the reason for thatis the north of england. ds — unity, they all want to speak in the same voice and be on the same page, and frustration, at what they see is the government prioritising spending in london to the detriment of the rest of the uk and the detriment of spending on public transport projects in the north of england. the government— for its part— chris grayling wrote in the yorkshire post this morning, once the north to sort itself out really. i have a quote for you from that article. the transport secretary saying "the success of northern transport depends on the north itself. business leaders, community groups, mayors devolved authorities, they understand the problems they are dealing with. essentially trying to get on it and sort it out themselves. for his part, he says themselves. for his part, he says the government is spending £13 billion on the transport network projects here in the north of england. to go through more numbers in detail, sarah long and for agriculture and the institute of public policy research

the government says it‘s investing billions of pounds across the north of england. people have signed a petition calling for this sort of thing. yes, as you say, george osborne, not the first time we have heard from him on this northern para has initiative, when in government he helped launch, now he is no longer in government he is chair of the northern powerhouse partnership and he says if high—speed line from hull to liverpool were built with a priority being put on the electrification of the section between manchester and leeds it would transform the regional economy. also he puts the cost at an estimated £7 billion, but again the return on that investment according to mr osborne would be well worth it, an extra 7 million people would be brought inside a 90 minute journey of the north of england, three times as many businesses. interesting timing on the former chancellor‘s intervention, as you say, there is a large petition across the north of england, 70,000 people have signed it, demanding more money from national government or public transport projects here in

quite wet in the north of england. the rain across scotland, northern england, taking some fine for that to clear. then the sunshine comes out and we get some showers chiefly across northern ireland. bhullar and fresh air coming in, the last of the warm air in the south—east. fresh air on a westerly breeze and temperatures back to around 1920 degrees. heading into thursday, we finish with that weather front out of the way, coming into the fresher air. we need to keep an eye on this low pressure. so the weather will be changing. further south higher pressure in charge so will probably dry across much of wales, the midlands, southern england. further north not southern england. further north not so dry, wetter weather coming into northern ireland and a fair few showers in scotland. some of those could be heavy. again possibly sundry. so we have that split and into the weekend is still the chance of some showers but also some sunshine. four moroccans appear in court in spain in connection with the terror attacks that kille

economic growth, ministers say is actually higher in areas in the north of england than in the uk as of a long—running debate on the north south divide. thousands of pupils in scotland have received their exam results today. there's been a slight dip in the highers pass rate, but the scottish qualifications authority said the results were evidence of a very stable system. as our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports, the results come at a time when critics say educational standards have suffered under the snp government. her report contains some flashing images. after all their hard work, the wait is over for these students at eastbank academy, in the east end of glasgow. i got an a in classics. how did that happen? i got the results i needed, so that's really good. yeah, so how are you feeling? really, really happy. i got one a, two bs and a c. i lost my maths, but that what i was expecting, so i'm happy with that and i come back and take maths next year if i want. i failed maths, but i was kind of expecting that, so, i'm 0k. across scotland, pass rates remained at a high—leve

how would these proposals affect the main towns and cities in the north of england? ration of a typical journey. some of the frustrations that people in the north of england feel are typified by this particular example. i basically had a look online this morning. from hull to liverpool, a journey of 130 miles, will take you 2.5 hours. a main line coming out of london to york, a much longerjourney of 200 miles, but in terms of the time it takes, it will ta ke terms of the time it takes, it will take less than two hours to get from london to york. that typifies the kind of frustration felt by a lot of people in the north of england about train travel across the north of england. you mentioned the liverpool to hulljenny, i did thatjenny and i had to make a change. it was awful and packed and people were complaining all the way —— i did the journey. there is a point that campaigners have and is there much expectation they can get the government to pay up? as we know, and as we said in your introduction, this isn't the first time we've heard this from george osborne. when

it's about politics as well as the price, and the north of england is not the only region raising itsastructure. jon kay, bbc news. the former boss of the retail chain bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator, forfailing to provide information to the investigation into its sale. bhs went into administration last year, with 11,000 people losing theirjobs, and the company pension scheme £171 million in the red. you up—to—date with all the news. now it's time to new site. —— newsnight. our troops will fight to win. we will fight to win. fighting talk from president trump over afghanistan. but harsh words too for pakistan, formally a us ally, for harbouring the taliban and other terrorists. how far can he push islamabad? what does the afghanistan announcement tell us about who holds the power in the white house? we speak to the mercenary boss who had hoped for a role in the region. what does he make of the president's plan? grenfell‘s long shadow. more than 600 people are receiving nhs counselling following the tragedy. we'll hear of the slow painful process to

