east that we will be keeping a very close eye on. it is hard to predict where the worst of the weather will be, but right across the south—east, east anglias and the south—west, there is the risk of some really intense, thundery downpours which could give enough rain to cause some flash flooding. across northern england, here we could see one or two showers breaking out through the day and once the cloud breaks from and once the cloud breaks out from the morning across northern ireland and scotland and the sun comes out again, there is the potential for one or two isolated showers but the heaviest downpours always likely to be found across southern areas. a very warm and muggy day as well, 21 degrees in edinburgh, 21 in belfast and perhaps 23 in london if you get some sunshine. now some of the showers continue to rumble through the evening and overnight as they drift westwards, but they will tend, we suspect, to fizzle away to some extent. a lot of cloud, some mist and murk around and those temperatures not dropping very far, 12 to 15 degrees. quite muggy start to friday. quite a muggy start to friday. friday will start off with a lot of

east that we'll be keeping a close eye on. it's really hard to predict exactly where the worst of the weather will be but right across the south—east, east anglia—west, there's there risk of some really intense, thundery downpours that could give enough rain to cause some flash flooding. across northern england, here we could see one or two showers breaking out through the day, once the cloud breaks up through the morning across northern ireland and scotland and the sun comes out, again there's the potential we'll see one or two isolated heavy showers, but the heaviest downpours always likely to be found in southern areas. a very warm and muggy day as well, 21 degrees in edinburgh, 21 in belfast and perhaps 23 in london if you get some sunshine. now, some of these showers and storms will continue to rumble through the evening and overnight as they drift westwards, but they will tend we suspect to fizzle away to some extent. a lot of cloud, some mist and murk around, and temperatures not dropping very far, 12 to 15 degrees, quite a muggy start to friday. friday will start off with a lot of cloud, misty, murky conditions in places. we'll see suns

still a bit cool to eastern parts of england and south—east east anglia, we could see some missed and lovely sunny day for most of you. further north, the sunshine a bit hazy. 21 the high around the murray firth. some brighter moments in scotland but occasional rain and is the odd heavy burst with temperatures in the mid teens. a bit wetter in sunday night. one or two showers particularly in the south but a lot of dry, sunny and warm weather, too. good night. this is bbc news. our top stories: the kiss that says we're husband and wife: britain's prince harry marries his american fiancee meghan markle. the bride was accompanied by ten bridesmaids and pageboys, in a ceremony watched by millions around the world. all that i am i give to you. all that i am, i give to you. harry and his new wife meghan left windsor castle in a vintage sports carfor their evening reception. in other news, investigators in cuba recover a black box recorder from friday's plane crash that killed more than 100 people.

than last night, most noticeable in scotland, still warm ten or 11 in the south—east and east anglia after the south—east clearing away, the next coming into the atlantic, behind these weather systems the air getting chillier, one place after another. many areas. sunny and dry on wednesday, but we could see wet and windy weather coming quickly into northern ireland which will move into scotland and westernmost parts of england and wales of the afternoon, the east midlands having afternoon, the east midlands having a dry day, but so and temperatures, if you are under varane 1112 degrees, the rain heaviest in the west as it pushes east overnight, very light and patchy again. behind that this airflow bringing in showers, sufficient bridging in the pressure packing to mean the southern half of the uk will probably be dry, very few showers around, heavy with rain and thunder in the north—west before fading greater in the day. better temperatures for scotland and northern ireland but we are dropping again further south to 15 or 18 degrees. quite sharp change over the days ahead. hello, you're watching afternoo

and east anglia, not exactly sure when that g going e south east and east and there will be more - on that more widely. be more rain on that more widely. ahead of it, another dry prospect. so it is not a write—off, by any means. what news of the weekend? saturday sees low—pressure going towards the south—west, with heavy showers in the south—western quarter. dry weather and then a weather front. the weather front is causing headaches at the moment. i show you sunday as our starter for ten! don't take it as read that eastern side of england is going to clear the front. i think it will stick with intent across scotland somewhere and most of those heavy showers towards the south—west. what's going on, more as a pop on the bbc weather website. president trump warns iran there will be severe consequences if it restarts its nuclear programme. angry scenes in iran's parliament. mps burn a us flag after donald trump pulled america out of the iran nuclear deal. i would advise iran not to start their nuclear programme, i would advise them very strongly. if they do th

looks the extreme east are just about lincolnshire on the east of lincolnshire, east anglia, perhaps ran arise first thing in the morning on wednesday in london. the weather front will keep crossing the country asa front will keep crossing the country as a good through the course of the morning. quite heavy for a time at least in the midlands and parts of northern england. later on wednesday morning and then it made afternoon just exiting norfolk and suffolk. we have a mixture of sunshine and showers. eight fresh day, temperatures around only ten to 13 degrees. should track tomorrow and bea degrees. should track tomorrow and be a fine end of the day for most of us on be a fine end of the day for most of us on wednesday. that's the middle pa rt us on wednesday. that's the middle part of the week. how about the second half of the week, things are on the up. things are changing. gestures to the north of us with more merits of the south and it looks as though this plume of former air is heading our way. that bodes very well. for the bank holiday weekend. a run—up to the bank holiday week

east that we will be keeping a very close eye on. it is hard to predict where the worst of the weather will be, but right across the south—east, east angliast, there is the risk of some really intense, thundery downpours which could give enough rain to cause some flash flooding. across northern england, here we could see one or two showers breaking out through the day and once the cloud breaks from the morning across northern ireland and scotland and the sun comes out again, there is the potential for one or two isolated showers but the heaviest downpours always likely to be found across southern areas. a very warm and muggy day as well, 21 degrees in edinburgh, 21 in belfast and perhaps 23 in london if you get some sunshine. now some of the showers continue to rumble through the evening and overnight as they drift westwards, but they will tend, we suspect, to fizzle away to some extent. a lot of cloud, some mist and murk around and those temperatures not dropping very far, 12 to 15 degrees. quite muggy start to friday. quite a muggy start to friday. friday will start off with a lot of cloud, misty, murky conditions in places. we'll see s

east that we‘ll be keeping a close eye on. it‘s really hard to predict exactly where the worst of the weather will be but right across the south—east, east anglia cause some flash flooding. across northern england, here we could see one or two showers breaking out through the day, once the cloud breaks up through the morning across northern ireland and scotland and the sun comes out, again there‘s the potential we‘ll see one or two isolated heavy showers, but the heaviest downpours always likely to be found in southern areas. a very warm and muggy day as well, 21 degrees in edinburgh, 21 in belfast and perhaps 23 in london if you get some sunshine. now, some of these showers and storms will continue to rumble through the evening and overnight as they drift westwards, but they will tend we suspect to fizzle away to some extent. a lot of cloud, some mist and murk around, and temperatures not dropping very far, 12 to 15 degrees, quite a muggy start to friday. friday will start off with a lot of cloud, misty, murky conditions in places. we‘ll see sunshine developing but a scattering of showers and thunderstorms again in western parts this time thro

