we have a met office coast. we have a met office yellow warning in place.d by the irish weather service because they will bear brunt of the will bear the brunt of the strongest winds, but nevertheless unseasonably gusty for on saturday. those winds for us on saturday. those winds could cause some travel disruption. there will be some showers, many places will showers, but many places will be dry some and it dry with some sunshine and it will still be very warm, particularly in the east. over 20 for first time 20 degrees for the first time this year . this year. >> em- this year. >> feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt sponsors of weather boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> time for the sport this morning. paul coyte is here. >> good morning to you. oh good morning. oh what a game yesterday at stamford bridge it was. yeah, yeah. there's was. yeah, yeah. and there's a few manchester united fans around this building around this area that are shifting uncomfortably every time i talk about this . so anyway it was a

the met office says the 18 months to march this year were the wettest on record.s always varied from year to year, but the met office says the trend of wetter winters and drier summers is likely to continue in the long run. and we need to get ready for that. the reason the floods in dubai were so catastrophic is because the city is designed to cope with downpours like this. it shows the world needs to prepare for the climate change we know is coming. justin rowlatt, bbc news. our climate editorjustin rowlatt told me more. a year and a half of rain in 2a hours in a city that very rarely sees any rain at all. i mean, it will go months without a drop of rain. so the infrastructure to channel that water away from essential infrastructure from homes just isn't there. and that's why we saw those incredible pictures of flooding. and that's just the beginning, because obviously the floods poured into the buildings, damaged infrastructure. there are some amazing pictures, for example, of the airport, where the runway was covered in water and you could see jet planes blowin

the met office says the 18 months to march this year were the wettest on record.d drier summers is likely to continue in the long run, and we need to get ready for that. the reason the floods in dubai were so catastrophic was because the city isn't designed to cope with downpours like this. it shows the world needs to prepare for the climate change we know is coming. justin rowlatt, bbc news. some really dramatic scenes! let's take a look at some other news making headlines. world anti—doping agency is promising and independent review of its handling of the case that allowed two dozen chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance to avoid punishment. it follows the new york times report that the athletes tested positive for trimetazidine before competing in the tokyo olympics. authorities had determined they were inadvertently exposed to the drug through contamination. more than 100 inmates escaped from a nigerian prison after heavy rains damaged the building. the official say and hour—long downpour on wednesday a perimeter wall, ten people were reca

sunnyin from the met office for gb news.e east today, but cloudy and breezy in the west with showery outbreaks of rain. the rain persistent first thing across northern ireland into parts of southwest scotland, west wales and the southwest of england . some heavy bursts and england. some heavy bursts and as the morning continues, that rain doesn't move along very quickly. so we'll stay damp across western areas. but the rain will tend to fragment into showers across parts of northern ireland, west wales and cornwall later on. meanwhile, it stays sunny out towards the east. 1 or 2 showers in the far east, but otherwise with the sunshine and lighter winds here. 18 or 19 celsius a very pleasant spring day in the west. the rain continues through the evening, but it does eventually fizzle away and well, it's going to become less windy as well. but further east, that's where the next band of rain moves in, and a lot of low cloud associated with it as well. so with a lot of cloud across the uk overnight and a bit of a breeze, temper

but there's a met office warning for the west of scotland.rther south, there'll be a steady spell of rain and lots of misty, murky weather over the hills. another pulse comes in through the evening overnight, particularly scotland and northern ireland. it tends to weaken as it pushes southwards, but all the cloud and the winds will be strong again today, perhaps not as strong as yesterday, but they hold the temperatures up through the night. and a fairly brisk wind will continue with us on thursday. maybe some mist murk first thing, particularly in the south under the remnants of this weather front. but actually, once that clears out the way, we might see some brighter skies and sunshine coming through before the next pulse of rain starts to materialise across western parts again. but look at the temperatures on thursday. it's looking mild, in fact, warm in the strengthening april sunshine. and that milder, warmer atlantic air is with us through thursday and indeed friday to end the week, perhaps even start the weekend, but not for long becau

