cloud and sunshine across northern ireland on the far north of england and lots of sunshine further southin. not even a sniff of rain and temperatures getting up as high as 27, maybe 28 degrees in the south—east of england. there is the area of high pressure, one where the front moves away overnight and another one heading towards the far north—west of scotland so the highlands and islands on monday are likely to see some rain. 0therwise likely to see some rain. otherwise it is dry, winds elsewhere will be light and they will be lots of strong sunshine. it is continuing to heat up and higher temperatures in scotland and northern ireland but the highest temperatures across england and wales, widely the mid 20s, up to 29 in the south—east of england. the weather fronts still flirting with the far north—west of scotland as we head into tuesday. here we have got some stronger winds in the north and north—west of scotland. a lot of the rain will get pushed away and high pressure still in charge further south. dry and sunny and there is temperatures continuing to climb in the light winds. sea b

of england. lots of sunshine further south, though, across england and wales, once again. mperatures continuing to rise, getting up as high as 27, maybe 28 degrees in the south east of england. so there's our area of high pressure that's still around. 0ne weather front moves away overnight and we've got another one just heading towards the far north west of scotland. so the highlands and islands on monday likely again to see some rain. otherwise it's dry. the winds elsewhere will be light and there'll be lots of strong sunshine. so it's continuing to heat up. some higher temperatures in scotland and northern ireland, but the highest temperatures across england and wales — widely the mid 20s, up to 29 in the south east of england. so a weather front still flirting with the far north west of scotland as we head into tuesday. here, we've got some stronger winds in the north and northwest of scotland. a lot of that rain, though, will get pushed away. high pressure still in charge further south, dry and sunny, and those temperatures continuing to climb in the light winds. sea br

of england. the declaration covers parts of the south west, southern and central england, and the east of england when you have a shower, that water is coming from the environment, from rivers like here. there's extreme heat elsewhere in europe, too — firefighters are tackling huge blazes in france, and rivers are drying up in germany. the uk's economy shrank between april and june according to official estimates.

up to around 23—24 towards the south—west of england and south—west wales. bye for now. hello. nes... nasa cancels the launch of the artemis space rocket on its mission to the moon, due to last minute technical issues. the next opportunity for the launch is on friday. pakistan is set to launch a global appeal for the flooding catastrophe that's killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. the head of the institute for fiscal studies labels some of liz truss's tax cutting policies as �*worrying' and inadequade for dealing with rising energy costs. a rapid rise in vaping over the past decade reaches record levels in great britain with an estimated li.3 million people taking up the habit. and... after a two year pause due the pandemic, europe's largest street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. now on bbc news...hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. we humans face a series of interlinked existential challenges. how do we feed a global population heading toward 10 billion? can it be done without degrading ecosystems

for the far north of england and northern ireland, but more in the way of sunshine across the rest of england and wales. temperatures beginning to creep up. it could make 27 in the southn eastern parts of scotland. next week, the potential of some rain in the highlands and islands of scotland but otherwise dry. a lot of sunshine to come. inland temperatures, we continue to rise widely in the mid 20s across england and wales, low 20s across england and wales, low 20s across england and wales, low 20s across much of scotland and northern ireland. high pressure is still in charge, and that's the reason for all the dry weather. it will push away all those weather fronts, even from the north—west of scotland, and underneath the high pressure with the dry ground, temperatures are going to rise rapidly. not so much for scotland and northern ireland, although we will get warmer next week. it will also turn dryjust about everywhere. it is across the bulk of england and wales that we will move into these heatwave conditions with temperatures climbing rapidly. even by thursday in the south—east of england, temperatures could be mid 30s once again. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley

and a fine of £1,000 faces anyone who breaches a hosepipe ban imposed by thames water in the south of englanday. coming up on the bbc news channel rangers seek to make the group stages of the champions league for the first time in over ten years. good evening. at least 22 people have been killed and around 50 others injured in a russian strike on a railway station in the east of ukraine. it comes exactly six months after russia launched its full—scale invasion of the country. the head of the un antonio guterres said it was a "sad and tragic milestone". the conflict has had a huge human cost — the un says there have been more than 5,500 thousand civilian deaths, but the true number is likely to be far more. earlier this week, the head of ukraine's military said nearly 9,000 of its personnel have been killed. estimates of russian military deaths vary wildly but the uk government said injune that at least 25,000 troops had died. russia controls ukrainian territory in the south and east and ukraine says it is planning a counter—offensive around the occupied city of kherson. but russian troops are