east that we will be keeping a very close eye on. it is hard to predict where the worst of the weather will be, but right across the south—east, east angliay downpours which could give enough rain to cause some flash flooding. across northern england, here we could see one or two showers breaking out through the day and once the cloud breaks from the morning across northern ireland and scotland and the sun comes out again, there is the potential for one or two isolated showers but the heaviest downpours always likely to be found across southern areas. a very warm and muggy day as well, 21 degrees in edinburgh, 21 in belfast and perhaps 23 in london if you get some sunshine. now some of the showers continue to rumble through the evening and overnight as they drift westwards, but they will tend, we suspect, to fizzle away to some extent. a lot of cloud, some mist and murk around and those temperatures not dropping very far, 12 to 15 degrees. quite muggy start to friday. friday will start off with a lot of cloud, misty, murky conditions in places. we'll see some sunshine developing but also a scattering of showers and thunderstorms again acr

away from that, some mist and low cloud developing from the north sea and pushing into east anglia and the south—eastmuch as it has been, down to three or 4 degrees in lincolnshire and east anglia and pa rt lincolnshire and east anglia and part of the south—east. a mother start in western scotland and northern ireland but more cloud so occasional bursts of rain —— a start. the odd heavy one particular in the islands and hebrides. some quiet moment and hazy sunshine in eastern scotland. further south, the cloud will break up, it will go back to the cost and could be missed the on the norfolk and suffolk coast but inland there will be like winds, strong sunshine and one or 2 degrees higher than today. some more breeze in the irish sea and scotland and northern ireland, some rain but not a wash—out. the most frequent rain in the highlands and hebrides and at in orkney and shetland. with hazy sunshine, aberdeenshire, the man refer, only small sum —— a chance of a soui’. refer, only small sum —— a chance of a sour. into sunday night, the rain peps up a sour. into sunday night, the rain peps up in northern

east and east anglia. that rain will move northwards and head towards northern england and the midlands, across towards wales, allowing the south—eastome late sunshine. misty for a while with some heavy and thundery rain and more cloud for eastern scotland but one more day of warmth and sunshine for western scotla nd warmth and sunshine for western scotland and another lovely day for northern ireland. the rain will continue to drift northwards. some showers perhaps heading towards scotla nd showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland. they will dry off across england and wales but still rather misty, not a lot of wind to move things around, so lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of12— lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of 12— 1a degrees. while there will be more powerful scotla nd while there will be more powerful scotland and northern ireland and temperatures will not be as high on is that, there may be the odd shower, most of the storms will push back towards the south—east, and the south—west of england, wales, the midlands and east anglia as well. some or very heavy rain here to t

so high pressure towards the south—east and east anglia, the east midlands, cloud moving away from easternrn scotland and we have an atlantic influence in the far north—west but monday looks dry and brighter and sunnier and probably warmer. the low pressure heading out into the continent taking away the rain, looking at this height to exert the influence, but we have the weather front from the north west and that means more cloud for scotla nd and that means more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, maybe some drizzle, nothing very much. across the south and england and wales, dry and quite sunny. warmer, as well, possibly even 23 degrees. the week weather front continues its journey slowly around the edge of the high—pressure, further south and east over the uk on wednesday, so we may have rain to greet the day across northern england and wales, pushing through the midlands, but little or no rain, and then behind it we have slightly cooler and fresh air, so we start to see the temperatures dropping around that area of high pressure, so a colder high for the middle part of the week. bu

east we a close eye on. it's really hard to predict exactly where the worst of the weather will be but right across the south—east, east angliaugh rain to cause some flash flooding. across northern england here we could see one or two showers breaking out through the day once the cloud break sub through the morning across northern ireland and scotla nd morning across northern ireland and scotland and the sun comes out, again there's the potential we'll see one or isolated showers but the heaviest downpours always likely to be found in southern areas. a very warm and muggy day as well, 21 in edinburgh, 21 in belfast and perhaps 23 in london if you get some sunshine. some of these showers and storms will continue to rumble through the evening and overnight as they drift westwards but they will tend as we expect to fizzle away to some extent. some cloud, mist and murk around, and temperatures not dropping very far, 12 to 15 degrees, quite a muggy start to friday. friday will start with a lot of cloud, misty, murky conditions in places. sunshine developing but a scattering of showers and thunderstorms again in western parts throu

temperatures getting down to 12 or 13 celsius ahead, just about hanging onto someone whilst east anglia and south—eastome good spells of sunshine on thursday save some eastern coastal counties hanging on for a bit more cloud. there will be some showers developing as well and everywhere we will notice something special, temperatures back down to something around where they should be for this time of year, between 13 and 17 celsius. that‘s the story this week after a very warm record—breaking start to the week it will turn cooler and they will be rain at times and also some sunshine. goodbye. in this is bbc news. the headlines: the metropolitan police continues to investigate four shootings injust 2a hours in london — which left one teenager dead and three others injured. let my son be the last and be an example to everyone. just let it stop. vladimir putin is about to be sworn in for a fourth term as president of russia, marking 18 years in power. this is the scene live in moscow. as some question whether the next six years will bring further international isolation for russia. president trump is being

showers, temperatures 15—18d. 15—18d. south—east and east anglia, uncertain how far west it will get. uncertain how far west it will get. coast and into the far eastand later on. spots, even in the centre of belfast tebbutt is down to 4 degrees. tebbutt is down to 4 degrees. west of scotland and western england and wales. and wales. soggy afternoon with temperatures around 12 degrees. around 12 degrees. brighter in the south west. south west. coming week, the prospects are quite promising. promising. to get a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. spells of sunshine. edinburgh, 21 in london and that sets us up for the week ahead. sets us up for the week ahead. but it will often be pleasantly warm, particularly in the sunshine. warm, particularly in the sunshine. after a mixed weekend, the week ahead does not look too bad. i'm lukwesa burak. itself islamic state. a change in this country, nothing more. more. win, people with ethics, conscience and faith in god. of the financial crisis. in a democratic republic of congo national park. connectivity in rural areas. to regenerate the high street in dumfries. the crowds back to the shops. good

east—west split continues. sunday is in cloudy to the east and the best sunshine found for the west. sunday is shaping up with rain across parts of north—east england and scotland. also showers for east anglialy a drier and brighter day for the south—east england and towards the midlands. plenty of sunshine in western scotland, northern ireland, wales and north—west england. temperatures between 15 and i7 north—west england. temperatures between 15 and 17 in sunni areas. cooler towards the eastern coast. looking ahead to the working week, high pressure building in from the south—west. still an area of low pressure not far away, sitting across parts of france, so we could see a fuse showers and fairly cloudy conditions for the south—east of england and east anglia for a time on monday. elsewhere a largely dry day with pressure building and there will be sunshine with temperatures starting to lift a little. more cloud in parts of northern ireland and western scotland later in the day but it should be warm and night has been in the weekend with temperatures around 20 or 21 stop not a bad day on tuesday with dry and fine weather. a weak front will bring cloud to northern ireland and western sco

east—west split continues. sunday is cloudy to the east and the best sunshine found in the west. sunday is shaping up with rain across parts of north—east england and scotland. also showers for east angliand, northern ireland, wales and north—west england. temperatures between 15 and 17 in the sunniest areas. though cooler towards the east coast. looking ahead to the working week, high pressure building in from the south—west. still an area of low pressure not far away, sitting across parts of france, so we could see a few showers and fairly cloudy conditions for the south—east of england and east anglia for a time on monday. elsewhere a largely dry day with pressure building and there will be sunshine with temperatures starting to lift a little. more cloud in parts of northern ireland and western scotland later in the day but it should be warmer than it has been at the weekend with temperatures around 20 or21. not a bad day on tuesday with dry and fine weather. a weak front will bring cloud to northern ireland and western scotland. top spots of rain, dry and sunny and improve today across the east. temperature is doing pretty well, 21, 22 in the warmest spots and fresh to the far north

places in the mid teens. places in the mid teens. bit cooler ransom coasts, particularly east anglia. particularly eastrnoon. afternoon. tonight, leading to clear skies for most. most. northern ireland and western scotland later. scotland later. freezing once again as we start tomorrow. tomorrow. fresh commute but lots of sunshine overhead. fairweather cloud building up. up. changes towards the north and west of scotland. west of scotland. we will see more cloud tomorrow. cloud tomorrow. and it will be a little cooler than today. today. elsewhere, sunny spells into the afternoon, staying dry. the afternoon, staying dry. temperatures up on today's values. friday night and into the start of the weekend. the weekend. cup final, north or south of the border, it is looking cracking. border, it is looking cracking. perfect conditions. strong sunshine. if you are lining the streets in windsor, 22 celsius, blue skies. windsor, 22 celsius, blue skies. lovely day on saturday. almost all of the uk. long sunny spells. better day in scotland and northern ireland by friday. high pressure is responsible. responsible.