this evening and overnight, we have rain across the north of england. stern side and it is what overnight across the north—west of england and wales. north of that, a scattering of showers to the north and east. monday, this weather front is not moving too far too quickly, so it will be a dull and damp start from northern england. for the south—west the rain will be there all day. the far south—east corner should be mainly dry. 22 degrees again with the top temperature in the london area. and then thought much of the coming week it is looking unsettled. low pressure to the east of the uk. weather fronts will bring rain. a squeeze on the isobars on tuesday into wednesday with some northerly winds. also some heavy rain and showers. over the next few days, changeable weather. this is bbc news. the headlines: commentator: gatlin wins it! american sprinterjustin gatlin says athletics can be proud of him as world champion, the two—time drugs cheat was booed by crowds after beating usain bolt. i've done so much for the communities at home. i want them to know m

scotland, wales, northern ireland, and they got a special deal recently, but it is time for the north of englandf this meeting, 15 million live in north, as it was its own economy, it would be the tenth largest in the european union. chris grayling is right, isn't he, the north can sort this out on its own? he is not right, sadly. i this out on its own? he is not right, sadly. lam ready to this out on its own? he is not right, sadly. i am ready to work in partnership with him, it is not about party politics or point—scoring. i am about party politics or point—scoring. lam passionate about party politics or point—scoring. i am passionate about it, as is everyone in that building. yes, we need to get our act together and that is what this was about, let's speak with one voice, letters make it easier for the government to talk to the north of england. but they have to play their part too, we cannot have a 21st—century rail syste m cannot have a 21st—century rail system without multi—million pound backing from the government. they have given london that kind of support and they now need to give it t

of cloud in the south. further north it‘s a band of heavy rain and it will take a while to clear from north—east scotland and england south—east with the sunshine. after the rain, we get fresher temperatures, back to 19 or 20 celsius. hello, this is bbc news with the headlines. president trump says he‘s changed his mind on afghanistan — and that more us troops should be sent there to fight the war on terror. he says us forces will stay and "fight to win" — to avoid mistakes made in iraq. the pensions regulator says it will prosecute the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell. he‘s accused of failing to provide information that was requested during the regulator‘s investigation into the sale of the high street store. human remains are found in the hunt for 10 us sailors, who went missing after their warship collided with a tanker near singapore. divers were sent down to search inside the ussjohn s mccain. a third child is pulled alive from the rubble of a house which collapsed last night, during an earthquake on the italian island of ischia. at least two women have died and 39 people have been injured. four men accuse

it reduces the opportunities that we had to create economic growth in the north of england that could are they the top priority appear, while data is something we look at a lot. and probably it is not the top priority. the top priorities are things like bus regulation, small improvements to trams, cheaper ways to ta ke improvements to trams, cheaper ways to take the bus between local centres. that would not get on the news, if we want to win the political battle then maybe we need to say that hs2 and hs3 are the big things to fight for. that seems to be what the political leaders have picked as the target to go for. but all the local stuff that you say is mundane, bus routes and so one, that is the responsibility of local authorities and surely they would understand it is important to include these routes so why are they not doing it? i should correct you, buses and uk outside of london are deregulated. so local authorities really have no power. almost none. if you look at sheffield, this competition on the bus routes. it is very ha rd to competition on the bus routes. it is very hard

spend money on public transport in the capital in london, to the detriment certainly to the north of englandration from those leaders i think mirrored by many members of the public in the north of england. 70,000 people have signed a petition demanding more money from national government for public sector transport projects. we wait to see what happens out of that meeting. the government, it says it is spending billions of pounds to better connect communities in the north and indeed improvejourneys. thank you. a joke about the new pound coin has been named the funniest of the edinburgh festival fringe. ken cheng won the tenth annual dave's funniestjoke of the fringe, triumphing over the likes of tim vine and frankie boyle, among many others. this is thejoke. i'm not a fan of the new pound coin. but then again, i hate all change. it is also about the delivery. with me now is adele cliff , who's joke was featured on the top 15 list. she's performing her show cliff notes at the edinburgh fringe. you perhaps change the timing to appear on telly now. what was your joke? myjoke was as a vegan, i t

