. brute looking bad for labour in the west midlands. ~ . ~ looking bad for labour in the west midlandse talk about the redwall in the north of england, _ midlands. we talk about the redwall in the north of england, but - midlands. we talk about the redwall in the north of england, but as - midlands. we talk about the redwall in the north of england, but as you l in the north of england, but as you say, the midlands was putting ! what interesting. fascinating to hear your views on that for forgive me for diverting slightly from the papers to talk about that, kate, but good to have a regional expert hero we have got him. take is on if you would to the front page of the mail — the charge of hypocrisy which is being made twice against two different ministers, kate. the daily mailfrom different ministers, kate. the daily mail from pages — different ministers, kate. the daily mail from pages gone _ different ministers, kate. the daily mail from pages gone off— different ministers, kate. the daily mail from pages gone off on - different ministers, kate. the daily mail from pages gone off on a

_ west midlands... can i really quicklyjump in? i've - west midlands...d just above what erasmus gives. we are also finding disadvantaged students because we are funding them in a greater sense. we are removing some of the barriers, funding for passports, funding for visas, funding for travel no matter where they go to. so if they are only going to travel to the eu, they will still be funding of their travel costs. , . .. , still be funding of their travel costs. , w , . , still be funding of their travel costs. , ~ , costs. ok, very quickly, as minister i would imagine _ costs. ok, very quickly, as minister i would imagine you _ costs. ok, very quickly, as minister i would imagine you are _ costs. ok, very quickly, as minister i would imagine you are keeping i costs. ok, very quickly, as minister i would imagine you are keeping a i i would imagine you are keeping a close eye on the vaccination scheme. young adults, of course, there have been many incentives pushed towards them. now we are hearing 16 or 17—year—olds may also receive the jab. when are we l

sunny and the afternoon but we have rain heading onto the pennines into wales, on the far south—west midlandsnd in the south—east increasingly cloudy but we could make 25 degrees for the first time this month. that weatherfront this month. that weather front is heading into england and wales but the rain will peter out overnight and this is the main driver later on tomorrow with a windy weather heading into the north—west and the weather front first of all, this is where it is, across southern areas, hanging around, little or no rain on it and the cloud should then and break further north we will see the strengthening winds with low pressure bringing wet weather into northern ireland and into western parts of scotland, pegging temperatures back but towards the south—east and east anglia were some sunshine, temperatures could be closer to 25 degrees. by the end of the week, still pretty windy for many parts of the uk and more showers to come across scotland and northern ireland, even a few showers coming into england and wales as well. some sunshine and temperatures back down to nearer normal,

and a west midlands police officer — found guilty of two assaults on members of the public — both thek. good afternoon. we start with the breaking news that the nhs covid—19 app in england and wales will be modified so that fewer contacts are required to self—isolate. the health secretary sajid javid says the changes "ensure we are striking the right balance" between reducing disruption — and protecting those at risk. business leaders have complained about the large numbers of staff who've had to self—isolate after being pinged by the app — the so—called pingdemic. naomi grimley is our health correspondent. is this likely to reduce the scale of the so—called pingdemic? it is this likely to reduce the scale of the so-called pingdemic? it will reduce the number _ of the so-called pingdemic? it will reduce the number of _ of the so-called pingdemic? it will reduce the number of people - of the so—called pingdemic? it ll reduce the number of people getting alerts and told to self—isolate, we don't know how many. it relates to a particular subgroup. this is the close contacts of people who

these 16—and—17—year—olds were getting their vaccine today at tipton in the west midlands. uk. yeah, it was quick and easy, keeping everyone safe. i want to keep my family safe and me safe, more importantly, so, yeah. as an a&e doctor, i've seen a lot during this pandemic. but nothing has shocked me more than seeing younger people being admitted to our hospitals with covid—19. and as well as their age, many of them have one other thing in common — they were unvaccinated. the nhs video urges young adults to get vaccinated and shares stories of several who were laid low by the virus. my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are, the lower your overall risk from covid, but people aged 18—34 now make up more than a fifth of those admitted to hospital with the virus. and there is the threat of long covid. normally you'd be able to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up kind of feeling ready to face the day, i could sleep for a week and

