Near the town Of Ambleteuse, where eight people were declared dead last night after a small boat started to sink not long after leaving the coast of france. Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. Including the eight latest victims, a total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the was open to using similar schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and
and there. there is a chilly wind blowing. we ve got high pressure for the momentjust north of us, that means the winds are coming and off the north sea and the weather front will bring more cloud into east anglia and the south east of england and eventually a few showers as well and eventually a few showers as well and there may be a little bit of low cloud and haar toying with the east coast of scotland. otherwise plenty of sunshine, chilly down the north sea coasts with the wind off the sea, highest temperatures probably in the western highlands, 18 degrees here. this evening we will see the wetter weather pushing its way further inland, probably not too much rain, it is is off overnight but there will be more cloud for england and wales, heavy rain perhaps turning to eastern parts of england by the morning. it will be milderfor england and england by the morning. it will be milder for england and wales, further north colder and in the grampian region temperatures could be
wind comes down and it will bring with it some colder weather. this is the story for sunday. we ve got some showers around for england and wales, driving down towards the south east. it could impact the london marathon. a lot of cloud following that and the showers in scotland is beginning to turn wintering over the high ground. temperatures in northern scotland on sunday eight degrees, 10 degrees lower than today. further south, still have highs of 13 111, but it will be colder in the south on monday. that s all from the bbc news at one. it s goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon, by bike. hello, i m hugh ferris. welcome to sportsday. these are our top stories. tuning a makeshift united would have manchester united would have fancied their chances of making