still very warm in south—east england and east anglia, further west fresher, that's a theme to the middle of the week, as these fronts the eastwith blue colours, feeling fresh of all of us. on wednesday another fun from the west, and briggs of rain for northern ireland, north—west england and wales and south—west england later in the day, just about dry, maybe seeing 21 celsius across south—east england but look further west for fresher conditions and as that front then sweeps eastwards wednesday evening and into thursday all of us will be in the fresher air. that front may keep some cloud and a spot of rain across eastern coasts on thursday, further west spots of sunshine but also some showers, although it is the temperatures we we re although it is the temperatures we were notice come thursday after that earlier warmth and the start of the week, temperatures by thursday it back down to where they should be for the time of year between 13 and 17 celsius. the theme this week is that things will slowly turn cooler, there will be some rain at times and some sunshine as well. that's all from me. bye bye. this is bbc news. the he

east and east anglia. much of it light and east anglia. much of it light and patchy. decent chance of seeing some sunshine. just the odd hefty shower. temperatures between 15 and 17 degrees. this evening and overnight the rain will slide across eastern england. heavy for a time. it will move into eastern scotland. a little uncertainty about how far west the rain will get. it looks like extreme eastern areas that will see the wet weather. chilly across northern ireland. tomorrow, cloudy and damp across many eastern parts of england and eastern scotland. further west, and eastern scotland. further west, a better chance of seeing some sunshine. temperature is nothing to write home about but not too bad for the time of the year. 13 to 70 degrees. mainly dry with sunny spells next week. it will feel warm. this is bbc news. the headline. voting is under way in general elections in iraq, 7000 candidates are standing for the 379 seats in parliament. the tuc has warned workers are experiencing the longest wage squeeze in 200 years and it is calling for an end to austerity at a

east in east anglia early wednesday morning. to the north of that, you guessed it, more mist, fog, and low for coming back in. they will retreat back to coastal areas. but this rain will be on the move. a spell of a few hours of heavy rain, potentially thundery, to, moving westwards. it looks triad now to the south—west, but impressions should improve the south—eastst of the dry weather there because it will probably not last. pressure is lowering, which is why we are finding more downpours coming from the near continent, and there was such to move their way northwards as well. so we may have a few storms across northern ireland on thursday, fa ns across northern ireland on thursday, fans and the south—west of scotland. more cloud around here. more storms pushing back from the south—east are crossed england and wales. these could be misty as well. some localised flooding from these two. everything is moving northwards, so that by friday the wettest of the weather moves to northern ireland, and northern england, moving into south—western scotland, leaving something drier in southern parts of england, with temperatures perhaps into the lower mid—20s or so. we will see heavy rain in scotland on saturday and perhaps into the south—west on sunday. the south—west and east of england largely dry. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie

east and heading on a similar track. we should see improvements in the afternoon, in the south—east and east anglia, some sunshine comings we were thinking this time yesterday and temperatures typically into the mid—teens. eventually the rain will clear away and as we move into the beginning of next week, high pressure starts to build in so things become a bit more certain. it looks like it should be largely dry with spells of sunshine and for a while, it will be a bit warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven: the prime minister agrees to two additional panel members for the grenfell tower inquiry after pressure from campaigners. we wa nt we want to know why the fire started, how the fire started. the culture of the institutions that we re culture of the institutions that were supposed to listen to the concerns of the community. why did this happen? the number of students taking their own lives is rising — university leaders say they are being failed by a lack of mental healthcare. if we ignore it, we will have failed a generation. we will be setting ourselves up for huge costs and burdens in the nhs, but more

east and east anglia. england, the midlands and across towards wales. and maybe see some late sunshine. thundery rain and more cloud the eastern scotland. lovely day for northern ireland too. this rain will continue to drift its way northwards. showers perhaps heading toward scotland and northern ireland. not much wind to move things around. still humid air, so temperatures of 12 to 1a degrees. maybe the odd shower. and towards eastflooding too. bit further north. should be generally dry. there will be some sunshine around, very warm and muggy air. we will get some slow—moving, heavy and thundery downpours. and northern ireland for a while. here on saturday. for most of england and wales, it might be dry. in the low to mid 20s once again. thunderstorms remains. the weather pattern not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. 00:28:28,666 --> 715827684:15:58,793 i'm 715827684:15:58,793 --> 1431655368:03:28,921 babita 1431655368:03:28,921 --> 2147483051:50:59,049 sharma 2147483051:50:59,049 --> 2863310735:38:29,176 with 2863310735:38:29,176 --> 3579138419:25:59,303 bbc 3579138419:25:59,303 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 news. president trump and kim jong—un. for talks with the us secretary of state mike pompeo. he's the first senior north korean to go to the us for 18 years. are shot dead in belgium. the authorities say they're treating it as a terrorist attack. com. 0bama's former ad

east and east anglia earlier on wednesday morning. to the north of that, you've guessed it, more mist, fog and low cloud coming back in again. that will retreat back to coastal areas, but this rain is going to be on the move. a spell of a few hours of quite heavy rain, thundery too. moving westwards across england towards wales, up towards northern england. it looks a bit drier now towards the south—west and conditions should improve in the south eastemperatures will be across scotland and northern ireland. make the most of the dry weather here because it's probably not going to last. pressure is lowering, which is why we are finding more downpours coming in from the near continent and they will start to move their way northwards as well. so we may have a few storms across northern ireland on thursday, perhaps into the south—west of scotland. more cloud around here, certainly and more storms pushing back from the south east across england and wales. these could be pretty nasty as well, some localised flooding from these too. but everything is moving its way northwards, so by friday the wettest of the weather moves towards northern ireland, northern england, up into central and southern scotland, allowing something, at long last, a little bit drier across more southern parts of england and wales and temperatures typically into the low, perhaps mid—20s or so. over the weekend, i think we will see heavy rain and storms in scotland on

