and they would have to have the respect and the trust of the people who are actually giving that information. the prime minister will face questions from senior mps this afternoon — amid continuing calls for his senior adviser dominic cummings to resign. donald trump has his wings clipped by twitter — after the social media company labels two posts by the president as potentially misleading. and it's back to school for some children in england on monday — we find out how teachers and pupils are adapting to a new style of classroom. time for sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. premier league clubs can move onto the next phase of training this week as they look to restart the season next month. they have voted unanimously to resume contac

on wednesday, a new weather front pushes into northern ireland and into central western scotland.ay, thanks to high pressure. and another warm one too, closer to the mid—teens celsius for northern scotland and high for northern ireland. because the area of high pressure shifts eastwards and draws up southerly winds from the near continent, and that drives the warmer air northwards into scotland and northern ireland. so, i think thursday and friday look warmer across the board. low 20s in the north and mid 20s further south. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. are you going to resign, mr cummings? the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, stands by his chief advisor, rejecting calls for his resignation over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. according to mrjohnson, dominic cummings was following instinct in travelling over 250 miles for childcare when his wife showed coronavirus symptoms. i believe that in every respect, he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. the uk labour party have responded angrily to t

will bring thicker cloud, perhaps some patchy rain to northern ireland and in towards central and western scotland, plenty of sunshine for england and wales and, again, another warm day, 25 or 26 will be the high, closer to the mid—teens in the north. but that fresher air in the north gets pushed away northwards as high pressure changes its position, moves to the east of the uk and starts to draw up this warm, southerly wind from the near continent. that'll drive the warmth northwards into scotland and northern ireland as we reach the end of the week, and it'll be very warm for england and wales with plenty of sunshine. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. there's to be a fresh review into huawei's role in britain's sg networks, following a new round of us sanctions against the telecoms firm. and playing to a packed car park — how the danes are taking to social distancing concerts all from the safety of their cars. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain a

scotland, meanwhile, bringing a little bit of rain here, but not amounting to much. the rain will clear as we head into the afternoon. then brighter skies work into centraland wales with temperatures probably peeking around 26—27 celsius. turning warmer north, as well, with highs of 22 celsius in edinburgh. we end the week like this, with all of us seeing a sunny day on friday. the onshore winds keeping things a little bit fresh around some of our eastern coastal areas — so temperatures, for example, around the polar north around 18—19 celsius. still warm in the sunshine, we‘ve just got some high temperatures a bit further west, 26 celsius in cardiff. weekend looks fine, as well, with the high pressure still with us. more dry weather, temperatures widely into the low—to—mid—20s with sunshine. that‘s your weather. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a junior minister resigns because of the uk government‘s handling of dominic cummings — and his family trip during lockdown. nearly a0 conservative mps call for the prime minister‘s adviser to go over his interpretation of the rules. but ministers continue to

across scotland and northern ireland and other warm one to come particularly across central and westernengland and we, widespread sunshine. an offshore buddies. —— offshore disease. on tuesday, across the north of the country, a cold front pushing southwards into northern scotland. cold northerly winds pushing in behind it. elsewhere it is another finder, dry and sunny and warm day. much cooler across northern scotland than we have had over the past few days. by mid week we start to see a change, that where the front in the north moves southwards, there will be patchy rain for some of us. there will be a drop in temperatures. there is that where the front meandering its way southwards. rainfall totals will be variable. as we reach the middle and latter part of the week, gold ear expected to spread southwards across the uk. there could be patchy rain at times. temperatures will start to fall away. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... us protests spread from minneapolis to at least 30 different cities, following the death of george floyd, a black man, in police custody. president tru

wednesday, this feature will bring thick cloud, but she rained northern ireland and in towards central and western scotland sunshine to the south, plenty of sunshine for england and wales and another warm day, 25 or 26 the high, closer to the mid teens in the north. fresh air in the north gets pushed away northwards as high pressure changes its position east of the uk and sta rts position east of the uk and starts to draw a warm southerly wind from the near continent that will dry the warmth northwards into scotland and northern ireland as we reach the end of the week and it will be very warm with plenty of sunshine. this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister has defended his top advisor, dominic cummings, amid a row over the aide's travel during lockdown. boris johnson says mr cummings followed the instincts of every parent and acted with integrity in seeking childcare with family members after his wife had developed symptoms of the virus. thousands of people have been taking part in mass protests againsts china's plans to impose a new security law on the territory. more than 100 people h

