orkney territory of norway.ture outside of scotland and the uk . outside of scotland and the uk. the islands are just 90 minutes from the british mainland, which wants to be norwegian . so is wants to be norwegian. so is this divorce the start of the uk becoming ever more fragmented ? becoming ever more fragmented? alex, i'm going to start with you. it's a fascinating development. this and the reason that they're doing this is because they've been completely left behind by the north sea oil policy . bear in left behind by the north sea oil policy. bear in mind, left behind by the north sea oil policy . bear in mind, norway, policy. bear in mind, norway, which shares the same oil field 300 miles to the north, is has has a hugely efficient and cheap state run energy system and the biggest sovereign wealth fund in the world. >> as a result. right. >> as a result. right. >> meanwhile, shetland is withering the vine withering on the vine and they're fed up of humza yousaf. they met him today and think they met him to

and i think, you know, all to orkney know, all fair play to orkney lpey— know, all fair play to orkneyd we've got disabled comedians. spoiler it's not disabled comedians. spoiler it's mol rmypoly— disabled comedians. spoiler it's mol rmypoly om— disabled comedians. spoiler it's not anybody on this panel rmywry. — not anybody on this panel rmywry. pom-l— not anybody on this panel anyway. don't touch that dial. see— anyway. don't touch that dial. see you— gb news the people's . channel gb news the people's. channel welcome— gb news the people's. channel welcome prol— gb news the people's. channel welcome back to— gb news the people's. channel welcome back to headliners. we're kicking things off with the telegraph, and this is a rarity. a professor is telling us not to feel guilty about racism. louis well, us not to feel guilty about racism. louis well , this is my racism. louis well, this is my subject. oxford professor says prllrm-s— subject. oxford professor says britain's racial— subject. oxford professor says britain's racial guilt- t oxford professor says britain's racial guilt is b

but i spoken to orkney i mean, i've spoken to orkney council leader and do have council leader and theyernment funding package they the scottish they get from the scottish government and are upset government and they are upset that the scottish government aren't helping them to renew their orkney only their ferries. orkney only became part of scotland in 1468 after it was gifted to king james, the third as security in a wedding dowry celebrating his marriage to margaret of denmark. >> one option tabled by orkney council is to to nordic council is to return to nordic control , a proposal council is to return to nordic control, a proposal making headunes control, a proposal making headlines around the world. but the council is also exploring independence from scotland within the uk. become an overseas territory of gibraltar or even a crown dependency like the isle of man. whatever conclusion orkney council draws from its research , the journey from its research, the journey to reach that conclusion will be lengthy following through will require petitions, referenda and constitutional appr

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orkney islands _ them now. interesting stuff. orkney islands council i them now. interesting stuff.tories making headlines now, the white house says president biden will visit the uk next week as part of a european trip. he is expected to meet with the king as well as the prime minister, mr biden will then head to lithuania for a nato summit for stopping off in finland. janet yellen will become the second member of the biden administration to visit beijing, last month's visit by us secretary of state antony blinken was the first by a senior us official in five years. an incredible story now, button the cockerpoo fell off a cliff and survived, she was rescued by the coastguard, we spoke to her grateful owner. who would fancy their chances of fell over the cliff stop its of fell over the cliff stop it's 160 of fell over the cliff stop its 160 foot height, it's 160 foot height, incredibly steep and some were usually just the incredibly steep and some were usuallyjust the birds. but somehow a nine—year—old cockerpoo ran over the edge and is still breathing. she cockerpoo ran over the ed

it's well over 500 years since the islands of orkney were handed over to scotland from norway.over 500 years since the islands of orkney were handed over to scotland from norway. but on tuesday, local councillors voted to explore whether to loosen ties with the rest of the uk. they've played down suggestions that orkney could become part of norway again, but one councillor praised the relationship of denmark with its self—governing faroe islands. here's what two other okrney councillors had to say. the autonomy to excel where they are and that is a hugely empowering way and i think the uk government should think about that. the option there being that we returned to norway or become a self—governing territory from norway or denmark, i think it was a bit of a red herring. that's it for this edition of the programme will be back with business news shortly thanks for watching. hello there. conditions improve for much of the country for wednesday. we're in between weather systems. so again, it's going to be one of sunshine and showers, but nowhere near as wet as what we had across

