. —— heart of scotland.could be pushing well towards the mid—20s. considering that is to may bank holiday, that is pretty remarkable stuff. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 2:00pm. jamie acourt, one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, is arrested in spain on drugs charges, he'll appear before a judge today. donald trump criticises the level of knife crime in london, comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a "war—zone". they say it's as bad as a militarily war zone hospital. knives, knives, knives. an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes, including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. and... we have lift off. nasa launches its latest probe to mars. it plans to map the red planet's interior, and listen for, or "marsquakes".

the rain is still there across the western fringes of scotland.inning to ease off across western parts of the country. the midlands and eastern england will be warmer than today. that weather front becomes weaker as it moves eastwards. the problem is this weekend, where is that weather front going to stop? everything is so slow movie that some models keep it across eastern england for a time, other models take it northwards across scotland, allowing showers to come in from the south—west. so a lot of uncertainty for the weekend forecast, but this is how it looks at the moment. this is our preferred model. across eastern parts of england and scotland, there may be cloud and showers before things turn wetter in eastern england later. heavy showers toward south—west wales and england. in between something drier and brighter, but it will not be as warm as was last weekend. the rain should clear away from east of england for sunday, but linger across the north—east of scotland. more showers for northern ireland and wales, and the showers will be heavy

there is the rain in the far north—west of scotland. it could lap up onto the coast again. generally clear skies. chilly in the south—east of england, generally eight or nine degrees. warming up in the sunshine on sunday. again, stronger winds in the north—west of scotland. pushing the rain away, once again. more sunshine. and, northern ireland, increasing amount of sunshine for england and wales. some mistiness through the irish sea that could be heading up towards the channel. temperatures continuing to rise and getting into the low and perhaps even mid—20s at best. more sunshine to come on monday, too. again, stronger winds in the far north—west and a few spots of rain not far away. generally a lovely day. not quite as warm in the north—east of scotla nd not quite as warm in the north—east of scotland and the north—east of england on monday. inland, elsewhere, temperatures at least around 20—23 degrees or so. we could get 27 to the north—west of london on bank holiday monday. that would make it the hottest early bank holiday monday o

now on bbc news, a force in crisis — bbc scotland investigates.ight, a police force in crisis. unauthorised surveillance, threats and intimidation of witnesses. the listjust goes on. they were spying on you? they were spying on me. frontline officers targeted. we're talking what, bugs? yes. listening devices? that information never left my head. never left my lips. corruption within the ranks. officers felt pressured to charge a person even when there's not enough evidence. they were saying i was corrupt and that they were investigating me as a corrupt officer. the department had a target. every shift had a target. every officer had a target. the evidence they did not want you to see. that's scored out because they don't want it. i can't see the word fear. is it in there? i look at this and i am so disappointed. and trouble at the very top. what about your background? my background as a police officer? the allegations of sexual assault? it has been five years since scotland's eight police forces were merged into one. and the new national force has

police scotland told us... since the report was written, and last year it... the editing, the apparent rewriting of history, it all calls into question the integrity of policing at that time. the main reason the review was commissioned was to root out bad practice and corruption within the ranks. yet i was to hear the same allegations made against the very unit set up to tackle it. i'm innocent. the question is... are you? in tv world, it's known as aci2, made famous by the bbc drama line of duty. i'm just doing myjob. and i'm doing mine. and it's called nicking bent coppers, and i don't care whether it is one rotten apple or the whole bloody barrel. in real life, this was the head of police scotland's counter corruption unit until 2013. it was his job to go after the rotten apples. the corruption you had to deal with, all criminality, in respect of allegations against police officers or members of police staff, that could be anything from drug misuse, drug supply, theft, fraud... one of the unit's biggest concerns was about lea ks from within the force — offi

eastern scotland, 20 degrees, england and wales looking at 21 or 22.e shifts further east. it will influence the weather across much of england and wales, but these weather fronts will be allowed to push in across northern ireland and much of scotland. we will see more of a breeze and outbreaks of rain, particularly across north—western scotland. the north—east of scotland shouldn't be too bad, with some sunshine. elsewhere across the country, another fine—looking day, with top temperatures of 22 or maybe 23 degrees, and lots of low cloud across the far south—east, but that should burn up as you go north up the coast. on monday, this weather front across parts of northern ireland and northern and western scotland will stay put. persistent rain there. elsewhere, a fine day once again. good sunny spells, but a few sharp showers or thunderstorms developing across southern areas later on in the day as temperatures reach highs of 23 or maybe 2a celsius. that weather front will continue to plague much of scotland and northern ireland for the week ahead. high

elsewhere in scotland, there is some sunshine. the chance for thunderstorm developing in parts of southern

