Since the 1950s with many of the ways people live and work today Bearing Little Relation today Bearing Little Relation to that bygone era. But amidst all of the change is a remarkably similar issue, of an economy rocked by runaway prices and widespread worries over the soaring Cost Of Living. So, whats it like starting a business facing todays headwinds. How is the good ship Great Britain and Northern Ireland helping hub the good news Great Stories of tomorrow . To find out, ive been discussing that with four up and coming entrepreneurs, there they are, one from each of the four parts of United Kingdom, england, scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales, scotland and Northern Ireland. Wherever youre joining wherever yourejoining me, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. All the way back in 1953, the coronation of the former Queen Elizabeth ii, britain was a very different place. The pomp and pageantry of installing the new monarch is held against a backdrop of United Kingdom still very much recovering from the second world war. A peoplejust emerging from rationing with some meat and Dairy Products are still restricted. Millions clustered around tvs for the first time watching from towns and cities still pockmarked after the devastation of six years of war. Written victorious but hugely depleted from the war effort was still a major Global Economic power with manufacturing playing a much bigger part than today. Fuelled on coal and fed by materials from a colonial system that was in the midst of breaking up, the population was younger, smaller, far less diverse and the wealth was spread around much more thinly. Todays uk may have been unthinkable back then, bring down the global Pecking Order as it has with a smaller economy than of former colony india. But the long postwar period that saw real incomes skyrocket has made most britons richer, living longer, more on lives. The economy has expanded hugely. If you look at the economic output per person in real terms taking inflation into account, in 1953 it was about 10,000, rising to some 45,000 about 10,000, rising to some 115,000 bucks per person must year. Meaning in purely material terms uk citizens are much better off and people are living much longer to spend it with Life Expectancy up from 69 to over 80 today, but some of theissues to over 80 today, but some of the issues facing the new king are remarkably similar to that of his late mother, whose accession to the throne back in 1952 was amid soaring price rises just shy of 11 , slightly more than the just over 10 facing the new king. As it stands the current british economy is largely stagnant, just bumping along, facing striking workers across a range of vital jobs striking workers across a range of vitaljobs as peoples Living Standards are fully across the board. The uk like many other countries relying on Small Businesses to drive it forward but talking about things like local shops and small tech firms, up and coming enterprises that make up the vast majority of the economy, providing the green shoots of growth, innovators taking the leap, entrepreneurs turning ideas into reality, creating jobs and wealth. So whats it like to be starting out on that journey in the new era under King Charles Iii . To find out, ive been speaking to some people doing that from the four parts of the United Kingdom, and we start in england with the co founder and Big Boss Of Epoque by a designer, a Company Using cutting edge science to break down Waste Plastic into reusable chemicals. Jacob nathan, a pleasure having you on the show and im going to start with this. Look very young to be a ceo. How did it start for you . Start for you . First of all, thank you start for you . First of all, thank you for start for you . First of all, thank you for having start for you . First of all, thank you for having me i start for you . First of all, i thank you for having me on. Start for you . First of all, thank you for having me on. Im 22, Ifinished Up School A thank you for having me on. Im 22, i finished up school a few years ago and i was working on a Research Project during my final year of high school, i was interested in if there were ways we could use biology to solve the problem of Plastic Waste. I went looking for microbes and nature that could break down Plastic Waste. I went into major and took samples and brought them back to the lab and the early results were exciting but i wasnt quite sure of how to progress the science from there somewhere met my Co Founder Professor of systems and synthetic biology, geico douglas calc, and we went ahead and start of the company together. And start of the company together and start of the company touether. G. ,. ,. ,. , together. Jacob, explain how the company together. Jacob, explain how the company works. Together. Jacob, explain how the company works. At together. Jacob, explain how. The company works. At epoque together. Jacob, explain how the company works. At epoque we desiuned the company works. At epoque we designed