the areas most likely to see thunderstorms today across the south—west of england come into south walestomorrow that risk pushes across wales, the north west of england and by the time we get to sunday, thunderstorm risks across northern ireland but nowhere immune to seeing a few of those heavy downpours as we move into the weekend. all courtesy of this area of low pressure sitting across the bay of biscay, pushing north across the uk bringing us unsettled weather. for the rest of the afternoon some heavy downpours across much of southern england, pushing towards the midlands. pretty worn out there, temperatures round about 20 degrees, cooler where you have cloud and rain, especially across the north—east of england. this area of rain easing as we head into the ceiling and night, pushing across the east of scotland, heavy showers pushing north across england and wales. quite blustery winds, you may well hear the odd rumble of thunder overnight. quite a muggy night out there, temperatures holding up between ten and 13 degrees. the weather tomorrow will bea degrees. the weather tomorrow w

—— in the north—west and south—west.questions on the r number. it is important that people don't seize on one report but rather look at all the reports in the round. so the overall view of sage, having considered all of the information that has come in, is that r, over the country as a whole, remains between 0.7 and 0.9. and, critically, the 0ns study, which was one of the larger studies and is based on direct measurement rather than modelling, shows that the number of new cases per day is falling, and has fallen from between 9000 and 7000 as it was thought to be around a week ago to around 5600, so you have to look at all of these things in the round and that confirms the r remains at around 0.7 to 0.9, then we are seeking to take a more local approach to tackling outbreaks where we find them. on the second question, that is an operational matter for the police. the last question is from the muslim use. the black, asian and minority ethnic community is very disappointed with the public health england review, published a

for parts of wales and south—west of england, potentially heavy and thundery showers.lly winds associated with some of these thunderstorms. fewer showers as we push across more ireland and northern ireland as well. perhaps one or two. a brighter end to the day compared to how we started the day for the north of england. still quite cloudy for scotland this evening, a few showers towards the east, cooler under the cloud in scotland. elsewhere, we have got that humid air sticks with us tonight elsewhere. temperatures round about 11 to 14 celsius. a mild start to sunday. tomorrow promises something pretty similar to today. some sunshine around for many of us, cloudier for the north—east of england and eastern scotland, cooler under the cloud. in the sunshine, once again, it's been quite warm or humid. generally too low, possibly even the mid—20s for some of us. again, that threat of some heavy downpours working into parts of wales and south—west england, potentially a few for north—west england and northern ireland. they will still be lingering around on monday, low—press

england and fourin of wales, south—west england and four in north—west england and northern irelandern ireland as well. they are hitand miss, northern ireland as well. they are hit and miss, we will not all see them, but they will all be lingering around as we head into monday. low pressure starting to ease away, but we will have it close by on monday. another day of sunny spells, some warm, humid conditions building to the day, and that threat of heavy and thunderstorms. towards the west especially, if your easter there are fewer. temperatures are still reasonably warm at is—ziiu. showers lasting through the second half of this week, it will be drier towards the end of the week. goodbye. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: the past is never dead — it's not even past. a line from american author william faulkner — much quoted in recent days as race protests spread around the world and countries with a slave trading, colonial past debated how that past infects their present. but before we tackle the problem left over by history, let's talk about the o

sunny spells for the south—west of england. much of scotland. es. monday, a ridge of high pressure in charge holding on as we head on into tuesday. a few days of dry weather. the next weather front moving on from the north—west on tuesday stop the chance of the odd shower on monday, particularly around the east coast. later in the day for wales and south—west of england, the odd sharp shower with hail and thunder perhaps mixed in. less windy by the time we get to monday afternoon and temperatures are still a little below par. into tuesday, a similar sort of day. most places looking drive. more rain into the far north—west by the end of the day but temperatures are starting to creep up temperatures are starting to creep upa temperatures are starting to creep up a little bit so 13— 19 degrees. less of a windshield. this area of low pressure will be developing, still a bit of uncertainty on the detail but wednesday— thursday, it sinks south turning wet and windy through into the middle part of the week. another settle outlook from mid—week onwards.