overnight tonight, the humidity will build towards the far south of england, particularly the south—westves north and east. clear spells across north—east scotland and temperatures will drop back into single figures between six and nine celsius so a chilly start to the morning and this is where the weather front is on monday, moving east through the day introducing mostly light, patchy rain, but there will be a heavy downpour at times and certainly across the midlands and certainly across the midlands and east anglia and also the scottish borders but mostly dry across scotland, particularly eastern scotland and there will be breaks in the cloud in parts of northern ireland, western wales on the south—west of england by the end of the day but watch out for some this is bbc news with the latest headlines... i'm shaun ley. the unite union begins eight days of strike action by staff at the uk's largest container port, felixstowe, in a dispute over pay. the met police say they had contact with owami davies on the day she was reported missing by herfamily. daria dugina, the daughter of one of

become a little lighter, bit more patchy, during the second half of the night, that is when our attention turns to be south—east of englandanglia as heavy, potential thundery downpours are set to roll in from the south, cleary conditions elsewhere, bit of pressure night to come for northern ireland and scotland as well, but still quite muqqy scotland as well, but still quite muggy and humid, 17 degrees or so across the south—east of england, facing tomorrow. let's take a look at these heavy thundery downpours. move in from the english channel over kent and norfolk and this is where we could see some localised flooding as that heavy rain arrives on the dry ground. it will ease away during the first half of the afternoon and then for the rest of the uk are largely dry day with some sunshine around, perhaps the odd isolated shower in the far north—west. all in less humid conditions with tempted around to 15 to 24 conditions with tempted around to 15 to 2a degrees on thursday. into friday, another weak weather front here, that results out as it moves east, will bring some showers on friday, particularly across northern and we

, wales and the south—west of england as we start monday morning. m and sticky—feeling night for sleeping. temperatures in the mid to high teens. could be 20 degrees, another tropical night, across southern england and south wales. monday, low pressure becomes more established across the uk, so more of us are going to see some heavy showers and thunderstorms as well. but if you do catch one or two of these really sharp showers, could be some large hail mixed in, frequent lightning, as well as the potential for localised flooding, with some heavy showers falling on the really dry and hard ground. it is going to be another day with temperatures above 30 degrees, the eighth consecutive day in the south and east. but turning cooler in the north and west. the northerly winds continue on tuesday for northern ireland and scotland. some more persistent perhaps thundery rain for parts of scotland and northern england. and further south across england and wales, later on tuesday, more of a chance of some fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. temperatures sta

of rainfall. in south—east england there _ of rainfall. in south—east england there has— of rainfall. of what we _ there has been an average of 9% of what we would expect the july rainfall, — what we would expect the july rainfall, compared to 50% plus in northerh— rainfall, compared to 50% plus in northern england and scotland. closer to — northern england and scotland. closer to 80%. so quite a bit of disparity— closer to 80%. so quite a bit of disparity across the country in terms — disparity across the country in terms of— disparity across the country in terms of what people are seeing. we have been— terms of what people are seeing. we have been told to expect an official drought _ have been told to expect an official drought to — have been told to expect an official drought to be declared and it could be very— drought to be declared and it could be very significant. obviously, people — be very significant. obviously, people rely on being able to keep themselves cool and when we saw the temperature is really high, touching 40 on _ temperature is really high, touching 40 on the _ te

that see south wales and parts of south—west englandrather cloudy for some of our towns and cities on the east coast, quite breezy as well, whereas further west, there will be more sunshine and higher temperatures. despite an increasing wind in the south—west of england, temperatures here on monday could get into the middle 20s celsius. so, quite windy in the south—west and through the english channel. still quite breezy for eastern coasts with a lot of cloud being pulled in on that breeze as well. one or two showers, a lot of dry weather and the best sunshine will be where we have shelter from that breeze, which will also bring the highest temperatures. values up to around 24—25 degrees. bye for now. hello and welcome to the programme. it brings together some of the best—known british commentators and correspondents to write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. —— dateline london. this week, britain's release of has turned up in ukraine, as the country marks the six months as the war began. we n

