dark clouds, threatening and delivering plenty of showers, as you can see on the cloud and radar pictures. you might imagine with a showery picture we have low pressure sitting right over the uk. not the strongest, deepest one we have ever seen and the winds are fairly light. that doesn t mean the showers, when you have got them, lost a bit longer than they would do otherwise. very few fliess agriplace a shower or two today. very little in the way of sunny spells even in between them. temperature struggling today, a five o clock this afternoon come into the low teens for many. they will be fewer showers in northern ireland and sunny spells into this evening. a line of showers developing to south west england, the middles, home counties and towards eastern england which could be thundery in places. the channel islands may be dry with sunny spells throughout. quite often, showers die away towards the end of the day. not for england and wales, some will continue all night. turni
# eastenders theme and there is a new couple in albert square, as the duke and duchess of cornwall star in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders. good morning. ithink good morning. i think many parts of the uk will see the sun at some stage today, particularly the further south and east you are, but will that sunshine sparked off some thundery showers for you this afternoon? more details on what is happening where coming up. it is sunday 22 may. our main story: the long awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has given people she intends to name in her report until 5:00pm today to respond. meanwhile, pressure is growing on the prime minister to explain what was discussed at a meeting between him and ms gray several weeks ago. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the long awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend an
down to the pandemic and the availability of extremist content online. gwent police are reviewing a leaflet sent out by the welsh secretary, david tc davies, about traveller sites in his monmouth constituency. a support group has claimed the leaflet is intended to create a hostile environment for roma, gyspy and traveller communities. a source close to the home secretary, suella braverman, has suggested the involvement of the police is a waste of their time. the fire brigades union has called for an urgent meeting with the home secretary to discuss concerns about overcrowding and access to fire exits on board a giant barge due to house migrants in portland. we re joined now by our political correspondentjonathan blake. good morning, jonathan. the last few days and weeks there has been a lot of talk about this barge, when will it be ready, when will it be used, what is the latest twist?- what is the latest twist? another da of what is the latest twist? another
correspondentjonathan blake. hi there, jonathan, so just talk us through exactly what we know. j ssica an update from police tonight. firstly, let s take that event which you just show the video of at conservative party headquarters, on the 14th of december back in 2020. it was a party held in honour of shaun bailey, then the conservative candidate for mayor of london, in honour of his campaign. he has since been made a member of the house of lords, in borisjohnson s lords, in boris johnson s resignation lords, in borisjohnson s resignation honours list, and activists were invited to come as you say, jingle and mingle. please had looked into it, they were photos which has surfaced a wire will go, but there was no further action taken. in light of that video, the police have not said they are going to reopen their investigation and so that event is now once again being looked at by the metropolitan police. as is another event, into which there is a new investigation,
scientists have found evidence that there was an explosion in the area of the damaged dam in ukraine and that it happened at the same time water began pouring through. a team from norway found evidence of a blast early on tuesday morning within a radius of less than 20 miles around the dam by looking at seismic signals detected in romania. the labour party has rowed back on its pledge to spend £28 billion a year in green industries if it wins power, saying it needs to be responsible with the public finances. the shadow chancellor rachel reeves says it s important not to be reckless with public spending. let s get more on this now from our political correspondentjonathan blake, who is in westminster. just this amount to a u turn by labour? just this amount to a u-turn by labour? . just this amount to a u-turn by labour? , ., just this amount to a u-turn by labour? fl ., ~ just this amount to a u-turn by labour? , ., ~ ., labour? it s more like a firm foot on the break. labou