the minister said conservative mps who had gkn's sites in their constituencies had been proactive.e new managements, they have discussed important commitments that they are making in terms of the undertakings that i have secured, they contribute to the stability of employment. the difference between my honourable friends and the honourable gentleman is that they have rolled up their sleeves and got involved while he has contented himself with slogans from backbenchers. that's it from me for now, join me at the same time tomorrow for another round—up of the day here at westminster including the highlights from prime minister's questions. for now, goodbye. hello there. temperatures continue to creep down day—by—day now, closer to the april norm, but by the end of the week it looks like it could be a little bit cooler than the seasonal average. the last 24 hours have been pretty cloudy but again quite mild, we saw a top temperature of 18 across the south—east. the cloud thickened up, though, in the west we saw outbreaks of rain associated with this area of low pressure, which continue

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gkn shares are up.ional security concerns. that it will now go through. —— that deal will now go through. more from us later. parts of the uk could see temperatures reach as high as 28c today, making it the hottest day in april since 2001. the unseasonably warm weather is being caused by low pressure over the atlantic and high pressure over western europe drawing warm air to the uk. lets join our news correspondent alison freeman now in hyde park. anyone who has an excuse to get out into hyde park today will do so. it's warming up nicely. we are into the early 20s. people are out on the serpentine in deptford allows enjoying the sunshine. there are people playing games, sunbathing, doing everything you think they would do on a day like today. it is a bit of light relief after the winter we have had. we are expecting temperatures of 20 degrees. if we get to that, it will be the hottest day in april in about 70 years. normally the temperature would be between 11 and 12 degrees, it really isa between 11 an

obviously one of the highest profile deals was melrose acquisition of gkn. up their return, so those are two possible friends, one thing i would say you do tend to see the animal spirit activity quite near the top of stock market cycles, four ftse bids, the highest number is six, and that was 2007, just before the great financial crisis started, so let's see. let us talk about barclay, posting a pre—tax loss for the first three months of year. investors some saying it's a disappointment but not a disaster, how would you assess it. mixed number, there was a headline pre—tax loss but all of that came from that us fine you mentioned and yet more claims for payment protection insurance, another a00 million. that isn't going to go away until 2019. if the bank can keep its nose clean, avoid fine, avoid lone losses, it will be an extremely profitable bank, the fact is it isn't keeping its nose clean, although we are through the us investigation, the whistle—blower blowing, we still are the serious fraud office investigation, so there is still more potential difficu

gkn had a hostile takeover. they seem to be sitting down and talking about it.28.3 celsius at st james‘s park in central london. the average maximum temperature for the uk in april isjust 11.9 degrees. let‘sjoin our news correspondent, alison freeman, now in hyde park. last time i spoke to you live, there was a car crash behind you. i dread to think what will happen today. what is everybody doing? talking of crashes, we hope the pedder lows will be fine. it has been a terrible job out here, as you can imagine. it has been gloriously people on the serpentine. they are sunbathing and sitting in deck chairs. ice cream sales must be through the roof. it is the first glimpse of some warm weather we have had. everyone is making the most of it. top temperature recorded today in london, 28.8 degrees, making it the hottest april day for almost 70 yea rs. as hottest april day for almost 70 years. as you are saying, between 11 and 12 degrees normally at this time of year we would be expecting, so this has been extremely welcome. there are even people summing in the swimmin