6pm. Temperatures on the cool side where the rain is. The best of the weather is Northern Scotland and Northern Ireland not doing bad. Through this evening, lots of clear spells. A nice sunset, pretty colours and interesting clouds. Tomorrow morning, it starts off sunny. Then the showers get going and some of them will be heavy and possibly thundery. Goodbye. This is bbc news. The headlines. Boots chemist has apologised, saying that the company is truly sorry about its response to calls to cut the cost of its morning after pills. President trumps former press secretary sean spicer, has played down talk of divisions within the White House Administration following the announcement of his resignation. Councils in england say theyre having to find temporary accommodation for more than 900 children each month, because more families are becoming homeless. Most privately owned drones will need a licence under a new Government Scheme to clamp down on their misuse, following a number of near mi
Now on bbc news talking books. Welcome to hay festival, now celebrating its 30th year. Hay brings together scientists, historians, novelists, musicians, all of them here to discuss their latest ideas and stories. Today im interviewing the multi Award Winning author elizabeth strout. Her six novels, all of them have received critical acclaim, but it was Olive Kitteridge that received the prestigious pulitzer prize. Born and raised in small towns in New Hampshire and maine, her latest book Anything Is Possible explores a cast of extraordinary characters and their own small town lives. Applause i stand to be corrected, but i think it was chekhov who was asked by, i think his brother, it was a hint about writing, and he apparently said, you know, the thing about writing is find the small detail that reveals the big story. I think elizabeth strout, if i may say so, follows in that tradition because what she does is tell the story of small individual lives and yet they seem to reveal a massi