not a cold night by any means across the east, and other clammy one for eastern wales and much of englandwe start saturday. we've still got passing thunderstorms across southern and central spots. a rather grey start from the north, but hang on in there across northwestern england, northern ireland, central and western scotland because you get to see some sunshine at least in the afternoon. and again, a rather clammy 2a celsius as the high, and southern and central parts, it may be a fresher 22 celsius — 00:14:28,762 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 very pleasant further north. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. mass walk—outs and strikes spread across belarus as the unrest over the disputed presidential election grows. the president warned of the financial hardship people will face if they don't return to work. translation: you should explain to people that this is the only chance to save their companies. if you save your company, you'll be able to feed your family. in the capital, minsk, some 10,000 protesters descend on a government building

wales. showers across eastern parts of england and wales, a lot of sunshine and gentle breezes.ady, the advancing rain, greens and yellows saying they will be heavy bursts accompanied by gusting winds, gusting 45 miles an hour. if we pick this up tomorrow, in the centre of the low pressure it will not be windy but look at the isobars, widely we are looking at gus in england in wales 45 to 50 miles an hourand gus in england in wales 45 to 50 miles an hour and later, the same across eastern parts of scotland. the rain advancing quite quickly northwards, leaving dry conditions behind with a few showers. those are the wind gusts you can expect and you will see more rain coming in across northern ireland, north wales and northern england through the afternoon. temperatures are disappointing for the time of year across the board, 12 in aberdeen to 21 as we pushed out towards london. on wednesday, the low pressure moves away to the near continent, but before it does you can see the squeeze in the isobars close to the north sea coast. so for those counties along the east of the country,

and, again, just a scattering for england and wales, but by the afternoon, particularly in eastern areas, they are likely to turn heavy with some thunder around, slow—moving downpours. but away from the showers in the sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm, but the wind will be picking up in the north west of scotland. why? because we've got our next weather front on its way in. so, through the course of the night, it's likely to turn quite wet through northern ireland and also quite mild with lots of low cloud around, so a very different feel to our weather, i think, across north—western areas as we head into tuesday. in fact, through tuesday and wednesday, it does look wetterfor a time, some significant rain around and some stronger winds. but, again, it doesn't last. so, this is the low pressure which will be responsible for that rain, 50—60 mm over the highlands of scotland, tightly packed isobars denoting some stronger winds for many through tuesday and wednesday further south as well. the rain looks it'll be a feature mostly for scotland and northern ireland, but there will be low cloud

still one for most of england and central and eastern wales, meds to high 20s, 33-34 and eastern waleson. the high—pressure drift north into next week and we start to see the thunder reload from the near continent bringing increasingly humid conditions and the chance we could start to see heavy showers and thunderstorms developing, pretty hit and miss and it looks like a lot of the uk is at risk but the focus in southern and western parts of england and wales. you can see capital cities through next week, the focus is sunshine and thundery downpours and you will notice temperatures are beginning to forward day by day and by friday by close—ups of the seasonal norm and it should be a lot more settled. thank you. a lot of people will be relieved by that. from smartphones to tablets, children are forever being told to spend less time on their screens. but what about parents? a new project encouraging adults to put down their devices and talk more to their children has been launched. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, went to meet one family who are trying it out. all too easily phones end

and, again, just a scattering for england and wales, but by the afternoon, particularly in eastern areaspleasantly warm, but the wind will be picking up in the north—west of scotland. why? because we've got our next weather front on its way in. so, through the course of the night, it's likely to turn quite wet through northern ireland and also quite mild with lots of low cloud around, so a very different feel to our weather, i think, across north—western areas as we head into tuesday. in fact, through tuesday and wednesday, it does look wetterfor a time, some significant rain around and some stronger winds. but, again, it doesn't last. so, this is the low pressure which will be responsible for that rain, 50—60 mm over the highlands of scotland, tightly packed isobars denoting some stronger winds for many through tuesday and wednesday further south as well. the rain looks it'll be a feature mostly for scotland and northern ireland, but there will be low cloud and drizzle setting in across northern england, wales, the south—west while southern and eastern areas may well stay largely fine a