it's been three weeks, since orkney weeks, though, since orkney council motion allowing council passedside of scotland and the uk . outside of scotland and the uk. now the notion of the returning island to nordic control has caught the attention of the world media. but orkney council will also look to establish governments on other island communities like jersey, the isle of man and the cayman islands have you ever been to the isle of man? i've been there. i went once . it was there. i went once. it was lovely. actually really lovely. it's actually really nice. very odd. money, odd nice. but very odd. money, odd money. strange on the money. strange thing on on the on the money. now on the. on the money. now our scotland reporter tony mcguire has the story it wasn't so has has the story it wasn't so long ago that orkney was celebrating 500 years as a scottish territory. >> this archive footage , shot in >> this archive footage, shot in 1968, shows islanders celebrating the amalgamation of their celtic and nordic cultures . today, more than 22,000 orcadians are contemplating a different

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it was composed by the late orkney —based composer peter maxwell davies, former master of the king'susic. it is farewell to stromness, performed by the king's ensemble and the violinist nicola benedetti. spine tingling stuff, jim. spine tingling stuff, jim. its haunting. — spine tingling stuff, jim. its haunting, farewell to stromness, written by peter maxwell davies originally as a piano piece. that string arrangement is very unusual. but it always makes me think of the elemental quality of life in orkney, those rough seas and the cliffs, and the kind of sometimes unforgiving climate. it is a piece that takes you there, and here, nicola benedetti, who is now so embedded in the life of scotland, director of the life of scotland, director of the edinburgh international festival as well as an internationally famous violin soloist, it is a very special quality, and it seems to speak of the kind of originality that was brought to the music in this service, just as happened in the coronation, where there was a much more creative spirit, in a sense, in the music making, then you sometimes

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a few orkney through the day. a few scattered showers certainly across ireland.wers, but many actually a bright but for many actually a bright fine day on friday with temperatures getting into the low 20s, slightly less humid feel compared to today and feeling pretty pleasant, i suspect, in the sunshine. this low pressure system, though, i talked about it earlier here it comes. moving in for the weekend around that we'll just see bands of showers moving in. so the weekend's mixed picture. we'll weekend's a mixed picture. we'll all sunny spells , but all see some sunny spells, but also a few showers . a also quite a few showers. a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . proud sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> so just coming up to 35 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua. british gas have reported record profits today. they're up by almost 900% to 969 million. so that's almost a billion. this comes at a time where inflation is set at 7.9% and millions of families are struggling to pay their bills for their labour leader ed miliband has called

the local government on the orkney says it's just not getting enough funding. and that an oil rich neighbor might be a better fit. here off the north coast of scotland light, the rugged shoals, it'd be all clean islands. it's one of the most remote parts of the united kingdom . but that could all be about to change. the local council are exploring, becoming a self governing tire tre, or even leaving breton and joining norway instead. our culture, the way we operate as a very flat society, is a very intrusive society, very much reflects what i find in, in, in, in the nordic countries. but we're, we're also the only place outside norway that celebrates no reaching independence the until the 15th century. these islands were under danish, a new region rule. and it seems, some locals, a king to 10 buck the clock. oh, the seems to be a 5. it should bed contests. we? yes. i think the way breton is going this in there we go to the bath. even if the is a consensus for reform, any changes would take years. but for future generations on, on these wild aisles, they could o

by and large, some wet weather, of course, northeast scotland working from orkney up towards shetland1 or 2 showers elsewhere, certainly for northern ireland on, northern ireland later on, plenty but for most, plenty of showers, but for most, tomorrow fresher tomorrow should be a fresher friday with bright spells and in the sunshine, temperatures getting into the low 20s that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on gb news radio. >> well, welcome back to the live desk. let's just update you on what we were hearing there from northampton crown court a few minutes ago. now, in terms of shooting of met police of the shooting of met police custody, sergeant matt ratner, louis has now been sentenced louis de has now been sentenced to a whole life order at northampton crown court for shooting sergeant ratner dead while handcuffed in a police cell that holding cell at croydon police station . croydon police station. >> yes, his murder happened in september 2020. kwasi and de souza, he was in handcuffs, but he managed to shoot an antique gun that he'd smuggled i