south acro55 northern ireland, 5outhern scotland, into northern england too, introducing that colder air towards the north, so 5ingle figures, with a frost across centralat first. but the cloud will increase from the north, with some outbreaks of patchy, showery rain, too. in the colder air across scotland, we are likely to see some snow showers, even down to pretty low levels. temperatures in the cold 5ide, certainly, but feeling even colder when you add on the strength of these wind5. we could see some gusts up to 40, even 50 mph, particularly through the english channel and along the east coast as well. single figures for many of us, only about 6—9 celsius down the east coast. the warmest weather probably holding on down towards the south—west. if we look at first thing on monday morning, many of us are likely to see a cold, frosty start to the day, particularly acro55 pa rt5 of scotland, northern ireland, northern england as well. during the day on monday, a lot of dry weather as high pressure holds on but, again, we have these biting northerly wind5 so it will feel a lot colder than it has been. cloudy in the east, with brighter skies towards the

will bring thicker cloud, perhaps some patchy rain to northern ireland and in towards central and western scotlandplenty of sunshine for england and wales and, again, another warm day, 25 or 26 will be the high, closer to the mid—teens in the north. but that fresher air in the north gets pushed away northwards as high pressure changes its position, moves to the east of the uk and starts to draw up this warm, southerly wind from the near continent. that'll drive the warmth northwards into scotland and northern ireland as we reach the end of the week, and it'll be very warm for england and wales with plenty of sunshine. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm maryam moshiri. boris johnson faces mounting pressure to fire his senior aide amid a row over dominic cummings's travel during lockdown. divisions in brazil over how to deal with the coronavirus as the number of cases continues to rise sharply. does the answer to why some people become more ill from coronavirus than others lies in our blood? a team of scientists is trying to find out. after a r

will bring thicker cloud, perhaps some patchy rain to northern ireland and in towards central and western scotland, plenty of sunshine for england and wales and, again, another warm day, 25 or 26 will be the high, closer to the mid—teens in the north. but that fresher air in the north gets pushed away northwards as high pressure changes its position, moves to the east of the uk and starts to draw up this warm, southerly wind from the near continent. that will drive the warmth northwards into scotland and northern ireland as we reach the end of the week, and it'll be very warm for england and wales with plenty of sunshine. this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister has defended his top advisor, dominic cummings, amid a row over the aide's travel during lockdown. boris johnson says mr cummings "followed the instincts of every parent" and "acted with integrity" in seeking childcare with family members after his wife had developed symptoms of the virus. in hong kong, thousands of people have been taking part in protests against china's plans to impose a new security law on the territo

will bring thicker cloud, perhaps some patchy rain to northern ireland and in towards central and western scotlandor england and wales and, again, another warm day, 25 or 26 will be the high, closer to the mid—teens in the north. but that fresher air in the north gets pushed away northwards as high pressure changes its position, moves to the east of the uk and starts to draw up this warm, southerly wind from the near continent. that will drive the warmth northwards into scotland and northern ireland as we reach the end of the week, and it'll be very warm for england and wales with plenty of sunshine. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm aaron safir. our top stories: reporter: are you going to resign, mrcummings? did you go to barnard castle? did you leave the family home in durham while you...? the uk prime minister borisjohnson stands by his chief advisor, rejecting calls for him to resign over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. i believe that in every respect, he has acted responsibly, and legally, and with integrity. in hong kong, more

i was a the weather from pushing to northern ireland and into central and western scotland.unny day thanks to high—pressure and other warm 12. it will be shifting eastward concerning two draw up southerly winds for the near continent and the drier and warmerair near continent and the drier and warmer air the north into scotland and northern ireland so i think for thursday and friday warmer across the board, low 20s in the north and mid—20s for the south. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: did you leave the family home in durham? the prime minister, borisjohnson, stands by his chief adviser, rejecting calls for his resignation over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. according to mrjohnson, dominic cummings was "following instinct" in travelling over 250 miles, for childcare, when his wife showed coronavirus symptoms. i believe that, in every respect, he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. the labour party has responded angrily to the developments. sir keir starmer said if he was prime minister, he would have sacked mr cummings. this was a hu