police scotland is looking for its fourth chief constable in as many years.warmest early may bank holiday monday on record, dry and clear tonight, turning misty, more extensively in the west overnight, and by dawn fermanagh could see some rain pushing, temperatures for most in double figures. where you have got sandy soils underneath you, down to six or seven celsius to start tomorrow morning. but a lovely start, temperature shooting up in eastern areas, plenty of sunshine, misty and hills and coasts in the west, northern ireland seeing outbreaks of rain, spreading to the west of the country by lunchtime, into the afternoon across parts of northern england as well. temperatures in the west into the teens, for some a bit of an improvement as we clear the mist and fog, mid to high 20s across eastern parts, and that may set off wallet too have your thundery showers. they will clear through tuesday evening, the rest of the week will be cooler with rain at times. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. the british foreign secretary appeals for the unite

if mailing of some, part of history in scotland.tures cooler than it will be inland and the sunshine. rainy northern ireland, really pushing its hold on the east. still therefore north—west scotland. lighter later in the day. blue across southern parts, this is the chance for catching a shower. southern england, midlands and wales later. most of us will avoid it and stay dry. warm and sunny spells. tomorrow evening, drifting further west before dying away. the intensity of the rain across northern ireland and north—west scotland also easing. as this weather fronts begins to die a death under the strengthening area of high pressure going into tuesday. on tuesday morning, scotland and northern ireland with cloud, drizzle. that breaks up and we get some sunny drizzle. that breaks up and we get some sunny spells through with the exception of northernmost parts of scotland. england and wales, warm and funny. some cloud building come of threatening across southern parts of threatening across southern parts ofan of threatening across south

perth in scotland as well.ances from the likes of taylor swift, florence and the machine and ed sheeran. coventry will begin on sunday. that will see artists ranging from jamie cullum to liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more on what the bbc hopes will be one of the biggest weekends of music the uk has ever seen. good job keeping your voice above that, thank you lizo mzimba in an increasingly noisy belfast. what a fantastic weekend it looks. helen willetts, the weather looked lovely? beautiful in belfast and perth but i'm concerned about thunderstorms for coventry and swansea on sunday. beautifully sunny in belfast, we will keep the sunshine for the rest of the day and clear skies until evening, perth looks fine and dry with a breeze coming in, just the outside chance that some rain will creep towards the borders of scotla nd creep towards the borders of scotland but really unlucky to see that in perth. the clear skies here, but the rain is with us across england and wales. this was fort augusta at

still quite breezy northwest scotland.mainland, seeing outbreaks of rain, especially early and later in the day. we will see some sunshine, there will be some warmth. near 20 in northeast scotland, 23 for some in southeast england. you want to saturday night into sunday, notice this front close to northwest scotland. we are going to keep more breeze here. some outbreaks of rain elsewhere. high pressure in control. it could well be we see increasing amounts of sunshine on sunday. though still eunice as an irish seacoast, west wells be pulling away here but may be affecting more than eastern side of northern ireland. some spots. wherever you see the sunshine, it is going to be pleasant. getting warmer still with such an especially in england and wales. then again on monday for the bank holiday, plenty of sunshine around. patrick laffer scotland, northern ireland and northwest england. still threat of some outbreaks of rain in northwest scotland. should not matter too much but more here. the best of the sunshine, two pitchers

donald trump owns a golf course in scotland, being the home of irn bru, scotland, being the home of irns caused problems because they have just had to hundred million pounds face—lift but people keep spilling irn bru on the carpets and so they banned it, deciding the orange drink is a hazard. what i love, donald trump will always have his critics and they accuse him of declaring war on scotland by banning the country's favourite soft drink. he cannot get a break! over irn bru, who would have thought! that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, michael heaver and jessica elgot. goodbye. hello, today felt cooler and fresher, but it was fine in most places. showers chiefly in scotland but many had fairweather cloud like this in cornwall. quite lucky because we were between an area of cloud that brought rain yesterday and this area of cloud that will bring rain

scotland.cotland. northern ireland, it could get cold enough for a touch of frost. enough for a touch of frost. rain in eastern england and eastern scotland. further west, the best sunshine. sunshine. the small chance of a shower but most places staying dry. shower but most places staying dry. temperatures 16, 17 degrees. sunny spells and feeling pleasantly warm. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. voting is underway in iraq's general election. on politicians and voters. in the democratic republic of congo. authorities in the country. the tuc has warned workers are still facing an earnings crisis. the worst in 200 years. mps are calling for better mobile signals in rural areas. of progress" on connectivity. playing their part in celebrating the royal wedding. on the face of the nation. to come up with an idea. a charity single as a wedding gift to the happy couple. but it's no ordinary choir. difficulties in their lives. and the age of four i was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. the docto

