political parties from ireland, northern ireland and the u.k. side the agreement in 1998, recognizing the sovereignty of all three governments. the issue is post brexit legislation that could bring the agreement to an end. this is hosted by the house foreign affairs subcommittee. >> i just want to start by welcoming everyone, thanking you for flexibility in readjusting your schedule c can be here in this public briefing on what we have entitled the truth, accountability for victims in the troubles of northern ireland. again, your input is very important. we would have you speak with us in this important issue. your words provided actual color and nuance to a critical conversation on the continued importance of good friday, as well as the harmful piece of domestic legislation making its way through the u.k. parliament, that threatens peace and stability and has been brought to the region and now as we experienced, an uptick of some of that threatens the effects of the good friday agreement. this briefing is coming at a unique time of political st

, the government of ireland also contributed to this, the association of e-e ukrainians in ireland and i will also note that the resuscitation car is quite valuable . such a thing that you need to buy because if it just an ambulance, it costs somewhere around $12,000, but if it is equipped with everything necessary for a complete set of resuscitation measures, it can reach $50,000. and so already about 40 cars have been transferred to ireland. and in general, as part of such charitable assistance, which concerns e.e. it is precisely such ambulance cars that in partnership with smart medical, and it has already been transferred about 100 cars for which people helped to collect funds and governments in general from different european countries and this help is already in for ukraine, one car will be sent to the kharkiv region, the other to bakhmut, they will be there very soon to carry out the entire set of measures, and if we are talking about ireland in general, i want to note that this country, which has a cold climate, very warmly received ukrainians who were forced to leave ukraine

republic of ireland. it's a decades old conflict fought bitterly by the older generation. yet in the border town of cross mclinn. tensions are now rising again. and it's young people who are feeling the impact oh mart. the songs are well rehearsed, the hamiltons bone silver band is ready to go on the march. ah 18 year old lucy being am grew up here in a protestant family. all the band members of protestants and by tradition they see themselves is british. but in this particular area, there in the minority the towns, people all around are mostly catholic and irish nationalists. and ever since breakfast that tensions happen rising again. you know, there's a very much division in the community. you know, we are surrounded here by there is national areas honest. like you wouldn't go to them places because of the past because of the shabbos people around here are very angry. we're just heading back to that place that dark place and obviously we, we don't want to go back at times. protestants here have felt dis

it touch warmer than today in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, heat building, heatwave conditions into next week, temperatures possibly to the 30s. hello this is bbc news — i'm chris rogers — the headlines. the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. the palestinian health ministry says 15 palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip — where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia — killing twelve polish people and injuring more than 30 others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve — after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i'mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold

so northern ireland, we want to see northern ireland work.— northern ireland, we want to see northernrk. so what is the mood in nationalist _ northern ireland work. so what is the mood in nationalist areas, - northern ireland work. so what is i the mood in nationalist areas, where people mostly identify as irish? these women in this estate are helping families who are struggling to afford school uniform, they say dealing with the cost of living needs to take priority an devolution must return. fine needs to take priority an devolution must return-— must return. one of the pars in northern ireland _ must return. one of the pars in northern ireland doesn't - must return. one of the pars in northern ireland doesn't want l must return. one of the pars in. northern ireland doesn't want to must return. one of the pars in - northern ireland doesn't want to go to work, because of one issue. they should be made to go work, the cost of living crisis is the main one that needs to be tackled. they need to put more of those hardship payments in place and get them out faster. they could be putting p

*t the full republic, it wasn�*t a united ireland, but it was a free state, and ireland would governn to the british crown. now they say they were being given a treaty where they had to swear allegiance to the british king, and that was anathema, and that was what caused irishman to go to war against each other and because the assassination of michael collins, or the death of michael collins, 100 years ago today. bhd the death of michael collins, 100 years ago today-— the death of michael collins, 100 years ago today. and many people have asked — years ago today. and many people have asked the _ years ago today. and many people have asked the question, - years ago today. and many people have asked the question, what i years ago today. and many people i have asked the question, what would have asked the question, what would have happened had he lived, had he not been killed that day? this have happened had he lived, had he not been killed that day?— not been killed that day? this is the treat not been killed that day? this is the great what _ not been killed that day? this is the grea