northeast scotland working orkney up towards working from orkney up towards shetland and 1 or 2 showersomorrow fresher tomorrow should be a fresher friday with spells and in friday with bright spells and in the sunshine, temperatures getting into the low 20s that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on news. the people's channel, britain's news . britain's news. channel >> and it's 1140 on britain's news. channel >> and it's1140 on britain's britain's news and one gb news. i couldn't remember where we were with andrew pierce. who are we? and it's not bev turner as it says there i can be your dawn neesom. >> i can be whoever you want, big boy. i don't mind. call me what you want, right? okay. i'm being now to improve being serious now to improve road campaign as in road safety campaign as in england are calling for a default 20 mile an hour speed limit put place in limit to be put in place in where people live, work and go to school. don't bother in to school. well, don't bother in london, you'd be lucky london, because you'd be lucky to two an hour to go a

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. drier as shetland and orkney.n here, actually. just light rain on and off by afternoon . elsewhere off by the afternoon. elsewhere it spells of rain , a it is spells of rain, a strengthening breeze, especially around south—west coast, making it feel cool. 16 to 18 celsius at best. some places lower where we've got the persistent wet weather and further persistent bands of rain move through dunng bands of rain move through during saturday evening , much of during saturday evening, much of it by midnight, moving out into the north sea. but it stays dampened cloudy, a lot of low cloud around for england and wales overnight as well as southern northern southern scotland, northern ireland and as a result it's going to be a relatively mild night, 16 celsius in places by dawn . but it's still breezy in dawn. but it's still breezy in the south as we start off sunday. it's a slow start with the cloud eventually lifting and breaking spells, giving breaking sunny spells, giving way showers southern parts way to showers in so

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what brought the rain early in the day across east anglia and the southeast and will linger across orkneyne this evening. a few showers particularly through wales, northern england, northern ireland, some of those heavy and thundery. but even this evening, temperatures still in the low twenties. showers for a time through tonight, but they will gradually fade away. heavy rain in shetland clearing too, and tonight will be a little bit fresher again compared with last night. some rural spots down into single figures, but most places still in double figures as we start the monday morning commute. and it will be a sunny one for the vast majority, but quickly clouding over south west england and wales, outbreaks of heavy and potentially thundery rain pushing in here as we go through the morning. a few showers breaking out through scotland, northern ireland. again, some of those thundery, especially to the northeast of scotland. but longer spells of rain that's in wales will gradually transfer north—west, midlands and in the afternoon into parts of northern england and it could have a big impac

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scotland is the place to be. 1 or 2 showers for shetland as well as orkney.se northern scotland fine. south east england starts fine before some light rain arrives by the afternoon. it's outbreaks of rain widely elsewhere. a strengthening breeze unseen seasonable conditions really, especially towards the south—west and west into sunday. it stays breezy in the south, especially around coasts , but especially around coasts, but brighter skies eventually appear with quite a number of showers in the south. this area of rain across northern england will persist and that's likely to lead to large rainfall totals by monday. that's sinking away , monday. that's sinking away, replaced by showers that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news coming up next with the pundits as a 25 year old becomes an mp, should there be a minimum age to enter parliament? >> also, are you obliged to share your money with your family? and as demand soaps excuse me , demand for soap drops excuse me, demand for soap drops are british people dirty? th