these 16 and 17—year—olds were getting their vaccine today at tipton in the west midlands.dministered in the uk. yeah, it was quick and easy, keeping everyone safe. i want to keep my family safe and me safe, more importantly, so, yeah. as an a&e doctor, i've seen a lot during this pandemic. but nothing has shocked me more than seeing younger people being admitted to our hospitals with covid—19. and as well as their age, many of them have one other thing in common — they were unvaccinated. the nhs video urges young adults to get vaccinated and shares stories of several who were laid low by the virus. my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are, the lower your overall risk from covid, but people aged 18—34 now make up more than a fifth of those admitted to hospital with the virus. and there is the threat of long covid. normally you would be able to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up kind of feeling ready to face the day, i could

a west midlands police officer has been found guilty of carrying out assaults on two black members ofneither had resisted arrest. borisjohnson says iran must face consequences, after a drone attack killed a briton and a romanian on—board a merchant tanker last week. meanwhile, the iranian government called the claims "baseless and provocative". the israeli—owned mt mercer street was attacked off oman on thursday. the european union has sent assistance to turkey, after it asked for help in fighting wildfires raging in villages and towns along its mediterranean and aegean coast. eight people have been killed in hundreds of blazes which have destroyed huge swathes of forest and are threatening tourist resorts including marmaris and bodrum. scotland's most senior muslim politician has lodged a complaint against a nursery, alleging it discriminated against his two—year—old daughter. humza yousaf, the scottish health secretary, says that after his two year old was refused a place, a white friend put in an application and it was accepted within 24 hours. the nursery strongly denies all claim

a west midlands police officer has been found guilty of carrying out assaults on two black members ofquences after a drone attack killed a briton and a romanian onboard a merchant tanker last week. the iranian government called claims that it was behind the attack baseless and provocative. the israeli—owned mt mercer street was attacked off 0man on thursday. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. last month's heatwave took the uk to its joint fifth warmestjuly on record. wales, northern ireland, and scotland, according to the met office, were drier than average, and another dry day across much of scotland. england was wetter than average last month, but whilst many have stayed dry today, there have been some heavy, even torrential downpours around, reports of over 100 mm from one on the isle of wight with some flooding. the thundery downpours that have developed today after rumbling around through the evening will die away as we get into the night. and by morning, most places are dry, clear spells, and away from the town and city centres, many spots getting i

sunny and the afternoon but we have rain heading onto the pennines into wales, on the far south—west midlands but the rain will peter out overnight and this is the main driver later on tomorrow with a windy weather heading into the north—west and the weather front first of all, this is where it is, across southern areas, hanging around, little or no rain on it and the cloud should then and break further north we will see the strengthening winds with low

these 16 and 17—year—olds were getting their vaccine today at tipton in the west midlands.ly, so, yeah. as an a&e doctor, i've seen a lot during this pandemic. but nothing has shocked me more than seeing younger people being admitted to our hospitals with covid—19. and as well as their age, many of them have one other thing in common — they were unvaccinated. the nhs video urges young adults to get vaccinated and shares stories of several who were laid low by the virus. my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are, the lower your overall risk from covid, but people aged 18—34 now make up more than a fifth of those admitted to hospital with the virus. and there is the threat of long covid. normally you would be able to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up kind of feeling ready to face the day, i could sleep for a week and still feel tired. if we look at vaccine uptake in adults in england, whereas over 90% of all of those aged 60

sunny spells developing for eastern england, although for wales, the south—west, the midlands as welld will see some showers. it will be very cool here. highest temperatures across eastern england up to 22 or 23 degrees. and we will keep areas of cloud and some showery rain for a time on sunday night, but by the early part of monday, most places will be dry with some clear spells and temperatures as we start monday 12, 13, 14 degrees in most places. now, the week ahead will bring a lot of dry weather but also a lot of cloud. limited amount of sunshine and temperatures will be a bit disappointing for this time of year. hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. in the uk, there are questions for police about why it chose to return a shotgun licence to the man who killed five people in the country's worst mass shooting since 2010. the last major city in northern afghanistan, mazar—i—sharif, falls to the taliban. us presidentjoe biden authorizes deployment of about 5,000 us troops to help with evacuations. at least 227