residents of ireland are sure that it all started on february 24th. ago and thousands of people were killed before russia intervened. they call it an invasion, i call it a humanitarian intervention. and i'm on the right side, and that's why i'm here to support the residents of donbass, far from everyone who would like many russian speakers came to this action. residents. ireland scared yuri lareikin began to threaten after participating in the rally dedicated to victory day. threats will burn my jeep. well, they will destroy me, well, all sorts of things, i just don’t want to voice more than 2,000 in 2 days. and because of what it is because in the newspaper the ukrainian embassy e was indignant that we made a motor rally in support. rather, in protest of russophobia in ireland . well, i had a z in my car. here is one of the fresh ones. in the group of russian-speaking residents of ireland, attention is paid to russian pigs. i advise you to urgently leave the territory of ireland in the near future an operation will be carried out to exterminate the r

silver went to northern ireland's kate corner.first commonwealth gold. kate grey was at the aquatic centre. kate grey was at the aquatic centre. northern ireland's first gold medal and other. —— ever. she led the race from start to finish. she very much enjoyed her moment on top of the podium, and the success continued for northern ireland. a historic night for northern ireland. there was great racing and the men's 200 metres. duncan scott up against tom dean. a familiar head—to—head. it was duncan scott that took the bold once again. thanh dean had to settle, but he had another chance in the men's four by 100 individual medley up against australia. it looks like australia had in the bag. came down that final 50 metres to touch gold for england. a brilliant moment for the home crowd. it was quite a moment to finish these games. we also saw been proud take another gold, his consecutive title in that event, and it really has been quite an amazing final evening at the swimming. we will look forward to the diving starting tomorrow. th

. —— for scotland and northern ireland. the uk and around the world. at least 41 people have been killed, and many injured, in a fire at a coptic church in cairo. the son of author sir salman rushdie says his injuries are life changing but that his defiant sense of humour remains intact after he was stabbed. uk charities and community groups call the rise in energy bills a "national emergency" as the opposition calls for the energy price cap to be frozen. the energy minister says that won't work. i think we have to be a little bit careful on some of these, labour's seemingly magical solution to just wish it all away, that will have consequences.

more sunshine for the rest of scotland and northern ireland.wales. comfortable temperature is at the moment, the mid 20s in the south—east, and not particularly warm in scotland and northern ireland. still quite breezy in scotland, and more rain in northern scotland, and more rain in northern scotland and tonight and that will sink down into western scotland. light and patchy rain by the end of the night. otherwise dry with largely clear skies. temperature is dipping away to eight or nine celsius in some rural areas. a milder start in scotland where we have got the breeze and more cloud, which will bring more rain and drizzle into western scotland, eastern areas, and drier and brighter. some sunshine and cloud for the far north of england and northern ireland, but more in the way of sunshine across the rest of england and wales. temperatures beginning to creep up. it could make 27 in the south—east of england and it should be quite warm in eastern parts of scotland. next week, the potential of some rain in the highlands and islands of scotland

the majority of the showers to the north of northern ireland.ess humid across england and wales and. the showers across northern ireland and scotland will continue overnight and scotland will continue overnight and will spread to northern england and will spread to northern england and wales as well. a comfortable night sleeper head. tomorrow, the weather is almost identical to today's weather. there will be some showers across scotland and northern ireland. most of england and wales will stay dry. the temperatures have not changed much either. that's the latest. this is bbc news. the headlines: the bank of england says inflation is likely to peak at 13% later this year. gdp growth in the uk has slowed and the economy is forecast to enter a recession later this year. and the bank of england today raised interest rates by 0.5% to 1.75%. some businesses voice concern at the change. it is crippling. interest rate rises are something that could really stop a small business like us. we'll be answering your questions on all of that and the cost of liv

we want to see northern ireland work.omen in the creggan estate are helping families who are struggling to afford school uniforms. they say dealing with the cost of living needs to take priority and devolution must return. one of the parties in northern ireland doesn't want to go to work. because of one issue. they should be made to go to work. they need to put more of these hardship payments in place and then you get them out faster. they could be putting price caps on a lot of things. - energy and fuel costs . could easily be capped. the power sharing crisis shows northern ireland is still recovering from conflict. jeanette set up a youth club with her late husband 50 years ago. she's now working with a third generation of young people. mothers would come and say, you know, the fathers, you know, david and you saved us from a lifetime jail. i would like to see things moving forward. you know, let them sit down around the table and sort things out and just think about the the grassroots community out there who need all t

