Thats been working its way in from the east on the radar picture. Its been a really soggy morning across parts of east anglia, the rain getting across the midlands into parts of north west england, north wales, thundery downpours in the South West Of England but for the northern half of the uk spells of sunshine, the odd thundery showers and temperatures in the highlands up to 24 and temperatures in the highlands up to 2a degrees. Not at all is that further south because of the cloud and outbreaks of rain and across parts of the north and west of midlands, north and mid wales, we could see enough rain through the afternoon and evening to give local Surface Water Flooding and travel disruption and the risk of these thundery downpours dumping a lot of rain in a short space of time across the South West Of England. However, tonight, all of that weather slides away westwards, a band of cloud left behind across wales and northern england, the mist and fog patches elsewhere and temperatures
Hello, welcome to the bbc news at one. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out the first steps he would take if his party wins the next General Election. He outlined six pledges, including a Border Security command to tackle the gangs behind small boat crossings, and recruiting 6,500 teachers in england. He said all the promises are fully costed and would be delivered in the first term of a labour government. The conservatives called his speech another relaunch. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman has the details. Sleeves rolled up, adverts at the ready, we may not know when the election is going to be, but the campaign is under way. Higher growth, an nhs back on its feet, secure borders, cheaper bills, safer streets and opportunities for your children. Youre going to hear that list of six from sir keir starmer a lot. Those are what labour are calling their first steps for change coming soon to a billboard in a marginal seat near you. Or through your letterbox. Or
Cody gakpo has just scored a second for the visitors. A reminder that a win for villa would secure a top four finish and give them a place at europes top table for the First Time Since 1983. Half hour on the clock, 2 1 liverpool. Staying with the Premier League, bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has signed a one Year Contract extension through to 2026. In his first season in charge the spaniard has led bournemouth to their best premier League Points total, and they could still finish as high as 10th. The all Time Top Scorer in the Womens Super League Vivianne Miedema will leave arsenal at the end of the season. The Dutch Strikerjoined from Bayern Munich 7 years ago and has scored 125 goals in her 172 appearances for arsenal. She won the 2019 wsl title but was out for 10 months last year with a serious knee injury and has only played 13 times this season. Shes only 27, but the arsenal havent offered her a new contract and Manchester City are believed to be one of the clubs interested in
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Youre watching the context on bbc news. One person died and houses destroyed as severe storms and tornadoes sweep through the us. The impact has been felt from alabama and tennessee in the south stretching far to the north. Aerial footage shows the power of the winds, debris strewn across roads and properties flattened. Migration and Border Security is going to be a key issue at the next uk election. And today labour laid out part of its policy. Sir keir starmer says a Labour Government would scrap the Tories Rwanda Policy Straightaway but would not bring back migrants who may have already been deported there. But the Labour Leader refused to commit to stopping the boats, saying he would not put false numbers on his plans as he laid out his proposals. As the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment. We will set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things Border Security command. Now this is about leveraging the
Move to real madrid. Psgs lost to dortmund this week in the Champions League semi finals. The team face toulouse in ligue un, at the parcs des princes on sunday, which will be mbappe s final home game. It could be a defining weekend in the English Premier League for teams sweating on survival down at the bottom. Sheffield united are already relegated. So now its nottingham forest, luton and burnley in the spotlight. Forest are three points clear of third from bottom luton, so are favourites to stay up. They would have been safe if their appeal against a four point deduction for breaking financial rules was upheld. Its been an eventful season for forest with their owner Evangelos Marinakis outspoken in his criticism of referees. It is not fair what is happened and weve had many decisions and then cost a lot of points and it is something that has been repeated and repeated. But will be expected the Premier League and from the referees is to correct these mistakes and we see that this is