Its been a case of two seasons in one day. The saddening things have brightened up, held a lot more like summer brightened up, held a lot more like summer out there, blue sky and sunshine breaking through, for many places, this is gloucestershire, and is feeling pleasantly warm with light winds. Not try across the board, summer showers out there, Eastern England in particular, the likes of lincolnshire, down two words kent, away from this, you are looking at a dry afternoon with southerly winds bringing up temperatures. Lets look, 4pm this afternoon across scotland, looking dry, warmest across the north of scotland, misty and murky in the east. Northern ireland, Northern England looking dry and fine, the chance of the shower around northumberland. Across wales and the south west of england, a decent afternoon in store. Its a patchy cloud, not wall to wall sunshine, light winds and temperatures up to 20 degrees feeling pleasant album. This evening, the showers in the east fading away pr
Because they cant claim on their insurance policies unless they have suffered damage to their buildings. I will be finding out more later. In sport lacazette strikes again. Arsenals summer signing scores twice against west brom. He has found the net in every premier league game he has played at the emirates. Also this morning should scrums and tackling be banned in schools rugby . We will speak to the doctor who says the government must put an end to what she calls harmful contact. And carol has the weather. Morning. Good morning from south london, formally at deer park, now owned by the National Trust. Weatherwise, it is a dull start for many of us. There are some fog around as well, giving way to sunny spells and just a few showers in the east. But it is going to feel quite warm for many of us again today. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story women from across europe whose children were harmed by exposure to an epilepsy drug in the womb will give eviden
For more than 30 years. Liz dawn, who played coronation streets Vera Duckworth has died at the age of 77. Thousands of children harmed in the womb by the epilepsy drug valproate some of their mothers begin giving evidence at a public hearing in london. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The United States has dismissed as absurd north koreas claim that america has declared war them. Tensions between the United States and north korea are continuing to escalate, with recriminations and accusations on both sides. The americans have warned pyongyang to stop its provocations after it said it had the right to shoot down us bombers. South korea has called for a level headed response and warned that accidental clashes in the region could quickly spiral out of control. From seoul danny savage reports. American military aircraft preparing for a show of force close to the north korean coast. These planes went on to fly in International Airspace near the east of the country, further north in t
The ashes squad is announced tomorrow. Tributes paid to the coronation street star liz dawn, known as Vera Duckworth, who died at the age of 77. Duckworth, who died at the age of 77. In downing street theresa may and the eus progress, but there has been a change of approach. Also this hour, its best known for its vacuum cleaners, now dyson plans to hit the road. The British Engineering firm reveals its secret two billion pound plans to develop what it calls a radical electric car. The grown up only known the internet, but is generation z misunderstood . Internet, but is generation z misunderstood 7 a internet, but is generation z misunderstood . A news feed special coming up at nine oclock. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has said its right for the party to be planning for every eventuality if it gets into power including a possible run on the pound. It follows comments from his shadow chancellor last night that his team were preparing for a range of scenarios including a potential ad
Writers and we dont always associate television with good writing, especially in local news. But you always were a good writer but he wrote in the short form a perspective, what compelled you to tell your story . I had, rick, no idea that writing the book. Never have thought about doing it. Of course, never have tried to do it. When i retired maybe five years ago for the first time hes like the Michael Jordan of local television broadcasting. [laughter] my retirement is often compulsory. As the hair gets a greater, the less management wants to be part of the team. But the first time i retired i was ready to retire but it was after about 45 years in the business, and i just went off thinking about myself. I had been under so many years of such severe deadlines that i never had a chance to even think about what i was really doing to myself and what i did, and, for others to know. The more i just thought about it, the more i kind of took notes about things. My memory came back and i went