here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. split weather wise across the uk today. rain at times towards the east, generally a bit brighter the further west you go, but temperatures still struggling for the time of year. confirmation then of a pretty wet picture across some central and many eastern parts of england. towards the southeast, we could see skies brightening briefly, but this could set off some pretty heavy , potentially some pretty heavy, potentially even thundery showers for a time. whereas towards the west and north—west are generally bright today here. but again, nofice bright today here. but again, notice a few showers dotted around as we go through the day. temperatures really struggling under the rain towards the east, coupled with quite a strong northerly breeze. no better than 9 or 10 degrees in places here. whereas in the best of the sunshine further west was the highs of 12 or 13 celsius. as we go through the evening into the overnight period , those overnight period, those outbreaks of rain will push away

the met office is other areas.al areas also expecting to see waves . and finally, see large waves. and finally, the world's oldest man has died just two months before. would you believe it? he could have celebrated his 115th birthday. juan vicente perez was born in venezuela in 1909, nearly 20 years before even the first radio station started broadcasting there. there were six british monarchs during his long lifetime and 20 us presidents. his death was announced by the governor of the region where he lived, who described him as a humble, hardworking peaceful man . hardworking and peaceful man. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. plenty more to come with tom and emily. until then, you can of course, sign up to gb news alerts scanning to gb news alerts by scanning the screen, or the code on your screen, or go to common alerts to gb news. common alerts. >> it's 108 in the afternoon and controlling illegal migration is more important than our membership of any foreign court. who said that? well, those are the

here's your gb news weather from the met office . weather from the met office.h out for a touch of frost in some rural spots, and there are already a few showers in parts of the southwest and towards nonh of the southwest and towards north sea coastal parts. and here some of them will continue as we go through the afternoon as we go through the afternoon as well. otherwise a decent amount of sunshine, especially across western parts of england and wales and across much of scotland and northern ireland. two despite the sunny skies, though, it is going to feel a little bit chilly. temperatures below average for the time of year generally most places into double figures, but just about for some, particularly towards the north—east. as we go through tonight and most of the showers will die out. and so it is going to be dry for many of us. there will be a bit more cloud, perhaps towards eastern parts and a little bit more blustery here, but elsewhere calmer and clear skies means temperatures will take a bit of a drop, a bit more frost around first thing tomorrow morn

but there's a met office warning for the west of scotland.over the hills. further south, there'll be a steady spell of rain and lots of misty, murky weather over the hills. another pulse comes in through the evening overnight, particularly scotland and northern ireland. it tends to weaken as it pushes southwards, but all the cloud and the wind and the winds will be strong again today, perhaps not as strong as yesterday, but they hold the temperatures up through the night. and a fairly brisk wind will continue with us on thursday. maybe some mist murk first thing, particularly in the south under the remnants of this weather front. but actually, once that clears out the way, we might see some brighter skies and sunshine coming through before the next pulse of rain starts to materialise across western parts again. but look at the temperatures on thursday. it's looking mild, in fact, warm in the strengthening april sunshine. and that milder, warmer atlantic air is with us through thursday and indeed friday to end the week, perhaps even start the

the met office says the 18 months to march this year were the wettest on record. the floods in dubai were so catastrophic is because the city is designed to cope with downpours like this. it shows the world needs to prepare for the climate change we know is coming. the number of shoplifting offences recorded in england and wales has hit a record high. recorded in england and wales there were more than 430,000 incidents logged by the police last year, an increase of more than a third on the year before and the highest since police records began in 2003. our special correspondent lucy manning is here. two of the horses that bolted through central london yesterday have been operated on and are in a serious condition. seven horses from the household cavalry were spooked by a loud noise from a building site near hyde park during their morning exercise. four of them galloped through the city, colliding with vehicles. three soldiers and a cyclist were taken to hospital. chi chi izundu has the story. this is the event of the bolted horses were being exercised for, the maj

