in peterborough, it's the river "neen". how did they settle this dispute? via a game of croquet.'t that a civilised way to... until it escalates! until it escalates, yes, and then it's mallets at dawn! that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests, agnes poirier and jef mcallister, and our science editor david shukman. and thank you to you of course, as well, for watching. do join shaun ley next week. i survived it! same time, same place. bye— bye. hello there. the weather charts are pointing towards something a little drier, more settled toward the end of the week at long last because it has been a very wet may for virtually all parts of the uk. but some areas have had nearly 300% of their average may rainfall. and this week is starting on an unsettled note. the rain moving through on sunday, and showers following for the day ahead. this is the area of low pressure that brought that intense rain and strong winds for a time. it has actually become stuck or slow moving across the north of scotland. that will be with us through monday. we can s

northampton and peterborough, in england.. if you live in northampton, they say the river need. in peterborough, it's the river nene. how did they spell this? northampton won. in a game of croquet. isn't that a civilised way? that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests. and to our science editor david shukman. thank you for watching and do join shaun ley next week, same time, same place. i survived it! goodbye. after yesterday's strong winds and heavy rain the weekend's weather is looking a little bit more optimistic. certainly today we have drier and brighter weather than the last few days. and crucially, it is less windy. still a few showers in the forecast so it will be dry across the board, but some usable weather between any showers. here is the area of low pressure, and all that cloud that swirled around it yesterday all now clearing towards the east. that was what brought us the really heavy rain and strong winds, low pressure still close enough to bring breezy conditions around

northampton and peterborough, in the east of england.nciation. n-e-n-e. if you live in northampton, they say the river "nen". in peterborough, it's the river "neen". how did they spell this? via a game of croquet. northampton won. isn't that a civilised way? until it escalates! then its mallets at dawn! that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests, agnes and jef, and to our science editor david shukman. thank you for watching and do join shaun ley next week. same time, same place. i survived it! goodbye. bit of a lull in the weather at the moment. the skies are clear in the morning's not looking bad at all across most of the uk. don't hold your breath, it's not going to last for very long. because we are expecting rain and gales through the afternoon, particularly across western areas of the uk. and if we have a look at the satellite picture you can see this swirl across the atlantic, another big low pressure and the weather front�*s already approaching ireland. you can see the low pressure, rather

in peterborough, it's the river "neen". how did they settle this dispute? via a game of croquet.rematch. isn't that a civilised way to... until it escalates! until it escalates, yes, and then it's mallets at dawn! that brings us to the end of dateline london for this week. thank you to our guests, agnes poirier and jef mcallister, and our science editor david shukman. and thank you to you of course, as well, for watching. do join shaun ley next week. i survived it! same time, same place. bye— bye. hello. it's a bit of a day of mixed fortunes, weather—wise. many places started the day on quite a chilly but bright note with some sunshine and some of us, particularly in the east will keep some sunny spells through the course of the day, but there is rain in the forecast. it's moving its way gradually from west to east, so all part see some wet weather by the end of the day. it's all down to this area of low pressure, which is moving in from the atlantic. quite an active cold front, so some heavy rain we have already seen across northern ireland, into the afternoon, pushing into wale

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cambridgeshire and peterborough too. but in the west midlands, labour's challenge failed.authorities, taking southampton from labour, who also lost overall control of durham for over 100 years. —— for the first time in over 100 years. more than 200 seats gained by conservatives, many in labour's strongholds. there's a lot of work now to do. we've got to finish the job with covid and that's by no means over, get the remaining 18 million people in the country who haven't been vaccinated to be jabbed. we've got to deal with the challenges, the backlog in the nhs created as a result of the pandemic, the lost hours of children's education, and then, of course, we've got to make good on the promise we made at the general election to level up all parts of the country. from the labour side it's emerged that angela rayner, the deputy leader elected by party members, has been stripped by sir keir starmer of responsibility for running campaigns. so the story of these elections, conservative advances that have left labour questioning what its path forward should be. damian grammaticas

