maybe the odd spot extending into the midlands and elsewhere in northern england to begin the day.ill be some occasional sunshine. some areas of rain at times, especially for good friday and easter day on sunday. now, this is how good friday begins, already with some damp weather affecting northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and northwest wales. cooler and showery weather into northern scotland. those showers will continue as the day goes on. some of us starting with a touch of frost. cloudy and damp weather, as i mentioned, northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and the north—west of wales. maybe the odd spot extending into the midlands and elsewhere in northern england to begin the day. to the south of that, though, variable cloud. but some breaks in that cloud allowing sunny spells to come through occasionally.

there will be some pockets of frost also around, across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west englandng away, with plenty of blue sky and sunshine here. those winds continue to feed in the showers to the east coast of england, one or two for northern ireland, and showers continuing to feed in across scotland. there will continue to be some snow up in the hills of scotland, above around 100—200 metres elevation, in the morning. so some wintriness here, perhaps a little bit of iciness around as well, and perhaps a bit of sleet in some of the heaviest showers during the morning across the eastern counties of england, and maybe a dusting of snow for the north york moors. aside from that, though, i think it's going to be heavy rain showers that we see developing through the afternoon, and spilling inland across the midlands, covering much of east anglia, south—east england, where the showers will be particularly heavy, some hail and thunder mixed in. another coolish—feeling day, temperatures 9—12 degrees. colder, though, as those showers move through. the temperatures will drop away for a

to deliver to the whole of the west midlands. then, of course, people in the west midlands had the opportunity to select the strong and stable leadership of conservative government working together, strong conservative leadership and strong conservative leadership in government will deliver for the west midlands. >> number two. >> prime minister. >> this morning i have meetings, i shall have such meetings later today. >> in 2015 a group hold a socialist campaign for labor victory. they drew up a man to disban ni 5 and scrap our nuclear, would my friend to allow anyone to endure such a plan or indeed serve in her cabinet. >> this is a resounding, no, i would not. and can i commend my little friend who has a prior record of defending our country, but he's raised one important point because across the major opposition has chosen just such a person. her plan to disban ni 5 and to disarm our police and scrap nuclear deter rent was endorsed by the policy chief and even by his shadow chancellor. and we saw the right of the gentleman ref

and spilling inland across the midlands, covering much of east anglia, south—east england, where theheavy, some hail and thunder mixed in, another coolish—feeling day, temperatures 9—12 degrees. colder, though, as those showers move through, the temperatures will drop away for a time. now, looking at wednesday night, things will begin to turn a little bit less cold across northern and western areas, as cloudier weather spills in, bringing some spots of rain with it. but further south, with any lengthy clear spells, we could well see a frost developing. and it could be quite a damaging frost, the lowest temperatures perhaps getting down to maybe about —3 degrees or so. so it will be a cold start to thursday morning. and, as this streak of cloud comes in, bringing some less—cold air with it, it probably won't feel a whole lot different across southern counties, because although the air is less cold, we lose the sunshine. so cloudier weather, probably not feeling too great underneath those leaden skies. temperatures ii or 12 degrees, some spots of rain arriving through the afternoon. br

cloud breaking up over wales and the midlands. northern ireland and the midlands.western scotland will stay cloudy so the temperature will be lower. in the sunshine we are going to find the temperature into the mid—teens but if not higher once again. high pollen levels, the code will be high, tree pollen at this time of year. high levels across england and wales. sunshine on saturday and it is really warming up, notjust saturday and it is really warming up, not just across saturday and it is really warming up, notjust across england and wales but sunshine across northern ireland and scotland, the temperature higher as well. if you have a horse in the sweepstake you will be interested in the weather at aintree, a lovely day, no rain at all. high pressure keeping it fine and dry. moving away on the sunday, and dry. moving away on the sunday, a weather front approaching the north—west of the uk and at the same time drawing up more dry and warm airfrom the near time drawing up more dry and warm air from the near continent so with the sunshine the temperature continues

we even had a dusting of snow further south, as far south as staffordshire in the north—west midlands coastal districts, northern scotland, around the eastern side of england. western wales and cornwall as well. but as we go through the day today we are going to see a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. plenty of these thunderclouds will be developing as the day goes by, particularly across eastern stretches of england, and it‘s going to be a chilly start to the morning. there should be plenty of sunshine around, yes, but showers from the word go near to the east coast of england and tending to move inland pretty quickly as the day goes by. there will be some pockets of frost also around across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west england and wales, but soon melting away with plenty of blue sky and sunshine here. those winds continue to feed in the showers to the east coast of england. one or two for northern ireland and showers continue to feed him across scotland. there‘ll continue to be some snow up in the hills of scotland above around 100—200 metres elevation in the morning