the bulk will be showers in scotland. in scotland.a lot of sunshine today. uv levels are moderate to high. levels are moderate to high. the uk will be dry and sunny in the early evening. 0vernight, clear skies. skies. cold enough for a touch of frost in the north. some of it hollows. the west, a different story. story. our way introducing cloud initially to northern ireland. to northern ireland. later on, a band of rain. that comes in through tomorrow. tomorrow. all the time, the cloud is building ahead of it. building ahead of it. a chilly note to start off with. are a lot of sunshine. cloud building through the day. turning cloudy in the west. best of the brightness is in the east and south—east. the highest temperatures. temperatures. scotland, as especially with exposure. exposure. saturday, a weatherfront in the east. you can see it. rejuvenating, bringing rain to east and north—east in scotland. and north—east in scotland. variable amount of cloud behind that. amount of cloud behind that. showers in the south—east in east anglia

police scotland is looking for its fourth chief constable in as many years.iful day out there, temperatures in the south of the country have hit 28 celsius, so we have more than smashed that record from 1999, which was 23.6, but let me make it clear it is for the early may bank holiday monday, not any bank holiday in may, just that monday. so that is the temperature, shooting up through the course of the day, you can see the oranges, look how warm it is across the continent, temperatures very similar to us. so this afternoon, around 28 degrees in london, widely into the mid 20s elsewhere, low 20s further north. so a beautiful day, a little bit fresh on the sum of the coasts, it has been on the chilly side in one 01’ it has been on the chilly side in one or two spots. through this evening and overnight, the weather will turn across western areas, rain expected in belfast, a little bit later in the morning, weather fronts pushing off the atlantic, and behind this weather front we have cooler oceanic air coming this weather front we have cooler oceanic aircoming

and that would be considered to be in the best interests of scotland and the people of scotland.osition recognise that there would require to be a period of preparation and transition. back in 2014, the uk government ruled out a currency union with an independent scotland. i could not, as chancellor, recommend that we could share the pound with an independent scotland. now the snp don't want a formal pact and said the uk cannot stop scotland simply using the pound. can't we use the pound anyway? of course we can use the pound. less than a few seconds ago he admitted we could use the pound anyway. so have they now solved their currency conundrum? i think what we've seen today is pretty muddled. we'll use another country's currency, without a central bank, without a formal link to them and then at some indeterminate point in the future, will shift to something else, but we're not telling you what that something else is. we're not telling you the steps in between. craft brewing is exactly the kind of growing industry and independent scotland would want to see thrive. it would be rea

stronger windfall scotland and northern ireland, particularly western scotland, outbreaks of rain.warmer still into the bank holiday weekend, thanks to the high pressure and southerly south—easterly wind. low 20 celsius, and lots of sunshine. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2. peers are accused of trying to block the will of the british people over brexit, after a series of defeats in the house of lords for the government. i think there is an attempt by the group in the house of lords who have faced wrong on the remain side to thwart our exit from the european union. that cannot be acceptable. a court hears how four sleeping children died when their house was targeted with petrol bombs as part of a feud. 2,500 patients recalled in northern ireland after concerns about the work of a neurology consultant. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with john. changes at rangers sooner than expected ? yes. graeme murty sacked with three great games of the season remaining. steven gerrard possibly

the wettest weather on monday confined to scotland and northern ireland.rt the day but with that high pressure building from the east, it will nudge off westwards. so many of you, including eastern parts of northern ireland and much of scotland by the end of monday, dry, sunny and warm again. an outside chance across southern counties of england of a small thunderstorm or heavy shower. same too on tuesday. most will be dry. a bit more cloud on tuesday through scotland and northern ireland but not much in the way of rain. the only thing is, it may take us into slightly cooler air in the far north of scotland, whereas further south, we stick with temperatures in the high—teens and low to mid—20s. indeed through the coming week with high pressure generally dominant, ok, there's a small risk of one or two showers in the south but most places will stay dry with some warmth as well. bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories — the kiss that says we're husband and wife.

the cloud they around scotland and a little bit of patchy drizzle.misty elsewhere, wanted to fog patch in the morning some for 5 degrees around parts of kent. most of us run 7 degrees. and every of cloud for yorkshire, the midlands downpours southwest england, cloud two for northern ireland across much of scotland, an exception to the northeast and some of that within a break to the afternoon along some sunshine to come through and rain p°ppin9 sunshine to come through and rain p°pping up sunshine to come through and rain popping up in northwest scotland along with the wind shifted and later in the day. there 20 degrees in the day. near 20 degrees and at the scotland and the sunshine, low 20s in southeast england. don't be surprised to see on the big picture at high pressure in control for most of us, look at these weather fronts brushing northwest scotland at times. on sunday, some of story here, more cloud here, a bit of rain at times, still an area of misty weather to the irish sea, and may just touch the east coast of northern ireland, sunday, bu