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welcome to the latest forecast from the met office.s, but it will turn increasingly cloudy this morning with more rain to come, especially across and especially across western and northwestern . that's where northwestern parts. that's where the rain is already arriving through the morning. we keep the sunshine in the east at least until lunchtime , but well, it until lunchtime, but well, it does get squeezed out by thickening cloud and a freshening breeze. along with those outbreaks of rain, the rain will be on and off and mostly light in the south. towards the northwest it will be heavy and persistent, particularly for western scotland, where there a rain scotland, where there is a rain warning saturated warning because of the saturated ground here. ground we currently have here. temperatures up to 15 celsius. not feeling very pleasant though with the cloud and those outbreaks of rain. however, once the rain does move through, it does turn drier for a time in the south and southeast , albeit the south and southeast, albeit with a lot

weather from the met office.situated out to the west of the uk, going us some uk, it's going to bring us some very through very strong winds through the rest into the rest of saturday and into the start strongest start of sunday. those strongest winds likely across western parts northern parts of the uk, northern ireland and scotland, perhaps seeing gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour through the rest of the evening. through evening. but it's through saturday evening. a band of showers and showers pushes its way north and eastwards. likely to turn eastwards. these likely to turn very heavy, with hail very heavy, with some hail and thunder mixed in for southwestern parts of the uk. we'll turn for we'll gradually turn drier for much through the early much of the uk through the early hours of sunday morning, and it will mild start sunday hours of sunday morning, and it wilwell mild start sunday hours of sunday morning, and it wilwell , mild start sunday hours of sunday morning, and it wilwell , withi start sunday hours

here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news.old on to mixed weather conditions across the uk during the week ahead, all of us seeing some rain at times, but temperatures will also be on the rise. back to the detail for today now and we've got an east west split weather wise across the uk, outbreaks of rain moving in across many western spots from the south, turning heavy at times accompanied by a fairly brisk breeze to that rain reaching scotland as we head into the afternoon. so it's the east and southeast that's set to hold on to the best of the conditions. certainly the southeast of england seeing plenty of sunshine and in the sunshine it should feel fairly pleasant out and about with fairly gentle winds towards the southeast, two temperatures peaking at 16 or 17 degrees near a 12 to 14 towards the northwest. as we head into the evening and during the overnight period, further outbreaks of rain will move in across many northern and western parts of the uk, moving up there from the south and again turning quite heavy in nature

met office has >> right.batter parts uk. batter parts of the uk. >> . it's expected to bring >> yes. it's expected to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. >> let's see how northern ireland is looking this morning. dougie beattie joins us now. have you got another hour or so before she hits dougie ? before she hits dougie? >> well, we have , and welcome to >> well, we have, and welcome to the beautiful town of strangford. or strong fjord, as the vikings named it, because behind me is a stretch of water between portaferry and strangford that brings you down the peninsula and the tides that run here are extremely strong. and it really warrants its name. strong fjord . but yeah, just in strong fjord. but yeah, just in the last few minutes we can feel gusts starting to hit us. now the tidal run that runs here is starting. we just see out our left hand side there that it is starting to get a bit choppy out there, but there's a lot of standing water on the roads on the way down in here. if you're out and

officers who were responding to the call. two of those members of the public remain in hospital. thankfully, their injuries are not believed to be life threatening. the two met also currently in hospital with stab wounds. both require surgery and have significant injuries. but we believe at this stage that they are not life—threatening. i commend the incredible bravery of notjust the police officers, but the other emergency responders who came to this scene this morning. i would ask anyone with information or any footage that would help us with this investigation to share that and call 101, please. i know the families of those involved, the local and wider community, and many across london will want to know why this terrible incident occurred. and it's ourjob to find that out. and we will. i am committed to providing those answers when we can. and i would ask for some patience while this important work is carried out. thank you for your time. chief superintendent stuart bell of the metropolitan police talking in the metropolitan police talking in the last hour. let's speak to our correspondent mark lobel, who's in hainault. sad news that a 13—year—old boy ha

weather update brought to you by the met office.the south, wetter further north this morning. there heavy outbreaks there are heavy outbreaks of rain across parts rain pushing across parts of northern into northern northern ireland into northern england and across bulk of england and across the bulk of scotland, northeastern scotland, though northeastern parts on to some parts clinging on to some sunshine into the afternoon. do watch out some strong, gusty watch out for some strong, gusty winds in the northwest across the bulk of england and wales. lots and at times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather afternoon and weather into this afternoon and temperatures rising to highs of around possibly even 22 around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. sticking with the north south split as we go through the end the day and into tomorrow end of the day and into tomorrow . further rain across northern parts, the parts, particularly across the