enzymes the company works. At epoque we designed enzymes to the company works. At epoque we designed enzymes to break the company works. At epoque we designed enzymes to break down | designed enzymes to break down Plastic Waste that otherwise go to level or incineration epoch. We get Plastic Waste from our partners and they send it to us for processing and we then turn those plastics into Chemicals Using our enzymes and then we sell those chemicals to a variety of different applications, everything from new Polymer Manufacturing to heat coatings, fertilisers, cleaning products, a whole variety of different industries, and this is a way to make the exact same molecules that we make today using Fossil Carbon but instead we make it from Waste Plastic. Is there potential for other substances . Imjust is there potential for other substances . Im just wondering what these, you know, how far these enzymes can go. These enzymes can go. Yeah, enzymes these enzymes can go. Yeah, enzymes are these enzymes can go. Yeah, enzymes are inherently enzymes are inherently programmable. Not always predictable but you can programme them to do Different Things and so, nature has created a set of functionalities to enable life to happen but those arent necessarily the same functionalities that humans may want to get rid of a whole bunch of different pollutants or other things we put out into the world. We can programme these enzymes to break down everything from plastics too persistent organic chemicals and also use them to manufacture really all of the chemicals and products that we need to make the world go around. G. ,. ,. ,. ,. , around. Jacob, how have you found the around. Jacob, how have you found the uk around. Jacob, how have you found the uk as around. Jacob, how have you found the uk as a around. Jacob, how have you found the uk as a place around. Jacob, how have you found the uk as a place to i found the uk as a place to start this business . Of course, the uk has a very Strong International reputation in science. Im wondering if that opens offers you . The science. Im wondering if that opens offers you . Science. Im wondering if that opens offers you . The uk has a really strong opens offers you . The uk has a really strong academic opens offers you . The uk has a really strong academic base, i really strong academic base, Amazing Research coming out of the universities and only first out of the company, we were able to access things like eis and ncis to make it easier to raise capital. We found that support from things like r and d tax credits has diminished, its been difficult to find labs space to move into so we had to build things ourselves and while i think the uk has all of the ingredients needed to make it really an amazing place and sandbox to build these types of companies, it remains to be seen i think at least if there are improvements in the uk ecosystem for companies to be scaled and built two very large size over time. , ~. , � built two very large size over time. ~. , �. , time. Talk about brexit, of course the time. Talk about brexit, of course the uk time. Talk about brexit, of course the uk outside time. Talk about brexit, of course the uk outside of i time. Talk about brexit, of. Course the uk outside of the eu. As it had any effects on your company . Im wondering are there any advantages for your sector, away from some of the regulations, the red tape . Yeah, so certainly for us, brexit represents a really great opportunity to, for example, Build New Legislation around Genetic Modification and foods, Love Grown Foods into the type of thing. Not necessarily bound by the European Unions rules. At the same time, its a lot harder to hire european talent. There are some amazing centres of excellence in europe where e at epoch hire from in much harder to get them over from the uk. It was a shame i was not able to vote in the referendum. I was too young. Definitely, i would say this has made it a lot harder to build the type of company we are building. Let me end on this company we are building. Let me end on this because company we are building. Let me end on this because you company we are building. Let me end on this because you are end on this because you are still relatively new at this game but im sure youve learned an enormous amount. If you are starting out again today, what advice would you give yourself . {30 today, what advice would you give yourself . Today, what advice would you give yourself . Go to america. Go to america. Give yourself . Go to america. Go to america. Thats give yourself . Go to america. Go to america. Thats it . Give yourself . Go to america. Go to america. Thats it . A i go to america. Thats it . A very short answer. Why america . Theres a lot more investment there. Theres a lot more appetite to build and scale are really Large Company and ultimately as well the conditions that we have today in america, our products are subsidised by the Inflation Reduction Act in a way that they are not in the uk and europe, so instantly makes our company