east and east anglia. england, the midlands and across towards wales. and maybe see some late sunshine. thundery rain and more cloud the eastern scotland. lovely day for northern ireland too. this rain will continue to drift its way northwards. showers perhaps heading toward scotland and northern ireland. not much wind to move things around. still humid air so temperatures of 12 to 1a degrees. maybe the odd shower. and towards eastsome more localised flooding too. bit further north. should be generally dry. there will be some sunshine around, very warm and muggy air. we will get some slow—moving, heavy and thundery downpours. and northern ireland for a while. here on saturday. for most of england and wales, it might be dry. in the low to mid 20s once again. thunderstorms remain. the weather pattern not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. 00:28:03,814 --> 858993221:01:08,937 i'm 858993221:01:08,937 --> 1717986441:34:14,061 rico 1717986441:34:14,061 --> 2576979662:07:19,184 hizon 2576979662:07:19,184 --> 3435972882:40:24,307 in 3435972882:40:24,307 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 singapore. the headlines. more talks about the trump—kim summit. preparations continue in singapore, korea and new york. and a civilian are shot dead in belgium. prosecutors are treating it as a terrorist attack. i'm babita sharma in london. sending racist tweets. minister of agriculture. of state mike p

east and the best sunshine found in the west. sunday is shaping up with rain across parts of north—east england and scotland. also a few showers for east angliabetween 15 and 17 in the sunniest areas. though cooler towards the east coast. looking ahead to the working week, high pressure building in from the south—west. still an area of low pressure not far away, sitting across parts of france, so we could see a few showers and fairly cloudy conditions for the south—east of england and east anglia for a time on monday. elsewhere a largely dry day with pressure building and there will be sunshine with temperatures starting to lift a little. more cloud in parts of northern ireland and western scotland later in the day but it should be warmer than it has been at the weekend with temperatures around 20 or 21. not a bad day on tuesday with dry and fine weather. a weak front will bring cloud to northern ireland and western scotland. a few spots of rain, dry and sunny and improvement through the day across the east. temperatures doing pretty well, 21, 22 in the warmest spots and fresh to the far north—west. high—pressure building, so next week is loo

east and east anglia. and maybe see some late sunshine. thundery rain and more cloud the eastern scotland. lovely day for northern ireland too. this rain will continue to drift its way northwards. showers perhaps heading toward scotland and northern ireland. not much wind to move things around. still humid air so temperatures of 12 to 1a degrees. maybe the odd shower. and towards eastlly dry. there will be some sunshine around, very warm and muggy air. we will get some slow—moving, heavy and thundery downpours. and northern ireland for a while. here on saturday. for most of england and wales, it might be dry. in the low to mid 20s once again. thunderstorms remain. the weather pattern not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. president trump and kim jong—un. for talks with the us secretary of state mike pompeo. he‘s the first senior north korean to go to the us for 18 years. two female police officers and a civilian are shot dead in belgium. the authorities say they‘re treating it as a terrorist attack. actress posted a racist tweet about ba rack 0bama‘s advisers. actress posted a racist tweet about barack 0bama‘s advisers. barack 0bama‘s advisers. there is more to come here on bbc world news. that‘s all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it‘s time for extra time. welcome to extra time. i‘m rob bonnet. the

and splashes of rain in northern ireland, into the morning some low cloud developing in east anglia and the south—easthe countryside, but not as cold for many has it has been. tomorrow, that mist and low cloud will break up, light long spells of sunshine, more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, occasional rain, not a soaker by any means, even though there will be heavier bursts. maybe there will be heavier bursts. maybe the odd shout of eastern scotland, still 21 degrees around the moray firth, highs of 23 across parts of the midlands and the south. into sunday night, wetter again across parts of western scotland and northern ireland, but that will fade back into the atlantic, lots more dry, reasonably sunny weather to come, just a few heavy showers to watch out for a cross part of england and wales. bye for now. this is bbc news. i'm vicki young. the headlines at 8pm... prince harry and meghan markle have been married at a ceremony in st george's chapel, windsor in a royal wedding that's been watched across the world. fanfare. the bride arrived at the chapel with ten pageboys and bridesmaids an

east to west. west is best in terms of sunshine. that's the story on sunday. further east, more cloud. a better day for the south—east of england, east anglia saturday, with the rain confined to northumberland, aberdeenshire at up towards the northern isles. elsewhere, not a bad day, any early showers clearing from the south—west, and 18 in the sunshine, feeling pleasant with light winds. 0vernight, we are likely to stay largely dry and clear, and there could be one or two showers on the east coast. quite a fresh start to your monday morning, temperatures down in single figures first thing, with light winds and clear skies. there could be some misty nest but that was clear. through the coming week, high pressure building, bringing a mainly dry theme, and it should still pleasa nt dry theme, and it should still pleasant in the sunshine. this is bbc news. i'm nkem ifejika. our top stories... a terrorist knife attack in paris leaves one person dead and at least four others injured. the so called islamic state say they did it. north korea announces plans to dismantle its nuclear test site within weeks. international experts and journalists are

also we had the low cloud once again near the east coast but you can see the showers gathering to the south and east and we've got more coming into was east angliaafternoon is far from settled if you like across the southern half of the uk and that is the way it is set to stay. warm still despite more cloud and the rain and certainly warm away from the east coast across scotland in the beautiful sunshine, northern ireland may catch a late shower but some lovely weather to end the day. overnight the low cloud comes back into many central and eastern areas but the rain really develops further south. the humidity rises. it's going to be a warm night and we could have some mist and mcquoid rain clears late in the night. that's because we have this weather system starting to push north, more in the wings for the weekend. much of the northern half of the uk will see the best of the sunshine again tomorrow. in fact for the next few days. it looks as if the rain will be into parts of northern england tomorrow as well as england and wales further south and there could be some quite heavy and thundery downpours in their as well. hopefully things will star

not quite into east anglia and the south—east of england, but in the day ahead, that process is completenorth—west of us and that's feeding in cooler, fresher conditions across all parts, and a bit of rain, as i mentioned, coming into the west. although most will start fine and dry for the morning, single—figure temperatures under clear skies but some in east and south—east england still around 10 or possibly 11 degrees. your eyes will be drawn to this weather system that will soon in the morning turn things wetter into northern ireland, into western scotland, the wind picking up as well, quite gusty into the western isles but it's really coming in very slowly so a lot of cloud increases ahead of that. many will be staying dry even on into the afternoon, particularly across eastern parts of the uk, and still some sunny spells into east anglia and south—east england, but temperatures here down significantly compared with recent days. that's how we end the afternoon. going into the evening, some of us will be getting a wet evening rush—hour. some heavy bursts affecting western parts of sco

south—east england, the midlands and east anglia are seeing the highest temperatures.e here in regents park, sampling the delights that people are doing on this hot bank holiday monday. vladimir putin is sworn—in for a fourth term as president — promising to improve the lives of the russian people. extra police on patrol in london — after three separate shootings in just 2a hours leave 1 teenager dead and 3 others injured. starbucks will receive $7 billion from the swiss food giant, nestle, for the rights to market its products around the world. also: the rising cost of vanilla sending a chill down the spine of ice—cream makers. a worldwide crop shortage means the extract is now more expensive than silver. and click investigates the artificially intelligent software being used by police. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary is in washington in an attempt to stop president donald trump abandoning the iran nuclear deal. boris johnson has appeared on a number of us tv networks, including the president's f

not quite into east anglia and the south—east of england, but in the day ahead, that process is complete that's feeding in cooler, fresher conditions across all parts, and a bit of rain, as i mentioned, coming into the west. although most will start fine and dry for the morning, single—figure temperatures under clear skies but some in east and south—east england still around 10 or possibly 11 degrees. your eyes will be drawn to this weather system that will soon in the morning turn things wetter into northern ireland, into western scotland, the wind picking up as well, quite gusty into the western isles but it's really coming in very slowly so a lot of cloud increases ahead of that. many will be staying dry even on into the afternoon, particularly across eastern parts of the uk, and still some sunny spells into east anglia and south—east england, but temperatures here down significantly compared with recent days. that's how we end the afternoon. going into the evening, some of us will be getting a wet evening rush—hour. some heavy bursts affecting western parts of scotland beginning to p

