let's take a look through the english channel, there's that rain, perilously close to kent and east sussexhould clear away during the afternoon. sunny spells for wales, up towards east anglia. variable cloud, as we move across into northern ireland. but a bit more brightness here than recent days. still fairly cloudy for scotland, with that northerly wind bringing a few rain showers, but they will be fairly light and patchy, i think, here through the day. one or two sharp showers for southern scotland, northeast england, down the pennines as well. some sunshine to the south of that, lifting temperatures to about 21, 22 degrees in the warmer spots. so we're typically looking at the mid to high teens for most, but cooler, just 12 or 13, across the northern half of scotland. moving into the middle of the week, then, into wednesday, this ridge of high pressure moves its way in and squeezes the weather fronts away. so, most of us having a fine, dry day on wednesday, with some longer spells of sunshine, maybe some cloud bubbling up through the day, so not looking at wall—to—wall blue sky. a bit

let's speak to politics professor tim bale, from queen mary university — he's in east sussex. on bbc news. just start by telling us what you think of this move and whether it could potentially split the conservative vote there. i it could potentially split the conservative vote there. i think it could. a polling _ conservative vote there. i think it could. a polling company - conservative vote there. i think it could. a polling company did - conservative vote there. i think it could. a polling company did a i conservative vote there. i think it i could. a polling company did a poll backin could. a polling company did a poll back injanuary in clacton, a constituency pole, and these are quite unusual — it showed without nigel farage, reform uk would finish quite a poor second behind the conservatives. however, indeed possibly even third. but with nigel farage standing, they stand a good chance of actually winning that seat. so i think for the conservatives in clacton, it's a problem, but it's also a wider problem, but it's also a wider problem for the tories because, with nigel

we are in east to sussex.n the north of england, selective places in the north of england and scotland. if you have not had breakfast, a nag might be in order. thank you very much. —— an egg might be in order. the conservative party says it will slash red tape for pubs, restaurants and music venues if it wins the election. plans include looking at licensing laws and planning restrictions, to see how changes could boost the night time economy. the harry potter author, jk rowling, has accused the labour leader of abandoning women who are concerned about transgender rights. writing in the times, she said she would struggle to vote for sir keir starmer, calling his attitude on the issue "dismissive and often offensive". labour have responded by saying they would protect single sex spaces for "biological women". the snp leader john swinney is visiting the royal highland show in edinburgh, where he will put the spotlight on his party's dry for "sustainable funding for farming". the party has also cold for a rural vi

let's take a look through the english channel, there's that rain, perilously close to kent and east sussexere. should clear away during the afternoon. sunny spells for wales, up towards east anglia. variable cloud, as we move across into northern ireland. but a bit more brightness here than recent days. still fairly cloudy for scotland, with that northerly wind bringing a few rain showers, but they will be fairly light and patchy, i think, here through the day. one or two sharp showers for southern scotland, northeast england, down the pennines as well. some sunshine to the south of that, lifting temperatures to about 21, 22 degrees in the warmer spots. so we're typically looking at the mid to high teens for most, but cooler, just 12 or 13, across the northern half of scotland. moving into the middle of the week, then, into wednesday, this ridge of high pressure moves its way in and squeezes the weather fronts away. so, most of us having a fine, dry day on wednesday, with some longer spells of sunshine, maybe some cloud bubbling up through the day, so not looking at wall—to—wall blue sky.

let's take a look through the english channel, there is that rain perilously close to kent and east sussexas we move across into northern ireland. but a bit more brightness here than in recent days. still fairly cloudy for scotland with that northerly wind bringing a few rain showers, but they will be fairly light and patchy as they clear through the day. one or two sharp showers for southern scotland, and north—east england down the pennines as well. some sunshine to the south of that lifting temperatures to about 21—22 in the warmer spots. typically looking at the mid to high teens for most, coolerjust 12 or 13 across the northern half of scotland. moving into the middle of the week into wednesday, this ridge of high pressure moves its way in and squeezing the weather fronts away. so most of us having a fine, dry day on wednesday with some longer spells of sunshine, maybe some cloud bubbling up through the day so not looking at wall—to—wall blue sky. a bit of a cool breeze blowing for wast anglia and the far south—east end it will also cloud over with a few sparks of rain for the, spots

