you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock.les in wales — but not all — are set to be scrapped from the 7th of august. new welsh government plans will see all legal limits on the number of people who can meet others end from that date. some rules will also be eased as soon as this saturday — but even in august, facemasks will still be legally required in most indoor public places, except in hospitality businesses such as pubs and restaurants, or schools. the first minister, labour's mark drakeford, looked ahead to the changes next month. life will have returned very substantially to how it was before the coronavirus pandemic began. but here in wales, we will not abandon all those measures which have done so much to keep us all safe. the welsh conservatives conceded voters had endorsed the government's approach. i have disagreed with that approach on many occasions, but democracy's a wonderful thing and the largest party forms the government, and sets the tone and the direction. and you are quite right to identify that we are st

you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock.tions from next week but more cautiously than england. mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for "some time". the first minister nicola sturgeon told a virtual meeting of the scottish parliament that the planned easing had to be modified due to the spread of the delta variant. the move to what's known as "level zero" means more people will be allowed to meet indoors and attend weddings and funerals. but limits on outdoor meetings are to be maintained, and the return of workers to offices delayed. i hope that the move to level zero, albeit in a modified form, will be welcomed. it's not a complete and wholesale lifting of all restrictions. it was never intended to be. however, it does restore yet more freedom to all of us. indeed, it is worth emphasising that we are no longer in lockdown — nothing like it. life is much more normal than at any time since the start of this pandemic. but the gradual approach we have taken means the sensible precautions will remain in place to

highlights of monday in parliament, presented by david cornock. hello again, and welcome to monday in parliament. support for england's euros football heroes after they're the targets of abuse. while they're the best of us, they have endured vile racism from the worst of us. the home secretary warns social media companies. and they can no longer ignore some of the appalling, vile, racist, violent and hateful content that appear on their platforms. infections are rising, but the health secretary confirms most of england's covid restrictions will be lifted next week. now, to those who say, - "why take this step now?", i say, if not now, when? also in this programme: a minister sounds the alarm in the house of lords. it is quite terrifying for these things to come up behind you. you can't hear them and you can't see them until they're upon you, and they really go quite fast. but first, the home secretary has condemned the racist abuse on social media against members of the england football team. three players — marcus rashford, jadon sancho and bukay

you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock. life, you can catch up via the bbc iplayer. the home secretary has robustly defended her plans to overhaul the asylum system in a bid to deter migrants crossing the english channel. priti patel was speaking at the start of two days of debate on the the nationality and borders bill which will make it a criminal offence to knowingly arrive in the uk without permission. the bill would also introduce a maximum life sentence for those convicted of people smuggling and give ministers the power to allow asylum claims to be processed outside the uk. the british people have had enough of open borders and uncontrolled immigration. enough of a failed asylum system that costs the taxpayer over £1 billion a year. enough of dinghies arriving illegally on our shores directed by organised crime gangs. enough of people drowning on these dangerous, illegal and unnecessary journeys. enough of people being trafficked and sold into modern slavery. the home secretary said the system was being abused and ac

you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock.ver its response to the seizure by the taliban in recent weeks of more territory in afghanistan. the militant group has launched attacks coinciding with the withdrawal of nato troops after a 20—year mission in the country, with most troops having already pulled out ahead of a september deadline. at question time, a senior conservative said afghanistan now faced a high risk of civil war. with the taliban advancing and securing more districts by the day, mr speaker, i repeat my call for a formal inquiry so we can understand how this nato mission, endorsed by the un, lasting two decades, has now ended in failure. we're now abandoning the country to the very insurgent organisation that we went in to defeat in the first place. this cannot be what we expected when we went in there. it's not the exit strategy that we anticipated. our presence gave legitimacy to the afghan authorities and our exodus will be seen as a victory for the taliban. please, let's have the inquiry. can ijust remind peo

you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock.to defend the decision to temporarily cut the funding the uk gives to other countries. facing the foreign affairs committee, dominic raab said the impact of the pandemic on the uk's finances has meant a reduction in overseas development aid, or oda, was necessary. the move has been widely criticised, with the former prime minister, theresa may, accusing the government of "abandoning" the uk's moral leadership on the world stage. the committee chair opened the questioning. i'm sure you have many negotiations with the chancellor over budget, over how to square the foreign aid question. was this... in your opinion, was this the right way to square it? the decision that was originally made, a very difficult one, financially it reflected the fact that we've been in the biggest economic contraction for 300 years, the budget deficit peaked at double what we saw after the 2008—2009 crash. i talked it through the prime minister and the chancellor, and we, as painful as that decision has been, w

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.n the way too in the coming days, which should break the heat. but it certainly has been hot in northern ireland. it was wednesday's hot spot in county tyrone — 31.3 degrees — a provisional record for northern ireland, only beating saturday's value byjust 0.1 degree. on the satellite picture, we can see some clouds to the west of our neighbourhood. that is a developing area of low pressure, and it will be nearing us over the next few days, pushing the high pressure away, and this is going to bring some slow—moving thunderstorms. we will talk about that in just a second. i still have to mention the met office warning of extreme heat for the south—west of the uk and for northern ireland lasting into friday, and this is to highlight also the high temperatures overnight, notjust by day. in fact, you can see how warm it is still through the middle of the night on thursday — it will have been around 18—20 celsius across some parts of the country. through the night, into the early hours of th

until then, from me, david cornock, and all the team here, bye for now. hello.ave issued an extreme heat warning. two particular areas have been identified, this one to the south west of england covering parts of the midlands and wales, this one across northern ireland which comes into force on wednesday. it doesn�*t mean that these are the areas exclusively affected by the heat but these are two areas identified as potentially having the biggest impacts. you can see the heat an issue from first thing on wednesday. we start our day with temperatures around 20 celsius in many areas. it will be a little cooler through wednesday perhaps down some of the north sea coast, just because we will pull a little bit more cloud in here but overall, still a very hot day lies ahead. temperatures across the southern uk widely in the high 20s to low 30s, hotting up significantly will be northern ireland, hence why itjoins that heat warning perhaps 30 degrees towards the south west here. warmer along the north coast than yesterday but still cloudy for northern scotland with some

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock.ir campaign to force a vote on the issue. the share of national income earmarked for aid is being cut from 0.7% to 0.5%. ministers argue that the money is needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic at home. there was cross party concern about cuts. over the last two years, there have been considerable and brutal reductions in overseas development aid at a time of unprecedented global needs. when other nations across the globe are stepping up, the uk seems to be walking away, that is why today's debate is so important. it has nothing to do with the pressures of covid on the economy and everything to do with an ideological distrust of what aid is supposed to achieve. but aid works. aid saves lives. 0.7% wasn't a magic number, it was agreed by developed countries in the 19705 as a result of working out how much was needed to address local poverty at the time and how much those who could afford it should contribute. and some of borisjohnson�*s own mps questioned the effect on his other commi

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.osphere wednesday afternoon and evening. we had some thunderstorms, some really quite heavy downpours. you can see the showers — that was earlier in the last 10—12 hours or so. and then, towards the end of the day on wednesday, we saw those thunderstorms across some central and eastern areas, and the weather remains quite unsettled over the next few days. i say unsettled for a summer month. a fair bit of cloud out there across the atlantic heading our way, and we'll see further showers developing over the next few days with low pressure in charge of the weather. so, i think a showery day on the way for some of us on thursday, but actually, the showers will be very well—scattered, so that does mean that many of us will miss them altogether. so, the forecast through the early hours shows a lot of dry weather across the uk. temperatures will be around 1a celsius or so across the south of the country, just a tad fresher in the north, around 11—12. now, the morning will become increasingly