but down in the south, the east, central parts of england, south wales, temperatures 33, 3a degrees, vening hours, some of the heavy downpours in the north—west creep a little bit further south and east across northern england, wales and the south—west of england as we start monday morning. but it is going to be another warm and sticky feeling night for sleeping. temperatures in the mid to high teens. could be 20 degrees, another tropical night, across southern england and south wales. monday, low pressure becomes more established across the uk, so more of us are going to see some heavy showers and thunderstorms as well. but if you do catch one or two of these really sharp showers, could be some large hail mixed in, frequent lightning, as well as the potential for localised flooding, with some heavy showers falling on the really dry and hard ground. it is going to be another day with temperatures above 30 degrees, the eighth consecutive day in the south and east. but turning cooler in the north and west. the northerly winds continue on tuesday for northern ireland and scotland. some m

you can see where the sunshine is best at the moment, so plenty of cloud in the south and further north across northern areas of englandtoday and also sunny spells for parts of north—east scotland stop northern scotland not doing badly, sunny spells for parts of northern ireland as well and a scattering of showers in the west. the south—westerly wind is lighter than yesterday and temperatures will generally range between 18 and 2a celsius in the south, so the warmth is hanging on here for a while. some missed and low cloud forming in south—western coast and the weather front gradually moves north and east introducing plenty of cloud and are mild and muggy night towards the south. clear spells across northern areas and temperatures dropping to high single figures. as we look at monday, the weather front continues to push east and that will introduce outbreaks of rain. most of the rain will tend to be quite light and patchy but there could be heavier downpours for the borders by the time we get to the end of the day and also across east anglia and the midlands. heavier downpours here with sunny spells, breaks in the clou

the weather to be found across southern counties of england and into south wales, 23 2a degrees. cotland and north—east england into wednesday as the breeze eases down. there will be showers dotted around the pennines and western parts of scotland and temperatures much like what we will see on tuesday in the mid teens across eastern areas and into the mid 20s across the south. by into the mid 20s across the south. by the time we hit thursday the wind that has been blustery across southern counties eases and the sunshine is developing across the uk. most places dry, few if any showers. into the low 20s across western scotland by the stage and lighter winds across the south and temperatures will creep up a bit more, 25/26. as we head towards the end of the week on the weekend, low pressure across france and will give us a greater chance of seeing rain, especially across parts of the west of the uk. see you soon. nasa is hoping to launch the first mission of its artemis project which will ultimately send astronauts back to the moon. the giant uncrewed rocket will spend six weeks flyi

it may start to buckle a little bit, but it does mean that any warm air is stuck in the south—east of englandeatwave on the way by any means. temperatures near normal for this time of the year. monday looks the wetter day. after that, it looks mostly dry, and there will be some sunshine from time to time. thanks for watching, and we'll be back soon. this is bbc news. our top stories: life in prison for el shafee elsheikh, a british fighter from the islamic state group, sentenced for his role in the murders of western hostages. relatives of his victims say justice has been done. now justice has been done. we receive the best of our country now we receive the best of our country and i am very grateful, obviously, but that is what makes it a hollow victory, if you will. after turkey successfully brokered ukraine's grain export deal — can president erdogan help end russian military operations at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant? the widow of basketball legend kobe bryant says she was left devastated by first responders�* photographs of her dead husband and daughter after a fatal helicopter crash.