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will receive a share of £11.9 million — including parts of london, the north west, yorkshire, peterboroughare support for vulnerable adults, and translation assistance for non—english speakers, while those isolating in overcrowded houses will be offered alternative accommodation. labour has previously called for more financial support to compensate people for lost earnings while isolating. meanwhile, the government is continuing to urge people to get vaccinated, as new research shows they are effective at reducing the chances of getting infected from the indian variant. but, while more than 60 million doses have now been administered across the uk, there are concerns that, in some areas, take—up is still too low. blackburn with darwen has one of the highest covid rates in england, so this week a vaccine bus — like this one in bolton — will visit venues including mosques, colleges and leisure centres there to make getting the jab more convenient. at the moment, infection levels across the uk are still relatively low — but the authorities are urging the public to remain cautious, to avoid an

will receive a share of nearly £12 million, including parts of london, the north west, yorkshire, peterborough vulnerable adults, translation assistance for non—english speakers and alternative accommodation will be offered to those isolating in overcrowded homes. but some economists warn this will only go so far unless statutory sick pay is increased. you only go so far unless statutory sick pay is increased.— pay is increased. you will end up with really _ pay is increased. you will end up with really poor _ pay is increased. you will end up with really poor compliance - pay is increased. you will end up | with really poor compliance which risks everyone's health and the economy. these pilots come as surge testing is rolled out in parts of london following a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the variant first detected in india. as people enjoy their new freedoms, it is hoped these steps will encourage more people to get tested and self—isolate if required. this is an uncertain time that when we hear information around the indian variant and the fact that it's sporadically increasing in are

the west of england mayor to the mayor of peterborough and cambridgeshire as well, some territory thateen as natural or traditional labour territory, but on friday they lost ground in areas where they needed to regain ground in the more traditional labour areas, especially north—east england. given that that was the case and the results were seen as poor, it was no surprise at all keir starmer was going to reshuffle his top team. but now that has been overshadowed by the future of his deputy leader angela rayner, when it leaked last night she had been stripped of her campaign role and the role also as party chair. she remains as deputy leader because she is elected by the members and only they can take that away. what is interesting is although it was stressed to me by several labour sources that she will get another front—line job, sources that she will get another front—linejob, that sources that she will get another front—line job, that she will be a very prominent member of sir keir�*s team, he certainly doesn't want to go to war with her and alienate a section of the party, noneth

slowly than in the north, labour were gaining seats and winning may all races, in cambridge and peterboroughdoing quite well in some of those places. 0verall, labour has been doing quite well in some of those places. overall, the picture has not been great, but it has not been as bad as it seemed when hartlepool was dominating the news at the start, and of course, nobody knows about the labour success is because the row between sir keir starmer and angela rayner, the deputy leader, then broke out. on that, he has been accused of passing the blame on to somebody else. i5 passing the blame on to somebody else. , ., ., ., �* 4' else. is that fair? i don't think it is, but itjust — else. is that fair? i don't think it is, but itjust looks _ else. is that fair? i don't think it is, but itjust looks terrible. - else. is that fair? i don't think it is, but it just looks terrible. to i is, but itjust looks terrible. to sack a northern, working—class woman, and apparently on the grounds that she ran the campaign and didn't do it very well, just looks absolutely terrible from every angle, and he didn'

at this pub in peterborough, social distancing means they will only be able to fill about a third of . , about a third of the 600 seat ca aci _ ., , ., about a third of the 600 seat caaci . ., , ., ., ., , capacity. it means that our trade is a fraction of _ capacity. it means that our trade is a fraction of what _ capacity. it means that our trade is a fraction of what it _ capacity. it means that our trade is a fraction of what it normally - capacity. it means that our trade is | a fraction of what it normally would be at _ a fraction of what it normally would be at this— a fraction of what it normally would be at this time of year, but we understand want the pandemic is meant. _ understand want the pandemic is meant, and we just go to weather the storm _ meant, and we just go to weather the storm and _ meant, and we just go to weather the storm and try to get out the far side _ storm and try to get out the far side of— storm and try to get out the far side of it — storm and try to get out the far side of it— storm and try to get out the far side of it. , , , , ., side of it. these

should have been about the successes in manchester and london and cambridgeshire and peter —— peterborougheaders office that feels like it is in retreat and panic mode. david, it is ossible retreat and panic mode. david, it is possible angela _ retreat and panic mode. david, it is possible angela rayner— retreat and panic mode. david, it is possible angela rayner might - retreat and panic mode. david, it is possible angela rayner might end i retreat and panic mode. david, it is i possible angela rayner might end up with a betterjob at if so it is a massive failure of communication. what can sir keir starmer do now? he has only been in the job a year and has only been in the job a year and has been a pandemic and it has been harderfor him to get his message across and at a time of a national problem like that people may be want the opposition to support the government to an extent. what do you think you should do now? is speculation that andy burnham might still be interested in the job at some point. what can he do to shore up some point. what can he do to shore up the position of the labo