not as cold for parts of wales or the south—west where we keep more cloud and the odd shower.f the week, not completely dry but drier than it has been throughout the weekend, brighter too for many with lighter winds as this area of high pressure across the azores extends its influence towards the british isles, you can see this ridge in the isobars, that shows the pressure is building. that will kill off much of the shower activity but they will still be some across eastern scotland, eastern england, may be the odd one for northern ireland and the chance of a heavy shower or thunderstorm across wales and the south—west of england. otherwise, it is dry with patchy cloud and sunny spells and temperatures typically between 11 and 18 degrees, a bit cooler i think for some of these north sea coasts. tuesday, very similar, sunny spells, increasingly cloudy conditions developing into the afternoon. small chance for a shower just about wherever you are and later in the day, a frontal system approaches north—west scotland and northern ireland with some outbreaks of rain and that front

for parts of wales and south—west.howers. some hailand heavy and thundery showers. some hail and some squally winds associated with some of these thunderstorms. a brighter end to the day compared to how we started the day compared to how we started the day for the north of england. still quite cloudy for scotland this evening, if you shall so was the east, cooler under the cloud in scotland. humid air sticks with us tonight elsewhere. temperatures round about 11 to 14 celsius. tomorrow promises something pretty similarto tomorrow promises something pretty similar to today. some sunshine around far many of us, cloudy at for the north—east of england and eastern scotland, cooler under the plan. feeling warm and humid in the sunshine, temperatures possibly in the low to mid 20s for some of us. heavy downpours working into parts of wales and south—west england, potentially a few for nothing went out in northern ireland. they will still be lingering around on monday, low— pressure still be lingering around on monday, low—pr

further south and west, though, in those sunnier spells, 19 or 20 celsius likely. one or two heavy showers across the south of england, wales, just lingering into this evening, might hear the old rumble of thunder. they should fade away quite quickly and then it's mainly dry with clear spells tonight and a fairly chilly night, especially across the northern half of the uk with those clearer skies, temperatures down into the mid—single figures. many of us in double figures further south. but monday's weather fairly quiet due to this ridge of high pressure in charge, that stays with us into tuesday. by the end of tuesday, the next area of low pressure moves in from the north west, basically a window of drier, quieter weather for a couple of days on monday and tuesday as well. still one or two rogue showers down the east coast and for wales and the south—west of england on monday, a few sharp showers building through the afternoon. could be some hail mixed in with some of those as well. temperatures still a little below par for this time of year, between about 11 to 18

of england, south—westw there will be sunshine across the bulk of england and wales, a little cloudier for scotland and northern ireland for a time. later in the afternoon, that's when we start to see the heavy and thundery showers developing, particularly heavy showers and thunderstorms for the channel isles, the south—west of england, southern england, wales, the north west of england seeing some of these fairly hit and miss but potentially thundery downpours. some sunshine between the showers, drier day tomorrow for northern england compared to today. northern ireland and much of scotland as well, particularly towards the north—west, it could be quite warm with temperatures in the mid 20s. into saturday evening we will keep those heavy showers, the odd rumble of thunder, particularly across parts of england and wales. heading through into the second half of the weekend, another warm and humid day with some sunshine and heavy showers. thunderstorms are possible for parts of wales particularly, into northe

today's heaviest storms will be across parts of wales, the north west midlands, north—west england, south—westa nd north—west england, south—west scotland and northern ireland. in the heaviest downpours, we could see around 15—25 millimetres in the space of an hour. that's enough to cause localised surface water flooding. aside from the showers, warm sunshine, but it will stay cloudy, with light and patchy rain in eastern scotland. overnight, the showers fade away, but the becomes more extensive in scotland and north—eastern areas of england. temperatures of 12—13dc for many. tomorrow, a dry start, but it will be mainly in the afternoon that we start to see showers and thunderstorms develop, again, across western areas. south—west england, wales, north—west england and western areas of scotland, the showers will be heavy, thundery, slow—moving and capable of bringing 15-25 slow—moving and capable of bringing 15—25 millimetres of rain in an hour. so we could see the risk of localised surface water flooding. sunny spells elsewhere, and feeling warm where the sun comes through. the winds are ligh

you mentioned the south—west, where there is a hint it might be above one, the key number we are all read too much into that. the range is between 0.8 and 1.1, so the balance of probability, the middle of the range, still below one, so the epidemic is still going on the right direction, and when you talk to people in the south—west they say there has been an outbreak in hospital in weston—super—mare, and when, if you are in the lucky position, and as i said they have had some of the lowest rates throughout the epidemic, so one small blip can make a big difference. so we need to be little careful i think before we get too carried away with that. 0k. what about the latest death statistics with covid—19? about the latest death statistics with covid-19? this shows a different picture of who is affected most. part of the picture is regional but it is also really driven very clearly by deprivation, and we can see that. we already know that the poorest people die youngest, and looking at the figures from england and wales and comparing those, how much the differences between the most and le

if you take the south—west it goes from tewkesbury to land's south—west it goes from tewkesbury to landsates at 650 per 100,000 people and one of the lowest rates at 50 per 100,000 people. they are not quite the same dramatic variations across the south—west, but i think what it really says to all of us is, you know what, your behaviour matters. it doesn't matter whether you are in a pocket. it doesn't matter where you are. you've just got to be careful. we have reported in the past 24 hours that people using public transport in england have started to wear face masks at all times, and some new advice from the who bodily overnight as well about facemasks. is that something that you welcome? overall, it is, because they are doing it in the right situations. i have always had concerns about facemasks, as many doctors have. firstly, it can lull people into a false sense of security. a paper out just lull people into a false sense of security. a paper outjust yesterday shows being one metre apart reduces the risk of infection by 82%. that is so impressive that reduction is, if you continue t