—west england, the east of england, parts of central england, as well. when we just recap, parts of the southreaking temperatures in july. although the temperatures are not expected to reach quite the high is that they reached last month, we are currently in a period of a four—day heatwave up with an amber weather warning in force. that means there is warning of a risk to the health of vulnerable people, also a risk of travel disruption. as we were hearing from professor of ecology, tom oliver, just a moment ago, it is having an effect on agriculture as well. the growing of crops, the feeding of livestock, all of that having an impact on farmers around the country. just to recap that breaking news, parts of southern, central and eastern england have now all been declared to be in drought. the official definition, a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up extreme weather that has been built up over time. and when defining drought, there are four stages. there is a normal, prolonged dry weather, there is drought, and there is severe drought. england had currently been sittin

of england and wales through the remainder. a very warm night across england and wales, those in some areas of around 20 degrees. the isolated showers for the south exciting. some heavy, thundery downpours surging across into western scotland and spreading their way northwards. isolated showers across wales and the south—west of england. still looking at temperatures in the mid—30s widely across england and wales on sunday, but then you see the heat is easing as we move into the week ahead. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight... more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. around 7,000 households in surrey are being hit by a loss of water, while experts warn england's drought could last into the next year. the man suspected of attacking and seriously wounding author salman rushdie has been charged with attempted murder. travel disruption after thousands of train drivers from nine rail companies go on strike across the uk today. it's the latest walkout in a row over pay and conditions. the 82—year—old who reaches new heights. we'll hear from nick gardner, who scaled the final peak and completed his miss

these cows in the south of england are wearing gps chips as part of an experiment. their posture is fenced in digitally. not physically. they tell us inside the posture, wiring a color, well, when it meets the boundary here and audio, and our audio will born the animal that you are outside your grazing area. you need to return. the animal learns that if i don't return, i get an electric post. the pulse is comparable to that of an electric fence, says the norwegian company that produces the colors. on average, only 3 percent of the animals that here an audio warning venture out far enough to receive an electric pulse. a sim card in the cola helps farmers track missing animals on an up and satellite data. let's farmers re draw the boundaries of their grazing area as often as they like. regularly rotating fields allows the soil to regenerate most of our cattle, we move on a daily basis using a system called mope grazing. but with the colors here we're, we're doing much more gentle moving the gps colors are being tested at the net re wilding project ecologist, penny gre

will spread back into eastern scotland and the north—east of england over night, and then there is the chance of some showers for the far southof the ones across northern ireland could start to turn a little thundery, particularly once the sun comes up. a very warm night, 20 degrees, across southern england. temperatures in the lower end of double figures across scotland. and then through sunday, it does start to get livelier for northern ireland and western and northern scotland. as showers work their way through here during the day, some locally intense downpours to come. and that will start to break down the heat. isolated showers also possible across wales, the south—west, perhaps a few getting into the midlands. but i think very little in the way of significant rain to come out of those. it's through monday, as this area of low pressure tries to edge in from the atlantic, that we will see rain becoming more widespread across the western side of the uk. there's the possibility of some showers to the east as well, but these are likely to be more hit and miss. whereas we're going to see i think some pretty heavy, quite sust

spells around, the small chance of an isolated shower, but it will turn rather breezy towards the south of englandw, it's high pressure that's keeping us dry. it's sitting towards the north of the uk. it will gradually start to push a little further eastwards. it's not a bank holiday weekend in scotland and it's here where we have a warm front overnight tonight, just throwing more cloud into eastern areas of scotland. see maybe few outbreaks of rain towards the west, otherwise dry. a milder night in scotland than we saw last night. temperatures will stay in double figures, quite cloudy in northern ireland. clear skies across much of england and wales. temperatures here dropping to between ten and 14 degrees celsius. a few early mist patches into tomorrow morning and then tomorrow. well, it's more of the same. could be a few outbreaks of rain towards the western isles, but other than that, it's mostly dry but quite cloudy across scotland. a few breaks in the cloud maybe towards the far southwest. glasgow could see 22 degrees celsius. some breaks across northern ireland, but generally cloudy, best o

cloud fills in across eastern scotland and eastern england overnight, then showers start to push towards the south—west of pretty warm and muqqy end of the night. pretty warm and muggy night however and in the south again some areas will see temperatures hovering around 20 degrees mark. through sunday the cloud across eastern england will burn off through the morning but showers further west will start to get increasingly lively, heavy thundery downpours for northern ireland, extending through scotland through the day and ushering in cooler conditions. isolated showers also possible across wales and west in england but very little in the way of significant rain to come out of those. it will be monday i think when we will see a greater probability of some more meaningful showers pushing into the western side of the uk. monday, a chance of some showers across eastern england but here i think any real rainfall again very elusive. and still here, yes, it is a bit cooler but temperatures into the low 20s. further west it is starting to become cooler, temperatures still a little above average but relatively coo

and the temperatures today widely into the low 20s, probably peaking at about 2k across the south of englandovernight tonight, there is a threat of seeing a little bit more in the way of rain developing across north west england, north wales and perhaps northern ireland, too. but otherwise, it's a largely dry night with similar temperatures that we've seen over recent nights about 10 to 1a degrees. bank holiday monday, northern ireland, england, wales, not looking bad. again, there's the threat of a little thicker cloud for north west england, bringing perhaps a spot of morning rain, but the afternoon looking drier. high pressure still in charge. so we're going to get northerly winds coming down the north sea and that will keep some of our eastern coastal areas of scotland and england a few degrees cooler tomorrow. the warmest weather, 25 towards the cardiff area. the notting hill carnival, of course, returns after a brief pandemic break and it should stay dry throughout really with some spells of sunshine and indeed deeper into next week, this area of high pressure is going to hang about. s

of eastern england. probably the best of the sunshine will be for parts of wales and south—west england, perhaps western too. temperatures by monday afternoon for most of us in the low to perhaps mid—20s, but always a little bit cooler across northern and eastern scotland where you've got that breeze coming in off the north sea, and 13 degrees there for the northern isles. now, high pressure holds on, sits towards the north of the uk as we head on into tuesday, so not much change in our weather. weather fronts kept out at bay for the moment. into tuesday, again the odd light shower moving in for east anglia and the south—east on that breeze, and there could be a few showers for, say, western parts of scotland, but most of us having another dry day with some long spells of sunshine, especially for parts of northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england too. cardiff, 2a degrees. aberdeen, only 15 on tuesday. so the middle of the week dominated by that high pressure to the north of the uk. we've got low pressure starting to develop out towards the south—west, possiblyjust moving into the bay of biscay,

south but nothing in the forecast here. a few showers in northern ireland and the north of england but further south across wales, east anglian england, another dry day. plenty of sunshine around. temperatures similar, high teens across the northern half of the uk, about 25 towards the south—east of england. the forecast on sunday, a few splashes of rain in scotland for a time. further southwards, few splashes of rain in scotland for a time. furthersouthwards, dry, a bit of cloud building into the early part of the afternoon but the probably starting to rise a little. 21 in aberdeen, up to in london. next week, what's going to happen is we will start to see this area of high pressure become much more dominant across large parts of the british isles and that means more of us will enjoy dry weather with sunshine and we will start to see the temperatures rise day by day as well. so the northern areas of the uk where we have seen showers in recent days, it becomes drier with more sunshine and temperatures more widely reach the low to mid 20s. feeling warm in the sunshine next week. further southwards, feeling warm in the sunshin

but down in the south, the east, central parts of england, south wales, temperatures 33, 3a degrees, , some of the heavy downpours in the north—west creep a little bit further south and east across northern england, wales and the south—west of england as we start monday morning. but it is going to be another warm and sticky feeling night for sleeping. temperatures in the mid to high teens. could be 20 degrees, another tropical night, across southern england and south wales. monday, low pressure becomes more established across the uk, so more of us are going to see some heavy showers and thunderstorms as well. but if you do catch one or two of these really sharp showers, could be some large hail mixed in, frequent lightning, as well as the potential for localised flooding, with some heavy showers falling on the really dry and hard ground. it is going to be another day with temperatures above 30 degrees, the eighth consecutive day in the south and east. but turning cooler in the north and west. the northerly winds continue on tuesday for northern ireland and scotland. some more persiste