, slow—moving with us for much of the weekend, bringing rain into parts of wales, north—west england, the midlandsough this afternoon pushing north into northern ireland so replacing the morning sunshine here. continuing into an north—west england and may be the north—east little, frequent showers pushing east across scotland but on either side of the cloud and rain there should be breaks to allow some sunshine, the best i crossed east anglia and south—east england with the highest temperatures. more likely high teens with the cloud and rain. the cloud and rain continuing north and east overnight, fizzling with patchy rain across the northeast, showers confined to northern scotland, clouding over later across the south—west with patchy rain, mild for many but could touch a single figures across the far north of england into scotland. tomorrow the frontal system, slow—moving and bringing more cloud but tied and will be patchy rain, initially across parts of wales and south—west england but also northern england and northern ireland, frequent travels across northern scotland but elsewhere mainly dry

so a west midlands police officer found guilty of carrying out two assaults on members of the public.ou have to jump through?- you have to 'ump through? that's riaht, i you have to 'ump through? that's right. i am — you have to jump through? that's right, i am down _ you have to jump through? that's right, i am down in _ you have to jump through? that's right, i am down in the _ you have to jump through? that's right, i am down in the south - you have to jump through? that's right, i am down in the south of. right, i am down in the south of france, and of course france is on the amber plus wrist —— list. so i had been double vaccinated so i didn't have to do tests. when i go back to england, unless the rules change, i will have to self—isolate for ten days and take two tests on days two and eight. i'm really hoping it changes this thursday when we have the next update. don’t hoping it changes this thursday when we have the next update.— we have the next update. don't think about that yet. _ we have the next update. don't think about that yet, enjoy _ we have the next update. don't thi

these 16 and 17—year—olds were getting their vaccine today at tipton in the west midlands.k and easy, keeping everyone safe. i want to keep my family safe and me safe, more importantly, so, yeah. as an a&e doctor, i've seen a lot during this pandemic. but nothing has shocked me more than seeing younger people being admitted to our hospitals with covid—19. and as well as their age, many of them have one other thing in common — they were unvaccinated. the nhs video urges young adults to get vaccinated and shares stories of several who were laid low by the virus. my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are, the lower your overall risk from covid, but people aged 18—34 now make up more than a fifth of those admitted to hospital with the virus. and there is the threat of long covid. normally you would be able to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up kind of feeling ready to face the day, i could sleep for a week and still feel tired.

that is the latest statement on that sad event from west midlands ambulance service.ere as well, 23 celsius in some spots, so a decent day. a bit of an atlantic breeze and the shower is continuing, particularly in western and northern scotland. through the night, out towards the south—west, this next weatherfront coming in, bringing milder air, but damp air, a lot of missed around coasts in cornwall and devon. on saturday afternoon, fine weather for much of scotland, glasgow and edinburgh seeing some sunshine. not so bad in the lake district, though a little on the cloudy side. then we have this weather front stretching across central parts of the uk with outbreaks of rain. in the south, in the afternoon on saturday, it looks as though there will be sunshine. southampton and portsmouth, not too bad at all. on balance, saturday not a bad day. on sunday, the low pressure is with us. the weather fronts are with us as well, and you can see cloud and a bit of rain across northern parts of england. northern ireland, a bit of a breeze as well. it might brighten up across the

a bit of warmth in the sunshine particularly towards east anglia and the east midlands before the clouds over from the westrd it feels quite chilly. highest temperatures in the south—east in sunshine. for cricket at lord's, sunshine for the afternoon session before it clouds overfor afternoon session before it clouds over for the evening session but of filled days play for day five and it's shaping up to be an exciting station. more cloud for england and wales and then this band of showers moved down away from scotland and into the north—east of england. more cloud in the west, clearer skies in the north—east. temperature seven or 8 degrees. this band of showers on the weather front from the north sea, most of the rain will move out into the north sea. we draw down this north—west breeze which brings down cooler air across the country, a few showers running down the south—east and east anglia and then more sunshine in eastern england and scotland, more showers and cloud in the west before patchy rain in the north—west later on. temperatures only 17 degrees in the central belt of scotland, 19 or 20 at best

got a few showers moving from wales and the south—west into the midlands and central, southern englands. a few mist patches possible as well through the night. 0ur overnight temperatures between around 11 and 1a celsius. tomorrow, something of a change for northern ireland, here quite quickly we will see outbreaks of rain moving. some of the rain could turn out quite heavy and eventually, we will start to see some of rain working its way into western parts of great britain as well. further north and eastwards, at least for a time, you've got a better prospect of seeing sunshine. temperatures again into the high teens and low 20s. that's your weather. the headlines: desperate scenes at kabul airport — a little girl is handed over to an american solider by people fleeing the taliban. britian pledges to remain as long as the us controls the airport. none of our planes are leaving empty. i've seen reports saying that. i can't vouch for other nations, but our aeroplanes never leave empty. if we have spaces on them, we offer them up to other nations. british troops are helping control the cr