the wettest weather on monday confined to scotland and northern ireland.rsistent rain to start the day but with that high pressure building from the east, it will nudge off westwards. so many of you, including eastern parts of northern ireland and much of scotland by the end of monday, dry, sunny and warm again. an outside chance across southern counties of england of a small thunderstorm or heavy shower. same too on tuesday. most will be dry. a bit more cloud on tuesday through scotland and northern ireland but not much in the way of rain. the only thing is, it may take us into slightly cooler air in the far north of scotland, whereas further south, we stick with temperatures in the high—teens and low to mid—20s. indeed through the coming week with high pressure generally dominant, ok, there's a small risk of one or two showers in the south but most places will stay dry with some warmth as well. bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: the kiss that says "we'

and the people of scotla nd interests of scotland and the people of scotland but even the most ardent that there would require to bea recognise that there would require to be a period of preparation and transition, a period in which we establish the infrastructure required to support a scottish currency and set up a scottish bank. a period in which we would require to establish credibility in the financial markets and we would require to get our public finances onto a stronger footing than westminster has managed over many yea rs westminster has managed over many years so westminster has managed over many years so the report sets out a useful pathway and a clear test that could be applied to the creation of a scottish currency and recommends that we start the work in terms of establishing a scottish central bank andi establishing a scottish central bank and i would expect that this would be one part of the report and i am sure all of the report would be like this and the snp would want to consider it very carefully and debate it very closely. borisjohnson has said the kremlin thinks i

again we will see it get scotland and northern ireland. scotla nd scotland and northern ireland.ain cloudy for much of england and also wales and overcast. it is later in the south—east we will start to see things brightening up. but it will feel humid. overnight and this evening, it showers continue across the isle of man, getting into northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland and they will be pushing north—west woods. behind, a lot of cloud. some breaks in the cloud and a lot of showers. the humid night. the weatherfrom continuing to move away leaving drier and brighter conditions, but by then, the next crop of thundery downpours coming across southern england and moving north into wales, the midlands and continuing the journey north as we go to the rest of the day. these could prove to be problematic so it is something we are keeping a very close eye on. yes, umbrellas up and then down. up and then down. welcome to the midlands where we talk about these things. some builders in the country reporting delays are getting deliveries and back could have a knock—on effect for

, central part of scotland for a scotland, central part of scotland fora time, scotland, central partine dadic to break out more widely, even more so by the bank holiday, along with that welcome warmth. i'm ben bland with bbc world news. our top story: mike pompeo has been sworn in as the new us secretary of state in washington. the former caa director was accompanied by president trump, he said he was sure he would make america proud. mike pompeo said north korea must immediately dismantle its nuclear programme. the us treasury secretary will meet chinese trade officials soon, along with the delegation. they are hoping to ease the tensions between the two countries. and this video is trending on bbc.com. liverpool are in the final of the champions league, despite losing to roma in the italian capital. they are through to the final on an aggregate score of 7—6. that's all from me now. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.

sane through the central belt of scotland. rees and ran across the far north of scotland.es inafew temperature wise, around 25 degrees in a few spots. warmer still as we head on into bank holiday monday. we import warm and dry air of the near continent. it will be another glorious sunny day for most areas. a bit of low cloud and sea mist in irish sea coast or areas and shells across the north and west of scotland. maybe some cool sea breezes affecting the eastern and north—eastern scotland. further south, into the low to mid 20s celsius. we could see 26 or 27 in the south—east of england. this will be an early may bank holiday record breaking the previous record of 2a degrees which was in hampshire back in 1999. into tuesday, we start seeing subtle changes. the area of loaded pressure starts pushing in, it week cold front into the western side of the uk. it will be an east—west split. starts fine and sunny for much of the country. this wea k sunny for much of the country. this weak weather front will bring some rain to northern ireland and was in scotland. maybe the odd sp

changes towards the north and west of scotland. west of scotland.. and it will be a little cooler than today. today. elsewhere, sunny spells into the afternoon, staying dry. the afternoon, staying dry. temperatures up on today's values. friday night and into the start of the weekend. the weekend. cup final, north or south of the border, it is looking cracking. border, it is looking cracking. perfect conditions. strong sunshine. if you are lining the streets in windsor, 22 celsius, blue skies. windsor, 22 celsius, blue skies. lovely day on saturday. almost all of the uk. long sunny spells. better day in scotland and northern ireland by friday. high pressure is responsible. responsible. it nudges off into northern europe a touch. northern europe a touch. north and west of scotland and northern ireland. a cloudy day on sunday. a greater chance of getting wet. outbreaks of rain. not a wash—out by any means. wash—out by any means. still some bright sunny spells. bright sunny spells. sunshine in south—east scotland, england and wales. england and wales. t