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scotland is the place to be. 1 or 2 showers for shetland as well as orkney.se northern scotland fine. south east england starts fine before some light rain arrives by the afternoon. it's outbreaks of rain widely elsewhere. a strengthening breeze unseen seasonable conditions really, especially towards the south—west and west into sunday. it stays breezy in the south, especially around coasts , but especially around coasts, but brighter skies eventually appear with quite a number of showers in the south. this area of rain across northern england will persist and that's likely to lead to large rainfall totals by monday. that's sinking away , monday. that's sinking away, replaced by showers that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news coming up next with the pundits as a 25 year old becomes an mp, should there be a minimum age to enter parliament? >> also, are you obliged to share your money with your family? and as demand soaps excuse me , demand for soap drops excuse me, demand for soap drops are british people dirty? th

rain across northern scotland, drifting across orkney and shetland.uth—east and east anglia for a time before easing away late in the morning. elsewhere, sunny start but showers get going in northern ireland. they will develop elsewhere, particularly wales, midlands, and into parts of northern england. not as bad as those we have seen through saturday. quite a few will get through sunday actually dry and with winds lighter. it will actually feel quite pleasant out there in the sunshine, even if we have lost all of that heat and humidity. temperatures widely low to mid 20s. as we go into sunday night, an area of low pressure is out was a south—west. these weather fronts away, a different day again on monday. longer spells of rain pushing through ireland and towards wales, midlands, northern england, some in scotland later on. parts of north—east scotland may stay dry for the day. east anglia and the south—east at the moment to be in favour, staying amongst the dry conditions. so monday night, some heavy rain expected across southern part of england. th

cloud just lingering across the far north of scotland for the likes of caithness and sutherland and orkney dry and clear. so, temperatures getting down into single figures for many northern areas in particular, as we head into the early hours of monday morning. a fresh start in the day, but quite a bit of sunshine around. from the word go. it is not going to stick around everywhere, because we have more showers on the way. this system here just drifting in from the west. initially, that will bring rain across parts of wales, i think the middle part of the morning will drift further eastward into england, through the course of the day. it will tend to fragment and become showery as it does so. more rain to come across the north of scotland, with another weather front heading in there, too. sunny spells for many of us in between those showers. temperatures 13—20 degrees. a little bit below average for this stage injuly. monday is the first day of the championships at wimbledon. a lot of dry weather through the day, but as cloud thickens in the afternoon, there is a chance of some passing sho

and we're seeing more persistent rain sitting across the far north of mainland scotland up towards orkneyrn ireland and northern england i think, could be the odd rumble of thunder for central scotland. but further south you should avoid most of those showers. perhaps the odd one for wales in the south—west, but very few and far between. and temperatures range between 1a to 22 degrees north to south, fairly typical for the time of year, but the breeze taking the edge off the temperature. most of the showers ease away so things become largely dry through this evening and tonight. but we have got more cloud and light, patchy rain across the north of scotland again. the next weather system arrives in the west here during the early hours of monday. so overnight lows around 10 to 1a degrees. but it's still an unsettled picture on monday because we have got some more areas of low pressure. you can see this little frontal system moving in from the west. so that is going to bring some rain early on to southern parts of northern ireland. later in the day it'll drift eastwards across parts of wales

sunshine, that is the overnight rain, thunder in places, clearing altered so it could be quite wet in orkney—— an area frame. then it is sunny spells. a cooler and fresher day across the board, top temperatures, 23 degrees in the south east. we could have disruption at wimbledon for the early rain. into the early afternoon, conditions will improve with increasing sunshine. so into sunday evening, most of the showers fade away. not completely, but most will. lengthy clearer skies. completely, but most will. lengthy clearerskies. but completely, but most will. lengthy clearer skies. but across the south west, we will see clouds thickening with increasing breeze. temperatures lower, fresher than what we have had over the last few nights. ranging from ten to 12 degrees, cooler out of towns and cities. this area of low pressure throws up further weather fronts on to the south west. this area of cloud they further, outbreaks of rain, strengthening winds, south west england into wales, into the midlands, some of it can be quite heavy. elsewhere, sunny spells and scattered showers. up to 24 spells a

