, serving the people of scotland, proving we are the party best able to take scotland forward.ont line politics. when i became first minister, i spoke of my desire for a less polarised national debate. i gave a promise that i would work to bring our country together as first minister. to serve everyone who chooses to make scotland their home. recently, sadly, in other parts of the uk, we saw far right, as some phobic and racist thugs trying to state the vision —— as a phobic. people fleeing oppression overseas fed for their lives in the united kingdom. they deserved sanctuary but they ended up under attack. sanctuary but they ended up underattack. people sanctuary but they ended up under attack. people applying for asylum should never have to face that. they should feel safe, they should not feel fearful. applause ascot and's first minister, i reached out and i had first from members of scotland's muslim community, members of scotland'sjewish community muslim community, members of scotland's jewish community and from other faith and scotland's jewish community and from otherfai

scotland is literally bursting with energy.rt of the uk we are paying some of the highest energy prices in europe. and what is our new labour government and about all this? labour promised to cut energy bills by £300. but in october, at the start of winter, energy bills will rise by an average of £149 bills will rise by an average of £119 and, bills will rise by an average of £149 and, 900,000 bills will rise by an average of £119 and, 900,000 pensioners in scotland will lose their winter heating payment. delegates, labourer it should be ashamed to show either of their two faces in scotland ever again. their two faces in scotland everagain. —— labourshould be ashamed. 0ur renewable revolution is gathering peace. we have supported... bringing up to 300 jobs as part of a growing offshore wind supply scheme. we are supporting investment to our port so it can become a critical offshore wind hub and a major source ofjobs and growth. the highlands of scotland, breathtaking in their beauty, and now a vibrant centre of renewables —base

scotland's public finances is _ hole in scotland's public finances is a _ hole in scotland's public_ finances is a result of the actions of— finances is a result of the actions of the _ finances is a result of the actions of the scottish i actions of the scottish government, - actions of the scottish government, and - actions of the scottish government, and notl actions of the scottish i government, and not the actions of the scottish _ government, and not the actions of westminster? _ government, and not the actions of westminster? secondly, - government, and not the actionsl of westminster? secondly, candy cabirret— of westminster? secondly, candy cabinet secretary _ of westminster? secondly, candy cabinet secretary clarified - of westminster? secondly, candy cabinet secretary clarified the - cabinet secretary clarified the scottish — cabinet secretary clarified the scottish government's - cabinet secretary clarified the scottish government's tax - scottish government's tax strategy— scottish government's tax strategy in _ scottish government's tax strategy in relation - scottish

and those _ north—east and across scotland. and those jobs. — north—east and across scotland.a betrayal. we don't _ grangemouth and it is a betrayal. we don't have _ grangemouth and it is a betrayal. we don't have a — grangemouth and it is a betrayal. we don't have a sovereign wealth fund like norway have, something the snp have long _ like norway have, something the snp have long argued for, and if we had had that— have long argued for, and if we had had that and had not had to send £400 _ had that and had not had to send £400 billion of our oil and gas money— £400 billion of our oil and gas money south of the border to be misspent — money south of the border to be misspent on illegal wars than we might— misspent on illegal wars than we might have had the money to invest in the _ might have had the money to invest in the workforce, in grangemouth. and i_ in the workforce, in grangemouth. and i hope. — in the workforce, in grangemouth. and i hope, it's good to see the scottish— and i hope, it's good to see the scottish and uk governments working together, _ scottish and uk gov

instance, there are different income tax bands in scotland and anyone who owns over £28,000 in scotland—raising powers but the bulk of the spending comes from this block grant that it's money that is retained to scotland. that is why the scottish government says when there are cuts at a uk government level, that impacts the budget that is the block grant that comes back to scotland and that is why the snp and the scottish government would argue that independence is the way forward for scotland because only then with the scottish government have full control over its finances. however, the opposition parties here in scotland and some independent economists, and the scottish fiscal commission, look at this and say in part this is a problem of the scottish government's own making because they could see these inflationary pressures and this need to deal with public sector pay rises coming down the road, and they didn't budget adequately for it within their own budgetary statements. i want to put something to you that the scottish trade union congress general secretary said, which was that t

it is time for a change in scotland. and be for a change in scotland.r campaign in north-east — when it came to our campaign in north—east fife, it became clear— north—east fife, it became clear we _ north—east fife, it became clear we are the only ones working _ clear we are the only ones working. my existing parts of north—east fife were used to hearing _ north—east fife were used to hearing from local lib dems team — hearing from local lib dems team but the local communities have _ team but the local communities have placed the rest hearing regularly hearing from a political party is at election time — political party is at election time was a bit of an experience for them — time was a bit of an experience for them i_ time was a bit of an experience forthem. i can time was a bit of an experience for them. i can promise we have created — for them. i can promise we have created an — for them. i can promise we have created an expectation which we will continue to deliver on. of course, — will continue to deliver on. of course, one of the benefits of our