and the bank of scotland.a raised in 2014, it is basically saying that they try to do it through immigration and through productivity, our long—standing difficulty. through productivity, our long-standing difficulty. in your opinion is that a difficulty with this report, that it is looking at immigration growth to drive population growth, which is a bit of a difference from the independence referendum campaign when there was a lot of focus on oil revenue. yes, oil is now taking out of the equation. basically the document now says any more money out of oil should be saved rather than used to fund current expenditure. the big idea is whether or not there is enoughin idea is whether or not there is enough in this document to persuade people of what the snp would argue isa people of what the snp would argue is a positive case for independence. there are a lot of worthy words in there about a national economic strategy and cross—party co—operation in the productivity commission but none of these things are immediat

more cloud across scotland and northern ireland.es still with sunny spells, and those temperatures up a notch i think compared to thursday, around 19 in the south and the east. high pressure still the dominant feature of our weather as we head into the weekend, but weather fronts never too far away from the north—west. on saturday itself, some big football matches going on, top and tail of the country, looks like it'll be fine and dry for all of them, and, of course, the royal wedding in windsor, a cool start with those temperatures rising quite quickly through the afternoon and we should see a top ten of 20 or maybe 21 with good sunny spells. this is the picture for saturday, a cool start, clear skies to start, lots of sunshine around. little bit of fairweather cloud just bubbling up here and there. close to the west of scotland these weather fronts will be floating bringing thicker cloud and maybe the odd spot of rain, most places should be dry and temperatures up a notch still, maybe 21 or 22. as we get on into sunday, though, lo

that will be the case in scotland and northern ireland. milderair is scotland and northern ireland.h of us into the weekend, we bring milder air tojust north of us into the weekend, we bring milder air to just about everyone. temperatures are, a shockerfor a bank everyone. temperatures are, a shocker for a bank holiday weekend. high pressure dominates, mainly across southern high pressure dominates, mainly across southern areas. high pressure dominates, mainly across southern areas. the weather fronts bring some occasional rain to scotla nd fronts bring some occasional rain to scotland and northern ireland, particularly through saturday and into sunday. the general theme is things warm up, temperatures high teens and early 20s, most places will stay dry. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. an ultimatum for the prime minister, as a powerful group of conservative mps demand she drops a key brexit proposal. pro—brexit campaigners call for plans for a customs partnership with the eu to be abandoned, saying it is riddled with fundamental problems. good morning.

some more sunshine for scotland, northern ireland.s. some mistiness through the irish sea that could be heading up towards the north channel. temperatures continuing to rise, getting into the low, perhaps even mid 20s at best. and more sunshine to come on monday, too. again, some stronger winds in the far north—west. a few spots of rain not far away. but generally, a lovely day. not quite as warm in the north—east of scotland and in the north—east of england on monday but inland elsewhere, temperatures at least around 20—23 degrees or so. and we could get 27 to the north—west of london on bank holiday monday — that would make it the hottest early bank holiday monday on record. now, things will start to change after monday. high pressure that has been drawing in this atlantic influence retreats to scandinavia. things start to turn in from the atlantic with pressure falling. we get weaker weather fronts approaching into western parts of the uk. but further east, it will still be dry on tuesday. there will be sunshine and still very warm

more cloud, though, across scotland and northern ireland could spoil things a little bit bit.notch, i think, compared to thursday, around 19 in the south and the east. high pressure still the dominant feature of our weather as we head into the weekend, but weather fronts never too far away from the north—west. so for saturday itself, there's some big football matches going on. top and tail of the country, it looks like it'll be fine and dry for all of them, and, of course, the royal wedding in windsor. a cool start with those temperatures rising quite quickly through the afternoon and we should see a top ten of 20 or maybe 21 with good sunny spells. this is the picture for saturday, a cool start, clear skies to start, lots of sunshine around. a little bit of fairweather cloud just bubbling up here and there. close to the west of scotland, though, these weather fronts will be floating, bringing thicker cloud and maybe the odd spot of rain. most places should be dry, and temperatures up a notch still, maybe 21 or 22. as we get on into sunday, though, looks like these weather fro

north—west scotland beginning to see some outbreaks of rain coming in., and a few spots start to get above 20 celsius. and then for part two of the weekend, on sunday, could be some rain affecting maybe the north of northern ireland, running through central parts of scotland for a time, whereas england and wales are looking dry. and again that sunshine starting to break out more widely, even more so by the bank holiday, along with that welcome, for many of us, warmth. hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. questions overfailures in the nhs‘s breast screening programme and the impact on the individuals affected. the whole journey i went on, the traumatic journey, all the whole journey i went on, the traumaticjourney, all of the whole journey i went on, the traumatic journey, all of the treatment, it may never have had to have happened. good morning. it's thursday the 3rd of may. also this morning: the company at the centre of the facebook data scandal closes down. cambridge analytica, accused of acquiring data from up to 87 milli