that much more competitive. Company that much more competitive. On that point, jacob nathan, competitive. On that point, jacob nathan, the competitive. On that point, i jacob nathan, the cofounder jacob nathan, the co founder and the Big Boss Of Epoch Bio design, pleasure having you on the show. Good luck with everything and i will check in with you soon. Everything and i will check in l with you soon. One with you soon. Thank you. One ofthe with you soon. Thank you. One of the biggest with you soon. Thank you. One of the biggest influences with you soon. Thank you. One of the biggest influences still l of the biggest influences still being found in the economy is covid. The time of lockdowns that shot many businesses. But it was also a time when many began. So for the next stop on a uk tour, we will go to wales with the founder and ceo of mellows beauty, a cosmetic company born out of the uk pandemic. Company born out of the uk pandemic pandemic. Laura mellows, pleasure pandemic. Laura mellows, pleasure having pandemic. Laura mellows, pleasure having you pandemic. Laura mellows, pleasure having you and i l pandemic. Laura mellows, i pleasure having you and i will start simply with this. How did you come to set up your company . Thats the big question. I had really bad acne and really bad anxiety and i wanted to create a beauty brand that made a difference. I kind of spent all of my money on these Beauty Products that promised me they were going to make me look perfect and were promoting these perfect models. And i realised thatjust wasnt achievable, so i wanted to create a Beauty Company that instead of making you feel insecure because you didnt have perfect skin, making a difference and saying that actually, you know, imperfections are normal and youre beautifuljust the way youre beautifuljust the way you are with your scars, acne, whatever, and thats kind of how i started. We whatever, and thats kind of how i started. Whatever, and thats kind of how i started. We saw a lot of eo le how i started. We saw a lot of people starting how i started. We saw a lot of people starting up how i started. We saw a lot of people starting up companies| people starting up companies during lockdown. Its tough. How did that play out for you . I kind of had to go back to the Drawing Board and start my plans in thing all over again, my business i had left lying in london, moved to wales and i thought right, we was not a Skincare Business and i am good at selling, arranged all of these big retailers and, of course, i could not do that because they were not buying any new ranges because it was so much uncertainty. So i had to, even though i was, at the time, very, like, insecure, not confident, going to social media and telling my story and the reaction was actually incredible and thats why im here today, is because of social media. Here today, is because of social media. ,. ,. ,. Social media. You also launched ust as social media. You also launched just as new social media. You also launched just as new rules social media. You also launched just as new rules came social media. You also launched just as new rules came in social media. You also launched just as new rules came in with l just as new rules came in with brexit. Did that have an impact on the company . Brexit. Did that have an impact on the company . Theres so many legislations on the company . Theres so many legislations and on the company . Theres so many legislations and we on the company . Theres so many legislations and we have on the company . Theres so many legislations and we have loads legislations and we have loads of customers in the eu which we then had to come were not allowed to sell to. It started at huge expense to everything, it is added. We have to get separate testing for everything and pay for someone to access a cosmetic bottle in the eu and uk so it is kind of doubled our workload, made everything super complicated. Made everything really expensive. So complicated. Made everything really expensive. Really expensive. So have you been supported . Really expensive. So have you been supported . Weve really expensive. So have you been supported . Weve been| been supported . Weve been massively been supported . Weve been massively supported been supported . Weve been massively supported by been supported . Weve been massively supported by the l massively supported by the welsh government. They help us with really tricky conversations have actually flown us out to dublin and set p flown us out to dublin and set up meetings with different partners from the eu. And america. Theyjust helped us non stop, really, so it really helped me get off the ground. Laura, social media. A big part of your company. Laura, social media. A big part of your company. Yes. Butjust of your company. Yes. But ust how important is i of your company. Yes. But ust how important is that i of your company. Yes butjust how important is that your business . I how important is that your business . How important is that your business . ,. ,. , business . I