thank you so much, stav danaos. let's hear— airflow. thank you so much, stav danaos.t's hear from someonej airflow. thank you so much, stav - danaos. let's hear from someone that trying to manage this weather within a professional context. let's speak to abi reader — she's a dairy farmer in the vale of glamorgan — and also deputy president of the national farmer's union in wales. thank you forjoining us. if we could just start for getting a feel for how you are experiencing this weather and what your current challenges are. fin weather and what your current challenges are.— weather and what your current challenges are. on the farm at the moment the _ challenges are. on the farm at the moment the grass _ challenges are. on the farm at the moment the grass is _ challenges are. on the farm at the moment the grass is stopped - challenges are. on the farm at the - moment the grass is stopped growing. any grass that was there has burnt off so it has just dried away to nothing so there is very little for the livestock to eat. this means that as farmers we are having to break

now let's have a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there.ons certainly for england and wales. nights and days will become warmer. if it's rain you're looking for, most of that will be reserved for the north of the uk, as you can see here, particularly western scotland — barely any across england and wales here. it's expected to stay dry throughout. now for part two of the weekend, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the nig

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. in the short term high pressure dominates and we will see variable amounts of cloud and the odd low ceiling which will fade away. is there is quite breezy across england and wales with clear skies and later winds further north so it could be quite scilly in the scottish plains but further south —— quite surely in the glens of scotland. but ten to 12 celsius for the south. an area of low pressure will move up in the south but topped temperatures around 24 south but topped temperatures around 2a degrees and a little bit fresher for the north. —— further north. this is bbc news. iamjane i amjane hill. the headlines: tributes are paid to mikhail gorbachev, the soviet leader who ended the cold war, who has died at the age of 91. in a break with tradition, the queen won't appoint the new prime minister in london next week. it'll take place at balmoral. royal mail apologises to customers, as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. a bbc investigation has found that shamima begum

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos.nd and northern ireland is in the high 20s and the low to mid 30s in england and wales. that leads into a very warm and muqqy that leads into a very warm and muggy night with clear skies. cloud to the north west of scotland and temperatures no lower than 18 or 19 in the south. the peak of the heat is on friday and into saturday. on sunday there is a bit more cloud next week it will turn cooler with showers. hello this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines... the body representing water companies says it's increasingly inevitable that a drought will be declared in britain as another extreme heat warning for parts of england and wales comes into force. as we look at the data on river flows it looks increasingly inevitable and probably that is going to be the right decision given some of that pressure on the environment we are seeing at the moment. energy bosses will meet the government this morning to discuss plans to help customers struggling with soaring bills. ministers are pr

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. unsettled as the low pressure starts to close in on us. it could be pretty wet and windy for some as we head into the weekend. now, through this evening and overnight, any light showers die away. still, a breeze continues across parts of england and wales. that'll stop temperatures from falling much below 11—15 degrees, but a few chilly spots across the rural parts of scotland, because skies will be clear, winds will be light. so, tomorrow, anotherfine day for many, plenty of sunshine across northern areas, one or two showers. increasing showers developing across south wales, southern england, the odd heavier one into the afternoon. but again it's going to feel quite warm — 24, maybe 25 degrees, 21 degrees there through the central belt of scotland. and then low pressure starts to set in through friday. and certainly into the weekend, we'll see heavy rain, some thunderstorms, strong winds, even a chance of some gales across western areas as we move into sunday. hello, this is bbc news

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello.ant feature as well. in the short—term, though, high pressure continues to dominate. it's going to be mainly dry for the rest of today and into tomorrow. see variable amounts of cloud. the odd light shower through this evening, they'll fade away. stays quite breezy, though, across england and wales. clearerskies, lighter winds further north. so again, it could be quite chilly out of town across some of the scottish glens, but further south, 10 to 15 celsius. now, as we head into thursday, it's a similar story of high pressure overhead, a lot of dry weather, plenty of sunshine around, too. could see the odd shower here and there, but later in the day we start to see the first area of low pressure move up from the south. so it will turn increasingly cloudy with increasing showers here. quite breezy, too, but top temperatures around 24 degrees, a little bit fresher further north. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: tributes are paid to mikhail gorbachev, the soviet leader who ended the