The north of scotland. Here more of a breeze and more cloud, a few spots of rain, temperatures mid to high teens. Elsewhere a glorious afternoon with widespread hot sunshine. Mid to high 20s. Close to 30 in the south east. 29 for the london area. Could be higher than that. Tonight it is a fine end to the day, clear skies, that. Tonight it is a fine end to the day, clearskies, mist that. Tonight it is a fine end to the day, clear skies, mist and fog developing again, maybe some thicker patches in Eastern England and that front across the north of scotland. Cooler in some rural spots in scotland. Tomorrow we start off with mist and fog that will soon clear. The chance of a shower in western areas, Northern Ireland and south west england. Most places dry and sunny with light winds and temperatures mid to high 20s. Wednesday maybe more cloud in the mix. Some coastal mist and fog. That should lift and burn away. We draw up should lift and burn away. We draw up some warm and humid airfrom fr
And scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. Investigations are also under way in schools in wales and Northern Ireland. Ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter Louisa Pilbeam reports. From the midlands to suffolk. And london. More than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. The problem crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. Sarah, a mum of two who didnt want to be on camera, told us. The main issue for me is we dont have any certainty about when the children are going Back To School. The lack of certainty right now is worrying for everyone. The school havent been that specific about the actual meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said. The government has been criticised for not acting faster despite
Long term decisions for a brighter future, or short term jockeying for advantage . Rishi sunak sets out his stall for the coming election. The northern leg of h52 is cancelled. The Prime Minister insists that every penny of the £36 billion intended for that rail link will be spent on other projects. There were a raft of other announcements too, sold like this. Politics doesnt work the way it should. Weve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. 30 years of vested interests standing in the way of change. 30 years of rhetorical ambition, which achieves little more than a short term headline. Weve gathered politicians to weigh up whether the reformist pitch is credible for a party already in government. Could it even be an election winner . And speaking of 30 years ago. Things can only get better now ive found you. With so many Big Government schemes especially in education and health reliant on private finance deals, we reveal the soari
try and do is to try and skewer rishi sunak and suggest that he has, over the years, whether as chancellor between 2020 and 2022 failed to front the refurbishment of school buildings, and as well, point to research done by bbc verified that shows that a school buildings programme but was cancelled by the conservative led government after they took power in 2010, that 13 schools affected by this crisis were on that list. with the conservatives are going to try to do, and rishi sunak will know very well what labour are prying to bring up on premises questions, is the tory party seem to be really trying to contextualise this crisis, saying that 95% of schools are not a chilly affected but they have been funding refurbishment of schools and they are being ultra safe in their approach. there was an instance over the summer of one school building, this led to a reassessment of the risk and that they are just being very safe, trying to ensure that no children are hurt but it is cert
in mind the us has already committed around $15 billion to ukraine, just in security assistance, since russia launched its full scale invasion last year. what we are going to hear today, we understand, is another $1 billion in a mixture of security and other assistance. we have not been told the details, the mix yet. but it is yet another pledge by the americans, in what has become a very, very constant stream of pledges of all sorts of assistance to keep ukraine float and fighting, as this war goes on. i think what is interesting about this visit, which is the sixth visit by the secretary of state since the war, since the full scale invasion happened, is that it full scale invasion happened, is thatitis full scale invasion happened, is that it is his first trip since ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the south back in june. counteroffensive in the south back injune. ithink counteroffensive in the south back injune. i think it is an opportunity for him to hear directly