genuinely would not have a business business . I genuinely would not have a business if business . I genuinely would not have a business if it business . I genuinely would not have a business if it was business . I genuinely would not have a business if it was not have a business if it was not for tiktok. Tiktok is just incredible. I mean, its catapulted my business. The sales we get from tiktok are insane. I mean, i do tiktok live once a week and on one of them i did £30,000 so i can pretty much do more than my shop did in two hours on tiktok, the shop sales a month, hours on tiktok. Its incredible. Hours on tiktok. Its incredible. ,. , incredible. Laura, can i ask ou incredible. Laura, can i ask you this incredible. Laura, can i ask you this incredible. Laura, can i ask you this what incredible. Laura, can i ask you this what was incredible. Laura, can i ask you this what was your i you this what was your biggest stake . In setting up . I think my biggest mistake which has cost us a lot of money is actually believing the experts, even when you dont think theyre right. Theres a lot of occasions where i was trusting the experts, even though my gut and my mind was saying this does not feel right, this does not sound right. And, yeah, now im always following my gut, following my instinct and trusting and believing in myself because experts arent always right. And you know your business better than anyone else. ,. , else. Let me end on this. What advice would else. Let me end on this. What advice would you else. Let me end on this. What advice would you give else. Let me end on this. What advice would you give to else. Let me end on this. What| advice would you give to others may be starting out or thinking of taking their own business journey . Mr; of taking their own business ourne . G. , of taking their own business ourne . G. ,. , journey . My top advice would be startin a journey . My top advice would be starting a business journey . My top advice would be starting a business with starting a business with something you absolutely love inside out and you are passionate about. You will be working on your business 211 7. I have three weeks Maternity Leave and what gets me up every morning to do 16 hour days is that i am obsessed, i am literally obsessed, i love it so much. More than my personal life, probably. Iam so much. More than my personal life, probably. I am so passionate about making the world a better place and changing the world so, yeah, im on a mission. fin changing the world so, yeah, im on a mission. Im on a mission. On that positive im on a mission. On that positive advice, im on a mission. On that positive advice, laura im on a mission. On that positive advice, laura mallows, the founder and big boss of mallows beauty, a real pleasure having you on the show. Good luck with everything and i will talk to you soon. Luck with everything and i will talk to you soon. Thank you so much. Thank talk to you soon. Thank you so much. Thank you talk to you soon. Thank you so much. Thank you for talk to you soon. Thank you so much. Thank you for having i talk to you soon. Thank you so i much. Thank you for having me. One of the biggest areas of Economic Growth at the moment is the Tech Industry. Of course with technology extending more and more into our everyday lives and also into the world of sport. So for our next up we will go to scotland, with the big boss of ceo of player data. It is looking to provide high end Tracking Technology to grassroots ports. Why hotter above and on, pleasure having you on the show and ill start with this because your company, you had an unconventional start to life so briefly tell us the story of how your Olympic Dreams led to, well, where you are today. Mr; dreams led to, well, where you are today are today. My ourney as an entrepreneur are today. My journey as an entrepreneur started are today. My journey as an entrepreneur started when | are today. My journey as an| entrepreneur started when i are today. My journey as an entrepreneur started when i was a cs duty at the university of edinburgh. This is where i fell in love with the sport of archery. I had to take coaching into my own hands. As a techie, i developed senses that i could put on my body to track myself. I did so well at it that i reached my National Level in thailand, my home country, and almost made 2016. Unfortunately almost made 2016. Unfortunately a Car Accident Cut short the journey that i was on. After the accident, i had a chance to reflect on the journey and realised that there was a huge disparity in access to technology, depending what level you are. Not only in archery but highly prevalent in Major Team Sports such as football and rugby. So playerdata was founded with the mission to revolutionise the way all athletes train. Looking at the player way all athletes train. Looking at the player data way all athletes train. Looking at the player Data Tracking at the player Data Tracking market there is a lot of competition out there. I wonder how you stand out from the