our midlands correspondent sima kotecha has been speaking to her. i actually had any operations. jade was just 16 when she found a large lump in her left breast. herfamily had private health insurance, so she was immediately referred to ian paterson. it wasn't anything scary, but it was big enough to warrant going out and he suggested that we get it out. months later, she found another lump in her right breast and again paterson told her it was best to have it removed. she said she believed every word he said. very charismatic, very friendly, made you feel really at ease and everything he said was said with such, kind of, justification that you felt like that, well, yes, obviously because mr paterson is saying it, so obviously that's what's going to happen. over a four—year period, the surgeon operated on herfour times after lumps kept reoccurring. but in 2011, doctors told her three out of those four operations had been unnecessary. she was devastated. it's anger, it's sad, it's shock that you can't believe that a man of his kind of calibre had put

theresa may addressing party activists and supporters in dudley in the west midlands, where it she ise of those key marginal seats between the conservatives and labour. jeremy corbyn and the lib dems also out and about. we will see pictures ofjeremy corbyn later and hear what he had to say in a visit to the north—west of england. we will see a lot more of these kinds of appearances by the party leaders. let's hear from the questions that mrs may is facing from the media. as far as the trade deal with don donald trump is concerned, isn't it the case that you do need to eat in the case that you do need to eat in the freedom to have higher taxes after the next election, that there isa after the next election, that there is a distinct possibility you're going to raise taxes? let's be clear issue of taxation. at this election, people will have a clear choice. they will have a choice between a conservative party that always has been and will continue to be a party that believes in lower taxes, in keeping taxes down for ordinary working people. we've taken 4 million people out of paying inco

to deliver the whole of the west midlands. on 8 june, to elect the strong and stable leadership and conservative government working together in the west midlands and strong conservative leadership in government. >> richard? >> number 2. >> this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues, i will have further such meetings later today. >> in 2015 a group called the socialist campaign for labor victory, drove a plan to disband am i 5 for nuclear deterrence. my right honorable friend allowing anyone who has a plan to write or serve in her cabinet. >> i can tell that is a resounding no. can i commend my honorable friend who has a record of defending the country, he raised the point that the leader of the opposition has chosen just such a person. the plan to disband am i 5 and scrap nuclear deterrence was endorsed by the right honorable gentlemen and the shadow chancellor on a gain of a weekend and right honorable gentlemen refusing to say he would strike against terrorism and commit to nuclear deterrence and refusing to kee

i would say is that west midlands midlands police have spoken to 240 of his patients, all of whom havet? there has been a lot of some of the victims said he wanted to play god with their lives, or about some perverse satisfaction out of it. we really do not know. it is not, during the trial. we will probably never know. not, during the trial. we will probably never knowlj not, during the trial. we will probably never know. i told everyone i was lucky to have the best consultant, i don't ever when i was lucky to be in private medicine so i could get in strict weight and get treated. in all those years i found that all of that has been betrayed andl that all of that has been betrayed and i have been left physically damaged. i feel like and i have been left physically damaged. ifeel like i have been mutilated. while this was for nothing. all these cars were there because they were a badge of honour, not the order because he has mutilated me. i have been through this for nothing. i am angry that we have waited for so long. this is not just physical damage, it is mental damage. i know ladie

there will be some pockets of frost also around, across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west englandsoon melting away, with plenty of blue sky and sunshine here. those winds continue to feed in the showers to the east coast of england, one or two for northern ireland, and showers continuing to feed in across scotland. there will continue to be some snow up in the hills of scotland, above around 100—200 metres elevation, in the morning. so some wintriness here, perhaps a little bit of iciness around as well, and perhaps a bit of sleet in some of the heaviest showers during the morning across the eastern counties of england, and maybe a dusting of snow for the north york moors. aside from that, though, i think it's going to be heavy rain showers that we see developing through the afternoon, and spilling inland across the midlands, covering much of east anglia, south—east england, where the showers will be particularly heavy, some hail and thunder mixed in. another coolish—feeling day, temperatures 9—12 degrees. colder, though, as those showers move through. the temperatures will drop a

we'll keep plenty of cloud, north—west england and wales, into the west midlands, maybe the odd spotpells, though, east of the pennines, east midlands, east anglia, southern england often cloudy but some bright or sunny spells and some warmth in that sunshine when it makes an appearance. some of us 18 or even 19 celsius. now, on through friday evening, a lot of dry weather to come going into saturday morning. just this zone of thicker cloud, patchy light rain or drizzle edging southwards. to the north of that, colder, colder start to saturday, parts of northern england, especially scotland with a touch of frost. on through the weekend, no significant change any time soon. that's confined to next week. for the weekend it will be mainly dry. there will be a lot of cloud around at times but some bright or sunny spells. close to this weather front, still a bit of damp and drizzly weather edging its way southwards during saturday. north of that, sunny spells, a few showers running into northern scotland. south of that, we're keeping temperatures up here, so a bit of warmth if the sun make

