the south—west of scotland is key to all of this. not only is it at the heart of the dairy trade, but it also has the most vital link in the export chain — the port. ferry companies elsewhere in the uk won't carry calves for fattening and slaughter direct to the continent. so the only way to export the dairy calves is to move them via northern ireland and then south. i watched p&0 carry the animals from cairnryan to lairne. yet its own policy says "we will not ship any livestock intended for fattening or slaughter." but i know the calves going to spain are destined for fattening and slaughter. when i asked p&0 about that, it tells me it cooperates with the scottish government on the shipping of livestock from cairnryan to lairne for onward transportation to the continent. so, p&0 say it is decisions made here at the scottish government which are driving its business. we know the government has commissioned research into animal welfare during shipments, and officials have observed them. i want to know how it views the trade and p805

more cloud for the north and west of scotland but one oi’ north and west of scotland but one or two shadows. ahead of the front, looks like it will stay dry and bright, temperatures in the south—east, a little bit warmer than we have seen today. a maximum of 23. as we move into monday, overnight into tuesday, this area of low pressure, it is the remnants of hurricane helene, it will bring heavy rain and strong winds to western parts of the country. further south and east, it looks like we will mist the bulk of the rain but with the wind we will start to drag in some warmer air. if we ta ke to drag in some warmer air. if we take a look at the m mattea, you can see we started dragging those warmer colours, the orange and the yellow firmly crossed b—cell beanies as we move into the start of next. we start the week often windy, some rain at times, particularly later monday into tuesday thanks to the re m na nts of monday into tuesday thanks to the remnants of hurricane helene. there could be said disruption, so stay tuned. away from that wet and windy weather though, feeling fairly humid. g

it will be a bit chilly for scotland and northern ireland. the least of our worries though given the strength of wind and outbreaks of rain. the storm should be out of the way as we head into the evening and overnight. but we have this rain pondering its way across england and wales where it grinds to a hot. where, we are not sure yet. it may well be dry for most of the day in the south—east of england and east anglia, but you can see how rain develops elsewhere. heavy rain over the hills of wales into the north west of england. rain not far away. under the rain it will not far away. under the rain it will not feel pleasant. cooler than the last few days. winds will not be strong on thursday, we may have from sunshine and the last of the warmth in the south—east corner of england before it turns cooler and fresher with blustery winds and sunshine and showers by the end of the week. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. today at 2. making it easier for highly—skilled workers to move to the uk after brexit — the re

with that, outbreaks of heavy rain across the western side of scotland, east of scotland getting away with a bit of shower and sunshine. a wet weather piling into west of scotland get stranded in this westerly wind as we go into wednesday so again we will see some persistent rain across the hills and mountains of western scotland, eastern scotland getting away with brightness, northern ireland and england getting away, it will be breezy but another chilly start, another grey day but those temperatures a little bit higher, 20 celsius in london, up to 20 in aberdeen as well so as we move into thursday, the rain becomes confined to the far north of scotland but behind that, we have cooler air to the out of it, thursday is going to be the warmest day of the week. temperatures could rise to around 23 celsius but it won't last. the cooler air will then pushed outwards for all of us on friday. this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11: a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal, which is estimated to have killed nearly 3,000 people since the 1970s. labour h

this is for scotland to be independent of the uk. according to these new poll carried out which are for pro remainers, if we do go forward and do brexit, support for leaving the united kingdom among scots will increase by four point two four to 796, increase by four point two four to 7%, giving it a clear lead to those saying they want to remain at 43%. northern ireland, reunification with the republic of ireland, raking up the republic of ireland, raking up the uk so that will only be england and wales left. some would argue last week scottish politics were in turmoil. alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp... turmoil. alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp. .. with a big war chest from crowdfunding. at the same time, it was his big dream that scotla nd time, it was his big dream that scotland would be independent of the uk. nicola sturgeon, we know where she is out on this issue but she has been vocal on the fact that if the uk does not get a good deal when it comes to brexit, as closely as it can to be aligned to europe, she

they left the port ona leaving scotland. they left the port on a p&0 ferry in northern ireland where they continued theirjourney to the southern island, they caught the ferry in dublin with an onward journey to spain. how long did this journey to spain. how long did this journey take? this journey would have taken journey take? this journey would have ta ken around journey take? this journey would have taken around six days. the logs say that calves are a loaded and rested several times during the journey as legislation demands, but nicola glen thinks the journey itself is unacceptable. these animals are babies and they are not adapted to cope with these sort of journeys. the longer the journey it has been proven scientifically that more suffering is involved for those animals. campaigners subject to long journeys for calves because they can't control their own temperature and don't have developed immune systems. but the alternative to exported is potentiallyjust as bleak. right now, farmers in scotla nd bleak. right now, fa