crowd. ,. , how you stand out from the crowd. ,. ,. , crowd. That is a really good question crowd. That is a really good question. Where crowd. That is a really good question. Where we crowd. That is a really good question. Where we really l crowd. That is a really good question. Where we really stand out is the accessibility aspect. We are one of the first place in the market that have not you know, come up with a wearable and said i want to sell this to the premier legal teams at that level, and address this specific major of sports science. Niche area. We have said the technology is valuable to your regular coaches, grassroots, semiprofessional amateur teams. But there were big technological barriers and financial barriers stopping adoption of this technology. And were the First Company that has come in and solved these two big problems. So we make the data accessible to use, we make the product super easy to use so you dont need to be a sports scientist, and tilted at a price point that any amateur team or Grassroots Team in the uk can afford. That team in the uk can afford. At the moment, roy, it is a gloomy economic picture out there. Is that having an impact on your business . That having an impact on your business . ,. , business . Yes. We are seeing it on two fronts. Business . Yes. We are seeing it on two fronts, from business . Yes. We are seeing it on two fronts, from a business . Yes. We are seeing it on two fronts, from a business. On two fronts, from a business perspective, an internal business perspective, the Cost Of Living increasing for all employees, everything is getting more expensive. And from a Customer Base perspective we are serving Grassroots Teams, amateur teams, Semiprofessional Teams across the uk, teams that are going to get the most hid from this, but luckily sport is still a high priority for people and we are seeing that, you know, is spending in sport is not cutting as dramatically as we thought it would. Broidy, what are the as we thought it would. Broidy, what are the advantages as we thought it would. Broidy, what are the advantages of what are the advantages of being a uk based company . Im wondering why attenborough. Edinburgh is simply because a graduated with a degree in electronics from there. Roy, what. I havent left since. But i also like the access to Diverse Talent. Edinburgh is a Diverse Talent. Edinburgh is a diverse position because the Cost Of Living isnt as high as london but we have good universities here, like the university of edinburgh, that is pumping out really skilled young engineers that we can go and hire. � i. , young engineers that we can go and hire. � ,. And hire. And you are expanding into the us, and hire. And you are expanding into the us, roy. And hire. And you are expanding into the us, roy. Who and hire. And you are expanding into the us, roy. Who are and hire. And you are expanding into the us, roy. Who are you i into the us, roy. Who are you targeting their . Targeting their . You might be surrised targeting their . You might be surprised to targeting their . You might be surprised to hear, targeting their . You might be surprised to hear, but targeting their . You might be surprised to hear, but soccer| surprised to hear, but soccer is one of the Fastest Growing sports in the us. We have essentially identified that we have the opportunity to tap into the same types of clients that we are selling to hear. Couege that we are selling to hear. College teams, High School Teams that have the need and the one for the data but not necessarily the resource. And necessarily the resource. And if ou necessarily the resource. And if you are necessarily the resource. And if you are starting necessarily the resource. And if you are starting from if you are starting from scratch again today, roy, i can only imagine the frightening prospect, but knowing all you know now, would you do anything differently . 5 know now, would you do anything differently . Differently . As a entrepreneur, it is a tough differently . As a entrepreneur, it is a tough question differently . As a entrepreneur, it is a tough question to it is a tough question to answer. The reason is that there are so many things we are failing every day. The culture is to fail fast, fail forward, and learn from your mistakes. Every day we make mistakes, learn something new and we are adjusting and adjusting ourselves for the future. ,. , adjusting ourselves for the future. ,. , future. On that point, roy hotrabhvanon, future. On that point, roy hotrabhvanon, a future. On that point, roy hotrabhvanon, a real future. On that point, roy hotrabhvanon, a real pleasure having you on the show. Good luck with everything. I dont think you need it. But i will talk to you soon. And now to ourfinal stop on the uk talk to you soon. And now to our final stop on the uk tour, to accompany putting diversity in the workplace front and centre. Were going to Northern Ireland with the founder and the big boss of Recruitment Firm Diverse Talent. Gemma simpson, great having you the show. You