has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the equalities minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. we have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like short despite repeated assurances including in the last few weeks when we have been asking the government about when it was coming, it has been delayed and we do not know when and tell. voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections and over the next few days well be in all three seats. over the past two days we ve been in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire and somerton and frome in somerset. today we re in uxbridge and south ruislip to the
with laura kuessnberg, paddy 0 connell and henry zeffman. it seems every time you turn on the news, there has been another strike somewhere, there was a strike on an american military base this morning in iraq. so, this hotting up of tensions continues apace, and this morning we had grant shapps the defence secretary on the programme, who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, in other words, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in otherwords, he was anticipating that there will be more conflicts coming down the tracks before too long. which sounds like a pretty alarming message, but i think most politicians you talk to at the moment would say actually thatis at the moment would say actually that is probably true. i at the moment would say actually that is probably true. that is probably true. i heard it summed up that is probably true. i hea
Warm in scotland, 9 degrees in aberdeen, compared with 2a or 25 across parts of south east england. And then as we head through saturday night, the rain band will slowly shift its way northwards, so, for there of central parts of scotland it will turn just a little bit drier. On sunday the heaviest rain will be across the north of scotland into orkney, elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, maybe not quite as warm on sunday but still pretty remarkable for october, 2a degrees in the south east, little bit less cool in northern parts of scotland. Extra week starts off warm in the south, only slowly will it start to feel more like we would expect in october. Astonishing. Ben rich, thank you. Thats it. More analysis is on newsnight with faisal islam, over on bbc two. But the news continues here on bbc one, with cheering a 20 swing by election and suddenly those 44 Snp Westminster seats look a bit shaky. Does this Remove A Key Roadblock for the opposition in place for nearly nine years or will
Setting across europe that will dominate our weather. It will bring is a lot of cry and fairly warm weather. Forthe is a lot of cry and fairly warm weather. For the afternoon weve got Rain Across Parts of Northern Ireland, northern england, southern scotland, eitherside ireland, northern england, southern scotland, either side of that its looking a bit drier. Temperature is 2223 in looking a bit drier. Temperature is 22 23 in the south, so warmer than recent days, typically the mid further north. This evening and tonight that area of rain is tending tonight that area of rain is tending to peter out across Northern Ireland and northern england, but its going to be put particularly persistent across scotland overnight so i really wet like to come, further south, clear spells, a few mist patches and another male night, temperatures in the mid teens for many others. Tomorrow, you can really see where the wet weather is going to sit across much of central scotland, i really wet day there, b