lizo mzimba, bbc news.thday — making a rainbow tribute poster. a series of images has been released by the family to mark the occasion, including pictures of the prince showing off his brightly painted hands. children across the uk have been creating rainbow pictures as a symbol of hope during the lockdown. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. thank you. i think they are the only rainbows we are going to see today because there isn't

lizo mzimba, bbc news. that is our earworm for the rest of the day, isn't it? cheerful on the weather front for the rest of the weather front for the rest of the day, good to know if you are p°ppin9 the day, good to know if you are popping out for the rest of the day. the fine weather will stay fine as we go through the course of the weekend, plenty of warmth and further sunny spells on the way. you can see the sunshine right across the country, little bit hazy in one or two areas across parts of northern ireland and scotland and maybe some coastal areas just off the coast of devon and cornwall but on the whole, it's a fine afternoon. these are the temperatures, low maybe even mid 20s, possibly 2a in the south—east, closer

lizo mzimba, bbc news. lots of fun had by all and money raised.nicola sturgeonjoins us now. good morning. thank you for your time. a new phrase has entered politician speak. probably one a lot of people have been using anecdotally in conversations, the new normal. when a politician says that, it takes on a different significance. can you describe what the new normal will be in your vision? not in detail. what i've tried to do in a grown—up conversation with people is started to share some of the thinking that will take us into that position. there are two important points to stress. 0ne there are two important points to stress. one is it is too early now to lift any of the lockdown restrictions. they are working, they are suppressing the virus. but we need to stick with it to ensure we drive it down to as low a level as possible. secondly, and this gets me onto the new normal, when we are able to lift some of these restrictions it would be baby steps. we will have to be very careful, very cautious, assess what we are doing. the virus won't have go

lizo mzimba, bbc news.shine continue across many parts of the uk through today. yesterday, we saw temperatures away from eastern coasts quite widely in the low to mid 20s, peaking at 24 celsius in herstmonceux. butjust a bit of context on where we should be at this time of year, we should be actually in the mid—teens. these are the sort of temperatures we are more likely to see as we go into next week. 0ut there, as i mentioned, warm and sunny again as we go into the afternoon. early morning mist and fog clears. one or two low cloud patches very close to some north sea coasts and a bit cloudy across northern ireland today compared with yesterday. temperatures, though, as i said, away from those cooler eastern coasts widely into the 20s, even if in the south it's down a degree or two on what we saw yesterday afternoon. later on, there is a chance south west england and wales could just see one or two isolated sharp showers develop over the hills, very few, though. most places staying dry. that will be the ca

lizo mzimba, bbc news.at the weather forecast with matt taylor. hi, matt. hi, there. good morning. another sunny day for the vast majority of the uk. it started misty and foggy and eastern areas. that will take a little longer to shift. some remains across the north—east of scotla nd some remains across the north—east of scotland through the day. more cloud developing towards the south—west and more today for northern ireland. for most it is dry and sunny. temperatures widely into the low 20s. not quite as high as yesterday. could finish the day in south—west england and wales with isolated showers. they continue into the night. mist and low cloud and developing widely in eastern part of the country into tomorrow morning. temperatures generally in single figures. more chance of a frost in scotla nd figures. more chance of a frost in scotland and northern ireland. a grey and misty starred in many eastern areas to start saturday. the mist and fog will take a longer to move from the north coast. some isolated

lizo mzimba, bbc news. that is our earworm for the rest of the day, isn't it? time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker good afternoon. pretty cheerful on the weather front for the rest of the weather front for the rest of the day, good to know if you are p°ppin9 the day, good to know if you are popping out for the rest of the day. the fine weather will stay fine as we go through the course of the weekend, plenty of warmth and further sunny spells on the way. you can see the sunshine right across the country, little bit hazy in one or two areas across parts of northern ireland and scotland and maybe some coastal areas just off the coast of devon and cornwall but on the whole, it's a fine afternoon. these are the temperatures, low maybe even mid 20s, possibly 2a in the south—east, closer to 17, that's the south—east, closer to 17, that's the sort of average we will have today, the sun very strong out there. remember you can easily burn with this level of ultraviolet light that we have at this time of year. tonight, turning a little bit cloudy ac

lizo mzimba, bbc news. good afternoon.e go through this evening and into tonight we will develop some low cloud close to some of these north sea coasts, which will roll in across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east anglia and maybe getting down into the midlands as well, could be some mist and fog around in these areas. temperatures typically overnight 3—9d, some parts of eastern scotland maybe getting just a bit colder than that. could be a touch of frost for some. so a fairly cool start for tomorrow, this lump of cloud and mist and fog affecting parts of eastern england, but that will tend to lift and clear and for most parts it is yet another fine, dry and mostly sunny day, patchy cloud turning that sunshine hazy at times. not quite as warm as it has been today, but still temperatures peaking between 14—22d, the coolest weather for some of those north sea coasts. and later in the day, just the chance of seeing the odd shower breaking out across high ground of wales and the south—west of england. and as we go into the

lizo mzimba, bbc news. the duke and duchess of cambridge‘s son louis has been photographed to mark his second birthday — making a rainbow tribute poster. a series of images has been released by the family to mark the occasion, including pictures of the prince showing off his brightly painted hands. children across the uk have been creating rainbow pictures as a symbol of hope during the lockdown. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. thank you. i think they are the only rainbows we are going to see today because there isn't many rain out there. it's yet another dry and largely sunny day and any changes in oui’ largely sunny day and any changes in our weather will be slow and subtle over the next few days. this is the view from space, the satellite picture and tufts of high cloud through ports of northern ireland, northern england, down into the midlands, lower cloud plaguing shetland but otherwise it's fine, it's dry, there is a lot of sunshine out there. it's the warmest day of the week. tempera

our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was watching. music plays.to the supermarket for you — only took 11 hours — and i've got all your favourites for your tea. the vicar of dibley herself, dawn french, recorded a special monologue. those of you who were with me last sunday will know this room was crammed with easter eggs from the floor to the ceiling and now — voila — just the one left. while david tennant attempted to help catherine tate's lauren with her home—schooling. you've got to stand two metres away otherwise you could infect me with the virus. don't be ridiculous. social distancing, sir. stephen fry as blackadder‘s lord melchett was joined by the duke of cambridge before they led the nation's clap for carers. there was a performance from some of music's most famous faces of the song sing, written by gary barlow and andrew lloyd webber. # ..what we say. ..# the stars of strictly got the country involved in a dancing challenge. and the cast of eastenders took part in a queen vic virtual pub quiz. the money raised will go towards helping peo