. >> hello and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. the south east today followed by further showers for many of us, accompanied by cool blustery winds . although skies blustery winds. although skies do later time for do brighten later in time for a sunny start to the weekend. here's the picture by mid—morning , a lot of cloud on mid—morning, a lot of cloud on the map. showers affecting many places, particularly central and eastern areas. skies, though, do brighten across much of central and western scotland, and then later on, western parts of the rest of the uk. we keep the showers going through the midlands, the south east as well, accompanied by a cool and gusty wind that's going to make it little disappointing, it feel a little disappointing, i with highs of 12 to 15 i think with highs of 12 to 15 celsius. nevertheless, the showers across central areas do fade away into the evening. the skies tend to clear as well and the wind eases as a result. with lengthy clear skies, a lighter wind temperatures will fall through the night. suc

welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office.tart for many of us this morning, particularly compared to over the weekend with outbreaks of rain that will continue push their way continue to push their way southwards head through southwards as we head through the of this morning. but the rest of this morning. but rain turning particularly rain not turning particularly heavy, cloudier and heavy, but a much cloudier and damp day than saw over the damp day than we saw over the weekend. and eastern weekend. southern and eastern parts england holding on parts of england holding on to a bit of sunshine through the morning, hazier morning, although turning hazier through it's through the afternoon. but it's northern scotland northern parts of scotland that will definitely the best of will definitely see the best of the this afternoon and the sunshine this afternoon and feeling warm here we feeling quite warm here too. we could highs scotland could see highs across scotland of 16 degrees, but of 14, 15, maybe 16 degrees, but definitely as

welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. heavy rain in the at some heavy rain in the south at first but that's first this morning, but that's clearing to leave quite clearing away to leave quite a few showers for many of us. but do care in the southeast. do take care in the southeast. could be some thundery downpours for before clears for a time before that clears away. and a scattering away. and then yes, a scattering of showers across many places. these most frequent across england there england and wales. but there should some decent bright should be some decent bright sunny spells between the sunny spells in between the showers these sunny showers and in these sunny breaks, pleasantly warm breaks, feeling pleasantly warm with reaching highs with temperatures reaching highs of around 15 or 16 celsius. quite a bit colder than this. further north, most places staying in single digits , staying in single digits, perhaps just about getting into double across western double figures across western parts of scotland. more wet we

welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. bring some very windy conditions across the uk through saturday evening and into sunday. currently situated out towards the northwest of the uk, slowly pushing its way northwards this evening northwards through this evening and into the start of sunday, but to bring some but continuing to bring some very winds , particularly very strong winds, particularly across parts of uk. across western parts of the uk. still gusts up in the still seeing gusts up in the sort of 50s or 60s overnight and particularly in northwest scotland, plenty of scotland, and plenty of heavy showers could lead to showers too. this could lead to some localised flooding, particularly southwestern particularly across southwestern parts , turning a parts of the uk, turning a little drier and staying mild. overnight around overnight temperatures around the high single figures, perhaps even double figures across even low double figures across the south. but it will be briefly drier start for many briefly a drier start

here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news.unshine and showers across the uk. quite blustery winds too. we'll have the remnants of storm kathleen up towards the north—west of scotland. they're tightly packed isobars, indicating those blustery these bands blustery conditions. these bands of rain here on these occlusions moving the west at times moving in from the west at times bringing a fair few showers, most the showers up towards most of the showers up towards the north—west, some the north—west, merging to some longer of rain. in fact, longer spells of rain. in fact, we a wind warning in force we have a wind warning in force across west of scotland across the west of scotland throughout afternoon. gusts throughout the afternoon. gusts of up 60 miles an of wind here up to 60 miles an hour or so at times, and notice quite a few showers moving in across wales into northern england far south—west england and the far south—west of too, in the of of england too, in the best of the sunshine towards the south—east of 17 south—east w

