, quite an impressive shower bringing a covering of hail to the roads and pavements of leek in staffordshire showers have been. nationwide, really. and although they are beginning to fade away now, there are still a few left over. now, the reason we've had so many showers during the day is because over the last few days we've had a lump of cold air move across the uk, and that gets heated strongly by the may sun, which causes the air to rise, causes those showers to break out. and we've got the same kind of mechanism with us for the forecast into sunday. now, right now, most of the showers have cleared out of the way, just one or two left over for scotland to take us into the first part of the night. it's another cold night, though, with clearing skies, light winds and a widespread frost. temperatures getting down to about —2 or —3 in the very coldest areas. so, a cold start to the da, sunday morning but then a lovely start with clear, blue skies for many of you. through the day, though, showers will start to break out, initially across the north—west of the country and then they'll become r

this one, quite an impressive shower bring a couple of hail to the roads and pavements of leek in staffordshirenationwide. although they are beginning to fade, there are still a few left over. the reason we have had so many showers during the day is because over the last few days we have had a lump of cold air move across the uk. that gets heated strongly by the may sunshine, causing the air to rise and causes the showers to break out. we have the same kind of mechanism with us for the forecast going into sunday. right now most of the showers are cleared out of the way. just one or two left over for scotland to take us into the first part of the night. another cold night with clearing skies, light winds and a widespread frost with temperatures getting down to —3 in the coldest areas. i cold start to the day on sunday, but clear blue skies for many. through the day, showers will break out across the north—west initially then become extensive for most areas as we head into the afternoon. probably some of the afternoon. probably some of the heavy showers across central and eastern england, eastern

we had some showers in staffordshire.ded that is moved in from the north over the last few days. that cold air gets heated strongly by the may sunshine. that causes the air to rise, it causes though showers to form, but overnight as things go down, the air kind of collapses, so most of the showers and fade away. ings looking dry over the next few hours, but cold, i widespread frost around kalama but of it is getting down to around —2, minus three celsius, so if you're heading out first thing sunday morning, wrap up warmly because there will be plenty of blue skies and sunshine but it will be cold with that frost in place. through the day, showers will initially begin to form across the northwest of the country before becoming extensive again into the afternoon and some of the heavier showers across the midlands, eastern england, eastern areas in scotland. bit of hail and thunder mixed in and attempters disappointing, 11—14 , and talking of disappointing weather, there comes a bank holiday monday's weather. an area of low

shower clouds pretty impressive in staffordshire with a hail storm that went through leak leaving a coveringold air that has moved on from the north over the last few days, getting heated strongly by the may sunshine, causing the air to rise in the showers to form, but overnight as things cool down, kind of collapses so most of the showers fade away. things looking dry over the next few hours but cold. a widespread frost around with the lowest temperature down to —2, —3, so if you are heading out first thing sunday morning, one of those mornings for extra layers. there will be plenty of blue skies and sunshine but cold with the frost in place. through the day showers initially form across the north—west of the country before becoming extensive again into the afternoon. some of the heavy showers across the midlands and into eastern england and parts of eastern scotland. the temperature disappointing, 11—14. and talking of disappointing weather, here comes bank holiday monday weather. an area of low pressure bringing widespread and fairly heavy outbreaks of rain, something we have not really s

, quite an impressive shower bringing a covering of hail to the roads and pavements of leek in staffordshirenning to fade away now, there are still a few left over. now, the reason we've had so many showers during the day is because over the last few days, we've had a lump of cold air move across the uk, and that gets heated strongly by the may sun, which causes the air to rise, causes those showers to break out. and we've got the same kind of mechanism with us for the forecast into sunday. now, right now, most of the showers have cleared out of the way — just one or two left over for scotland to take us into the first part of the night. it's another cold night, though, with clearing skies, light winds and a widespread frost. temperatures getting down to about —2 or —3 in the very coldest areas. so a cold start to the day sunday morning but a lovely start with clear, blue skies for many of you. through the day, though, showers will start to break out, initially across the north—west of the country, and then they'll become really extensive for most areas as we head into the afternoon. probabl

, quite an impressive shower bringing a covering of hail to the roads and pavements of leek in staffordshire to fade away now, there are still a few left over. now, the reason we've had so many showers during the day is because over the last few days, we've had a lump of cold air move across the uk, and that gets heated strongly by the may sun, which causes the air to rise, causes those showers to break out. and we've got the same kind of mechanism with us for the forecast into sunday. now, right now, most of the showers have cleared out of the way — just one or two left over for scotland to take us into the first part of the night. it's another cold night, though, with clearing skies, light winds and a widespread frost. temperatures getting down to about —2 or —3 in the very coldest areas. so a cold start to the day sunday morning but a lovely start with clear, blue skies for many of you. through the day, though, showers will start to break out, initially across the north—west of the country, and then they'll become really extensive for most areas as we head into the afternoon. probably som

