wolverhampton as gb news west midlands reporter jack carson reports. >> well , flowers and tributes> well, flowers and tributes continue to be laid here in wolverhampton today. last night, over 100 people attended a vigil to let balloons go into the air to let balloons go into the air to light candles and pay their respects to the one direction star liam payne, who passed away in buenos aires earlier this week. for many, liam payne is one of wolverhampton's own . one of wolverhampton's own. growing up in the bushbury area of the city and many an emotional one direction fan coming here to pay their respects today . respects today. >> elsewhere, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nothing will deter him and that israel will continue its fight against hamas until victory. his comments come just hours after a drone strike on the holiday home of netanyahu failed, according to sources. the israeli leader was not in the house or in the vicinity at the time of the attack, and the idf says nobody was injured, fired from neighbouring lebanon. three drones were aimed at the town of

we are waiting for the prime minister to make a speech in the west midlands very shortly. the mayor of west midlands, richard parker, is making an introduction. we should see sir keir starmer appear shortly. also there is coverage on the bbc website live page, where reaction to the speech will be posted throughout the day. we can now listen in.— can now listen in. thank you, richard and _ can now listen in. thank you, richard and for _ can now listen in. thank you, richard and for everything i can now listen in. thank you, | richard and for everything you are doing for the west midlands, it is such an important task. it is always great to be here in birmingham, a city at the heart notjust of our country, but also our plans for growth. as we announced two weeks ago, £500 million of new investment in battery storage that will create jobs of the future right here. that is a snapshot of the britain we are building this week and beyond. our economy stabilised. the foundation is fixed. hope for the future restored, another step taken on the long, difficult but resolute path towa

mum and dad came to the west midlands to put down roots and get on in life but their dreams were putritain was broken. industries were crippled. councils were bankrupt. hope was gone. then, as now, a new labour government so fresh but already so stale. and what about us? what about the conservatives in opposition? the truth is, we were broken too. we had drifted into accepting a failed status quo, into believing the best the conservative party can do in government is managed decline —— is manage decline. in that year for my family, 1974, our party made a big decision. we chose to change. we chose to change our leadership, to change our policies. we chose to reject defeatism. we reignited our confidence by looking again at our purpose and saying loudly what this party stands for. on the choices we made that year, 1974, lead our party to victory in 1979 under one of my heroines, a woman as strong as the iron cast in my dad's foundry, margaret thatcher. and, friends, her conservative party reversed britain's decline and it did so by backing people like my mum and dad. they bought a home

in the west midlands police? all of them.t on camera, the roads have begun to get a little bit safer. in the meantime, there are more cameras and so the number of videos sent to the police is still going up. the government has announced an investment of nearly £22 billion to capture and store carbon emissions from energy production. the money will be spent in teesside and north—west england. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is in cheshire. justin, what did we hear today? there has been a lot of rousing rhetoric about reigniting an industrial revolution in the north. this is what national renewal inaction looks like is what the prime minister said. the government is presenting this as a win—win, boosting the economy, ring investment and skilled jobs to places like cheshire, and also helping the uk tackle climate change by reducing emissions, but not everybody is as enthusiastic about carbon capture and storage as the government. the government brought out the big guns today, a top—level political trifecta of the prime minis

well, one west midlands town certainly does, and they have a new tactic to deal with them.duce their numbers following reports of attacks. time now for ten seconds of some good news, sure to get your spidey senses tingling. it's happening. cheering yep, tom holland has announced that his fourth spider—man movie will begin shooting next summer. you're all caught up. have a great night. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. barcelona thrash bayern munich 4—1 in the champions league thanks to a hat trick from rafinha. we hearfrom england captain ben stokes ahead of england's test series decider against pakistan on thursday. and oleksandr usyk and tyson fury face the media and each other ahead of their eagerly anticipated rematch later this year. hello there and welcome along to the programme. and we start with another evening full of goals in the champions league on wednesday. none more so than at barcelona, who got the better of fellow european heavyweights bayern munich in some style. rafinha's hat trick helping them to a 4—1 win. the winger opened t

