i am by the roadside here in worcestershire.ing, concentrating on the roads, you might not give a second thought to what is alongside it but it is home to a5% of the uk's flora and according to a planet like charity they are under threat. to tell us a little bit more we have a specialist for plantlife. little bit more we have a specialist for pla ntlife. thank little bit more we have a specialist for plantlife. thank you forjoining us for plantlife. thank you forjoining us this morning. tell us, what are theissues us this morning. tell us, what are the issues with verges, and why are they under threat? they should look like this. we are surrounded by thousands of orchids here, but they are facing a double whammy from the nitrogen from our exhaust, and encouraging really robust plants like parsley, and metals, and councils have been already starting to cut verges, which doesn't give a chance to flower or set seed —— nettles. so what can be done? we have the good verge guide, which is about delaying that first cut right until the

some breaks in the crowd in worcestershire and some sunny spells coming through. weekend. summit breeze and rein in northwest scotland. most will be dry, increasing amounts of sunshine. it will get warmer as a result. very warm for some of the bank holiday. this is how it looks through the rest of the night. some outbreaks of rain at times in northwest scotland, though not all the time. fair amount of clout around, some mission is around irish seacoast. the autofire patch developing. elsewhere, a mix of cloud and some clear spells. clear whether in southeast england. most around 7—i2dc as of saturday begins. then saturday, a measure of clout of some sunny then saturday, a measure of clout of some sunny spells, not to many places will have clear blue skies. i think there'll be some is amazingly, maybe northeast england and scotland. still quite breezy northwest scotland. for the west of the mainland, seeing outbreaks of rain, especially early and later in the day. we will see some sunshine, there will be some warmth. near 20 in northeast scotland, 23 for some in so

hailas worcestershire within the last half an hour.ownpours pouring into wales. these are the ones affecting worcestershire, and these ones, devon, cornwall, and parts of sun somerset, and they are all pushing north and west, so northern ireland can see a few showers later. but some gaps in between, sunshine around. most of you will have a dry day but south east anglia, the midlands, certain extent down here, there will be some further showers today, some on the heavy and thundery side. north, lovely day. losing the morning low cloud, 27 in the highlands today and to the south coast we could head to around 20—27 degrees two. the biggest we can still ongoing in swansea, greater chance for showers and sunder storms in coventry, i fear —— chance for showers and sunder storms in coventry, ifear -- biggest weekend. at the same time there will be more low cloud back off the north sea into these eastern costal counties. bank holiday monday is with us, and you know what, for the most it will be a dry day. one or two isolated showers, and that

that is how it looked in worcestershire earlier on.glia. that will slide its way up the eastern side of england and eventually into eastern scotland by the end of the night. further west, where we see clear skies, especially across northern ireland, it will turn quite chilly. in fact, here, there could be a touch of frost may be in some spots in the countryside getting all the way down to freezing. so, into tomorrow. chilly start in the west. a bright start here. further east, more in the way of cloud. that cloud still producing some outbreaks of rain. the rain only slowly trudging its way out of eastern england and settling in across eastern scotland for a good part of the day. further west, that is where we will continue to see the best of the sunshine. very small chance of a shower but most will be dry. temperatures nothing to write home about. equally not too bad for this time of the prospects for the coming week actually look quite promising in terms of dry weather. high pressure across scandinavia and another area of high pressur

that is how it looked in worcestershire earlier on.hat will slide its way up the eastern side of england and eventually into eastern scotland by the end of the night. further west, where we see clear skies, especially across northern ireland, it will turn quite chilly. in fact here there could be a touch of frost may be in some spots in the countryside getting all the way down to freezing. so, into tomorrow. the chilly start in the west. a bright start here. further east, more in the way of cloud. that cloud still producing outbreaks of rain. rain only slowly trudging its way out of eastern england and settling in across eastern scotland for a good part of the day. further west, that is wher e we will continue to see the best of the sunshine. a very small chance of a shower but most will be dry. temperatures nothing to write home about. the prospects for the coming week actually look quite promising in terms of dry weather. high pressure across scandinavia and another area of high pressure down to the south—west. these two high pressur

joining me now from hollywood, in worcestershire, is anthony hickerton.experienced some dreadful weather, we heard about the high temperatures some people have enjoyed but that has not been the case where you are. absolutely not, we had torrential rain and ha ilstones we had torrential rain and hailstones which began around liz30pm yesterday and lasted about two hours. what is the devastation because of it? they're presumably has been some kind of impact for people that with properties and all the rest of it? absolutely, yes. just around the corner from myself, there were cars and houses com pletely there were cars and houses completely flooded out. cars up to four foot up to the windows. and i have seen houses just completely flooded out. water pulling out of one howls. going across the road and flowing into another house. what about the clean—up operation, people gathering together? you have not had any impact on your property, but presumably, others have and are you helping out? yes, i have had very little, i am one of the lucky ones. my little, i am o

