for their lowest paid workers. rmt members who work for the 1a train operating companies are still due to go on strike, but this vote todayis due to go on strike, but this vote today is being seen as a breakthrough. we will have more of that on the news channel and the bbc news at six. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good afternoon, today is the spring equinox, the beginning of the astronomical spring. and certainly, we have been feeling the days getting longer. the sunrise this morning in the east of england was just before six o clock in the sun won t set in parts of northern ireland until nearly quarter to seven this evening. but you may not get to see too many sunrises and sunsets this weekend because the jet stream, high up in the atmosphere, is blowing strongly across the atlantic feeding what is essentially a conveyor belt of weather systems in our direction. it will often be cloudy and there will be quite a lot of rain. this is the rain we expect to a
degrees. in the middle part of the week, another area of low pressure is with us, some strong winds with this as well. any overnight rain clears away and again we look at sunshine and showers. those showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder and be driven in by winds gusting at about 40 50 mph. mild again for england and wales, 13 or 14, again for england and wales, 13 or 1a, closerto again for england and wales, 13 or 1a, closer to average for scotland and northern ireland but with low pressure continuing to affect the uk through the rest of the week and at the weekend, we can expect further outbreaks of rain. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on monday the 20th of march. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome along to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. behaviour towards referees under the spotlight, after red cards for fulham in the fa cup. questions ove
she won t stop asking questions. well, it makes me very sad, and 80 years is a long time, and by the time 100 years comes, i won t be here, so i ve got a limited time to find these men. dame mary richardson finishing that report from hugh pym. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. hello. most of us had a decent day of weather. there was plenty of sunshine around, light winds and sunny skies. this fine weather was down to an area of high pressure, here it is. we reckon this is the first one we ve had for over three weeks, and it is already set to push off. looking at tomorrow, we are already back to the unsettled theme with more rain on the way. there are already places in the uk that have seen well over double the average rainfall this month and there is loads more to come over the next few days, so a change back to unsettled weather conditions i m afraid. overnight tonight, although we start with clear skies and dry weather, as we go through the night this rai
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threatening to bring some showers or longer spells around. this is the picture for friday at the details will change but you have this idea there is more cloud around and we have the potential for some heavy showers to break out particularly into the afternoon. a bit of rain in the far south west by the end of the doubt with some freshening breezes. temperatures won t be as high on friday. the last of the higher temperatures will be towards east anglia with 25 celsius here posed into the weekend instead of the high pressure that has brought all this one it will be low pressure sitting close to the uk and around it there weather fronts swirling around and some sunshine and showers. the weekend will not be a wash out. there will be someone spells of sunshine but there will be some showers. some of them heavy and most of the showers will be in the west. back to you, george. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 22nd ofjune. you can keep up with all the late