to the east coast of scotland keeping it cooler here. but in the sunshine in scotland, and northern ireland temperatures again into the mid—20s, and it may warm up where we get a bit of sunshine in east anglia, although not as warm as it was on friday. we've got this area of low pressure is going to bring some wetter weather overnight on saturday night, heavy rain and some thunderstorms, perhaps already arriving during the evening across these southern areas, and that rain will push its way northwards into england and wales. drier for scotland and northern ireland, some clear spells, but also some mist and low cloud, again, filtering through the central belt of scotla nd and lingering along the east coast of scotland. but another quite warm start to sunday. but it comes with a lot of cloud, and we've got these showers, along with spells of rain affecting england and wales. again, it could be heavy and thundery. a few showers popping up towards the southeast of scotland. otherwise scotland, northern ireland, generally dry but more cloud a

let's speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon who is at holyrood.ecretary for the stc, about the issue of public sector pay rises. that is something that was mentioned by the report into what is adding to pressure on the scottish government because my finances. 0ne government because my finances. one of the things she said was this is something that is needed, not a result of the public sector pay rises, there was no pay rises that were necessary. remind us of the different pressures on the scottish government's finances and where some of the responsibility may lie as to why it is any difficult state. it's no secret that there are pressures on the scottish budget and every budget i have been reporting on for the last few years have talked about challenges and difficulties ahead and the snp frames their whole general election campaign saying that if you vote labour, you get tory and i will be austerity ahead and that

some cloud rolling onto the coast of eastern scotland.ross southern counties of england — but it really is only a very small chance. now, where you're exposed to the breeze along the north sea, temperatures may only get to 17—18 celsius — compare that with 25 in parts of south—east england. and then, through thursday night, we do it all again, we bring more cloud back in from the east. may turn a little bit misty and murky in places. that cloud will hold the temperatures up — 15 celsius in london as we start friday morning, maybe 8—9 in aberdeen and glasgow — a little bit cooler, where we start with clear skies overhead. but the focus of our weather does start to shift as we go through friday. we start to turn our eyes to the south, with this developing area of low pressure — and that will start to bring some showers and some thunderstorms across parts of southern england, perhaps getting into the midlands, perhaps into the southern half of wales as we go on through the day. eastern scotland, north—east england holding on to a lot of mist

tuesday, we pick up on our cold front in scotland, bringing some rain here.to northern ireland and northern england as we go through the day. further southwards across the rest of england and wales, it finally stops raining. should be a drier day with more in the way of sunshine and still some reasonable temperatures in the south. it's turning colder in the north, though — just ten in aberdeen and ia for belfast. and as we go deeper into the new week, it stays unsettled. there'll be rain at times but temperatures for all of us will be well below average. live from london, this is bbc news. hezbollah say its fired missiles into northern israel in retalliation after a deadly strike in southern beirut. israeli forces raid the offices of the news organisation aljazeera in the occupied west bank, ordering the site to close for 45 days. sir keir starmer arriving for his party conference but rows over free clothes and cuts to winter fuel payments threaten to overshadow labour's message of change. and, commemorations continue to mark the 80th anniversary of operation

likewise for western scotland , northern ireland a few scotland, northern ireland a few gapsin scotlandn the clouds, but plenty of showers around and for northern and central england parts of wales again a few showers, but also some clear spells, mostly dry for east anglia and southern counties of england. after we've seen so much rain during the last few days heading into the evening, clearing skies for many, but there will be some areas of cloud floating about for the central belt into southern scotland, parts of northern england. some showers keep going here. likewise for northern scotland, where we've got the clear skies. elsewhere, though, it's going to be a cool night with temperatures dipping into the mid single figures in the north, mild in the far south as it starts to turn cloudy for the start of wednesday , and this start of wednesday, and this area of rain begins to move in. now that's going to turn things wet by the afternoon across parts of the south and southwest, as well as eventually northern ireland. but ahead of that, some brightness remains across scotland, northern

also ains to scotland as long as i can. also pains to stress _ scotland as long as i can.o stress that he - scotland as long as i can. also pains to stress that he and - scotland as long as i can. i"r pains to stress that he and the play really felt the love from the nation across the summer and the onus is now on them to help the fans get over the disappointment of germany, here at hampden against poland. northern ireland manager michael 0'neill has described trai hume as "a leader" after picking him to captain the side against luxembourg in their nations league 0pener. it's afterjonny evans confirmed last week that he was retiring from all international football. hume plays for championship side sunderland and will lead his country for tomorrow night's match at windsor park in belfast. ? but 0'neill told our reporter stephen watson that he hasn't decided on a permanent, longterm captain yet. there are three or four that i would like to see over the next four or five games, six games in the nations league and other plants react to that and who emerges from the group in te

