A brighter day for you, with sunny spells. A few showers, but very windy across the far north east and into the northern isles, where it will be quite chilly for lerwick. For wednesday, will be quite chilly for lerwick. Forwednesday, not will be quite chilly for lerwick. For wednesday, not a bad day stop we will start to see some sunshine around. Some may stand murkiness and western areas, with some trend in the south east, after 2a degrees. Low 20s further north. It will turn increasingly humid. Towards the end of the week we start to tap into some warmth in the near continent. It will be turning dry and warm for many of us. This is a short lived speu many of us. This is a short lived spell of warm weather. See temperatures up to the mid 20s across scotland, may be the high 20s for england and wales. Good spells of sunshine. It doesnt last long, low pressure out in the atlantic starts to sweep in during friday and that will bring showers and longer spells of rain to northern and weste
declaring his involvement in helping britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, secure a loan. thousands of people in new zealand are left without power as parts of the country endure the start of a severe storm with warnings of more destruction to come. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson hello and welcome to political thinking. the row about how and why a rapist called adam ended up in a women s prison has shone a spotlight on a debate which in truth, has been raging notjust for months, but for years. at the centre of that debate is the charity and campaigning organisation stonewall. my guest on political thinking this week is the new chair of stonewall. he s iain anderson and he s got a cv that might surprise you. he s a lifelong conservative. he went to school with michael gove in aberdeen and he ended up running a leadership campaign for ken clarke. he s also a westminster insider who s operated behind the scenes at very
on, it is all about himself and how wonderful he is, and he made a total mess of the eu referendum, including the negotiations with europe that preceded it, and yet this is the man thatis preceded it, and yet this is the man that is now in charge of the foreign office. i ve got very serious doubts. all i can say and i have said it before is that i am very glad that i found the courage to leave the conservative party when i did, because i certainly would be leaving now. did, because i certainly would be leaving ow- did, because i certainly would be leaving nova leaving now. and you are course observed in leaving now. and you are course observed in the leaving now. and you are course observed in the foreign - leaving now. and you are course observed in the foreign office, i leaving now. and you are course | observed in the foreign office, in the home office, i should say, pardon me, before. what advice would you be giving to james cleverly right now? i you be giving to j
Was motivated by religious extremism. His period in luton and before, he wasnt a radical. In prison in saudi arabia and in the period he spent in luton. If he was i definitely would have identified those signs. In sport, Great Britain will be without andy murray as they take on france in the davis cup Quarter Finals next week. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Cloudy skies rather than sunny ones muggy today, Rain In The West at times. Details on all that and a bit more warmth on the way. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has signed the letter that will formally begin the uks departure from the European Union. The letter will be delivered by hand to the president of the European Council donald tusk at 12 30pm this lunchtime. At the same time, the Prime Minister will make a statement to the commons in which shell urge the country to come together as it embarks on a momentousjourney. Our Political Correspondent carol walker is in Downing St
that the government is hoping it will do. so it s too soon to say definitively that the government s asylum policy has failed on its own terms, but the evidence so far is not encouraging. in a moment, we ll speak to the labour peer lord dubs, but first let s speak to conservative mp and former immigration minister sir robert goodwill. thank you for talking to us. it doesn t seem to matter whether it s david cameron, theresa may, boris johnson or rishi sunak, whatever the government tries to do, it failed, doesn t it? doesn t it? well, we have seen tremendous doesn t it? well, we have seen tremendous pressure - doesn t it? well, we have seen tremendous pressure from - doesn t it? well, we have seen - tremendous pressure from criminal gangs tremendous pressure from criminal gangs bringing people to this country gangs bringing people to this country to strip some of them are people country to strip some of them are people seeking to make a better life, people seeking to make a bet