results day in england, wales and northern ireland — as top a—level grades fall in the first exams sinceid — but university admissions are at a near—record high. it was amazing, because not only did i prove to, like, my future uni i can do this, but i've also proven to myself that i can do this. so i'm happy about that. leeds university expresses deep concern for one of its students who faces 3a years of jail in saudi arabia over social media tweets. we'll talk live to a human rights group who's taking up the case. rail workers are on strike once again in their dispute over pay — lots of disruption on the network across england and wales. the un secretary general is in lviv for talks with president zelensky and turkey's recep tayyip erdogan. a 44—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing of thomas o'halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. and "wonky vegetables" could soon be on the menu as farmers warn the drought and hot weather have affected how their crops grow. i like a wonky carrot — don't we all? also, i like fruit and veg that makes you

a weak weather front tries to get into scotland and northern ireland, introducing some cooler air.ome pretty intense thunderstorms crossing northern ireland and scotland through the course of sunday and the temperatures here will begin to ease back. but we're still looking at the mid 30s widely across england and wales. 0vernight sunday into monday, the showers get particularly lively across the northern half of the uk for scotland, for northern ireland and northern england, localised, but intense downpours perhaps in some areas causing some flash flooding. a little cooler here, mid—teens. we're still looking at 20 degrees, though, overnight, sunday into monday. through monday daytime, however, we will see this area of low pressure in the atlantic trying to get closer in to the uk. that does mean we're anticipating showers becoming more widespread across the western side of the uk through monday and some pretty heavy and persistent rain for scotland and northern ireland. it is considerably cooler here by then, but still temperatures close if not touching 30 degrees across some part

we are the franchise to get into scotland and northern ireland and introduce cool air and if it doesin intense thunderstorms across northern ireland and scotland through the course of sunday and temperatures here will begin to ease back but we're still looking at the mid 30s, across england and wales. sunday into monday the showers are lively across the northern half of the uk for scotland northern ireland and northern england, localised and intense downpours perhaps in some areas causing flash flooding. cooler here, the midteens, still looking at 20 degrees overnight into monday. through monday daytime high we will see this area of low pressure in the atlantic trying to get closer into the uk. that means we anticipate showers being more widespread across the western side of the uk through monday and heavy and persistent rain for scotland and northern ireland, considerably cooler here by them but temperatures are still close if not touching 30 degrees across some parts of eastern england and the chance of showers here is fairly slim. by of showers here is fairly slim. by tuesday that

sorry to “ump in, we and ireland last year. sorry to “ump in. we — and ireland last year.rry to “ump in, we are showing pictures h and ireland last year. sorry to “ump in, we are showing pictures ofh and ireland last year. sorry to jump in, we are showing pictures of that| in, we are showing pictures of that very incident that you were describing, so ijust wanted to be clear for people watching at home. why do these whales end up in rivers, is it happening more often? it certainly seems we are seeing more of the arctic visitors coming down to areas outside their normal habitat. whether that's related to climate change is hard to say for sure, of course. we are receiving more records of them. for wales coming up rivers, again, potentially, you know, we are seeing animals that are looking for food in areas they are not used to going into. so over the last few years we've had some wealth coming up the river thames, the humber and other places, and hard to say whether there is a natural increase or whether it's a bit of a blip. fir whether it's a bit of a blip. 0r whether it's

>> sure, ireland's a very interesting country. i love ireland, it's a wonderful country.land, the whole country is about half the population of the city in which i live. you can go to dublin and tell the taxi driver to bring you to the government. the whole government is in one building, legislator, executive, government, everything is on the house on miriam street and the thing is, they had no-- they didn't want to pull the rug out on anyone because of them collecting money from apple for doing nothing was great. that was paying a huge amount of their budget. they had no interest in trying to do anything about apple paying them millions and millions of dollars every year for doing virtually nothing, having a small office, you know, along the river. but what happened with the european union regulators thought they were doing something unfair by treating apple differently than other companies, it was really the european union cracking down on the-- like the prime minister, the government of ireland, they call the guy in charge, to do that. and it wasn't ireland at all pull

a few fog patches across scotland, northern ireland, they were clear. into the low if not mid—20s. but the changes will be on the way, friday and into the weekend this area of low pressure from iceland combines forces with one pushing out of france and with it, the greater chance of rain. exactly where that rain will be firmed up as we go through the next few days. for friday, it looks like it is just going to be a scattering of showers developing as we go through the day. may be heavy and thundery towards the south. the greatest chance of rain in the west of scotland maybe heavy and thundery towards the south. the greatest chance of rain in the west of scotland and northern ireland later in the day. whilst winds have eased in the south, very pleasant in the sunny spells, the winds are picking up further north and those winds will take up further into the weekend. a0 mile per hour gusts across some parts of scotland. we will see showers develop more widely but there will be areas it still misses. staying largely dry, particularly the north of scotland,