south and west under clear skies, and possible lose some of the rain and drizzle in western scotland it will turn sunny later. rural parts into single figures, particularly in the south—west of englandcloud tomorrow with cloud in yorkshire and lincolnshire which will break up. highest of all in the north—west of scotland, western isles, highlands, orkney and shetland, a strengthening wind, that even with that we will see temperatures climbing into the high teens. temperatures more widely into the 20s, approaching 30 celsius to the 20s, approaching 30 celsius to the south—east of england. what the rain eases off much the north of scotland, there will still be some spots around, strong to gale force winds expected here, but temperatures in the mid 20s in scotland and northern ireland, over 30 in the south—east corner. a high pressure just hangs on, it was a bit further east routes through the week, maybe a little bit of a south—easterly wind bringing some more humidity and warmth familiar continent, but overall, across england and wales, this is where we'll see you conditions quite warm, we'll see you conditions quite warm, we will see temperatures quite widely into the 30s. we will s

of england and wales to the remainder of the weekend. very warm light across england and wales, low is in some areas 20 degrees, a few isolated showers for the southght pushing into northern ireland, clyde, mr murk pushing into the coasts of eastern scotland and the north—east of england, this burns back on sunday and these showers get excitable, heavy thundery downpours surging across into western scotland and spreading their way northwards. isolated showers across wales and the south—west of england, still looking at temperatures in the mid 30s wildly, but there you see the heat using as we move into the week ahead. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are emma woolf, author and broadcaster and kate maltby, columnist for the... tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the observer leads with �*britain�*s parched summer'. meanwhile, the sunday express devotes its front page to formally endorsing liz truss to be the next prime minister. her rival rishi sunak is on the front of the sunday telegraph

of eastern england. probably the best of the sunshine will be for parts of wales and south—west england, perhaps western ower around through central scotland too. temperatures by monday afternoon for most of us in the low to perhaps mid—20s, but always a little bit cooler across northern and eastern scotland where you've got that breeze coming in off the north sea, and 13 degrees there for the northern isles. now, high pressure holds on, sits towards the north of the uk as we head on into tuesday, so not much change in our weather. weather fronts kept out at bay for the moment. into tuesday, again the odd light shower moving in for east anglia and the south—east on that breeze, and there could be a few showers for, say, western parts of scotland, but most of us having another dry day with some long spells of sunshine, especially for parts of northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england too. cardiff, 2a degrees. aberdeen, only 15 on tuesday. so the middle of the week dominated by that high pressure to the north of the uk. we've got low pressure starting to develop out towards the south—west, possibl

heavy ones in the north—west of england and into the afternoon, most of the showers will be across scotland and northern england, one or two for northern ireland. further southittle on the cool side first thing on saturday morning. that patchy rain will run eastwards across scotland. little or no rain, really, for northern ireland and indeed across northern england, where there will be more cloud. further south, it's still dry, still lots of sunshine. the winds will be light, temperatures lifting to 27 degrees in the south—east and again 16—19 in scotland and northern ireland. this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines: the parents of archie battersbee's have lost a high court bid to move him to a hospice. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since april. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and

of england. the declaration covers parts of the south west, southern and central england, and the east of england — after prolonged dry weather. this is an exceptional summer and we could all think about how we use our water. in fact, could all think about how we use our water. infact, even could all think about how we use our water. in fact, even think about where it comes from. when you have a shower, that water is coming from the environment, from rivers like here. there's extreme heat elsewhere in europe, too — firefighters are tackling huge blazes in france, and rivers are drying up in germany. the uk's economy shrank between april and june according to official estimates. 7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop—up sites — the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year's eurovision song contest — seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country

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south—west of northern ireland as well. and again, the warmest of the weather to be found across southern counties of england and into south east england into wednesday as the breeze eases down a bit further. there will be a few showers dotted around the pennines and the western parts of scotland as well, temperatures much like we will see on tuesday, in the mid teens across eastern areas into the mid 20s across the south. by the time we hit thursday, the wind that has been quite blustery across southern counties starts to ease a bit more, a lot more sunshine developing across the uk as well, most places dry, few, if any, showers, into the low 20s across western scotland by this stage and with lighter winds across the south the temperatures will creep up a bit more, 25 or 26. but as we head towards the end of the week and the weekend, low pressure in france, one towards the north—west, start to combine, and gives a greater chance of seeing some rain at times, especially across parts of the west of the uk. see you soon. the headlines. nasa cancels the launch of the artemis space rocket on its mission to the moon, due to last

