you're watching monday in parliament with me, mandy baker.he high speed rail link, hs2, will run from birmingham to crewe. but it's faced opposition from mps. during a debate on the legislation that would allow the next phase to go ahead, there was criticism from both labour and conservative members abour the impact of the works and the cost. some called for the 56 billion pound scheme to scrapped, while labour called for the an independent review. labour is therefore calling for the whole of hs2 and that includes phase a2 to undergo a complete peer review appraisal by independent engineering and economic specialist. we believe that this will be the only way the parliament and the public can have full confidence in the hs to project. such a process will ensure that the scope is right and that the integration with the network is right. the governance is put right and the maximum environmental gain is harvested for the cost of project is minimised. i think it is a complete disgrace that the government has brought this bill forward in the dying

but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there. at least some ofjune. the met office has now released provisional rainfall statistics for the month ofjune. where you see the darker blue colours on the chart, well, those areas had around double the amount of rainfall they would normally expect during the month as a whole. but as we look ahead to the rest of this week, well, it stays dry for many of us. just a little bit of rain around across the north of the uk. now, we start off wednesday morning on a rather chilly note, some rural spots in scotland and wales down around two or three degrees, towns and cities not quite as cool as that. but, as we go through the day, most of us will see some sunshine. some patchy cloud lingering for east anglia and the south—east, but further west across england and wales, probably more sunshine than we had during tuesday. there will be more cloud into northern ireland and scotland. some rain in the far north, where it will also be quite windy. winds also picking up close to the english channel coas

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, mandy baker.ily round—up, or if you'd like to watch this again — and why wouldn't you — it's available on the bbc iplayer. now there's never a shortage of political argument or disagreement in the commons, but there are warmer moments, too. the labour mp carolyn harris has spoken movingly on several occasions about the death of her eight—year—old son, martin, in a car accident in 1989. mrs harris had to borrow money to pay for his funeral. since becoming an mp, she's campaigned for bereaved parents to receive financial help. i have at times been impatient. i have at times been frustrated. but i've always known it was the right thing to do. now the prime minister, the honourable members for chelmsford and colchester, and indeed the civil servants have delivered on my requests, and i understand that from 23july, the children's funeral fund will be operational. i thank everyone involved in making this happen — the organisations that have supported me, colleagues who've encouraged me, my family who wr

but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there.ay, you had to turn your eyes southwards. the further south you went, the bluer the skies remained. a bit of wispy, high cloud overhead in london, but temperatures in the london area got very close to 27 degrees. compare and contrast that with the scene for this weather watcher in ullapool, in north—west scotland. grey, murky, damp, temperatures at 13 degrees. and similar rules apply through the day ahead. the best of the sunshine to be found across central and southern parts of the uk. further north, more cloud, some patchy rain, some mist and murk, especially for hills and coasts in the west. and then some heavy rain returning to northern and western scotland later in the day, where it will also be quite breezy. the will also be quite breezy. wind will be pretty light, north—east the wind will be pretty light, north—east england should see some brightness at times, north—west england tending to cloud over during the day, for northern ireland it is tending to become quite grey and dam

but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there.the uk, but it's not where we saw the highest temperature. even though we saw scenes like this across the great orme looking out towards llandudno. we did have lower temperatures than those of friday. it was distinctly grey at times with some drizzle underneath our weather front, however, so a very different day. it's in the far south, where we had the early sunshine, where we saw the highest temperatures. for most, it was a very pleasant high teens, low 20s, but chilly in that north—westerly and some showers in the far north of scotland. that fresher air is gradually filtering further southwards. so through the early hours, there'll still be a lot of cloudy and dampish weather in the south, could be quite misty around some of the coasts and still feeling quite close for sleeping. but for the vast majority, it is a fresher end to the night and a lovely start to our sunday morning. certainly a sunnier day for england and wales. eventually, this weather front, dragging its heels a little

but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there.has been an incredible week in europe. these national records have been set over recent days. it has been an incredibly hot spell of weather, particularly in france where a new record of 46 the old german record by five celsius and is the highest temperature ever recorded in france. cooler breeze has a moved in across the uk will be spreading into europe, really moderating it significantly. the extreme heat wave is finally coming to an end. here, weather wise, actually most of the next few days looking dry was some sunshine. will there be a bit of rain at times across the north—west of the country? over the next few hours you could get wet in scotland, low pressure nearby. a number of showers moving in. putting across northern ireland into the far noth of england and wales. it will be a mild start to monday. temperatures 11- 14 mild start to monday. temperatures 11— 1a degrees. this is how the weather chart looks at the start of the new e. high pressure to the west of the british isles

do join mandy baker on tv‘s geekiest channel on monday evening at 11pm for the latest from the commonsbye for now. the weather for the rest of the afternoon is looking pretty good across afternoon is looking pretty good a cross m ost afternoon is looking pretty good across most of the uk, some sunshine, pleasantly one in the sunny spells, too, if you have them, because in some areas, it is still cloudy, particularly across some northern, eastern and southern parts of the uk, and also a low chance of catching a shower. high pressure is in charge of the weather across the uk right now, but low pressure and weather fronts in the atlantic are ready to come our way. this weather front is so slow, it is moving at a glacial pace, and it will not reach us glacial pace, and it will not reach us until around wednesday night. the forecast for the rest of today, you can see plenty of bright weather, if not sunny, sunny in northern ireland for sure. temperatures in the high teens, low 20s, beautiful evening on the way. tonight, it will turn cloudy across some eastern parts of the uk, a bit like thi