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.can see this approaching. further east, it should be dry and bright with a bit of sunshine. good news for wimbledon. however, this weather front will continue towards the east and we are expecting some splits and spots of rain around kick—off time at wembley and after that, it looks as though it will stay cloudy with drips and straps of rain through the evening. further showers almost anywhere across the uk on monday. some could be thundery. sunshine around as well. good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and luxmy gopal. 0ur headlines today: 0n the brink of history. england's footballers prepare to take on italy in tonight's european championship final, their biggest match in more than half a century. their resilience and experiences as a team have really prepared and well for this moment. the queen sends a message of support and praises the spirit and commitment of the team. at 8:00pm tonight, the hopes of millions will focus on wembley. this morning we'll assess england'

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.ays when you catch these showers they are likely to be very heavy, torrential in fact with some thunder and lightning, and slow—moving. we have this weather front scooting across southern parts of the country, and a new area of low pressure will arrive across central areas for sunday. that ran across the south will eventually move into the south—east during the morning and then clear away into the afternoon, elsewhere we will start to see thundery showers develop, this time further westwards, scotland in westwards, scotla nd in north—west westwards, scotland in north—west england, messed with —— west midlands and wales. top temperatures around 19— 21 degrees. 0n temperatures around 19— 21 degrees. on sunday it is a repeat performance, we see those showers begin to develop across central and northern areas, again heavy and thundery, with this new area of low pressure moving and we will start to see more persistent rain moving into western areas. but a scenario staying dry and warm throu

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello again.showers, showers coming from big clouds like these that were spotted over the skylines of staffordshire, and the heavens opening not a million miles away. in moseley in birmingham, you can see surface water building up on the roads here. and then we have this line of storms that moved across the midlands and on into lincolnshire. moved across waddington, which is just south of lincoln itself, and it brought a real deluge. we had 25mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour. that is nearly half a month's worth of rain in the space of one hour, and i'm sure that would have caused one or two issues here. now, at the moment we've got some areas of rain pushing northwards across scotland, some heavy showers slowly easing in northern ireland. there are one or two showers elsewhere, some fairly big ones working across northern england for the next hour or two. but later in the night we're going to see another area of rain moving up across southern areas of england and rain pushing into southern

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.w pressure always nearby, so we're likely to see sunshine and showers notjust for friday, but into the weekend and into the start of next week, too. so, for today, these showers will be heavy, much like they were on thursday, and you'll see on the pressure charts we're in between systems, and there's barely any isobars, so the winds are light and the showers will be slow—moving again. so, quite a bit of cloud to start this morning, particularly across scotland, where we'll see some patchy rain in the northeast. the sunshine will get going, though, the best of it in central and eastern areas — and this is where we'll see most of the heavy showers into the afternoon, again, some with hail and thunder mixed in. now, for wimbledon for friday and into the weekend, there'll be a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine, but there's always the chance of catching a heavy shower. now, as we move through friday night, those heavy showers across central and eastern areas will tend to fade awa

until then, from me, david cornock, bye hello, sunday evenings showers brought some flash flooding toa time and it's because we've got low pressure sat on top of the uk and it is with us through the day ahead. we're also watching this developing area of low pressure to bring some more persistent rain in later. but still plenty of showers as we get going on monday morning, perhaps a few in the south and east as well as those close to the weather system in the north, so needless to say, a pretty mild start to the day, but it does look as if we will see more sunshine compared with sunday across the southern half of the uk. still plenty of showery rain across northern england, northern ireland, north wales and scotland as well, some misty low cloud near the coast, and some of those will turn out to be quite heavy again with some thunder around, can't rule out the odd one further south but fewer than we saw during sunday. some strong sunshine, but look at this coming in through during the mid afternoon to the south and the west. with more sunshine, strong sunshine, high levels of pollen, g

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.'s likely over the weekend we will get above 30 for the first time this summer. mostly dry with hot sunshine and it is all because of high pressure which is taking up residence right on top of the uk. but notice there is a frontal system to the north, that will provide more cloud, especially across the north—west of scotland. some cloud to start the day across the irish sea coast, england, north wales, quite a lot of cloud for northern ireland and a little bit across the south of england. that will clear quite quickly but some mist and murk for northern ireland and a little bit across the south of england. that will clear quite quickly but some remaining for north—west scotland, 17 degrees in aberdeen, highs of 25. the cloud in northern ireland retreating to the coast, 26 inland through the afternoon, murky for some irish sea coast of north—west england and north wales, but inland, temperatures in a few places up to 29 or 30 degrees. always cooler around the coasts with sea breezes. at

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.into the week ahead as well, as high pressure keeps our weather largely settled. saturday saw a new record high temperature in northern ireland. there was more cloud around here though on sunday, and that is because despite having high pressure, we have still managed to work the remnants of a weak cold front into the north of the uk, through sunday, hence a cooler day for scotland and northern ireland and some more cloud around here. a little bit of that cloud will trickle down the north sea coast overnight as well. a pleasant enough night for going to sleep though for scotland and northern ireland, unlike the rather sticky, humid conditions which will persist across england and wales. monday, a lot of fine weather to come, a lot of sunshine, some cloud will bother the north sea coast through the day but it should look brighter, particularly for the northern scotland and northern ireland and it will become warm up once again, temperatures two or three degrees up on sunday. england and

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.n northern ireland, whereas you can see it was beach weather in county down, temperatures actually broke the all—time record. the highest temperature since records began in northern ireland, ballywatticock 31.2 degrees. but in england, in wales and in scotland, we saw some pretty high temperatures. however, the far north of scotland was much, much cooler, just 13 degrees for parts of shetland, whereas you can see we had a lot of cloud. you can pick that out on the satellite picture through saturday afternoon. and that cloud has been pushing a little further south—westwards, so starting off sunday morning, rather cloudy and murky for parts of northern ireland. quite a lot of cloud for scotland, too, with some patchy rain in the far north. the cloud should tend to break up to give some spells of sunshine, although it will stay quite murky for some northern coasts of northern ireland. i think england and wales will see the lion's share of the sunshine, and that's where we'll have the high

until then, from me, david cornock, goodbye.urn like that, and you'll have to run for cover if you're not prepared. big showers and thunder and lightning on the way. not everywhere — in fact, many of us will miss the storms altogether, but where they occur, they could even bring some flash flooding. now, early in the morning, there will be already some heavy rain spreading across the southern half of the uk, moving northwards. to the north of that, across scotland, it will have been been generally a dry night. a bit fresher here — 11 degrees — but in the south, it's muggy — 16 celsius first thing. now already, that band of rain could bring 30mm or so in a short space of time, so even with that, there could be a bit of flash flooding here and there. but later in the afternoon, that's when we'll see the really heavy showers and thunderstorms developing. and the thinking is somewhere in the south—west of england, into western england, we could see this line of storms, mostly inland. in the extreme case, there could be around 80mm o

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.ng some showers as well. most of them are heavy across scotland. some are northern england. we have got cloud and rain coming into wales, the south—west, making it cooler here. by nudging up towards northern ireland and that wetter weather is heading towards wimbledon as well but out of that rain there is still some sunshine. warm temperatures into the low 20s because heavy, thundery showers are there particularly in scotland. they will gradually fade away overnight. wetter weather moving towards wembley probably in time for kick—off and it gets wetter overnight across england and wales. a lot of cloud around two and some of the rain could be heavy and that will keep it quite a warm night with perhaps temperatures no lower than 50 degrees. a messy day for tomorrow. wetter weather in the morning and it could be heavy for awhile. it might ease off and cloud break up a little bit allowing some sunshine. it could trigger thundery downpours in scotland but this is bbc news, i'm olly foster

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello again.ture of 30.2 degrees celsius — the new highest temperature of the year for wales. but it was a bit hotter at london's heathrow airport, at 31.6, and that's the highest temperature we've seen in both england and the uk as a whole in 2021 so far. now, if you're heading outside over the next few hours, chances are you'll come across clear skies. the exception — northern scotland, where we could see an odd spot of rain for the western isles and the highlands, but otherwise it's dry. the other thing i'm sure you'll notice is just how warm a start to the day it's going to be. now, looking at the week ahead, high pressure�*s going to stay dominating the weather picture, and that means lots more of this hot and sunny weather, like it or not. now, there will be one or two isolated thundery showers building through the latter part of the afternoon, and evening time, and after hot weather by day, it will stay very warm overnight as well. monday morning, then, sunny, warm start to the day. the exc

until then, from me, david cornock, bye hello there. thursday wasn't a bad day for many of us.om a few showers which developed later in the afternoon across southern england. for friday, though, it looks like we could see a few more showers around generally. but that said, there should still be quite a bit of sunshine around. it'll feel quite warm too. so we're in between weather systems for friday. this area of low pressure, though, will be moving injust in time for the weekend. it could bring quite a bit of rain at times and even some thunderstorms. so we start this morning off rather cloudy for many, bit of mist and fog around. that should tend to melt away quite quickly, and then there will be plenty of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon, but a scattering of showers will develop. some of them could turn out to be heavy and thundery. i think the focus of them towards central and eastern parts of the country. some areas avoiding them completely and staying dry, and it will be quite warm too — top temperatures around 24 degrees. those showers continue into the evening,

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.live weather update the sunday afternoon. if you are getting some sunshine there is some _ are getting some sunshine there is some warmth in it. 22 degrees in the hole at_ some warmth in it. 22 degrees in the hole at the _ some warmth in it. 22 degrees in the hole at the moment and the warmth as part of— hole at the moment and the warmth as part of the _ hole at the moment and the warmth as part of the highlands in scotland but there are also showers and thunderstorms, plenty of them, just look thunderstorms, plenty of them, just took at _ thunderstorms, plenty of them, just took at the _ thunderstorms, plenty of them, just look at the recent radar picture here _ look at the recent radar picture here and — look at the recent radar picture here and they are gradually moving their way— here and they are gradually moving their way northwards and there are some _ their way northwards and there are some torrential downpours to be having _ some torrential downpours to be having places with s

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.eme weather we've seen across other parts of europe. it's linked by the jet stream. this is the pattern that we've seen. a very undulating jet stream. it means slow moving weather. we've had low pressure bringing the rain across europe. that low pressure will move eastwards. eventually taking the rain away from germany. high pressure will bid in across the uk, bringing dry weather. with the sunshine we had on thursday, temperatures in northern ireland reached 26 degrees, making it the warmest day of the year so far. it's going to be a warm start across belfast, temperatures at 16 degrees. we start with cloud across east anglia, but it will break up more readily. it's going to feel warmer. sunshine across england and wales. some patchy cloud developing. there will be spells of sunshine for northern ireland, but across western scotland, more of a breeze and more cloud. sunnier skies and warmer weather for eastern parts of scotland and across england and wales, 26—27 degrees. it'll be a w

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.f the showers could be particularly heavy across southeastern areas of the country. and here, we could have some thunderstorms as well. so this is what it looks like early hours of the morning. you can see where the heavy rain is, particularly in the south and the southeast. dry weather across most of scotland and most of northern ireland. and really quite mild in the morning — around 16 degrees, for example, in liverpool. so on that heavy rain, then, in the south, it'll come and go through the course of the morning. in fact, there might even be some sunshine around for a time. but then through the afternoon, showers will brew across parts of scotland, the north of england, but the heaviest ones probably in the southeast here. and these are the ones that could turn thundery and linger through the afternoon, into the evening hours. best sunshine on monday, i think some of these western areas of the uk — certainly western parts of wales, maybe cornwall and devon too. now, low pressure is