outbreaks of rain in northern scotland drifting towards orkney and shetland.way late in the morning. elsewhere, a sunny start, but showers get going in northern ireland, then develop elsewhere, particularly wales, north midlands and into parts of northern england. as i said, not as bad as those we've seen through saturday. quite a few of you will get through sunday actually dry and with winds lighter. it should actually feel quite pleasant out there in the sunshine, even if we've lost all that heat and humidity of recent days. temperatures widely low to mid—20s. now, as we go into sunday night, though, an area of low pressure is out towards the south—west of us, creeping in, throwing these weather fronts our way to bring a different day again on monday. longer spells of rain pushing through ireland in towards wales, midlands, northern england, southern scotland later on. parts of north—east scotland may stay dry through the day. east anglia, the south—east at the moment look to be favoured for staying amongst the drier conditions and warmer weather. temperatur

that's the overnight rain — thundery in places, clearing northwards, so it could be quite wet in orkneyan area of rain, some of it thundery, could affect east anglia and the south—east for a time through the morning. then that clears into the afternoon, and then it's sunny spells, scattered showers. most of these, northern ireland, wales and western england. now, it's going to be a cooler, fresher day across the board. top temperature, around 23 degrees in the south—east. so we could have some disruption at wimbledon for that early rain. but then, into the afternoon, it does look like conditions will improve, with increasing amounts of sunshine. so as you move into sunday evening, most of the showers fade away — not completely, but most of them will. we'll see lengthy, clearer skies, but across the south—west, here, we'll see some cloud thickening, with increasing breeze too. temperatures lower, fresher than what we've had over the last few nights. range from 10 to 12 degrees. cooler than that out of towns and cities. this area of low pressure will throw out further weather fronts into

more persistent rain and cloud lingering across the far north of scotland for the likes of orkney but the early hours of monday morning. a fresh start to the day but quite a bit of sunshine around from the word go. it will not stick around everywhere because we have got more showers on the way. we have got more showers on the way. we have this system you can see drifting in from the west. initially, that will bring some rain in parts of wales during the middle part of the morning, it will drift further eastwards through england in the course of the day but tending to fragment and become showery. more rain in the north of scotland with another weather front heading in that. sunny spells for many of us in between any of those showers. temperatures just 13—20, is a between any of those showers. temperaturesjust13—20, is a little below par, a couple of degrees below average for this stage in your life is that monday is the first day of the championships at wimbledon. a lot of dry weather through the day but as cloud thickens in the afternoon, there is that chance of some passing showers d

and we're seeing more persistent rain sitting across the far north of mainland scotland up towards orkneycotland. one or two for northern ireland and northern england i think, could be the odd rumble of thunder for central scotland. but further south you should avoid most of those showers. perhaps the odd one for wales in the south—west, but very few and far between. and temperatures range between 1a to 22 degrees north to south, fairly typical for the time of year, but the breeze taking the edge off the temperature. most of the showers ease away so things become largely dry through this evening and tonight. but we have got more cloud and light, patchy rain across the north of scotland again. the next weather system arrives in the west here during the early hours of monday. so overnight lows around 10 to 1a degrees. but it's still an unsettled picture on monday because we have got some more areas of low pressure. you can see this little frontal system moving in from the west. so that is going to bring some rain early on to southern parts of northern ireland. later in the day it'll drift e

sunshine this weekend northern scotland is the place to be. 1 or 2 showers for shetland as well as orkneyberdeenshire but otherwise northern scotland fine. south east england starts fine before some light rain arrives by the afternoon . it's outbreaks of afternoon. it's outbreaks of rain while elsewhere a strengthening breeze unseasonable conditions really especially towards the southwest and west into sunday. it stays breezy in the south, especially around coasts , but brighter around coasts, but brighter skies eventually appear with quite a number of showers in the south. this area of rain across northern england will persist and that's likely to lead to large rainfall totals by monday. that's sinking away , replaced by that's sinking away, replaced by showers . showers. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> so welcome back. and today i'm delighted to be joined by a national treasure, a sporting heroine , broke world records, heroine, broke world records, got medals galore, olympics world championships, throwing this javelin all o

