so the most frequent heavy showers for the rest of today will be for south—west england, the midlands wales also seeing some hail and storms next. then, as those showers head gradually northwards, easing for most of us overnight, largely clear skies for scotland, [i or 5 degrees here, the rest of the uk 7—9. but heavy downpours already towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning and this area of low pressure will be dominating our weather tomorrow, bringing us more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere through the course of the day. by the afternoon you could catch a shower or even a thunderstorm almost anywhere across england, wales and northern ireland. a bit drier in scotland, but temperatures only 11—16 . hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: an israeli airstrike has destroyed a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza. the israeli military said the building housed military assets belonging to hamas. here in the uk, crowds of pro—palestinian protesters have gathered in london and marched to the

wales and south—west england on the south east midlands down by about two or three degrees.bright start to the day and one or two showers in northern ireland, clouding over the midlands and east anglia later with outbreaks of rain and it will be a damp start for scotland and northern england as it brightens up, the outbreaks of rain could turn heavy and thundery. a cool breeze blowing down the eastern coast to keep things distinctly chilly. lighterwinds, more chilly. lighter winds, more sunshine, chilly. lighterwinds, more sunshine, and temperatures creeping up sunshine, and temperatures creeping up to about 16 or 18 degrees. we finished the day with a few showers and thunderstorms across southern england, and then a ridge of high pressure builds across the country and that means, believe it or not, most places will be dry. there will be the odd, isolated shower and later in the day the rain creeps into northern ireland but with most places dry and varying amounts of cloud and sunny spells, temperatures continue to creep up. the rain will creep into western areas on friday,

heavy showers and thunderstorms from the word go the south—west of england and parts of wales. the day, so into the afternoon showers are more widely in the south. here and there, hit and miss showers parts of northern england, northern ireland, wales, scotland i think seeing fewer showers, so some blue skies and sunshine,. ii to 16 degrees or so and with light winds for much of the uk, if you do catch a shower or thunderstorm it can be really slow moving. breezier in the south, southern england, through the english channel, show is moving quicker. they tend to ease away a little bit overnight for a time, but low pressure not far away as we head on into monday. especially a way was the east. i think monday will bring us another day of sunshine and showers. many places are starting the day on a dry note with some blue sky bet showers popping up through the afternoon. most frequent and heaviest in the east. hail, thunderstorms, lightning mixed in. a little dry out further west during the day on the date for the likes of belfast, 30 degrees here. perhaps 15 ori6 belfast, 30 degree

heavy downpours towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning, low pressure will be dominating weather tomorrow morning, bringing more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere throughout the course of the day. by the afternoon, we could catch a shower on two or even the sun almost anywhere. that drier for scotland. hello, this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza, including associated press and aljazeera, has collapsed after being struck by israeli missiles. it had been evacuated. here, huge crowds of pro—palestinian protesters have gathered in london and marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. people in areas where the indian virus variant is spreading are being urged to get a covid jab, as questions turn to the impact on the easing of restrictions. and it's fa cup final day — chelsea play leicester in front of 20,000 fans at wembley. leicester are looking to win it for the first time, chelsea are hoping to win it for a ninth time. now on bbc news...

the winds picking up across the south—west, though, quite quickly in the morning.e coast of wales in particular. gusts here around 50—60mph. winds that strong will likely bring down a few tree branches. there could be some localised transport disruption. the low pressure�*s still there on friday. heavier rain this time going in across into the south—east of england through the afternoon. and the strongest winds going through the english channel. again, we could see some localised disruption, but the majority of the rain will start to spin away from northern ireland. here we�*ll see some brighter weather pushing in, but probably with a few showers as well. what about the weekend? well, the rain clears, showers follow to saturday. and then we�*ve got another dollop of rain for sunday. so, there�*s no end in sight, really, to this unsettled run of weather. marginally, saturday looks like being the better of the two days of the weekend, although rain never too far away from the south—east of england. and there will be some heavy showers around as well. still, there wil