but there's a met office warning for the west of scotland.rther south, there'll be a steady spell of rain and lots of misty, murky weather over the hills. another pulse comes in through the evening overnight, particularly scotland and northern ireland. it tends to weaken as it pushes southwards, but all the cloud and the wind and the winds will be strong again today, perhaps not as strong as yesterday, but they hold the temperatures up through the night. and a fairly brisk wind will continue with us on thursday. maybe some mist murk first thing, particularly in the south under the remnants of this weather front. but actually, once that clears out the way, we might see some brighter skies and sunshine coming through before the next pulse of rain starts to materialise across western parts again. but look at the temperatures on thursday. it's looking mild, in fact, warm in the strengthening april sunshine. and that milder, warmer atlantic air is with us through thursday and indeed friday to end the week, perhaps even start the weekend, but not f

brought to you in association with the met office. a bit of a north south split today.ards the south, but further north there's a quite a bit of rain around. heavy persistent rain around. heavy persistent rain across parts of northern ireland and southern scotland this all this this morning. all of this breaking up a little bit, so turning a bit more showery as we go through the afternoon, but nonetheless pretty wet. nonetheless staying pretty wet. although the far north although across the far north northwest scotland northwest of scotland mostly dry. also some decent dry bright weather across central southern england, bright sunny england, some bright sunny spells, a scattering of spells, just a scattering of showers watch out for. showers to watch out for. feeling pleasantly any feeling pleasantly warm in any sunshine highs around 1516 sunshine with highs around 1516 celsius, markedly colder celsius, but markedly colder than further north. as we than this further north. as we go through the end of the day, there will be a spell of more persistent rain feeding into pa

welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. many places today. cloudier in the north with some outbreaks of rain moving in this morning, especially for northern and western scotland. but a few light outbreaks of rain reaching northern ireland later in the morning. and then this area pushes into northern england and eventually north wales by the middle of the afternoon, turning cloudier places then, cloudier in many places then, but but staying sunny in the east midlands, east anglia, southern england as well where it will feel pleasantly warm. 15 perhaps 16 celsius not feeling pleasantly warm in the northwest with the and the rain , and with the wind and the rain, and that rain tends to topple its way southwards during the evening, but it also tends to fizzle away, so not a great deal of rain reaching the south or parts of wales even. and it will be followed by showers, bluster showers as the wind picks up overnight with the breeze. overnight temperatures will stay up in the mid to high single figures so generally frost free, b

but there's a met office warning for the west of scotland.spell of rain and lots of misty, murky weather over the hills. another pulse comes in through the evening overnight, particularly scotland and northern ireland. it tends to weaken as it pushes southwards, but all the cloud and the wind and the winds will be strong again today, perhaps not as strong as yesterday, but they hold the temperatures up through the night. and a fairly brisk wind will continue with us on thursday. maybe some mist murk first thing, particularly in the south under the remnants of this weather front. but actually, once that clears out the way, we might see some brighter skies and sunshine coming through before the next pulse of rain starts to materialise across western parts again. but look at the temperatures on thursday. it's looking mild, in fact, warm in the strengthening april sunshine. and that milder, warmer atlantic air is with us through thursday and indeed friday to end the week, perhaps even start the weekend, but not for long because we get some colder

welcome to the latest forecast from the met office.fine weather in the south and the east today, with even a few sunny with even a few warm sunny spells elsewhere. it's going to be increasingly blustery and increasingly showery . some low increasingly showery. some low cloud at first across western parts, and we've got this area of moving northern and of rain moving into northern and western well as western england, as well as wales , and that'll tend to wales, and that'll tend to fizzle as we go into the afternoon as it approaches the midlands. scotland afternoon as it approaches the midinorthern scotland afternoon as it approaches the midinorthern will)tland afternoon as it approaches the midinorthern will be nd and northern ireland will be very unsettled with gusty wind, areas rain followed areas of rain followed by showers and sunny spells. some of these showers will be lively but of all that, east but ahead of all that, east anglia and the south east keep the spells and highs of 19 the sunny spells and highs of 19 or 20 into the e