and what the government should be doing to make the best of the situation and on a visit to the west midlandsing of 20 years of progress and of huge sacrifice and i appreciate the decision to withdraw was not _ appreciate the decision to withdraw was not the governments decision alone _ was not the governments decision alone but— was not the governments decision alone but i— was not the governments decision alone but i when the prime minister to set— alone but i when the prime minister to set up— alone but i when the prime minister to setup -- — alone but i when the prime minister to set up —— to step up to the plate and show— to set up —— to step up to the plate and show some leadership and some urgency _ and show some leadership and some urgency. we have got a council meeting — urgency. we have got a council meeting this afternoon, it's absolutely clear what the priorities have to _ absolutely clear what the priorities have to he — absolutely clear what the priorities have to be and that is the evacuation of uk nationals and eligible — evacuation of uk nationals and eligible afghans. it's e

got a few showers moving from wales and the south—west into the midlands and central, southern englandreland. just with a few glimpses of sunshine coming through every now and then. 0vernight tonight we are going to keep those pretty cloudy conditions. a few mist patches possible as well through the night. 0ur overnight temperatures between around 11 and ia celsius. tomorrow, something of a change for northern ireland, here quite quickly we will see outbreaks of rain moving. some of the rain could turn out quite heavy and eventually, we will start to see some of rain working its way into western parts of great britain as well. further north and eastwards, at least for a time, you've got a better prospect of seeing sunshine. temperatures again into the high teens and low 20s. that's your weather. 0pposite downing street to raise the issue, telling us us —— tell us they are calling it off after the defence secretary promise to come to some solution. let's get more on this now with our correspondent veteran deepak maskey — who led the gurkha justice campaign thank you very much for talkin

as we head into the afternoon, some turning quite heavy and thundery for the south—west of england, wales and the midlands't feel too bad, despite these temperatures being quite disappointing for the time of year, 14—20 degrees. some of those showers across england and wales will continue on through monday night, even into the early hours of tuesday. most places will be dry with some clear spells, but you can see this area of rain approaching the far south—west. quite a fresh, cool start to tuesday morning as well, but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france, so that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, just really into cornwall and the isles of scilly. we will see some rain across the channel islands, but most places on tuesday seeing some spells of sunshine and one or two showers popping up again into the afternoon. a few of those could be heavy, possibly thundery, and temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 degrees. now, into wednesday, i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage, a line of showers likely

as we head into the afternoon, some turning quite heavy and thundery for the south—west of england, wales and the midlandsfeel too bad, despite these temperatures being quite disappointing for the time of year, 14—20 degrees. some of those showers across england and wales will continue on through monday night, even into the early hours of tuesday. most places will be dry with some clear spells, but you can see this area of rain approaching the far south—west. quite a fresh, cool start to tuesday morning as well, but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france, so that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, just really into cornwall and the isles of scilly. we will see some rain across the channel islands, but most places on tuesday seeing some spells of sunshine and one or two showers popping up again into the afternoon. a few of those could be heavy, possibly thundery, and temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 degrees. now, into wednesday, i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage, a line of showers likely to

much be with us, some heavy rain moving across northern ireland, south—west england, wales, the west midlandsable. it would be terrible, quite rightly, to bring people over and not be able to bring people over and not be able to give them the support they would needin to give them the support they would need in terms of accommodation. resettling plans are criticised by opposition parties as not going far enough. in the next half hour, parliament will hold an emergency debate on the taliban's takeover of afghanistan. we'll be live in the house of commons in 30 minutes' time, when borisjohnson will begin debating the afghanistan crisis. in afghanistan, senior taliban leaders arrive, as the militants negotiate with politicians on