into tuesday, this frontal system scotland. into tuesday, this frontal syste m m oves scotland.tal system moves into the north—west, bringing more cloud to parts of scotla nd bringing more cloud to parts of scotland and northern ireland and some spots of rain. england and wales keep the sunshine on tuesday, some cloud, but it will be the warmest day of the week, particularly in central and south—eastern parts of england is where we will have temperatures reaching 23 degrees. slightly cooler conditions in scotland and northern ireland late in the day, fresher behind that weather front. that will move further southward and eastward across the country through tuesday night into wednesday. you can see the blue colour is returning things changing a bit in the middle of the week. this slightly cooler day on wednesday with the wind direction changing to a northerly increments. claudio in england and wales is that weather front moves away. still a few showers —— cloudier in england. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11: tributes pour in for dame t

which is a 27 celsius in highland scotland.ssure and spiralling bands of cloud, you can see how that grows in the rain moves back into the south—east and east anglia. that rain will move northwards and head towards northern england and the midlands, across towards wales, allowing the south—east of the uk to become drier later and see some late sunshine. misty for a while with some heavy and thundery rain and more cloud for eastern scotland but one more day of warmth and sunshine for western scotla nd warmth and sunshine for western scotland and another lovely day for northern ireland. the rain will continue to drift northwards. some showers perhaps heading towards scotla nd showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland. they will dry off across england and wales but still rather misty, not a lot of wind to move things around, so lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of12— lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of 12— 1a degrees. while there will be more powerful scotla nd while there wil

scotland and more cloud in eastern scotland.ll be happy and punditry. punditry. it will be as ward four scotland and northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. storms dotted about, more heavy rain and the potential for more flooding. and the potential for more flooding. the week, into friday we see everything moving further north. everything moving further north. northern england, northern ireland and scotland seeing downpours. and scotland seeing downpours. those fade away as we head into saturday. fade away as we head into saturday. punditry and a lot of places will be dry with warm sunshine. dry with warm sunshine. but before then, there is more storms to come. 00:44:08,111 --> 858993221:14:00,375 i'm 858993221:14:00,375 --> 1717986441:43:52,639 rico 1717986441:43:52,639 --> 2576979662:13:44,902 hizon 2576979662:13:44,902 --> 3435972882:43:37,166 in 3435972882:43:37,166 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 singapore. the headlines. president trump and kim jong—un. are shot dead in belgium. the authorities say they're treating it as

still pleasant in eastern scotland. high in the murray firth. it is always that bit cloudier up there. occasional rain but there will be dry weather, too. it will turn wetter and the rain becomes heavier and more persistent but we will see sky clear through eastern scotland and down through much of england and wales with the risk of some mist and sea fog around the coast. temperatures by night not dropping as much as they have recently. one good news for the gardeners. the bad news is high pressure will dominate through the start of the week so not much in the way of wet weather. plenty of watering of the plants to be done. the wettest weather on monday confined to scotland and northern ireland. heavy, persistent rain to start the day but it will nudge off westwards. so many of you, including eastern parts of northern ireland and much of scotland by the end of monday, dry and warm again. an outside chance through southern counties of england of a small thunderstorm or heavy shower. same too on tuesday. most will be dry.

, and that that would be considered to be in the best interests of scotland and the people of scotlandcognise that there would require to be a period of preparation and transition. back in 2014, the uk government ruled out a currency union with an independent scotland. i could not, as chancellor, recommend that we could share the pound with an independent scotland. now the snp don't want a formal pact, and say the uk can't stop scotland simply using the pound. alistair darling, can't we use the pound anyway? of course we can use the pound... ..a few seconds ago, he admitted we could use the pound anyway. so, have they now solved their currency conundrum? i think what we've seen today is pretty muddled. we'll use another country's currency, without a central bank, without a formal link to them, and then at some indeterminate point in the future will shift to something else. we're not telling you what that something else is, and not telling you the steps in between. craft brewing is exactly the kind of growing industry an independent scotland would want to see thrive. it would be reassur