many of us will the met office.izzly rain . this and also some drizzly rain. this pushing in across eastern parts of england this morning. feeding into parts of east anglia and towards london and kent. as we head towards the afternoon, some showery outbreaks across parts of the southwest. otherwise lots of the southwest. otherwise lots of places having a dry day, particularly across northern england, northern ireland and scotland. lots of sunshine and blue skies here, a bit of a west east split in our temperatures in the east. pretty cool at times. temperatures just about getting into double figures, milder or warmer further west with lots of places in the mid, possibly even high teens. any drizzly rain across parts of the southeast will clear away as we go through this evening, leaving a largely dry night and largely clear skies. two as a result, with the clear skies and some cold air making its way across the country, we are going to see temperatures taking a bit of a dip, so there will be a bit of frost around fi

welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news.any of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine still going to be pretty gusty across the east with fair few showers the east with a fair few showers and it is going turn damp in and it is going to turn damp in northern ireland. a dry start, but the cloud rain is but the cloud and rain is steadily pushing in from the north. have showers across north. we'll have showers across northeast the northeast scotland through the day, will these day, and some will graze these eastern england, eastern counties of england, where pretty chilly where there's a pretty chilly and wind blowing along and brisk wind blowing along those north sea coasts, 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, and a bit more cloud coming into west wales later. but as i said, for many dry and bright. it isn't warm though. it's chilly out there this morning and temperatures struggling. maybe out there this morning and tempe teens; struggling. maybe out there this morning and tempe teens intruggling. maybe out the

gb news weather from the met office. blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwest winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts, out towards the southeast through the the morning. and the rest of the morning. and then will start to see some then we will start to see some sunshine developing as we head in there in towards this afternoon. there will of showers will still be plenty of showers around and these could around though, and these could turn quite heavy in places, particularly northern particularly across northern parts england and parts parts of england and parts of scotland, we see scotland, where we could see some sleet snow over the some sleet and snow over the hills. that brisk hills. with that brisk northwesterly breeze, temperatures to reach temperatures struggling to reach much above 12 or degrees in much above 12 or 13 degrees in the and struggling to the south and struggling to reach into the double figures further will further north. but it will de

welcome to your latest update from the met office for gb news.art out there. this morning. many of us seeing sunny spells. there will be a few showers, but not as many. not as heavy as the ones we saw yesterday. still it's a bit of a wet start over parts of lincolnshire down through east anglia. fair few showers anglia. a fair few showers scattered wales well. scattered across wales as well. we'll coming into we'll see more coming into northern scotland through the day. fairly brisk breeze day. still a fairly brisk breeze , blustery. not as , but not as blustery. not as gusty yesterday . we should gusty as yesterday. we should see some decent spells of sunshine over parts of north wales, northern england and southwest . temperatures southwest scotland. temperatures still struggling a little bit, feeling fresh in that breeze but generally with a bit more sunshine. the winds a little lighter than yesterday. it does feel warmer or it feel a little warmer or it certainly will do by this afternoon. quite afternoon. going to turn quite chilly though. m

welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office.thleen continues to bring some very strong winds and some blustery showers across the uk through today. and some blustery showers across the uk through today . those the uk through today. those showers, always heaviest in the west and staying particularly windy in those western areas. parts of northwestern scotland could see gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour through the afternoon. south eastern parts of england definitely holding on to the best of the sunshine, but it's across western parts of england and wales and northern ireland too, that england and wales and northern irelan blustery too, that england and wales and northern irelan blustery showers>o, that england and wales and northern irelan blustery showers continue. england and wales and northern irelarcouldery showers continue. england and wales and northern irelarcould be showers continue. england and wales and northern irelarcould be showeheavytinue. england and wales and northern irelarcould be showeheavy in ue. they could be