let's take a look through the english channel, there's that rain, perilously close to kent and east sussexoon. sunny spells for wales, up towards east anglia. variable cloud, as we move across into northern ireland. but a bit more brightness here than recent days. still fairly cloudy for scotland, with that northerly wind bringing a few rain showers, but they will be fairly light and patchy, i think, here through the day. one or two sharp showers for southern scotland, northeast england, down the pennines as well. some sunshine to the south of that, lifting temperatures to about 21, 22 degrees in the warmer spots. so we're typically looking at the mid to high teens for most, but cooler, just 12 or 13, across the northern half of scotland. moving into the middle of the week, then, into wednesday, this ridge of high pressure moves its way in and squeezes the weather fronts away. so, most of us having a fine, dry day on wednesday, with some longer spells of sunshine, maybe some cloud bubbling up through the day, so not looking at wall—to—wall blue sky. a bit of a cool breeze blowing for east

temperatures were even higher in england, in the south east, in the strong sunshine, 29 degrees in east sussexuesday, thanks to more cloud and some rain in scotland really pegging the temperatures back here. not much rain as we head into wednesday morning. sunny skies for england and wales. some cloud will bubble up, bringing the threat of one or two showers over the welsh hills and the pennines, but it's in scotland that will see some showers developing as it brightens up here and there — some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. and in the afternoon, a bit of rain coming in from the west across northern ireland. some sunshine ahead of that should lift the temperatures a bit higher. the high temperatures, though, are going to be across england and wales. another hot day and, again, 30 degrees likely in the south east of england. things are going to change a bit, though, on thursday. this area of low pressure is coming in from the atlantic, pushing ahead of it, this weather front. as that moves its way eastwards, it'll be followed by atlantic air, cooler and fresher air that will push a

this where the fun starts to edge more cloud into parts of kent and east sussex, may be more showers that is going to send a few weather fronts are way. if you look at the outlook for our capital cities, you can see temperatures will bounce back across the board. more wet weather across edinburgh and belfast, but drier in london and cardiff. live from london, this is bbc news. police in germany tell the bbc a man with a pickaxe tried a petrol bomb close to to a euro 2024 fan zone in hamburg. officials say it�*s not football—related. israel and it daily pause and activities to allow for eight to get in, but it doesn�*t apply to rafah. excitement builds as england players and fans prepare for their opening match against serbia in just under two hours�* time. and princes george and louis, and princess charlotte, pay a father�*s day tribute to prince williamin hello, i�*m kasia madera. german police say they shot at a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an molotov cocktail, close to a fanzone

let's take a look through the english channel, there's that rain, perilously close to kent and east sussexove across into northern ireland. but a bit more brightness here than recent days. still fairly cloudy for scotland, with that northerly wind bringing a few rain showers, but they will be fairly light and patchy, i think, here through the day. one or two sharp showers for southern scotland, northeast england, down the pennines as well. some sunshine to the south of that, lifting temperatures to about 21, 22 degrees in the warmer spots. so we're typically looking at the mid to high teens for most, but cooler, just 12 or 13, across the northern half of scotland. moving into the middle of the week, then, into wednesday, this ridge of high pressure moves its way in and squeezes the weather fronts away. so, most of us having a fine, dry day on wednesday, with some longer spells of sunshine, maybe some cloud bubbling up through the day, so not looking at wall—to—wall blue sky. a bit of a cool breeze blowing for east anglia, the far southeast, and it will also cloud over with a few sparks of

tuesday to find this weather front that's starting to edge some more cloud into parts of kent and east sussexn scotland, too. but some bright and some sunny spells. a lot of dry weather, particularly out towards the west. it“s warm in the south, temperatures in the low 20s, but cool across northern scotland, still with more of a northerly wind starting to develop. as we go through wednesday, that front towards the south starts to pull away. high pressure edges in from the azores and that's set to keep us largely dry, i think, for much of the rest of the week. still low pressure out towards the north and the west, though, and that's going to send a few weather fronts our way. so if we just take a look at the outlook for our capital cities. you can see that temperatures have bounced back to the seasonal average across the board. there could still be some more wet weather across edinburgh and belfast but drier in london and cardiff. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines... a perfect start for england at the euros — gareth southgate“s men currently lead serbia 1—0 after a jude bellingham head