so here's a closer look, then — early hours of the morning, here's the cloud reaching south—western parts of englandwards the east and south, it will be much brighter. 1a in london, the starting temperature, around 10—11 in the north of scotland. so starts off quite sunny, but then, this weak weather front, moving very slowly across the uk, will build cloud across many central parts of england. i suspect the sunniest areas will be along the north sea coast, around the coasts of east anglia, and also the channel. and you can see where the showers are possible — maybe in south—western scotland, one or two elsewhere, the north—west of england, perhaps wales. now, the weekend — all—important weekend, because it is, of course, for some of us a bank holiday weekend — sunny spells and just a few showers on the horizon. so predominantly sunny weather on saturday, with high pressure building. this weak weather front may just about brush the very far north—west of the uk. and the temperatures are highest in the south—west of the uk. in cardiff, around 25 celsius. here's that area of high pressure — and this t

of england. cloud into northern ireland and the south—west of england. start to herald the arrival of sharper showers. a warm night ahead for sunday, hotter again, particularly across the southern half of the uk. a change coming into the north west. sheriff picking up the north west. sheriff picking up the pace and as they come in they will drop heavy rain but also usher in cooler air. isolated showers possibly across western england and wales. no really significant rain and sunday still very much a story of pretty significant heat for many. hello, this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal and these are the headlines... writers and politicians condemn an attack on acclaimed author, sir salman rushdie, who's now on a ventilator, after being stabbed on stage in the us state of new york. his agent says the 75—year—old can't speak, is likely to lose an eye, has a damaged liver, and the nerves in one arm have been severed in the attack. more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. that, as experts also warn england's drought co

it may start to buckle a little bit, but it does mean that any warm air is stuck in the south—east of englandof the year. monday looks the wetter day. after that, it looks mostly dry, and there will be some sunshine from time to time. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: more major disruption on the railways as thousands of workers walk out in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. the summerof the summer of strokes continues. this is_ the summer of strokes continues. this is a _ the summer of strokes continues. this is a sixth day that workers have _ this is a sixth day that workers have walked out in recent months, meaning _ have walked out in recent months, meaning only about 20% of services will he _ meaning only about 20% of services will be running today. former cabinet member michael gove backs rishi sunak for the conservative leadership, but concedes he doesn't expect to serve in the government again. good morning. keep on running.

the had the decision has been taken to declare an official drought situation in parts of the south west of england, the south south of england, south eastern and central england and including london itself. and were at what does a drought announcements actually mean in practical terms? what, what does it mean? essentially the, the, the water companies are trying to reassure the public that essential water services are fine. they're not going to be hampered, it's all bucks, having an official droughts basically means that the water companies can start putting in restrictions, telling their customers that they can do certain things. and what it boils down to really is how his pipe bands, when they're all and now so, and that's when it's made of highest by bands. you are not allowed to water your law, and you're not allowed to water. your plans, you know what? to clean the windows of your house. you know what out. so wash chicago, if you're lucky enough to have a swimming pool, you can't fill that up. so those sorts of things, and there are parts of the country where these announcements have already

wells in the south—west but nothing too significant in the way of rain and in those cooler, what will get the showers in scotland and northern ireland but looking to the mid 30s across englandn sunday and possibly 36 in the south east of england. by monday, low pressure is trying to take hold across the uk. it is trying to pull in cooler and fresher air from the atlantic. however, it's not a cleanjob. we will see showers across eastern england but they are likely to be hit and miss. england but they are likely to be hitand miss. many england but they are likely to be hit and miss. many areas are still staying dry and hot here. further west, a greater chance of showers and it looks like a change in wind direction will also mean we will start to see temperatures are shifting closer to the average values for the time of year. but it is a tapering off, not really a plunge. by tuesday, pressure to the south of the uk looks like it will mean we will get showers heading across into eastern england and it looks like we will see some of those around on wednesday as well. this take a look at the outlook for the weekend of what you can see is that all areas can produce two closer to t