windy but look at these isobars, widely looking at costs in england and wales a5, 50 miles an hour and later, the same across easternrs but those wind gusts you can see. we see more rain across northern ireland, north wales, northern england through the afternoon. temperatures disappointing for the time of year across the board, 12 in aberdeen, 21 as we push into london. wednesday, the low pressure moves away to the near continent, before it does, you see the squeeze in the isobars close to the north sea coast. for those counties along the east of the country we are looking at a windy start but the wind easing through the day and many of us will have a dry day, variable amounts of plant and some sunshine, highs 12—21. heading into thursday we have a band of rain moving from northern ireland to scotland, turning showery in this next area of low pressure brings in further heavy rain and some gusty winds. temperatures 12—20. hello, welcome to bbc news — we're bringing you the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. "vitally importa nt" — the uk prime minister urges mums and dads to send children back to school

example for the most his rain is an onshore breeze is not very pleasant weather in new south wales or eastern victoria or a.c.t.a. or kills ran back into was adelaide as well and then the slow moving incoming rain for perth and that whole side to west and western australia but maybe the people just around the coast of sydney we worrying once again as the wind gets up and therefore the ways get up to remember those pictures of eroding beach line has sydney's forecast isn't cold but it is showery and probably windy about how we get to monday representing that developing low off the coast rain is a problem still in the korean peninsula south korea particular around the capital has seen the mighty river han lose leave leave its banks and cause some flooding there's more rain to come throughout south korea to some degree passage of pan and in china but i think we'll see really the major problems continue in south korea. all counting the cost of russia war planes and that's mr since control of libya's biggest oil the last $11.00 on the economic around of this and the devastating explosion is it tim

and, again, just a scattering for england and wales, but by the afternoon, particularly in eastern areasaround, slow—moving downpours. but away from the showers in the sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm, but the wind will be picking up in the north—west of scotland. why? because we've got our next weather front on its way in. so, through the course of the night, it's likely to turn quite wet through northern ireland and also quite mild with lots of low cloud around, so a very different feel to our weather, i think, across north—western areas as we head into tuesday. in fact, through tuesday and wednesday, it does look wetterfor a time, some significant rain around and some stronger winds. but, again, it doesn't last. so, this is the low pressure which will be responsible for that rain, 50—60 mm over the highlands of scotland, tightly packed isobars denoting some stronger winds for many through tuesday and wednesday further south as well. the rain looks it'll be a feature mostly for scotland and northern ireland, but there will be low cloud and drizzle setting in across northern england, w

and, again, just a scattering for england and wales, but by the afternoon, particularly in eastern areasy from the showers in the sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm, but the wind will be picking up in the north—west of scotland. why? because we've got our next weather front on its way in. so, through the course of the night, it's likely to turn quite wet through northern ireland and also quite mild with lots of low cloud around, so a very different feel to our weather, i think, across north—western areas as we head into tuesday. in fact, through tuesday and wednesday, it does look wetterfor a time, some significant rain around and some stronger winds. but, again, it doesn't last. so, this is the low pressure which will be responsible for that rain, 50—60 mm over the highlands of scotland, tightly packed isobars denoting some stronger winds for many through tuesday and wednesday further south as well. the rain looks it'll be a feature mostly for scotland and northern ireland, but there will be low cloud and drizzle setting in across northern england, wales, the south—west while southern an

across wales, the midland, southern england one or two showers that do get going could bring a torrential downpours. easternrhaps an issue for eastern scotla nd perhaps an issue for eastern scotland later on. another very hot day, and then overnight tonight that the storm is a cost eastern scotland, one or two across england and wales pushing through across time, again lots of thunder and lightning in these and it is going to bea lightning in these and it is going to be a very hot night for heading up to be a very hot night for heading up to sleep and temperature still up at 27 degrees in the centre of london at 11 o'clock at night, 25 in birmingham. wednesday sees storms coming northwards across scotland. it will be dry for a time across the uk with sunny spells developing but thunderstorms will be much more widespread i think across wales, southern england and the midlands i think in particular as we had to wednesday afternoon so that is properly where the greatest risk of storm activity in the viscose and flash flooding will be later in the day on wednesday. another hot and humid day of course. on the ed

sturm is to get going across england and wales could be torrential. easternmperatures again moving well into the mid 30s across the south—east. overnight tonight, further storms for eastern scotland, one or two across england and wales, leaving north—eastwards of time, some are again bringing torrential rain, lots of thunder and lightning, and another hot night for heading to bed, temperatures still up heading to bed, temperatures still up at 27 at 11 o'clock. tomorrow, one batch of storms clears northward from scotland and england and wales, a much greater chance of seeing some thunderstorms, particularly late in the day, some of these will bring torrential bursts of rain with the risk some localised flash flooding. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines: the number of people in work falls by the largest amount in over a decade, more evidence of the impact of the lockdown. obviously what we want to see is a return to economic vitality and health and some parts of the economy undoubtedly showing great resilience but clearly there are going to be bumpy

and, again, just a scattering for england and wales, but by the afternoon, particularly in eastern areasrs. but away from the showers in the sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm, but the wind will be picking up in the north—west of scotland. why? because we've got our next weather front on its way in. so, through the course of the night, it's likely to turn quite wet through northern ireland and also quite mild with lots of low cloud around, so a very different feel to our weather, i think, across north—western areas as we head into tuesday. in fact, through tuesday and wednesday, it does look wetterfor a time, some significant rain around and some stronger winds. but, again, it doesn't last. so, this is the low pressure which will be responsible for that rain, 50—60 mm over the highlands of scotland, tightly packed isobars denoting some stronger winds for many through tuesday and wednesday further south as well. the rain looks it'll be a feature mostly for scotland and northern ireland, but there will be low cloud and drizzle setting in across northern england, wales, the south—west while

wales, just not as hot. maybe 29 degrees, cooler around northeastern parts of england, northern and eastern scotland, where thatloping more widely, but this ever present threat of thundery downpour is again across wales, the midlands, east anglia and the south of england people come to highs of 26 degrees. warm across the rest of the country with sunshine. over the weekend, the area of high pressure slips to the north, lowering pressure from the south and that will push the rain further north during the second half of the weekend. not too much change for the first of the weekend, again, more damp rose, threatening flooding across england and wales, sunshine developing in most areas and those temperatures typically 25 degrees. second top of the weekend, the downpours which could still be thundery, pushing north into northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland. elsewhere come away from eastern areas, sunshine in the south east and the top temperature on sunday, 25. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 5pm — as students across england, wales and northern ireland receive their a—level and

wales. still some murk on the north—eastern shores and up through northern and eastern scotland, where againes proceedings for the weekend. but as i take you on into the start of next week, it really is spot the difference. monday could be a very unsettled day. i know many of the schools are back, for example in scotland. but if you're trying to finish off your holiday period, that's not exactly what you want to see because there'll be showers if not longer spells of rain, the odd thunderstorm in the mix, because the remnants of the low are still dominating the scene across southern parts of scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, with only the far north of scotland escaping the brunt of that unsettled fare. and as far ahead as tuesday, i'm still pointing into the heart of the low pressure, sat on top of the british isles, so not a great deal of changes. we still have some low level murk and a lot of cloud to start the day. a bit of brightness coming through the next few days. not a write—off for sunshine by any means at all, but there are still plenty of opportunities for hefty downp

we also have a lot of low cloud coming in across south—west england and also south west wales as well as easternin the south—east. 0nce north to a high of 35 in the south—east. once again it will be an oppressive humid day notjust in the south—east but really across the uk. through this evening and overnight, daytime thunderstorms will tend to fade, but new will develop, particularly so in the north and west. still the chance agreed to flash flooding, gusty winds and also large hail. 0nce flash flooding, gusty winds and also large hail. once again, low cloud will move in from the north sea. another humid night. tomorrow, we start off with thunderstorms in the north west. through the day, we have low cloud in from the north sea over eastern areas. england and wales both see thunderstorms. not all of us, of course, it will be hit and miss. temperatures hitting 35 degrees once again. by thursday, a bit of a change. temperatures not as high, around 29 degrees, again thunderstorms for england and wales. something more dry for northern ireland and scotland. here it won't be as high. the headlines are