temperatures were even higher in england, in the south east, in the strong sunshine, 29 degrees in east sussex and some rain in scotland really pegging the temperatures back here. not much rain as we head into wednesday morning. sunny skies for england and wales. some cloud will bubble up, bringing the threat of one or two showers over the welsh hills and the pennines, but it's in scotland that will see some showers developing as it brightens up here and there — some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. and in the afternoon, a bit of rain coming in from the west across northern ireland. some sunshine ahead of that should lift the temperatures a bit higher. the high temperatures, though, are going to be across england and wales. another hot day and, again, 30 degrees likely in the south east of england. things are going to change a bit, though, on thursday. this area of low pressure is coming in from the atlantic, pushing ahead of it, this weather front. as that moves its way eastwards, it'll be followed by atlantic air, cooler and fresher air that will push away all that heat and humidi

there is that area of rain moving out of the channel islands, perhaps affecting east sussex and kent,ntry, so the midlands, the pennines up towards central parts of scotland as well. a slightly brighter day, i think, for northern ireland compared to recent days, a bit more sunshine coming through here. still a northerly breeze blowing, and we will see these showers continuing through into the afternoon across scotland and through the spine of northern england, but i think either side of that, of a fair amount of dry and settled weather. it should dry up along the south coast after the earlier rain as well. temperatures up to around 16—21 celsius for most of us. now, we've got high—pressure that's trying to ridge in from the atlantic here as we head towards the middle of the week. so that should quiet the weather down, really. heading into wednesday, another mostly dry and settled day. you are showers then we have seen over recent days. fewer showers then we have seen over recent days. a bit more cloud and some patchy rain into the far north—northwest of scotland. elsewhere, a bit of c

speak to our political correspondent tom symonds, who is with the liberal democrats on a farm in east sussex

tuesday to find this weather front that's starting to edge some more cloud into parts of kent and east sussexping, i think mostly across northern and eastern areas of england, perhaps into eastern scotland, too. but some bright and some sunny spells. a lot of dry weather, particularly out towards the west. it's warm in the south, temperatures in the low 20s, but cool across northern scotland, still with more of a northerly wind starting to develop. as we go through wednesday, that front towards the south starts to pull away. high pressure edges in from the azores and that's set to keep us largely dry, i think, for much of the rest of the week. still low pressure out towards the north and the west, though, and that's going to send a few weather fronts away. so if we just take a look at the outlook for our capital cities. you can see that temperatures have bounced back to the seasonal average across the board. there could still be some more wet weather across edinburgh and belfast but drier in london and cardiff. bye— bye. live from london — this is bbc news. police in germany shoot a man armed

dna testing from the national bee unit shows three hornets captured last month in east sussex are off—springs over the last 20 years, slowly making their way to our shores — in greater numbers last year than ever before. and, for the first time, they've survived over the winter, they're no more dangerous to humans than uk hornets but can be lethal to bees and wasps. a nurse to patient hornets can eat about 11 kilos of insects a year, that equates to over 90,000 heady days of that was the exclusive diets —— a nest of asian hornets can eat. they are a top predator with no natural enemies in the uk, it is another enemy for our honeybees and other pollinators that we could really live without. measuring two and a half centimetres long, asian hornets have dark bodies with a wide orange stripe and bright yellow lower legs. they were more commonly seen in france, but eight years ago nests were spotted in south—east england — mainly in kent and east sussex — with one credible sighting in lancashire. so far this year, there have been 15 sightings, but by this time last year there had only been three.

let's take a look through the english channel, there's that rain, perilously close to kent and east sussexst anglia. variable cloud, as we move across into northern ireland. but a bit more brightness here than recent days. still fairly cloudy for scotland with that northerly wind bringing a few rain showers, but they will be fairly light and patchy, i think, here through the day. one or two sharp showers for southern scotland, northeast england, down the pennines as well. some sunshine to the south of that, lifting temperatures to about 21, 22 degrees in the warmer spots. so we're typically looking at the mid to high teens for most, but cooler, just 12 or 13, across the northern half of scotland. moving into the middle of the week, then, into wednesday, this ridge of high pressure moves its way in and squeezes the weather fronts away. so, most of us having a fine, dry day on wednesday, with some longer spells of sunshine, maybe some cloud bubbling up through the day, so not looking at wall—to—wall blue sky. a bit of a cool breeze blowing for east anglia, the far southeast, and it will also

