windy out there as well, 100 millimetres plus of rain fell in the cumbrian fells last night, not unusual. this morning, about 50 millimetres across the north welsh mountains as well. you can see here, the rain is steadily starting to clear away, the rain is steadily starting to clearaway, but the rain is steadily starting to clear away, but it is still heavy for a few spots. showers following, and drizzle around the hills and coasts further south as well. but not where we need it, across southern and eastern areas, still dry and warm here, becoming drier and really warm across scotland and northern ireland as well. because of the breeze, we are seeing the fern effect, so that lifts the temperature east of the hills. 25 in the east of scotland but as much as 30 in the next hour or two in the south and east. it will feel oppressive again through the night, uncomfortable for sleeping, like last night. more rain to come in the north, so we maintain temperatures in the mid teens h
its highest in m years. the parents of archie battersbee have lodged another appeal with the supreme court against the decision to end the 12 year old s life support treatment. a bit ofa a bit of a waiting game now, but we are hopeful that they will hopefully hear the case and we will get to put our points across. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. hello, welcome to the programme. the leader of al-qaeda has been killed by an american drone strike, in the afghan capital kabul. ayman al zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the attacks of september 11th. us president biden, in a live televised address, said his death would help give closure to the families of the thousands of people killed on 9/11. our correspondent, secunder kermani, reports from kabul. this is the family home where it s
there is worse to come. and more bad news for travellers as the rmt union announces three days of national strike action on the railways later this month. i m at king s cross and i ll be looking at what that s going to mean. is she coming in today? could you give her a call and see if she s on her way? trying to track down the children still missing from schools after the pandemic a bbc investigation reveals more and more parents are being fined. minimum pricing was meant to help reduce alcohol consumption in scotland, but a new report says the heaviest drinkers are cutting back on other essentials instead. a dog trainer, a tech worker and a farmer when they re at home, but now these three british volunteers are in ukraine helping to rescue the helpless. and coming up on the bbc news channel: two time major winner dustinjohnson resigns from the pga tour in order to play in the new saudi backed liv invitational series. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a day a