starting off rather grey and cloudy across parts of central and eastern england and into wales.ast, 21 in the central belt. 33 degrees in the south—east. cool and fresh north sea coasts, the north—east breeze blowing across the uk. as we head on through tonight, staying warm and money. showers and thunderstorms developing. many places will be dry. i humidity, developing. many places will be dry. ihumidity, a developing. many places will be dry. i humidity, a bit further west. it stays warm and humid. hot sunshine around, increasing chance of thunderstorms developing. on monday, they will loss across western parts of the country into northern ireland across the irish sea, wales, the south—west of england, really intense. elsewhere, lots of sunshine, staying very hot and humid. ifanything, the sunshine, staying very hot and humid. if anything, the heat and humidity creeping further north into southern scotland as you move out of monday and into tuesday, under the low sitting over biscayne and that will feed this warm and humid air in towards our direction, destabilising the atmosp

eastern counties with the onshore breeze feeling cooler —— the cloud. for most, you will see the sunshine and temperatures very pleasant, low 20s in the north, very warm in england and wales. this evening, staying mainly dry and very warm and muqqy' staying mainly dry and very warm and muggy, cloud affecting eastern counties of england once again, showers or thunderstorms in northern and western areas later in the night. warm and muggy night particularly for england and wales. no lower than 20 degrees in the south—east. next week staying warm and humid with quite a bit of sunshine but an increasing threat of thundery showers which could be quite heavy. the devil is in the detail as to whether thunderstorms could develop. monday, the greatest threat in western parts, the irish sea, perhaps northern ireland in the afternoon. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine, very warm, that warmth and humidity creeping further north, northern england, southern scotland. maybe 33, 3a in the south—east. monday into tuesday, the thundery low over the bay of biscay continuing to drift north, that is what is developing the thunderstorms. bit of difficulty pinpointing where they will turn out but it

there will be brighter skies, a wee bit of brightness in eastern scotland for a time. across england and wales18—19 celsius. by wednesday, it's those atlantic fronts that will be bringing a culmination of cloud and wind, and rain to many parts. but it will take a time before the rain moves out of northern ireland in away towards the northeast side of scotland — all the while, the rain piling into the western side of england through wales, as well, some of this quite heavy across the north midlands, wales, and the north of england. you see it doesn't really get down into the far southeastern quarter until quite later in the day, if at all. not much in the way of breeze here, but it really will be a windy day across the greater part of scotland, particularly in the northwest. brightness up in the northeast of scotland, 16 celsius, you might make 20 celsius further south where it stays that bit drier. those same weather fronts for the most part get through the northern parts. but in the south, that front becomes aligned with the isobars so there's no great drive to get that front away from the so

wales. not much rain reaching eastern parts of england and here quite late in the day.cotland, maybe some gusts approaching 50 mph on into wednesday night, particularly, and temperatures still reallyjust into the high teens. so on thursday, we have that area of low pressure close to iceland, these weather fronts moving south across the uk, and this cold front will be weakening as it does so. so, initially on thursday, some heavier bursts of rain around parts of northwest england and wales, for example, but not a huge amount of rain left on that as it moves further southeast. behind it, it brightens up, but for much of northern england, scotland and northern ireland thursday, it will be bright, breezy and the chance of seeing a few showers more especially in western scotland. a little bit warmer in parts of central and eastern england before that weather front clears through, but it is just a one day wonder. and that weather front does, well, try to clear through going into friday but it may well linger across parts of southern england and south wales, there may be anoth

wales but not as hot. cooler around north—eastern parts of england and northern and eastern scotland.temperatures 18—19 degrees, 13—15 further north. low cloud retreating to north—eastern parts of england, north yorkshire, northern and eastern scotland. there will be this ever—present threat of thundery downpours across wales, the midlands, east anglia and the south of england. the heatwave coming to an end tomorrow. quite warm in the north west of england, northern ireland and western scotland with sunshine developing. over the weekend the high pressure is going to slip to the north with lowering pressure from the south and that will push the rain further north during the second half of the weekend. the second half of the weekend downpours which could be heavy and thundery threatening parts of scotland. some sunshine away from eastern areas and sunshine in the south—east. some sunshine away from eastern areas and sunshine in the south—east. the top temperature on sunday 25 celsius. hundreds of thousands of students get their a—level results, amid controversy over the allocation of gr