country, south—east wales, the west midlands ass could drop low enough for a touch of ground frost here and there. the vast majority will avoid that into tomorrow morning. tomorrow we can expect lots of showers and wales may be getting up into the midlands. also cloud pushing into scotland and north—eastern parts of england. heavy thundery showers, but temperatures for most 13 to 16 degrees. as we end the week, we end “p degrees. as we end the week, we end up in a no man's land between weather systems, up in a no man's land between weathersystems, but up in a no man's land between weather systems, but we will attempt to bring something of a northerly wind in across northern and north—eastern parts of the uk. that will bring a cooler feel here and a lot of cloud into parts of scotland, northern and eastern parts of england, further west you are, we should see sunshine. a scattering of showers breaking out in these areas. temperatures struggling for some of these coastal areas, higher values further west at 15 or 16. into the weekend

across the midlands to lincolnshire, the more organised area of the injury rate pushes into the south—westy, reaching southern wales. a better chance of showers in northern ireland compared to yesterday and be storms in scotland slow moving. north wales at north—west england might have a chance of slipping through the gap, perhaps a dry afternoon if you lucky. 0vernight, more rain, the area of cloud will bring the wet weather across southern counties and weather across southern counties and we have more rate pushing across northern scotland, but in between, gradually getting a bit quieter and drier overnight. another one of sunshine and showers tomorrow, most of them will be across eastern areas where we have the trough, further west, pressure rises. south—west england, wales, a decent shout of having a try afternoon with long spells of sunshine. it is may sunshine, meaning temperatures about 15 or 16 will not feel too bad if url to and about. make the most of that, because this is coming our way, thursday and indeed friday, another area of low pressure, though it is a more general soaking

many, with temperatures dropping down into low single figures probably in northern ireland and south—westand. now, as we start monday, a fair bit of cloud around, but some sunny spells. many will start dry. there will still be some showers from overnight across scotland, northern and central parts of england, butjust notice how the showers blossom, again, perhaps fewer across the western half of england and wales compared with what we saw through today, but more intense showers and storms in eastern scotland and eastern parts of england. in the sunnier moments, it should feel pleasant under those blue skies, but with the showers coming through, feeling much cooler and through the rest of this week, a fairly cool week with more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the united nations holds talks, as the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza continues for a seventh day. the secretary—general has pleaded for peace. the fighting must stop. it must stop immediately. the rockets and mortars on one side, the aerial and artillery bombardment

gusts are in the south—west and wales of up are in the south—west and wales of up to 45 mph. if you see some sunshine, and a lot of that over east anglia and south—east england. hello, this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri. the headlines: the labour leader sir keir starmer prepares to reshuffle his team after the party's disappointing performance in the elections — he's already removed his deputy angela rayner as campaigns chief. that's what you do in leadership, you take responsibility. you don't scapegoat and blame others. you take it on the chin. they're hard calls, but it is for keir to choose the team he wants and get people in the positions that he wants us to be in. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, warns it would be "completely outrageous" for the westminster government to block a second independence referendum. the government is expected to end the advice against hugging each other, as part of the relaxation of lockdown rules in england. the government is calling on the rail industry to fix disruption on some of britain's busiest rail lines, after small crac

as we go through the night the showers fade away and cloud develops in the south—west.ow pressure moving in so by the end of the nightjust pushing towards the southern fringes of northern ireland. temperatures holding up so not a cold start to thursday but a change in the story of the low pressure moves in. it brings some heavy rain and unseasonably strong wind especially to the southern flank of the local area so that could have quite an impact. the main moving to northern ireland into southern scotland, north—west england through the day. fairly showery through central and southern parts of but the wind is gusting 30, 40 parts of but the wind is gusting 30, a0 miles an hour and perhaps in excess of 55, 60 unexposed south west coasts. so with the cloud, wind and rain temperatures will be down a good three or a degrees on today. the low pressure continues to drift east and grinding to a halt across the north of england tomorrow. still plenty of strong went to the south of that and that drives and more wet weather across england and wales. potentially a0 mile an hour gus

but again in south—west england, wales and northern ireland are having the best of the weather.ome high cloud here moving in ahead of this weather system which is coming our way for the start of the weekend. this is going to be bringing a zone of wet and windy weather. it will also be dredging up some relatively mild air compared with recent days. so temperatures will be rising, but it's not going to be the most promising start that the weekend. saturday sees the rain extensive across northern ireland and wales. after a dry start in scotland, the rain arrives here through the afternoon. to most, temperatures will be coming up somewhat, but it stays chilly in scotland and it will stays chilly in scotland and it will stay windy throughout with gale force gusts of wind around the coast and hills. sunday, the low pressure is still there. the liner rain is weatherfront pushing eastwards across england. this marks the boundary between some european air, where temperatures could get high for a time across east anglia and south—eastern england, to answer. at low pressure stays with us t