. >> we have short rib meat which i love for burgers, worcestershire sauce and pepper. >> what aboutadd cheese in the center. >> you put an indention in the middle of the burger. >> you know. >> when you don't, they form up like a hockey puck. if you indent it, it helps the burgers retain their shape. >> laa little pro tip. >> at the last minute, you want to add salt and pepper. if you add salt too early, it draws moisture out of the meat. >> salt and pepper on the grill? >> last second. boom, boom. don't overwork the meat. four minutes a side and flip once. >> that's a hot grill. >> a little sticky right here. >> our tasters have made their way over to the picnic table, doing what they do best, stuffing their faces. >> this is amazing. >> do you love the cheese? >> everything about it. what's spicy? >> a little worcestershire sauce and garlic powder and the cheddar. >> you stack it in a certain order. >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> i like my classic, mustard, mayo, tomato on top. a little tomato, a little bacon, boom. >> that's a burger. >> this is delicious. >> these nacho dogs. >> a

the bbc‘s broadcast meteorologist matt taylor has more on the story from worcestershire., you'll be concentrating on where you are going, but here are some of this species that are under threat from the plant charity plant life. to tell us more is there but botanical specialist, doctor trevor dynes. beautiful scenes this morning here, plenty of flora, but they are on the verge of disappearing, and they? this is what we won, surrounded by these wonderful orchids. flowers on these wonderful orchids. flowers on the verges are facing a double whammy, firstly from the major gender comes out of the car exhausts, boast of that lands on the verges and encourages plants like cow verges and encourages plants like cow parsley, nettles and bramble to thrive on takeover. they are quite thuggish plans. they are crowding out those smaller flowers. on top of that we have the management, as well. it is about not cutting these verges early, leaving until later in the year, august or september, let the year, august or september, let the plants flower. basically it is about better management

but i like comeback sauce which is mayonnaise, kempen, yellow mustard, green onion, hot sauce, worcestershirekes you want to come over. right over, okay. right over the top right there. >> nice and liberal. y'all come back, ya hear? i like it. >> tradition goes, pickles, lettuce, tomato. all right. now, once this is going, it's nice and hot. you see that frying up right there. >> okay, so let's move on to the ribs here. >> so, ribs. >> so good. >> thousand do you do it? >> we do ribs at blue smoke, cayenne, cumin, salt. >> watching amy, i'm like, those are some good ribs. >> brown sugar and paprika. season those up and, look, if you're doing it at home, 250 degrees in your oven. it won't quite be barbecue but get good flavors right out of the oven like that. if you're lucky enough to have a smoker, 225, four hours. >> dessert. >> now, we got an iconic bananas foster so get this hot and put a little banana liqueur in there. >> all kinds of ice cream but vanilla is the way to go. >> perfect dish to celebrate the 300th year of new orleans. right. the whole town is really -- >> all year long we'r

many of us basking in the sunshine, such as this in worcestershire from our weather watch a short timeth—east of england, for most of england and wales the temperatures are written to the high teens and low 20s. tonight we will continue to see some coastal mist and low clouds drifting further west, meaning that for centre and eastern parts it might start out quite cloudy on wednesday, but the mist and murkiness will break up about will be sunny spells developing into the afternoon. warm and sunny for most of us on wednesday. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh live in manchester as the city prepares to remember those who died here a year ago today. the headlines at 11. events are held to mark the first anniversary of the manchester arena suicide bombing in which 22 people were killed during a concert attended by thousands of children and young people. at first, i thought it was a balloon because she let down loads of balloons, like, that big. and then i heard a girl in front of me shout, "it's a bomb." prince william and theresa may will attend a memorial service this afternoon in man