sunshine between the showers. covering of hail to of a covering of hail to the roads of leek in staffordshireeginning to fade away now, still if you left over. the reason we have had so many showers during the day is because over the last few days we have had cold air move across the uk, that gets heated strongly by the sun in may which causes the showers to break out. the same kind of mechanism into sunday. most of the showers right now have cleared out of the way. just a couple left over for scotland in the first part of the night. another cold night with clearing skies, and a widespread frost. temperatures down to —2 or three in the coldest areas. a cold start to sunday morning, but clear blue skies for many of you. through the day, showers and start to break out across the north—west, and then becoming extensive in most areas into the afternoon. some of the heavier showers across central and eastern england and areas of scotland. temperatures disappointing for the time of year, highs of 11—11l. talking about disappointing weather, here comes your bank holiday. an area of low pressure in o

times we had the heavens opened up my quite an impressive shower bringing a covering of hail to staffordshire a few left over. the reason we have had so many showers during the day is because over the last few days we've had a lump of cold air move across the uk, and that gets heated strongly, it causes the air to rise and chose to break out. this mechanism is with us on the forecast into sunday. most of the showers have cleared out of the way, just one or two left over for scotland to take us into the first part of the no. it's another co—ordinate with clearing skies, light winds and a widespread frost. temperatures getting down to —2 or —3 in the coldest areas. a cold start to the day on sunday morning but a lovely start with clear, blue skies for many of you through the day, though, so will start to break it initially across the north—west of the country and then they will become really extensive for most areas as we head into the afternoon. probably some of the afternoon. probably some of the heaviest showers across central and eastern england, eastern areas of scotland and these temperat

restrictions, veterans and their families are being invited to the national memorial arboretum in staffordshiree invasion. someone else who also raised thousands, cycling hundreds of kilometres, is harry salmon. his father, also called harry, was killed in normandy and the memorial bears his name. i saw veterans being interviewed on television, and ifound it really hard to see them smiling and shedding tears, as they talked about their fallen comrades. my father was a team player, and these were his team—mates, and they were shedding tears for him and for the others that didn't come back, and ijust felt i had to do something for them. during his long—distance cycle in northern france, harry visited the site. i saw my father's name up there in stone, and it's an incredible piece of architecture, the whole thing, and there is one thing that is really, really powerful, and it's the sculpture at the entrance. it's of a tight—knit group of soldiers, apparently coming up from the beach, obviously facing enemy fire. for some of their comrades, those veterans who worked tirelessly to see the memorial b

we are longing to have _ staffordshire.beaches— on a peaceful spot over the normandy beaches where so many landed, including — beaches where so many landed, including george, i think. including george, ithink. george, presumably _ including george, ithink. george, presumably you — including george, ithink. george, presumably you will _ including george, ithink. george, presumably you will still _ including george, ithink. george, presumably you will still get - including george, ithink. george, presumably you will still get to . including george, ithink. george,| presumably you will still get to see some of your friends when you celebrate it this side of the channel? that celebrate it this side of the channel?— celebrate it this side of the channel? �* ., ,., , , channel? at the arboretum, yes. i will be u- channel? at the arboretum, yes. i will be up there _ channel? at the arboretum, yes. i will be up there a _ channel? at the arboretum, yes. i will be up there a couple - channel? at the arboretum, yes. i will be up there

this was shropshire, neighbouring county, staffordshire.f the way, but the whole reason we have seen a raft of showers during the day today is that over the last couple of days, we've had a lump of cold air move southwards across the uk. 0nce that's in place, it gets heated by the strong may sunshine, causes the air to rise and causes those showers to form and they are back again for sunday. 0vernight tonight, most of the showers will tend to fade away, but there could be one or two left over in scotland and one or two around our coastal fringes where temperatures are kept a little higher. but for most, skies will clear it will become dry and it will become cold again. temperatures getting below freezing fairly widely, and the lowest about —2 or —3 or so. cold start to the day on sunday, but for most it will be a fine morning with lots of sunshine, unbroken to start with for many of you, but then the clouds develop. initially across the north and west of the uk, and showers later extend eastwards. and by the afternoon some of the heaviest,

our sports editor, dan roan, reports from the national football centre at st george's park in staffordshire meant nearly _ eric dier does it. four years ago england meant nearly all - eric dier does it. four years ago england meant nearly all the i eric dier does it. four years ago i england meant nearly all the way, reaching the world cup semifinals having proved such a success in his first major tournament in charge, gareth southgate is now preparing for his second, but the manager has delayed naming his final squad for the euros and today he told me why. we do have less time with our players than any of the other nations. we have basically got eight or nine days with the full squad and thatis or nine days with the full squad and that is it. we still have 12 to play in european finals and four players who are either injured currently or returning from injury. we can make better decisions with more time. with injury concerns over the likes of manchester united's harry maguire, there are chances for others. brighton defender, ben white, one of four uncapped players in the provisional squad

that veterans are being invited to take part in an event at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshirey memories of 0-day are all— memories of d-day. my memories of d-day are all about _ memories of d-day. my memories of d-day are all about the _ memories of d-day. my memories of d-day are all about the incredible i d—day are all about the incredible noise that was going on when we arrived. i had spent the first year of my life in the navy in the atlantic. i went for some training and then the next ship i got was a minesweeper. talk about from the frying pan into the fire. so, a few days later i was sailing across the channel in the middle of the night with hundreds of other minesweepers just ahead of the invasion fleet. and then this dreadful noise started, with all these guns firing their shells overhead. when we've been sailing across, the ships behind us were full of soldiers in landing craft. many of these men were even younger than me. i was only 19. were even younger than me. i was only19. but were even younger than me. i was only 19. but these men had been training all over the