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and northern ireland.ud across england and wales on wednesday and widespread showers which will concentrate on the south—east of england and east anglia into the afternoon, torrential downpours possible locally here. cooler than today, fine elsewhere for wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland thanks to that area of high pressure. at the end of the weekly look to the atlantic for incoming weather, low—pressure to the north, a keen westerly wind which will keep us fresher compared to what we have been used to lately, temperatures much closer to average. thursday looking like the western side of the uk will be favoured for rain, the east becoming dry again so there was not much rainfall for yorkshire despite the heavy downpours across the uk, that is the problem with the rain coming in, it will not necessarily burst those drought issues, lots of rain needed before that. friday looks like being dry again with showers towards the north—west, far more normal than for a while, high teams to low 20

that was not ireland at all it was the european union insisting ireland not treat that ireland stoppedtreating different companies differently. so no, the small countries that do this think it's a great because even a tiny percentage of these billions of dollars of profit is great these little tiny countries. so it all in international pressure sometimes, sometimes force these countries to do something differently. in ireland would gently has a corporate tax rate among 12 and half percent. which is far less then the united states or other countries. so either they do treat all companies equally and fairly they will still have a much lower tax rate ireland than any other place. so it's not the matter of shell company started to pull the rug out from anybody. it's the bigger countries, the united states on this case it was germany insisting these other countries. doing things that are causing other countries to lose tax revenue. >> i'll just pick up on that. janet yelled the treasury secretary ate a speech a few i guess it was last week. she called for a minimum global tax. this is a big

more likely, though, across parts of western scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon.oss northern scotland, compared what we've seen through recent days, but a warm and humid one in the sunny spells, even though there's a bit more cloud — temperatures 20—25. biggest changes will come this weekend — could see a zone of showery, thundery rain from southwest scotland, northern ireland, through towards east anglia. dry to the north of it with some strong winds, clearer slots to the south of it with some sunshine at times, but more in the way of heavy, thundery rain out in the west later. and the winds will be a feature on saturday to the west of the country, and more especially in the north — northwest scotland could see winds touch gale force at times. here, temperatures for saturday nice enough when the sun shines out — going to feel cooler, though, and the wind and where you have the rain. and, as i said, potential for more rain to come not just through sunday, but into monday, and any of these areas of low pressure that spin up, whilst a bit of uncertainty around them,

ireland and scotland did very well too. ., , ., too.e that's thanks _ too. to set a brilliant performance that's thanks to _ too. to set a brilliant performance that's thanks to duncan _ too. to set a brilliant performance that's thanks to duncan scott, - too. to set a brilliant performance j that's thanks to duncan scott, one of the main rivals of dean. and he is an incredible championship race earned he has come to this commonwealth and really has enjoyed competing for scotland and being a part of the special team and when i spoke to him this morning, he's become the most decorated athlete at the commonwealth games used as feeling a special moment to be a part of this team once again. probably before by one mentally and i think_ probably before by one mentally and i think it _ probably before by one mentally and i think it is _ probably before by one mentally and i think it is summed up the whole week_ i think it is summed up the whole week for— i think it is summed up the whole week for myself and also team scotland — week for myself

and hopefully northern ireland will be winning theirfirst gold, she has northern ireland will be winning world champion and the fastest qualifier, all hopes are on her to get north island on the top podium. she will be chased down by the silver medallist. we will also see ben proud go in the 50 metres freestyle. fastest man in the waters at the moment. already won the 50 metre butterfly and he is hoping to add another gold to his collection in the 50 metre freestyle. an exciting end to the swimming programme it the aquatic centre. coming to an exciting climax there. thank you. want to move you away from the commonwealth games now. a line of football moves. premier league players will stop taking the knee before the majority of matches next season. top flight clubs started taking the knee to support the black lives matter movement. premier league captains consulted players before taking the decision. the taking of the knee may still take place before certain fixtures, including boxing day games and cup finals. that's all the sport for now. we will keep you updated on the hour every hour o