it shouldn't be too long before we see the back of those showers from the south—west, and overnight intot of cloud around, perhaps not quite as chilly across scotland and the north—east of england as it will be first thing on monday morning. moving into tuesday, and there's still quite a lot of cloud in the picture. whilst most places will be dry, there's the odd shower developing through the day ahead of the main change, which is this band of rain here arriving into western scotland and northern ireland. probably very late on in the day on tuesday if not in the evening. temperatures on the cool side for many, 15 to 17 degrees. more significant changes arrive from mid week onwards, we've got that weather front driving some rain southwards, pressure is dropping and we end up with an area of low pressure across the uk on wednesday. we have got some cloud, some outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south—east and while it may brighten up a bit further north, look at the showers developing, those could be heavy and thundery. because there is more cloud and rain around, temperatures will be a

heavy downpours working into parts of wales and south—west england, potentially a few for north—weste starting to ease away but we still have got it closeby on monday, so another day of sunny spells, some warm and humid conditions bulding through the day, again, that fed up heavy showers and thunderstorms, especially towards the west. temperatures still reasonably warm, 18—24 celsius. showers lasting through the first half of this coming week but it does look drier towards the end of the week. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines... groups including right—wing activists have clashed with police in central london as they gather near parliament and the statue of sir winston churchill.

north—west of england, it is just above one, which could mean increasing infections, while in the south—westest of england. some local councils have strongly advised schools not to reopen after half term, even on a limited basis, and there are questions too over the wisdom of allowing shops like these to start trading again in just over a week's time. so, how to better manage different levels of threat across the country, when even at a local level, infection rates can vary? talk of putting communities under lockdown, we don't think it's helpful. some of our council leaders think it's simply unenforceable. so it does seem to me that a new approach is needed if we are to make sense of the challenge that we now have, and that is what we are calling for with the government today, a kind of closer partnership. and from scotland, some welcome news. for the first time since mid—march, no new covid deaths reported in the past 2a hours. i would offer a note of caution about reading too much into today's figure. we know that fewer deaths tend to be registered at the weekend than on other days of the

it can be raining in the south—west.t and still there is potential for some fund and lightning. it is also going to be windy, winds picking up stop but some clear skies and temperatures face similar to the nightjust gone. it's a mild mate if you haven't gone out. so, here is our low pressure sitting in the south around biscay, taking rain with it. there are other fronts around and it will be windy. but we focus on the rain to start with stop it sinks out and then thursday into friday it moves northwards again. so, a closer look at that. we have got our low pressure south of us during the course of thursday, other showers coming in and some of the weather fronts we have. showers coming in and some of the weatherfronts we have. some showers coming in and some of the weather fronts we have. some of them are going to be happy and hungry, particularly as parts of wales, the midlands, sensual england and the south—west potentially, we also have more showers coming in across the east. you will have seen on the chart earlier a l

some persistent rain around the south—west of england, including the channel islands. louise minchin. our headlines today... the prime minister says anti—racism rallies have been "subverted by thuggery" after protesters clash with police and vandalise a statue of winston churchill. in bristol, demonstrators toppled a statue of a 17th century slave trader and threw it in to the harbour. it represents years of hurt, and just a lot of emotions and hatred that have been built up inside of us, that we have internalised for years. quarantine rules have come into force, meaning most travellers arriving in the uk must self—isolate for two weeks. here at manchester airport, many planes are still grounded and for the first time passengers leaping through this terminal will have to stay where they are going to isolate or why they are exempt. it's monday the 8th ofjune. our top story. the prime minister has said protestors responsible for violence during the anti—racism demonstrations over the weekend will be held to account, after a small number clashed with police in central lond

loosened too early for the north west of england and i said that going back three or four weeks ago when it first happened. we were a few weeks behind london and the south was wrong to change things at that point in time in the north west. i think also, we have seen awakening of the public health messaging in recent times is clearly thatis messaging in recent times is clearly that is not helping anywhere. so, that is not helping anywhere. so, thatis that is not helping anywhere. so, that is what i would say, but i must be clear, i was not calling a press briefing today to have a finger pointing exercise, trying to score points of the government, the point is we are what we are, why do we go from here? what can we do to help people and communities and get that number back below one? some are suggesting one way we could go forward , suggesting one way we could go forward, if the r number is above one in an area like the north west 01’ one in an area like the north west or in one in an area like the north west orina one in an area like the north west or in a particular city, is to have a local or regional lockdown. is that a common sense idea? it seems to

however, one study suggests that in the north west and south west of england, the rate at which the virus, suggesting infections may rise. with more, here's our science editor, david shukman. with people out and about across the uk over the past week or so, what do we know about the virus and whether it is under control? well, despite the scale of the death toll, there are some signs that things may now be going in the right direction, at least for the moment. the latest survey shows how the percentage of the population testing positive for covid—19 has fallen in each of the last five weeks, which is of course good news. but bear in mind that there is a very wide margin of error with this study and also that the swab tests were carried out by people themselves. because that is not easy, the results may not be that accurate. i think it is incredibly important for us not to lose sight of the fact this is a virus which is incredibly contagious, can transmit very easily and efficiently between people, and still, most of the population have not seen this virus and are susceptible which allows

and to put his coming up the south—west and to put his coming upa bit the south—west and to put hiseratures up to 17 degrees in the warmest spot. on tuesday, we will see another weather front approaching the north—west, saying outbreaks of rain back into scotland and northern ireland, still quite a lot of cloud elsewhere and sunny spells, but temperatures 17—19d in the warmest areas and temperatures will settle in the week ahead. now on bbc news the latest edition of global questions. hello and were. the coronavirus affected the way we lead our the pandemic has forced us to rethink the way we work, travel and socialise, but it is also leaving many people feeling bereaved, isolated and uncertain of the future which could lead to more mental health problems. that is coronavirus crisis, will the world be a better place? i'm now here inside bbc headquarters in central london and to bring you this programme at we are joined by our panellists and our audience members who will be posing questions through video link as usual. let me tell you who is in the hot seat. stephen manderson, better

in the south—west of england into wales, by the time we get to set sunday those are the areas that are to see those thunderstorms, but nowhere immune to catching heavy downpours through the weekend. low— pressure downpours through the weekend. low—pressure drifting further north across the uk, bringing us this showery weather. initially heavy rainfor showery weather. initially heavy rain for the south—west of england tonight that pushes further north with the odd rumble of thunder across england and wales. rain across england and wales. rain across northern and eastern scotland but drying up tonight and it will be quite a mild humid night with temperatures remaining between ten and 13. through the day tomorrow we are expecting a day of sunshine and showers. much of england and wales seeing quite a lot of sunshine but rated in the afternoon some heavy showers from the south—west. some of those showers could be quite heavy with hail, thunder and lightning. if are showers that further east. a brighter day to come for much of northern england and northern ireland. after the cloud and rain

as we have been hearing, the regional r number is a bit worrying in the south—west and north—west ofmum it can be before the epidemic starts picking up again. so there is concern there. and matt hancock, the health secretary, made clear at the briefing that people should be very careful at mass demonstrations this weekend. he said he was appalled by the death of george floyd, and he could understand why people were deeply upset, but he said coronaviruses is still a health crisis and a real threat and people should still try to avoid large gatherings of more than six people. many thanks. and if you want to know how many coronavirus cases there have been in your area, just go to the bbc news website. enter your postcode or location and you can look up the numbers. that's at bbc.co.uk/news more details are emerging of the new suspect in the madeleine mccann case, who, according to german media, is now also being investigated over the disappearance of a five—year—old girl in germany. it's reported the suspect is being named as christian b, a 43—year—old man who's believed to have been in

further south and west, 19 celsius likely. some heavy showers in the south of england and wales.ould fade away quickly and then mainly dry with clear spells tonight. a chilly night for the northern half of the uk. monday's weather, fairly quiet due to the high pressure. that stays with us to tuesday. certainly a window of drier, quieter weather for a couple of days on monday and tuesday. some roker showers on the east coast and for wales and the south—west of england some sharp showers. temperatures are a little below par for this showers. temperatures are a little below parfor this time showers. temperatures are a little below par for this time of year. tuesday, a similar date, light winds, sunny spells so it will feel a little bit warmer on tuesday with temperatures starting to creep up. between around 13 to 19 celsius. we could still do with some rain after a very dry spring. we were seated on the middle of the week. an area of low pressure developing across the uk pushing southwards, lots of isobars around that area of low pressure so quite wet and windy, especially in the so

low cloud towards the south—west of england and south—west wales means it will be substantially cooler you see the storms, they could come with torrential downpours, some hail as well. but there will be some who com pletely well. but there will be some who completely avoid them. temperatures could still hit 30 degrees and the likes of east anglia but for most, low to mid 20 through this afternoon. through tonight, some showers and thunderstorms continuing across the east of scotland and we will see more in the way of general rain arrived across wales, the south—west and northern ireland later, as the breeze picks up. another fairly later, as the breeze picks up. anotherfairly humid later, as the breeze picks up. another fairly humid and later, as the breeze picks up. anotherfairly humid and muggy night for most, even though it is not quite as hot. bigger changes this weekend, low pressure becoming dominant to the north—west of the country, allowing atlantic winds to push in, bringing much cooler conditions than we have had in the last few days, strengthening wins and a bit of rain at t

so, we have got more rain to come — wales, south—west england.west midlands. wet weather moves across northern ireland, and there will be some rain for a time in northern england and southern scotland as well. so, "rain at times" probably best sums up things. as we head into friday, though, our low pressure is going to be tending to ease away quite quickly north—westwards, with the rain then getting shoved northwards. so most of us have a cloudy star to the day. rain across wales, the midlands, moving into northern england, where it will turn heavy and thundery through the afternoon. and some of those storms will make their way into southern scotland. a few showers further north in northern ireland as well, it will feel a little bit breezier, a little bit fresher across the far south of england, as brighter skies work in late in the day. then, overnight the last of that rain clears northwards. across the far north of scotland will get some rain for a time. working across shetland, for example, friday night. another mild night, temperatures stayin

in fact, it's already been raining quite heavily across the south—west of england, western parts of walesishly, really. 0vercast skies across much of the country. for most of us, it's just been patchy rain here and there, and the heaviest of the rain has indeed been across parts of cornwall, devon. it's now clearing away from wales. so little bits of pieces further north and actually scotland and northern ireland escaping most of that rain. 10 degrees will be the morning temperature. so, here are the occasional showers during the middle of the day. a lot of cloud across england and wales with a few glimmers of brightness. and then we see another spell of rain heading towards eastern parts of the uk thursday late afternoon and evening. and that rain is sort of going to barrel across the uk, across the pennines, into parts of wales, but all the while, scotland and northern ireland escapes all of that weather, so actually, during thursday, this is where the best weather will be, in northern ireland, and particularly western parts of scotland. now, low pressure is pretty much stuck end of the

still the risk of some showers around drifting their way steadily north, some sharp showers in the south—westodge those showers you keep the sunshine and you might be experiencing temperatures back into the mid 20s. into next week it looks as though things quieten down a little with high—pressure with us, dryer and a little warmer but stilljust high—pressure with us, dryer and a little warmer but still just the risk of a few isolated showers. a reminder of our top story... the labour leader, sir kier starmer, has accused the prime minister the prime minister has accused —— has been accused of not handling the schools issue correctly. we nowjoin the bbc news team where you are. good afternoon, i'm gavin ramjaun and this your latest sports news... the merseyside derby, that takes place a week on sunday — which could see liverpool win their first premier league title — can take place at everton‘s goodison park. their game was one of those considered a risk by police with fears that fans would gather outside the ground but the city's council have given it the go have given it the go ahead rather

it shouldn't be too long before we see the back of those showers from the south—west, and overnight intof cloud around, perhaps not quite as chilly across scotland and the north—east of england as it will be first thing on monday morning. well, moving into tuesday, and there's still quite a lot of cloud in the picture. and whilst most places will be dry, there's the odd shower developing through the day ahead of the main change, which is this band of rain here arriving into western scotland and northern ireland, probably very late on in the day on tuesday, if not into the evening. temperatures still on the cool side, though, for many. 15—17 degrees. and then more significant changes arrive from mid—week onwards. we've got that weather front driving some rain southwards. pressure is dropping, we end up with an area of low pressure a cross the uk on wednesday. so we've got some cloud, we've got some outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south—east. and whilst it may well brighten up a bit further north, look at all the showers developing, and those actually could be heavy and thundery. and

thunder and lightning strikes as we went through the afternoon, they were quite frequent across south—westainly does look as though tuesday we could see more showers in a similar area. now, plenty of showers across europe as well, all under the influence of low pressure at the moment. so starts off with a fair amount of cloud across the eastern half of the uk, rolling in off the north sea. that will slowly burn away. we'll see sunny spells and scattered showers developing. now, showers perhaps fairly widespread across england and wales, but the heaviest ones across wales and north—west england, along with south—west scotland. so there could be around an inch of rain falling within an hour, and that potentially is heavy enough to cause some localised flooding. but dodge the showers, keep some sunshine, you'll see temperatures peaking at 23 degrees. that's the mid—70s in terms of fahrenheit. now, as we move through tuesday evening, the showers are likely to continue for a while and then start to fade away overnight. once again, we'll see a little more cloud just filtering across from the nor