so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—westnd certainly the north—east of scotland, we will hold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night into saturday, some bits and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—west across england, wales, into northern ireland by the end of the night. quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. 0ur band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and the south—west, with hail and thunder later on. top

rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the south—westw showers again here, again, some of them will be on the heavy side. temperatures in the sunny spells 14—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. welcome to bbc news, i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: for a second straight day a tower block in gaza

today we have two fronts, one in the one in the south—west. both bring wet weather— the south—west.outh pulling away from — showers across the south pulling away from the course of the morning into the _ away from the course of the morning into the north sea and in between there _ into the north sea and in between there wiii— into the north sea and in between there will be drier conditions with a few— there will be drier conditions with a few showers but further showers will develop and especially in the east they— will develop and especially in the east they will be heavy and thundery. in the west it will be drier, — thundery. in the west it will be drier, stilt— thundery. in the west it will be drier, stilla thundery. in the west it will be drier, still a few showers that were south-west — drier, still a few showers that were south—west with the ridge of high pressure — south—west with the ridge of high pressure building in should state largeiy— pressure building in should state largely dry later on. temperatures froni _ largely dry later on. temperatures from about— largely dry l

rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the south—west15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the north—east. then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. fed alert! the wall street slump continues, after the biggest jump in inflation for more than a decad

heavy showers to wales on the south—west.the morning. continue with rain and other western scotland, pushing across northern ireland and heavy and thundery showers spreading east across england. from wales where we will see some hail mixed in with some of these as well, low pressure is still close by and it will be into tuesday as well. it will be into tuesday as well. it will be into tuesday as well. it will be breezy monday into tuesday, the wind coming down from the north or north—west so no great warmth in those. there will be sunny spells around but heavy and possibly thundery showers from scotland down to northern and eastern parts of england. a few showers and the chance of rain towards cornwall and devon. the low pressure is beginning to move away as we go into wednesday but close enough to send out a weak weather front across eastern parts on wednesday with cloud and outbreaks of rain. there is a chance of catching a shower that could be heavy elsewhere but fewer showers around. more in the way of sunny spells to com

so the most frequent heavy showers for the rest of today will be for south—west england, the midlandsds, easing for most of us overnight, largely clear skies for scotland, 4 or 5 degrees here, the rest of the uk 7—9. but heavy downpours already towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning and this area of low pressure will be dominating our weather tomorrow, bringing us more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere through the course of the day. by the afternoon you could catch a shower or even a thunderstorm almost anywhere across england, wales and northern ireland. a bit drier in scotland, but temperatures only 11—16 . hello, this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza, including associated press and aljazeera, has collapsed after being struck by israeli missiles. it had been evacuated. here, crowds of pro—palestine protesters have gathered in london and marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. people in areas where the india variant of coronavirus is

further west, pressure rises and that means across south—west england, wales and north—west england,p out of lockdown i don't see anything conclusive at the moment to say that we need to deviate from the road map, but we've got to be cautious and we're keeping everything under very close observation. extra vaccination centres have been opened and surge—testing is continuing in areas affected by the indian covid variant police prepare to excavate a cafe in gloucester, searching for mary bastholm. she disappeared in 1968, and it's thought she may have been murdered by the serial killer, fred west. palestinian protestors and israeli security forces clash in the west bank town of bethlehem — president biden hasjoined calls for a ceasefire in the conflict between israel and hamas. hospital admissions for obesity—related treatment in england reach a record high of more than a million a year. happy news for model naomi campbell. she reveals she's become a mother with a tribute to her �*beautiful little blessing'. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster.