windy for scotland and northern ireland. 0utbreaks scotland and northern ireland. outbreaks of rain on and off for most of the day. rain in england and wales. towards the south—east, sunshine. temperatures up to 2a degrees. much coolerfor sunshine. temperatures up to 2a degrees. much cooler for scotland and northern ireland were the winds will be stronger. a windy week on the way. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at two. her way or no way. with six months to go, theresa may insists the only alternative to her plan for brexit is to leave the eu with no deal. we'll get a good deal, we will bring that back from the eu negotiations, and put that to parliament. i think that the alternative to that will be not having a deal. the international monetary fund warns that a "no—deal" brexit on world trade organization terms would entail "substa ntial costs" for the uk economy. iam i am live in salford university where we are speaking to students and businesses about tear predictions for the next six months. a race against time. rescuers in

cooler for scotland. in northern ireland, the band of cloud and cooler, fresher air pushing down towards the whole of the country by friday. high—pressure not far away. should be generally fine and dry at the weekend. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2. labour says it's likely to vote down any brexit deal based on theresa may's chequers plan and doesn't rule out the option of staying in the eu in any future referendum. it's right that parliament has the first say, but if we need to break the impasse, nobody is ruling out remain as an option. the cabinet agrees that after brexit, people from the eu should face the same immigration rules as those from the rest of the world. life expectancy in the uk stops improving for the first time since records began in the 1980s coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with katherine downes. a few days from the ryder cup? yes the players have been getting a feel

patchy rain south—west scotland north—east scotland to begin the day. it will easily afternoon to mainly sunny spells. one or two showers. the main swathes of rain, maybe a few lulls in that in the afternoon, quite breezy as well, that south of that is the southernmost counties could stay mainly dry, even some sunny spells into the far south of england. temperatures in the mid to high teens. through saturday night and into sunday morning, another pulse of rain comes into northern ireland, running through wales again come into northern england and then into sunday morning into scotland. temperatures higher as we start sunday, still a chill in the air for some in scotland. that rain zone com pletes some in scotland. that rain zone completes its journey through scotla nd completes its journey through scotland on sunday morning. still looks showers in the afternoon in north—west scotland where the wind gets stronger through the day, gales on sunday night. elsewhere for many of us on sunday afternoon it is dry, there will be some sunshine around there will

ireland scotland. showers, the heaviest across northern scotland. northern scotland. across graduate managers of 12 degrees to 16 degrees. degrees to 16 degrees. england in central and southern parts of scotland. parts of scotland. to degrees and in the countryside are potentially going to bruising. are potentially going to bruising. monday morning starts on a chilly but bright note. but bright note. western scotland they will see more cloud and other bits of rain. cloud and other bits of rain. temperatures 9 degrees in aberdeen and 15 degrees in plymouth. and 15 degrees in plymouth. temperatures bounce back as we headed to tuesday and wednesday. headed to tuesday and wednesday. northern ireland and the west of scotland. hello, this is bbc news. conference gets under way. she also accuses labour of undermining the national interest. politics with brexit and start acting in the national interest. together and get the best dealfor britain. island of sulawesi. with many thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings. that said he was ready to take the firm private. he'll also pay a £1

but it was scotland's night to celebrate. finally, jurgen klopp has delivered a special message to brendan rodgers ahead of saturday's charity match between liverpool and celtic. the pair will face off at celtic park for the match for cancer clash. it will be the first time they have seen each other since klopp took over from rodgers at anfield, when he also took the keys to his house. this is what he had to say to his landlord. it will be fun, for sure, especially because i met my landlord. i think the first time since he left liverpool and i came here, we met. and we have a lot of things to talk about. the plumbing issue, electricity, the pool, and stuff like that. hope you are in good shape, and we can sort a few things like that. and serena williams in the last couple of minutes has beaten pliskova to reach the semifinals of the us open. she will now face the number 19 seed. so 20 times the grandslam champion, serena williams, going for another one. also in the vuelta, an intense stage on tuesday, and britain's simon yate

wales, and northern and western scotland. scotland. here, outbreaks of rain arrived later in the afternoon. arrived later in the afternoon. temperatures similar to later today. 10—15d but rain in parts of scotland. scotland. we struggle to get into double figures. double figures. high pressure trying to build. to build. we have a lot of cloud, a grey and murky start tuesday. grey and murky start tuesday. missed in places. some cloud on tuesday. central and eastern england, where we get that sunshine, warm. we get that sunshine, warm. 21 degrees is the top temperature. degrees is the top temperature. cool in the northern half of scotland. in the northern half of scotland. feature as we go through the middle of the week. of the week. a lot of dry weather in the forecast. the forecast. front introducing patches of rain in the far north of scotland. on wednesday. wednesday. but it will feel warmer for many. spells of sunshine. more unsettled further north and west. goodbye. hello this is bbc news. conference gets under way. she also accu