to the south—west of it, holding onto low cloud in some we5tern coa5t5 holding onto low cloud in some rain, 5outh—west as well, but 10 degrees down in western wale5 but 5torms 5outh—west as well, but 10 degrees down in western wale5 but storms are po55ible down in western wale5 but storms are possible this afternoon in northern england, hit and possible this afternoon in northern england, hitand mi55, northern ireland and pa rt5 england, hitand mi55, northern ireland and parts of scotland. not eve ryo ne ireland and parts of scotland. not everyone will see them but they are bringing fresher conditions, not above 30 in scotland today — the greatest chance will be east anglia. finishing with 5torm5, 5ome greatest chance will be east anglia. finishing with 5torm5, some will rumble on in eastern areas through the night and into the morning but batches of showers will work into wale5 batches of showers will work into wales and the south—west. the last few nights have been pretty humid, tonight is fairly similar. not quite fresher air yet but that will take place this weekend, low pressure

any showers drifting through the south—west and south wales may well push up into the midlands, but theyow cloud, mist and fog lingering across the northern isles. but for most, it's a case of dry with lighter winds and sunny spells, and top temperatures peaking at 22 degrees. through this evening and overnight, there is some rain arriving from a weather front pushing in from the atlantic. the winds will strengthen. the rain will move its way across northern ireland into western scotland and across england and wales. around about an inch of rain in one or two places. widely we will see those temperatures holding up with the cloud and the rain around, double digits first thing on sunday morning. but early birds will see a spell of wet weather moving its way through scotland and eastern england, but it will clear quite quickly through the morning. around about coffee time we should see that rain easing away, drying up across england and wales despite a brisk south—westerly wind just a few isolated showers. but more widespread showers likely across northern ireland and western scotland in p

thunder and lightning strikes as we went through the afternoon, they were quite frequent across south—westdoes look as though tuesday we could see more showers ina similararea. now, plenty of showers across europe as well, all under the influence of low pressure at the moment. so starts off with a fair amount of cloud across the eastern half of the uk, rolling in off the north sea. that will slowly burn away. we'll see sunny spells and scattered showers developing. showers widespread across england and wales, but the heaviest ones across wales and north—west england, along with south—west scotland. so there could be around an inch of rain falling within an hour, and that potentially is heavy enough to cause some localised flooding. but dodge the showers, keep some sunshine, you'll see temperatures peaking at 23 degrees. that's the mid—70s in terms of fahrenheit. now, as we move through tuesday evening, the showers are likely to continue for a while and then start to fade away overnight. once again, we'll see a little more cloud just filtering across from the north sea. but it's going to be

of england, south—west and some of these fairly hit and miss but potentially thundery downpours. some sunshine between the showers, drier day tomorrow for northern england compared to today. northern ireland and much of scotla nd northern ireland and much of scotland as well, particularly towards the north—west, it could be quite warm with temperatures in the mid 20s. into saturday evening we will keep those heavy showers, the odd rumble of thunder, particularly across parts of england and wales. heading through into the second half of the weekend, another warm and humid day with some sunshine and heavy showers. thunderstorms are possible for parts of wales particularly, into northern ireland and temperatures fairly widely between 18—24d. bye—bye. the british economy shrank by a fifth in april, because of the coronavirus lockdown. the contraction was worse than economists predicted — a result of the first full month of shops and businesses being closed. we‘ve always been in no doubt this was going to be a v

any showers drifting through the south—west and south wales may well push up into the midlands but theyd, mist and fog lingering across the northern isles. but for most, it is a case of dry with lighter winds are sunny spells and top temperatures peaking at 22 celsius. through this evening and overnight, there is some rain arriving from a weather front pushing in from the atlantic. the winds will strengthen, the rain will move its way across northern ireland into western scotland and across england and wales. around about an inch of rain in one or two places. widely, we will see those temperatures holding up, with the cloud and the rain around, double digits first thing on sunday morning. but early birds will see a spell of wet weather moving its way through scotland and eastern england, but it will clear quite quickly through the morning. around about coffee time, we should start to see that rain easing away, drying up across england and wales despite a brisk south—westerly wind, just a few isolated showers here. more widespread showers are likely across northern ireland and western sc

any showers drifting through the south—west and south wales may well push up into the midlands but they, and we might keep a little bit of low cloud, mist and fog lingering across the northern isles. but for most, it is a case of dry with lighter winds are sunny spells and top temperatures peaking at 22 celsius. through this evening and overnight, there is some rain arriving from a weather front pushing in from the atlantic. the winds will strengthen, the rain will move its way across northern ireland into western scotland and across england and wales. around about an inch of rain in one or two places. widely, we will see those temperatures holding up, with the cloud and the rain around, double digits first thing on sunday morning. but early birds will see a spell of wet weather moving its way through scotland and eastern england, but it will clear quite quickly through the morning. around about coffee time, we should start to see that rain easing away, drying up across england and wales despite a brisk south—westerly wind, just a few isolated showers here. more widespread showers are l