it's about politics as well as the price, and the north of england is not the only region raising its. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories... rescue workers on the italian island of ischia say they've pulled out alive three children from one family, including a seven—month—old baby, from the rubble of their home after an earthquake struck last night. two people were killed and a0 others were injured when it hit the holiday island off the coast of naples. the us navy says divers searching for ten american sailors missing since their warship collided with a merchant tanker near singapore, have found human remains. they were discovered in sealed compartments of the ussjohn s mccain, which was nearing port yesterday when it collided with the tanker. over 13 million people watched the final of the last great british bake off on the bbc. when it re—launches on channel 4 next week, the broadcaster will be relying on it to bring in increased revenue through advertising. but as our media editor amol rajan reports, the media landscape is changing, and the the way we watch

scotland, wales and northern ireland, and they got a special deal recently but it is time to the north of englandthis meeting, 15 million live in the north, if it was its chris grayling is right, you can sort this out on your own? this is not about point—scoring or party politics. it is about making the case of the north. we need to get our act together. let's speak with one voice, make it easier for government to speak to the north of england. on the other hand, they have to play their part too. we cannot have a 21st—century rail syste m cannot have a 21st—century rail system here without multi—million pound backing from the government. they have given and london that kind of support, they now need to give it to us as well. why should the north get the special treatment? to us as well. why should the north get the special treatment7m to us as well. why should the north get the special treatment? it is not special treatment, it is what londoners have had over many years, and in fact we are only asking for what the government has promised us, they were the ones who started saying, we will have a n

west, not just north the transport links from east to west, notjust north to south, across the north of englandhe millions of people living there? the first thing we did when we set up the first thing we did when we set up transport for the north was to commission an independent economic review. the evidence we have gathered through that work is so compelling. what we want to do is make sure we are speaking with one voice across the north, making it clear to government that they cannot afford not to invest in transport, because this is about uk plc. it is about the north really maximising its full potential to contribute to the whole economy of the north. we know that investment in transport is one of the major keys to unlocking that potential. the other key is skills. we have companies in leeds and right across the region who are having difficulties attracting the skilled people that they need. if we increase the ability of people to move from where they live to work in another city, we massively increase the pool of skilled people who can move about. manchester to leeds is the same distance a

—west of england, as well. much of northowards shetland, and a few showers arriving towards the highlands. most of northern ireland starting the day dry. but i think we will see some showers, or even longer spells of rain, pushing in closer to that area of low pressure in the north—west, and turning wetter again in western fringes of scotland. a few sharp showers for the north—east of scotland, and possibly towards the north—east of england. most of england and wales in the afternoon, though, will be fine and dry, with some sunshine. pleasant enough, with light winds for the most part, and temperatures near normal for this time of year. it will turn chilly, though, in the evening, especially across much of england and wales, where we'll have clearer skies. up towards the north—west, a bit more of a breeze, perhaps, and still the chance of more cloud and some rain. temperatures will be a bit lower than they have been recently. into friday, lots of sunshine, probably more sunshine on friday for southern england, midlands, east

20% are more likely to die maturely, under the 75 in the north of ingram than the 75 in the north of ingram than the south. —— north of englandhole of the research going back to 1985, —— 1965, it suggests 1.2 million premature deaths. do they give any reasons? they are working on a second report to go into more detail about the reasons but i've been speaking to the lead author of this report, and he has coined a phrase diseases of despair. he says the data suggests some of the reasons behind this extra premature death is diseases of despair, which are things like liver, heart disease and smoking—related health problem. another point that he and his researchers came across is that successive governments, health initiatives have proved not very good at cracking down on these numbers. does that mean that health initiatives in the government are going to change, to address this? we have been in touch with the department of health and the government this morning, they say that they recognise there is a significant problems in these death records, the statistics show there isa records, the statistics show there is a problem and the

note how very different the weather is in the far north of england, scotland and northern ireland. fine start for the day with lots of sunshine. so, let's start on a positive note, then. so right from the word go, belfast, glasgow, aberdeen, edinburgh, sunshine to start — temperatures 13 or 14 degrees during the morning rush. then thicker cloud across the north of england and wales. but this is where heavy rain's going to be, say, from birmingham to, say, northampton. just about maybe nudging into the home counties, and squeezing into the south—west, as well. at this stage, from bournemouth, brighton, into kent and sussex probably staying dry. but the heavy rain or the heavy showers will get going through the course of the i think latter part of the morning into the afternoon. a little like on tuesday, like yesterday. so, downpours around, slow—moving as well, so it'll be raining for a while in any one location, possibly. say, the home counties, east anglia, maybe london as well. this south—eastern portion of the country and the far south—east as well again will get some downpours.

