quite wet, in fact, in hertfordshire and warwickshire, we had a months worth of rain in a 24—hour periodhroughout the day, the rain gradually drifted its way steadily north and west. here, it is going to linger for quite some time, so we still have weather warnings out. in fact, the met office has an amber warning now, with the emphasis on the heavy and persistent rain across parts of north wales and northwest england. we could see, to higher ground, as much as 100 mm or more, and that could lead to some localised flooding. so that weather warning and will remain in force until lunchtime on thursday. the brighter colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. some clearer skies further south, so it could be a misty and murky start, but a relatively mild start to thursday morning. on the whole, quite grey for most of us and some of the rain persistent, but it will gradually start to ease as we go through the day, and hopefully the cloud across east anglia and southeast england should break up to allow for some glimpses sunshine from time to time. winds light to moderate, but the stronges

and also greater hertfordshire.affairs. well, joining me now is louise hague and she's the shadow transport secretary. louise, welcome to the show. always a delight to have you. shall we start with angela rayner? she said that she would resign if the police were to take any action. it looks like that now won't be happening. the police have passed this on to hmrc , yeah, greater manchester hmrc, yeah, greater manchester police have announced they are no further actioning the complaint into angela rayner by the deputy chairman of the conservatives >> and, as far as we're concerned , that absolutely draws concerned, that absolutely draws a line under the matter. >> angela had always been clear that she would participate in any investigation or any questions from hmrc or any other organisation. my understanding is the local council has investigated and dropped everything, and i don't believe hmrc are pursuing any further lines of inquiry either. >> okay, i mean there still could be an inquiry by hmrc that remains to be

quite wet, in fact, in hertfordshire and warwickshire, we had a months worth of rain in a 24—hour periodl. throughout the day, the rain gradually drifted its way steadily north and west. here, it is going to linger for quite some time, so we still have weather warnings out. in fact, the met office has an amber warning now, with the emphasis on the heavy and persistent rain across parts of north wales and northwest england. we could see, to higher ground, as much as 100 mm or more, and that could lead to some localised flooding. so that weather warning and will remain in force until lunchtime on thursday. the brighter colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. some clearer skies further south, so it could be a misty and murky start, but a relatively mild start to thursday morning. on the whole, quite grey for most of us and some of the rain persistent, but it will gradually start to ease as we go through the day, and hopefully the cloud across east anglia and southeast england should break up to allow for some glimpses sunshine from time to time. winds light to moderate, but the stro

quite wet, in fact, in hertfordshire and warwickshire, we had a month's worth of rain in a 24—hour periodrifted its way steadily north and west. here, it is going to linger for quite some time, so we still have weather warnings out. in fact, the met office has an amber warning now, with the emphasis on the heavy, persistent rain across parts of north wales and northwest england. we could see, to higher ground, as much as 100mm or more, and that could lead to some localised flooding. so that weather warning and will remain in force until lunchtime on thursday. the brighter colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. some clearer skies further south, so it could be a misty, murky start, but a relatively mild start to thursday morning. on the whole, quite grey for most of us, and some of the rain still quite persistent, but it will gradually start to ease as we go through the day and, hopefully, the cloud across east anglia and southeast england should break up to allow for some glimpses of sunshine from time to time. winds, light to moderate, but the strongest gusts perhaps to the far n

quite wet, in fact, in hertfordshire and warwickshire, we had a month's worth of rain in a 24—hour period its way steadily north and west. here, it is going to linger for quite some time, so we still have weather warnings out. in fact, the met office has an amber warning now, with the emphasis on the heavy, persistent rain across parts of north wales and northwest england. we could see, to higher ground, as much as 100mm or more, and that could lead to some localised flooding. so that weather warning will remain in force until lunchtime on thursday. the brighter colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. some clearer skies further south, so it could be a misty, murky start, but a relatively mild start to thursday morning. on the whole, quite grey for most of us, and some of the rain still quite persistent, but it will gradually start to ease as we go through the day and, hopefully, the cloud across east anglia and southeast england should break up to allow for some glimpses of sunshine from time to time. winds, light to moderate, but the strongest gusts perhaps to the far north and w