while in the south west, it's right on one. in the north west of england. some local councils have strongly advised schools not to reopen after half term, even on a limited basis, and there are questions too over the wisdom of allowing shops like these to start trading again in just over a week's time. so, how to better manage different levels of threat across the country, when even at a local level, infection rates can vary? talk of putting communities under lockdown, we don't think is helpful. some of our council leaders think it's simply unenforceable. so, it does seem to me that a new approach is needed if we're to make sense of the challenge that we now have. and that's what we are calling for with the government today — a kind of closer partnership. and from scotland, some welcome news. for the first time since mid—march, no new covid deaths reported in the past 2a hours. i would offer a note of caution about reading too much into today's figure. we know that fewer deaths tend to be registered at the weekend than on other

this evening, we will stick with the showery theme, close to the area of low pressure in the south—westunderstorms pushing into the far south—east, london region, into the evening hours. hale and squally winds associated with the thunderstorms. fewer showers in northern england and northern ireland, but a brighter end to the day. cloudy for scotland this evening with some showers to the east, cooler under the cloud in scotland, but elsewhere the humid air sticking with us tonight. temperatures falling now lower than 14 degrees, certainly a mild night tea on sunday. tomorrow something very similar to today. centring around for many, will be cloudy for the north—east of england and north—east of scotland. in the sunshine, will feel warm or humid. the temperatures into the low and mid 20s for some. the threat of thundery downpours in parts of wales, south—west england, potentially north—west england and northern ireland. we went all cb showers, but they will still be lingering around into monday. low— pressure lingering around into monday. low—pressure easing, but we have got it close by o

in fact, it has already been raining quite heavily across the south—west of england, western parts of uk. quite sluggishly really. 0vercast skies across much of the country. for most of us it has just been patchy rain here and there, and the heaviest of the rain has indeed been across parts of cornwall, devon. it is now clearing away from wales. the little bits of pieces further north and actually scotland and northern ireland escaping most of that rain. 10 degrees will be morning temperature. so here are the occasional showers during the middle of the day. a lot of cloud across england and wales, with a few glimmers of brightness. and then we see another spell of rain heading towards eastern parts of the uk, thursday, late afternoon and evening. and that rain is sort of going to barrel across the uk, across the pennines, into parts of wales but, all the while, scotland and northern ireland escape all of that weather so actually, during thursday, this is where the best weather will be, in northern ireland, and particularly western parts of scotland. low pressure is pretty much stuck e

it shouldn't be too long before we see the back of those showers from the south—west, and overnight into perhaps not quite as chilly across scotland and the north—east of england as it will be first thing on monday morning. moving into tuesday, and there's still quite a lot of cloud in the picture. whilst most places will be dry, there's the odd shower developing through the day ahead of the main change, which is this band of rain here arriving into western scotland and northern ireland, probably very late on in the day on tuesday if not into the evening. temperatures on the cool side for many, 15 to 17 degrees. then more significant changes arrive from mid—week onwards. we've got that weather front driving some rain southwards, pressure is dropping, we end up with an area of low pressure across the uk on wednesday. we have got some cloud, some outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south—east, and whilst it may well brighten up a bit further north, look at all the showers developing, and those actually could be heavy and thundery. because there is more cloud and more rain around, tempera

it shouldn't be too long before we see the back of those showers from the south—west, and overnight intochilly across scotland and the north—east of england as it will be first thing on monday morning. well, moving into tuesday, and there's still quite a lot of cloud in the picture. and whilst most places will be dry, there's the odd shower developing through the day ahead of the main change, which is this band of rain here arriving into western scotland and northern ireland, probably very late on in the day on tuesday, if not into the evening. temperatures on the cool side, though. 15—17 degrees. and then more significant changes arrive from mid—week onwards. we've got that weather front driving some rain southwards. pressure is dropping, we end up with an area of low pressure a cross the uk on wednesday. so we've got some cloud, we've got some outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south—east. and whilst it may well brighten up a bit further north, look at all the showers developing, and those actually could be heavy and thundery. and because there's more cloud, because there's more rai

some across the west of scotland, breaking out elsewhere across the country during the day, from south—westl for 30 degrees across parts of east anglia. bigger change through friday night into the weekend, low—pressure circulating to the north—west, bands of rain sweeping around that, fairly gusty winds, introducing atlantic air sweeping away humid conditions. fresher start to saturday, all of us seen fresher start to saturday, all of us seen rain at times. but more in the way of dry weather across the south, persistent rain later in northern england, scotland, northern ireland but the temperature is not into the 30s, mid to high teens for many, low 20s in the south and east. fresher tea m 20s in the south and east. fresher team continuing on sunday, persistent rain and mist in scotland, showers for northern ireland, north and west wales, drier further south but all of us see temperatures much lower, 15 in glasgow, 20 in london. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. questions over coronavirus antibody tests in england. they're being rushed ou