looking at the satellite picture we have at the moment, towards the south—west.ud is going to be responsible for bringing the heaviest showers our way on tuesday. otherwise, most parts of the uk should have lighter showers. most parts of the uk will have these heavy downpours. middle part of the week and guess what, it is another day of sunshine and showers. at this time they are most likely to form a crust eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. this time, they areas of england. this time, they are going to be slow and could be with you for a long time. it could be drier across wales and south—west of england, temperatures at around 14 or 16 degrees, of england, temperatures at around 1a or 16 degrees, in the may sunshine it is not feeling too bad. the good news is we are not going to see showers, but the bad news is because we are going to see more outbreaks of rain with this area of low pressure. it's almost like the hosepipe gets turned on and on thursday and friday and it will be getting windy with the gusts being strong enough to bring down a few bra

so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—westold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night into saturday, some bits and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—west across england, wales, into northern ireland by the end of the night. quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. 0ur band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and the south—west, with hail and thunder later on. top temperatures between 11 and 15 degrees. and then,

our correspondent daniel pardo travelled to the city of cali — in the south—west of colombia — whichreport. police grappling with protesters in colombia. for two weeks now the country has seen the worst outbreak of and violence in its recent history. they kill him, they kill him people shout. it occurs at a policeman who has just gone down to protesters. this is how it starts with a massive protest of students, indigenous people and workers. within the police, and it takes over this area, they start shooting. they are investigating at least 1000 cases of lease brutality. this is also the most violent wave of protests in recent history in colombia. it all started because the government tried to introduce a tax reform which caused outrage among many colombians who say they are already struggling to feed their families already struggling to feed theirfamilies during already struggling to feed their families during the pandemic and find jobs. the government quickly withdrew the tax proposal but it was too late. the protests had intensified. no longer against tax reforms but against polic

most of the showers for the south—west of england, wales as well.e skies for scotland, 4 or 5 degrees here. for the rest of the uk, 7—9. heavy downpours towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning, low pressure will be dominating our weather tomorrow morning, bringing more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere throughout the course of the day. by the afternoon, we could catch a shower on two or even the sun almost anywhere. that drier for scotland. hello, this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza, including associated press and aljazeera, has collapsed after being struck by israeli missiles. it had been evacuated. here, huge crowds of pro—palestinian protesters have gathered in london and marched to the gates of the israeli embassy.

so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—westscotland, we will hold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night into saturday, some bits and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—west across england, wales, into northern ireland by the end of the night. quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. our band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and the south—west, with hail and thunder later on. top temperatures between 11 and 15

further west, pressure rises and that means across south—west england, wales and north—west england,and that's your weather. hello this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines keeping to the plan — the prime minister says there is "nothing conclusive" in current data that means the lockdown roadmap will need to be delayed. i don't see anything conclusive at the moment to say that we need to deviate from the road map. we have got to be cautious and we are keeping everything under very close observation. extra vaccination centres have been opened and surge—testing is continuing in areas affected by the indian covid variant palestinian protestors and israeli security forces clash in the west bank town of bethlehem — president biden hasjoined calls for a ceasefire in the conflict between israel and hamas. a surge of migrants into the spanish territory — as thousands arrive from morocco. the government in madrid deploys the army. hospital admissions for obesity—related treatment in england reach a record high of more than a million a year sport and for a full round up, from the

wales and south—west england.rt to the day. sunshine. clouds build and in the afternoon we are looking at widespread heavy thunder showers with hail mixed in with the storms. greater chance of seeing heavy showers in northern ireland but some of the heaviest across wales, midlands, southern england. hello, i'm kasia madera. welcome to outside source. with fighting now in its second week, the united states calls on israel and the palestinians in gaza to avoid more civilian casualties. palestinians and israelis, like people everywhere, have the right to live in safety and security. this is not an israeli privilege or a palestinian privilege. bracing for a major cyclone in india — 200,000 people are evacuated from coastal areas in gujarat state as fears grow about the disruption to the vaccination programme. a big step back to normal life as most of the uk lifts restrictions on indoor gatherings.