eastern coastal counties. the hot today for parts of england and wales.—east, high teens and low 20s in scotland and northern ireland so co mforta ble in scotland and northern ireland so comfortable here in the sunshine. as we head through to night a bit of low cloud rolling in from across the north sea. a little bit of drizzle with that but it will blanket in the warmth so it is going to be another warmth so it is going to be another warm and muggy night particularly in the south—east. a bit cooler and fresher both scotland and northern ireland. for sunday we start off on a bit ofa ireland. for sunday we start off on a bit of a grey note. may be a few spots of drizzle around but it looks as if that cloud willjust melt away as if that cloud willjust melt away as the sun gets going on it and much of the country will be dry and sunny into cloud lingering on across the north—east coast weather we'll be that cool breeze. another warm day for many. again, the heatwave in the south—east. temperatures of 33 degrees or so for the london area. as you move into nex

was ona spots of drizzle at times was on a blustery day read to, for england and wales but will stay dry across easternness there. it stays... pushing into the north sea, but i think we believe a legacy of cloud and severe spells and a warm and humid night to come. this weather fronts darts out as we head into thursday. you can see it phase out there and this building area of high pressure over the continent and that will be the theme of the end of the week with high—pressure starting to dominate. as this weather front fizzles out, it takes any showers with the, the clouds should start to break up and as we start to pick up warm or southerly winds it should be a dry day with variable cloud and warmer reaching the low 20s further north, the high 20s across the south—east. as we head on into friday, we could see rain returning to western areas, some of it could be heavy but the book of the country central and southern eastern areas will be warm and hot with plenty of sunshine. low 20s in the north and west, 30-34 low 20s in the north and west, 30—31; degrees in the south—east. feeling quite hot again. as

example for the most his rain is an onshore breeze is not very pleasant weather in new south wales or eastern victoria or a.c.t.a. or killed around back into was adelaide as well and then the slow moving incoming rain for perth and that whole saga west and western australia but maybe the people just around the coast of sydney we worrying once again as the wind gets up and therefore the ways get up remember those pictures of an eroding beach. that's sydney's forecast isn't cold but it is showery and probably windy about how we get to monday representing that developing low off the coast rain is a problem still in the korean peninsula south korea particular around the capital has seen the mighty river han lose leave leave its banks and cause some flooding there's more rain to come throughout south korea to some degree passage of pan and in china but i think we'll see really the major problems continue in south korea. on counting the cost russia says warplanes and mistress the scenes from folded libya's biggest oil field last lebanon's take a look around us it's a devastating explosion is it fal

wales. quite a bit of murk there to the eastern side of the pennines, effecting some of the east and northern similar sort of prospect in parts of northern ireland and somewhere again across central and southern parts of england will be pushing close to 30 degrees and the thunderstorms continue apace. there are warnings from the met office already about the potential for disruption from those storms. in fact, that continues right on into friday as well. another murky, muggy night to come, widely across the british isles. friday, a really cloudy start with a shield of cloud coming in from the north sea to affect many areas. only beginning to break as we get on into the afternoon. and still that prospect, particularly across southern britain, of some really quite sharp thunderstorms. the temperatures beginning to fall back a touch, but it will still feel very close, very oppressive, simply because that overall situation really not changing, even as we move towards the weekend, southern britain still at risk from these thunderstorms. further north, it should be dry, thanks to the influence of th

wales. very warm to hot. parts of the midlands, eastern and south—east england in excess of 30 celsius, and exceptionally hot hot day, it'll be very warm overnight and into saturday morning through a large part of england and wales. even where you have clear skies, difficult forsleeping. but as that weather front has pushed on and cleared away from scotland and northern ireland, some cooler, fresher air here, and some actuallyjust dip into single figures as saturday begins. high pressure in control on saturday. that means a lot of fine weather to start the weekend. plenty of sunshine. bit of a breeze just kicking in towards some of these north sea coasts will actually take temperatures back down a bit from friday. even where it was so very hot, you may not be quite as hot on saturday, not so much, i think, as many people would notice. it is still very warm to hot across a large part of england and wales. overnight and into sunday for england and wales, the growing chance of seeing a few showers and thunderstorms break out, but many places will still stay dry and have a fine sunday. quite a range of temperatu