, ireland's success.firth. she was the i ireland's success. yes, what a night for bethany firth. she was the startj for bethany firth. she was the start of the show as she became northern ireland's first medal at these commonwealth games here in birmingham. infact commonwealth games here in birmingham. in fact it's the country's first ever gold medal in the swimming pool at all, in the women's s 1a category 200 metre freestyle race. this was her message this morning. i've got so many messages from everyone at home and so many words of encouragement. i'd like to say such a big thank you. i haven't been able to reply to them all yet, but it's definitely on my to—do list. i can't believe it, i'm just so thankful everyone was there and it was such an amazing night. tell us what else has been happening today in birmingham. weill. tell us what else has been happening today in birmingham.— today in birmingham. well, here at the hockey. — today in birmingham. well, here at the hockey, england's— today in birmingh

a great day for northern ireland in the ring.agleson beat ghana's abraham mensah to win bantamweight gold. jude gallagher won without stepping into the ring — his opponent was declared unfit for their featherweight final. aidan walsh won the light middleweight final and amy broadhurst claimed gold in women's light welterweight. ijust i just wanted that gold ijust wanted that gold medal so bad, the last few months have been hard work so it's good to get the gold. gold too for samuel hickey who beat callum peters of australia by a split decision in the middleweight division. scotland have already had their most successful commonwalth games, outside of glasgow 2014. two more boxing golds followed as sean lazzerini beat wales�* taylor bevan in the light heavyweight final and reese lynch got a closely—fought win over mauritius�* louis richarno colin. and england won their first boxing gold thanks to lewis williams. he was given a unanimous decision win over his samoan opponent in the men's heavyweight final. in the last few minutes, s

. �*, , ., particular issues affecting northern ireland. ., ., , ireland. how it goes. it continues until september i ireland. let's see how it goes. it continues until september the l ireland. let's see how it goes. it i continues until september the 5th. thank you very much. a brief reminder of our top story. a bomb has ripped through a mosque in kabul during evening prayers and there are a number of deaths. we will have more from our chief international correspondent in kabul in the next few minutes. stay with us. it has been a wednesday dominated by sharp, thundery downpours. we started the day with localised flooding in lincolnshire. 1a2 millilitres of rain fell, most from midnight until 6am on wednesday. through the latter stages of the day to day we saw heavy, thundery downforce in south—east england. that was essex a few hours ago. showers faded away across the east midlands and lincolnshire, but the sharp showers then started to gather in the south—eastern corner. that is where we have an amber weather warning and that is valid until ten o�*clock t

so was not ireland at all ireland not treat stop treating different countries differently.the small countries that do this think it is great because even a tiny percentage of these and billionss of dollars of profit s great for these little tiny countries. it is all in international espressure that sometimes they force these companies to do something differently. no ireland legitimately has a corporate tax rate of only 12ng and half% which is far less than the united states or other countries. either they treat all companies fairly there's a lower tax rate in ireland than any other place. is not the matter of shell countries pulling the rug outt' from anybody it's the bigger countries, the united states or in this case it was germany and assisting these other countries stop doing things that are causing other countries to lose tax revenue. >> i will just pick up on that. janet yellen the treasury secretary made a speech she called for a minimum global tax it's a big deal for the u.s. treasury secretary to come out. she suggested the minimum tap of 21%. the fact that the uni

one or two showers as we head into the evening for northern ireland, perhaps north west england, one or two for central scotland. many places, though, seeing a bit of late sunshine into the evening hours, 6pm, temperatures still above 20 degrees for much of england and wales, a little bit cooler for scotland, particularly towards the north and the east. 12 degrees there for the shetland isles. now, through this evening and tonight, then, we're set to see an area of rain developing for parts of north west england, across the isle of man, northern ireland, perhaps into dumfries and galloway too. but either side of that, a lot of dry and fairly cloudy, mild weather overnight. so temperatures holding between about 11 to 15 degrees first thing tomorrow. now, through monday, a bank holiday for many of us, we're likely to see a little bit of patchy rain here for central parts of the uk, easing away quite quickly. a few showers for parts of scotland too, but a lot of dry weather. best of the sunshine towards the south and south—west. and temperatures on monday between around 15 to 23 degrees

