a strengthening breeze particularly in the hebrides, orkney and shetland. turning misty around some of the hills and coasts in the west. the cloud will break up in northern england. but rain and wind gradually spreading south and east through the day. much of england and wales will be staying dry but fairly sunny and warm as well, highs of around 28. the weather front gradually peters out and pushes south and east into tuesday. still warm and the south east but turning a little cooler elsewhere. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at 12:30 — two lorry drivers have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving in connection with a collision on the m1 near milton keynes, in which eight were killed. labour says britain should remain in the single market and customs union for a transitional period after brexit. the shift in policy would mean continuing to accept the free movement of people after 2019. the notting hill carnival is under way in west london. it began with a special ceremony as "a small act of remembrance" for the victims of gre

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see showers, northern ireland and west of scotland a few more showers in the rain continuing across orkneyimes and further south it should be dry and further south it should be dry and in the sunshine it will feel pleasa ntly and in the sunshine it will feel pleasantly warm. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. remember how donald trump spent an hour on tuesday attacking his enemies? wednesday have brought a different tone. we are not defined by the colour of our skin, the figure on our pay cheque, or at the party of our politics. we are defined by our shared humanity. syrian government troops fighting the islamic state group.|j syrian government troops fighting the islamic state group. i am hell—bent on victory. we're not scared of death. i am a commander on the ground and i've been wounded three times. that's what happened to the samsung note seven. the samsung note eight has been launched in new york. we

for many of us the weather looked like this today, in orkney and cornwall, look at the scene in saintt anglia of the south east because the radar reveals it has been drenched, torrential downpours drifting very slowly through with the odd flash of lightning. the odd rumble of thunder, could be some travel disruption or further localised flooding before the rain clears overnight. then we will be left with clear spells and it will be quite a chilly might particularly in the countryside, northern and western areas, maybe all the way down to between four and seven celsius. the cool start but a bright one tomorrow and with this bulge of high pressure building it means we are going to have brighter prospects, particularly in the south—east, compared with today, early rain across parts of kent, that should clear smartly and then we should see sunshine, a bit of cloud bubbling up into the afternoon, maybe patchy rain into the far north—west of scotland, generally a fine day. temperature is nothing to write home about four august, but with sunshine and light winds they won't feel bad and tomor

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heavier bursts of rain pushing into the northern half of scotland, particularly the hebrides, orkneyes into tomorrow, bank holiday monday for many of you, will be in the mid teens, and it will be a case of splitting the uk into two. weather front starting to push into the north and the west, that will bring rain across north and west scotland to begin with, and from late morning on words, into northern ireland, maybe like and patchy, a few heavier bursts expected. not too much rain if any to the east of scotland, and even here, that cloud will break up every now and again to let the sunshine through. further south and east, another blue sky day, and the house of the temperatures reaching around 28 celsius. not only the warmest day of the month so far, but could be the warmest late august bank holiday on record, getting above 28 for one or two mac. monday to the north and west, moving south and eastwards, bringing in fresh air for next week, many places staying dry. this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at midday: two lorry drivers are charged with dangerous driving of

a strengthening breeze particularly in the hebrides, orkney and shetland. but rain and wind gradually spreading south and east through the day. much of england and wales will be staying dry but fairly sunny and warm as well, highs of around 28. the weather front gradually peters out and pushes south and east into tuesday. still warm and the south east but turning a little cooler elsewhere. goodbye for now.

scotland, and outbreaks of rain become more extensive here, a few heavier bursts over the hebrides, orkneys for the vast majority. and into the start of what for many of you is a bank holiday, and the country will be split into two in terms of weather. south and east, you're under the influence of high—pressure, north and west, low pressure, which will throw these weather fronts our way. there will be some breaks in the cloud in eastern northern ireland, eastern scotland, particularly in the morning with some sunshine, but rains and blustery winds spreading from the west before sunshine returns to the highlands and islands later. northern england and wales, quite a bit of cloud at times, but still some breaks in that to be expected. sunshine will come and go. the further south and east you are, though, not much cloud at all, lots of sunshine, gentle wind. it is going to be the warmest day of the month so far, potentially the warmest late bank holiday on record, 28 celsius, 82 fahrenheit possible. that warm weather will squeeze away as weakening weather fronts push down towards the south—ea

have this rain in the north sea and thatis have this rain in the north sea and that is moving from orkneyry. a cool and fresh night compared to recently. many places starting dry and sunny in the morning. there will be one or two showers dotted about. a few turning a bit wetter towards the north—west and that rain still having up towards shetland as well. the wettest weather will be across the north—west of the uk because we are the north—west of the uk because we a re closest the north—west of the uk because we are closest to an area of low pressure so are closest to an area of low pressure so a few more showers arriving in the afternoon into northern ireland western scotland. one or two sharp showers perhaps in eastern scotland and towards the north east of england. many parts of england and wales having a dry day. a little but of cloud bubbling up here and there but some good spells of sunshine. the winds will be quite light as well. temperatures about normalfor light as well. temperatures about normal for this light as well. temperatures about normalfor this time of light as well. tem