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so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—westh—east of scotland, we will hold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night into saturday, some bits and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—west across england, wales, into northern ireland by the end of the night. quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. 0ur band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and the south—west, with hail and thunder later on. and then, we head on int

so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—westfter a dull start for some. but for eastern england and certainly the north—east of scotland, we will hold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night into saturday, some bits and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—west across england, wales, into northern ireland by the end of the night. quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. 0ur band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales an

, but generally much drier for wales and the south—west and many partsove through the overnight period, clear skies and light winds, actually pretty chilly into the small hours of thursday with a risk of a few pockets of ground frost, particularly for central and eastern areas. in the west, the wind will already, though, be starting to pick up, the cloud piling in and this deep area of low pressure starts to make itself felt first thing on thursday. wind and rain into the west, spreading to all areas through the day. yes, there will be some heavy rain, but potentially not as heavy as some of us have seen out of the recent showers. the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gusting 45—50mph, strong enough to do some damage and cause some disruption. 0ur temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a lit

so the most frequent heavy showers for the rest of today will be for south—west england, the midlandsor most of us overnight, largely clear skies for scotland, 4 or 5 degrees here, the rest of the uk 7—9. but heavy downpours already towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning and this area of low pressure will be dominating our weather tomorrow, bringing us more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere through the course of the day. by the afternoon you could catch a shower or even a thunderstorm almost anywhere across england, wales and northern ireland. a bit drier in scotland, but temperatures only 11—16 . so here's dan walker to krum back to where it all began. thomas tuchel is a man in a hurry. no let up in the fighting between palestinian militants and israel — an israeli man in tel aviv and ten members of an extended family in gaza are among the latest victims in the conflict. the white house tells israel that ensuring the safety ofjournalists is a paramount responsibility, after an israeli air strike destroyed a building

and also across the south—west of england. ital, culture, media and sport committee follows the publication of an independent report last week, which found that martin bashir had acted dishonestly to secure the interview, and a bbc inquiry at the time had been woefully ineffective. let's speak now to our media and arts correspondent, david sillito. david, the report came out last week. give us an update where things are right now? i week. give us an update where things are right now?— are right now? i think there are three elements _ are right now? i think there are three elements to _ are right now? i think there are three elements to it. _ are right now? i think there are three elements to it. the - are right now? i think there are three elements to it. the first i are right now? i think there are i three elements to it. the first one is looking — three elements to it. the first one is looking back and —— looking back on the _ is looking back and —— looking back on the 1990s. tim davey, the director—general of the bbc, will h

discounts and incentives on offer, and not wanting to miss out, i headed around 5,000 kilometres south—westhe main island of honshu, to the countryside surrounding wakayama to try a rafting adventure with a different. for centuries the wood here was so sought—after that it was used in buildings all around the country, but transporting it was no easy task. they came up with a novel solution, and today travellers can experience the old journey downstream. it does look quite strange by today's standards. i don't know what i was expecting but it really is just a bunch of logs strung together. it must float ok, it's been around long enough. speaks japanese. so what's it like to drive and steer such a long raft like this? in the past, once the trees had been felled and strung together, the rafters would ride them down the river to the destination. today, with travellers on board, the rafts are safer. there are life jackets, handrails, and a bench, plus additional measures for coronavirus, like masks and reduced capacity. but it's still very open to the elements. so, we're approaching the first ra

so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—westand and certainly the north—east of scotland, we will hold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night into saturday, some bits and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—west across england, wales into northern ireland by the end of the night. quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. 0ur band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and the south—west with hail and thunder later on.

east wales, the south west midlands. loud across the northern half of scotland, but elsewhere for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern and eastern parts of england, we'll have clear skies. in one or two places, it'll get a little bit chilly. the vast majority will avoid a frost. and then into tomorrow, we start off with cloud and outbreaks of showery rain across southern england and the south of wales. a lot of that will tend to break up into a mix of sunshine and showers. and elsewhere, after a fine, dry start, you can see those showers getting going through the late morning into the afternoon. some heavy with some hail and some thunder. in most places, temperatures up to14, 15 or 16 degrees, although it will be a little bit cooler for some of these northern and eastern coastal areas as more cloud rolls its way in. now, for friday, we will find ourselves between weather systems — low pressure to the east, low pressure to the west — but in between, we're in something of a no man's land. we start to see a northerl

tonight, a lot of cloud, nest and moat, rain continuing for northern england and wales, and the south—wests, i2. very mild indeed. those are the overnight lows, 12. for scotland and northern ireland it's milder than it has been. a frost will not be a concern for the vast majority. tomorrow, no pressure to the west. some patchy rain and to the south—east of this weather front, we are going to tap into some really very warm air, much, much higher temperatures than we've had lately across east anglia and the south—east if we keep hold of some sunshine. the weather front will bring cloud and patchy rain out of wales and across england. northern ireland and scotland, sunny spells and showers, heavy and thundery. a fairly blustery day but a pretty warm one for many. across the south—east corner, especially east anglia, we could be looking at highs of 21 degrees. we stick with something much more than has been to the bigger head and a much lower risk of frost at night with a mix of sunny spells and heavy showers at times. if good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to to election 2021 on the bb

