bringing gales and heavy rain. as the rain moves through, temperatures will drop, so it will feel chilly despite there being some sunshine as the rain band moves eastwards. you can see this complicated weather story. low pressure to the north. the heaviest rain is across southern scotland, northern western england and wales. lots of heavy showers behind that rain across scotland and northern ireland. but in the south east, we are still mild, cloudy and dry at the moment, but that rain will push its way eastwards as the afternoon wears on. there could be heavy bursts for a while. it stays blustery for all areas, gusts in excess of a0 mph in the windiest spots. but the windiest weather will be associated with that weatherfront across the south east. plenty of showers, some of them thundery, for western scotland. temperatures will be lower in the afternoon than what we have had in the last couple of days. it stays blustery this evening and overnight, further showers rattling int
police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. new research suggests elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop long term brain conditions. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever. # and later in the hour, the stars come out to celebrate james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. after a bruising week for the prime minister, which included a row about a possible squeeze on benefits and a u turn on tax, liz truss has given her first speech as leader to the conservative party conference and insisted we must stay the course . the address was interrupted by greenpeace protesters, but the prime minister went on to defend her determination to cut taxes in order to stimulate growth. she said she had a clear strategy to get britain moving, and that while not everyone would be in favour of her plans, everyone w
and coming up on bbc news. another shock at the french open as fourth seed elena rybakina is knocked out byjasmine paolini. the italian s through to her first grand slam semifinal. of the d day landings. i m at the bayeux war cemetery, where more than 4,000 commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the normandy campaign are buried. june 6, 191m was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches just miles away from here, taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war two. throughout the day, commemorative events have been taking place both here in france and in the uk. 0n the south coast in portsmouth, the king, the queen and prince william paid tribute to the last remaining d day veterans. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy, the youngest 98 years old. it comes ahead of the main event tomorrow at the british norm
helen worth is leaving coming up on bbc news. ireland slump to 96 all out in their first match of the t20 world cup. they were playing india in new york. in the run up to the election, we re getting the latest from our reporters across the uk, finding out about the key issues concerning local people. this evening, we ll hear from gemma dillon who is in batley in west yorkshire. first, let sjoin ben schofield in st neots in cambridgeshire. welcome to st neot s marina. 0ne corner of this new constituency. st
neot s is cambridgeshire s largest town. it used to be part of former prime ministerjohn major s huntingdon constituency. but, because the population around here has grown so much, a new seat was carved out. as well as the town, it also takes in a swathe of villages and new towns, stretching as far as the fringes of cambridge city. population growth, new housing and infrastructure is a big issue round here. thousands of new homes have been built recently. thousands more are planned. and, along with growth come growing pains. at the other end of the constituency is northstowe. where people living in new houses have voiced concerns about a lack of facilities. no shops, cafes or a gp surgery. another new town cambourne has also suffered. and i m told new estates here in st neots which are welcome for those looking for housing, have put pressure on public services. soothing those growing pains could be big task for this seat s first mp.