for the rain spreads to scotland. for the south, not quite as windy, a nice end to the day with pleasant spells of sunshine and it will remain dry throughout the night. for much of scotland winds will pick up, up much of scotland winds will pick up, up to 55 an hour with outbreaks of heavy rain any north and west in particular, eastern areas tending to stay dry. blustery across the northern half of the country, under clear skies for the south. temperatures just about making double figures. one or two match eastern areas could dip into single figures. a fresher night and last night. this is the pressure chart for monday. a ridge of high pressure across england and wales, meaning some fine weather to begin with before this next area of low pressure m oves before this next area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic. plenty of sunshine to begin the day and quitea plenty of sunshine to begin the day and quite a pleasant morning for many. breezy across scotland with showers. later in the day that weather system arise a

for scotland's women, the pressure was on. at theirfinger tips — a place in the world cup finals in france for the first time in history. and their fate didn't rest entirely in their hands — whatever scotland's result with albania — it simply needed to be better than rivals switzerland's over poland to gain automatic qualification. patrick gearey was watching. could this be the team to make scottish sporting history, a question they could only answer in part. qualification for a women's world cup would depend on the result in poland. scotland could only affect things in albania and they got off to a good start. 5a ranking places separating the sides. erin cuthbert and then jane ross places separating the sides. erin cuthbert and thenjane ross making the albanian goalkeeper work. then albania brought it back to level pegging. albania brought it back to level pegging- a albania brought it back to level pegging. a scotland goal could still ta ke pegging. a scotland goal could still take them through and it seemed for a mome

at a majorfinals. the last man to lead scotland at a major finals. going back to 98, the previous captains will sit there and, ina previous captains will sit there and, in a quiet time, the one regret is they never qualified for a tournament. for me, it is a fresh start and i think we have got a good chance, we have got the right balance of squad and it about trying to show that on the pitch. i believe that i will be able to lead this tea m that i will be able to lead this team to a championship. bold words which will hopefully be borne out. we will keep you up—to—date with the match between wales and ireland. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. we'll have more throughout the evening. some breaking news now from british airways regarding customer day that theft. these are the tweets they have posted a short time ago. we're investigating the theft of customer data from our web—site and our app. the stolen day that did not include travel or financial data. personal and financial details of people making books were compromised. the breac

particularly the western side of scotland. on high ground in scotla nd of scotland. on high ground in scotland you could see 100 millimetres of rain. we will see some spells of sunshine and light winds. with those winds coming from the south—west, temperatures beginning to climb. similar temperatures to aberdeen in london. by temperatures to aberdeen in london. by thursday the rain mostly confined to the far north of scotland by this stage. we are going to bejoining in some very warm stage. we are going to bejoining in some very warm air on stage. we are going to bejoining in some very warm air on thursday. the warmest day of the week for many. then cooler air returns by the end of the week for all of us. you're watching beyond 100 days. more allegations of sexual abuse against brett kavanaugh but donald trump says he's sticking by his supreme court nominee. the judge emphatically denies the latest allegation, saying he won't be intimidated into withdrawing from the nomination. the new white house line is actually a twist on an old white house line — it's all par

still some showers across north—west scotland. as we go on through the day, the cloud will thicken up across northern ireland, with some rain here around lunchtime. into western scotland through the afternoon, a bit of patchy rain for north—west england and north wales. further south and east, it should stay largely dry, with some spells of sunshine. not as warm as it was on sunday, but still, those temperatures up to 21 degrees, just 1a in glasgow. now, as we move out of monday into tuesday, we're going to see some rain moving across northern parts of the uk. and then for tuesday itself, we'll be left with this weather front sitting in place across central parts of the country, bringing some cloud, some outbreaks of rain. could get quite misty and murky around some of those western coasts and hills. but remember that battle between the warm and the cool air? it's this weather front that will divide the two. so across the south—east of the country, still some warm air clinging on at this stage. the, in fact, temperatures might

most of the reins over the hills of scotland. not much for the east of scotland. but it will be windy, gusty winds across the north—west of scotland, 50 or 60 miles an hour. breezy for the far north of england, lighter winds further south than the temperatures by the 17, possibly 18 degrees. into the outlook and over the next few days high pressure remains across the south of the uk. weather fronts running into remains across the south of the uk. weatherfronts running into the north bringing some rain for the north—west of scotland mainly. that weather front moves outwards and introduces some cooler and fresh air on thursday. for wednesday, for scotla nd on thursday. for wednesday, for scotland and northern ireland and could get warmer, cooler by friday for cardiff and london. before then in the sunshine highs of 22, 20 three celsius. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2.00pm — there is confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. my my view at the moment i

