the wettest part of the uk in recent others, heavy thunderstorms rolling into the sussex coast, 19 millimetres of rain a day few others at shaw on a port and now the heavy, fun to be showers are pushing north. but there are gaps in the rain, not every bit of ground is getting a decent soaking, some areas are staying dry. more rain further west, somerset has had some heavy falls. this afternoon we will see thunderstorms hanging back across the west country but perhaps more of a focus for the midlands and east anglia. behind the showers in the south east there could be thunderstorms in their own right, notjust thunderstorms in their own right, not just as thunderstorms in their own right, notjust as part of thunderstorms in their own right, not just as part of that thunderstorms in their own right, notjust as part of that band. it is becoming drier. floods in northern ireland this afternoon but quite a legacy of cloud. largely fine for scotland and northern ireland overnight, t
dj target has been a presenter on 1xtra since 2007. annita mcvey asked him about the impact the station s had on contemporary black music. the bbc, a corporation that a lot of us, all of us, have grown up within our household, so to hear the bbc were creating a platform on a national radio station that was going to be able to broadcast notjust in london, but manchester, glasgow, birmingham, the entire uk, was so exciting for the artists, the audience of the music and the djs and presenters who were getting shows. there was like an ecosystem that was built within the culture, it was not just about hearing the music or playing the music, there was literallyjobs and prospects and opportunities being handed out at the same time, so on so many levels, 1xtra s impact was very huge from the very start. if you look at the growth of black music, especially in the uk over the last 20 years, to the point where you have
so from the ground up right the way through to where you have a headline artist, it lives and breathes it, so there is going to be more of that, more growth, more listeners to 1xtra as well, come and tuning, and just continue what we do and what we have always done since day one, which is amplify it and support black music and talent. dj target talking to my colleague annita mcvey. now it s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. more thunderstorms around today and we are going to hear more out of them tomorrow as well. the real focus i think will be across the southern half of the uk for the most intense thundery down pours. this area of low pressure close to the continent throwing the showers