me well, we'll be joined by a met office spokesperson after this. good afternoon. britain.ow. later in the show, an investigation by gb news can reveal that the home office has been offering staff trigger support. if they read about slavery, as it could remind them of past traumas and give them flashbacks . flashbacks. >> are we even surprised at this point? i mean, trigger warnings for civil servants? these aren't students. these aren't primary school children. these aren't secondary school children. these are civil servants, full adults who have a job to do. and they're being offered trigger warnings because something might mention something to do with slavery one time, just because you , i mean, were you mentioned, i mean, were these people personally enslaved? >> are there that many people in britain working for the civil service were were , were, service who who were were, were, were earlier in their were enslaved earlier in their lives? what what this is lives? i mean, what what this is the impact of the black lives matter movement. >> i imagine, where every workplace

welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office.e's a bit of a drier start for most of us today, but a bit of a chilly start in places, particularly across the north of the uk. it is a dry start across much of scotland and northern ireland, but quite quickly, but showers quite quickly, pushing the west we pushing in from the west as we head this morning. head through this morning. england wales, though, are england and wales, though, are much and brighter. start much drier and brighter. start plenty head plenty of sunshine as we head through although through the morning, although there cloud there will be some cloud bubbung there will be some cloud bubbling up we head through bubbling up as we head through the afternoon, showers the afternoon, those showers turning heavy turning particularly heavy across of scotland turning particularly heavy acro afternoon, of scotland turning particularly heavy acro afternoon, and of scotland turning particularly heavy acro afternoon, and we scotland turning particularly heavy acro afternoon, and

here's your latest weather update from the met office.ld on to unsettled weather across the uk dunng unsettled weather across the uk during the week ahead, all of us seeing further spells of rain at times coupled with quite strong winds at times. two back to the detail and we've got winds at times. two back to the detailbright and we've got winds at times. two back to the detailbright weatherne've got winds at times. two back to the detail bright weather across|ot winds at times. two back to the detail bright weather across the some bright weather across the south east the uk during south and east of the uk during the morning, but notice showery bursts rain out towards the bursts of rain out towards the west, across parts of west, up across parts of northern england, further northern england, and further showery will work showery bursts of rain will work their from the south into their way up from the south into many and wales. many parts of england and wales. as through the rest of the as we go through the rest of the day, of those outbr

weather update brought to you by the met office.p, drizzly weather across southern parts today, but elsewhere it's looking largely dry and pretty warm. like i said though, across southern parts here there will be outbreaks of drizzly rain going to be quite grey and bit dank here. further north though, lots of fine weather to be had, especially across parts of scotland, northern decent northern england, a decent amount and with the amount of sunshine and with the sunshine. also going to sunshine. it is also going to feel pretty warm. temperatures are likely to be higher than they have been recently, could see of around 20 or 21 see highs of around 20 or 21 celsius, which would make it the warmest of the year so far. warmest day of the year so far. later we go through the later on, as we go through the end of the day and overnight, we are going to see some wet weather spilling its way across parts into parts of northern ireland into parts of northern ireland into parts wales, northern parts of north wales, northern england and across

but there's a met office warning for the west of scotland.er the hills. further south, there'll be a steady spell of rain and lots of misty, murky weather over the hills. another pulse comes in through the evening overnight, particularly scotland and northern ireland. it tends to weaken as it pushes southwards, but all the cloud and the wind and the winds will be strong again today, perhaps not as strong as yesterday, but they hold the temperatures up through the night. and a fairly brisk wind will continue with us on thursday. maybe some mist murk first thing, particularly in the south under the remnants of this weather front. but actually, once that clears out the way, we might see some brighter skies and sunshine coming through before the next pulse of rain starts to materialise across western parts again. but look at the temperatures on thursday. it's looking mild, in fact, warm in the strengthening april sunshine. and that milder, warmer atlantic air is with us through thursday and indeed friday to end the week, perhaps even start the we