celsius. see how it has been growing and the rain moving back into east anglia. rain moving back into east some late sunshine. sunshine. eastern scotland and another lovely day for northern ireland. day for northern ireland. showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. much win to move things around with humid air. humid air. the midlands and east anglia as well. well. thunder and lightning and the possibility of localised flooding. possibility of localised flooding. the end of the week is to push everything further north. everything further north. wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine around. sunshine around. ireland, there will be slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. and heavy and thundery downpours. arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. ireland for a while. for most of england and wales it may be dry. england and wales it may be dry. warm sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid 20s. the low to mid 20s. and into monday, the threat of catching thunderstorms remains. catching thunderstorms remains. weather p

spells of warm sunshine but still the risk of thundery showers, parts of east anglia, southern england and wales. parts of eastissed generally confined to eastern cluster it —— coastal areas where it will be cooler. could be heavy and cause disruption lukas mai. one day. temperatures in the highlands, 26—27dc, and we could even see 28 in the south—east. this evening and overnight, more in the way of cloud feeding and from east. i get the chance of a heavy thundery shower in the south. temperatures largely staying in double figures. overnight between ten and 15 celsius. further sunny spells on the cards the chance of some heavy and possibly disruptive thunderstorms in the south. this is bbc news. i'm vicki young. the headlines at 11: a man in his eighties has died after his vehicle was submerged in walsall, as flash flooding hits parts of the midlands and wales. some areas get more than a month's rainfall injust an hour. the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following a referendum in the republic of ireland. talks continue between us and north korean officials on a possible le

east and north—east in scotland. and north—east in scotland. variable amount of cloud behind that. amount of cloud behind that. showers in the south—east in east angliahe north of scotland and producing rain. the south—west, showers. showers. in between, something more dry and bright. dry and bright. temperatures are around average or just below. a stark contrast to last week. week. let's hope next weekend is just as promising. not that bad. three weeks ago where it was utterly horrible. roasting. some people do not like the heat. not like the heat. when it is sunny and hot because i like it being cold and i like rain. like it being cold and i like rain. especially for the garden. being so reasonable with these people, that is what i say. we pay for petrol at the pumps. sean is taking a look. what is the story? it is interesting. interesting. insight into what goes on behind the scenes at the banking on behind the scenes at the banking sector when you buy stuff. good morning. it is worth emphasising that. that. fuel with a card at the pump, not in the shop. the shop. enter your pin to pre—authorise a certain amount of money. certain amount of money.

was ugly east anglia and the south—east was in east anglia and the south—east was ugly in the centralto the north—west introducing thicker cloud and patchy light rain. a chilly night, perhaps a touch of frost here and there. quite rapidly tomorrow morning, all of the cloud, missed and fog will push right the way back to the coast and another glorious day for many. the weather front progressing across northern ireland and scotland will ta ke northern ireland and scotland will take rain largely into the north and west and we could see the old spot in the east but not much more. in the sunshine temperatures up to 23 in the south—east but if you are under cloud, that little bit lower. 0n under cloud, that little bit lower. on monday, a lot of bright and fine and sunny and warm weather for much of the uk. but we could well seasoned thunderstorms developing across parts of southern england and south wales to those could be heavy and across the north—west, we have the rain coming in across parts of western scotland and also northern ireland but for the royal wedding today, here in windsor, i

to the east, east anglia, the southeast, look at the 19 degrees but that really depends on how much sunshineat the all—importa nt bank holiday be a little lower. let's look at the all—important bank holiday weekend. jet stream way to the north of us and what is happening to the south here? the key thing as this air of high pressure builds across much of the continent here in settling the weather down and still one or two weather down and still one or two weather fronts making their way just about into northwestern parts of the country. basically the closer you are to this high pressure here, the warmer and brighter the weather will be. a bit misty in the sun should be out. this is what temperatures will look like saturday, 21 in london and merseyside. sunday we see those fresh winds out of the west pushing further. this is a weak cold front and you can hardly see it here, but it isa and you can hardly see it here, but it is a cold front moving across the uk so that means slightly cooler weather. 15 for belfast, not bad but 22, how about that expected on sunday in london. for sure the bank ho

east anglia. i'm optimistic of the coming hours. we should to see the cloud break up the crossbars of east anglia. could see a bit of brighton ‘s breakthrough at times. that focus for some heavy, thundery showers will be towards parts of central and southern england, towards wales. maybe the south—west later on. brightening up across east anglia and the south—east, temperatures could be 22 or 23. warmest spots today likely to be the highlands of scotland, 23 or 24 be the highlands of scotland, 23 or 2a degrees. always cooler weather cloud lingers along north sea holes. tonight, the cloud will drift back inland after a bit of respite from showers and thunderstorms, morgan developed, this time further north. east anglia into parts of lincolnshire, yorkshire. a greater chance of seeing the odd rumble of thunder into tomorrow morning. a cool night again to the north—west of scotland. tomorrow, i thundery sandwich. anywhere through east anglia, parts of northern england, mainly lincolnshire, yorkshire, towards the greater manchester area, across wales. this is where we could see heavy thundery downpours

this evening it will reach cardiff, plymouth, and looking as if the extreme east of the country, east of lincolnshire and east anglia. the weather front will keep on crossing the country as we go through the course of the morning and perhaps heavy for a time. at least in the midlands and parts of northern england. then in the afternoon just exiting that norfolk and suffolk coast. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers and quite a fresh day, the temperature only about 10—13, and tomorrow evening dries out, should bea tomorrow evening dries out, should be a fine end to the day for most of us on be a fine end to the day for most of us on wednesday. that's the middle pa rt us on wednesday. that's the middle part of the week. how about the second half? things on the up, changing. jet streams to the north of us and warm air to the south and looking like the for murray is heading our way and that bodes very well at this stage for the bank holiday weekend, the run—up to the bank holiday weekend. things will start to warm up, not necessarily sunny, a filament of close around, thatis sunny, a filament of close around, t

not quite into east anglia and the south—east of england, but in the day ahead, that process is completes across all parts, and a bit of rain, as i mentioned, coming into the west. although most will start fine and dry for the morning, single—figure temperatures under clear skies but some in east and south—east england still with 10 or possibly 11 degrees. your eyes will be drawn to this weather system that will soon in the morning turn things wetter into northern ireland, into western scotland, the wind picking up as well, quite gusty into the western isles but it's really coming in very slowly so a lot of cloud increases ahead of that. many will be staying dry even on into the afternoon, particularly across eastern parts of the uk, and still some sunny spells into east anglia and south—east england, but temperatures here down significantly compared with recent days. that's how we end the afternoon. going into the evening, some of us will be getting a wet evening rush—hour. some heavy bursts affecting western parts of scotland beginning to pull away from the western isles, patchy in nat