this was the picture in seaford, east sussex, looking over the english channel.ittle bit of rain in the forecast, we're not all going to be seeing it, but as we head through friday, latter part of the afternoon and evening, we've got this rain in the west. so some rain for western scotland, northern ireland, pushing into wales and the south—west of england. further east in the sunnier skies, temperatures at 6.00pm still sitting at around about 23 degrees or so. we're typically looking at the mid to high teens further west, where you've got more cloud and a few spots of rain. a bit of a breeze down towards the south—west this evening too. overnight tonight, that band of cloud and rain initially in the west will sweep its way eastward, so turning quite murky. a bit of drizzly rain around to start off your saturday morning across central and eastern parts of england, whereas further west, where we had the cloud on friday, we're looking at clearer skies. a mild night, in double figures for most. heading through the day, then, and for many central and eastern parts of

there is that area of rain moving out of the channel islands, perhaps affecting east sussex and kent,area, lots of sunshine around. more showers as we head north through the spine of the country, so the midlands, the pennines up towards central parts of scotland as well. a slightly brighter day, i think, for northern ireland compared to recent days, a bit more sunshine coming through here. still a northerly breeze blowing, and we will see these showers continuing through into the afternoon across scotland and through the spine of northern england, but i think either side of that, of a fair amount of dry and settled weather. it should dry up along the south coast after the earlier rain as well. temperatures up to around 16—21 celsius for most of us. now, we've got high—pressure that's trying to ridge in from the atlantic here as we head towards the middle of the week. so that should quiet the weather down, really. heading into wednesday, another mostly dry and settled day. you are showers then we have seen over recent days. a bit more cloud and some patchy rain into the far north—north

there is that area of rain moving out of the channel islands, perhaps affecting east sussex and kent, of the country, so the midlands, the pennines up towards central parts of scotland as well. a slightly brighter day, i think, for northern ireland compared to recent days, a bit more sunshine coming through here. still a northerly breeze blowing, and we will see these showers continuing through into the afternoon across scotland and through the spine of northern england, but i think either side of that, of a fair amount of dry and settled weather. it should dry up along the south coast after the earlier rain as well. temperatures up to around 16—21 celsius for most of us. now, we've got high—pressure that's trying to ridge in from the atlantic here as we head towards the middle of the week. so that should quiet the weather down, really. heading into wednesday, another mostly dry and settled day. you are showers then we have seen over recent days. a bit more cloud and some patchy rain into the far north—northwest of scotland. elsewhere, a bit of cloud building through the day, but some

will push its way through the english channel to the far south—east, so likely to affect perhaps east sussexthrough central scotland as well. further north, chilly across the north of scotland, breeze coming from the north, bringing cloud and one or two spots of rain in the far north. the bulk of the showers will be down the spine of the country, from highland through the pennines, most other places looking largely dry. top temperatures looking 15 to 21, again a bit colder across the north of scotland. heading to the middle of the week, this ridge of high pressure builds its way in from the atlantic, so it will squeeze away most of the weather fronts and most of the showers for wednesday. so a fair amount of sunshine on offer. a bit more cloud working in from the north—west, where it will turn breeze with a few spots of rain later in the day, but in the sunshine elsewhere, warmer than it has been, top temperatures in the high teens, possibly low 20s. thanks, sarah. that's all from us. hello and welcome to sportsday this monday night with me chetan pathak, coming up on the programme... still

tuesday to find this weather front that's starting to edge some more cloud into parts of kent and east sussex this stage. some more showers developing, i think mostly across northern and eastern areas of england, perhaps into eastern scotland, too. but some bright and some sunny spells. a lot of dry weather, particularly out towards the west. it's warm in the south, temperatures in the low 20s, but cool across northern scotland, still with more of a northerly wind starting to develop. as we go through wednesday, that front towards the south starts to pull away. high pressure edges in from the azores and that's set to keep us largely dry, i think, for much of the rest of the week. — and that's going to send a few weather fronts our way. so if we just take a look at the outlook for our capital cities. you can see that temperatures have bounced back to the seasonal average across the board. there could still be some more wet weather across edinburgh and belfast but drier in london and cardiff. live from london, this is bbc news. a perfect start for england at the euros. gareth southgate�*s men r

