Our weather is going to stay on the chilly side. Weve seen flakes of snow on the highest hills of Northern England and scotland. An area of low pressure is swelling in the north sea. Patches of cloud for england and wales but brighter skies for scotland where there will be a few passing showers but if you want the sunshine this is the place to be and those brighter skies are set to work into Northern England and Northern Ireland as we go through the afternoon, staying quite cloudy with rain at times. Wales, midlands and east anglia and southern counties of england. Wherever you are, temperature is below average, about 9 13 , with some parts of Eastern England temperatures no higher than seven celsius this afternoon. Overnight tonight we will still see a few patches of rain coming and going across southern most areas of england, perhaps south wales, otherwise skies clear particularly across North Western areas of the country with frost developing in the countryside. Another cold start t
The Coalition Government in scotland collapses. What comes next for the Scottish National party . And for the union . The political game is on will humza yousaf survive a vote of confidence, but only because alex salmond is pulling the strings . Well be joined by liz lloyd, who was alex salmond and nicolas sturgeon s Chief Of Staff. The snp msp michelle thomas. And ian murray, the shadow Secretary Of State for scotland. Also tonight more arrests on american campuses, as pro palestinian protests continue. How is this going to impact the president ial election . Well be joined by two former American Ambassadors one under trump and the other with obama. And are the Proms Turning Populist . Turns out twas ever thus. Good evening. Theres something about Scottish Politics which has a propensity for high drama. Today, the First Minister crashed the coalition with the greens a deal called the Bute House Agreement before the greens could hold a ballot of their membership over whether to ditch t
Offences in 2020. The new York State Court of appeals ruled that the original trial made a mistake by Hearing Evidence from women who claimed they had been assaulted, even though their allegations were not part of the charges being heard. He was jailed for 23 years. The judges have ordered that a new trial be held. He has also been sentenced in california to 16 years in prison for raping an actress in los angeles, and that conviction is not directly affected by this ruling. Lets speak to our North America correspondent nomia iqbal is not going to be walking out of jail because of the other conviction in los angeles, but talk is through the 2020 case that was so huge in terms of the Metoo Movement. The harve terms of the Metoo Movement. Tue Harvey Weinstein terms of the Metoo Movement. Tte Harvey Weinstein conviction case was almost the founding case of the metoo, one of the most important social media movements in modern American History where people spoke out against Sexual Violence a
interest rates have been held at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row by the bank of england, despite the rate of inflation hitting the bank s target level of 2% for the time in three years. of 2% for the first time in three years. economists have predicted that interest rates, which are currently at a 16 year high, won t be cut until august. with more, here s our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. ok, so it s four bedrooms. first time buyerjames has his eye on his dream home in coventry. but getting the keys to the door has been more challenging than expected as higher mortgage rates have made the first rung of the housing ladder harder to grasp. we definitely had to make some cutbacks as a couple and look at our financial plan to see if we could afford the mortgage. with the rates being high, we ve had to save for effectively another year to come into line with that. it s also understanding, yeah, the term of the mortgage, you know, from looking at it, it s now
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok