that will put into scotland looking really white in the afternoon and evening of the dumfries and gallowayut you into wales and western parts of england very slowly moving further east as you get into the evening and night. seeing a strengthening southerly winds average speeds and dust towards northwest scotland towards a0 mph or so. towards northwest scotland towards a0 mph orso. many towards northwest scotland towards a0 mph or so. many of us temperatures are just in the teens we stay dry and bright for longer through eastern england, a few spots just creeping into the low 20s. hello, i'm philippa thomas. this is outside source. donald trump has arrived in wisconsin to visit the city where police shot and paralysed jacob blake. the president's pushing his campaign message of law and order. we've had such a big success in shutting down what would be, right now, a city — kenosha — that would have been burned to the ground right now. police clash with protestors in lebanon — this was the backdrop

one in penrith advised to go to dumfries, a trip of more than 50 miles. in london, in one instance, someone being advised to go to a centre in cardiff, a three—hour drive of 150 miles. officials say the system will now be adjusted to reduce these driving times. ministers argue that resources have to be focused on local outbreaks and in some other areas there may be longer waits. the vast majority get it quickly and close to home but when those testing centres are full, then obviously, people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. and we have got, you know, we have got a significant demand for testing but we have also got a very high capacity. but official figures suggest there is more capacity at big labs than the number of tests carried out and some expects want to know what is really happening. there should not be a problem with people getting test results, but there is. so something is not quite right. those figures don't seem to add up and that is our main concern. the government says developing saliva tests with rapid resu

one in penrith advised to go to dumfries, trip of more than 50 miles.in one instance, advice to go advice to go to a centre in cardiff, a three hour drive of 150 miles. and for a suffolk man, an even longer proposed journey. i went through the process, and it came back with availability for testing in a place on the outskirts of blackburn, which is over 250 miles away. so i was convinced i'd got it wrong, cancelled, re—processed, and i got exactly the same answer. officials say the system will now be adjusted to reduce these driving times. ministers argue that resources have to be focused on local outbreaks and in some other areas there may be longer waits. the vast majority get it quickly and close to home, but when those testing centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. and we have got, you know, we have got a significant demand for testing, but we have also got a very high capacity. but official figures suggest there is more capacity at big labs than the number of tests carried out, and

then, that will push into scotland, looking really quite wet in the hills of dumfries and galloway intohen head into parts of western england and wales, pushing further east later in the day. strengthening southerly winds for all, average speeds here, some gusts in northwest scotland approaching a0 miles per hour or so. but while many of us see temperatures in the teens, where you are dry for longest and still maybe with some hazy brightness in eastern england, a few spots just into the low 20s. but here, as you can see, it's into the evening you see a little bit of rain moving through. doesn't look like it's going to amount to very much. as we get back out to the big picture of thursday, this weather front, then, is moving south, but this will be weakening as it does so as well. so probably not a huge amount of rain left on that once it reaches down towards southern england. now, behind that, it will be brightening up. and for scotland and northern ireland, it's a bright but blustery day. there will be some showers moving through, some of them quite heavy, especially into western scotl

don't push into scotland, went in the afternoon and evening for the hills of dumfries and galloway ina strengthening southerly wind, average speeds gusting towards northwest cullen of 40 mice per hour or so. northwest cullen of 40 mice per hour or so. for many of us, the characters just in the teens, where you stay dry and bright for longest, a few spots here just creeping into the low 20s. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the education secretary says the reopening of schools from today is a "massive milestone" and that he's "confident" the necessary preparations are in place. mr williamson, again, said he regretted the chaos over this years exam grades and that the government is determined that next years exams and assessments will go ahead... we are determined that exams and assessments will go ahead next year and we are working with the secretary to ensure that this is done as smoothly as possible. president trump heads to the city of kenosha this afternoon following weeks of protests over the latest police shooting but won't meet jacob bla ke's family. good ev

more than £10 was sent to this plant in dumfries, where it was turned into plastic lumber to make parko thrive. just to see a natural river instead of this awful, black plastic sheeting, yeah, absolutely thrilled. there is still some evidence of the work that has been done here, so the nextjob is work that has been done here, so the next job is recede work that has been done here, so the nextjob is recede the bank with native plants and let nature do its thing, by 2022 they say the river should be looking as it always should be looking as it always should have. back to you. it is an incredible turn round, thank you very much for talking us through that. it is lovely see it this morning. it looks like a fantastic morning. it looks like a fantastic morning there as well. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59. good morning, it's wednesday morning, i'm victoria derbyshire, here are the latest headlines: nhs staff and care workers will be prioritised — as the government tries to get to grips with the surge in demand for coronavirus tests. we are working night and day to improve and incre

the cloud will dent back towards the east coast and lingering into the afternoon but for dumfries and overnight for much of the uk, we have clear skies once again. more cloud moving in from the north—west so it won't be as called for northern ireland and the west of scotla nd northern ireland and the west of scotland as certainly as it was last night. two bridges as low as —3 or minus four degrees. we are staying above freezing tonight, mild aware we have the cloud was the south—east but in between, could bejust a touch of frost for some of us first thing monday. today's weather sees a ridge of high pressure and then this frontal system bumping into ridge of high pressure so a fairly weak frontier which will tend to fizzle out as it works its way east but patchy rain for western scotland and northern ireland initially and that then works its way into the wales but ahead of that, much improved day tomorrow and east anglia, the south—eastern east midlands as well stop in england and much less windy as it has been over the past three days also. living through the working weekend into tue

someone in cumbria says they have to go to dumfries and another london person told to go to leicestertest at the nearest place where one is available and we have got significant demand for testing but we also have a very high capacity. in any huge system like this of course there are operational challenges, as i mentioned, but i also want to solve the problem by having the next generation test at a radically bigger scale and you can do that, you cannot do that on the current technology easily. we can keep expanding it and we are but i wa nt to keep expanding it and we are but i want to reach a point where we have a new generation where you do not need to send the thing off to the laboratory and effectively the laboratory and effectively the laboratory is in the back of a van and can go to the people who need the test, exactly as your viewers are saying. so that is being trialled in salford where we are right now and also in parts of hampshire full but how long will it be before that kind of technology, that rapid testing result will be available for everybody across the uk? that is li

some heavy rain for northern ireland and dumfries and galloway in particular.t, we are looking at 15 in lerwick, 21 in hull. through this evening and overnight, ourfirst hull. through this evening and overnight, our first band hull. through this evening and overnight, ourfirst band of rain continues its journey, overnight, ourfirst band of rain continues itsjourney, moving in the direction of the north sea. this is the second one coming in, thinking steadily southwards and ahead of it, a lot of cloud. behind it, some clear skies and some cloud and also some showers. overnight temperatures tell you it is not going to be particularly cold, we are all staying in double figures. tomorrow, the weather front thinks south, a fairly wea k the weather front thinks south, a fairly weak affair but look at the isobars on the chart. tomorrow we will have some brisk wind. this is the kind of gust you can expect first thing in the morning, so once again, looking at the strong east wind across the far north—west of the country. meanwhile, the weather front continues to think s

head south across the uk, quite cloudy with the odd shower across northern ireland, the likes of dumfrieswales will run at almost full capactiy as the government encourages more of us to get back to work. our transport correspondent, tom burridge, is at london's liverpool street station this morning, to see if the monday commute is looking busier. good morning. is it or not? good morning, louise. getting a bit busier as you would expect as the morning has gone on but it is still very quiet compared to before the pandemic. at one of the biggest stations in the country. rail bosses have said they have a delicate balance to strike. they want more passengers back on the trains are at the same time, they don't want overcrowded carriages at certain points of the day. one of the people having to contend with that dilemma is robert nesbitt from the rail delivery group, representing train companies and network rail. the first issue, people at home might have the option to go back to work now some days of the week. they might be nervous about getting on a train. if more people travel, lots more peo

dumfries and galloway could see a0 to 60 millimetres of rain.ting windier, average speeds near a0 are getting windier, average speeds neara0 mph in are getting windier, average speeds near a0 mph in north—west scotland. temperatures similar, the higher ratings will be in eastern england, the rain not getting here until late in the day. this weather front pushes southwards on wednesday, it will weaken as it does so budget will weaken as it does so budget will continue some outbreaks of rain through england and wales. for when it clears and in scotland and northern ireland, says they will be bright and prostrate with sunshine and showers, might even be windier on thursday in north—west scotland that tomorrow. those temperatures are coming down into the weekend, it looks rather cool, while there will be some dry and occasionally sunny weather, we are pretty much in the same boat, some occasional showers. finally, a new month and meteorological autumn and a new set of storm names. they may or may not be used over the coming months, we don't normally

up to 60 millimetres of rain are possible over the hills of dumfries and galloway.ll of this with a strengthening southerly wind during the day. and after the chilly start, higher temperatures across parts of eastern england, with a bit of brightness in the afternoon. the weather front will move southwards as we look at the forecast for thursday. it will be weakening as it does so, still some rain pushing south across england and wales. after it clears, it will be brightening up. temperatures up a little bit, but they come down again going into the weekend. the chance of rain across parts of southern england and wales. it is not warm, you may be tempted to turn the heating on, if you haven't done already. just to test it, of course! lorna gordon, bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, coming up on the programme... 20 months since he last played a grand slam — andy murray's in action right now at the us open — we've got the latest. england's third and final t20 match against pakistan is under way at old trafford as they look to wrap up the seri

one in penrith advised to go to dumfries, trip of more than 50 miles.e instance, someone being advised to go to a centre in cardiff, a three—hour drive of 150 miles. officials say the system will now be adjusted to reduce these driving times. ministers argue that resources have to be focused on local outbreaks and in some other areas there may be longer waits. the vast majority get it quickly and close to home but when those testing centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. and we have got, you know, we have got a significant demand for testing but we have also got a very high capacity. but official figures suggest there is more capacity at big labs than the number of tests carried out and some expects want to know what is really happening. there should not be a problem with people getting test results but there is. so something is not quite right. those figures don't seem to add up and that is our main concern. the government says developing saliva tests with rapid results could have a bi

we had one in aberdeen and one in dumfries and galloway associated with a food processing plant.. we suppress the virus successfully in most parts of the uk through the summerand it in most parts of the uk through the summer and it has crept up again because lockdown has been released and people are moving about and interacting and if you look across europe more or less the same thing has happened. the question now is how do governments respond to try and take us through the winter and make sure these cases that you have been talking about are primarily being picked up in younger adults and don't translate into more hospitalisations. there are worrying signs, 50 people admitted to hospital the day before yesterday but not as high as that yesterday. we have had that as a sort of very small but rise in the number of people going into hospital with this. it is hard to know of those three and a half thousand positive test around the country how many of those are mild cases are even asymptomatic cases of the virus.” think we are all familiar with the two pillars. in terms of the pilla