set up your business in the pandemic. Was that out of choice . Of choice . Maybe choice and madness. Of choice . Maybe choice and madness, to of choice . Maybe choice and madness, to be of choice . Maybe choice and madness, to be honest. Of choice . Maybe choice and madness, to be honest. Ai of choice . Maybe choice and | madness, to be honest. A lot of choice . Maybe choice and i madness, to be honest. A lot of people during the pandemic, they were affected by redundancy. And i was in a good position where i could take some time to really evaluate what i wanted to do next and so after a couple of weeks thinking and twiddling my thumbs about what i wanted to do, Diverse Talent Diverse Talent was boarded the Kitchen Table and i thought to myself if it doesnt work out i can blame covid because nobody would begrudge me that if it didnt work out because of the pandemic. But we have lasted longer than covid and been established nearly three years. Your business specialises in helping people from the Lgbtqi Community of divine work. I wonder what people in this community are looking for that differs from the rest of the workforce. Differs from the rest of the workforce differs from the rest of the workforce. ~. ,. , workforce. We actually cater to all demographics. Workforce. We actually cater to all demographics. Especially i all demographics. Especially with the Lgbtqi Community, which is my community. One of the primary struggles is being able to easily find and apply directly to employers that explicitly showcase that they have supporting workplaces for people from different demographics, so certainly within the Lgbtqi Community, they could be internal community groups, marchers, or having it has benefit packages to support lgbtq employees and their partners and family away from the traditional packages for people who are heterosexual and normallyjust fall into the standard employee benefits. What we do is support people from a diverse range of backgrounds, whether it is Neuro Division see, i think they are at ease, all the lgbtq community, and that an employer Employee Notjust for their skills but theyre values as well. ,. , skills but theyre values as well. ,. , ~ skills but theyre values as well. I. ~. , skills but theyre values as well. ~. ,. , well. Do you think more outside the box when well. Do you think more outside the box when placing well. Do you think more outside the box when placing plates . I the box when placing plates . Not so focused on educational achievements . I not so focused on educational achievements . Achievements . I would be a Textbook Achievements . I would be a Textbook Example achievements . I would be a Textbook Example of achievements . I would be a Textbook Example of somebody that has been able to achieve a career without the academic background. I left school at 16 with very little to show for it but made it my mission there afterwards to build myself a better life and to have a better life and to have a better life and a happy life. And that was all through personal drive but also the Support Structure that was around me, such as close family and friends, and looking up to other Industry Leaders and businesses well and trying to identify with ones that are similar to myself where i can learn from. I would always be an advocate for employers to look beyond academia. It is a question that a lot of our customers will be quite aware of. We are trying to change the hearts and minds of employers and modernise their Recruitment Process so that they are able to attract talent from a wide demographic. To attract talent from a wide demographic to attract talent from a wide demographic. You supply a lot of obs demographic. You supply a lot of jobs for demographic. You supply a lot of jobs for the demographic. You supply a lot of jobs for the tech demographic. You supply a lot of jobs for the tech sector, ofjobs for the tech sector, jemma, and use it to drive your business. Im wondering how much of a home is the uk and particularly Northern Ireland for the Tech Industry . I particularly Northern Ireland for the Tech Industry . Particularly Northern Ireland for the Tech Industry . I am a massive for the Tech Industry . I am a massive advocate for the Tech Industry . I am a massive advocate for massive advocate for Northern Ireland. Perhaps i am biased. I am quite piechota when it comes to this country. And i would say that we are in a very unique position within the uk and within europe on the back of brexit and the negotiations that are happening now. The windsorframework that are happening now. The Windsor Framework especially is a groundbreaking deal they could bring investment to Northern Ireland specifically because of that unique agreement with having the Access Notjust Agreement with having the access not just to the agreement with having the Access Notjust to the uk market but also the european market. We could be the Silicon Valley of the uk. Bud market. We could be the Silicon Valley of the uk. Valley of the uk. And let me end on this, valley of the