would be considered to be in the best interest of scotland and the people of scotland.at position recognised that there would require a period of preparation and transition. in 2014, the uk government ruled out a currency union with an independent scotland. i could not, as chancellor, recommend sharing the pound with an independent scotland. now the snp cannot stop scotland simply using the pound. of course we can use the pound. a few seconds ago admitted we could use the pound anyway. have they sold their currency conundrum? what we have seen today is modelled. we will use the currency of another country, without a central bank, and then at some indeterminate point in then at some indeterminate point in the future we will shift to something else but we won't tell you what that is and we won't tell you the steps in between. craft brewing is exactly the sort of growing industry and independent scotland would want to see fried. it would be something to know that an independent scotland would continue to use the pound, just because i feel changing the currency would compli

we have had this rain across northern ireland and scotland.e showers, a whole host of thunder storms in southern england and up to the midlands. the down pours will move further west. then they will fade away. could get one 01’ then they will fade away. could get one or two more heavy showers returning to the south—east later on in the night and in the north the rain thins out in northern ireland and scotland and a lot of low cloud will move to the north easting of england. not —— north—east of england. not —— north—east of england. most of england and wales starting dry and sunny. maybe some showers in essex and kent. a grey start for the north—east of england and eastern parts of scotland. not much rain by this stage. what rain there is will peter out and the cloud will thin out. more grey and misty in the north—east of england and eastern scotland. we could see some thundery down pours notjust in the south—east, but pushing into the west cou ntry the south—east, but pushing into the west country and into wales. but large parts of england an

more cloud, though, across scotland and northern ireland could spoil things a little bit bit.lls, and those temperatures up a notch, i think, compared to thursday, around 19 in the south and the east. high pressure still the dominant feature of our weather as we head into the weekend, but weather fronts never too far away from the north—west. so for saturday itself, there's some big football matches going on. top and tail of the country, it looks like it'll be fine and dry for all of them, and, of course, the royal wedding in windsor. a cool start with those temperatures rising quite quickly through the afternoon and we should see a top ten of 20 or maybe 21 with good sunny spells. this is the picture for saturday, a cool start, clear skies to start, lots of sunshine around. a little bit of fairweather cloud just bubbling up here and there. close to the west of scotland, though, these weather fronts will be floating, bringing thicker cloud and maybe the odd spot of rain. most places should be dry, and temperatures up a notch still, maybe 21 or 22. as we get on into sunday, tho

it was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland and northern ireland.skies in the north—east of england and on those north sea coasts. and that low cloud, misty weather is pushing back inland right now on the easterly breeze because we've got higher pressure to the north, lower pressure to the south and that's going to bring more storms. perhaps by the morning, some showers coming into southern counties of england. grey start in the midlands, northwards across eastern england, eastern scotland. low cloud retreating back to coastal areas and sunshine developing more widely. a few more heavy showers possible through the midlands towards wales later on in the day. not quite as one today for southern england. warmest weather in the sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. lovely day here. though showers may ease off for a while and we could see a cluster of heavy rain and thunderstorms pushing back into the south—east and east anglia earlier on wednesday morning. to the north of that, you've guessed it, more mist, fog and low cloud coming back in again.

but we will have big applied across scotla nd but we will have big applied across scotland with morerthern ireland, bringing occasional rain. still drier moments with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine andi with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine and i slid in showers to be used to scotla nd and i slid in showers to be used to scotland with temperatures around the moray firth up to 21 but with long spells of sunshine across england and wales once more, even after the misty start, highs of around 23. buying into sunday evening but a translator across the north—west of scotland and northern ireland and that departs westwards once again and into next week it'll be fine many. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... prince harry and meghan markle have been married at a ceremony in st george's chapel, windsor, in a royal wedding that's been watched across the world. the bride arrived at the chapel with ten pageboys and bridesmaids and wearing a dress by a female british designer. prince charles accompanied meghan markle down the final part of the aisle, while prince harry and her mother looked on. m

and scotland becomes the first country in the world to enforce a minimum unit price for alcohol, thenment says it could save lives. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. iam glad i am glad you could join us. it's midnight in london and 7am in the morning here in singapore, and in manila, where the city jail is full to bursting and disease is spreading. the severe overcrowding is a result of long delays in the legal system but also a large influx of people arrested as part of the philippine president's war on drugs. our correspondent in manila, howard johnson, has been to investigate. minnillo cityjail was minnillo city jail was built minnillo cityjail was built in the time of spanish rule in the 1800s. —— manila. it was designed to hold 800 inmates, but there are currently more than 5500 people inside. it is 4:45 more than 5500 people inside. it is 4:16 here at the cityjail. just to give you an idea of the conditions, have a look through here. hundreds of people standing side—by—side, with hardly any room to move in the night. cramped an

it is bringing high cloud across parts of eastern scotland and the eastern scotland and western fringesre of a breeze. that will keep temperatures up compared with recent nights. dropping lower than double figures. elsewhere, another cool night but not as chilly as it has been. lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east, three or four degrees. there will be a great start to sunday but it will break up and sunshine will come back. hazy and the sunshine further north were you have got it but scotland and northern ireland, thicker cloud rings outbreaks and a breeze. —— brings. there could be some sea fog pictures. inland, a bit of walmart, 23 the high during the afternoon. some hazy sunshine in eastern scotland. temperatures above 20 in a few spot and a bit cooler towards scotla nd few spot and a bit cooler towards scotland and northern ireland, occasional rain but it will be a thoroughly wet day. there will be some dry and bright moments, too. into sunday night, the red cross northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland is set to get heavier. —— the rain