cloud around across the eastern half of the uk to start this band of rain moving very slowly across orkneytowards northern ireland. but in between a bit more in the way of sunshine, just one or two showers here and there and temperatures between 17 and 2a degrees. so i think there is just the chance of catching a shower at the oval for the ashes test match and the increasing chance of showers as we head into the weekend. and that is because low pressure is going to be in charge of our weather. now, we've had low pressure with us for the last couple of weekends and here we go again. now, around this area of low pressure, it's not going to be raining all the time, but there will be quite a few showers. on saturday those showers most likely to affect parts of northern ireland and scotland where some could be heavy and perhaps thundery some showers for england and wales, perhaps not as many spells of sunshine. in between it's going to be quite a breezy day and a fresher feeling day as well. temperatures north to south, 15 to 22 degrees. and then we get into sunday, sunshine and showers again.

sunshine this weekend northern scotland is the place to be. 1 or 2 showers for shetland as well as orkneyberdeenshire but otherwise northern scotland fine. south east england starts fine before some light rain arrives by the afternoon . it's outbreaks of afternoon. it's outbreaks of rain while elsewhere a strengthening breeze unseasonable conditions really especially towards the southwest and west into sunday. it stays breezy in the south, especially around coasts , but brighter around coasts, but brighter skies eventually appear with quite a number of showers in the south. this area of rain across northern england will persist and that's likely to lead to large rainfall totals by monday. that's sinking away , replaced by that's sinking away, replaced by showers . showers. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> so welcome back. and today i'm delighted to be joined by a national treasure, a sporting heroine , broke world records, heroine, broke world records, got medals galore, olympics world championships, throwing this javelin all o

plans for the orkney islands to change its status in the uk, or even become a self—governing territory councillors today. a motion will go before the local authority to investigate "alternative forms of governance". but the prime minister's spokesperson rejected a suggestion the islands could loosen its ties with the union. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. hafod eryri, the visitors' centre that sits on the summit of yr wyddfa. but it has been closed since the autumn of 2019, first due to covid and then a massive project to rebuild the rail tracks right to the top. but now the trains are back, and that means hafod eryri can reopen for business. when we first came up here, the building was really mouldy. it's been closed, there's been no air ventilation to the building for three years, so it has been a massive job getting professional cleaners in, getting the building nice and clean. the generators, we needed two brand—new generators, so engineers have been working really hard to get us power. be

of low pressure and we see more persistent rain across the far north of mainland scotland towards orkneyding the showers may be perhaps the odd one in wales and the south west but few and far between. temperatures typical for the time of year but the breach taking the edge off the temperature. showers are easier way to becoming dry through this evening and overnight but patchy rain in the north of scotland again and the next weather system arrives in the west during the early hours of monday. overnight lows around 10 degrees but an unsettled picture on monday because we have got more errors of low pressure. this system moves on from the west bringing rain early on to parts of northern ireland. later address across wales and england. scotland sing another day of sun and showers but not as frequent as today and less in the way of any fund risk as well. the temperatures a little below par for this stage ofjuly and has that range sweeps into the southeast, just a chance of catching a shower at wimbledon in the afternoon. the cloud thicken but any shower should pass through fairly quickly. tu

cloud just lingering across the far north of scotland for the likes of caithness and sutherland and orkneyres for many northern areas in particular, as we head into the early hours of monday morning. a fresh start in the day, but quite a bit of sunshine around. from the word go. it is not going to stick around everywhere, because we have more showers on the way. this system here just drifting in from the west. initially, that will bring rain across parts of wales, i think the middle part of the morning will drift further eastward into england, through the course of the day. it will tend to fragment and become showery as it does so. more rain to come across the north of scotland, with another weather front heading in there, too. sunny spells for many of us in between those showers. temperatures 13—20 degrees. a little bit below average for this stage injuly. monday is the first day of the championships at wimbledon. a lot of dry weather through the day, but as cloud thickens in the afternoon, there is a chance of some passing showers during the latter part of the afternoon. into tuesday, an