that could well expand across the irish sea across parts of north—west england, south—west scotland asgh the night. a fair amount of cloud also streaming into north—eastern parts and the breeze will be picking up. that will hold the temperatures up in double digits for many of us and that brisk breeze will be a big feature of the weather for monday, a bank holiday for england, wales, northern ireland, not for scotland. with high pressure to the north of us we will see brisk north—easterly winds making it feel rather cool and certainly keeping things rather cloudy for some eastern parts. the best of the sunshine and the highest of the temperatures will be further west where you get some shelter from that breeze. despite some rather windy conditions in the south—west of england, temperatures here could get to 25 degrees. lots of sunshine to come here, also decent amounts of sunshine for wales, parts of northern ireland. further east we will see more in the way of cloud, could be one or two afternoon showers but there is confirmation of that fairly brisk breeze and some low temperatures a

of quite a lot of change, heavy persistent rain probably for much of scotland on tuesday, moving into northern england and the four southnd, the band of thundery rain gradually moving southwards and eastwards. the temperature contrast here on tuesday, the heat hangs on touristy south and east, maybe 27 celsius across east anglia, a lot cooler across east anglia, a lot cooler across the north and west. this is where that brand of thundery rain is likely to be on wednesday, in volt further south and east. some wet weather here, localised weather warnings in place, thunderstorms, mostly across southern england, east anglia, down to south wales and the forces were two west and temperatures for all have returned to where they should be. as we head through the rest of the working week, we see this atlantic air move through, back to westerlies, they will try push on this well. weather fronts towards the north—west of scotland into the western isles, outbreaks of rain throughout the day on thursday, western wales and northern ireland, cloudy here, it raises a further south and east, the warmer it is likely to be. temperatures c

of sunshine. and despite quite a strong wind across the south west of england, monday could bring highs here of aroundnel into the south west, still quite breezy for eastern coastal counties, too, with a lot of cloud rolling in on the breeze. best of the sunshine towards the south west of the uk. there will be one or two showers, many places will be dry, but those temperatures on the cool side across northern and eastern parts, the warmest weather as we've already seen, down towards south wales and the south west of england. moving on into tuesday, high pressure still to the north of us, something developing down towards the south, some lower pressure just starting to show its hand over the bay of biscay. thatjust introduces the chance of some showers into the south west on tuesday. still quite breezy here, but for the most part, it's another mainly dry day, fair amounts of cloud rolling in from the east where it will be quite cool. highest temperatures a little bit further south. moving out of tuesday into wednesday, just signs of those showers starting to get going through the bay of biscay, maybe d

some showery rain in western wales and the south—west of england, otherwise dry, temperatures dipping to high teens for many. so, a warm start again tomorrow morning. but more showers around on monday, the thunderstorms particularly across england and wales will be hit and miss, some places are staying dry. quite high rainfall totals could lead to some localised surface water flooding. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a group of charities and community organisations has called the rises in energy bills a "national emergency" as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. but the energy minister say their plan won't work. the author sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and his son says his injuries are life—changing but that his feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact after he was stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least 41 people have died and a0 are injured in a fire at a coptic church in north—west cairo. a powerful explosion has rocked a shopping centre and caused a fire in armenia's capita

so again, we're likely to make 2a in southern parts of england and south wales. rcle and that's keeping it generally fine and dry. the fly in the ointment on thursday is that area of low pressure and weather fronts that threatens to bring some heavier showers, notjust for the channel islands, but now perhaps into the far south—west of england. otherwise, some lengthy spells of sunshine, some patchy cloud bubbling up here and there. probably not quite as windy for southern areas. it may be a bit warmer widely — temperatures into the low to mid 20s on thursday. so we've got a couple more days of this quiet, largely dry weather with some sunshine. but by the end of the week and into the weekend, things may look a little different. we've got some rain in the forecast and that's because pressure is going to be falling. we've got this low pressure heading up towards the english channel, weather front sliding in from the atlantic and the two sort of bumping into each other and combining. so we're going to find some patchy rain coming into the north—west of the uk. these

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