we even had a dusting of snow further south, as far south as staffordshire in the north—west midlands then on a brisk north—easterly wind but of the more recent hours we've seen those showers tending to become confined more to coastal districts, northern scotland, around the eastern side of england. western wales and cornwall as well. but as we go through the day today we are going to see a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. plenty of these thunderclouds will be developing as the day goes by, particularly across eastern stretches of england, and it's going to be a chilly start to the morning. there should be plenty of sunshine around, yes, but showers from the word go near to the east coast of england and tending to move inland pretty quickly as the day goes by. there will be some pockets of frost also around across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west england and wales, but soon melting away with plenty of blue sky and sunshine here. those winds continue to feed in the showers to the east coast of england. one or two for northern ireland and showers continue to feed in across

a band of thicker cloud into the midlands, wales and yorkshire producing patchy rain, not amounting toere. even here cloud is going to increase, just leaving by the afternoon limited sunny spells, southern england, east anglia. a few brighter breaks into south—east scotland, north—east england, east wales, west midlands and eastern parts of northern ireland but on the whole a good deal of cloud around, patchy rain in north and west in scotland, maybe at times into northern ireland and north—west england but many places will stay dry. breaking out in the sunshine it will feel warmer, maybe 15, 16 or 17. going through thursday night we're going to keep a good deal of cloud around, pepping up the rain in northern scotland with a strengthening breeze but for many it looks like a mild start to friday morning. on friday we are going to take this rain southwards across scotland eventually reaching into parts of northern ireland. colder air following this, maybe a few wintry showers in shetland during friday. to the south of that for much of england and wales, a good deal of cloud around, some

some patchy cloud across the midlands. keep plenty of sunshine but pretty cool, particularly around the coast of east anglia. now, as we go on through the night into wednesday morning, england and wales where we keep clear skies will turn very cold again, a widespread frost. not as cold for northern ireland and scotland because here we'll have more cloud and some outbreaks of patchy rain courtesy of this very weak weather front just sinking its way into the picture. but behind that front we start to bring in more of a westerly wind, so won't be as chilly across scotland and northern ireland on wednesday. some extra cloud also sinking into northern england, but through the midlands, south wales, down into southern england, here the best of the sunshine, 14 degrees the top temperature there in london. temperatures in the south particularly could rise further on thursday and friday. there'll be some further spells of sunshine. generally a fair amount of cloud around by this stage. so, to sum up this week, we'll see very littl

in the midlands, under the cloud, 13 or 1a. ever to sunshine at times.n in northern parts of northern ireland, southern scotland. turning colder, much colder in north—east scotland and it was yesterday. a week weather front responsible for the change in the north. it weakens as its head southwards with little rain. maybe a touch of frost as well. to the south of the fronts, more cloud and milder. tomorrow, cloud breaking up. in wales, west midlands, southwest, west country. more cloud in eastern scotla nd west country. more cloud in eastern scotland and east of england and northern ireland. most places, a dry day. one in the sunshine, 15 or 16 degrees. probably not a lot of sunshine for the marathon. the runners will not be worried. a chilly start warming up to 12 or 13. other parts of england and well seen more sunshine. weston, northern scotland, northern ireland seem more cloud. perhaps some rain. the wetter and windy weather waiting in the wings. area of low pressure strengthening the winds. sunday into monday. then, a significant change into the muc

we even had a dusting of snow further south, as far south as staffordshire in the north—west midlandsent hours we've seen those showers tending to become confined more to coastal districts, northern scotland, around the eastern side of england. western wales and cornwall as well. but as we go through the day today we are going to see a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. plenty of these thunderclouds will be developing as the day goes by, particularly across eastern stretches of england, and it's going to be a chilly start to the morning. there should be plenty of sunshine around, yes, but showers from the word go near to the east coast of england and tending to move inland pretty quickly as the day goes by. there will be some pockets of frost also around across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west england and wales, but soon melting away with plenty of blue sky and sunshine here. those winds continue to feed in the showers to the east coast of england. one or two for northern ireland and showers continue to feed in across scotland. there'll continue to be some snow up in the hi

we even had a dusting of snow further south, as far south as staffordshire in the north—west midlandsg in on a brisk northerly wind but over more recent hours we have seen the showers becoming confined more towards coastal districts around the eastern side of england, western wales and cornwall as well. as we go through the day today we will see a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers, plenty of these thunderclouds will be developing as the day goes on, particularly across eastern stretches of england and there will be a chilly start to the morning. there should be plenty of sunshine around. yes, showers from the word go near to the east coast of england, moving inland quickly as the day goes by. pockets of frost as well across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west england and wales but it will soon melt away with blue sky and sunshine. the wind continues to feed in the showers to the east coast of england. a couple for northern ireland and showers continue across scotland. snow on the hills in scotland around 100—200 metres elevation in the morning so some perhaps around as well. t