the first conservative first minister of scotland. that's always been my aim. minister of scotland. the fact she and her partner are soon expecting a baby is another reason. partner are soon expecting in three years' time, the voters will decide whether ruth davidson achieves her goal of becoming scotland's first minister. achieves her goal of becoming her political ambitions, we've now learned, shaped by her own personal struggles. we've now learned, shaped steven godden, bbc news, in edinburgh. and if you've been affected by any of the issues raised by that report, you can find more information and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. here's karthi gna nasegaram hello, here's karthi gnanasegaram mishal, thank you verj great britain's simon yates is a few minutes away from winning cycling's vuelta a espana. minutes away from winning the 26—year—old will become the third different british cyclist to win a grand tour title in the same season. our correspondent, david ornstein is in madrid. provided david orn

some sunny spells around, scotland and northern ireland. the weatherfrom full ta ke northern ireland. the weatherfrom full take some aspects of rain into the midlands and further west, it will feel cooler here, but send work ahead in south—east england, still some sunny ahead in south—east england, still some sunny spells. all range of weather on monday, but this weather front completed journey south moving into tuesday, temperatures by then close together, could feel across the borders and as the week goes on, plenty of dry weather. this is bbc world news today. our top stories: figures from america's political elite — including three former presidents — pay tribute to us senator john mccain at a memorial service in washington. for all our differences, for all of the times we sparred, i never tried to hide, and i thinkjohn came to understand, the long—standing admiration that i had for him. there's a heavy police presence in chemnitz in germany at a march by thousands of far—right demonstrators. violence flared in the city afte

take scotland out of the united kingdom. theresa may. the government has announced that it has to asked for a review of hate crime legislation in england and wales, including whether or not misogyny should be considered as hate crime. at the moment, attacking someone on the grounds of race, sexuality, disability or religion constitutes a hate incident. the labour mp stella creasy wants incidents motivated by hatred of someone because of their gender to be added to the list. she made the call during a debate on the voyeurism bill which makes up—skirting — taking a photo under someone‘s clothes — a crime in england and wales. stella creasy said anyone convicted of a crime should get a tougher sentence if there actions were motivated by misogyny. she had examples of the harassment that women faced. 66% have experienced unwanted sexual attention or physical contact in a public place. 40% said they experienced verbal harassment. 15% said they had been touched, groped, or grabbed at least once a month. what does that mean

cloudy and windy for northern ireland and scotland, with some outbreaks of rain. across much of england and wales we saw a good deal of sunshine, and it's a similar day on wednesday. we keep this piece of cloud over the atlantic, extending into northern ireland and scotland. the heaviest of the rain through wednesday looks likely to be across the western isles and the scottish highlands. the odd spot of rain, some patchy drizzle at times for northern ireland, under cloudy skies, and we'll see a bit more cloud sinking its way across northern england, maybe with the odd spot of rain. but there'll be some sunshine across eastern scotland, north—east england, and that extends all the way down across much of england and wales. now, these are the average wind strength through wednesday afternoon. gusts once again will be higher, but not as strong as we saw on tuesday — 40 mph at times across scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine, temperatures quite widely up to 20 or 21 celsius, including aberdeenshire and murray, which should see some sunshine through wedn

scotland. ireland and parts of scotland. prepared to some damage and travel disruption. wind picking up steadily. steadily. its way with outbreaks of rain but right support, a windy day. right support, a windy day. step up this morning, another mild start. start. here will be through the morning rush—hour. rush—hour. it's where we could see wind gusting 70, 80 miles an hour. wind gusting 70, 80 miles an hour. outbreaks of rain through the morning. morning. but notjust here, right across the board, a windy day. across the board, a windy day. through the day, it's going to turn windy through this morning. windy through this morning. showers working from the north—west down towards the midlands. down towards the midlands. the rain eases off in northern ireland. eases off in northern ireland. hanging on across some central areas. temperatures tempered by that wind. tonight, showers continue. we'll see rain become a bit more widespread and persistent. widespread and persistent. fresh start tom

not much for eastern scotland, it is over western scotland. it will be windy. these are the guest speeds. we could be up to 60 mph. a little bit more cloud for northern mole parts of england. it is starting to get warmer. these weather systems running across northern areas of the uk and owl, most of the rain will be in scotland. that's weather front sinks southwards. we got cooler, fresh air. but we've got any area of high pressure behind it. not much for eastern scotland nor for northern ireland. a warm day on wednesday and it calls. the warmth last longer across england and wales. probably, we will find temperatures up to 23 degrees. that is pretty good for this time of year. deputy attorney general this is bbc news. our latest headlines: theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions as the government publishes its latest guidance on preparing for brexit if there's no deal — including flights in and out of the uk and road haulage. meanwhile, at their conference in liverpool, senior labourfigures have given contrasting statements about the party's sta