eastern coastal counties. a hot day for parts of england and wales again, high 20s celsius widely again low to mid 30s in the south—eastern ireland so comfortable in the sunshine. through tonight at looks like low cloud rolling in off the north sea, could see drizzle and it will blanket in the warmth and so another very warm and muggy night particularly in the south—east, cooler in scotland and northern ireland. for sunday we start off a bit of a grey note in central and eastern areas, may be a few spots of drizzle but it looks like the cloud will melt away as the sun gets going and much of the country will be dry and sunny into the afternoon, perhaps the cloud lingering across the north—east coast where there will be that cooler breeze. another very warm day for many but again the heatwave in the south—east, temperatures of 33 or so for the london area. as we move into next week we start to see this thundery low move up from the near continent producing intense showers and thunderstorms across the uk through next week. they will be hit and miss showers, not everyone will get them and there will be some warm sunshine i

wales. very warm to hot. parts of the midlands, eastern and south—east england in excess of 30 celsius, and exceptionally hot day, it'll be very warm overnight and into saturday morning through a large part of england and wales. even where you have clear skies, difficult forsleeping. but as that weather front has pushed on and cleared away from scotland and northern ireland, some cooler, fresher air here, and some actuallyjust dip into single figures as saturday begins. high pressure in control on saturday. that means a lot of fine weather to start the weekend. plenty of sunshine. bit of a breeze just kicking in towards some of these north sea coasts will actually take temperatures back down a bit from friday. even where it was so very hot, you may not be quite as hot on saturday, not so much, i think, as many people would notice. it is still very warm to hot across a large part of england and wales. 0vernight and into sunday for england and wales, the growing chance of seeing a few showers and thunderstorms break out, but many places will still stay dry and have a fine sunday. quite a range of temperatures

wales and intercom. a chilly breeze wherever you are, but the wind gusts around the eastern side of england 30 to a0 file to low teens. and nowhere is particularly warm this weekend, even where you do get to see some sunshine. still some outbreaks of rain or showers towards parts of eastern and south england overnight can still quite windy here. still a few showers around northern scotland and may be the west of northern ireland. away from the cloudy and windy parts of eastern england, it is a chilly night, sheltered glens in scotland won't be too far away from freezing as we start the day tomorrow. still one or two as we start the day tomorrow. still one oi’ two showers as we start the day tomorrow. still one or two showers around scotland and northern ireland, but tomorrow, any and northern ireland, but tomorrow, a ny early and northern ireland, but tomorrow, any early rain towards the far south east of england, especially kent, clears away, still quite windy but that wouldn't slowly ease and most of us have a dry sunday afternoon with a mixture of cloud and sunny spells —— but the wind slowly ease. bu

wales. very warm to hot. parts of the midlands, eastern and south—east england in excess of 30 celsius, and exceptionally hotto hot day, it'll be very warm overnight and into saturday morning through a large part of england and wales. even where you have clear skies, difficult forsleeping. but as that weather front has pushed on and cleared away from scotland and northern ireland, some cooler, fresher air here, and some actuallyjust dip into single figures as saturday begins. high pressure in control on saturday. that means a lot of fine weather to start the weekend. plenty of sunshine. bit of a breeze just kicking in towards some of these north sea coasts will actually take temperatures back down a bit from friday. even where it was so very hot, you may not be quite as hot on saturday, not so much, i think, as many people would notice. it is still very warm to hot across a large part of england and wales. 0vernight and into sunday for england and wales, the growing chance of seeing a few showers and thunderstorms break out, but many places will still stay dry and have a fine sunday. quite a range of tempera

wales. quite a bit of murk there to the eastern side of the pennines, effecting some of the east and northernperatures to 22. similar sort of prospect in parts of northern ireland and somewhere again across central and southern parts of england will be pushing close to 30 degrees and the thunderstorms continue apace. there are warnings from the met office already about the potential for disruption from those storms. in fact, that continues right on into friday. as well another murky, muggy night to come, widely across the british isles. friday, a really cloudy start with a shield of cloud coming in from the north sea to affect many areas. only beginning to break as we get on into the afternoon. and still that prospect, particularly across southern britain, of some really quite sharp thunderstorms. the temperatures beginning to fall back a touch, but it will still feel very close, very oppressive, simply because that overall situation really not changing, even as we move towards the weekend, southern britain still at risk from these thunderstorms. further north, it should be dry, thanks to the