pockets of frost is well across parts of the midlands, many south—west england and wales but it willn the showers to the east coast of england. a couple for northern ireland and showers continue across scotland. snow on the hills in scotland around one 200 metres elevation in the morning so some perhaps— is around as well. it isa some perhaps— is around as well. it is a bit of sleet and some heavy showers during the morning across the eastern counties of england and a dusting of snow for the moors. aside from that it will be heavy rain showers with the developed through the afternoon. spilling inland across the midlands, covering much of east anglia with the showers are particularly heavy, helen sunda mixed in. another cool feeling day, temperatures are nine to 12 degrees colder as those showers move through and the temperatures will drop away. looking on wednesday night, things will begin to turn a little less cold across northern western areas of cloudy weather spills in bringing some spots of rain that separates further south with any lengthy clear spells we could well see a frost

and spilling inland across the midlands, covering much of east anglia, south—east england, where ther coolish—feeling day, temperatures 9—12 degrees. colder, though, as those showers move through. the temperatures will drop away for a time. now, looking at wednesday night, things will begin to turn a little bit less cold across northern and western areas, as cloudier weather spills in, bringing some spots of rain with it. but further south, with any lengthy clear spells, we could well see a frost developing. and it could be quite a damaging frost, the lowest temperatures perhaps getting down to maybe about —3 degrees or so. so it will be a cold start to thursday morning. and, as this streak of cloud comes in, bringing some less—cold air with it, it probably won't feel a whole lot different across southern counties because, although the air is less cold, we lose the sunshine. so cloudier weather, probably not feeling too great underneath those leaden skies. temperatures 11 or 12 degrees, some spots of rain arriving through the afternoon. brighter conditions for the north and west. by

been found guilty of carrying out unnecessary operations at private and nhs hospitals in the west midlands. nottingham crown court heard that 59—year—old ian paterson lied to patients, and exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer, to convince them to go under the knife. the charges related to nine women and one man, but there are hundreds of other victims. police say it is still not clear why he did it. he was bailed today, and will be sentenced next month. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. surgeon ian paterson, described as charismatic and charming, but who lied to his patients in order to deliberately wound them on the operating table, pretending they were at risk of cancer when they were not. today, some of his victims, who thought the surgeon was saving their lives, showed their relief after the jury at nottingham crown court found paterson guilty of 17 counts of deliberately harming patients. i've been left physically damaged, ifeel like i've been mutilated. all this just for nothing. all the scars i thought were there because they were a badge of honour are now be

for southern england and the midlands, it‘s going to be dry.bout 15 degrees. that high pressure is going to move a bit as we look into the outlook. we could well find a shrinking to a certain extent, as that whether fa ncy certain extent, as that whether fancy southward. such manner as that weather front sweeps southward. it will fill quite chilly out there. ten or ii will fill quite chilly out there. ten or 11 degrees at best across the northern parts of the uk. that takes us northern parts of the uk. that takes us into the outlook then, where we have the jet stream to the north and diving down the eastern side. around that area of high pressure quite an elongated area. that high looks like it will be sitting into the easter period towards the south—west. this is the general weather pattern we are expecting. around the high, some north—westerly winds. that will bring some sunshine and showers. particularly in the that position could move further north. it is going to be quite cool in those winds. not a great deal of rain around, closer to the

certainly in my time with the west midlands police.re very rare with the west midlands police. these cases are very rare and with the west midlands police. these cases are very rare and i hope never to see a case like this again. how would you describe them? is that he showed northernmost. yes, he's shown no remorse. it's hard to describe someone no remorse. it's hard to describe someone who has done such things. he struggled to find his word. —— you've struggled to find your word to describe them. i wouldn't be able to describe them. i wouldn't be able to put a number on it. what i can say is that the west midlands police have spoken to dodge and a0 of his patients. all the fun, we have taken state m e nts patients. all the fun, we have taken statements from. —— have spoken to 2a0. statements from. —— have spoken to 240. why did he do it? there has been a lot of speculation. that includes for financial gain, because some of the victims said he wanted to play god with their lives are got some sort of satisfaction out of giving the bad