is some good news, east—west rail is good, funding for trams in leeds, bradford, sheffield and west midlandsain, and the 5p cut in fuel duty could have a £4.2 billion, quadrupling buses, to see that meditate when bus players have got up and rail fares have gone up and rail cards, that sending the wrong signals. you would have liked to — sending the wrong signals. you would have liked to have _ sending the wrong signals. you would have liked to have seen _ sending the wrong signals. you would have liked to have seen the _ sending the wrong signals. you would have liked to have seen the fugitive . have liked to have seen the fugitive frozen and extended, you would like to see it gone. —— fuel duty. and the freeze is only for one year. there was discussion about something being done for one more year, £22 billion, freezing fuel duty has lost the treasury £133 billion. that is astonishing. something will have to be done very soon. find astonishing. something will have to be done very soon.— astonishing. something will have to be done very soon. and the bus fare ca . be done very soon. and the bus

we heard from the report in the west midlands from the l report in the west midlands from the local authoritymerging for the last two or three years. we've been speaking with the department for transport about it, we've been hanging the drum to say, look, you banging the drum to say, look, you need to pay attention to this, this is going to become a problem. we know these type of bikes are being used to enable more serious crime. we see it quite widely in london now. so, it really is a case, there has to be a clampdown. i saw some activity from city of london police recently where they were actually stopping lots of riders on e—bikes, checking that they are legal, confiscating bikes that are not legal. so, ithink confiscating bikes that are not legal. so, i think the police really need to have a crackdown and as you say, the problem is that this situation has been emerging for quite some time.— situation has been emerging for quite some time. situation has been emerging for uuite some time. ., ~ y., , . quite some time. thank you very much for talkin: quite some time. thank you very much for

the prime minister and chancellor had travelled to the west midlands to meet nhs staff and to highlightkier starmer insisted higher taxes would provide better services. yes, difficult decisions, but we have taken difficult decisions now and i think everyone, many people, would agree health, education and housing and issues like that are the really important things for our country to be driving towards. the chancellor has said she does not want to do another budget like this again. the red box packed full of difficult decisions. some of the independent experts have pored over the contents and think that further tax rises might be necessary. she is looking at significant. increases in spending this year and next but then the rate of increase really. - of increase really falls sharply to the extent that it - might well mean cuts in budgets for unprotected departments over the next few years. - in reality, pretty unlikely - to happen, probably be topped up in the next year's - spending review and it could have a knock—on effect - on higher taxes thereafter. the political divisions between t

the prime minister and chancellor had travelled to the west midlands to meet nhs staff and to highlightrvice. keir starmer insisted higher taxes would provide better services. so, yes, difficult decisions, but we've scrubbed down and taken the difficult decisions now. and i think everyone, many people, would agree health, education and housing and issues like that are the really important things for our country to be driving towards. the chancellor has said she does not want to do another budget like this again, with a red box packed full of difficult decisions. some of the independent experts have pored over the contents and think that further tax rises might be necessary. she's looking at significant - increases in spending this year and next, but then that rate of increase really falls - sharply, to the extent that it - might well mean cuts in budgets for so—called unprotected departments over - the next few years. in reality, that's pretty unlikely to happen, - it'll probably be topped up in the next year's spending review, and it could _ have a knock—on effect - on higher taxes the

sir keir starmer and the chancellor rachel reeves visited a hospital in the west midlands to mark the they are promising the health service. our political editor chris mason reports. the country is absorbing the chancellor's plan. rachel reeves delivered the budget, the prime minister is involved in selling it. destination cabinetry and university hospital, to talk of the billions extra for the nhs. obviously it was really important yesterday for us to put more _ important yesterday for us to put more money into the nhs to make _ put more money into the nhs to make sure — put more money into the nhs to make sure day today we can relieve — make sure day today we can relieve some of the pressure, allow— relieve some of the pressure, allow you _ relieve some of the pressure, allow you to get on with the 'ob allow you to get on with the job you _ allow you to get on with the job you need to do and you don't — job you need to do and you don't need us to tell us how important that is. on don't need us to tell us how important that is.— don't need us to tell us how important that is. on the