fingers crossed, a new future for scotland. do you are | new future for scotland.t the _ new future for scotland. do you are all about the optimism? _ new future for scotland. do you are all about the optimism? yes, - all about the optimism? yes, definitely- — all about the optimism? yes, definitely. so, _ all about the optimism? yes, definitely. so, despite - all about the optimism? yes, definitely. so, despite some | definitely. so, despite some disappointments, _ definitely. so, despite some disappointments, a - definitely. so, despite some disappointments, a new- definitely. so, despite some - disappointments, a new campaign swiftly bring some optimism too. but it's not going to be an easy task for scotland, because alongside poland in their group our sunday's opponents, portugal ranked eighth in the world and croatia ranked 12th. no shortage of injuries and withdrawals for steve clark to contend with, but it all starts here tonight and they will be hoping to kick it all off on a high. louis irons, bbc news, at hampden park. that match kicks off at 7.45, as doe

still rather cloudy for coasts of eastern scotland and northeast england, western scotland and northernplenty of sunshine. but those temperatures generally down just a little bit by this stage. and then by sunday, our area of low pressure really makes its move, bringing showers or longer spells of rain, particularly across england and wales. the odd shower and some extra cloud in eastern scotland, but generally in the north of the uk it will stay largely dry. live from washington. this is bbc news. boom. thousands more hand—held radios used by hezbollah in lebanon erupt in deadly explosions. sparking new fears of rising regional tensions. the us federal reserve cuts interest rates for the first time infouryears, and by more than expected. and kamala harris gains ground against donald trump in a new poll. for trunk to when he has to get new people. strong as his basis in ravenous, kamala harris is picking up points, he's not. hello, i'm lucy hockings. israel's defense minister, yoav galant, says the country is opening a new phase in its year—long war, with the centre of gravity shifting

and strengthen the fronts, particularly windy in the far north—west of scotland.roughout the day, england and wales may be seeing a little bit more cloud in the west, sunshine in the eastern side of england and most temperature is continuing to lift, 19 possibly even 20 degrees. across the whole of the uk, tempers are going to be higher than what we are seeing at the moment which is good news, i suppose. at the moment which is good news, isuppose. it at the moment which is good news, i suppose. it won't be as cold at night either particularly on that weather front as it runs southwards into england and wales. it is running at a higher pressure so they may not be an awful lot of rain, some rain for a while in northern england, that will continue in wales, may be the west midlands and towards the south—west. sunny skies put scotland and northern ireland, it won't be as windy, still temperatures up to 16 or 17 degrees and dry and a bit warmer still in south—eastern parts of england. live from london. this is bbc news. a spectacularfirst — a billionaire businessman ja

east scotland continues to be rather cloudy with mist.aks of rain and ultimately cooler weather conditions. 0n into tuesday, well, the thundery rain is clearing out of the way across england and wales, so in that respect, it's a drier kind of day. in scotland, we get this cold front continuing to push its way southwards, really dumping the temperatures here — just ten degrees in aberdeen and 12 for glasgow. still relatively mild, i suppose for northern ireland, england and wales. middle part of the week sees active areas of low pressure bringing further heavy rain, particularly focussed again on england and wales. having a high risk of flash flooding, probably some river flooding, some disruption. it's one of those days where you want to check on travel conditions before heading out. northern ireland, west scotland, bright with some sunny spells. east scotland continues to be rather cloudy with mist. north scotland, we're seeing a weather front move in, bringing outbreaks of rain and ultimately cooler weather conditions. 0n into tuesday,

filtering through the central belt of scotland and lingering along the east coast of scotland.th a lot of cloud, and we've got these showers, along with spells of rain affecting england and wales. again, it could be heavy and thundery. a few showers popping up towards the southeast of scotland. 0therwise scotland, northern ireland, generally dry but more cloud around, so it's going to be quite a bit cooler, particularly so for northern ireland. if we get a bit of sunshine in the midlands across to lincolnshire, that could pop off a few thundery showers here. now that area of low pressure is going to move away on monday, so it starts to turn drier, but then we change the wind direction. we're going to pick up more of a north westerly wind over the week ahead, and that will make it feel quite a bit cooler as well. now, most of the wet weather next week will be more towards the north west of the uk this time — the drier weather in the southeast — but those temperatures are going to be lower, perhaps peaking at only 13 or 1a in belfast and edinburgh. live from washington. this is b

