widespread and heavy for northern ireland, western scotland, a few getting in to the north west for england and wales but still dry where we need that rain. temperatures 8 111, a comfortable night ahead, and tomorrow, weather wise it s almost exactly a carbon copy repeat of what we ll have to day. we ll see further showers for scotland and northern ireland, maybe a few for the north west england and wales but the further south you go across the midlands, southern wales, east anglia and the south, it s another dry day with sunshine and temperatures not really changing much either, where the sunshine comes out it will continue to feel pretty warm. it means for the commonwealth games tomorrow, no problems for the athletics, almost perfect conditions with like winds and lots of dry weather. for the start of the week and something of a change for the north of scotland with thick cloud on the way here with thick cloud on the way here with the weather front moving in, we ll see a bi
On bbc london their first ever chance to vote. We speak to young londoners about what issues matter to them ahead of the Mayoral Election on thursday. Good afternoon. And we start with dramatic Political Developments in edinburgh where in the last hour scotlands First Minister humza yousaf has announced that hes resigning. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. As a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. Well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said hes not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. Our scotland editor james cook is in edinburgh. This was a pretty emotional statement. Humza yousaf pretty close to tears at the end of that statement . To tears at the end of that statement . ,. , ~ ,. , statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emotional as statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emotional as he statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emot
Turbulence, and it turns so it is scotlands turn for a blast of political turbulence, and it turns out westminster does not have a monopoly on these things. Today matters, of course, for scotlands governess but it matters if you are in devizes as well as dundee, wherever you are in the uk, and that is because of the size of the snps political footprint. That is why its political rivals are seizing this moment. Well, it is for scotland and the Scottish Parliament to decide who the First Minister is. But what is happening now with the snp is that the mask is slipping. People in scotland are realising that Public Services are worse. The scottish people have been fundamentally let down. One in seven are on waiting list, there is a Cost Of Living crisis, and all the snp can offer is chaos. We have to turn the page on this now. We need an election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, the General Election. It could be a sticky moment at any time for the snp but it is particularly one with a General El
Celebrate victory on derby day, but theres no shaking off the holders Manchester City, who remain hot on their heels. Good morning. Some heavy rain in Northern Ireland this morning. That will push north and east during the course of the day. It is the south east that will hang on to the driest and silliest conditions for longest. All of the details later on in the programme. Driest and sunniest. Its monday, the 29th of april. The Irish Government says it will pass Emergency Legislation to return rising numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving from Northern Ireland, because theyre fearful of being sent to rwanda. Irish ministers estimate that 80 of recent arrivals have come to the country via Northern Ireland but the uk government says it wont accept any Asylum Returns from the eu via ireland. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. The border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland is designed to be easy to cross. But the Irish Government says its recently seen an influx
Photograph of the prince and princess of wales as they celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary. Tampa sport and a round up from gabbing. England Rugby Union International Billy Vunipola has apologised and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. The bbc understands he was tasered by police on the island of majorca after they were called to a bar in the islands capital. Vunipola called it a misunderstanding and said there was no violence. Our sports news correspondent laura scott has more. We know that this incident involving Billy Vunipola happened at a club on majorca in the early hours of sunday morning. The number eight, who has played for england on 75 occasions, described what happened as an unfortunate misunderstanding that got out of hand. We know police were called to the club, we understand he was tasered and arrested, and he was later charged and appeared in court. However, he said in a Statement Released today that, contrary to media reports,