temperatures will stay in double figures, quite cloudy in northern ireland.england and wales. temperatures here dropping to between ten and 14 degrees celsius. a few early mist patches into tomorrow morning and then tomorrow. well, it's more of the same. could be a few outbreaks of rain towards the western isles, but other than that, it's mostly dry but quite cloudy across scotland. a few breaks in the cloud maybe towards the far southwest. glasgow could see 22 degrees celsius. some breaks across northern ireland, but generally cloudy, best of the sunshine across england and wales. small chance of an isolated shower and again cooler towards those north sea facing coasts with the northeasterly winds. now, as we head through sunday and into monday, our area of high pressure just starts to push eastward. so the north easterly wind is set to strengthen. and towards those eastern facing coasts, there will generally be a lot more cloud. there could be one or two showers just running in on that breeze at times, too. so the best of the sunshine will really tend to be

thundery for northern ireland and northern and western scotland and with the rain arriving, we startngs becoming cooler here. some isolated showers possible further west, but very little in the way of significant rainfall i think for england and wales on sunday. it's monday that we start to see wetter conditions coming in here. hello, this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal. a man has reportedly been charged with attempted murder of acclaimed author, sir salman rushdie, who's now on a ventilator, after being stabbed on stage in new york. his agent says the 75—year—old can't speak, is likely to lose an eye, has a damaged liver, and the nerves in one arm have been severed in the attack. more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. that, as experts also warn england's drought could last into the next year. the heatwave continues hitting europe — with some areas facing devastating wildfires and others suffering the economic impact of the droughts. travel disruption after thousands of train drivers from nine rail companies go on strike across the uk today

a touch warmer than today in scotland and northern ireland.

tuesday, the windiest weatherfor ireland.rthern ireland, england and wales, a sunny day with temperatures creeping up each day. up to 29 and may be 30 in one or two spots. the mid 20s across south and east scotland and northern ireland. an area of high pressure sitting to the east of the country towards the end of the week. that will draw up the very warm air from the near continent on an east, south—easterly wind. the second half of the week will be hotter, up to 33, maybe 36 in the south. warm in the north as well and the knights will become uncomfortably warm as well towards the end of the week. that's all from us but the news continues here on bbc one, with our colleagues across the nations and regions and the news where you are. goodnight. hello, this is bbc news with chris rogers. a london museum says it will return ownership of artefacts that were looted in the 19th century to nigeria. the horniman museum said 72 objects which were forcibly removed from the kingdom of benin, during a british military incursion in 1897,

it's certainly fresher for scotland and northern ireland, but still very warm and humid across much of through the day on tuesday, though, low pressure really does come to take hold across the uk. it's a messy weather picture. what does that mean? well, it means it's quite hard for us to pin down the exact details of where the rain will sit through the day. but basically, it's a chance of showers just about anywhere across england and wales, and they're likely to be thundery. for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud around and some outbreaks of rain and quite a cool northerly breeze — quite a difference to recent days, and we've lost that 30 celsius in eastern england. by wednesday, well, low pressure still close by, but it's focused very much to the south of the uk — high pressure, in fact, tries to sneak back in across scotland and northern ireland. wednesday looks dry for scotland and northern ireland, if cloudy at times, and it looks like any early showers will clear from northern england and wales. but a real focus perhaps on southern england for some more intense downpours o

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similar plans were put in place in wales and northern ireland.er students land top marks in its exams earlier this month. concerns have been raised about regional differences in top grades. in england, the attainment gap between north and south is significant. in london, 32.6% of gcses were marked at seven or above compared with 22.4% in the north—east of england. the gap between the highest and lowest performing regions has actually closed slightly, particularly in comparison to last year, so what we are seeing is a kind of mixed and complex picture. it has been a complicated few years with teacher assessed grades. the message from the government is that pupils should be proud of what they have achieved in an extraordinary year. the message from 92—year—old derek skipper, who is believed to be one of the oldest people to sit a gcse, is, it's never too late to sit another. i opened up this morning to find i got a five, which is as high as i could get on the very basic maths gcse course i took. so i'm delighted to have got it. my colleague martine