staying gusty with more showers across northern scotland . northern scotland. >> looks like things arers sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. shocking new figures show that 7 in 10 disabled pensioners will lose their fuel payments this winter. >> the department for work and pensions admits 1.6 million disabled people who rely on the benefit will miss out. >> and that's just days after more than 50 labour mps defied sir keir starmer to abstain from his crucial to vote scrap the payment that so many people have come to rely on. >> a stalemate for starmer, as he and foreign secretary david lammy leave washington after failing to persuade us president joe biden to give ukraine access to our long—range missiles . to our long—range missiles. >> only one reason we are having these discussions, and that is because putin has illegally invaded ukraine and the quickest way to resolve this obviously lies through , you know, what lies through, you know, what putin actually does because it's for him to end this. >> the lib dems party conference kicks off today after their most successful

a statement from scotland yard regarding mohamed fayed. they say they are aware of various allegations of sexual offences made against him over a number of years. the commander from the met said they are aware of the met said they are aware of the allegations made against the allegations made against the late mohammed alf fired which were reported to the mets. each one was investigated and where appropriate advice from the crown prosecution service was sought. no charges resulted from these investigations. we are committed, the statement goes on to say, that those who report them receive the best service possible from our offices and we have made progress in improving the quality of our investigations in recent years, including more than doubling our charges for rape since 2021. that is the statement just rape since 2021. that is the statementjust released rape since 2021. that is the statement just released from scotland yard because the bbc has revealed that the late mohammed alf fired, the former owner of harrods, the largest luxury dep

he promised to be a voice for a decent mainstream scotland. you all again. thank you. applause russell findlay, who hasjust been announced as the new scottish conservative leader after an inept election that came after the previous leader was, resigned in earlyjune. —— afteran was, resigned in earlyjune. —— after an app was, resigned in earlyjune. —— afteran app —— was, resigned in earlyjune. —— after an app —— after an election. he promised to be a voice for a decent mainstream scotland. he is inheriting a very divided party. the leadership contest was very acrimonious, and let's have a listening now to the questions. though the party after the general— though the party after the general election— though the party after the general election isn't- though the party after the general election isn't in. though the party after the i general election isn't in the best— general election isn't in the best electoral— general election isn't in the best electoral position, - general election isn't in thej best electoral position, you have — best electo

it is good news for _ this is to scotland. it is good news for scotland, _ this is to scotland.od news for scotland, i don't i news for scotland, i don't think it is entirely unexpected. the aberdeen has been behind for the oil and gas industry for several decades. i think there were concerns about the government approach to ongoing levies on the industry here. that was becoming a bit of a political football. here. that was becoming a bit of a politicalfootball. the s&p, the oil and gas bills may be under threat.— be under threat. there is still a lot of confusion _ be under threat. there is still a lot of confusion anyway - be under threat. there is still a lot of confusion anyway as i be under threat. there is stilll a lot of confusion anyway as to what great british energy will actually be doing. it was not as if we got a lot of clarity on that yesterday, was that? absolutely not. the wide energy industry, both renewables and fossil fuel industry are crying out for a bit more clarity. all when there will be is just over 8 billion spent and the government is hoping to draw in

could see some of that into southern scotland later on. south. still quite a warm feel for the time being. that is set to change because as we head into next week, we change the wind direction, we bring the winds reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines: as the uk government plans an early release scheme for some prisoners, we have rare access inside a london jail to report on the consequences of overcrowding. police in the us state of georgia release a picture of the 14—year—old suspected of shooting four people dead at his high school. president biden�*s son, hunter, pleads guilty in a tax evasion case against him. the ugandan olympian rebecca cheptegay, dies after being set alight by a former boyfriend. herfamily accuse kenyan police of failing to respond to warnings that her life was in danger. we start this hour in the uk, where from next week, thousands of british offenders who've served 40%

still rather cloudy for coasts of eastern scotland and northeast england, western scotland and northernbit by this stage. and then by sunday, our area of low pressure really makes its move, bringing showers or longer spells of rain, particularly across england and wales. the odd shower and some extra cloud in eastern scotland, but generally in the north of the uk it will stay largely dry. live from washington, this is bbc news. thousands more hand—held radios used by hezbollah in lebanon erupt in deadly explosions. it's sparking new fears of rising regional tensions. the of rising regional tensions. us fed cuts interest ra1 for the us fed cuts interest rates for the first time in four years and by more than expected. and kamala harris gains ground against donald trump in a new poll. for trump to win, he needs new people. as strong and as rabid as his base is, kamala harris is picking up points he is not. hello. i'm lucy hockings. israel's defence minister, yoav galant, says the country is opening a new phase in its year—long war, with the centre of gravity shifting to the north. his com