we even had a dusting of snow further south, as far south as staffordshire in the north—west midlandsave seen the showers becoming confined more towards coastal districts, northern scotland, around the eastern side of england, western wales and cornwall as well. as we go through the day today we will see a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers, plenty of these thunderclouds will be developing as the day goes on, particularly across eastern stretches of england and there will be a chilly start to the morning. there should be plenty of sunshine around. yes, showers from the word go near to the east coast of england, moving inland quickly as the day goes by. pockets of frost as well across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west england and wales but it will soon melt away with blue sky and sunshine. the wind continues to feed in the showers to the east coast of england. a couple for northern ireland and showers continue across scotland. snow on the hills in scotland around 100—200 metres elevation in the morning so some wintriness and iciness perhaps around as well. there is a bit of sl

the cloud should break up across the midlands, into northern england.e should see sunshine becoming more widespread. one two showers across parts of scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine, with light wind, 12 or 1a degrees foremost. most of the sunshine will be across the south, where we could see 16 or 17 celsius. this evening and overnight, dry foremost, we should lose the showers from the north—west corner. it will become breezy, even windy, across southern and western areas by the end of the night. some rain across cornwall and devon as the weather front arrives. quite mild, despite clear skies. before sunday, a good—looking date in many central, northern and eastern parts. the south—west, the weather front will be moving northwards and eastwards, turning wetter for wales, northwards and eastwards, turning wetterfor wales, much of northwards and eastwards, turning wetter for wales, much of the south—west, the midlands and southern parts of england. there will be some heavy bursts of rain mixed in. blustery wind. it will be pushing into most

we have cloud bubbling over the midlands and the south—east. 0verall, midlands and the south—east.ecessarily in western areas. weather fronts will push through the uk overnight. rain and drizzle and tomorrow it is looking pretty disappointing. across this corner of the country, this cloud will be very sluggish. not much wind to push it out of the way, so it could hang around a the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. if you live in yorkshire, the north—west of england, northern ireland and western scotland, sunshine for you and it was a pleasant. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines: at least 10 people have been killed in an explosion in an underground station in st petersburg. five people have been charged in connection with an attack on a teenage asylum seeker in croydon. donald trump has said the united states will solve the nuclear threat from north korea, with or without china's help. downing street has dismissed the idea that the uk might use military force to defend gibraltar against spain. time for the sport. the sunderland manager, david moyes, says he deeply regret

then the cloud comes in, with hazy sunshine for the midlands and southern wales, then very close to thend, across the greater part of scotland, a lot of cloud in the morning. come the afternoon, i am hopeful some of there will break up here. could this in such a round. bekir bozdag averages a little bit. you get that rain out of northern ireland eventually. it will be a cloudy afternoon there. with a wee bit of sunshine, you are looking at the deal 11! degrees. that is where you might find the frost on thursday morning, thanks to the influence of high pressure, clear skies, and not too much in the way of breeze. further north, behind us not have enough influence to keep the atla ntic enough influence to keep the atlantic front from just creeping into the north of the mainland. elsewhere, get more dry weather. whether you need it or not. i'm afraid you're going to. safer the odd bit of rain across exposures of england and wales. a bit of a change on friday. not so much in the south. further north, that front will slump on its way across the northern half of the british isles, just introd

scotland, that across the midlands and even the farsouth.and into tomorrow, one or two light spots of rain, nothing too heavy. the best weather across southern, central and eastern areas. temperatures of 15 and london with sunshine, eastern scotland also not doing too bad at all on wednesday. thursday and friday, little change for most of us, warming up little change for most of us, warming up across little change for most of us, warming up across the south, any rain will be in the north, but it will be mostly light. this is bbc news. the headlines: the prime minister wants a snap general election to be held on the eighth of june. theresa may says she wants a fresh mandate because divisions in parliament risk hindering brexit negotiations. at this moment of enormous national significance there should be unity here in westminster. instead there is division. the country is coming together but westminster is not. labour leader jeremy corbyn welcomes the announcement as a chance to fight for social justice. announcement as a chance to fight for

some patchy cloud across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east should keep plenty of sunshinew, as we go on through the night into wednesday morning, england and wales where we keep clear skies will turn very cold again, a widespread frost. not as cold for northern ireland and scotland because here we'll have more cloud and some outbreaks of patchy rain courtesy of this very weak weather front just sinking its way into the picture. but behind that front we start to bring in more of a westerly wind, so won't be as chilly across scotland and northern ireland on wednesday. some extra cloud also sinking into northern england but through the midlands, south wales and into southern england, here the best of the sunshine, 1a degrees the top temperature there in london. temperatures in the south particularly could rise further on thursday and friday. there will be some further spells of sunshine. generally a fair amount of cloud around by this stage. so, to sum up this week, we'll see very little rain, it will be mostly dry. the days will be turning warmer, although some of the nights