wales. quite a bit of murk there to the eastern side of the pennines, effecting some of the east and northernout west, later on in the day, pushing the temperatures to 22. similar sort of prospect in parts of northern ireland and somewhere again across central and southern parts of england will be pushing close to 30 degrees and the thunderstorms continue apace. there are warnings from the met office already about the potential for disruption from those storms. in fact, that continues right on into friday. as well another murky, muggy night to come, widely across the british isles. friday, a really cloudy start with a shield of cloud coming in from the north sea to affect many areas. 0nly beginning to break as we get on into the afternoon. and still that prospect, particularly across southern britain, of some really quite sharp thunderstorms. the temperatures beginning to fall back a touch, but it will still feel very close, very oprpressive, simply because that overall situation really not changing, even as you move towards the weekend, southern britain still at risk from these thunderstorms

wales. quite a bit of murk there to the eastern side of the pennines, effecting some of the east and northernest of the sunshine out west, later on in the day, pushing the temperatures to 22. similar sort of prospect in parts of northern ireland and somewhere again across central and southern parts of england will be pushing close to 30 degrees and the thunderstorms continue apace. there are warnings from the met office already about the potential for disruption from those storms. in fact, that continues right on into friday as well. another murky, muggy night to come, widely across the british isles. friday, a really cloudy start with a shield of cloud coming in from the north sea to affect many areas. 0nly beginning to break as we get on into the afternoon. and still that prospect, particularly across southern britain, of some really quite sharp thunderstorms. the temperatures beginning to fall back a touch, but it will still feel very close, very oppressive, simply because that overall situation really not changing, even as we move towards the weekend, southern britain still at risk from t

wales. very warm to hot. parts of the midlands, eastern and south—east england in excess of 30 celsius, and exceptionally hotse, after such a very warm to hot day, it'll be very warm overnight and into saturday morning through a large part of england and wales. even where you have clear skies, difficult forsleeping. but as that weather front has pushed on and cleared away from scotland and northern ireland, some cooler, fresher air here, and some actuallyjust dip into single figures as saturday begins. high pressure in control on saturday. that means a lot of fine weather to start the weekend. plenty of sunshine. bit of a breeze just kicking in towards some of these north sea coasts will actually take temperatures back down a bit from friday. even where it was so very hot, you may not be quite as hot on saturday, not so much, i think, as many people would notice. it is still very warm to hot across a large part of england and wales. 0vernight and into sunday for england and wales, the growing chance of seeing a few showers and thunderstorms break out, but many places will still stay dry and have a fine sunda

wales. tonight we may see the cloud return to eastern parts of the uk, may be as shower or thunderstorm developing will be dry and it will be a warm night to come, especially for england and wales are very muggy night to come in the south—east. into next week, it stays warm and humid, but there will be an increasing chance of thunderstorms, some of which could be severe, so stay tuned to the forecast. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: amid growing anger at the lebanese government and mass demonstrations over last week's catastophic explosion in beirut, the country's information minister resigns. here in the uk, prime minister boris johnson says it's a moral duty and a national priority for schools to reopen fully in england next month. i'm very pleased that the prime minister is making schools a priority. i've been arguing for some time that my fear was that children were being left behind in this relaxation of lockdown. 400 taliban militants are to be released after a vote by afghanistan's grand assembly, or loyajirga, in kabul. japan remembers the victims of nagasaki, 75 yea

a blustery day to come particularly england and wales and once again stayed dry with brightness across eastern north sea, but i think it will leave a legacy of clout and clear spells, and by a warm and humid night too,. this waterfront really starts to dial in as we head into thursday, fade out there in response to this building area of the near continent. that will be the theme to the end of the week with high—pressure starting to dominate. that weather front as it fizzles out takes any showers with it, and the crowd starts to break about we pick up warm or southerly winds, a dry day forth variable cloud. temperatures reaching the low 20s for the north, the high 20s across the southeast. as we head into friday could see a little bit of rain returning to western areas, so heavy the bulk of the country it‘s going to be a very warm or even hot date with plenty of sunshine. that low 20s in the north and west, 30 to maybe 3a degrees in the southeast. feeling quite hot again. as we move into the weekend in the area of high pressure will building across the uk and will settle things down so should b