things cooler there across the far north—west of scotland. further changes towards the end of the week as the jet stream gets more wriggly, more amplified. we're on the downward stretch, the downward limb of the jet stream, and that means we'll have an area of low pressure form as we head towards the end of the week. here is the low. now, uncertainty about the exact position. it might actually be a little bit further westwards, which will bring more general rain in across the uk. either way, i think we're looking at an unsettled end to the weak. rain at times probably best sums up the forecast on thursday, particularly across the northern half of the country, but nowhere is immune from seeing some wet weather. it will be quite breezy and cool, and some of the rain could turn heavy and thundery too. temperatures ranging from 13 in eastern scotland to 18 degrees in london. i suspect it will stay pretty unsettled on friday and into the weekend with rain or showers in the forecast. that's your weather. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers

not quite as warm for scotland and northern ireland. we will see the rain coming in to scotland in the evening, perhaps into northern ireland. as it moves southwards, though, the rain peters out again. more a band of cloud heading down into england and wales. and because we have more cloud debris overnight, if you like, it won't be as cold, saturday night into sunday morning. it will feel chillier by day, mind you, because we've got more cloud is moving southwards. behind it, some sunshine and some showers blown in on a brisk north to north—westerly wind. the bulk of the showers i think will be in the northern half of scotland. but temperatures are going to be lower across the board. only around 12 or 13 degrees in scotland and ireland. 14—16 in the south. that chilly north to north—westerly airflow is with us for the start of the new month. but then, around the top of this area of high pressure, we're going to change the wind direction across scotland and northern ireland, replacing a chilly northerly with more of an atlantic wes

roosy offer northern ireland and scotland. —— breezier. plenty of cloud north and west, dan and drizzle in places. still the sunshine through eastern england, especially east anglia and south—east england. sunny spells in north—east scotland. this is four p.m.. with the cloud, wales, western england, you could still see one or two light showers but patchy drizzle, plenty of sunshine, mid 20s and warm in eastern england, some rain is heading into northern ireland and western scotland, deeper into the afternoon, and especially into the afternoon, and especially into the afternoon, and especially into the evening to give a wet end to the day. that is as a weather front spreads rain southwards. this is the front, it is a cold front, the leading edge of cooler air so there will be a change in the feel of the weather behind it. less humid.. cooler, fresher, getting into blue on the chart but moving slowly southwards, even at the start of monday, eastern scotland may see some rain for a time, beginning to effect parts of northern england, wal

now, already, as monday begins, northern ireland and north—west scotland in the cooler air. under clear skies, some spots will be as low as four or five degrees, and also a few single—figure temperatures in east anglia and south—east england, with one or two mist and fog patches to start the day, because skies have been clear here overnight. but our weather front has cloud from south—west england, wales, the west midlands, northern england, into southern and eastern scotland. some patchy rain, some heavier bursts to begin the day in south—east scotland, clearing away. any rain on the front, though, turning increasingly light in the afternoon, showery in nature. north, north—west scotland here with sunny spells, and northern ireland lighter winds than the weekend. so yes, it is cooler, but still pleasant in the sun. much cooler in eastern scotland, north—east england, where some patchy rain continues into the afternoon, compared with the weekend. some sunny spells developing through western counties of wales. the east midlands, east anglia and south—east england

sunshine phrased in scotland. sunshine phrased in scotland. for a sunny skies had further south across england and wales. here it is a little breezy perhaps. the strongest winds where we had the rain in the north—west of scotland. 50 to 60 mph. 0vernight the winds will lessen. they will keep blowing in a lot of cloud and we will continue to see outbreaks of rain. always wettest over the hills and western scotland. across the north of the uk, temperatures have not changed much from the day. colder across parts of wales, the midlands and southern england. temperatures above freezing in the countryside. that is an improvement on last night. the cloud and the rain courtesy of this weather front, which is stuck on wednesday across northern scotland. higher pressure to the south means more sunshine. spots of rain in england and north wales. rain in northern scotland. brighter conditions in northern ireland, east of scotland and the north—east of england. it will warm up north—east of england. it will warm up as well. 21 degrees in aberdeen. it

and western scotland, called the strong winds. it could make 20 celsius in aberdeen there with shelter. those winds pick up there with shelter. those winds pick up into this evening, out wrecks rain or persistent, gusty with wrens reaching 50 must per hour in exposure so an area of reaching 50 must per hour in exposure so an area of low reaching 50 must per hour in exposure so an area of low pressure speaking across northern scotland the night but elsewhere are quite it with lengthy clear skies. cooler thanit with lengthy clear skies. cooler than it was last night too. we start monday morning on a windy note across northern scotland is that eric low pressure clears way. most of the showers will be here as well but elsewhere bright sunny start the day and the cloud will increase through the day as the next weather system pushes into the north—west, bringing windy weather with cloud and rain into northern ireland and western scotland. further south than the sunshine not too bad but not as warm. our weather front across the north�

tonight a lot of clear whether around, some rain possibly moving across parts of england and scotland. single figures in the north, double figures in the south. tomorrow the south west of uk, it will cloud over in wales and the west cou ntry will cloud over in wales and the west country with possibly some rain moving into cardiff. we're not 100% sure how much but across scotland and northern england a cooler wind and northern england a cooler wind and occasional showers. so quite changeable day tomorrow and quite cool across the north of the uk. on friday low—pressure around in the north sea and that means increasing wind for scotland and particularly the north east of england and also potentially some quite heavy rain especially round eastern scotland and into the north—east of england. again further south and west the weather not looking that bad again. but for most it is around the teens, around 14 degrees in newcastle and with that wind feeling cool. for the weekend and beyond, this is what we're watching, this relatively cool air approaching the northern part of the uk so the

in fact, parts of scotland will be. in fact, parts of scotland will be very windy, got the first part of the evening. most of the showers will be here as well the degree across western scotland, but further south a lot of dry weather. temperature,: south a lot of dry weather. temperature, : temperatures touching the 20 celsius mark. more showers the 20 celsius mark. more showers the further north we had. most of these affecting western scotland. increasingly sundry as well. we could make 20 degrees in aberdeenshire. winds, a0 to 55 miles an houras aberdeenshire. winds, a0 to 55 miles an hour as this area of low pressure seats to the north of scotland. it will bring some heavy rain at times throughout the night. farther south much quieter, lighter winds, some showers. temperatures just into double figures. eastern spots with some shelter could be cooler. lots of sunshine around, quieter for scotla nd of sunshine around, quieter for scotland for a time. clouds tending to build up through the day. best of the sunshine acro

it will turn breezy especially in scotland. into tomorrow, it really is just towards east anglia and the southeast of england. clear skies with plenty of sunshine, unbroken sunshine potentially. some sunny spells in northeast scotland, but there could be some light rain and drizzle, more substantial rain coming towards northern ireland and western scotland later. in the sunshine towards eastern areas of england, could very well see 25—26dc in some places. whether clout or sunshine, still widely into the low 20s, but the breeze in scotland as outbreaks... hoarding on into the teens there. sunny spells, scotland will have tenders around 2a celsius in some places there. the rain comes in northern ireland to end the day, this is a cold front on the leading edge of cooler air, so unsurprisingly it will feel quite differently behind it, much less humid on monday across scotland, northern ireland increasingly so in the northern england, feeling cooler. ahead of the front on monday, east anglia in southeast england will have sunny sp

scotland, where they were blustery. scotland, where they were blustery. northern ireland, the north wales and northern ireland today. and northern ireland today. what one shower looked like passing the highlands. the highlands. a rainbow therewith sunshine between the clouds. sunshine between the clouds. in across the country, and that will tend to clear the skies. tend to clear the skies. down the irish sea coasts and also northern areas of scotland. northern areas of scotland. clear skies and light winds, it will be a cold night. be a cold night. to zero in the very coldest locations. locations. glorious one, with party of early morning sunshine. morning sunshine. turn cloudy across the north and west through the afternoon. west through the afternoon. still relatively cool, high is typically between 11—15. typically between 11—15. will turn milder by tuesday as this milder air pushes in the atlantic. milder air pushes in the atlantic. the focus the spots of rain across england and also northern ireland. england an

, the far north of scotla nd and scotland, the far north of scotland stays in the cooler air. 0n tuesday, a grey and cloudy start for many, patchy rain for a time in scotla nd many, patchy rain for a time in scotland and that will ease. noticeable north—westerly winds, brea ks noticeable north—westerly winds, breaks in the cloud across central and eastern parts of england, helping temperatures, 20 or 21 degrees, feeling warmer, fairly cool for the north of scotland. are high—pressure still with us midweek and the front starts to retreat is way more than these. there‘s not much on it, save for a fair amount of cloud across much of scotland, northern ireland and the north of england, but there will be breaks, further south and east you head although the cloud will build through the day. a quiet day, lighter winds, in any sunshine, temperatures between 16 and 19 degrees, 1213 in the north of scotland. warmer here. a murky start first thing on thursday morning with lighter winds, dense patches of mist and fog, they will be sold to clear and fog, they will be sold to clear and eventua