east and east anglia. that will slide its way up the eastern side of england and eventually into eastern scotland by the end of the night. further west, where we see clear skies, especially across northern ireland, it will turn quite chilly. in fact, here, there could be a touch of frost may be in some spots in the countryside getting all the way down to freezing. so, into tomorrow. chilly start in the west. a bright start here. further eastrudging its way out of eastern england and settling in across eastern scotland for a good part of the day. further west, that is where we will continue to see the best of the sunshine. very small chance of a shower but most will be dry. temperatures nothing to write home about. equally not too bad for this time of the prospects for the coming week actually look quite promising in terms of dry weather. high pressure across scandinavia and another area of high pressure down to the south—west. these two high pressure arejoining forces, building in across the british isles to give plenty of dry weather. having said that, monday will bring extra cloud towards the south east, perhaps some showers here. some more cloud just beginning to creep into northern ireland and western scotland through the afternoon as well. in between, good spells of sunshine. temperature is starting to climb. 20 degrees in edinburgh, 21 our high in london. for many, tuesday brings plenty of warm sunshine. slightly di

east and east anglia. on the sandy soils, you could be down to two or three degrees or so. there isn't a great deal of change. we are now into sunday. still that murk a potential threat around the irish sea coast, getting up towards the solway and the eastern shores of antrim and down. more extensive rain as the weather front closes into the northern and north—western part of scotland. eastern side of scotland and much of england, wales and northern ireland, too, perhaps a fraction warmer than was the case on saturday. as i take you from sunday into bank holiday monday, this air stream is still the dominant flow, dragging warmth out of the heart of the continent and pushing it towards the british isles. there is cloud and some rain in northern and western parts of scotland, cloudy in northern ireland, but not without brightness here. still that potential for murk around some of the irish sea coasts. it could well be that we see another degree or two on those temperatures. if we make it up to the lofty heights of 26, possibly even 27 degrees, that will set a record for the bank holiday monday of a bank holiday. 27 degrees would be the mark we are looking for. that's probably the one that would make the headlines. having said all of that, it may well be the case that some of you don't get anywhere near that. tuesday, we will still have a banner of cloud across many of these western areas. still producing the odd bits of rain even as far ahead of that, eastern and south—eastern parts still very warm. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. jamie acourt, one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, is due to appear in court in spain after being arrested on drugs charges. donald trump criticises the level of knife crime in london, comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a war—zone. an erupting volcano in hawaii has triggered a series of earthquakes, including the most powerful to hit the state since 1975. a space rocket has begun a six—month journey to take a probe to mars, to help scientists study what's beneath the planet's crust. sport with catherine downes, now. thank you. fighting for their premier league survival — west brom scrambled in a late goal to beat tottenham. these were the scenes of celebration at the hawthorns at the final whistle — just moments afterjake livermore had the last touch in a goal—mouth tussle to take all three points in injury time. west brom needed to win to avoid relegation — now they have the faintest of lifelines — they're still bottom, but they could still cling on. to give ourselves a chance, we've been on this road four, almost five weeks ago. wejust been on this road four, almost five weeks ago. we just wanted to get some sort of pride and commitment backin some sort of pride and commitment back in there. the supporters haven't been excellent. one the one standing up here talking about the occasion but it is us as a football clu b occasion but it is us as a football club the club came together, the supporters, staff, officials, everybody came together and working hard. through that hard work and commitment, results are coming. stoke city are the first team to be relegated from the premier league this season — their fate sealed by a late fight back from crystal palace. players dropped to the turf as the full time whistle confirmed their position. their afternoon had started much more brightly. craig templeton reports. in the premier league, many matches are called must win but stoke city new either beat crystal palace in the potteries heat all their hopes of survival would be shattered. palace had all the early pressure but the dangerous wilfried zaha couldn't find the finish. but when you have a master craftsman like shaqiri in yourteam, you have a master craftsman like shaqiri in your team, you always have a chance. the tension was rising. in the second half, tempers threatened to boil over. cracks then started showing in the stoke defence. james mcarthur found a gap. and then found the equaliser. and then stoke's fate was sealed when ryan shawcross got in a spin, leaving patrick van aanholt with the simplest of finishes. after a decade of premier league football, it's the championship next season for stoke. and some of these fans will remember that it can take years before you return. craig templeton, bbc news. they were excited to pick up the points. as i said, before, if the lads had been playing, they wouldn't have been in the position they are in. the club has to bounce back up, it is too big and the supporters are too big. it is in a good place infrastructure wise, they can do that. this football club has to bounce back. i feel very sorry. a lot of empathy for stoke city, not much fun coming off the field at the end of the game, seeing the pain etched on the players and the coaching staff's faces. it is not asked that has put them down, it's 37 matches have put them down, it's 37 matches have put them down. we just happen to be here today. and provide them with opposition that did theirjob, played the best football that they could play. swansea are on shaky ground — they lost 1—0 to bournemouth. ryan fraser's deflected goal in the first half secured bournemouth‘s place in the premier league next season — they are safe, but swansea could drop into the bottom three if southampton beat everton in the match at goodison which hasjust kicked off. 0-0 0—0 for now. and here are the other results for you in the premier league today — west ham took another step towards safety — they beat leicester 2—0. watford are safe for next season — they beat newcastle 2—0. third from bottom southampton still have three games to play. they are under way in the late kick off at everton. if southampton win that match, west brom will go down, swa nsea match, west brom will go down, swansea drop into the bottom three as well. the latest from goodison park, 0—0. we will keep you up—to—date throughout the afternoon. so this is how it looks at the bottom of the table — a crucial time forfive or six teams. west ham not mathematically safe — but huddersfield and swansea hovering above the drop—zone. stoke at the bottom now after today's loss — west brom move up a place. in the scottish premiership, dundee have all but secured their place in the top—flight for next season, after a 1—0 win over hamilton academical at dens park. dundee took the lead through kevin holt in the first half. but the game was set for a dramatic finish when hamilton won a penalty four minutes from time. dougie imrie stepped up and failed to convert from the spot, as dundee went six points clear of the playoff positon, with two games to play. elsewhere in the premiership this afternoon, second place aberdeen drew 0—0 at home to hibernian, steven maclean scored a hat—trick in his final game for stjohnstone as they thrashed motherwell 5—1. david bates marked his last appearance at ibrox with the only goal of the game as rangers beat kilmarnock moved to within one point of second—place aberdeen. it's the women's fa cup final this afternoon — chelsea and arsenal are battling it out at wembley. a huge afternoon at wembley. it's a repeat of the 2016 fa cup final — arsenal won that one — and there's a record crowd of over 40,000 at wembley to enjoy this installment. these are the live pictures — you can watch the match on bbc one. early stages of the fa cup final. currently 0—0 between arsenal and chelsea. elia viviani has won the second stage of the giro d'italia. the italian fought his way through on the sprint to the finish line in tel aviv to claim the second giro stage victory of his career. britain's chris froome appears to have recovered from his poor start yesterday. we should be seeing the pictures, 110w. he crossed the line in the main field and remains 21st overall. australian rohan dennis has taken the leader's pinkjersey. tomorrow is the final stage in israel before the race resumes in italy on tuesday. john higgins is through to the final of the world snooker championship. the four—time champion resumed today with a 13—11 lead and eventually beat kyren wilson 17 frames to 13 at the crucible. in the other semi, barry hawkins is 13—11 up on mark williams. they play to a finish this evening for the right to play higgins in the final. imean, i mean, i've had my family down and it's a big thing. you see them setting up and it's a big thing for the family. obviously, he's going to be gutted but i'm just proud. he obviously seized on the opportunity of my inexperience early oi'i. opportunity of my inexperience early on. i missed a sitter of a red at 4-3 to on. i missed a sitter of a red at 4—3 to potentially go for— four. from then on it was like tom and jerry, i was always trying to catch the mouth that i could never catch it in the end that might potentially go 4—4. john isjust different class. what a day of sport it is. david haye and tony bellew are getting ready for their heavyweight rematch which takes place later tonight at london's o2 arena. both men have weighed in lighter than last time and have promised a fight packed with speed rather than brawn. bellew stopped an injury—stricken haye in the first fight 1a months ago and reckons his mental strength will prove too much, but haye has different ideas. the final face—to—face last time round, i saw no fear, no breaking him. this time round, when i looked into his eyes, it was a different man. he knows it, i know it, we all know it. he can't do the same thing. what's going to happen isn't going to happen, what happened last time isn't going to happen this time. that is later on at the o2 arena. still 0—0 between everton and southampton in the premier league and arsenal and chelsea in the women's's fa cup at wembley. watch that live on bbc one. that's all the sport for now. now — when a courier is on a job, you'd expect them to drop off a parcel, get a signature and leave. but one amazon driver decided that wasn't enough — he wanted something in return. that's when wilma, the 11 month old miniature schnauzer disappeared. emma north has the details... emily, herfather richard, and their dog, wilma. they are a close team. she's quite lively, quite feisty. she always likes to play with her brother. last week, the family nearly lost her when a delivery of dog food arrived at the house. we noticed there had been an amazon delivery. and only one dog. wilma was nowhere to be seen. i wasjust in shock. i didn't know it at the time, but it's one of the worst things that can happen to you when you suddenly think, has your dog gone? a frantic search followed. we use this volunteering group called murphy's army and also dogs lost. they helped us with a search party. we also had a sniffer dog round, to see if we could search for her to see if she had escaped into the lanes. our only lead was the fact the amazon driver had delivered a parcel within the hour she went missing. we spent three consecutive days on the phone to amazon customer services for hours. each time they would tell us we need more time, another 24 hours. by day two we were saying, that is not good enough. what did you do as a last resort to get in touch with amazon? we e—mailed jeff bezos, the founder of amazon. and a man from amazon rang them straight back. he called me to say he had spoken to the agency that employs the driver, and the driver has said he doesn't know anything about the puppies. a couple of hours later, he phoned me to say he was looking at the tracking software of the driver to see if there was anything unusual. wilma was at the delivery driver's house. amazon told us this does not reflect the high standards we have for our delivery partners. they will be opportunist. they deliver so many millions of parcels, every day. i think people need to be really vigilant. much more careful with the security of their pets. and not necessarily have such a great trust for the people that enter the driveway every day. i've discovered my daughter is the most determined person i have known in my life. for four days, every waking moment, she was doing something that was an action to find wilma and get her home. and if i slackened off for one minute, she was there saying, "no, you can't do that, that is not getting wilma back". she has been fantastic. she is my hero. give us a kiss! the headlines on bbc news: jamie