sunshine in the midlands, the north of england, north wales and northern ireland seeing rain later ino sunday and light winds so we could wake up to a frost in the countryside first thing sunday morning, particularly through parts of the midlands, northern england and southern scotland. a chilly start to sunday but looking dry for most. if you have plans to run in the london marathon, not a bad day. some sunshine and into the afternoon temperatures up to around 16. that's how it's looking. bye for 110w. hello and welcome. it has emerged that the gunman who killed a policeman and wounded two others in paris was known to the french authorities. karim cheurfi was shot dead by security forces on thursday evening after he opened fire on the champs—elysees. the paris prosecutor said he had served a prison sentence for the attempted murder of two police officers. the issue of security has dominated the final day of campaigning ahead of the first round of voting in the french presidential election on sunday. thomas fessy reports. the french prepare for an election organised under a state of e

will deliver for the west midlands.— incredulously drew up disband m15. —— incredulously drew upa plan. disband m15. —— incredulously drew up a plan. and to scrap our nuclear deterrent. would my right honourable friend allow anyone who endorses that plan to write manifesto or indeed serve in her cabinet?|j that plan to write manifesto or indeed serve in her cabinet? i can tell my honourable friend that man is at that is a resounding no. i would not. and can i commend my honourable friend, who has a proud re cord honourable friend, who has a proud record of defending our country. he raises an important point because of course the leader of the opposition has chosenjust course the leader of the opposition has chosen just such a person. the plan to disband m15, to desire our police and scrap our nuclear deterrent was endorsed by the right honourable gentleman's policy chief and even by his shadow chancellor. —— to disarm our police. again at the weekend, we saw the right honourable gentleman refusing decided he would strik

a bit cloudy with one or two showers in the midlands, 10 degrees or so showers in the midlands, 10 degrees through central and into eastern part as we had through the afternoon. a north—west, south—east split with the driest weather towards the south and east. as we had through the overnight period into good friday morning tomorrow, you will start to see a bit more patchy rain working into northern and western parts of the country. further south should stay predominantly dry. how is easter weekend shaping up? a bit on the cool side with lots of sunny and dry weather but also some rain around. some uncertainty about exact detail. it looks like an good friday, the rain will affect parts of northern ireland, wales, the midlands and northern england at times, particularly later in the day. to the north, some sunshine and scattered showers across scotland. towards the south and south—east, you should stay predominantly drive—through good friday, with temperatures up to around 16 degrees. heading through into saturday, cold fronts work their way out towards the south—east and we have got a ridge

much of south wales, southern england, south midlands and east anglia staying dry.uth might get some drops of rain. more of a sip thana get some drops of rain. more of a sip than a good soak. some will avoid it altogether. most of it eases away by the end of the night, clear skies, a chilly night install from the midlands northwoods, maybe some ice in scotland. saturday will be not only much drier but much sunnier. sunny spells across—the—board, some showers here and there, particularly in the west end in northern parts of scotland. for many it will be a dry day particularly in the west, and in northern parts of scotland. nice enough temperatures when the sun is out but when you lose this and it is chilly. the scottish mountains tomorrow, it might feel nice in the valleys but they will be gale force winds and subzero temperatures leading to severe wind—chill, and some snow in the showers. cloudy weather again by sunday as the weather front pushes off the atlantic. 0utbrea ks of the weather front pushes off the atlantic. outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, northe

not arriving into the midlands end of the day. with the midlands end of the day.emperatures will recover, it can decrease in the sold. we could see 17 in decrease in the sold. we could see 17ina decrease in the sold. we could see 17 in a sheltered western areas of scotla nd 17 in a sheltered western areas of scotland as well. that front grinds toa scotland as well. that front grinds to a halt as it pushes north and east. we will not see any significant rain potentially into scotland. for bank holiday monday, a wea k scotland. for bank holiday monday, a weak affair. sunny spells and scattered showers across england and wales. so quite crazy and that will make it field called and exposed coasts. highs of ten to 15 degrees. asa coasts. highs of ten to 15 degrees. as a move out of monday and into tuesday, it looks as though we see a quiet passion for the developing and the wind will be light again. the isobars open up and it doesn't look as though we will see a good deal of dry weather in the story and temperatures of a south visit in degrees across tuesday. this will

that cloud is reaching across the midlands, not a bad sunrise.he scene around the birmingham area with some sunshine and high cloud making inroads. as we go through the sunshine highs of 14 degrees. the cloud will be thin enough across the midlands and central and southern england to allow hazy sunshine but always more in the way of thicker cloud in wales and north—west england, some spots of rainfor and north—west england, some spots of rain for cumbria and the isle of man, dumfries and galloway and cou nty man, dumfries and galloway and county down, and also into the highlands and islands of scotland. away from these areas i mentioned essentially the weather will stay dry. the best of the sunshine in the east, the cloudy weather in the west. 0vernight tonight cloudy skies will filter southwards keeping most of us frost free, but perhaps a nip of us frost free, but perhaps a nip of frost for the countryside in south—east england, areas like sussex and kent could be at risk of seeing that. the cloud big enough foran seeing that. the cloud big eno

