set to turn pretty stormy around the middle of the week. there should be plenty of dry weather around in the afternoon, with a good deal of sunshine. most showers today will be confined to northern and western areas, closer to these areas of low pressure, and you will notice few isobars. not as windy as yesterday, certainly more sunshine around. most of the rain today in argyll and the highlands, southern and eastern scotland not doing too badly. one or two showers across western england and wales, but there really is about it. the rest of this afternoon it s pretty decent. lengthy sunny spells around. still quite windy across northern and western scotland and northern ireland. central, southern and eastern england see much lighter winds, so temperatures responding, maybe 22 or 23 degrees. it will feel very pleasant and that sunshine. high teens further north. this evening and overnight, mostly dry, variable cloud, wind starting to pick up across northern and western areas, w
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hello i m vishala sri pathma. the ministry of defence has confirmed to the bbc that it will provide the support of armed soldiers to the metropolitan police, after a large number of firearms officers handed in their weapons. they turned in their firearms permits after an armed officer was charged with the murder of 24 year old chris kaba who was shot and killed in south london last year. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, ordered a review of armed policing. joe inwood reports. chris kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed in streatham. he was driving a borrowed car. according to police, the vehicle had previously been linked to an incident involving a gun. chris kaba was hit by a single bullet, fired by a police officer. there was widespread outrage at his death, especially amongst london s black community. last week, his family were in court to see a police officer, who is only being referred to as nx121, charged with murder. they welcomed the prosecution,
good evening. the ministry of defence has confirmed to the bbc that it will provide the support of armed soldiers to the metropolitan police, after a large number of firearms officers handed in their weapons. they turned in their firearms permits after an armed officer was charged with the murder of 24 year old chris kaba who was shot and killed in south london last year. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, ordered a review of armed policing. joe inwood reports. chris kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed in streatham. he was driving a borrowed car. according to police, the vehicle had previously been linked to an incident involving a gun. chris kaba was hit by a single bullet fired by a police officer. there was widespread outrage at his death, especially amongst london s black community. last week, his family were in court to see a police officer who is only being referred to as nx 121 charged with murder. they welcomed the prosecution, but it s been
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. we start here in the uk. defence secretary grant shapps said it would be irresponsible to carry on pumping money into the h52 high speed rail line if costs had spiralled and there was a perfectly legitimate question about its sequencing. mr shapps, the uk s former transport secretary, told the bbc s victoria derbyshire that costs had increased significantly, citing inflation as having been part of that. he stressed that hs2 was not the be all and end all for northern transport projects. on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets that have been hit not only by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine i by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. ithink by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. i think any responsible government looks at that and says, does this government looks at that and says, does this still stuck up for what the country requires in