acourt, one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, is arrested in spain on drugs charges — he'll appear before a judge today. donald trump criticises the level of knife crime in london — comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a war—zone. an erupting volcano in hawaii has triggered a series of earthquakes, including the most powerful to hit the state since 1975. sir david attenborough has been sharing his views on plastic, brexit and tv fakery. in an interview with the bbc‘s martha kearney, to mark the re—opening of the world's largest victorian glasshouse, the temperate house, at kew gardens, sir david said that plastic is a "major danger" to the planet. we can never go far enough, because we shall always be overwhelmed with plastic. but, at the moment, we are using plastic in a completely functionless sway. in a completely functionless way. i mean, it baffles me. people send me letters and if they think they are important, they put them in a plastic envelope. and then put that in another envelope. why? i can't understand. i mean, it makes them look, i suppose, precious or something. but it's quite functionless. and we use plastic, or have done until now, with total abandon, without any care or concern about where it's going to go or what it might do. if we can pull ourselves together and recognise that, actually, it is a major danger, particularly in the sea, we are stepping in the right direction. an awful lot of people now are working on ways in which you can deal with plastic waste. one of the problems is, of course, is plastic is notjust plastic, there are lots of different kinds of plastics, chemically. what works for one kind of plastic is not necessarily working for another. those are the problems they are wrestling with at the moment. was it a conscious decision in the programme to highlight the pollution of plastic? well, it was certainly in the mind of the producers that we would have a sequence. but i've been saying that, and we've been making programmes about that sort of thing, for decades. i mean, i've certainly talked about plastic many times before. and many, many other people have, too. why has it happened just now? that i can't tell. itjust struck a particular moment in the national mood when people were sensitive to that particular danger. why? i don't know. but it certainly has had a huge effect. and, finally, you recently made a television programme, you were in conversation with the queen. you talked to her about her legacy, the commonwealth canopy tree project. what would you like your own legacy to be? well, i don't think i deserve... i mean, i've been unbelievably lucky for the last, what, 60 years or something, to make natural history programmes. and with a lot of other people, too, cameramen, recordists, so one. cameramen, recordists, so on. we've all worked together in the natural history unit and produced a great corpus of stuff. i would like to think that there will not be any of it which you couldn't do again, perhaps better. but it could be that quite a lot of those things will become extinct in 50 to 100 years' time. in which case, that will be a legacy that future generations will treasure. think of what it would be like if you could see pterodactyls coming across and, actually, it brought come thundering through his newly planted palm trees. laughter. sir david attenborough, many thanks indeed. let's go before the pterodactyls come! laughter brontosaurus. now it's time for meet the author. how can a writer make us care about a creature from greek mythology born of the gods as a nymph? it's a challenge for any novelist. madeline miller did it first with achilles, now she tells the story of the great sorceress and enchantress, circe, who leads us through many of the great stories of mythology, behaving badly — like she so often did — but at the same time emerging as a figure with human qualities, including of course vulnerability. who will win many readers‘ sympathy because she is an individual trying to make sense of a very troubled world. welcome. what is the trick in humanising an immortal nymph like circe? well, i think i've always found that these ancient myths really resonate with un—human nature in that they are very timeless in what they are looking at, and i absolutely felt that as i was approaching circe. here she is, yes, she's a goddess, yes, she is a nymph, but she lives in a world where she is the pawn of much more powerful people than herself and she's on the receiving end. she doesn't have a lot of control, initially, over what she can do with her life and where she can go, and i think we can all relate to feeling in the grip of larger powers than ourselves. nonetheless, you have to bring them to life. they've got to be something more than statues in a museum, and if we're going to meet odysseus and prometheus and all these people who've got more than a walk—on parts in the story, they need to come off the wall, don't they? absolutely, and one of the things i love about the ancient myths is that when we talk about these greek heroes we use the word hero today to talk about someone who often is a moral exemplar. the ancient greek heroes were not moral exemplars at all. they were very complex, they had huge strengths and also huge faults, and so i really wanted to honour that in all of the characters — particularly circe — to make her a person that is three—dimensional, complex with those flaws and strengths as well. and, of course, you turn her into a figure who still has the powers, immortality and the ability to turn people into pigs and other things that she wants to and doesn't like them, which she uses, but you give her a humanity. she changes nappies. it's a dangerous game. you were a high school classics teacher by trade. do you ever think i'm letting this side down? i certainly have worried about the classics police and getting kicked out of the classics club, but i think that most classicists agree that the stories live because they are retold and they have been retold so many times over the years in so many contradictory ways and that's why they are still with us. and it's no accident that they've been told, because they are fundamental stories. folk myths, same thing. exactly. and i think that there is no such thing as an objective, definitive version of a mist. definitive version of a myth. i think they invite us into retell them. so, what about her? what sort of person do you think she becomes in your hands? well, iwanted her to be a character who is really forged by being downtrodden very early on in her life, and i think sometimes that can drive people towards then treading on people towards them treading on others, but i think it can also draw great empathy and pity for others, and i think that's the way circe goes. and the downtrodden nature that you reveal is very much connected with her femininity. yes. this is a world, the ancient greek mythological world, is a world that's not kind to women at all. it is not kind to a lot of people, men and women, but in particular as a woman and one of these lower—level nymphs, you are prey. i would not suggest for a second that this is a tract or a great political statement, but it's undoubtedly a book deeply informed by a feminist perspective in the world, isn't it? yes, i really wanted to take this female character and put her at the centre of her own epic. women have traditionally not been the subject of epics. their lives have not been seen as important enough for an epic, and so just as odysseus gets his epic i wanted this to be her epicjourney. and in a way, the humanising of these mythological figures has to do with the revelation of her, what we call them, psychological struggles or something? that is, to come back to the very beginning of our conversation, that is the trick. that's what makes her tick. and for me that always comes originally with asking questions. so, the great mystery of circe is why is she turning men into pigs? how do you come to that point in your life? homer does not tell us, odysseus never asks her, and so i think it's really ripe for exploration. i don't believe that people do thingsjust because or on a whim, i think people have reasons for what they do. and what is your explanation in her character? without giving too much away... indeed, yes. ..i think she feels very betrayed and assaulted and abused at one point, and she lashes out in response to that. so, really it's vengeance for her. the ancient world is very, very distant now from people. notjust because of the timeline, but because it sort of is slipping away. the days when the children went to school and many of them learnt latin as just the inevitable thing, have long gone. there is great enthusiasm for the classics in many schools, of course teachers are determined to keep them alive, but it's changed day, isn't it? it is changing. although as a high school teacher myself, one thing that i'm always struck by is when i do get children in the classroom and i do start talking about the myths, they are immediately gripped. i think these stories are so exciting and filled with huge emotions and things that they can identify with that i think if you can give them the chance, children will run towards them. do you see yourself as some kind of classics evangelist here? i know you are writing a work of fiction and of the imagination, in a way, but you are doing more than that. you are saying look, here are great stories and i'm trying to breed a particular kind of and i'm trying to breathe a particular kind of new life and shed some new light on them. it's always really exciting to me whenever someone comes and says i read your book and it made me go back to homer. that is, for me, the ultimate compliment. i want these novels to be for everyone. but with circe, you made the point earlier that there's so much that is not explained, that you've got the gift of the unknown to play with. yes, and as it turns out, she has this whole wonderful back story that has absolutely nothing to do with odysseus. she is the aunt of the minotaur in media, daughter of the sun god helios, she has a connection to prometheus, she's his cousin and all of these... sort of bringing everybody in. like some huge cast of a broadway musical. they are all there. if you have the opportunity to write a minotaur birth scene, i feel you have to take it. absolutely. it's interesting, this struggle between somebody who is in touch with the world of the gods in the ancient conception and the world of humanity. it's the kind of thing that wagner struggled with in the ring. how do you make this connection work? it is a big thing to take on. that really comes right out of homer, that he has this beautiful detail about her, that she is the dread goddess who speaks like a human. and so i think naturally she is that a bridge. she has a sort of a foot in each world. and that is the curse, of course? yes, yes. i mean, if you are just one thing or the other you get on with it, but if you are stuck transporting yourself between these two worlds of the human understanding and the kind of eternal life of the gods how do you handle it? as you say, it is kind of a curse because it means that you never fully belong anywhere, but it also gives you a very interesting perspective on each of those things. you can stand back and kind of come to see them for their faults and their strengths as well. you don't belong anywhere, but nonetheless in your conception of her, you have a life that is in its own bizarre way very enriching. yes. one of the major themes of the odyssey is odysseus has this intense longing for home, and he wants to find his home in ithaca. it is a journey. yes, it is. and i wanted her to have that same sense of searching for home, except she has to create that home. she has to make it for herself. and does she do it? she does. madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me. it's time we brought you right up to date with how we see the rest of the bank holiday weekend on folding right across unfolding right across the british isles. no complaints, i suspect, from the oldham area here. notjust darren‘s sky that looking like that, many of you are enjoying a sparkling saturday. however, there are exceptions to that rule. most notably, perhaps, some, and i repeat, some of the irish sea coasts. that is the view in one or two spots. but even here, there are blue skies to be had, if you haven't got that sea mist and fog coming in and out with the tide. in and out with the breeze. the weather from across the north west of scotland more of an ever present. to give more in the way of cloud, some bits and pieces of rain as well. it will be there overnight. as we come away from that, the skies stay pretty clear across the south—easttting up towards the solway and the eastern shores of antrim and down. more extensive rain, as the weather front closes into the northern and north—western part of scotland. eastern side of scotland and much of england, wales and northern ireland, too, perhaps a fraction warmer than was the case on saturday. as i take you from sunday into bank holiday monday, this air stream is still the dominant flow, dragging warmth out of the heart of the continent and pushing it towards the british isles. there is cloud and some rain in northern and western parts of scotland, cloudy in northern ireland, but not without brightness here. still that potential for murk around some of the irish sea coasts. it could well be that we see another degree or two on those temperatures. if we make it up to the lofty heights of 26, possibly even 27 degrees, that will set a record for the bank holiday monday of a bank holiday. 27 degrees would be the mark we are looking for. that's probably the one that would mak

