isa weather could still prop day mackay is a hindrance.40, 50 mild an hour especially around the coast but in man that is strong enough to bring a few branches down and cause further travel disruption. showers in the southis travel disruption. showers in the south is a little bit. heavy rain in parts of northern england, northern ireland and thunderstorms in scotland, too. tonight that will eat just a little bit but further dampers can be expected and temperature tonight between ten and 15 degrees. as we go into tomorrow, the winds and southern areas will ease a little bit foot of the best chance of some sunshine there but thunderstorms developing later but at the breeze will pick up across scotla nd at the breeze will pick up across scotland and northern making it feel that bit cooler but we will see brighter weather develop. we could see some of the wetter spots with a gain that risk of flooding. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 12:30pm: national grid says it will learn lessons after nearlyi million people across england and wal

the moment does mackay think most people, whatever the reason backs, will find that an external situationt given some of the extraordinary comments.” potentially not given some of the extraordinary comments. i do not think that is likely to happen, but they will be setting in a couple of weeks' time that i think the point there is that borisjohnson will face a lot of opposition from the labour party. they want to a vote of no confidence in their calls for legislation to be part that they can get a three. all of which suggest that the eu, he is meeting this week, mightjust. that the eu, he is meeting this week, might just. a that the eu, he is meeting this week, mightjust. a bit and wait until all of that is passed before they re—engage in negotiations. that is something the prime minister must change their mind about, but with comments like that, it is unlikely to. more than a 100,000 people have taken part in the latest rally in hong kong, against what the protestors see as attempts by china to undermine the city's autonomy. this is the scene live in hong kong at the moment. the protests

i was driving in the area when i heard a terrible sound from the explosion at mackay was shaking.m the nearby shops follow—up. the attack comes in spite of progress between american officials who have been holding talks in qatar, reaching a peace agreement was of the final exact details of any settlement i get clear but they are thought to include commitments to withdraw foreign forces from afghanistan in exchange for guarantees from the taliban that they won't allow internationaljihad groups to operate in the country and the taliban will begin talks with other afg ha n taliban will begin talks with other afghan representatives. what is feared would be included in the settle m e nt feared would be included in the settlement is an immediate declaration of a ceasefire. and the concern — make the concern is the violence on the ground was to continue. the first type of this year alone, or than 1000 afghan civilians have lost their lives as a result of this conflict. as the british government plans for a no—deal brexit in october, it's been disclosed to the bbc that, in its worst case

the scottish finance secretary derek mackay a little earlier today here at the yard, and they had been waters over a disputed contract to build two innovative dual fuel ferries for the state owned caledonian macbrayne ferry company. the original contract was for £97 million but the build proved complicated. these were ships that would be the first of their kind in the world, and now the costs are estimated to be roughly double that. the gmb union says nationalisation is not a quick fix, there will be challenges, they say for instance, a limit to the amount of private sector work for which the yard can compete, but the scottish government says that in nationalising they are securing the future of the yard, the jobs, and of course, the two ships. thank you. a group of women who've been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer linked to breast implants are seeking compensation, by taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies and surgeons. worldwide there have been more than 500 confirmed cases of breast implant associated—anaplastic large cell lymphoma, including 57 in the uk. 33 wome

mary mackay is a public school teacher >> obviously it hurts more when this is your own hometown where this happens but i think it adds a wholother level of pain that this guy came to my home to kill us because of what color we are. you know, he went out of his way just to kill us for being hispic. that's a lot to deal with, liket asn't a random shooting, he wanted to kill brown people. >> reporter: the border city of el pasos about 80% latino, and it's been a hub for thousands of central american migrants b crossing theder to seek asylum in the u.s. president trump has also made disparaginecomments about th city, and described these migrants as representing a kind of attack on the u.s. democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke represented the el paso area in congress. >> we have a president right now who traffics in this hatred. who incites this violence who calls mexican immigrants rapists and murderers. who calls asylum seekers amals and an infestation. >> reporter: congresswoman veronica escobar-- who was o elec'rourke's seat in sa the shooting hurt a community that's already

economy secretary derek mackay in control of the shipyard. the yard with a fanfare five years ago, he says it is leaving him £28 million worse off, that paid for an upgrade to facilities in the hope of winning orders and building up to 600 worker, 300 are here now, addressed today by the man who is staking over. i want to achieve objectives of completing the vessels under construction, securing employment and giving the yard a future is to process is one unless a commercial bid come tos ward that is competent, then clearly, the government is in a position to take ownership of the yard. no other bidders are likely, however there are questions about how much the ferries are going to cost. perhaps twice the price tag. i am not going to guess today. we have just taken control of the yard. we are going to do the due diligence, the cost appraisal, bring together the team to co m plete appraisal, bring together the team to complete the vessels that calmac require to serve the community and we will have clear costs i would be happy to sharks you woul

unsurprisingly the scottish government finance secretary derek mackay takes a different position.ime in scotla nd £60 billion for the first time in scotland and they reflect the strength of the scottish economy that revenue is growing at a faster rate than expenditure and of course he points out that the figures represent scotland's position is pa rt represent scotland's position is part of the uk and he believes you can only unlock the full potential of the scottish economy with independence, and with brexit looming and the scottish government position that a no deal breaks it would be very bad indeed he says that a no—deal brexit could reduce revenue in scotland by around £2.5 billion per year. amazing how statistics can be used in so many different ways. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. mixed fortunes today, for many dry and bright, sunshine continuing this afternoon, different north and west. looking at the satellite, quite beautiful swirl of cloud around the low pressure behind me, but this area of cloud brings rain which continues for northern ireland