—west of england, as well. much of northn scotland, starting dry and sunny. still some rain up towards shetland, and a few showers arriving towards the highlands. most of northern ireland starting the day dry. but i think we will see some showers, or even longer spell5 of rain, pushing in closer to that area of low pressure in the north—west, and turning wetter again in western fringes of scotland. a few 5harp showers for the north—east of scotland, and possibly towards the north—east of england. most of england and wales in the afternoon, though, will be fine and dry, with some 5un5hine. pleasant enough, with light wind5 for the most part, and temperatures near normal for this time of the year. it'll turn chilly quickly, though, in the evening, especially acro55 much of england and wales, where we'll have clearer 5kies. up towards the north—west, a bit more of a breeze, perhap5, and still the chance of more cloud and some rain, but temperatures will be a bit lower than they have been recently. into friday, lots of sunshine,

that economic growth, a ministers say, is higher in the north of england than in the uk as in the north on the long—running debate on the north—south divide. votes are being counted in kenya's general election after a day of long queues. ballots are taking place for local representatives, parliamentarians, and for the president. the incumbent president, uhuru kenyatta, is hoping for a second term in office but is facing a challenge from his long—time rival, raila 0dinga. president kenyatta has said he will accept the will of the people no matter which way the vote goes — but some people are concerned there could be violence like that which followed the disputed 2007 election. earlier, our correspondent anne soy was at a polling station in nairobi with this update. this is the main place where the declaration will be made. results are trickling in. the adding of these loans is happening automatically in the electronic system and everybody can see the results as the trickle in across the country through the electoral commission's website as well as through the local media channels which h

demand more commitment and indeed more money to help improve public transport right across the north of england headline says it all, is that to the north to sort out real issues. that left a sour taste with some of the delegates behind me. this is important as the north of england has 15 million people, the tenth largest economy in the eu if it was its own region. so a lot of passion here, chris skelley says the government has already spent billions to improve transport networks here in the north. much more to come on this issue no doubt. —— chris grayling. identity theft is reaching epidemic levels, according to a leading fraud prevention organisation. it says it is seeing nearly 500 cases a day, and that there were nearly 90,000 cases in the first six months of this year — a new record high. 0ur personal finance reporter, kevin peachey has the details. our digital footprints are getting deeper the more we go online. fraudsters harvest personal details used on computers and phones and then use them to apply for loans and insurance products in our names. for one victim, nick, it took five mont

—west of england as well. much of north—east england as well. ry and sunny. still some ran up study dry and sunny. still some ran up towards shetland, and a few showers arriving towards the highlands. most of northern ireland starting the day dry, but i think we will see some more showers or even longer spells of rain pushing in closer to that area of lower pressure in the north—west, and turning weather again in western fringes of scotland. a few sharp showers in the north—east of scotland, and possibly also the north—east of england. most of england and wales in the afternoon, though, will be fine and dry with some sunshine. doesn't in a full light when the for the most part in temperatures at the normal for this time of year. it will turn chilly, though, in the evening, especially across much of england and wales, where we will have clearer skies. in the north—west a bit more of a breeze, perhaps, and still a chance of more cloud and some rain. temperatures will be a little bit lower than they have been recently. into friday, lots of sunshine,

eastern scotland where there could be the odd flash of lightning, a rumble of thunder and a few showers for north—east englandnny spells, some damp weather into the far north west in scotland where it stands breezily later in the day and top temperatures of 17—24d. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. a leaked report accuses royal bank of scotland of the systematic abuse of its business customers — hundreds of customers complained they were mistreated. rbs denies the accusations. travel delays are expected over the bank holiday weekend as engineering and roadworks take place on some of the country's busiest routes. the police watchdog has said that the paedophile ian watkins could have been arrested nearly four years earlier if south wales police had investigated numerous tip—offs. at least 28 people have been killed in violent clashes following the rape conviction of a controversial religious leader in north india. texas braces itself for hurricane harvey, the worst storm to hit the us mainland in 12 years. lung disease is expected to be one of the main causes of death in the uk by 2020. the condition is