>> woman: will scotland stay, or will it leave the union?ce could mark the beginning of the end for the uk as we know it. >> anthony: but in the end, fifty-five percent of scots voted to stay in the union. that left almost half the population still hungry for independence. and with seventy-three point five percent of teenagers voting yes, england had its undies very much in bunch over the possibility of an unraveling of the union with scotland. it's an idea that is overwhelmingly popular in this city above all others. >> man: glasgow's a gutsy city. i'm told there's going to be big changes. a different outlook. regeneration. i still hear the cries of yesterday. >> anthony: why does the possibility of independence have such a powerful hold on glasgow? the past. glasgow has long endured, among other things, a reputation for being the most violent area in the uk. it's a familiar cycle, analogous in many ways to what we see elsewhere. hard times, disappearing manufacturing base, unemployment, a general sense of apathy, that the government can't

perhaps more cloud for scotland.till some merc in the irish sea and somewhere in the southeast 26 or 27 —— still some murk in the irish sea. this is bbc news, our latest headlines.

this the nice guys and best averages will be in scotland and northern ireland.ing, which is why we are finding more downpours coming from the near continent, and there was such to move their way northwards as well. so we may have a few storms across northern ireland on thursday, fa ns across northern ireland on thursday, fans and the south—west of scotland. more cloud around here. more storms pushing back from the south—east are crossed england and wales. these could be misty as well. some localised flooding from these two. everything is moving northwards, so that by friday the wettest of the weather moves to northern ireland, and northern england, moving into south—western scotland, leaving something drier in southern parts of england, with temperatures perhaps into the lower mid—20s or so. we will see heavy rain in scotland on saturday and perhaps into the south—west on sunday. the south—west and east of england largely dry. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. the doctors and nurses who treated sergei and yulia skripal have spoken

the wettest weather on monday confined to scotland and northern ireland.the east, it will nudge off westwards. so many of you, including eastern parts of northern ireland and much of scotland by the end of monday, dry, sunny and warm again. an outside chance across southern counties of england of a small thunderstorm or heavy shower. same too on tuesday. most will be dry. a bit more cloud on tuesday through scotland and northern ireland but not much in the way of rain. the only thing is, it may take us into slightly cooler air in the far north of scotland, whereas further south, we stick with temperatures in the high—teens and low to mid—20s. indeed through the coming week with high pressure generally dominant, ok, there's a small risk of one or two showers in the south but most places will stay dry with some warmth as well. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: celebrations are continuing in britain following the wedding of the queen's grandson prince harry to the barican actress meghan markle. the couple ended the day with the private party for a

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they few showers for the north and west of scotland.mperatures into the low 20s. very warm for england and wales, highs of 27 degrees. it is going to be a record raking temperature if we get this. the previous record was 2a degrees, set in 1999 in hampshire. tuesday, subtle changes taking place thanks to this area of low pressure. they week—old front wishing into the west end producing more cloud. maybe some rain for northern ireland into western scotland. further south for wales in the south—west of england they will be more bands of cloud of anything. central, southern and eastern parts of the country, another fine day to come. the eastern side of england could be a very hot day. we could see 2728dc. further north and west we are looking at temperatures falling back to the seasonal mortgage of the mid teens celsius. we will see another weather system pushing on a wednesday which will bring cooler weather with outbreaks of rain to western areas. this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories — alex ferguson, the manager who made manc

heavy rain in north—west scotland.here in scotland, mainly dry will stop england and wales, too. misty cloud in eastern england. list as we start the day tomorrow. back to north sea coasts where it may linger during the day tomorrow. northern ireland sees the rain retreating westwards. still happy in north—west scotland. southern parts of england, midlands and wales, the chance for a shower and wales, the chance for a shower and a thunderstorm developing. away from that, someone and sunny spells. easterly flow coming to the uk this week. north sea coasts cooler than elsewhere. much of the uk will get to see some warm, sunny elsewhere. much of the uk will get to see some warm, sunny spells. most of us dry, but the chance for a shower or thunderstorm in parts of it when and wales. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the royal family has thanked the public after thousands of people lined the streets of windsor to celebrate the marriage of prince harry and meghan markle. the biggest overhaul of rail timetables for dec