Have been so wet, already months worth of rainfall and we are not even through the first half of the month. So Rain Bearing Clouds over us might know particularly what today across parts of wales, the north west of england. For example snowdonia could see 100 millimetres of rain in the next couple of days but it is a narrow band. So here we have cloudy conditions but further north it is brighter but cooler. Across england and wales team is so quite mild. The forecast than for tonight shows a band of rain continuing across this North Western portion of england and were but then coming back to reach Northern Ireland and southern parts of scotland. To the south it is very mild might commit10 scotland. To the south it is very mild might commit 10 degrees in some spots. Calder across scotland at around three or 4 degrees. So an area of low pressure here, but the centre at somewhere around here. But Weather Front spreading north tomorrow and showery rain across this part of the country. If t
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of bakhmut over to russian forces. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. here in the uk new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine because of the war and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. joining me live to discuss the issue is peter walsh senior researcher at the oxford university migration 0bservatory. also the bbc s mayeni jones who is in lagos in nigeria and our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, let s go to peter, thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of these n