east. some in east anglia, they get away with not too much wet weather. it is whether three middle part of the day. as the rain clears from central western parts we see sunshine in one or two showers —— and one or two showers. some hail mixed in as well. and separatist down a little bit on what we saw through tuesday. pleasant enoughin we saw through tuesday. pleasant enough in the south we have the sunshine. the rain will be lost tickly anglia, south—eastday night. most will be dry. what does happen through wednesday night into thursday is with the jet stream chipping we will see some slightly cooler ad push its way in. a chilly start once again on thursday morning. east of scotland, a touch of frost in one or two areas. lovely sunny start before cloud increases. in the west, sunny spells, more cloud. that will be in northern ireland, was in scotland, some spots of drizzle. after a chilly start, south—westerly winds push in. temperatures will be on the rise once again. going into friday, we will see the winds fall a bit lighter across the south, vowed to begin with. missian places. the cloud will break some sunny spells. missed in places. drizzle here and there. that will be the case in scotla nd and there. that will be the case in scotland and northern ireland. milderair is scotland and northern ireland. milder air is working its way in. with the jet stream pushing to the north of us into the weekend, we bring milder air tojust north

storms will go to the south—east towards east anglia.s keeping storms going. the tendency in the next few days is to push that much further north. southern parts of england and wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine, warm and muggy air. the midlands, scotla nd warm and muggy air. the midlands, scotland and northern ireland, slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. this is the first time wet weather arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. heavy showers and possible thunderstorms here on saturday. england and wales may be dry. some showers dotted around, though difficult to tell where. mid—20s. sunday and monday, the threat of catching some thunderstorms remains. the weather pattern is not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. is hello. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: american diplomats and north korean officials are continuing preparations for a summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un, less than a week after mr trump cancelled it. a close