still a few showers in scotland where it stays breezy. you can see the range of temperatures depending on whether you have clear spells or under the cloud. finally as we go through tomorrow, this weather will will go south wand and allow the cooler fresher air to filter further south and complete its journey south behind this area of cloud. notice it does brighten up, for many of the afternoon will be dry, with sunny spells. breezy and a few showers still for northern ireland and scotland. the temperatures have come down several degrees into the south—east. so, goodbye weather front. south—east. so, goodbye weatherfront. chilly start going into thursday. we see another frontal system taking some cloud and rain into scotland, northern ireland to begin the day. actualing towards northern england. south of that mainly dry. sunny spells. north, a few showers. temperatures not as big a range, fairly close to average. for friday, we expect a lot of cloud to the north and west, from here, from that, maybe the chaps of rain or a few shower, l

scotland, for example, much brighter here. it looks as though the south coast of england should enjoy some fine weather. hazy skies, some sunshine. this weather fronts slicing the uk in half, this is where most of the rain will be. in northern wales, the peak district and the lake district. across yorkshire. drips and droughts across yorkshire. drips and droughts across yorkshire. in the far south, we are getting away with it. portsmouth, all the way to kent and scotland and northern ireland, they are not doing bad at all. temperatures in the high teens. the rain will clear way. sunshine in northern england and wales. then, more cloud and further rain drifting in off the atlantic. by rain drifting in off the atlantic. by the end of the night it is damp and wales. throughout much of northern england and south—western scotland, belfast will get some rain. a very mild night. temperatures on the south coast of england no lower than 15 or 16 degrees. on sunday, low—pressure round my head here, with stronger winds and a weather

temperatures up scotland, largely dry. temperatures upa scotland, largely dry. temperatures up a touch on what we are looking at today, up to maybe around 17, possibly for some, 19. into wednesday, the northern half of the country will be fairly cloudy with splashes of rain at times, the southern half seeing a bit more sunshine and temperatures again around about 19, maybe 20. it is on thursday some parts of the south could get up as high as 23. that is more like it. thank you very much carol, thank you very much indeed. i was mid rant about the bodyguard, which i will not say on air to anybody. you watched it? yes. yes. at the body language! i sent a group text last night at 830 to check if everybody staying up? do you realise it is an hour and a half's i know! it was very late going to bed last night, i couldn't sleep at all.” had to make screens going on. have you had any sleep? halep. he always perky. let's take a look at today's papers. chat about the bodyguard on the sun's front page. a sweet picture of prince george, who was page boy over the weekend, a

be hit and miss some of the showers in scotland could bring hail wa nted showers in scotland could bring hail wanted thunderstorm mixed in. the showers in the north fade away for a time through this evening and night. the rain clears away from southern and eastern england. most of us, clear, dry and fairly chilly tonight. later in the night, more rain works in across north—east england and eastern and northern parts of scotland. there could be heavy bursts of rain. elsewhere, after the chilly start friday morning, it's looking like a mostly dry day. a bit of sunshine breaking through at times. the rain clearing slowly from the north—east of england, could linger for the northern isles of scotland for a time. a bit of a breeze coming in from the west or north west. that will take the edge off the temperatures. for most places it will be a degree of two warmer than today, particularly in the north, up today, particularly in the north, up to 17 orso, today, particularly in the north, up to 17 or so, 19—20 further south. through friday night and into the start of the weekend, the first

showers feeding into northern and western areas of scotland. some of those mayjust sink their way into parts of northern england and northern ireland. temperatures not much higher than 12—16 celsius. still quite gusty winds for the western isles of scotland and later in the day for south west england. overnight, the rain starts to ease away from the south, but more rain arrives from the west through the early hours. some clearer skies for many, although still a few showers peppering northern and western parts of scotland and quite a chilly night away from the far south. more rain to come through tomorrow across central and southern parts of england and wales. it will be easing away eastwards through the afternoon. still some showers further north and west. some gusty winds for a time as the rain clears away eastwards. again, temperatures 12—16 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, urges european leaders to "step back from the abyss", a day after theresa may demanded more respect from brussels

showers developing in scotland. summoned to northern ireland, northern england. 0utbreaks summoned to northern ireland, northern england. outbreaks of rain with thicker cloud feed into parts of wales, the midlands and south—west england in the afternoon. light winds, some is showing in east anglia and south east england before the chance of patchy rain later in the chance of patchy rain later in the day. this is where we will see the day. this is where we will see the higher temperature is. scotland and northern ireland, 1a or 15 degrees. you're watching beyond 100 days. britain demands an urgent meeting of the un security council after charging two russians with the salisbury poisonings. the pair are understood to be russian military officers almost certainly acting on orders from the kremlin. police say these cctv images show the two men came to britain in march with the intention of killing sergei skripal. tech bosses from facebook and twitter admit they were too slow to act against political meddling, but they