restrictions, veterans and their families are being invited to the national memorial arboretum in staffordshireemorial bears his name. i saw veterans being interviewed on television, and ifound it really hard to see them smiling and shedding tears, as they talked about their fallen comrades. my father was a team player, and these were his team—mates, and they were shedding tears for him and for the others that didn't come back, and ijust felt i had to do something for them. during his long—distance cycle in northern france, harry visited the site. i saw my father's name up there in stone, and it's an incredible piece of architecture, the whole thing, and there is one thing that is really, really powerful, and it's the sculpture at the entrance. it's of a tight—knit group of soldiers, apparently coming up from the beach, obviously facing enemy fire. for some of their comrades, those veterans who worked tirelessly to see the memorial built, its opening will be the realisation notjust of many years of hard work, but also of a promise fulfilled to never forget those left behind. john maguire, bbc n

there might be the west midlands police there at the meeting too, and staffordshire police, along withpdate. this is linda, who has been able to legally live in the uk since the 1970s, but like so many of the people caught up in the windrush scandal, was not able to come here because the home office had not properly registered her legal immigration status. she went through the windrush process and was able to settle in the uk, but she has a family. a husband, winston, and five children who live in trinidad who clearly she would have liked to have come over tojoin her. they needed to apply through the immigration process but that would have cost about £22,000. in e—mails to the home office, she said raising that sort of money for her family would be a daunting task. she said, "we have never been separated from each other before. "i would like for them to come over and join me so that we can continue "to make a positive impact on lives that we come into contact with." so she went to court, backed by solicitors, and has won her case at the high court. thejudge decided that forcing her fam

travel restrictions are invited to mark the 77th anniversary of the d—day landings at an event in staffordshireyou if i may. you were 18 when you are in normandy. describe your experience if you would, just briefly. i normandy. describe your experience if you would, just briefly.— if you would, 'ust briefly. i landed on gold if you would, just briefly. i landed on gold beach, _ if you would, just briefly. i landed on gold beach, and _ if you would, just briefly. i landed on gold beach, and it— if you would, just briefly. i landed on gold beach, and it was - if you would, just briefly. i landed on gold beach, and it was a i if you would, just briefly. i landed on gold beach, and it was a casel if you would, just briefly. i landed | on gold beach, and it was a case of lending they are, and there are so many stories about it, that, you know, this anniversary, or this lot is really for the people we left behind, so to talk about my experience is not really the thing thatis experience is not really the thing that is wanted at the moment, if you don't mind. flit that is wanted at the moment, if you do

the number of agencies were at that meeting, staffordshire police, west midlands counterterrorism policee discovered is that that meeting, the people attending that meeting, the people attending that meeting did not know about this intelligence. that was one of the central questions, this is what the jury central questions, this is what the jury were asked to look at, the point about the lack of sharing of information. this is an issue that has come up in other terrorism cases, and as you say the jury were unequivocal, they felt the lack of information sharing contributed to the deaths of jack merritt and saskia jones. there was another question that we were looking at in this inquest that the jury were asked to consider, and that was why was it that usman khan travelled from stafford that day to london, unescorted? why was it, how was it that he was able to put on that fake suicide belt on the train which is where the police put it on, to be carrying three knives, to get to fishmongers�* hall and carry out that attack? who was involved in that decision making? it turns out a number of a

we have had a host of results from the english councils including in staffordshire cannock chase whichfrom no overall control to conservative, continuing the theme of a strong conservative performance in england. about two thirds of the way through that the council results are lots more to come including some close mayoral contests. fiur are lots more to come including some close mayoral contests.— close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence _ close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are _ close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at _ close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at all— close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at all the - close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at all the key . correspondence are at all the key contests. and professor sirjohn curtice — as always — will be crunching the numbers and identifying the key political trends. so join us for all the excitement and drama of elections 2021. yes, hello, everyone. we are back and we are delighted you are with us because after all the drama yester

a pretty decent start, certainly for a beautiful scene therefore —— from a weather watcher in staffordshirecomes a change with some rain rolling in. parts of scotland will see a touch of frost again and then for monday, bank holiday monday, here comes an area of low pressure. timing itselfjust in time for a bank holiday, so it will bring rain, which will spread eastward through the day, heavy, widespread persistent rain, they could even be some snow mixing in over the very highest ground of the pennines, the southern uplands and the highest grounds of the grampians and it will be accompanied by some brisk winds and those are the wind gusts we can expect with 50, maybe 60 mph and the top temperatures 7—12 cells in son thatis top temperatures 7—12 cells in son that is the very best you can expect so really disappointing feel and the rain will start wagering monday evening, staying glossary through the night and as you move from monday into tuesday, the area of low pressure will move eastwards and behind it you can see the white lines, the eyes of ours, follow them all the way up to the artic

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