will develop and at the end of the night in you system are produced thicker cloud in the south—west, the midlands although there will be areas of cloud, what we will find is it will break and we will see some sunshine. if it breaks for long enough, we could hit 23, 2a. travelling north, temperatures will be comparatively lower stop. the warmer we will have to wait for the middle of next week. more details and more about the sunflowers in half—an—hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. let's return to our top story now and the news that six people, including a suspected gunman, have died in a shooting in a residential area of plymouth. we can speak now to the defence secretary, ben wallace. good secretary, ben wallace. morning. this is a truly shocking good morning. this is a truly shocking incident, the details at the moment are unclear, we are awaiting to hear more from the police but i wonder what your understanding is of what happened in what sounds like a cul—de—sac in quite a quiet residential area of plymouth. quite a quiet residential area of pl mout

of the weekend, this morning, it has been bringing outbreaks of rain across wales into the midlands and north—westnd rain moves northward into parts of the north—west and north—east england, but either side, the cloud should sing and break, so we see some spells of sunshine. the best of that in south east anglian and south—east england. temperatures of 23 or 24. with the cloud and the rain, the type which high teens. the cloud and rain will gradually disappear as we go through this evening, working its way northwards, but fading away. across north—east england, some showers confined to the north—east of scotland and pushing back into wales as well. it is once again another mild night. we still have this frontal system with us tomorrow, bringing more cloud than anything else, that we will still see some rain attached. some heavy showers across the far north of scotland. tomorrow morning, patchy rain for south—west england, into northern england and northern ireland in the afternoon. cloudy for most of us, but shifting and and breaking into the east, so when we see the sunshine, the highest temperat

as we head into the afternoon, some turning quite heavy and thundery for the south—west of england, wales and the midlandsor the time of year, 14—20 degrees. some of those showers across england and wales will continue on through monday night, even into the early hours of tuesday. most places will be dry with some clear spells, but you can see this area of rain approaching the far south—west. quite a fresh, cool start to tuesday morning as well, but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france, so that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, just really into cornwall and the isles of scilly. we will see some rain across the channel islands, but most places on tuesday seeing some spells of sunshine and one or two showers popping up again into the afternoon. a few of those could be heavy, possibly thundery, and temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 degrees. now, into wednesday, i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage, a line of showers likely to push in across north—west scotland, some breaking out elsewhere thro

as we head into the afternoon, some turning quite heavy and thundery for the south—west of england, wales and the midlandsinue on through monday night, even into the early hours of tuesday. most places will be dry with some clear spells, but you can see this area of rain approaching the far south—west. quite a fresh, cool start to tuesday morning as well, but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france, so that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, just really into cornwall and the isles of scilly. we will see some rain across the channel islands, but most places on tuesday seeing some spells of sunshine and one or two showers popping up again into the afternoon. a few of those could be heavy, possibly thundery, and temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 degrees. now, into wednesday, i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage, a line of showers likely to push in across north—west scotland, some breaking out elsewhere through the afternoon and again some heavy, thundery ones, those temperatures around 20 or 21 de

as we head into the afternoon, some turning quite heavy and thundery for the south—west of england, wales and the midlandsor the time of year, 14—20 degrees. some of those showers across england and wales will continue on through monday night, even into the early hours of tuesday. most places will be dry with some clear spells, but you can see this area of rain approaching the far south—west. quite a fresh, cool start to tuesday morning as well, but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france, so that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, just really into cornwall and the isles of scilly. we will see some rain across the channel islands, but most places on tuesday seeing some spells of sunshine and one or two showers popping up again into the afternoon. a few of those could be heavy, possibly thundery, and temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 degrees. now, into wednesday, i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage, a line of showers likely to push in across north—west scotland, some breaking out elsewhere thro

as we head into the afternoon, some turning quite heavy and thundery for the south—west of england, wales and the midlandsting for the time of year, ia—20 degrees. some of those showers across england and wales will continue on through monday night, even into the early hours of tuesday. most places will be dry with some clear spells, but you can see this area of rain approaching the far south—west. quite a fresh, cool start to tuesday morning as well, but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france, so that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, just really into cornwall and the isles of scilly. we will see some rain across the channel islands, but most places on tuesday seeing some spells of sunshine and one or two showers popping up again into the afternoon. a few of those could be heavy, possibly thundery, and temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 degrees. now, into wednesday, i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage, a line of showers likely to push in across north—west scotland, some breaking out elsewher

