system pushing down towards the south west. we will have showers. particularly in northern scotland, showers heavy with hail and thunder. across northern ireland and north west england and wales, showers to come and go all day long and towards cornwall and devil and the channel islands cloud and rain through the day. cornel and devon. longerspells through the day. cornel and devon. longer spells of dry weather elsewhere and in the sunshine feeling quite pleasant but out of that, ten, 16 degrees and feeling cool that, ten, 16 degrees and feeling cool. the windfall in lighter through the afternoon and into wednesday. a few showers in the west but fewer compared with today. the focus on one state is on longer spells of rain down through yorkshire towards the east midlands and east anglia. turning quieter through thursday before wet and windy weather arrives on friday. thanks, matt. and that s bbc news at six on monday, 26th september. you can keep up with all the latest de
and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months time. t