temperatures were even higher in england, in the south east, in the strong sunshine, 29 degrees in east sussex rain as we head into wednesday morning. sunny skies for england and wales. some cloud will bubble up, bringing the threat of one or two showers over the welsh hills and the pennines, but it's in scotland that will see some showers developing as it brightens up here and there — some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. and in the afternoon, a bit of rain coming in from the west across northern ireland. some sunshine ahead of that should lift the temperatures a bit higher. the high temperatures, though, are going to be across england and wales. another hot day and, again, 30 degrees likely in the south east of england. things are going to change a bit, though, on thursday. this area of low pressure is coming in from the atlantic, pushing ahead of it, this weather front. as that moves its way eastwards, it'll be followed by atlantic air, cooler and fresher air that will push away all that heat and humidity into the near continent. now, let me show you that weather front, because t

our political correspondent tom symonds is with the liberal democrat campaign in east sussex.llowhammer tour and i don't know what it means, is grinding on through the campaign and concentrating on areas where the liberal democrats think they will win seats from the conservatives. we will talk about the chickens in a minute but with me is sir f daly, the leader of the liberal democrats. this is your environment day and you are talking about the policies the lib dems want to offer to the electorate that you specifically say you want rivers and streams to have blue flag status which beaches currently get so you can stop water companies putting sewage into those watercourses and rivers and streams. how will giving them a mark like that stop that happening? you are absolutely right, _ that stop that happening? you are absolutely right, you _ that stop that happening? you are absolutely right, you want - that stop that happening? you are absolutely right, you want to - absolutely right, you want to protect — absolutely right, you want to protect your precious rivers are far more _

temperatures were even higher in england, in the south east, in the strong sunshine, 29 degrees in east sussex cooler on tuesday, thanks to more cloud and some rain in scotland really pegging the temperatures back here. not much rain as we head into wednesday morning. sunny skies for england and wales. some cloud will bubble up, bringing the threat of one or two showers over the welsh hills and the pennines, but it's in scotland that will see some showers developing as it brightens up here and there — some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. and in the afternoon, a bit of rain coming in from the west across northern ireland. some sunshine ahead of that should lift the temperatures a bit higher. the high temperatures, though, are going to be across england and wales. another hot day and, again, 30 degrees likely in the south east of england. things are going to change a bit, though, on thursday. this area of low pressure is coming in from the atlantic, pushing ahead of it, this weather front. as that moves its way eastwards, it'll be followed by atlantic air, cooler and fresher air that

there is that area of rain moving out of the channel islands, perhaps affecting east sussex and kent,, a bit more sunshine coming through here. still a northerly breeze blowing, and we will see these showers continuing through into the afternoon across scotland and through the spine of northern england, but i think either side of that, of a fair amount of dry and settled weather. it should dry up along the south coast after the earlier rain as well. temperatures up to around 16—21 celsius for most of us. now, we've got high—pressure that's trying to ridge in from the atlantic here as we head towards the middle of the week. so that should quiet the weather down, really. heading into wednesday, another mostly dry and settled day. you are showers then we have seen over recent days. a bit more cloud and some patchy rain into the far north—northwest of scotland. elsewhere, a bit of cloud building through the day, but some strong sunshine lifting temperatures quite widely into low 20s across southern and central parts of england and wales. high teens for scotland and northern ireland. into

let's speak to tom symonds who is travelling on the lib dem campaign bus on the way to east sussex.they are focusing on. m tom, tell us what they are focusing on. as you say, it is about water toda on on. as you say, it is about water today on the _ on. as you say, it is about water today on the continuing - on. as you say, it is about water today on the continuing ed i on. as you say, it is about water| today on the continuing ed davey photo op roadshow. we are in rural east to sussex, where he is going to be visiting an area where there are chalk streams, very good by diverse environments that are being damaged by sewage. the liberal democrats say that the amount of sewage, the number of hours of sewage pumped into streams and rivers in the uk in 2023 it was 49,000 hours, and that doubles compared to 2022, the year before. what they are going to do about that, or would do if they were in power, is to extend the blue flag scheme which currently applies to beaches, to streams and rivers. they say that would enable them to have more controls over when sewage companies or at water com