some turning heavy and sundry for the south—west of england, wales, midlands.ing through monday night into the early hours of tuesday, most places dry with clear spells. this area of rain approaching the far south—west, a cool fresh start to tuesday morning as well. the area of rain in the far south—west set to dive way southwards towards parts of france. not making a lot of progress across our shores, not making a lot of progress across ourshores, really not making a lot of progress across our shores, really into cornwall and in the ice of silly, rain across the channel islands. most places seeing spells of sunshine, some heavy and sundry, temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 celsius. wednesday, a few more showers breaking out at this stage, in line of showers putting in across north—west scotland, some breaking out elsewhere through the afternoon, heavy, fun to be, temperatures around 20—21 c. the end of the week, things turning unsettled, and area of low pressure for thursday, another one behind it, our weather makerfor another one behind it, our weather

as we head into the afternoon, some turning quite heavy and thundery for the south—west of england, wales and the midlands of year, 14—20 degrees. some of those showers across england and wales will continue on through monday night, even into the early hours of tuesday. most places will be dry with some clear spells, but you can see this area of rain approaching the far south—west. quite a fresh, cool start to tuesday morning as well, but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france, so that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, just really into cornwall and the isles of scilly. we will see some rain across the channel islands, but most places on tuesday seeing some spells of sunshine and one or two showers popping up again into the afternoon. a few of those could be heavy, possibly thundery, and temperatures again up to 20, possibly 21 degrees. now, into wednesday, i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage, a line of showers likely to push in across north—west scotland, some breaking out elsewhere through the aft

that do crop up in the west will fade, dry with some clear spells, but some areas of cloud and this cloud here may well work in two parts of england and then perhaps into the midlands continue itsjourney west as we head through the day on tuesday. it will cloud over a bit of some parts of wales, may be the odd spot of drizzle. some misty and murky weather, clinging to these coasts north and west, but elsewhere further spells of sunshine, the highest temperatures across western scotland and may be parts of northern ireland, up to 2a or even 25 degrees. wednesday a similar day, best of sunshine in the west, more cloud filtering into eastern areas and also noticeable northerly winds starting to develop close to eastern coasts, so that will knock the edge of the temperatures here, the highest temperatures once again out towards the west. subtle changes on thursday, our area of high pressure would drift northwards, allowing this frontal system to work in, not a lot of rain with that, but a lot of cloud into eastern areas and coped with that strong northerly breeze it is going to feel really quite cool for eastern coasts, not quite cool for eastern coasts, not quite as c

is moving across towards the east and north, introducing that rain in parts of the midlands and curling around the westmething brighter, weather front, something brighter, and weatherfront, something brighter, and behind the weather front, also something brighter. but here we are likely to see some very heavy, thundery downpours. today's top temperatures reaching about 20 or 21 celsius at best. there is a change on the way as the weather front moved towards the east, so we still hang on to this drier weather behind it, still in the company of those heavy showers, and the weather front loses a lot of its energy as it moves towards the east and leaves us eventually. it was quite muggy last night with the return of mist and fog patches, many of us seeing something clearer tonight, still quite mild, 1a or 15 celsius the low. tomorrow morning should be better, because we say goodbye to the weather front and hello to this, an area of high pressure. high pressure tends to lead to a more settled weather story, whereas low pressure brings something unsettled. so the high—pressure moving in, bringing the more se

some turning heavy and hungry for the south—west of england and wales in the midlands.lear spells but you can see an area of rain approaching the five south—west. a cool fresh start to tuesday morning as well but that area of rain in the far south—west looks set to dive away southwards towards parts of france. that rain not making a lot of progress across our shores, we will see some rain across the channel islands but most places on tuesday seeing spells of sunshine. a couple of showers popping up again into the afternoon and few will be heavy with possible thunder and temperatures again 20 - 21 thunder and temperatures again 20 — 21 degrees. into wednesday i think we could see a few more showers breaking out at this stage. a line of showers pushing on across north—west scotland, some breaking out elsewhere in the afternoon again, heavy thundering ones, temperatures around 20— 21 degrees. as we head towards the end of the week, things are set to be more unsettled. one area of low pressure rolling into thursday and another one behind it. that is our weather maker for th

