in the week. with the start of meteorological autumn the weather is going to reflect that with even a warning of dale s coming out in the short cost more south western parts of the country. meanwhile we have high pressure bringing fine and settled weather for the afternoon and into tomorrow. most places will be dry and also quite breezy across parts of england and wales. despite that the mid 20 is likely to the south and the south east and up to the high teens in the north. largely fine tonight, quite chilly across scotland and northern ireland and tomorrow we start off in the north on a chillier note. some showers around but most places dry. 21 degrees through the central belt. then thursday and friday we start to see the changes with these areas of low pressure merging together. and we see things turning more unsettled. for friday was central and western areas could see some showers and thunderstorms around. turning windy across scotland and north east england. temperatures
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was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. royal mail apologises to customers, as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. good afternoon. the jury in the trial of ryan giggs has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on any of the three counts he faced during the four week domestic violence case at manchester crown court. matt graveling is at manchester crown court. hejoins me from manchester. so, explain what has happened and what it means. , ., ., ., ., ., it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as ou it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say. it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say. this it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say, this trial it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say, this trial has it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say, this trial has been - as you say, this trial has been going on for three and half weeks, but after more than 22 hours of deliberation, a jury here at ar