scotland. likely to make the mid—20s and it could be warmer for the central but of scotland than in parts of thetheast of england. living into the weekend, no significant changes come still high—pressure around, the centre will be across scandinavia and the centre will be across scandinavia in these weather fronts will be kept at bay in ourarea these weather fronts will be kept at bay in our area will be drawn and from continental europe. again it will be a warm weekend. some fear with the cloud again but on the holcomb a lot of strong showing time and hi ev levels and temperatures peaking at 26 or 27 degrees and once again, no rain. —— i give you levels. thank you very much. every minute of our top story. a new testing a tracing system to identify eve ryo ne testing a tracing system to identify everyone in england who may have coronavirus is going live tomorrow. anybody who test positive will be question about recent close contacts and those people will be asked to quarantine for 14 days. that is often the bbc news at six. goodbye for me. on bbc one we cannotjoin the bbc news themes where you a

but it is pushing the warmth further north, all the way to scotland where we are likely to get temperatures into the mid 20s, one in the centralouth—eastern parts of england. it has, however, been a very dry month for many parts of the country, and it looks like it is staying dry over the next few days. could be a record breaker considering in the south—east some places have had no rain at all this month. over the weekend, that high pressure is still in charge. that's been the main reason it's been so dry this month. we keep those weather fronts that they and we introduce our air we keep those weather fronts at bay and we introduce our air coming in from continental europe. so there's temperatures are again going to be around about the mid 20s or so but for pretty much the bulk of the country it's going to be high uv levels throughout this weekend, strong sunshine around, there may be some patchy cloud bubbling up, may be northern ireland and scotland, but not a great deal of that. it's pretty much blue skies and those temperatures may be peaking at 26 or 27. this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around

scotland. this cold arctic air. look how chilly it will be on saturday afternoon in central and northern scotland, whereas in the southnight and into sunday, that cold, dense, arctic air spreads slowly across the country like dense honey, all the way down to the south, and then come sunday afternoon we are all in that cold air mass. you can see the wind is blowing and it will be blowing hard, gusting 30, maybe even a0 mph, so it will feel very chilly in the shade, especially with the drop in the temperature. by day, we are talking about only 13 in london and single figures there along the north sea coast. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... bringing devastation tojobs and incomes — the bank of england warns the coronavirus pandemic will push the uk towards its deepest recession on record the government and the bank of england have put in place a very big package of measures, and we will go on utterly focused on that and doing the things that we need to do to support the people of this country. the cabinet meets to discuss easing the lockdown — but we'll have to wait until sunday to find out how the pri

hail and squally winds mixed in across parts of the north midlands, northern england, central and southern scotlanduth, showers fading away, more sunshine for the south of england, some dry weather for scotland for a time, temperatures in the mid teens today. into this evening and tonight, showers and slowly start to ease, some continue for eastern england and scotland, the odd rumble of thunder overnight, most of us frost free, temperatures of the cool side, 5-6d. free, temperatures of the cool side, 5—6d. through the day, showers across northern and eastern scotland at the north—east of england, but for the rest of the uk spells of sunshine, similar day on sunday, temperatures creeping up through the weekend. goodbye for now. hello, good morning, this is bbc news with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines for you: the government says it's confident its target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of april has been met. setting a challenging target was the right thing to do, because it galvanised government and got thejob done, but there's a lot more to be done. the prime minister promises to

will stay cloudy and damp across northern ireland, north wales, northern england, much of central and southern scotland south where we will see variable cloud and clear spells and a mild night to come for pretty much all areas, temperatures ten or 11 degrees, the lowest value. tuesday lots of miles, rather cloudy, still quite damp but the rain should gradually peter out and become confined to the far north of scotland, to the northern isles. elsewhere, a dry story with increasing amounts of sunshine so another warm day in the south, south—east, 25 degrees, high teens for the north. high pressure starts to build on for wednesday so we start to the heat building, it pushes that weather front north and draws up the warm air from spain and france. it looks like it will be a dry story for most, the rain becomes confined to orkney and shetland, lots of sunshine around. that warm southerly breeze were lift those temperatures and this is where we will see the peak of the warm weather, 27 or 20 degrees in the south—east, low 20s across parts of scotland. thursday is another warm day in the south, an increasing