monday brought a day of heavy rain across scotland in particular, and that's easing away, but still atime during tuesday. so we're going to start off across the midlands with one or two isolated showers — these could become more frequent as they drift east, heavy and thundery into the afternoon across eastern england. south west england, wales and northern england, dry, settled and sunny, and after a lovely start across scotland, it will cloud over with some showery outbreaks of rain into the west and to parts of northern ireland. here, 14—18 degrees the high, but we could see 23 in east anglia — and that's 73 fahrenheit. now, as we move through tuesday evening into the early hours of wednesday morning, the showers across england and wales will tend to fade. we'll have a cluster of showers just pushing in across northern ireland, and we could have a coolish night in scotland. low single figures perhaps likely in rural areas, so a particularly fresh start here first thing on wednesday morning. high pressure is trying to build in, but we've got this weak weather front toppling across th

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another one will begin to move into scotland through the day.here. a band of heavier rain works its way from west to east across scotland with some sunshine following, and towards the south and east it should stay largely dry and sunny once again. temperatures here climbing to about 20 celsius, which is 68 in fahrenheit. heading into the start of the new week, we see an area of high pressure build right over the top of the uk, and this is going to bring quite a lengthy spell of dry and settled weather. now on monday, most areas will see sunshine from the word go, but there could be some cloud and a bit of drizzle left over from that weak weather front first thing in the south. that will clear away with time, and then most of us will have a dry day. plenty of sunshine around, temperatures high teens to low 20s once again. perhaps a little bit cooler than that though, for the very far north of scotland. but as our area of high pressure re—orientates a little bit, we'll see some of the warmest air going into the mainland of scotland through tuesday

also northern scotland highs of 24 or 25 degrees.and and wales. some of that cloud getting into eastern scotland as well. at the same time, we see more cloud rolling back into the north of scotland, but many places will still see some sunshine during thursday. highest temperatures likely to be in western and southern parts. we could get to 24 or 25 degrees, but as we look towards the end of the week, things do start to change. high pressure drifts northwards. low pressure developing across iberia starts to edge its way in our direction. and across england and wales particularly, we will see some showers, possibly even some thunderstorms as we head on through the weekend. now further north across northern ireland and scotland, where we will see a bit of mist and murk and low cloud for eastern coast of scotland. 0therwise, some spells of sunshine but starting to feel a bit cooler. this is bbc news, the headlines... lebanon's health minister says eight people have been killed and more than 2,700 injured after the pagers of hezbollah mem

scotland travel to portugal next on sunday.t, it was a very different match with northern ireland getting their group three campaign off to a good start with a 2—0 win over luxembourg. luxembourg were on the back foot from the off and paddy mcnair gave the hosts the lead after ten minutes. their superb start continued, and after a quarter of an hour they got a second through dan ballard. northern ireland are off to bulgaria on sunday. san marino made history by winning a competitive match for the first time with victory against liechtenstein. the world's lowest fifa ranked team also ended the longest winless run in football, stretching back two decades and 140 games to when they won a friendly back in 2004 — which was also against liechtenstein and by the same scoreline. 19—year—old nicko sensoli, who plays in the italian fourth tier, was the scorer. england play ireland on saturday, and wales get their campaign under way on friday against turkey at the cardiff city stadium in what will be new manager craig bellamy�*s first mat

staying quite murky, though, for parts of eastern scotland, north—east england., wales, we will see some of these showers and thunderstorms popping up, some of which will give a lot of rain in a short space of time. 23 degrees in london, just 15 if the cloud lingers there in aberdeen. and as we go through friday night, that cloud again rolls a little bit further inland. still the chance for some showers and thunderstorms rumbling around across the channel islands, getting back into southern counties of england. a mild night forjust about all of us, a mild start to the weekend. and again on saturday, down towards the south, we'll see these showers and thunderstorms across southern counties of england, into east anglia, the midlands, parts of wales. but for northern england, northern ireland, western scotland, we'll see some sunshine. eastern scotland, north—east england, still plagued by that cloud, perhaps the odd spot of drizzle. could be quite misty and murky around some of the coast, and temperatures, if anything, coming down a little bit from where they have

could see some of that into southern scotland later on. the south. still quite a warm feel for the time being. that is set to change because as we head into next week, we change the wind direction, we bring the winds down from the northwest, and so things are going to feel very different. temperatures, if anything, looks set to drop back to values below the average for the time of year, and it will still be quite unsettled. showers or longer spells of rain and often breezy. this is bbc world news. secretary of state antony blinken visits haiti in a show of us support as the country expands its state of emergency. the father of the georgia school shooting suspect is arrested. and after months of political deadlock, france names michelle garnier as prime minister. —— michelle barney. america's top diplomat has arrived in haiti, to shore up the country's interim government as it navigates rampant gang violence and a humanitarian crisis. mr blinken made the comments in a trip to haiti. he has arrived in the dominican republic where he is expec