we have been speaking to some businesses in peterborough.ime, let's see. if you'd been closed down since november, you'd probably be a bit rusty on the basics as well. all done, thank you. rony, restauranteur and peterborough legend, has been a0 years at the bombay brasserie, and this has been the toughest. who ever thought something like that would come to you? i'm hoping to get my freedom back. at the moment, i'm sitting home doing nothing. to come back to my restaurant where i'm the king. so i'm very excited, yeah. on average, covid—19 has cost each pub and restaurant more than £110,000. so now every penny counts. we are planning to, you know, try to keep everything clean and tidy as possible. so, yes, i'm very excited. a0 years ago when i opened my first business in peterborough, i was very excited. sleepless night, you know. and same happening now. across town, this is the brewery tap. and attempts to make some outdoor cash, well, they have been a bit of a wash—out. and even now, with doors opening, because of social distancing, the usu

>> yeah, born in england, grew up in peterborough, then in maryland then i went to college in pittsburgho them all. but the pittsburgh accent is maybe one of the more unique in the world. >> yes you know this. >> seth: yes >> you know this >> seth: did you enjoy the pittsburgh accent? >> you know, i mean, it is -- i enjoyed, it's -- yes [ laughter ] >> seth: wow, that's a real, real convincing sell [ laughter ] >> it's its own thing, pittsburghese, you know. >> seth: yeah, can you do it >> a little bit. not really >> seth: okay. >> it's going to be bad. anyone from pittsburgh, i'm sorry. >> seth: okay. >> but, you know, "yinz going dahntahn?" >> seth: that's pretty good! [ laughter ] that is -- you know, that's passably good. and it certainly is the sort of go-to sentence that i feel like people use >> yeah. >> seth: did you get involved or ever go to any pittsburgh sports events >> i did you know -- also i was -- for a little bit, i was a miller lite girl you know, so - >> seth: you were? >> i spent a lot of time drinking in pittsburgh >> seth: uh-huh. >> i was but, you know, for me, i

will receive a share of £11.9 million — including parts of london, the north west, yorkshire, peterboroughhouses will be offered alternative accommodation. labour has previously called for more financial support to compensate people for lost earnings while isolating. meanwhile, the government is continuing to urge people to get vaccinated, as new research shows they are effective at reducing the chances of getting infected from the indian variant. but, while more than 60 million doses have now been administered across the uk, there are concerns that, in some areas, take—up is still too low. blackburn with darwen has one of the highest covid rates in england, so this week a vaccine bus — like this one in bolton — will visit venues including mosques, colleges and leisure centres there to make getting the jab more convenient. at the moment, infection levels across the uk are still relatively low — but the authorities are urging the public to remain cautious, to avoid another lockdown. charlotte wright, bbc news. myanmar�*s deposed leader aung san suu kyi has appeared in person at a court hear

at the brewery tap in peterborough, social distancing means they will only be able to fill about a thirdty. it means that our trade is a fraction of what it normally would be at this time of year, but, you know, we understand what the pandemic has meant, and we've just got to weather the storm and try and get out the far side of it. zaqib, richard and shardelle are gym buddies and this is the first time ever they have had an indoor seated catch—up. i've not really spoken to them since the lockdown, and it's nice just to sit down with somebody and have a quick chat just before work starts. i love it, it's nice - and warm for a start, which is good, and yes, just the social side, - we've missed, haven't we? do you think you will spend more money now you are allowed back inside? 100%. we've got money to spend now. how long that surge in spend will last is a question for another day, because, for now, drinks are being poured, stories shared, and it feels a little bit like it did before. nina warhurst, bbc news, altrincham. let's talk to the manager of this particular restaurant. he's already

will receive a share of nearly £12 million, including parts of london, the north west, yorkshire, peterboroughative accommodation will be offered to those isolating in overcrowded homes. but some economists warn this will only go so far unless statutory sick pay is increased. if you don't tackle the financial support that is missing, you'll end up with really poor compliance with isolation, which of course risks everyone's health and the economy. these pilots come as surge testing is being rolled out in parts of london following a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the variant first detected in india. as people enjoy their new freedoms, it is hoped these steps will encourage more people to get tested and self—isolate if required. this is an uncertain time, that when we hear information around the indian variant and the fact that it's sporadically increasing in areas, naturally that does make some people very worried. we just have to go back to what we know about viruses, which is always that the way to control a virus is to make sure that we are washing our hands, that we are wearing a mask t