things cooler there across the far north—west of scotland. further changes towards the end of the week as the jet stream gets more wriggly, more amplified. we're on the downward stretch, the downward limb of the jet stream, and that means we'll have an area of low pressure form as we head towards the end of the week. here is the low. now, uncertainty about the exact position. it might actually be a little bit further westwards, which will bring more general rain in across the uk. either way, i think we're looking at an unsettled end to the week. rain at times probably best sums up the forecast on thursday, particularly across the northern half of the country, but nowhere is immune from seeing some wet weather. it will be quite breezy and cool, and some of the rain could turn heavy and thundery at times too. temperatures ranging from 13 in eastern scotland to 18 degrees in london. i suspect it will stay pretty unsettled on friday and into the weekend with rain or showers in the forecast. that's your weather. good morning. welcome to breakfast

here's our scotland editor sarah smith. five—year—old theo has just started at primary school, where his mum sara wants him to have fun. she doesn't want him to sit the controversial standardised assessment that will test his literacy and numeracy skills. it's more the way it would be pushing the curriculum, i think, so rather than allowing it to be more relaxed and having a kind of play—based approach, as they do in some of the other european countries, i think it would encourage teachers to focus more on the traditional three rs. other parents whose children took the tests for the first time last year said they found it stressful and upsetting. although some teachers do believe they are useful. nowhere else in the uk are kids assessed as young as five. in england, tests are planned from 2020. so this has the potential to be embarrassing. i will take an example of the assessment that is given to primary 1 pupils on this computer here. this one's asking me... choose the dog. to choose the dog. so i click on the dog. i

of them could be heavy and maybe even thundery across scotland. now, as we head on in towards friday, we start to see this area of low pressure develop. now, most of the very heavy rain will stay offshore, we think, but as we head through friday it looks like it could be quite wet across parts of scotland and north—east england. now, some of this rain could be quite heavy for time through friday morning across eastern scotland, north—east england, with another spell of rain pushing into northern scotland. but, further south and west that you are, it should be generally drier and brighter. but with the north, north—west winds, it's going to feel on the cool side across the board, temperatures ranging from 15—19 degrees. and those winds quite a feature, i think, across the eastern side of the country. that area of low pressure continues to spin around, moving a little bit further eastwards into the north sea. we see another feature run into wales and the south—west of england as we head on into saturday. a bit of uncertainty to this, but t

very strong winds across scotland. as we head on into the start of the new working bee, original high pressure keeps the southern half of the country, another weather system waiting in the wings moves into the north—west corner of the country as monday wears on. we start of is a fine note and could spell the sunshine around. through the day the cloud will build up across the north and west, a few showers across england and wales but this weather system brings persistent rain to northern ireland initially and then into much of western scotland. those winds will pick up. mid—teens celsius in the north had been disappointing and in the sunshine for the south 18—22dc. on tuesday, we have got this weather front which is the rain across the north—west corner of the country. on monday, it slips its way southwards and it is a dividing line between cooler at the north and former to the south. it is a cold front of course. this is the setup we will have the tuesday. another cool blustery day across scotland, northern ire

of them could be heavy, maybe even thundery across scotland. now, as we head on in towards friday, we start to see this area of low pressure i was talking about develop. now, most of the very heavy rain will stay offshore, we think, but as we head through friday, looks like it could be quite wet across parts of scotland and north—east england. now, some of this rain could be quite heavy for time through friday morning across eastern scotland, north—east england, with another spell of rain pushing into northern scotland. but, further south and west that you are, it should be generally drier and brighter. but with the north, north—west winds, it's going to feel on the cool side across the board, temperatures ranging from 15—19 degrees. and those winds quite a feature, i think, across the eastern side of the country. that area of low pressure continues to spin around, moving a little bit further eastwards into the north sea. we see another feature run into wales and the south—west of england as we head on into saturday. a bit of uncertai

still some showers across the northern half of scotland. into the afternoon, bigger cloud bringing rain into northern ireland, west of scotland, the far north—west of england. the winds strengthening again. not as warm as today in the south—east but still up to 21 or 22 degrees. another bout of wet and windy weather in northern areas on monday night. tuesday, we are left with this trailing weather fronts, slicing the country into. bringing a band of clouds, some outbreaks of rain, heavy bursts but much of it quite like that patchy. this weather front will divide the warm air in the south—east from the cooler air further north and west. temperatures in london close to 2a degrees. more like the mid—teens across parts of scotland and northern ireland. further showers into the north—west. by wednesday the front will still be wriggling around, uncertainty about how quickly it will clear. looks like it will hang around on wednesday. bringing some damp weather across the south. golden sunshine, still some blustery showers in the north—