score — 59—15 to scotland. a target of 177, and ireland's chase quickly ran out of steam as karis pavely took three wickets on her t20 debut — england winning by 67 runs despite a fighting 50 from orla pendergast. somerset are taking on gloucestershire in the final of the t20 blast competition at edgbaston we'll bring you the latest in a moment the semi finals were played earlier today and in the first match somerset restricted surrey to 153 for nine with captain lewis gregory taking three wickets. somerset lost three early wickets but sean dickson and james rew then took charge — sharing a match winning stand of 144. dickson was eventually out for 78 but gregory came in to steer the defending champions into the final for the third time in four years. gloucestershire won their semifinal in style — three wickets each for matt taylor and tom smith helped bowl out sussex forjust 106. gloucestershire only needed 12 overs to reach their victory target — and only lost two wickets on the way. james bracey hit the winn

scotland.ain, at times feeling relatively cool everywhere. 11 to 15 celsius but bright blue skies and lighter winds in the south will be perfectly pleasant. the same can't be said for northern and northwest scotland , where spells northwest scotland, where spells of showery rain will turn a bit more persistent by the end of the day. more scattered showers for southwest scotland , mostly for southwest scotland, mostly dry for southeast scotland. northern ireland a bit of cloud around but otherwise largely dry, and for england and wales after all that wet weather, finally a chance to dry up, with most places seeing a dry end to saturday. clear spells, then for central and southern parts as well as the east overnight under those clear skies with light winds. once again, temperatures will fall away. however, during the second part of the night, the second part of the night, the breeze will pick up and the cloud will start to arrive in the southwest, so milder to start sunday here. elsewhere, a brig

showers and a blustery wind in the north of scotland.ertainly for all, compared to how we start the week, feeling a good dealfresher, but pleasant in the sunshine. live from london, this is bbc news. the former conservative home secretary, james cleverly, is about to launch his campaign to become leader of the party. one or two—word 0fsted inspection grades for england's schools are being scrapped immediately — eight months after an inspection contributed to the suicide of headteacher ruth perry. businesses, transport and schools in israel are being disrupted by a general strike demanding a deal on the release of hostages held by hamas. the government says a review of ticket resale websites will look into "dynamic pricing", amid an ongoing row about the cost of tickets to see the band, 0asis.

filtering through the central belt of scotland and lingering along the east coast of scotland.ut it comes with a lot of cloud, and we've got these showers, along with spells of rain affecting england and wales. again, it could be heavy and thundery. a few showers popping up towards the southeast of scotland. otherwise scotland, northern ireland, generally dry but more cloud around, so it's going to be quite a bit cooler, particularly so for northern ireland. if we get a bit of sunshine in the midlands across to lincolnshire, that could pop off a few thundery showers here. now that area of low pressure is going to move away on monday, so it starts to turn drier, but then we change the wind direction. we're going to pick up more of a north westerly wind over the week ahead, and that will make it feel quite a bit cooler as well. now, most of the wet weather next week will be more towards the north west of the uk this time — the drier weather in the southeast — but those temperatures are going to be lower, perhaps peaking at only 13 or 1a in belfast and edinburgh. dozens of student

another one will begin to move into scotland through the day.oving very fast so it will be damp here. a band of heavier rain works its way from west to east across scotland with some sunshine following, and towards the south and east it should stay largely dry and sunny once again. temperatures here climbing to about 20 celsius, which is 68 in fahrenheit. heading into the start of the new week, we see an area of high pressure build right over the top of the uk, and this is going to bring quite a lengthy spell of dry and settled weather. now, on monday, most areas will see sunshine from the word go, but there could be some cloud and a bit of drizzle left over from that weak weather front first thing in the south. that will clear away with time, and then most of us will have a dry day. plenty of sunshine around, temperatures high teens to low 20s once again. perhaps a little bit cooler than that though, for the very far north of scotland. but as our area of high pressure re—orientates a little bit, we'll see some of the warmest air going into the