clearing from northern ireland to sunny spells and scattered showers, parts of wales and south—west englandtening up as we get into the evening. another rather cool day. quite a windy day, strengthening southerlies along the south coast of england and wales, may gust around 50 mph in some spots. rain clearingovernight, still in northern scotland if you heavy showers. cold enough and clearing up in northern ireland for a touch of frost in the coldest rural sports here. there will be some start tomorrow with a dry and sunny spell, and a day of rain across northern and western scotland pushing down into northern ireland. it will still be quite blustery, and some of the showers and winds could be gusty. it is still cool and as the week goes on it slowly turns drier and a little warmer. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: a mountain cable car has plunged to the ground in northern italy, killing at least 13 people. two injured children have been airlifted to hospital. two doses of the main covid vaccines used in the uk are found to be highly effective against the indian va

so the most frequent heavy showers for the rest of today will be for south—west england, the midlandsgely clear skies for scotland, 4 or 5 degrees here, the rest of the uk 7—9. but heavy downpours already towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning and this area of low pressure will be dominating our weather tomorrow, bringing us more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere through the course of the day. by the afternoon you could catch a shower or even a thunderstorm almost anywhere across england, wales and northern ireland. a bit drier in scotland, but temperatures only 11—16 . good afternoon. there's been further escalation in the conflict in the middle east

tomorrow in the morning we will see cloud and thundery rain spreading to wales and south—west englandack for the rest of the uk, by and large, a dry start with decent morning sunshine to look forward to and through the morning, though shower clouds will grow and by the afternoon, shah becoming widespread, heavy and thundery with hail mixed in, and some downpours possibly northern ireland with heavy showers across wales, the midlands and southern england again. wednesday, more showers, this time the biggest showers will be across eastern scotland and eastern england, where they will be slow—moving in nature so some areas could get large rainfall totals back to the west, the best of the dry weather, wales, south—west england, probably the brightest, driest spots. not really any showers around on thursday and friday because we have this stinking area of low pressure moving back over the uk seven instead of showers we have more general outbreaks of rain coming ourway, we have more general outbreaks of rain coming our way, thursday and friday, and notjust the rain, it will be windy as well

showers return, though, to northern ireland, wales, south—west england. wales, south—west england.red with monday. nice in the sunshine, cool out of it. that showery story continues into wednesday. shower risk pushes a bit further north. then through thursday into friday, it all depends on how quickly an area of low pressure will start to push its way in. there is the potential thursday could be dry, but this deepening area of low pressure will push in with some extensive rain and some strong winds, with gales possible in many areas. stay tuned to the forecast to keep up—to—date with that. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: palestinian officials in gaza say it's been the deadliest day since the fighting with israel began nearly a week ago, but israel's prime minister says the military campaign will continue with "full force". the united nations secretary general has appealed for an immediate end to the fighting. india is facing international criticism after the death from coronavirus of up to 1,600 teachers ordered to help with last month's elections. the indian teachers

it is towards the south—west and will be for a few hours across the channel island with a few lively rom southern areas and rural areas of south—west wales and south—west england on the south east midlands down by about two or three degrees. at a bright start to the day and one or two showers in northern ireland, clouding over the midlands and east anglia later with outbreaks of rain and it will be a damp start for scotland and northern england as it brightens up, the outbreaks of rain could turn heavy and thundery. a cool breeze blowing down the eastern

and then later on, with the breeze picking up, south—west england, south wales could see showers turnart sunday. as for sunday itself, two areas to watch out for. south wales and across southern england. this is where we could see some of the heaviest of the showers with hail, thunder. and some gusty winds through the english channel. further north, showers a bit more hit and miss, but northern ireland, northern england again prone to thunderstorms. nice enough, though, where you sit in the sunshine. hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines: violence continues in gaza — palestinian officials say an israeli airstrike has killed seven people, including five children. the us and egypt are leading attempts to end the fighting. more testing and vaccinating in parts of north—west england, where covid cases are surging due to the indian variant. but warnings that vaccinating is not an instant remedy. any of those people receiving a first dose of vaccine today will not really start to get any benefit of protection for at least two or three weeks from now and that's real

