lisdoonvarna provides plenty of opportunity for some drunken fun.anteed. after a few minutes, the first couple's eyes have already wandered. but here in the matchmaking capital, lisdoonvarna, hope springs eternal. so i am hoping that by the time i leave here he will keep his word and i will meet someone, because that was the whole reason for me coming here. hello for many it's been a quiet start for the weekend but it's all—state change for next week. i do think for the first part of monday it should stay dry... but if i show you the rainfall accumulation chance for the week you can see more widely some rain or showers on tuesday and you can see where the heaviest rainfall is are expected in scotland and north wales. front the meantime send a chilly a chilly should start... some fairweather cloud bringing in... it'll feel start... some fairweather cloud bringing in... it'llfeeljust as warm as the winds are lighter. just notice that the temperatures are down a touch or so on saturdays in the north. that's because down in the north. that's because dow

this festival is the lifeblood of lisdoonvarna.onth of the year when all the businesses kind of like geared towards this festival. in september it's like the whole place is just transformed. so, like, a lot of the sort of b&bs would be like very, very quiet during the year, they'd like be nobody here. they would make enough money in september to keep them going for the whole year. so it has a massive effect and it's only getting bigger. not everyone attending the festival is single. many couples who met here in years past returned to celebrate and dance the night and day away. # please help me, i'm falling. # but most of the folk i here are looking for love. we want to find the one. do you want to find the one? so far we haven't found it. but do you know what? there's such a good buzz around, there's a great atmosphere. the matchmaking community is brilliant. so we would like to find someone with a bit of land, nice personality, not bad looking. yeah not bad looking. we're not fussy, but you have to find the right match. he's not b

lisdoonvarna provides plenty of opportunity for some drunken son.my gopal and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: us secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to israel as efforts continue for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza. undignified and made to feel like a burden — a mother and daughter with mobility issues call for more to be done make air travel more accessible. as she celebrates with team gb stars, gold medallist keely hodgkinson sets her sights on her next challenge: the 800m world record. i don't see it as something that's too far away now and i'd love to see how close i can get to it. in sport, arsenal are hoping to deny manchester city a fifth premier league title in a row and they made a positive start to their season — bukayo saka sealing a victory over wolves at the emirates. good morning. it's going to be another day of dry weather with some sunny spells across most parts of the uk. all change into next week, though, getting wet and windy for some of us. i will bring you the full forecast very shortly. the us secret