gordon, thank you- _ and finally to the liberal democrats campaign bus, which is currently in the hertfordshireool meals in england. their leader ed davey has been at a school in harpenden. damian grammaticas has been following him. sir ed davey has made something of doing extreme sports this week. his extreme sport today, baking with primary school kids here on a half term baking course. the lib dems, on traditional geography and political territory today. free school meals, their offer they say today is to expand free school meals. they ultimately want to say they will do that to all primary school children. sir ed davey gave a few more details. our policy priority is to give free school meals to children in poverty. we are proposing to raise the threshold of income up to £20,000. that would mean nearly a million children living in poverty would get a hot meal every day. i think that should be a priority in a cost of living crisis. they say this could be implemented from this year by putting a tax on big companies buying back their own... it's an idea copied from the united states. they say t

quite wet, in fact, in hertfordshire and warwickshire, we had a months worth of rain in a 24—hour periodits way steadily north and west. here, it is going to linger for quite some time, so we still have weather warnings out. in fact, the met office has an amber warning now, with the emphasis on the heavy and persistent rain across parts of north wales and northwest england. we could see, to higher ground, as much as 100 mm or more, and that could lead to some localised flooding. so that weather warning and will remain in force until lunchtime on thursday. the brighter colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. some clearer skies further south, so it could be a misty and murky start, but a relatively mild start to thursday morning. on the whole, quite grey for most of us and some of the rain persistent, but it will gradually start to ease as we go through the day, and hopefully the cloud across east anglia and southeast england should break up to allow for some glimpses sunshine from time to time. winds light to moderate, but the strongest gusts perhaps to the far northwest, where th

look at the colours overnight in saffron walden in essex, and this burst of colour in hertfordshire!london late last night. who you the northern lights are rare enough. further north, in crosby beach, in liverpool, people gathered to watch. this was the forth bridge in scotland. the colours are caused by solar storms on the surface of the sun. the story started 93 million miles away and two days ago. what happened was the magnetic fields on the sun rearranged themselves, releasing a lot of energy and ejecting billions of tonnes of charged particles out from the sun. and, in europe, these shades dancing across the skies of southern germany. this was manchester, the city bathed in a bright glow, and stunning aurora activity above hornsey, in yorkshire, as rays fell, too, on basingstoke, in hampshire. i think we might be in with a chance again tonight. it might not be quite as spectacular as last night but it's probably worth trying and, because of the way the geometry works, we're always most likely to see it at around midnight. so if you can stay up till midnight and get yourself into

quite wet, in fact, in hertfordshire and warwickshire, we had a month's worth of rain in a 24—hour period. here, it is going to linger for quite some time, so we still have weather warnings out. in fact, the met office has an amber warning now, with the emphasis on the heavy and persistent rain across parts of north wales and northwest england. we could see, to higher ground, as much as 100mm or more, and that could lead to some localised flooding, so that weather warning and will remain in force until lunchtime on thursday. the brighter colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. some clearer skies further south, so it could be a misty, murky start, but a relatively mild start to thursday morning. on the whole, quite grey for most of us, and some of the rain still quite persistent, but it will gradually start to ease as we go through the day and, hopefully, the cloud across east anglia and southeast england should break up to allow for some glimpses of sunshine from time to time. winds, light to moderate, but the strongest gusts perhaps to the far north and west, where the heaviest b

and across this country, from cheltenham to dorset, from west hertfordshire to here in winchester, so many people, including lifelong conservatives are switching to the liberal democrats to make that change happen. so they can have real champions who work tirelessly for the local community and deliver the fair deal that people still deserve. the reform party didn't stand councillors in every available seat. but they did put their focus on the blackpool south by—election — and they came a close third to the conservatives. here's the result — their candidate came in just 117 votes behind their conservative rival — securing 17% of the vote. i spoke to the leader of reform uk — richard tice — and asked him if he was pleased with the result — or frustrated not to have done better. it would have been great, but nevertheless, we are delighted with 17%, its above our national polling average, our best by—election result, and what it shows actually, with great local candidates, more and more people are hearing about reform uk and they like the message they hear, and everybody knew labour would

and across this country, from cheltenham to dorset, from west hertfordshire to here in winchester, sofelong conservatives are switching to the liberal democrats to make that change happen. so they can hear a real champions who work tirelessly for the local community and deliver the fair deal that people still deserve. i'm so proud of the liberal democrat councillors and candidates and champions who have worked tirelessly over the last few weeks for these amazing election results. this together, this year alone, we have knocked on over $2 million. cheering —— knocked on over 2 million doors. and we have talked to people who are finding it so hard to make ends meet, herwaiting finding it so hard to make ends meet, her waiting so long for a gp or dentist appointment, who are angry about the sewage being pumped into their rivers and onto their beaches, who feel that things are not working any more as they should. we have shown the liberal democrats understand that and we share people because my concerns and we have real answers. these election results show what we how have known, that it