sunshine this weekend northern scotland is the place to be. 1 or 2 showers for shetland as well as orkneywise northern scotland fine south east england starts fine before some light rain arrives by the afternoon . it's outbreaks of afternoon. it's outbreaks of rain widely elsewhere. a strengthening breeze on seasonable conditions really especially towards the south—west and west into sunday. it stays breezy in the south, especially around coasts, but brighter skies eventually appear with quite a number of showers in the south. this area of rain across northern england will persist and that's likely to lead to large rainfall totals by monday. that's sinking away, replaced by showers . replaced by showers. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> yes, coming up, rents are up 33. teenage buyers main source of news is now tick tock. should we be worried? and china has infiltrated all aspects of british life . benign force or a british life. benign force or a threat to democracy ? all of that you're listening to gb news radi

this band of rain are moving very slowly across orkney and toward shetland.he way of sunshine, just one or two showers here and there, and temperatures between 17 and 24 degrees. i think there is just the chance of catching a shower at the oval for the ashes test match, and the increasing chance of showers as we head into the weekend. that is because low pressure is going to be in charge of our weather. we have had low pressure with us for the last couple of weekends and here we go again. around this area of low pressure it is not going to be raining all the time, but there will be quite a few showers. on saturday those showers are most likely to affect parts of northern ireland and scotland, where some could be heavy and perhaps thundery. some share for england and wales, perhaps not as many, some spells of sunshine in between. it will be a breezy and fresh feeling day, temperatures 15 to 22 degrees. into sunday, sunshine and showers again, the showers perhaps focused across parts of northern england, down into east anglia. more rain later in the day into no

outbreaks of rain in northern scotland, drifting towards orkney and shetland.d, but then developing elsewhere. not as bad as those we seen through saturday. quite a few two few will get through sunday dry, and with winds at lighter it should actually feel quite pleasant in the sunshine, evenif feel quite pleasant in the sunshine, even if we have lost all that heat and humidity of recent days. as we go into sunday night, an area of low pressure is out towards the south—west. a different day again on monday. longerspells south—west. a different day again on monday. longer spells again pushing into ireland, across wales. in north—east scotland, it may stay dry through the day. east anglia and the south—east at the moment looks to be favoured for stay among the dry conditions, and warmer weather. through monday night, an air of low pressure transfers across to scandinavia. they winds coming anti clockwise around that. through next week, be prepared, it is not going to feel as warm as it has done this weekend. it will be spells of rain at time and also live from lon

this evening and into tonight, — orkney.ll bring some rain, initially, across ireland, — bring some rain, initially, across ireland, pushing into england and wales— ireland, pushing into england and wales during because of the day. another— wales during because of the day. another weather front heading across the north— another weather front heading across the north of scotland. areas of rain _ the north of scotland. areas of rain as— the north of scotland. areas of rain. as this system pushes east, it will tend _ rain. as this system pushes east, it will tend to — rain. as this system pushes east, it will tend to fizzle out a little but we could — will tend to fizzle out a little but we could see some of the showers arriving _ we could see some of the showers arriving in— we could see some of the showers arriving in wimbledon later on in the afternoon. temperatures on the cooler— the afternoon. temperatures on the cooler side — the afternoon. temperatures on the cooler side for this time of year, 13- 20 _ cooler side for th

cloud is what brought the rain early in the day across east anglia southeast and will linger across orkneyfor a time through tonight, but they will gradually fade away. heavy rain in shetland clearing too, and tonight will be a little bit fresher again compared with last night. some rural spots down into single figures, but most places still in double figures as we start the monday morning commute. and it will be a sunny one for the vast majority, but quickly clouding over south west england and wales, outbreaks of heavy and potentially thundery rain pushing in here as we go through the morning. a few showers breaking out through scotland, northern ireland. again, some of those thundery, especially to the northeast of scotland. but longer spells of rain that's in wales will gradually transfer north west midlands and in the afternoon into parts of northern england and it could have a big impact. of course, if a cricket is still going. certainly winds freshening up a little bit. but whilst you've got the sunshine out and fewer showers, east anglia south east could see temperatures higher tha

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