of rain in the north—west but it will be light and drizzly. here is the satellite from earlier. 0utbreaks the satellite from earlier. outbreaks of rain pushing across into the north west of england pushing eastwards and it. to clear up from the west. becoming drier across the north and west. a large dry night. starting to feel slightly muddy in the south. tomorrow, rain pushing across towards the east. a mixture of sunny spells and showers. much improved for northern ireland and scotland. further south, just the chance of one 01’ further south, just the chance of one or two showers but there will be some good spells of sunshine. temperatures are little bit of an today. a maximum of 25 celsius. some shows lingering across the east coast of scotland. into northern and north—eastern england. we will see a drier picture for wales and the south—east. a little bit more cloud but temperatures warming up with a maximum of around 25 celsius. that's your weather. this is bbc news — the headlines. travel delays are expected over the bank holiday weekend as engineering and roadworks take place on some of the country's busiest routes. the police watchdog has said that the paedophile ian watk

of england. also the north, north—easterly winds make it feel cool for the time of year. west, sunshine and a few showers, looking quite heavy. those other temperatures ranging from 18 to 20 celsius, cooler on the east coast. it looks unsettled for the week ahead, heavy rain, maybe thundery at times, feeling cool in the strong northerly wind. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 3.30: a review into the cost of energy is dismissed as "cold comfort" by consumer groups — who say households are already paying too much. both the us and china have welcomed tougher sanctions against north korea in the wake of its recent ballistic missile testing. the american ambassador said it was, "the most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation". the coastguard suspends a major search operation for two men missing in the english channel. one man has died and another was rescued when their boat sank off the coast of shoreham. the international athletics‘ governing body expresses disappointment after two—time drugs cheatjustin gatlin won the men's 100 metres at the world

, some sunshine for north wales and much of northern englandr two isolated showers, but an improved day here. further showers in the north of scotland and northern ireland, as well. we've got three zones of weather again for tuesday as that front continues north. rain for the midlands, wales and the south—west, mostly dry but one or two scattered showers. could be on the heavy side in the south—east, 20 degrees here. sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland. bye— bye. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: consumer groups say urgent action is needed to tackle a lack of competition in the energy market. they were responding to the launch of an independent review to look at ways of reducing costs while meeting climate change targets. one man has been rescued and another found dead after their boat sank off the west sussex coast. a search operation for two other men who were also on the fishing trip was suspended by the coastguard earlier. china and america have welcomed tough new un sanctions against north korea in the wake of its

the south—west of england, wales, and the north of england, wales, and the north of england, some spellsern ireland in the afternoon. 17 degrees in belfast. a soggy end to the date in east anglia and the southee. but then that should pull away to the east as we get into the early hours of thursday. with clear skies and fairly light winds, it will turn chilly. 10—11 degrees for some rural areas. so a cool and fresh day for thursday. a day of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be heavy. could be thundery. quite hit and miss. dry spells in downpours. temperatures ranging from 16 in glasgow to 21 to —— degrees in london. the mist majority, it should be dry with bells and sunshine. temperatures no grey shakes. 15—21d. pleasant enough in the sunshine. the weekend starts fine, but on sunday, we could see more cloud. before i go, a quick update on tropical storm harvey, which has once again over the last 24 hours being feeding huge amounts of rainfall in two takes us. some areas of scene well over a metre of rain. the weather is sliding further east and north. so rossos flood hit

that will trigger showers and sunshine across southern england, the midlands and wales but further north in the north ofday, warm and sunshine. then the showers coming into the north west of scotla nd coming into the north west of scotland and northern ireland. there will be the chance of a edgbaston during the day, if first date night test match on home soil. it will turn chilly to the evening but the showers keep going not far away from birmingham as you can see. then overwrite the smell of wet weather pushing back into northern ireland, later into northern england and scotland. that clears away quickly on friday morning. sunshine and showers following behind before we get another spell of wet weather moving quickly across northern ireland into the idc. further south and east it will be dry with sunshine, and temperatures will be lower. not warning up much this weekend, sunshine at times and blustery showers for the first half of the weekend before we get some rain. he is the picture for saturday, showers are more likely across the northern part of the uk with wet and windy weather in the final of sco