uk. And let me end on this, jemma. Valley of the uk. And let me end on this, jemma. Is valley of the uk. And let me| end on this, jemma. Is there any exhibitor Northern Ireland around the coronation. Do you believe will a new king change anything . We believe will a new king change anything . We recognise that with the change anything . We recognise that with the entrance change anything . We recognise that with the entrance of change anything . We recognise that with the entrance of a change anything . We recognise that with the entrance of a new| that with the entrance of a new king, he himself is very passionate about enterprise and about innovations. I myself have built Support Talent with the Princes Trust and have great relations with them. There definitely is a Wind Of Change but realistically we are probably already looking to westminster and to our own local assembly and to drive the change in the back of maybe the coronation celebrations. Coronation celebrations. Jemma sim son, coronation celebrations. Jemma simpson. Great coronation celebrations. Jemma simpson, great to coronation celebrations. Jemma simpson, great to have coronation celebrations. Jemma simpson, great to have you coronation celebrations. Jemma simpson, great to have you onl simpson, great to have you on the show. Good luck with everything and talk to you soon. That is it for this weeks show. I hope you enjoyed it. You can keep up with the leaders on our website or the Smart Phone App or follow me on twitter. Treat me, i will treat you back. You can get me at bbcaaron. Thank you for watching. Goodbye. Tweet. Hello, there. Looking at the weather over the coronation weekend, i think its fair to say weve had a real mixed bag, starting on saturday, with the coronation itself, where, in london, we had, of course, rain. It wasnt that heavy we only had five millimetres but it was relentless, lasting for about nine hours, so very damp weather. A different story for sunday, many of us dry with some sunshine coming through, and it was the warmest day of the year so far, with highs of 21. 3. But how warm is that . Well, if we look at the 7th of may, in previous years, up to that date, weve had much warmer spells. For example, back in 2018, temperatures had already reached 29 degrees at this time of the year. So, 21, absolutely nothing special for early may. Now, on the satellite picture, what were looking at here is this stripe of cloud, which is our next band of heavy rain thats going to be moving through. Indeed, its already making inroads in across Northern Ireland, moving its way eastwards into scotland. England, in the west, and wales also, having a wet start to your bank holiday monday. It will be quite mild, though, temperatures about ten to 12 celsius for many of us, and then, through monday, well, you might well start off with a bit of sunshine across east anglia and the southeast of england, but this band of rain is on its way. The rain, quite heavy at times, perhaps with a bit of thunder mixed in, and even as we start to see some brighter weather moving in to the north west later on, therell be lots of heavy showers, particularly for Northern Ireland, with a number of thunderstorms here. But those storms are also likely to be working to West Scotland, as well. Where we do see a bit of may sunshine, temperatures still into the high teens, so it still wont feel too bad. Tuesday, it starts quite cloudy. Therell be some sunshine comes through for a time, but then big showers. Northern ireland, wales and southern counties of england quite likely to see some big thunderstorms, and some of those will have hail mixed in with them, as well. Still, there will be some places that dodge the downpours, and with temperatures still into the upper teens, it wont feel too bad, if youre out and about. Wednesday sees an occlusion, bringing some more general rain to West Scotland and Northern Ireland. Its not the only place that will see rain, though, because, after a fine start across england and wales, showers will move from west to east, and, again, theyre likely to be heavy, with some hail and thunder mixed in once again. Temperatures still pretty much, at best, reaching the upper teens. Thursday, we see further showers, particularly concentrated across england and wales. Something a bit Brighterfor Scotland and Northern Ireland, but as you can see from the outlook, we are expecting it to stay pretty unsettled. Live from washington, this is bbc news. A concert fit for a King Windsor Castle plays host to a star studded evening of entertainment to celebrate the coronation. Another tragedy in texas, where seven are dead after a car struck a group of people at a bus stop near a migrant centre. And a Milestone Meeting japans Prime Minister makes his countrys First Official visit to south korea in more than a decade. Hello, im carl nasman. Its great to have you with us. We start in the uk, where a spectacular concert has been held to mark the coronation of King Charles Iii. Some 20,000 people attended the show on the grounds