high pressure that is across england and wales and across scandinavia as well. there will be a huge amount of rain on them. on saturday, clouding up rain on them. on saturday, clouding up to scotland and northern ireland but we should see some bright or hazy sunny spells coming through. one or two spots of rain possible, more especially later in the day. for england and wales it is warm in the sunshine and temperatures could reach 18 to 21 degrees. perhaps a bit lower than that given the onshore winds around the north sea coast. similar story on sunday, the cloud could be thick enough for a few patches of rain across the north west. there will be occasional brighter spells, west. there will be occasional brighterspells, but west. there will be occasional brighter spells, but england and wales, fine and dry david temperatures getting into the low 20s in the warmer spots. it could be received the warmest weather of the year so far this weekend, but that doesn t say that much be
and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st, just over a weeks time, to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses here in the us, a plunge on the stock markets, and even a global recession. in fact, stocks on wall street finished sharply lower at the close of trading on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. white house press secretary karinejean pierre says a deal both sides can be pleased with is possible. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it is bipartisan, but also reasonabl
used to. the fork to farm summit, the prime minister at meeting stakeholders, cheaper cuts, needs must and they will be discussing how we improve food security and production. we ve also got new figues from which? that put food inflation for april at over i7% the consumer group says prices ofjuice, chocolate, water, fish, chilled ready meals and cheese are continuing to rise. the british retail consortium saying it is confident that supermarkets are doing all they can to keep food prices low. get in touch with us this morning. food prices, reality or rip off? here is the news from karishma patel. thank you. the latest figures show the number of people not working due to long term illness is at a record high. the office for national statistics also found wages are rising at their fastest rate for 20 years but that those increases are being outstripped by inflation. vodafone is to cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years which is about a tenth of its workforce. this w
hello, i m christian fraser and we are here at buckingham palace on the ease eve of a historical day. in the next few hours, we will talk to artists and historians about what it means for them and the rest of the uk, and of course, those around the world. we ll talk to people who love the monarchy and who does who want to abolish it. right now, the king and queen camilla are hosting a reception at the palace before tomorrow s ceremony. around 100 heads of state will be in london on saturday with representatives from more than 200 countries in attendance. in the last hour, these pictures have been coming into us from westminster abbey. it gives you an idea of how it will look for tomorrow s ceremony. all the chairs arranged, some very ornate chairs, deep reds taking centre stage. the coronation chair in the middle. earlier, king charles, the prince and the princess of wales made a surprise appearance, greeting crowds who were camping out ahead of the coronation. william and ka