in the sunshine, we reached 29 in east sussex, 30 in surrey.27 celsius, but with much more cloud and rain, it has been about 15 in the moray firth. you can see that if there were differences north and south, still with some cloud and bringing showers or longer spells of rain, particularly in scotland. it should be dry overnight, but will be cooler in north—west scotland and northern ireland. temperatures of 6—7. for england in way is, a warm night, probably some more sunshine for tomorrow. sunny skies, patchy cloud bubbling up. maybe some low clouds threatening the east coasts. more sunshine in northern england, the odd shower possible over the hills, and likewise in wales. showers that develop in scotland could turn heavier and thundery. diet until later in the day in northern ireland, so temperatures will get a bit of a boost with some sunshine. we could make 21—22 in scotland, and northern ireland. much hotterfor england and wales, again possibly 30 in the south—east. things start to change overnight, and into thursday, this low pressure com

_ across parts of kent and east sussex. sappointing for this time — celsius. a little disappointing for this time of year. then we look out towards _ this time of year. then we look out towards the — this time of year. then we look out towards the atlantic to find more weather— towards the atlantic to find more weather fronts moving in from the west _ weather fronts moving in from the west this— weather fronts moving in from the west. this is what is happening on monday _ west. this is what is happening on monday. we will see some outbreaks of red. _ monday. we will see some outbreaks of red, gradually stretching to the east as— of red, gradually stretching to the east as we — of red, gradually stretching to the east as we move through the day. expect— east as we move through the day. expect a _ east as we move through the day. expect a short spell of rain, plenty of cloud _ expect a short spell of rain, plenty of cloud. the first day of play at wimbledon should be dry. there could be ran— wimbledon should be dry. there coul

high cloud here in weymouth at the cloudless in kent and east sussex this afternoon.some of the sheltered parts of scotland, we could see lows of three or four. a chilly start to the day. and then on wednesday a lot of dry weather around. a ridge of high pressure gives us a mostly dry and fine day, but the weather front will bring more cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain into parts of western scotland, where it is still rather chilly, but temperatures in the sunshine — back up into the high teens and low 205 and we will start to see some milder nights towards the end of the week. it will feel warmer across northern scotland, to but are aware the front continues to track further southwards and eastwards as we head through thursday, more cloud. showery outbreaks of rain in the best of the sunshine on thursday probably across eastern areas of england of england and wales, but these showers need watching as they can start to creep into east england. temperatures where we keep the dry weather, 22 or 23. and then we looked out into the atlantic to see there is weather front

finally, sarah in east sussex asks that we look at the impact of tactical voting.ds in terms of the share of the vote. or there has been a big swing to labour. either way, it looks as though people are coordinating on whichever of the two parties is best placed to defeat the conservatives. professor fisher says this pattern of tactical voting is likely to be replicated at the general election. thank you for all of your questions. if you've got one for us, please do let us know. ros atkins there. the nhs has praised what it called an amazing response to its appeal for blood donations after a cyber attack 11 days ago, but it says more help is needed. the hack caused operations to be delayed. karl mercer reports. there's barely a bed to spare here at stratford's blood donor centre. it's already one of the busiest in the country. but this week has seen even more people come through its doors, answering a plea for more blood. you 0k? maybe a little nervous. people like emily, a first—time donor with an 0 blood group, the type they want most to help hospitals cope in the

there is that area of rain moving out of the channel islands, perhaps affecting east sussex and kent,the south coast after the earlier rain as well. temperatures up to around 16—21 celsius for most of us. now, we've got high—pressure that's trying to ridge in from the atlantic here as we head towards the middle of the week. so that should quiet the weather down, really. heading into wednesday, another mostly dry and settled day. you are showers then we have seen over recent days. a bit more cloud and some patchy rain into the far north—northwest of scotland. elsewhere, a bit of cloud building through the day, but some strong sunshine lifting temperatures quite widely into low 205 across southern and central parts of england and wales. high teens for scotland and northern ireland. into thursday, and again, we've got more cloud in the northwest of the uk, turning a bit more breezy with a few showers here. but for most areas, a dry, settled day, and in that sunshine, we are likely to see temperatures lifting to around about 21—22 celsius. still a bit cooler for the likes of stornoway, le