the only news we have coming to us right now from birmingham but flights have been suspended and west midlandsnd passengers have been asked by social media not to come to the airport and to check with the airport and to check with the airline and the airport website for updates. as soon as website for updates. as soon as we have more we will bring it straight to you. so let's get more on the latest presidential campaign polling in the us. new polls are arriving every day, each one with its slightly different take on the figures. if you look at the overall trends, rather than the individual points, you see harris retains a small lead over trump in the national polling averages. ?and if we turn to the battleground states. as you can see right now the polls are very tight in the seven states considered battlegrounds in this election with neither candidate having a decisive lead in any of them, according to the polling averages. sir keir starmer has insisted his relationship with donald trump isn't in jeopardy after his presidential campaign team filed a legal complaint against the labour party —

in the west midlands police, all of them.s still going up. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. coming up later on the programme... best friends hughie and freddie — who have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity, open a new rooftop garden at the hospital where hughie received treatment for cancer. it is something they were really passionate about, making sure children who were ill had a place to play and notjust children who were ill had a place to play and not just sit and be children who were ill had a place to play and notjust sit and be ill. really passionate. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. it's hello, a very good morning to you, time for your bbc london news, i'm frankie mccamley. a 35—year—old man remains in custody over a suspected acid attack outside westminster academy earlier this week. he continues to be questionned by detectives after he was arrrested on suspcion of causing grevious bodily harm. two teenagers were injured in the incident on harrow road, one seriously. 25 ye

a west midlands council is considering the use of a contraceptive pill to control gull numbers. to control their population in worcester, where aggressive gulls have become a menace to residents. the city council has tried a number of other methods to control the birds, including netting their nesting sites and hiring hawks, but they continue to cause problems for locals. the person who has put this idea forward, councillorjill desayrah explained to bbc news about the problems the gulls are causing and why contraception might be the solution. the problem is that seagulls have started to roost, have their young and live in a retail park which is very close to residential houses. these are now urban gulls, mostly black, lesser black backed gulls. um, and they do cause problems for in lots of ways. so theirdroppings are, um, very big and, uh, corrosive to cars, etc. they can attack people, especially those walking dogs, during the nesting season in particular. um, and they make a lot of noise. so some of our residents are woken up in the early hours of the morning by their screechi

here in the uk, the prime minister sir keir starmer has been speaking in the west midlands ahead of theh light of fiscal reality". he talked about bus fares, prisons and small businesses and told critics planning to challenge his choices to come up with an alternative plan. here's a little of what he said. these are unprecedented circumstances. but the budget the chancellor will deliver on wednesday will prevent devastating austerity in our public services and prevent a disastrous path for our public finances. that's the reality of what would happen if we'd stuck to tory spending plans. and it's why we never, unlike the opposition in �*97 and 2010, committed to the same spending plans. sir keir also promised a budget in favour of working people, despite some of the difficulties he and other ministers have had in terms of producing a definition of the term. every decision that we will make in the future will be made with working people in our minds. —— our minds i. people have been working for years just to stand still. people doing the right thing. after his speech, sir keir told journa

sir keir starmer and the chancellor rachel reeves visited a hospital in the west midlands to mark thece. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley. he's been following the fallout from yesterday's budget. good to see you — so what have the prime minister in the chancellor been saying — and more important, what's the reaction been?— more important, what's the reaction been? your right to ask about — reaction been? your right to ask about the _ reaction been? your right to ask about the reaction, - reaction been? your right to - ask about the reaction, because it's obviously this day too after the budget that we see the fallout, some of it being unpacked. and i suppose the main negative reaction has come from businesses — that's not surprising in itself because businesses really bore the brunt of those record tax increases that we saw yesterday increases that we saw yesterday in the budget, particularly the national insurance contributions that they'll have to pay. we saw richard soames, the head of the cbi here in the uk, say that

now gb news west midlands reporterjack electricity.ack carson electricity. now gb news west midlands reporterjack carson is midlands reporter jack carson is here to tell us more . here to tell us more. >> as the nights draw in and the weather takes a turn for the worse, keeping warm just got more expensive. from today, the energy price cap has increased by 10%, with a typical household seeing a £149 rise in their energy bills across the uk , energy bills across the uk, there are more than 3 million homes in fuel poverty, with 19.5% in the west midlands affected. mandeep from birmingham, was one of those who needed support for several months. she had no heating or hot water because she couldn't afford to have her boiler repaired. >> i was struggling really, with six kids is really hard. we had to fill up buckets of water to have a wash and keep warm. we looked online. they forced me to have a boiler. they said no, you can't have a boiler because you're not qualified for one. electric blankets to keep warm, electric heater to keep warm t