east scotland continues to be rather cloudy with mist.er conditions. on into tuesday, well, the thundery rain is clearing out of the way across england and wales, so in that respect, it�*s a drier kind of day. in scotland, we get this cold front continuing to push its way southwards, really dumping the temperatures here — just ten degrees in aberdeen and 12 for glasgow. still relatively mild, i suppose for northern ireland, england and wales. middle part of the week sees active areas of low pressure bringing further heavy rain, particularly focussed again on england and wales. and once those systems have pushed through, well, then we get chilly northwesterly winds diving southwards, and so through the week it is going to stay unsettled, and through the week it is going to turn a lot cooler as well, with temperatures across the board well below average. but for monday, it�*s that risk of flash flooding we really need to pay attention to. stay in touch with the latest forecast, please. live from washington, this is bbc news. president biden

and northwest of scotland , interspersed by scotland, interspersed by brighter spells.xt few days across northern scotland, while the rest of the uk sees spells of rain and a lot of cloud cover , rain and a lot of cloud cover, the rain tending to slow down as it pushes into southern scotland, northern ireland and most especially northern england. during the night. and those outbreaks of rain are really going to mount up across the northeast of england, with the northeast of england, with the potential for 80 to 100mm accumulating over the pennines and the north york moors, 50 to 80 at lower levels. that could cause some disruption through thursday, especially for north—east england. further south, some showers but a brighter day to come for the far south and likewise northern scotland, still seeing the cool northerly winds but bright spells and showers, and then into friday and saturday it turns colder across the whole of the uk. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . on gb news. >> in case we forget . yeah, the >> in case we forg

of scotland, the time at which scotland, the modern scotland, really started forged.ately with orkney, shetland and the like. >> the whole lands of scotland down to the borders and became the kingdom of scotland would scotland have the same map i did today without the vikings? if scotland had been defeated by the vikings, then the map of scotland might be more than different. in fact, maybe there wouldn't be a scotland because thereafter we had the battles of independence because we were attacked not only from the north and the east, if you like, across the north sea we're also attacked from the south as well. so yeah, scotland, if you like, you could argue, was forged in largs . largs. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> so there you go. i never thought today might be my last day here @gbnews, but if i don't make it back tonight, then we'll certainly know why. however, if i do make it back past tonight's re—enactment, well, we've got the torchlight procession right up through the town and then the final act of the evening, the fireworks and the burning of the huge viking long

a few fog patches already forming in scotland.to wednesday. otherwise, it's quite a chilly night where we keep the skies clearest longest. now, over the next few days, high pressure is going to stay firmly in charge of our weather and that means we've got more of this fine, settled sunny weather to come. but that said, we are going to start wednesday with quite extensive cloud across england, eastern parts of wales. it will take a time for that to thin and break up, but eventually the sunshine will come out — mist and fog patches clearing away elsewhere. plenty of sunshine around and it's another very warm day for september. temperatures probably about 25 again for parts of scotland, a 2k for the london area, and a 22 or so for western counties of northern ireland. 0n into thursday, it's a similar kind of weather picture, really. again, there'll be a fair bit of cloud to start the day across parts of england, clearing away. still quite a brisk north—easterly breeze blowing across east anglia and south—east england, otherwise the w

applause friend's, ten years on, where stands scotland today?ns, institutions that are neededin needed in an independent country were created. what does that mean? it means the scottish child payment helping to keep 100,000 children in scotland out of poverty, it means a social security system with fairness and compassion at its heart, a world away from the dwp�*s often shameful processes... the dwp's often shameful processes. . ._ processes... we are interrupting - processes... we are interrupting that - processes... we are interrupting that for| processes... we are - interrupting that for some processes... we are _ interrupting that for some more on our breaking business news this hour, the post office boss nick reed is to step down from the role next year. he previously announced his intention to temporarily step back from the role to give his entire attention to the next stage of the horizon it inquiry. let's go to our business correspondent, ben king. his tenure has been dominated by the inquiry, hasn't it. dominated by the inquiry, hasn't

victory for scotland. and warrington are the final team through to the super league play off semi finals after victory in a thriller in a thriller against st helens. also coming up on sportsday... sarah storey adds to her haul of global titles on a great day for great britain's para—riders at the world championships in switzerland. and yorkshire return to crickets top flight — they're promoted up from division two of the county championship, lancashire though heading the other way. welcome along. a busy programme to get through and a new leader at the top of the premier league. more on that in a moment, but we'll start at st james park where the reigning champions manchester city were held to a 1—1 all draw. newcastle coming from a goal down thanks to an anthony gordon penalty. after their 100% start to the season, pep guardiola's side have now dropped four points in a week. patrick gearey was watching the action. this is english football because my most relentless winning machine, what happens when you re