not so the case of the midlands, in leicestershi re so the case of the midlands, in leicestershire somere will stop plenty of showers as we ran through the day. you can see the showers and where they sat, mostly across the east. as we go through overnight, most showers will drift south and west. a blanket of cloud across england and wales will prevent the temperatures from falling too low for a frost. the temperatures will hold up quite nicely. the card will be big enough for the odd spot or two of rain first thing in the morning, from this week whether front that will sink south and west. in sheltered eastern areas, dry, southern wearer —— sunny weather. the showers should stay few and far between. most look to be the father north and west you are. it will feel reasonable in the sunshine. things looked promising for the start of the bank on a day weekend as well, a good slice of dry weather. breezy but milder. but there is some rain in the offing, most likely to be gearing sunday. on saturday, a good day, a good deal of dry weather, a scattering of showers. the breeze picks up by the e

the breast surgeon worked in private and nhs hospitals in the west midlands, and while staff in the publictor now hold each other to account, lawyers representing some of the victims are today calling for a full, independent enquiry into oversite of private sector healthcare. one senior surgeon says there is some way to go. no matter what the quality of surgery is in the private sector, there is much less observation going on and much less recording of detail than there is in the nhs. the private provider where patterson operated, spire healthcare, operated has told the bbc: shirley maroney‘s sister, marie, was one of ian paterson's nhs patients. the surgeon originally carried out an incomplete mastectomy, instead of the double mastectomy she'd asked for. she then had a further double mastectomy, which delayed her chemotherapy. my sister was a police officerfor 30 years, she believed in the justice system and she believed in fairness, and quite frankly this wasn't fair, this wasn'tjust what happened to her. marie died in 2008 secondary cancer in her lungs. it's impossible to know the exten

lingering into the latter part of the evening, particularly in the midlands.ern parts of the uk. light winds, clearskies. towns and cities, 11—5 c but cooler in rural areas. some lovely sunshine in the south through the morning. by 9am, it's s—9 c. the odd spot of rain but most places starting on a dry and bright note. chilly in rural spots, but may be more clout in the northern isles in particular. a very pleasa nt northern isles in particular. a very pleasant day across great swathes of the uk. there might be good rogue shower but most places having a lovely day. 12—13 c for glasgow. 17 degrees in the london area. looking good for the boat races. not particularly windy, the water won't be too choppy. shouldn't be any trouble with the weather for the premiere league—mac chase through sunday afternoon. —— premier league matches. belfast will see some rain on monday, but for everyone else a decent day, dry, bright and quite warm. this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: seniorfigures in gibraltar have demanded that the british government stands firm and resists

the north west and the midlands are crucial battle grounds.e very few votes separate conservative and labour. at the last election, labour made little headway here. in the west midlands, high on the list for the tories, will be places like wolverhampton south west and walsall north, both have slender labour majorities. but some argue that the current tory lead in the polls might not be easily translated into seat gains from labour. once you start looking at the electoral geography of labour's vote, it has a lot of very safe labour seats, and therefore, getting a large majority can be quite difficult and certainly if the polls are perhaps exaggerating the tories‘ lead a little bit or certainly if that lead comes down, to let's say seven, eight nine points, still quite substantial, that could still mean that theresa may doesn't end up with anything like as large a majority she might like. labour desperately need a revival in scotland if they're to form the next government. but the tories and lib dems will also be hoping to prise some seats away

first to patrick burns, our political editor in the midlands. he's in birmingham.in this case, it is a knife edge contest between labour and the conservatives. labour candidate sean simon. a member of the european parliament. former government minister in gordon brown's government. and andy street, the former boss ofjohn lewis department chain, in orderto former boss ofjohn lewis department chain, in order to contest this easy steps down. second preferences in the vote system would come into play if none of the first preference votes are if none of the first preference votes a re in if none of the first preference votes are in for an overall majority. the likelihood is second preferences will come in. that will be key, one suspects, as to who emerges or the loser in this contest. the issue what they have to get across, the leadership year across the combined authority area in bracing coventry, birmingham and the black country, despite referendums in individual cities where they said no, it is the strategic lead they will be trying to get across. the other question,