sir keir starmer and the chancellor rachel reeves visited a hospital in the west midlands to mark thethe health service. our political editor chris mason reports. the country is absorbing the chancellor's budget. rachel reeves delivered to the budget and the prime minister is involved in selling it. destination coventry and university hospital to talk of the billions extra for the nhs. obviously it was really important yesterday for us to put more money into the nhs to make sure day today we can relieve some of the pressure, allow you to get on with the jobs you need to get on with. you don't need us to tell you how important that is. fin need us to tell you how important that is. :, :, , :, that is. on a day of winners and losers at the — that is. on a day of winners and losers at the health _ that is. on a day of winners and losers at the health service - that is. on a day of winners and losers at the health service is l that is. on a day of winners and losers at the health service is a | losers at the health service is a winner, but will its managers spend the money well. what you s

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as proved when west midlands police had to give £13,000 back to a volunteer.who'd been praying silently because it's not even law. so what can you say about this? it's so dystopian you can barely add to it. >> it's protected by law because that was that was an echr thing, which makes it a bit more confusing. but that means that, you know, you can't arrest someone for praying. she's got that that right. i love the presumption in this that this is like trying to get into a good school, that someone would bother to buy a house. they would move to the house right next to the abortion centre so that they could get in to pray recklessly. pray. i don't think anyone's ever going to do this. no, i don't know. and the real sort of terrifying thing is, how could they ever propose to know what is the content of somebody's thoughts? like they're like, no, we know what you were thinking. do they? do you were thinking. do they? do you have to get the silver foil? everyone thinks elon musk, he's the guy, but he's he's that neuralink gets in there. no, this is absurd. >> but i

our west midlands reporter, jack carson, is there. morning, jack. >> yeah.rld. when you see the motorcyclists arrive , it's one of the biggest arrive, it's one of the biggest days in the calendar here for the national memorial arboretum. delighted to be joined this morning by philippa rawlinson, who's the director of the national memorial arboretum. for those that have never heard of this before, just tell us a little bit about what this what this day is all about. >> well, it's a very, very special day. as you said here, jack, at the national memorial arboretum. it's one of the biggest days of our year here. and we're expecting somewhere in the region of 8000 motorbikes to arrive at the arboretum. it's been growing over the last 18 years. martin dickenson, the founder of ride to the wall, had this idea of riding towards the armed forces memorial just over in the arboretum grounds and doing that to remember those that can no longer ride by his side. as a veteran, you know , side. as a veteran, you know, really feeling that loss of his comrades. and since 18

of intense showers, some with hail and thunder mixed in their moving out of the south—west, wales and the midlandsorrow morning, cloudy and wet for some but a mile to start, fewer showers and single figures into the far north of scotland. that line of showers will continue to drift across the north of england and into the scottish borders. more showers piling on for the south—west and once again pushing further inland. we keep the showers theme for tuesday, but on the whole aim of that story, particularly down to the south—west. 18 or 19 degrees with the wind swinging around to a northerly and cooler in the far north of scotland. we need to have a look at hurricane kirk which will weaken across the cooler waters and lose its hurricane identity but will still be a significant area of low pressure. current thinking is still taking it to northern spain and france so we are going to miss the worst of it. but what kirk will do is it will change the wind direction and be responsible for introducing this northerly flow and turning colder. they could be a glancing blow across the channel islands and a ras

in cleverly, of course, was in charge of the issue with andy street, who was the mayor of the west midlandsrime commissioner role, which they do in london, manchester and yorkshire and the home office made a big mess up. i was going to use another word, but i wouldn't use it on gb news and as a consequence there was a judicial review and the home secretary was found to do it wrong. so i'm not very impressed in that area. >> no, indeed. what about kemi badenoch though? mark francois, this is a woman that if she was the leader of the tories prime minister's questions would be a bloodbath every wednesday, wouldn't it? >> well, before i respond to your question , can i just for your question, can i just for the record, say that in terms of sartorial elegance tonight, michael has beaten me hands down. so i just want to get that in hansard, as it were . so look, in hansard, as it were. so look, you know, kemi is a is a feisty speaken you know, kemi is a is a feisty speaker. we've got four good candidates, but yesterday we heard that 973 people crossed the channel. this is the largest number in a