humid out there at the moment but cooler air moving in from the south—west.y spells developing there but, equally, still some showers for the midlands and wales. the showers for northern ireland and parts of northern england could be quite heavy and potentially thundering later on. and for scotland, too, we are expecting torrential downpours at times with some thunderstorms, interspersed with some sunshine, but temperatures generally in the high teens, possibly the low 20s. you will notice, though, that those winds will be picking up the day, especially in the south — we could see those gusts winds up to about 40 miles per hour —— picking up through the day, especially in the south — we could see those gusts winds up to about 40 miles per hour for a time along the south coast. 0vernight into sunday, no great changes. we keep further heavy showers through the overnight period. it will not be quite as hot and as humid, though, as recent nights, with temperatures typically about 10 to 13 degrees overnight. heading on into sunday, and this area of low pressure si

not as cold for parts of wales or the south—west where we keep more cloud and the odd shower., not completely dry but drier than it has been throughout the weekend, brighter too for many with lighter winds as this area of high pressure across the azores extends its influence towards the british isles, you can see this ridge in the isobars, that shows the pressure is building. that will kill off much of the shower activity but they will still be some across eastern scotland, eastern england, may be the odd one for northern ireland and the chance of a heavy shower or thunderstorm across wales and the south—west of england. otherwise, it is dry with patchy cloud and sunny spells and temperatures typically between 11 and 18 degrees, a bit cooler i think for some of these north sea coasts. tuesday, very similar, sunny spells, increasingly cloudy conditions developing into the afternoon. small chance for a shower just about wherever you are and later in the day, a frontal system approaches north—west scotland and northern ireland with some outbreaks of rain and that front is going t

and the north west of england, it was just over one. south—west and the north west of england, it wasjusting at the r number. 0verall, the government says it is below one in every region, but some do show in the north—west and the south—west it has gone above one, the concern obviously that infections will start rising there. we can perhaps see a chart about the current level of infections, these are the new infections, these are the new infections that are diagnosed each day, we can see that there was 1200 new diagnoses in the last day, that is the lowest since lockdown began, we we re is the lowest since lockdown began, we were seeing over 6000 a day at one point, and that is with more testing in place, so good news, but the concern is that we may not be picking up all of the positive cases out there. surveillance suggests they may be five times as many cases is being picked up by the testing system, but we don't know why these are not coming forward. some may be asymptomatic, they do not show symptoms, they do not come forward for testing, but it may be that some people are not coming

not as cold for parts of wales and the south—west with cloud and the odd shower.rier than it has been through the weekend, bright as well for many with lighter winds as this area of high pressure across the azores extends its influence towards the british isles, you can see this ridge on the isobars, this shows the pressure is building. that will kill off much of the shower activity but there will still be some across eastern scotland and eastern england, may be the odd one for northern ireland and the chance for northern ireland and the chance for a heavy shower or thunderstorm across wales and the south—west of england. otherwise, dry with patchy cloud and sunny spells and temperatures typically between i! and temperatures typically between 11 and 18 degrees. tuesday, very similar, some sunny spells increasingly cloudy conditions developing into the afternoon, small chance of a showerjust developing into the afternoon, small chance of a shower just about wherever you are and later in the day, a frontal system approaching north—west scotland and northern ireland

there won‘t be as many showers in the south—west.asts of north—east england and affecting eastern scotland. so it‘s likely to be about ten degrees warmer, perhaps, in western scotland than the eastern side of the country. there may be a bit of rain up towards aberdeenshire. those heavy showers, though, continuing through the evening across england and wales, tending to fade away as the sun goes down. but as we move into the beginning of the week, we‘ve still got this very warm and muggy air and an area of low pressure sitting close to the uk, so that‘s a recipe for more heavy and thundery showers to break out. again, there‘ll be a lot of low cloud starting the day across scotland and the north east of england, tending to lift in most areas. but when we get some sunshine coming through, that‘ll bubble up the showers again, more especially for the western side of the uk. and again, those temperatures will typically be reaching around about the low 20s or so. and as we move into tuesday as well, it‘s a similar sort of story. perhaps not

there won't be as many showers in the south west. probably across wales and the midlands. further north, some sunshine, but also areas of low cloud lapping onto coasts of north east england and affecting eastern scotland. so it's likely to be about ten degrees warmer, perhaps, in western scotland than the eastern side of the country. there may be a bit of rain up towards aberdeenshire. those heavy showers, though, continuing through the evening across england and wales, tending to fade away as the sun goes down. but as we move into the beginning of the week, we've still got this very warm and muggy air and an area of low pressure sitting close to the uk, so that's a recipe for more heavy and thundery showers to break out. again, there'll be a lot of low cloud starting the day across scotland and the north east of england, tending to lift in most areas. but when we get some sunshine coming through, that'll bubble up the showers again, more especially for the western side of the uk. and again, those temperatures will typically be reach