some sunshine across the midlands up towards northern england, the north of wales, perhaps northern irelandtness later in the day. temperatures up to 15 degrees or so in the warmer spots but there will be some showers continuing across northern scotland where it will also be quite windy. through the course of saturday night on to sunday, skies overnight, fairly light winds too, so we could well wake up to a frost in the countryside first thing sunday morning, particularly through parts of the midlands, northern england, southern scotland too. a chilly start to sunday where it's looking dry for most of us. if you've got plans to run in the london marathon, it's looking like not a bad day. some sunshine and by the afternoon temperatures up to around 16 degrees. that's how it's looking. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with rachel burden and charlie stayt. the conservatives try to play down speculation that taxes will rise if they win the general election. labour accuses the government of planning a tax bombshell, while the liberal democrats say theresa may intends to hit the pockets of

quite mild but even elsewhere we are looking at 8—9 and shine for scotland, northern england, the midlandsand. rain will continue to spill northwards. in the sunny spots it will be quite warm with top temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:30pm. european union leaders meeting in brussels have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating britain's withdrawal from the eu. labour leaderjeremy corbyn urges young people to "claim their future" by voting labour in the general election. theresa may is campaigning in scotland for the first time since calling the election. one of the men arrested in a counter—terrorism operation in north london had been suspected of attempting to travel to syria tojoin is. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, celebrating gha na's 60th birthday. i'm drinking to the country's independence. sparring with the locals. boxing is massive, they love it here. and meeting some of its cutest residents. i am amazed how much banana a little monkey like that can eat. busy, bustly, noisy and lots of fun. i could be in any of the bi

southern england, the midlands and east anglia, we see the dry weather.d air pushes in. the cold air means a touch of frost, across the countryside, the midlands northwards, and showers overnight, continuing into saturday. strong and gusty winds. quite a breeze across the uk that will make it feel cool in cloudy moment. if anything, saturday will be sunny for the weekend with one or two showers here and there. temperatures around nine to 14, where they should be, but it will feel cold if you are heading to the scottish mountains on saturday. conditions are farfrom the scottish mountains on saturday. conditions are far from ideal, gales with subzero temperatures, leading toa with subzero temperatures, leading to a city windchill and, yes, snow on the mountains. we cut off the feat of cold air into sunday but weather fronts mean it is feat of cold air into sunday but weatherfronts mean it is back feat of cold air into sunday but weather fronts mean it is back to cloudy weather on sunday —— feed. the best sunshine, like today, southern england, northern scot

north of our rain, it is a decent day in the midlands and the north of england. in the north—east. only eight or nine along the north sea coast. no real problems with the weather at manchester united or at everton. but in tottenham, we will see some clout and rain developing through the match, and for the journey home, as well. but no problems for stage three of the tour de yorkshire. it should be day, but breezy. the rain will spread north, into north wales, the north midlands, maybe east anglia as well. a few showers in northern england, but generally, it is a north—south split, with the northern half of the uk largely fine and dry by dawn on bank holiday monday. and temperatures are holding up quite nicely. temperatures in the western side of scotland dipping to around about five or six degrees. bank holiday monday itself will a north—south split. most of the showers across his own half of the uk. there will be some spells of sunshine as well. the northern half of uk does quite well. the north sea coastal areas will see temperatures around ten or so degrees at

that rain getting in towards the midlands and southern england as well. of the afternoon. it's warm ahead of it. could make 18 degrees across the south—east. further north it's going to feel pleasa ntly warm further north it's going to feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine for northern england, parts of northern ireland and towards scotland, with the best of the temperatures in the north—west highlands. from sunday night into bank holiday monday this area of low pressure is going to bring some unsettled weather to our shores, particularly for england and wales. it doesn't look like much of scotla nd wales. it doesn't look like much of scotland will stay largely dry. the best of the sunshine in western parts of scotland. we could see the odd sunny spell. chilly along the east coast of scotland and north—east england. introduced a things are drying out. we lose that area of low pressure. could still feel cool across eastern coastal areas but further west the best of the sunshine and the best of the temperatures. for the rest of the week it's should state bre

we'll keep plenty of cloud, north—west england and wales, into the west midlands, maybe the odd spotnines, east midlands, east anglia, southern england often cloudy but some bright or sunny spells and some warmth in that sunshine when it makes an appearance. some of us 18 or even 19 celsius. now, on through friday evening, a lot of dry weather to come going into saturday morning. just this zone of thicker cloud, patchy light rain or drizzle edging southwards. to the north of that, colder, colder start to saturday, parts of northern england, especially scotland with a touch of frost. on through the weekend, no significant change any time soon. that's confined to next week. for the weekend it will be mainly dry. there will be a lot of cloud around at times but some bright or sunny spells. close to this weather front, still a bit of damp and drizzly weather edging its way southwards during saturday. north of that, sunny spells, a few showers running into northern scotland. south of that, we're keeping temperatures up here, so a bit of warmth if the sun makes an appearance. but it will b