sarah and antonia akoni in hertfordshire.'s husband and antonia's dad, 0mololu akoni, received blood transfusions for sickle cell in the 1980s, before discovering that he was infected with hepatitis c via the transfusions. thank you both forjoining me here. good to talk to you. i wanted to ask you if you could tell me a little bit more about what happened to your husband and dad. he bit more about what happened to your husband and dad.— husband and dad. he had sickle cell anemia. husband and dad. he had sickle cell anemia- and _ husband and dad. he had sickle cell anemia. and was _ husband and dad. he had sickle cell anemia. and was bored _ husband and dad. he had sickle cell anemia. and was bored with - husband and dad. he had sickle cell anemia. and was bored with this . husband and dad. he had sickle cell| anemia. and was bored with this and the main treatment was to have blood transfusions for the and very regular blood transfusions. this happened probably on a monthly basis. and then he ended up as part of his treatment

hertfordshire police say the investigating officer's thoughts are with maia's family and friends, andnce has been presented. will, her central point, why are some of this stuff even on there in the first place? what is the justification? it’s even on there in the first place? what is the justification?- what is the 'ustification? it's a very good — what is the justification? it's a very good question. _ what is the justification? it's a very good question. when - what is the justification? it's a very good question. when you j what is the justification? it�*s —. very good question. when you get a case as tragic as that, it is hard for me to sit here and say everything is fine, because it isn't. however, the number of posts that get made to these platforms on any day, millions and millions of posts, in my time at instagram, speaking of 201a, it was in relative infancy, it had only got a 300 million users. the people involved in trust and safety attack it incredibly seriously. whenever it was made aware of content that shouldn't be there, it worked to remove it. however, in the case of

in hertfordshire, the tories have held on to broxbourne. line say the gap between the train and the platforms in west london is dangerous. eric leach broke his foot getting off the train at ealing broadway. tfl says the platform meets safety standards and is working to make its stations accessible. but passengers want tfl to reduce the gaps on the platforms. my concern is that had i hit my head, i could have killed myself. but mums with buggies, people with heavy luggage, disabled people, it doesn't work. it just doesn't work. and, as i said, £19 billion worth of bespoke train and a brand—new station. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's minor delays on the piccadilly line. now, on to the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a rather grey and misty start once again. we've had showers overnight, there's more showers to come this morning. they could be quite heavy but gradually they are lifting northwards, drier and brighterfurther south, perhaps hanging on to cloud and a few showers further north later on this afternoon. tem

let's go to ian watson who has been at that labour event we were watching in hertfordshire. a different matter that is diane abbott, bbc news site has reported that an investigation into her had concluded some months ago, but she still has not been restored to the parliamentary labour party which means she stand as a candidate. labour has to endorse all of its candidates byjune the 4th, if she is not endorsed by then, than somebody else will be selected in her place. so ask keir starmer about thatis her place. so ask keir starmer about that is what he said, it is a matter for the labour national executive committee but my understanding of the rules is actually, it is the disciplinary over that he and the chief whip could take a decision of whether she comes back into the labour party or not. we still don't know what they are going to do between now and june the 4th. let’s between now and june the 4th. let's turn to the day _ between now and june the 4th. let's turn to the day as _ between now and june the 4th. let's turn to the day as a _ between now and june the 4th. let's

know as well as i do because we're from the same neck of the woods and we we're from an area of hertfordshirereally good consortium of schools, which are part selective. you went to one watford grammar. i send my son to one, i send him to a state school. i've got two girls in a private school. i know what private school. i know what private school. i know what private school parents are like. yeah, there are the eatons and the marlborough colleges of this world where everyone's driving around in a porsche. okay, we've got parents at my daughter's school, which is. which is a independent school where the parents, they're both working. i've spoken to mums saying, i don't know if we can afford this. so at a conservative estimate, let me be even more generous than the ifs, which is a body the labour party loves to depend on when it's critical of the government's spending plans. let's say 5000 private school pupils have to leave their schools . what are labour going schools. what are labour going to do with those pupils ? where to do with those pupils? where are they going to be educated? come sep

