the northern half will be largely drying. in the southern half, heavy showers. pushing northwards, thundery, and then heavy rain coming in from the south west later. all the details through the programme. it s friday 18th august. our main story. banks will be fined if they fail to provide free access to cash withdrawals for consumers and businesses under new plans by the treasury. the policy aims to ensure people don t have to travel more than three miles in rural areas to take out money or make deposits. here s our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey. the use of cash in our day to day lives is declining. contactless cards and digital payments on smartphones mean we may have less need to visit an atm or bank branch, but the government says cash can t be left to die out. cash is important. it s here to stay for the long term.
goodbye to a broadcasting legend tributes are paid to sir michael parkinson after his death at the age of 88. pub owners ask for an extension to licencing laws for england s world cup final on sunday, but red tape means it may be too late for it to be granted. high energy bills and other things, night clubs across the country are struggling to survive. with the rugby world cup just weeks away, the row over, the participation of england captain owen farrell intensifies.. it all surrounds his sending off in a game last weekend. that red card was overturned, but world rugby is pushing for a ban. a dry but cloudy start. we have a band of rain coming in from the south west pushing north eastwards. that is heavy and thundery. there will be a lull and then the next band of heavy rain coming in from the south west. all the details
rain continuing to push north and eastwards. some of this patchy rain becoming more showery through the day, some of us will miss those showers and be brighter in the south, but across the english channel, we are looking at some heavy rain coming in. that will be fairly persistent across the channel islands, and at times it could just clip the south coast of england, where it will be breezy in sussex and kent. it will be windy across parts of northern ireland and also argyll, but if you look at the temperatures, the ranges up to the low 20s. for the cricket today, it looks like it will see a lot of play. they will be quite a bit of dry weather, not necessarily blue skies, but we should see some sunshine, and we are not out of the woods in terms of showers, particularly in the afternoon. heading on through the evening and overnight period, the wind eventually does push up into northern scotland, they will be some showers coming in behind it, some clear skies. the winds will fall a bit l
but it really has been quite wet, for wales for example this morning, the rain advancing northwards and eastwards. south and east of that, largely dry, unsettled but wetter weather working to the midlands, northern england is already heavy, across parts of northern ireland, thunderstorms around here and into scotland. sunny spells in northern scotland and it might brighten up in wales and the next few hours and to the south and east of the band and rain band of rain it should stay dry. just the outside chance of a shower at wimbledon. this evening, the cloud tends to move in, the heavy rain coming in across southern england, the midlands into east anglia. further north, it s a scattering of showers and heavy showers with rumbles of thunder and wet weather making its way into the northeast of scotland. it s going to be a muggy night further south with all that moisture around as well as heavy rain that will linger into tuesday. quite a wet start across east anglia, parts of england a
there will be sunshine as well as we ve already seen today and this will continue in some areas but it really has been quite wet, for wales for example this morning, the rain advancing northwards and eastwards. south and east of that, largely dry, unsettled but wetter weather working to the midlands, northern england is already heavy, across parts of northern ireland, thunderstorms around here and into scotland. sunny spells in northern scotland and it might brighten up in wales and the next few hours and to the south and east of the band and rain band of rain it should stay dry. just the outside chance of a shower at wimbledon. this evening, the cloud tends to move in, the heavy rain coming in across southern england, the midlands into east anglia. further north, it s a scattering of showers and heavy showers with rumbles of thunder and wet weather making its way into the northeast of scotland. it s going to be a muggy night further south with all that moisture around as well as he