seen some cloud in parts of scotland, northern ireland has been rather cloudy and into parts of north—west england well. for the rest of england and wales, warm sunshine. a fine evening, we will see some outbreaks of rain running from west to east, mostly northern scotland, the breezes fresh up here, bringing ploughed into northern ireland. light winds in england and wales, some mist and fog and temperatures lower in rural spots. but everyone keeps the fine weather for monday because there are whether france approaching from the atlantic. england and wales get the warm sunshine. for scotland and northern ireland, the rain will move southwards. not much rain in the east of scotland and as it clears it will brighten up again, in the evening, one or two showers in the north—west of scotland. in the afternoon, the rain clearing north—west scotland, a blustery day and outbreaks of rain not amounting to much, but quite wet for a time in glasgow, that rain will move into belfast as well. quite a bit of cloud in the cloudy at times in the west of wales, whereas the east of wales and the rest of them will

afternoon, we will drag that band of cloud and showery rain poundedin band of cloud and showery rain pounded in the north—east of englandst of england, i am hooked that kent and sussex will brighten up at some point. if we swing away to the south—west, you will see a decent afternoon. further north, just enoughin afternoon. further north, just enough in the way of cloud for b 12 passing showers to midlands. the biggest of the card will be closed by to that weather front on the eastern side of the pennines. showery burst of rain had a fairly leaden sky, by paul northern ireland, the greater part of scotland, some sunny intervals, dry weather, passing showers on the breeze across the northern part of scotland. further south, if breeze across the northern part of scotland. furthersouth, if you're planning on heading towards the athletics in the east of london, i do not think the weather will get in the here. it is going to be quite a decent afternoon and evening for proceedings there. that weather front track the last of its showers offshore as we get into the small hours on sunday. a chilly night as the sky begin to clear

close to the low pressure in the north—west, seeing a number of showers affecting northern ireland, scotland and the north—west of englande driest and sunniest weather across southern and eastern areas. that's your forecast. this is bbc news. the headlines: a bbc investigation has revealed the scale of suffering in yemen's war. around 17 million people are hungry and 7 million are starving. leaked documents from the united nations suggest both sides are violating international law, killing and maiming children and that the saudi—led coalition is blocking delivery of food and medicine. the american secretary of state has played down president trump's assertions on monday that the united states will win the war in afghanistan. mr tillerson told reporters in washington that the us might not win a military victory over the taliban, but the militants couldn't win either. charges including murder have been filed against two of the suspected islamists captured after last week's attacks in and around barcelona. a third suspect is being held for a further 72 hours for questioning, while another has been released, while investigat

major disruption for passengers up and down the country, including the midlands, wales and the north of englande it is the perfect time to do it because 50% fewer passengers use the railways during this time of year. the advice — check before you travel and plan your journey. well, of course all those engineering works will have a income—on effect on the road network. the rac is forecasting monday will be the busiest day with 5 million cars expected on the network. the m60, the m1, the m62 will all still be affected by roadworks. at the m6, it is flowing freely now but has been at a standstill for much of the afternoon, affected by roadworks, despite the highways agency moving around about a50 miles worth of roadworks to ease the pressure on the network. other pinchpoints, the m5 in the south—west. all routes in and out of the lake district and the m1 and m3 motorways heading out of london. like adina said, if you are thinking on getting on the roads, check before you travel, plan your route and if you have one of these, then you probably do, search bbc august bank holiday travel. you will have

—west of england, as well. much of north and sunny. still some rain up towards shetland, and a few showers arriving towards the highlands. most of northern ireland starting the day dry. but i think we will see some showers, or even longer spells of rain, pushing in closer to that area of low pressure in the north—west, and turning wetter again in western fringes of scotland. a few sharp showers for the north—east of scotland, and possibly towards the north—east of england. most of england and wales in the afternoon, though, will be fine and dry, with some sunshine. pleasant enough, with light winds for the most part, and temperatures near normal for this time of the year. it'll turn chilly quickly, though, in the evening, especially across much of england and wales, where we'll have clearer skies. up towards the north—west, a bit more of a breeze, perhaps, and still the chance of more cloud and some rain, but temperatures will be a bit lower than they have been recently. into friday, lots of sunshine, probably more sunshine

note how very different the weather is in the far north of england, scotland and northern ireland. with lots of sunshine. so, let's start on a positive note, then. so right from the word go, belfast, glasgow, aberdeen, edinburgh, sunshine to start — temperatures 13 or 1a degrees during the morning rush. then thicker cloud across the north of england and wales. but this is where heavy rain's going to be, say, from birmingham to, say, northampton. just about maybe nudging into the home counties, and squeezing into the south—west, as well. at this stage, from bournemouth, brighton, into kent and sussex probably staying dry. but the heavy rain or the heavy showers will get going through the course of the i think latter part of the morning into the afternoon. a little like on tuesday, like yesterday. so, downpours around, slow—moving as well, so it'll be raining for a while in any one location, possibly. say, the home counties, east anglia, maybe london as well. this south—eastern portion of the country and the far south—east as well again will get some downpours. this is where the wors