i'm from hertfordshire, some of your constituents are jewish and must be really, really worried abouthe pro—palestinian marches and situation in. and yet still you can't make headway . can't make headway. >> i, i don't think one can categorise or make statements about the whole of the jewish population in barnet. but yes , population in barnet. but yes, many of my jewish constituents have expressed grave concern about how the marches have been policed . and along with them, policed. and along with them, i've sent in several complaints , i've sent in several complaints, reported a number of incidents to the police , clearly, there to the police, clearly, there are a range of factors that determine how people voted in the mayoral election. >> i mean, the government said they've got confidence in sir mark rowley, the met police chief commissioner. i'm wondering whether some of the jews in your constituency have that confidence. they've spoken to you about it, some have certainly called on him to go. yeah. as i say, there isn't a uniform view. you know, one of mark rowley's problems is th

and across this country, from cheltenham to dorset, from west hertfordshire to here in winchester, so

this is broxbourne in hertfordshire. it is very true blue. will bring you more-— we will keep coming back and i will bring you more. that is interesting. where the lib _ bring you more. that is interesting. where the lib dems _ bring you more. that is interesting. where the lib dems and _ bring you more. that is interesting. where the lib dems and the - bring you more. that is interesting. j where the lib dems and the greens have taken seats is an area with a high muslim population. we were saying there is a reason why we are picking out that a group of voters. it might seem strange, but there is a specific reason. how concerned is labour hq about that? thea;r a specific reason. how concerned is labour hq about that?— labour hq about that? they are nervous about _ labour hq about that? they are nervous about it, _ labour hq about that? they are nervous about it, not _ labour hq about that? they are nervous about it, not least i labour hq about that? they are . nervous about it, not least because tonight and the coming days might offer a great

it was identical to yesterday's speech in hertfordshire.an rishi sunak do to put a bit of vim into his campaign? >> oh well look, i think you do need to have repetition , on the need to have repetition, on the campaign trail. yes, it can be dull and boring to pockets of the media. but remember, remember that, lots of members of the public are only dipping in and out of an election, so you've got to stick to your key messages. look, what do i think needs to happen? you've got a big moment next week with a tv debates, i think, happening on tuesday. now, potentially , you tuesday. now, potentially, you know, the tories will be hoping that will be a game changing moment and probably a moment when, for the first time, many people will be looking, at the parties and what's on offer , all parties and what's on offer, all the pressure for me at the debate will be on keir starmer. he's the frontrunner, sunak's got nothing . nothing to lose. so got nothing. nothing to lose. so i think potentially the tories will throw the kitchen sink at that. and th

saint aubyn is in hertfordshire wants to become the first city in the uk to go smartphone free for children it and calling until they are 14 years old. , , . ., ., , old. it is such a good idea. it is hard to enforce. _ old. it is such a good idea. it is hard to enforce. so _ old. it is such a good idea. it is hard to enforce. so in - old. it is such a good idea. it is hard to enforce. so in st - old. it is such a good idea. it is i hard to enforce. so in st albans, they want to lead the way. it’s they want to lead the way. it's because we — they want to lead the way. it's because we got some figures from ofcom a couple of weeks ago which said a third of children aged between five and seven are now using social media regularly unsupervised and that is the kind of thing they want to tackle, whether under 14—year—olds in sane organs are quite so keen. —— in saint old bones. kevin sinfield willjoin us in the studio to reveal the details of his latest challenge to raise money for mnd a very good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. neighbours of a woman who was mauled to death by her tw

the feedback from places like 0xfordshire and parts of hampshire, where we have been looking at hertfordshiresurprised that the independents are pipping that at the post.— surprised that the independents are pipping that at the post. why do you think that is? _ pipping that at the post. why do you thinkthat is? i— pipping that at the post. why do you think that is? i am _ pipping that at the post. why do you think that is? i am not _ pipping that at the post. why do you think that is? i am not in _ pipping that at the post. why do you think that is? i am not in the - pipping that at the post. why do you think that is? i am not in the mind i think that is? i am not in the mind ofthe think that is? i am not in the mind of the voters. _ think that is? i am not in the mind of the voters, with _ think that is? i am not in the mind of the voters, with a _ think that is? i am not in the mind of the voters, with a local - think that is? i am not in the mind of the voters, with a local electionj of the voters, with a local election you have to understand what the local issues are. you can easily be th