mandy baker will be here at the same time tomorrow. i do hope you canjoin her.ariations, the satellite at the moment looks interesting to cool atlantic air bumping into the extreme heat wave creating a line of massive thunderstorms and the risk of flash flooding, large hail and damaging wind gust. for us, a little flat patchy cloud that mcleod working in and for northern scotland we have a few showers as well detect if you are heading to the highlands you may ta ke are heading to the highlands you may take an umbrella with you but otherwise a dry picture for the first part of tuesday morning. this through the west of tuesday, shallots will be limited to northern scotla nd shallots will be limited to northern scotland so the vast majority of the uk is scotland so the vast majority of the ukisa scotland so the vast majority of the uk is a dry day. even here there will be some sunshine. sunny skies for east of scotland, most of england and wales and again it will feel warm in the sunshine with temperatures in the high teens to low 20s did it subtle changes in our w

but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. time for a look at the latest weather proceedings now.d in places damp start. if you showers still in northern scotland. you might encounter one of two in the east of the pennines, northern england this afternoon. most of us, dry broken cloud, sunshine, the in northern scotla nd cloud, sunshine, the in northern scotland on the northerly breeze. some cloud running down the eastern side of england overnight. some into the far cloud increasing. most places will be clear, fairly chilly in the countryside under the clear skies. part of scotland, especially towards the north, getting close to freezing with a brief touch of frost as we start the day tomorrow. a warmer day to come in scotland tomorrow, with some sunshine around. some cloud building after the sunny start, turning wetter in northern ireland, through the day. cloud increasing elsewhere in the west, it might turn drizzly towards coasts and hills over the day. high teens, low 20s, that is a sign of things to come temperature—wise. as we go through the week, looking fairly mixed. some

do join mandy baker on tv‘s geekiest channel on monday evening at 11pm for the latest from the commonsornock, bye for now. hello. the first half of the weekend has been mainly dry and fine for most. for others, a few hefty showers, particularly across the eastern side of scotland, into the pennines, through the midlands, east anglia and south—east england. this building area of high pressure through the early hours of sunday morning will tend to ease away most of the showers but we could keep one or two going first on sunday across east anglia and south—east england. a lot of cloud around to start the day. it will thin and break. we'll all see some spells of sunshine, particularly across northern ireland, a fine day here. still the chance of one or two showers across the higher ground of scotland, northern england and wales. maybe one or two across south—west england, but most will have a mainly dry day, fairly light winds as well, except for eastern coasts. brisker breeze here, a bit more in the way of cloud at times, just keeping temperatures pegged back to around 17 or 18 celsius. f

do join mandy baker on tv‘s geekiest channel on monday evening at 11pm for the latest from the commonsr now. with the weekend upon us, the weather is looking generally dry and settled for many of us. it has been quite a warm, humid week, but actually things have been turning a little bit fresher. through the weekend, plenty of spells of sunshine, one or two showers around. it won't be quite as hot and humid as it has been earlier in the week. the reason for the dry and settled theme is this area of high pressure that is building its way in from the west. slowly, that will squeeze away a ny leftover showers. we will still have one or two showers on saturday morning, particularly for parts of northern and eastern scotland. later in the day, a few cropping up down the pennines, in towards the midlands, and perhaps the odd one reaching the south—east of england as well. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather. the cloud should thin and break during the day and allow some sunshine to break through. with temperatures in the region of around 17—24 degrees. so reasonably warm still through the day on

but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello.e, 28 celsius, 82 fahrenheit, compared with the cooler, cloudier16, that's 61 fahrenheit, further north. that cooler, cloudier air is heading southwards, it's on a weather front which through the night has been meandering its way very slowly south and bringing rain to northern ireland, northern england, heading towards north wales and the wash by the time we get to dawn. the warm air uncomfortable for sleeping but it will feel much fresher by morning further north. and that fresher air is on a cold weatherfront and it's heading southwards, so i think it will introduce more cloud across england and wales during the course of saturday, and in particular today, so it will feel cooler as a result. now that cold weather front‘s also being followed by a north—westerly breeze which is never a warm direction. but if you are sheltered from the breeze in the sunshine that follows across scotland, northern england and northern ireland, it will feel quite pleasant. this weather front will take muc

do join mandy baker on tv‘s geekiest channel on monday evening at 11pm for the latest from the commonsck, bye for now. hello. there's some warmth and some sunshine to start this forecast — by the end, we'll see some rain for many. more on that in a moment. here's how monday shapes up, an area of high pressure centred over the uk, for now keeping atlantic fronts at bay. and a good deal of sunshine through monday morning. there will be more cloud across northern scotland, shetland in particular and also across eastern counties of england. that cloud quite stubborn before to thin and break. but some bright or sunny spells coming through. elsewhere, after a sunny start, some fair weather cloud developing, so sunny spells for the second half of the day, but aside from an isolated shower, dry, pleasantly warm, 20—211 celsius the top temperature, a little bit cooler for northern scotland and eastern coasts. fine and dry evening for many, some high cloud arriving into northern ireland and western scotland and by dawn on tuesday we're looking temperatures typically between 10—14 celsius, not qu

but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello.looking pretty decent across most of the uk. a lot of sunshine in the forecast. however, the week ahead is going to be quite changeable. i think many of us at one point or another will get at least a little bit of rainfall. now, here's the latest satellite picture, and clouds are gathering just to the north—west of the uk, in fact, streaming in into ireland right now, so that means that the skies will be pretty hazy across some western parts of the uk. and the high pressure is moving away and giving way to these weather fronts here in the atlantic. but the high pressure will be back later on, once these weather fronts push through. so the forecast on monday morning, then — a lot of hazy weather there first thing across many western parts of the uk, but i think it'll start off clear across much of scotland, eastern and southern parts of the uk. in fact, pretty chilly very early in the morning there in eastern scotland and north—east england. temperatures could be as low as two or three