the heavier rain across parts of south—west of england and wales is moving across parts of the east and to the north, introducing that rain into parts of the midlandsf the weather front, something brighter and behind the weather front also something brighter, but here we are likely to see some very heavy, thundery downpours. breezy across south—western parts, today's top temperatures reaching 20 or 21 celsius at best. there is a change on the way, as the weather front moves towards the east, so we still hang onto this dry weather behind it, we are still in the company of those heavier showers, however, and the weather front loses a lot of its energy as it moves towards the east and leaves us, eventually. it was quite muggy last night and some mist and fog patches. the return of some of that tonight, i think, but many of us seeing something clearer and still quite mild, 1a and 15 celsius will be our lows. first thing tomorrow morning should be better because we say goodbye to the weather front and hello to this. an area of high pressure. high pressure tends to lead to a more settled weather story, whereas low pressure brings us something unsettled,

midlands. towards the north west, in the centre of that high, it remains clear.gow, light winds, prolonged sunshine, 26 celsius. subtle change is expected on thursday, we are expecting this cold front to move across the uk. it is introducing thicker cloud and also a fresher breeze along the north sea coast. anywhere from aberdeenshire down towards east anglia, temperatures will take a bit of a drop. towards the west where the winds are lighter and there is more sunshine, temperatures well into the 20s. that same weather pattern continues into friday. areas of cloud but also lots of sunshine and it's still a little on the fresh side in newcastle with a breeze off the north sea. here is the outlook into the weekend and also a bank holiday weekend into monday. they were that remain settled. that high pressure is in no hurry to budge. bye— bye. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines... the crisis in afghanistan. pressure grows on america to keep troops there longer so more people can escape the country, but the taliban say they won't allow the arrangements to

the heavier rain across parts of south—west of england and wales is moving across parts of the east to the north, introducing that rain into parts of the midlandsnd behind the weather front also something brighter, but here we are likely to see some very heavy, thundery downpours. breezy across south—western parts, today's top temperatures reaching 20 or 21 celsius at best. there is a change on the way, as the weather front moves towards the east, so we still hang onto this dry weather behind it dry weather behind it, we are still in the company of those heavier showers, however, and the weather front loses a lot of its energy as it moves towards the east and leaves us, eventually. it was quite muggy last night and some mist and fog patches. the return of some of that tonight, i think, but many of us seeing something clearer and still quite mild, 1a and 15 celsius will be our lows. first thing tomorrow morning should be better because we say goodbye to the weather front and hello to this. an area of high pressure. high pressure tends to lead to a more settled weather story, whereas low pressure brings us something unsettled, so high—pressure mo

west of the country. particularly as you head down towards the north midlands, lincolnshire affecting north and mid wales.many parts of the country at story a cloud in several areas and clouded to the northeast as well. we will see a weather front approaching there as weather front approaching there as we head into wednesday. high pressure in charge of my deal and so some stronger winds as we head into wednesday across more southern parts of england and through the english channel. still have this cloud and central areas drifting down past the woodlands, may be moving a little further south and allowing more sunshine in northern england and northern ireland and scotland away from the northeast. typical temperature is 21 degrees or so and higher temperatures again across northern ireland, western scotland and this time in cumbria. not quite as warm in yorkshire but it should be dry for day one of the third test but more cloud at a cooler feel for day two. that's because we will have a strong wind coming in off the north sea behind this whether front which is more a band of cloud than anything else. that wi

west is best, really. we'll see bright sunny spells developing here across parts of northern ireland and wales, southwest england, up through the midlandsh of england, parts of the midlands and towards the south—east. now, to the east of that we hang on to a lot of the low cloud and mist and murk in places. generally quite monochrome overhead whereas futher west, brighter. breezier to the south and top temperatures today probably getting to 22 or 23 celsius. in the sunshine feeling pleasant enough, we'll take it. as we move towards tonight we see further heavy showers for a time. thundery and slow—moving in nature as well, and i think most of these will tend to lose a lot of their energy and fizzle out. the return of some low cloud, mist and fog in places. it should be dry and as with last night it'll be quite a mild and muggy night with lows of 14 or 15 celsius. the big picture for the next few days shows this — a big area of high pressure draped across the uk. if you like dry, settled weather, good news because we should plenty of that. we will also tend to see quite a bit of that cloud cover and mist and murk and quite a keen eastern

midlands. the cloud thick enough for some drizzle add to the west and that is likely to linger for much of thefternoon. for many it is the wind direction that the issue, still a north westerly across scotland and a lighter westerly elsewhere driving in that cloud. temperatures further west more subdued this afternoon. 14, 19 west more subdued this afternoon. 1a, 19 degrees. through this evening we keep the cloud going and it will turn quite mistaken on the west facing coasts and hills. more drizzle as well. a relatively mild start to thursday morning and once again a great start. there could be some window of fine weather into northern ireland and just the north of england ahead of some showers developing in the afternoon. it really is going to be a frustrating story once again. 13 — 21 celsius the high but it seems likely that friday will be a quieter day. the wind direction is going to change and it will revert back to more of a southerly and that means with the dryer story and a bit more sunshine coming through, and the southerly wind direction, perhaps a degree or so warmer. some rain in t

midlands. it will cloud over from the west with more cloud bringing showers into wales and south—west england,be sunshine around before it clouds over the evening session, there should be a filled day of play and shaping up for unexciting test match. more cloud and showery rain this evening across england and wales which will move out of the way. —— for an exciting test match. more cloud out to the west, keeping temperatures up in the west, 7—8. these showers moving down on this weather front, these showers moving down on this weatherfront, most rain these showers moving down on this weather front, most rain will be moving out into the north sea but we drawdown this north—westerly breeze which brings cooler air down across the whole of the country. a few early showers running down the south—east and then we see more sunshine breaking out in eastern england as well as eastern scotland. a few showers around as well as patchy rain and drizzle in the north—west later on. temperature 17 degrees in the central belt of scotland, maybe making 19 or 20 in southern england. arena is coming from the mid—

west is best, really. we'll see bright sunny spells developing here across parts of northern ireland and wales southwest england, up through the midlandsowers through scotland, down through the north of england, parts of the midlands and towards the south—east. now, to the east of this we hang onto a lot of the low cloud and mist and murk in places. generally quite monochrome overhead whereas futher west, brighter. breezier to the south and top temperatures today probably getting to 22 or 23 celsius. in the sunshine feeling pleasant enough, we'll take it. as we move towards tonight we see further heavy showers for a time. thundery and slow—moving in nature as well, and i think most of these will tend to lose a lot of their energy and fizzle out. the return of some low cloud, mist and fog in places. it should be dry and as with last night it'll be quite a mild and muggy night with lows of 1a or 15 celsius. the big picture for the next few days shows this — a big area of high pressure groups across the uk. if you like dry, settled weather, good news because we should plenty of that. we will also tend to see quite a bit of that cloud cove

west is best. this line of showers through parts of scotland down through the midlands and parts of the southeast.p temperatures probably getting 222 or 23 centimetres. —— centigrade. some showers will remain, some turning light and easing along with the return of some mist and fog. lows of 15 celsius tonight so i asked last night quite mild and muggy. 0ver 15 celsius tonight so i asked last night quite mild and muggy. over the next couple of days high pressure builds so for most us it should be dry and a bit of cloud at times. that's the forecast. stacey. —— stay safe.

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west, pressure is falling, and that means more rain coming in, i'm afraid. that will move eastwards across wales come across southern england, through the midlands as well, further be a bit brighter perhaps but still some patchy rain and drizzle lingering across northern parts of scotland. temperatures of 17—20 c will not change much and that is disappointing for this time of the year. as we have seen, it is a cool week ahead, lots of cloud around and every now and again a bit of rain and drizzle. thank you, i think! darren bett with the latest weather prospects. a reminder of our top story. desperate scenes at kabul airport as hundreds try to leave afghanistan — following the taliban takeover of the capital. the prime minister is chairing an emergency meeting in downing street right now — as the situation if afghanistan changes hour by hour. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. england's hopes of winning the second test appear over as india put on a brilliant ninth wicket partnership to lead by 259 runs at lunch

northern ireland, higher temperatures in the west of the country, more cloud than for northern england and particularly as you head towards them north midlandsunshine, stronger wind through the english channel affecting the south coast of england. many parts of the country and to stay with some sunshine, still some cloud in central areas, more cloud into the northeast as well. that is where we will see the weather front approaching as we head into wednesday. still got high pressure in charge, mind you. still some stronger winds as we head to wednesday across more southern parts of england and through the english channel. we still have this cloud in central areas drifting down perhaps across the midlands, wales, maybe even a little further south, allowing more sunshine in northern england, northern ireland, and in scotland away from the northeast. typical temperatures around about 21 degrees or so. but higher temperatures again across northern ireland, western scotland and this time in cumbria. maybe not quite as warm in yorkshire and headingley, but should be dry for day one of the third test. but more cloud and a cooler feel certainly, i th

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