many intense thundery downpours developing throughout south—west england and wales into the midlands d north of england. they will continue to push their way steadily northwards during the early hours of thursday morning. further showers tucking into the south—west was at the cloud in the shower around will keep the double digits. is that they started their start in the scot then. first thing tomorrow morning we will have the rain to northern ireland and northern england, drifting towards the scottish borders. this is the dividing line. we have got this cool, easterly flow developing in scotland. a little bit quieter and drier here but not quite as mild. further south, here but not quite as mild. furthersouth, plenty here but not quite as mild. further south, plenty of frequent showers. again, the odd rumble of thunder but, in the sunnier moments, it will still be pleasantly one for this stage of the year. now, i am sure you have heard us talking about hurricane kirk and the impact that is going to have across the uk. it has lost its hurricane status. it is moving across the cooler wa

could see some really intense thundery downpours developing moving out of south—west england and wales up to the midlands northwards during the early hours of thursday morning. further showers tucking in to the south—west, the cloud and showers around, we will keep double digits, until cooler start in scotland. first thing tomorrow morning, we have that renter in northern ireland, northern england, drifting towards the scottish borders. the dividing line, this north—easterly flow in scotland, dry and quieter here, but not quite as mild. again, you cannot rule out the odd rumble of thunder but in the sunnier moments it will be pleasantly warm for the stage of the year. i sure you heard us talking about hurricane kirk and the impact that will have across the uk. it has lost its hurricane status and moving across the cooler waters, still set to push to the south of the uk, impacting northern spain and france. but we're still going to feel effects of this storm, but as it continues to drift steadily east, that will allow the cooler air to push the warm air back to the near continent. as we go through the day

my dad loved that mum and dad came here to the west midlands to put down roots , to get on in life, butld because britain was broken , because britain was broken, industries were crippled , industries were crippled, councils were bankrupt, hope was gone. then, as now, a new labour government. so fresh, but already so stale. and what about us? what about the conservatives in opposition? well, the truth is, we were broken to . we had is, we were broken to. we had drifted into accepting a failed status quo, into believing that the best the conservative party can do in government is to manage decline . but in that year , manage decline. but in that year, in that momentous year for my family , 1974, in that momentous year for my family ,1974, our party made a family, 1974, our party made a big decision. we chose to change. we chose to change our leadership, to change our policies . we chose to reject policies. we chose to reject defeatism . we reignited our defeatism. we reignited our confidence by looking again at our purpose and saying loudly, what this party stands for and the choices we

pretty intense showers, some with hail and thunder mixed in their moving into the south—west and wales towards the midlands the north of england as we go through the night so first thing tomorrow morning, cloudy and wet for some but a mild start. single figures into the far north of scotland. that line of showers will continue to drift its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. more showers piling in from the south—west pushing further inland so we keep that showery theme for tuesday but come on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly down to the south—west. 18 and 19 degrees. when starting to swing round and cooler in the far north of scotland. it will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its hurricane identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. still taking it towards northern spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the wind direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. so it could be a glancing blow across the ch

most in big cities the hotspots west midlands, birmingham, 660, coventry 135. 372.e? slum landlords who are just trying to game the system ? is trying to game the system? is there a pattern to the rag bags who are doing this? >> you know there isn't. i think we're finding it much more broad based. there isn't anything from as i said, it's quite small numbers. so in reality it's a, it's a relatively broad, broad church. martin. the key thing and i guess what the purpose of wanting to really send this message today that, you know, steel and glass will put people's lives at risk is, is really to ask everyone to be vigilant. it's in it's in all towns and cities and it is potentially in your street . so potentially in your street. so there is an opportunity to report this. there's a there's an anonymous telephone number for which , if you believe you for which, if you believe you have observed or are aware of people tampering with the metre and or bypassing the metre, you can you can contact the number which is stay energy safe, which is our 800 0232777. that's an anonym