some sunshine arriving in the far north of england, also across northern ireland and scotland.howers in the coastal areas will stop the showers will drift away further inland across scotland and northern ireland during the day. probably dry at headingley. a very different look to the weather. more cloud around. the cloud should break during the evening session if we get that far. this band of cloud moving slowly south. not much rain on it. much cloudier picture all the way from the south—west of england towards lincolnshire where we have had the heat today. showers in the north—west. temperatures i6,. still warms towards southeast and east anglia. perhaps 26, 20 seven. even the heat and dry weather will come to an end on wednesday. we have two areas of low pressure and two whether systems converging on england for that this band of rain probably tending to peter out through the day. the wettest weather arriving across east anglia and the south of england. that will drop the energy is quite significant the wednesday. the wetter weather should be pushed out of the way towards the

—west of england, as well. much of northme rain up towards shetland, and a few showers arriving towards the highlands. most of northern ireland starting the day dry. but i think we will see some showers, or even longer spells of rain, pushing in closer to that area of low pressure in the north—west, and turning wetter again in western fringes of scotland. a few sharp showers for the north—east of scotland, and possibly towards the north—east of england. most of england and wales in the afternoon, though, will be fine and dry, with some sunshine. pleasant enough, with light winds for the most part, and temperatures near normal for this time of the year. it'll turn chilly quickly, though, in the evening, especially across much of england and wales, where we'll have clearer skies. up towards the north—west, a bit more of a breeze, perhaps, and still the chance of more cloud and some rain, but temperatures will be a bit lower than they have been recently. into friday, lots of sunshine, probably more sunshine on friday for southe

we have this rain pushing north across northern england, mainly the north west of england. t still for the afternoon. the rain is using its way into the of scotland still hazy sunshine in the north east of scotland. this evening we will see the rain continuing northwards. it will move away and continued further into scotland. further south, when oui’ into scotland. further south, when our breaks in the cloud, there will be mysterious. you'll be grey and gloomy out there overnight. a lot of hill fog and low cloud. temperatures 15, 16. tomorrow we'll start grey and gloomy. things slowly improving. more of england and wales should brighten up a touch and see some sunshine. there really wet weather kicks off in northern ireland later in the day in the south—west of scotland. sunshine further south across england and wales. 27 is possible. cooler and a bit fresher, especially towards the far north of scotla nd especially towards the far north of scotland for the most of us in the humid airon scotland for the most of us in the humid air on tuesday. this weather front will wash awa

this evening and overnight, we have rain across the north of england. is what overnight across the north—west of england and wales. north of that, a scattering of showers to the north and east. monday, this weather front is not moving too far too quickly, so it will be a dull and damp start from northern england. for the south—west the rain will be there all day. the far south—east corner should be mainly dry. 22 degrees again with the top temperature in the london area. and then thought much of the coming week it is looking unsettled. low pressure to the east of the uk. whether france will bring rain. a squeeze on the isobars on tuesday into wednesday with some northerly winds. also some heavy rain and showers. 0ver winds. also some heavy rain and showers. over the next few days, changeable weather. if you need more details, the is plenty more on the website. —— there is plenty more on the website. that's it from me for now. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10: shock as usain bolt loses to a two—time drugs cheat. as crowds boo

of these perpetrators. the rest are due to be sentenced next month. fiona trott, bbc news, newcastle. earlier, the chief prosecutor for the north—west of englandhey said the decision to use the informant was crossing a line. they said the decision to use the informant was crossing a linelj would not have done it. there is a line that cannot be crossed. with organised crime you often have to deal with people who are criminals who inform. but this is a line would not cross, sexual criminals. you are putting a predator with other predators alone with prey. i would love to see the risk assessment. you are not in a position to manage the risks to the children and young people abused by the rest of the gang. it is notjust about the risk, the primary concern i have, but the evidence. the judge made it clear in deciding to not allow that man to give evidence. his evidence is unreliable. their readers the possibility other defenders blame him. -- possibility other defenders blame him. —— there is the. possibility other defenders blame him. -- there is the. but the chief co nsta ble, him. -- there is the. but the chief constable, his argument is powerfu

