heavy, some rumbles of thunder, some winteriness and it will turn windy across the north and west of scotland. single figure values for much of scotland and northern ireland, ten to 12 degrees for england and wales. around midnight towards iam we are likely to see a squeeze in the isobars, the north highlands towards shetland are likely to see gusts of 70 or 80 mph, pretty ferocious winds likely to cause disruption through the early part of wednesday. showers affecting the northern half of the country, much of the south will be quite quiet, clearspells, much of the south will be quite quiet, clear spells, winds quite not so strong, some concerns with the strong winds across the far north of scotland, severe gales likely through the middle part of tonight lasting through the early hours, some disruption to ferry services early on wednesday. you can see that disruption pulling away through wednesday, the weather front draped across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern
the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin reports. another train strike and it s the biggest yet. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to fund raise for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant she had to make other plans to get there. so for me, this just blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. so ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked, just worried about it. the red lines on this map are the only parts of the rail network which do have services today. where trains are running, they started a lot later than usual and they ll finish a lot earlier than normal as well. there are no trains running between london and some
will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. shutters down, empty platforms it s the most disruptive train strike yet. i ve got no train, so now i m having to. i ve just rung my husband, he s got to drive two hours, well, longer than that, down to here, to pick me up. everything has gone up in price so they need to be paid for the work they are doing. but i don t like the strike, no. so, for my money, 100% behind them, all power to them, - and i hope they win. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to raise money for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant changing her plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked. the red lines on this map sh
in the waters around taiwan, after expressing anger over a visit to the island by a senior us politician. england s victorious lionesses urge the next prime minister to help more schoolgirls play football. good morning from the commonwealth games in birmingham, where it was a special night, of athletics, as aylish mccolgan ran the race of her life, to emulate her mother liz, by winning gold for scotland, in the 10,000 metres. good morning. 0ver good morning. over the next few days it will good morning. over the next few days it will feel good morning. over the next few days it will feel fresher. we are losing humidity it will feel fresher. we are losing humidity by day and night. any rain will be humidity by day and night. any rain will be in humidity by day and night. any rain will be in the north. no significant rain in will be in the north. no significant rain in the will be in the north. no significant rain in the forecast in the south and east rain in the fo
this is a really productive part of the economy. each net zerojob is 1.7 times more productive than the average for the economy as a whole. dredging has restarted on the river tees in the north east of england as part of a huge project which is predicted to create 750 new jobs. dredging was blamed by some fishermen along the north east coast, who claimed it led to a mass die off of shellfish in 2021. but a report compiled by marine experts said dredging was very unlikely to have been the cause. the work is designed to allow large ships to load wind turbine foundations that will be built at the new site. ian reeve reports.