monday brought heavy rain across scotland especially, thatis across scotland especially, that is easing showers. these could become more frequent as they drift eastwards, heavy and thundery into the afternoon across the east. south—west england, wales and northern destroyer, settled in sunny. lovely start across scotland but then the clouds over with rain into the west and parts of northern ireland. 14-18 but and parts of northern ireland. 14—18 but we could see 23 in east anglia. as we move into tuesday evening and the early hours of wednesday the showers across england and wales will fade and we have a cluster of showers pushing on across northern ireland. we could have a cool night in scotland, low single figures likely in rural areas, fresh start here first thing on wednesday. high pressure dry to build then but we have a weak weather front toppling across the high pressure and that could be a nuisance. a band of cloud and scattered showers is that the pennines running down towards the south—east. not that much rain. some showery rain into southern scotland and northern ireland but

not much rain on it, a little bit of showery rain into southern scotland and northern ireland but onshowers and temperatures ranging from 14—21 celsius. as we move out of wednesday towards the end of the week it gets a little bit messy. we have an area of low pressure, a front drifting down into france and that could merge with another spell of wet weather pushing up from the near continent. all in all that could lead to quite an unsettled weekend across central and southern england but for scotland it looks drier and brighter as high—pressure lingers longer. live from washington, this is bbc news. joe biden campaigns with kamala harris since dropping his re—election bid.

into northern ireland and western scotland but elsewhere it will be dry, best of the scotland in easternwill be dying out. we will have some rain in northern parts of england for a while, it will clear away. some patchy rain in england and wales, may be the far south—west of england. following the rain, sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, not as windy. temperatures 16 or 17, could make 19 or 20 in the south—east of england. lewis. thank you, darren. that's all from today's bbc news at one. enjoy the rest of the day. goodbye. live from london. this is bbc news. billionaire businessman jared isaacman becomes the first non—professional astronaut to walk in space — in a huge step forward for commercial space travel. back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here earth sure looks like a perfect world. the un agency for palestinian refugees says six of its employees were killed in an israeli air strike on a school it runs in central gaza. and as the race for the white house intensifies we have a special report from the battleground state of pennsylvania. lam about i am abo

here's our scotland editorjames cook.this is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. a community centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. and yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and the cost of living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. i must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024—25. and i call... there is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the proceeds of offshore wind and publicly owned scottish water. given the recent independent analysis, will the cabinet secretary finally put on the record that the large black hole in scotland's public finances is a result of the actions of the scottish government and not

a bit more cloud, though, to north and west of scotland, northern ireland.that sunshine a bit hazy, but it will thicken up into the western isles and the far west of northern ireland later. breezy to the northwest and southeast, but with light winds elsewhere. pleasant in the sunshine, 16 to 21, around where we should be for this stage in september. now, tonight, more in the way of thicker cloud in the north of scotland, orkney, shetland, also the western isles, patchy rain. clearer skies elsewhere will lead to some fog patches, again, vale of york, southern scotland most pronea and it�*s here where temperatures will drop the furthest, mid single figures into tomorrow morning. like this morning, though, fog will take a while to shift but it will be gone by mid to late morning. the cloud across northern scotland, giving some early rain in shetland, will actually start to thin and break a bit more through the afternoon. a tiny bit more cloud through east anglia and the south east with more breeze, but, overall, a sunny and even warmer day tomorrow. temperature

particularly windy in the far northwest of scotland.to northern ireland and western scotland through the day. england and wales maybe seeing a bit more cloud in the west, sunshine in the eastern side of england and those temperatures continuing to lift to 19, possibly even 20 degrees and across the whole of the uk temperatures are going to be higher than what we're seeing at the moment, which is good news, i suppose, and it won't be as cold at night either, particularly on that weather front, as it runs southwards into england and wales. now it's running into higher pressure, so there may not be an awful lot of rain. some rain for a while in northern england. that will continue in wales, maybe the west midlands and towards the south west. sunny skies for scotland and northern ireland. it won't be as windy. we've still got temperatures up to 16 or 17 degrees and dry and a bit warmer still in southeastern parts of england. live from london. this is bbc news. sir keir starmer warns the nhs is broken but not beaten — after a damning report

as we heard from our scotland - heard from our scotland correspondence there is a bit of a blame gamethe snp blaming the uk government, scottish labour blaming the snp, uk labour government blaming its tory predecessors. where is the blame proportion. who has the responsibility for the situation that the finances find themselves in? ultimately, we say this _ find themselves in? ultimately, we say this is — find themselves in? ultimately, we say this is about _ find themselves in? ultimately, we say this is about policy - we say this is about policy choices at a uk level, to determine overall spending across the uk, which determine the barnett consequential for the barnett consequential for the scottish budget, there is policy choices by the scottish government in the devolved taxes they have got to decide, how much they raise, the balance between supporting the economy and increasing tax rates, and the choices that the scottish government has got to make in what it prioritises in spending. in scotland, the introduced new social security payments that do not have equivalent payments an