midlands. towards the west, the wind strength and touching gale force.omorrow with our weather front coming. this is the first one. then another one comes in a bit later bringing heavy rain. but out towards the west, the winds are going to strengthen, touching gale force across the outer hebrides. it's going to be a mild night tonight, just not as mild as last night. so, we start tomorrow with our weather front coming in from the west. this is the first one. then another one comes in a bit later bringing heavy rain. but in between, there's a real squeeze in the isobars. so, some windy conditions coming our way. the mist and fog lifting. again, a lot of dry weather. some sunny spells around. our first weather front comes through bringing in the rain. the second one follows on hot on its heels with heavier rain. and in between, we're looking at some very windy conditions through the irish sea and also north—west scotland. temperatures 12 to about 17 degrees. but it's as we head through friday night, that rain will continue to move from the west towards the

this band of rain across northern ireland, wales, south—west england becomes quite slow moving, just slowly drifts into the midlandsery weak so barely any rain left on it. quite windy conditions for the far south—west of england. otherwise the winds not particularly strong. heading into saturday, that area of low pressure starts to die away. now, for most of the country there'll be bright or sunny spells, potentially a bit of rain for east anglia and south—east england, and there certainly will be a band of rain moving into west scotland, northern ireland with strengthening winds for these areas as we go through saturday afternoon. but overall, it's not a bad kind of start to the weekend for many. into sunday, a ridge of high pressure for england and wales, so plenty of sunshine after a chilly start to the day. should see some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, but into the afternoon it tends to turn cloudy with some showers or some longer spells of rain whilst the weather starts to turn cooler across northern areas. temperatures around 11 to 13 degrees into next week. eventually high pressure builds in, b

hours we could see so many intense thundery downpours developing throughout south—west england and wales into the midlandsnorthwards during the early hours of thursday morning. further showers tucking into the south—west was at the cloud in the shower around will keep the double digits. is that they started their start in the scot then. first thing tomorrow morning we will have the rain to northern ireland and northern england, drifting towards the scottish borders. this is the dividing line. we have got this cool, easterly flow developing in scotland. a little bit quieter and drier here but not quite as mild. further south, here but not quite as mild. furthersouth, plenty here but not quite as mild. further south, plenty of frequent showers. again, the odd rumble of thunder but, in the sunnier moments, it will still be pleasantly one for this stage of the year. now, i am sure you have heard us talking about hurricane kirk and the impact that is going to have across the uk. it has lost its hurricane status. it is moving across the cooler waters. still set to bow to the south of the uk, impacting northern

showers, some with pale and thunder mixed in their foot are moving out of the south—west and well towards the midlandshrough the night put everything first thing tomorrow morning cloudy and wet for some but a mild start. fewer showers and single figures into the far north of scotland. that's a line of showers will continue to drip its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. more showers piling on the south—west and, once again, pushing further in than. the keep the showery theme for tuesday but, on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly for the south—west put have 18 or 19 degrees. the winds are starting to swing to a northerly and cooler in the far north of scotland. but we need to take a look at hurricane kirk. it will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its hurricane identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. still taking it towards northern spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the wind direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this no

showers, some with hail and thunder mixed in their foot are moving out of the south—west and well towards the midlandst for some but a mild start. fewer showers and single figures into the far north of scotland. that line of showers will continue to drip its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. more showers piling on the south—west and, once again, pushing further inland. the keep the showery theme for tuesday but, on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly for the south—west put have 18 or 19 degrees. the winds are starting to swing to a northerly and cooler in the far north of scotland. but we need to take a look at hurricane kirk. it will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its hurricane identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. still taking it towards northern spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the wind direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. so it could be a glancing blow across the channel

pretty intense showers, some with hail and thunder mixed in their moving into the south—west and wales towards the midlands

could see some really intense thundery downpours developing, moving out of south west england and wales, up into the midlandseir way steadily northwards during the early hours of thursday morning, further showers tucking into the southwest with the cloud and the showers around we keep double digits. they will continue to push their way steadily northwards during the early hours of thursday morning, a slightly cooler start into scotland so first thing tomorrow morning we've got that rain through northern ireland, northern england drifting towards the scottish borders. this is the dividing line. we've got this cool northeasterly flow developing in scotland, a little bit quieter and drier here but not quite as mild further south. plenty of frequent showers. again, we can't rule out the odd rumble of thunder, but in the sunnier moments it will still be pleasantly warm for this stage of the year. now, i'm sure you've heard us talking about hurricane kirk and the impact that that's going to have across the uk. it's lost its hurricane status. it's moving across the cooler waters, still set to push to the south of t