brightening up and south—west england brightening up as we get into the evening. thening southerlies along the south coast of england and wales, may cost around 50 mph in some spots. ray including what it is overnight, still in northern

now, along the weather front i pointed out, some cloud from south west england, south east wales, thekshire. just edging a little bit further east with the chance of a few spots of rain — it doesn't look like much more than that for much of the day. close to the low pressure, northern ireland and scotland will see some quite heavy showers, thundery possibly too. quite blustery, particularly in northern ireland — these are average wind speeds but gusts here could be over 40mph or so. and as for temperatures, it will feel a little bit warmer if you do get to see a bit of sunshine during the day, mainly 14—17, but a few spots in east anglia, south east england mayjust get above 20 degrees, just depending on how much sunshine there is, but be aware as we get into the evening, there could be some quite heavy and thundery downpours moving through here, whereas elsewhere overnight and into monday, we will continue with a few showers, particularly across western areas. and just to reinforce the fact that it's a bit warmer by day and it is overnight as well, these are the temperatures to start

at the same time we have got this rain coming in across the south—west. h—west corner we will hang on to a fair bit of clout. with all of this going on, it will not be a particularly cold night. no issues with frost. tomorrow, still some showers in eastern areas, some of them heavy. not much wind to move them heavy. not much wind to move them along. if you catch one, you will have it for a while. a lot of dry weather towards the south and west. a fair bit of sunshine. more cloud in the far south—east. 11 to 17 degrees are the temperatures. slowly starting to climb. on thursday we see a ridge of high pressure. things settle down. most will have a dry start. most will have a dry day generally with a fair bit of sunshine. but we do have a weather front bit of sunshine. but we do have a weatherfront coming in bit of sunshine. but we do have a weather front coming in from the west. it is bumping into this area of high pressure. so the rain is not going to be as intense as it has been for example yesterday. note the temperatures. 11 in the north to 19 and 20. so

and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—westd but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. 0ur band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and the south—west, with hail and thunder later on. top temperatures between 11 and 15 degrees. and then, we head on into sunday, and this area of low pressure is going to move right across the uk. as this sits on top of us during sunday, it will allow for some very unstable conditions in the atmosphere. that means big shower clouds are going to develop with some hail and some thunder, frequent lightning potentially in these showers, torrential downpours of rain and some pretty squally, gusty winds. particularly windy for coasts of southern england and the channel isla

and then later on, with the breeze picking up, south—west england, south wales could see showers turnt—free, though, as we start sunday. as for sunday itself, two areas to watch out for. south wales and across southern england. this is where we could see some of the heaviest of the showers with hail, thunder. and some gusty winds through the english channel. further north, showers a bit more hit and miss, but northern ireland, northern england again prone to thunderstorms. nice enough, though, where you sit in the sunshine. hello. this is bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. violence continues in gaza: palestinian officials say an israeli airstrike has killed seven people, including five children. the us and egypt are leading attempts to end the fighting. more testing and vaccinating in parts of north—west england, where covid cases are surging due to the indian variant. but warnings that vaccinating is not an instant remedy. any of those people receiving a first dose of vaccine today will not really start to get any benefit

going to be windy for all — gusts widely in excess of aomph, maybe in excess of 60mph on exposed south—westly may bank holidays on record. now, that low pressure will drift its way steadily the wind direction�*s still coming from a north—easterly. gales on exposed east coasts driving in some showers and the showers turning increasingly wintry to higher ground in scotland, northern england and north wales. top temperatures by the middle of tuesday afternoon between 6 and 13 celsius. move out of tuesday into wednesday, we've still got that cold air in place. the isobars are likely to open up, so that could mean we could start off early wednesday with a light frost around — something very unusual for the first week of may. so potentially a frosty start, a dry one with some sunshine around for many. won't be long before we see further showers, particularly across north—east scotland and north—east england. west is best for sunshine but not necessarily for warmth — we should be seeing temperatures across southern england of around 16 degrees, at least, at this time of year. thursday, we keep the