*t the full republic, it wasn�*t a united ireland, but it was a free state, and ireland would governection to the british crown. got now they say they were being given a treaty where they had to swear allegiance to the british king, and that was anathema, and that was what caused irishman to go to war against each other and because the assassination of michael collins, or the death of michael collins, 100 years ago today. and many people have asked the question, what would have happened had he lived, had he not been killed that day? this is the great what if of irish history, and there has been a bit of a tendency to, every problematic question that came up in ireland when i was growing up or as a young adult was, what would collins have said about this? we don�*t know. he died at the age of 31. at the time that he died, even his most bitter enemies would have acknowledged his extraordinary skill as an intelligence officer, as the man who directed the intelligence war against the british, but also as minister of finance. his great skill was as an organiser and an administrator, and i

the best of the sunshine is in scotland and northern ireland.o double figures to greet us first thing on thursday. thursday will start off pretty overcast for many. the best of the sunshine likely to be in the south and east, but there will be some sharper showers further north and west and a freshening wind as well. that is it, take care. hello. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall and these are the headlines... uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. some business owners say they're having to reduce their opening hours and stop taking wages for themselves to try to keep their livelihoods. despite calls to act now, the government announces no new help — instead insisting that options will be made available for the new prime minister to act upon. horrific and shocking — police describe how 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran rode 75ft on his mobility scooter in west london after being stabbed in what officers say was an unprov

in the first goal for northern ireland here in birmingham 2022.ireland. there was great racing and the men's 200 metres. duncan scott up against tom dean. a familiar head—to—head. it was duncan scott that took the bold once again. tom dean had to settle, but he had another chance in the men's four by 100 individual medley up against australia. it looks like australia had it in the bag. came down that final 50 metres to touch gold for england. a brilliant moment for the home crowd. his first of these championships. raise the roof. it was quite a moment to finish these games. we also saw ben proud take another gold, his consecutive title in that event, and it really has been quite an amazing final evening at the swimming. we will look forward to the diving starting tomorrow. lots to celebrate. there was an epic gold medal win for emily campbell at the nec, who exploded with passion and joy after breaking the commonwealth record in the clean and jerk. she's added to her 0lympic silver and two european golds. jo currie was watching. if anyone came in

a few showers dotted around through scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon and the of heavy andy one and starting to feel fresher but a reasonably humid day across england and wales, especially east anglia and the south—east, 29 or 30 degrees but humidity dropping a little and you will notice it in birmingham tomorrow but with increasing sunshine for the commonwealth games. a fine end to tomorrow, a few showers through scotland and northern ireland and northern england to take us through the night and into thursday morning and starting to feel more comfortable out there but we still see temperatures around 16 or 17 in the far south—east, temperatures around 16 or 17 in the farsouth—east, before temperatures around 16 or 17 in the far south—east, before thursday, a lot of sunshine to come for many, starting to feel more comfortable. there will be showers across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, very isolated in most places dry and temperatures closer to if not a bit below the average with the exception being the south—east. that's it. i'll be back at ten, but you can

northern ireland and western scotland seeing more cloud and some showers in places.oud will be rolling in through northern ireland and western scotland with the odd shower. 0vernight, temperatures down to 13 celsius. cooler than that in the countryside. this week frontal system pushing in from the west and it will generate a zone of cloud and some showers through northern ireland, parts of southern scotland, north—west england, wales, south—west, further east, early fog will clear. more cloud developing as the day wears on. top temperatures ranging from 17 degrees in aberdeen to 2a in london with a fresher feel than we have been used to lately. a bank holiday for many. we will see some spells of sunshine. one or two showers. for the most part, it will be dry. on saturday, most places fine with sunshine. this zone of cloud and rain getting perilously close to northern ireland and western scotland. isolated showers elsewhere. and that is a sign of things to come. as we move into sunday, high—pressure to the north, we will start to develop more of a breeze along these n

also, a decent amount of sunshine for wales, parts of northern ireland. the way of cloud, could be one or two afternoon showers, but there is confirmation of that fairly brisk breeze and some low temperatures across northern and eastern parts, 15 for aberdeen but 25 degrees in cardiff. now, as we look further ahead, high pressure will remain with us for a good part of the coming week, but we will see one low to the south, that could introduce some showers, and then by the end of the week, chances are that a frontal system from the west will introduce some outbreaks of rain. so, there is the increasing chance of some rain as we get towards the end of the week, and after a rather cool couple of days for some, temperatures will climb a little. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lucy grey the heaviest monsoon rains in decades — a national emergency in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. three people are killed when a truck crashes into a street party in the netherlands. the dr