till piggott smith who has died —— tim piggott smith who has died —— tim piggott smith who has died —ed at the age of 70. and we will leave you for now, with a look towards the weekend weather prospects. they come from darren bett. thank you. good evening, lots of sunshine on the way this weekend and it is going to be getting warmer as well. this was the scene earlier on today, with the blue skies in east sussex. it hasn't been sunny everywhere. earlier on this was stirling in scotland but we have seen some changes in the cloud over the past few hours, in between the two location, the cloud has thinned in northern england and northern ireland, so we have sunshine here, to end the day, and the cloud is thinning across scotland too. the cloudier skies will continue in the north—west and the northern isles. it should be larnely cloud free. mist and fog to the west untriand into the south—west midlands. a chilly night under the clear sky, not far away from freezing in a few place, and as we head to tomorrow, it isa place, and as we head to tomorrow, it is a familiar story the pollen, tree

the actor tim piggott smith has died at the age of 70. he played prime minister herbert asquith. drama jewel in the crown, for which he won a bafta. he appeared in many films, including, the remains of the day and the james bond movie quantum of solace. the skies above dover were a picture this morning. 82 hot air balloons took off, hoping to break the world record for crossing the channel. so, did they manage it? 0ur reporter fiona lamdin was on board one of the balloons. they gathered at first light in a field in kent. and as the sun rose, with almost military precision, at exactly seven o'clock, the mass ascent began. 82 pilots from across europe were here to set a new record. the pack drifted over dovehs record. the pack drifted over dover's castle and cliffs. england will soon behind them as they headed 26 miles over the channel in mainland europe. it is fantastic being able to see the other balloons. it is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. the cameraman is in a balloon somewhere out there so i am filming there myself. we are right in the middle of the flight. can't see fran

it's been announced that the actor tim piggott—smith has died at the age of 70.. his film appearances included the remains of the day and quantum of solace. a truck has been hijacked and driven into pedestrians in the swedish capital stockholm. the prime minister says it appears to be a terror attack. on the line is leanne mcclean, who witnessed the attack from her office window. thank you forjoining us afoa must have been a distressing day for you, can you tell us what you first heard and saw? was sitting at my desk working and i heard some scream, i thought it was nothing but i saw my collea g u es thought it was nothing but i saw my colleagues running to the window and it seems a truck had just swerved into the street, and when i looked out of the window, there were two bodies covered with blankets, pools of blood. it was terrible. how quickly did it become obvious to you that wow weren't looking at a terrible accident? i mean i think the original reactions from my colleagues, the screams we heard, people running down the streetsness saying that people needed