but there's a met office warning for the west of scotland. steady spell of rain and lots of misty, murky weather over the hills. another pulse comes in through the evening overnight, particularly scotland and northern ireland. it tends to weaken as it pushes southwards, but all the cloud and the wind and the winds will be strong again today, perhaps not as strong as yesterday, but they hold the temperatures up through the night. and a fairly brisk wind will continue with us on thursday. maybe some mist murk first thing, particularly in the south under the remnants of this weather front. but actually, once that clears out the way, we might see some brighter skies and sunshine coming through before the next pulse of rain starts to materialise across western parts again. but look at the temperatures on thursday. it's looking mild, in fact, warm in the strengthening april sunshine. and that milder, warmer atlantic air is with us through thursday and indeed friday to end the week, perhaps even start the weekend, but not for long because we get som

welcome to our latest gb news weather from the met office.day. however, we the rest of today. however, we will see some patchy rain in places, particularly across parts of scotland. quite cloudy places, particularly across part damp:otland. quite cloudy places, particularly across part damp:otlan here. ite cloudy places, particularly across part damp:otlanhere. this.oudy and damp start here. this morning. the best of the sunshine across southeastern parts england , northern parts of england, northern ireland western scotland. so parts of england, northern irgood western scotland. so parts of england, northern irgood if'estern scotland. so parts of england, northern irgood if you're scotland. so parts of england, northern irgood if you're running!. so parts of england, northern irgood if you're running the» a good day if you're running the london marathon with a light north breeze but north westerly breeze but generally through generally staying dry through much that cloud and much of the day, that cloud and rain parts rain across eastern part

gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest gb news weather forecast from the met office.skies clearing. it's going to turn chilly with a touch of frost in places as higher pressure moves in from the west, but that will bring a fine start to the weekend for many of us. finally, a period of settled weather, but for the time being, still some showers out there. they're going to ease as they spread south through the evening and then after midnight, most places will be dry with increasingly lengthy clear spells and lighter winds that will lead to temperatures falling away 3 to 5 celsius for many, but close to zero in some sheltered spots. so a touch of frost first thing tomorrow. however, plenty of sunshine from the word go. 1 or 2 mr fog patches soon clearing from northern ireland and then the best of the sunshine really across northern ireland, western scotland into parts of wales and the southwest. elsewhere it does turn a little cloudier into the afternoon, and we've still got a bit of a breeze down the north sea coast that will make it feel cool 9 or 10 celsius, but in th

the met office is predicting that in the next 50 years, winters in the uk will be 30% wetter than theyhat is of course a problem for farmers in places like this but also poses questions about how we all adapt. sophie, thank you. that wet weather has also been affecting the uk economy. it grew by the smallest of margins in february, up byjust 0.1 per cent. but it did grow, and that's being seen as another sign that the economy has been working its way out of recession. here's dharshini david. one of the wettest februaries on record may have been a wash—out for construction, but that can quickly bounce back, and the weather failed to dampen other bigger sectors. this producer of metal components managed to shake off earlier challenges as custom picked up. overall for us, it was very successful, so we did see growth. we saw growth in a number of our key markets, and because we operate in so many markets globally, we are able to really balance out. when one area's performing very well, we are able to kind of pivot to that area, and when we see some markets that are not performing so well,

to clear and then sunshine but it's a spell of two or three hours of wet weather for us and the met office have a warning out for the north west of england and western scotland and another 30 or 40 western scotland and another 30 or a0 millimetres to come and it eases for a time and you can see there's 15 or 16 and there will be misty low clouds hill fog and coastal fog and another pulse of rain comes into northern ireland and scotland tomorrow evening and it edges its way southwards, and thursday at the moment is looking like a dry day and i think it will be made —— grey and misty first thing in the south coast close to the weather from but then a gentle breeze and some sunshine coming through and quite warm as we are starting to feel the effect of the strong april sunshine so may be between 17 and i9 the strong april sunshine so may be between 17 and 19 but you might have noticed that the next weather front is waiting in the wings, some are very unsettled picture but it does turn cooler again into the weekend. that's it. you can keep up with the latest balance on the bbc website but now