cambridgeshire and peterborough too. in the west midlands labour's challenge.england's councils. conservatives have seized control of a dozen local authorities, taking southhampton from labour and has lost control of durham for over 100 years. more than 200 seats gained by conservatives, many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to do _ many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to do to - many in labour's strongholds. there is a lot of work now to do to finish i is a lot of work now to do to finish thejob with covid is a lot of work now to do to finish the job with covid and that is by no means over, get the remaining 80 million people in the country who haven't been vaccinated to be jabbed. we have got to deal with the challenges, the backlog in the nhs created as a result of the pandemic, the lost hours of children's�* education and we have got to make good

a gp based in peterborough. great to have you with us. our practice looks after 40,000 people, and - your practice? our practice looks after 40,000 people, and 80% i your practice? our practice looks i after 40,000 people, and 80% of your practice? our practice looks - after 40,000 people, and 80% of them come from different backgrounds, mainly born abroad, from eastern european and asian communities. and we are certainly seeing a lot of vaccine hesitancy over the programme. to vaccine hesitancy over the programme-— vaccine hesitancy over the programme. vaccine hesitancy over the araoramme. ., ., ., vaccine hesitancy over the araoramme. ., . ., programme. to what extent have you been able to — programme. to what extent have you been able to convince _ programme. to what extent have you been able to convince people - programme. to what extent have you been able to convince people who - been able to convince people who have been hesitant to go on to have a jab? it’s have been hesitant to go on to have a “ab? �* , , ., , have been hesitant t

in peterborough, it's the river nene. how did they spell this? via a game of core k.tty unusual. through the night, more wet and windy weather to come. we're changing our wind direction gradually to the north, pushing this rain out of the way, so where it starts to clear in the northwest, it will be a chilly night. some frost potentially across scotland, but there'll still be for eastern scotland, for england and wales, a lot of cloud around first thing on saturday, but it'll be a gradually brightening picture. but there'll be some showers around as well, and then come sunday, we've got another weather front coming in off the atlantic to bring more rain. so, this is how saturday's shaping up. still strong winds initially coming down from the north, pushing our rain out of the way, allowing brighter skies, the promise of more sunshine, but a scattering of showers as well. given the strength of the may sunshine, those showers could well turn heavy and thundery into the afternoon. and despite some sunshine, we're only looking at 12 to possibly 14 or 15 further south, so

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will receive a share of £11.9 million — including parts of london, the north west, yorkshire, peterboroughtrial increased social care support for vulnerable adults, and translation assistance for non—english speakers, while those isolating in overcrowded houses will be offered alternative accommodation. labour has previously called for more financial support to compensate people for lost earnings while isolating. meanwhile, the government is continuing to urge people to get vaccinated, as new research shows they are effective at reducing the chances of getting infected from the indian variant. but, while more than 60 million doses have now been administered across the uk, there are concerns that, in some areas, take—up is still too low. blackburn with darwen has one of the highest covid rates in england, so this week a vaccine bus — like this one in bolton — will visit venues including mosques, colleges and leisure centres there to make getting the jab more convenient. at the moment, infection levels across the uk are still relatively low — but the authorities are urging the public to rema

taking the mayor of peterborough and cambridgeshire...ay afternoon, i switch on my tv to catch up with the latest news on bbc one, only to find the election coverage on yet again. this had been reported in the morning, at lunchtime, and looking at the tv guide, had been all day. i switched to the bbc news channel where the same programme was being shown. while i totally appreciate that news coverage of elections is absolutely essential, having it run on all available news channels for over 72 hours is more than excessive and totally unnecessary. much of the focus was on scotland, where all of the holyrood seats were up for grabs and the snp eventually fell one seat short of an overall majority. bbc scotland ran its own extensive elections programme, which bbc one and the news channel dipped into, rather too frequently for some viewers, including jean bessey, who felt saturation point had been reached by saturday. the bbc put out a statement in response to complaints like those, and it read: given that range of contests, it was always goin

cambridgeshire and peterborough and also the west of england. gained gloucester, which was hung. worcester was hung and they gained that. a couple of interesting details within the results. rather, which has never in the past had a conservative councillor, it has now got 20. although this is a labour hold, look at that, labour has lost 12 seas and the conservatives have gained 20. clearly it looks as if the ukip seats have all gone to the conservatives. that is in rotherham. one more i want to show you, hartlepool, yesterday's huge story, the conservatives taking the westminster seat of hartlepool. the conservatives did have a presence on the council, but they have put on ten seats. signs again of that shift in strong labour areas towards the conservatives.— conservatives. many thanks. rita mentioning _ conservatives. many thanks. rita mentioning the _ conservatives. many thanks. rita mentioning the west _ conservatives. many thanks. rita mentioning the west midlands i conservatives. many thanks. rita - mentioning the west midlands because we sa