england and wales. outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and scotland, persistent at times, edging towards the south—east and into the northtemperatures reaching maximum of 25 degrees in the south east, it will feel warm in the sunshine. this is bbc news at 5pm — the headlines. net migration to the uk falls by a quarter — to 246,000 a year —the lowest level for three years. it follows a surge in eu nationals leaving the uk since the brexit vote. what we a seeing is a third quarter net reduction in the migration figures but it also highlights how we cannot and will not be complacent about working towards that long term aim and desire that we outlined to people across the country that we want to see migration fall to sustainable levels. the number of students getting top gcse grades in maths and english has fallen slightly, after the introduction of new tougher exams. a 25—year—old woman has been jailed for ten years for making a series of false accusations of rape and sexual assault. the husband of a woman who was knocked down and killed by a cyclist calls for a change to the law to tackle "irresponsible and reckless" behav

into tomorrow, some showers across the east of scotland and north east england, some of them are heavy scotland, northern ireland, and much drier day than of late, some spells of sunshine and down towards the south it will stay fine with some sunny spells. by by four o'clock, the odd heavy thundery shower in scotland, into north—eastern and but for the west of scotla nd north—eastern and but for the west of scotland and northern ireland, mainly fine with some spells of sunshine, i9 mainly fine with some spells of sunshine, 19 degrees in belfast. as we sunshine, 19 degrees in belfast. as we push into wales and the south west, sunny spells, temperatures around 20 or 21 degrees, it could get up into the mid—20s for parts of lincolnshire, east anglia, 24 degrees or so in london. looking ahead to sunday, and other mainly fine day, some spells of sunshine, fewer showers at this stage up towards the north—east, the vast majority will stay dry, however a little bit of damp weather pushing into the far north—west of scotland, 16 degrees for stornoway, 25 for london. monday, divided forgers, clo

having grown up in the north of england and now living in london the quality of transport here is so affordable and when you a small two carriage train rattling across between major cities in the north and there is one every hour whenever igoon and there is one every hour whenever i go on the reporting trip that there you realise how unfair it is. you are a north yorkshire lad. fitbit, you are from preston.|j disagree. we spoke about this earlier, smack larisa, you are from preston. you are always on time and you can get a seat, whereas commuting to work in london is terrible. is that not the point, there is a great publishing on the move, whether on the roads in the south, although roads seem crowded everywhere to me these days yet the trains are crowded and that is we've got to spend your money. i'm in favour of crossrail in london because you have to support growth in london. let's talk about it. the day after the transport secretary chris grayling accidentally let slip that leeds — manchester might not be electrified, the following day he announced he was backing crossrail which c

north of scotland, beautiful blue skies. we had a lot of cloud and as you can see large amounts of rain fell across southern counties of englandrns in across the bar north of scotland. —— eventually the rain. it will turn wet here as the night goes on and some showers packing from the west. we keep a fairly strong breeze so low pressure still in charge of the scene for tomorrow. that brings is a mixture that we have become quite used to recently. some sunshine, some showers. the closer you are to the centre of the low is where you will see most of the showers. persistent rain across northern scotland. and very, very light winds meaning the showers will be slow—moving. so if a shower arrives it could be with you for quite some time. quite a few showers swinging across northern ireland into northern england but from lincoln to used angrier into the south—east not too many showers to stop of the day. should be well sued right. 17 degrees london. durrant to the south—west will be quite a few showers through the morning as i know we go on through the day the showers continue to swing their weight eastwards heaviest across parts of

of the day. some cloud across the north and western isles. the odd shower and for the greater part of scotland, a lovely start to the day. so too for the north of englandly doing stuff to settle things nicely. northern ireland and the greater part of england and wales. but in the first pa rt england and wales. but in the first part of the day, over in the south—east, east anglia, you have clout and some rain left over from that rain event today but eventually that rain event today but eventually that should drift away towards the near continent and the english channel leaving behind a lot of fine and dry weather. the kind of thing you would hope for for the second week in august. temperatures responding to the sunshine and out of the breeze, around 19, 20 degrees. and in the evening as well fine and dry. but looming in the wings, another area of low pressure. notice the number of isobars squeezing in across the northern portions of the british isles. friday shaping up again to be a day of sunny spells for some in the south and east. but you have to with this weather front pretend with this weather front which eventually moves through scotla nd which ev

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