will glennon, bbc news. that was brilliant from start to finish, well done, betty. let s take a look at the weather. hello. the sunshine continues this afternoon across the southern half of the uk. again, no rain in the forecast. a bit more cloud, though, through the afternoon in parts of north wales, north midlands, northern england. a small chance of a shower. isolated shower in northern ireland but brightening up. and brightening up too across mainland scotland compared with the morning, although further rain at times in the far north and a brisk wind. a wetter afternoon in orkney and shetland compared with this morning. temperatures a little bit down on where we should be for this stage in august. highest, though, across the south. still pretty warm in that sunshine, 22 25 degrees. through this evening and overnight further rain at times across the northern half of scotland in particular. most other parts dry with some clearer skies across england and wales. could get dow
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now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her you turn if you want to, the lady s not for turning . this week, the woman who would be her successor u turned. america s third lady, nancy pelosi, did not, going ahead with a visit to taiwan, despite chinese warnings beforehand and missiles after. nor did the bank of england u turn, going ahead with the half point rise in interest rates. the governor had said the bank was minded to impose the largest single hike in a quarter of a century. here to discuss all that are marc roche, an e
across parts of the north and north east of scotland. but it s the north and north west of scotland for monday where we get to see more in the way of rain. a bit of patchy cloud clearing up for england and wales. most places dry, sunny, and with winds going in a south westerly direction it will start to feel warmer more widely with temperatures into the 20s. maybe 27, 28, 29 degrees towards some southern counties of england. that slightly warmer air has been pushing in off the atlantic as we go into the start of next week. around an area of high pressure. high pressure sits with us, the air stagnates, dry on the ground, sunshine overhead. it starts to warm up day by day. certainly scotland, northern ireland, a little bit sunnier and warmer than the weekjust gone. the far north of england seeing those temperatures creep up into the mid if not high 20s. the further south you are, though, we could actually get back into heatwave territory again with temperatures in the high 20s,