could see some really intense thundery downpours developing, moving out of south west england and wales, up into the midlandsush their way steadily northwards during the early hours of thursday morning, further showers tucking into the southwest with the cloud and the showers around we keep double digits. a slightly cooler start into scotland so first thing tomorrow morning we've got that rain through northern ireland, northern england drifting towards the scottish borders. this is the dividing line. we've got this cool northeasterly flow developing in scotland, a little bit quieter and drier here but not quite as mild further south. plenty of frequent showers. again, we can't rule out the odd rumble of thunder, but in the sunnier moments it will still be pleasantly warm for this stage of the year. now, i'm sure you've heard us talking about hurricane kirk and the impact that that's going to have across the uk. it's lost its hurricane status. it's moving across the cooler waters, still set to push to the south of the uk, impacting northern spain and france. but we're still going to feel the effects of this s

rest of the day, i think the heaviest of the rain will be for the south—west of england, wales perhaps northern ireland into the midlandsscotland, perhaps eastern england as well, and temperatures ranging between about 13 to 17 degrees. some of these showers into the evening hours could bring the odd rumble of thunder, then the cloud and showery rain pushes northwards and eastwards overnight. clearer skies moving in from the south but still some heavy showers. perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well. not going to be a particularly cold night with temperatures holding up between 8 to 12 degrees. frost—free certainly to start the new working week, but monday still quite an unsettled sort of day. we've got a band of cloud sitting across parts of scotland with outbreaks of rain. further south, sunny spells developing but some heavy showers again, potentially some thunderstorms pushing in from the south—west later in the day. but brighter skies and we've got out there today and highs around 13 to perhaps 19, even 20 degrees. still quite mild in the south—east. tuesday, another unsettled sort of day. so again, we've got som

overflowing its banks and a number of warnings have come down over the south west of england recently. problems in the midlandst 24 hours and we don't need more rain but that is what we have. some heavier bursts into east anglia and south—east england, i am not convinced that will change the situation much but better news over the next few days as high brings to three days of high and dry weather and hopefully some flood water will have time to reduce. more on that and all of the forecast in 30 minutes. returning to our top story this lunchtime. there have been major developments in the middle east over the last 24 hours. israel has begun a ground invasion, aimed at hezbollah targets. like hamas, hezbollah is designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments including the uk. for the last 12 months the situation has became more unstable. israel has been at war with hamas in gaza since the attacks on october the 7th, which also reignited the conflict between israel and hezbollah in lebanon. the day after the attack by hamas, hezbollah launched strikes over lebanon's southern border into israel.

right after this debate, he went out west of the panhandle, amarillo, lubbock, midland, conservativee's going to use the issue to drive out voter turnout. he was speaking to the base. you saw allred talking to independent voters, trying to assure them, he's not anything they need to be worried about. he was aiming for what cruz ended up doing. focused on the base voter, aren't you concerned about boys playing in girls sports, that issue doesn't move the needle in the middle as much as it does on the far right. >> governor, let's talk about ohio and the senate race there. abortion at the center of it. >> sadly, by the way, there's a lot of suburban women that are like, if i can't have an abortion in this country whenever i want, i will vote for anybody else. you're a little crazy, especially for women that are past 50. >> so moreno, he was joking, but it did catch the attention of a lot of people including nikki haley who posted, are you trying to lose the election. how important is abortion in the race on the ground where you are in ohio, governor? >> i can tell you, moreno's comment

of the day, i think the heaviest of the rain will be for the south—west of england, wales perhaps northern ireland, into the midlandsowers into the evening hours could bring the odd rumble of thunder, then the cloud and showery rain pushes northwards and eastwards overnight. tonight, clearerskies moving in from the south but still some heavy showers. perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well. not going to be a particularly cold night, with temperatures holding up between eight to 12 degrees. frost—free certainly to start the new working week, but monday still quite an unsettled sort of day. we've got a band of cloud sitting across parts of scotland with outbreaks of rain further south, sunny spells developing but some heavy showers again, potentially some thunderstorms pushing in from the south—west later in the day. but brighter skies and we've got out there today and highs around 13 to perhaps 19, even 20 degrees. still quite mild in the south—east. tuesday, another unsettled sort of day. so again, we've got some outbreaks of rain across northern parts of the uk. sunshine and showers towards the south, some of the