showers falling across much of the north and east of scotland will have a wintry element. it will feel cold across the board and we will see longer spells of rain as well across southern areas, you can see this mass of blue, affecting wales, south west england. there s been some thunder and lightning as well, slowly sliding southwards and eastwards all the while. further north, it is bright with sunny spells and scattered showers. the showers are being brought on by strong and cold northerly winds. gales and exposure here, some winteriness across scotland. further south, that area of cloud and rain. a bit of sunshine here and there, but cloudy for england and wales. the temperatures range from around five across the northern isles to ii or 12 across the south. notice the map starts to turn blue through tonight, those clear skies with light wind, pretty widespread frost for late april. down to 40 minus five celsius in the north. gardeners and growers, do take note, because yo
in the past hour we have just had an update on some important data. they show the world s biggest economy is still growing but more slowly than first thought. the first three months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% months of this year the us economy grew by1.1% and months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% and that is on an annualised basis with consumer spending still remaining pretty strong but many analysts have been expecting today s figure to be closer to the 2% mark with all of this of course adding to fears that the american economy is running out of steam so let s get the thoughts of steam so let s get the thoughts of samir hussein, our north american business correspondence standing by new york and that is the question, isn t it. is this just a temporary blip or are we on a longer term slowdown? because we have talked a lot about the us avoiding recession. this will be welcome news. they can certainly not. this demonstrates the us economy is certainly l
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time for a look at the weather, here s ben rich. good afternoon. we had split fortunes temperature wise in the last few days. it has been cold in the south of the uk and another frosty start this morning but temperatures will slowly creep up a little over the next few days. this is aberdeen where yesterday it was close to 16 degrees. really mild in the north of the uk but here temperatures will be dropping away a little so essentially we end up whole in the same boat. things are starting to change because of this cold front, behind that the air is relatively cold so temperatures coming down a little in the north of the uk. this area has been stubborn in the south and will start to get pushed out of the way so we had that slight rise in temperatures but not just yet. very cold and gloomy in the south and east of england to the rest of the day and then this band of rain and behind that some spells of rain and behind that some spells of sunshine. through tonight we keep some sho
good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister