then saturday morning, a touch of frost on the way for the northern two thirds of the country. lots of crisp sunshine to start the day and then our next weather front sweeps in, so it will cloud over and turned damp across western areas on saturday. here is the outlook for the next few days, the weekend onwards. it is definitely looking like a mixed bag, with temperatures typically into double figures, so good for slugs and snails. thanks. and that s the bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. hello, i m olly foster. he s not the only former football manager in the winners enclosure. ben white says no to england, so where does gareth southgate turn for next week? we are live in dublin, where the championship is still in ireland s hands despite their defeat at twickenham last week. evening. we ve had some more great cheltenham stories on the third day of the festival, and there was a theme, sir alex ferguson, a huge racing fan
test flight yet. the starship rocket made it halfway around the globe before it broke up as it headed back to earth. but the mission is still being declared a big success. here s our science correspondent pallab ghosh. new objectives that ll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future. twice before, starship blew upjust minutes after launch. was this going to be third time lucky? so far, so good. we are feeling the rumble. we are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. and now the critical part, where it blew up before the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i views are just stunning. and here s a view of the lower section falling back to earth. but then, communication is lost. and acquisition of signal, we ll see if we can get some other video. but back in space, it s all going fi
will last and the priority now has to be the day to day concerns for irish politicians. we would like to welcome back viewers from around the world. welcome to bbc news. let s stay with northern ireland and the visit to the newly revived stormont. here is rishi sunak speaking a short while ago. i here is rishi sunak speaking a short while auo. . , here is rishi sunak speaking a short whileauo. . , , . while ago. i had very constructive meetin: while ago. i had very constructive meeting this while ago. i had very constructive meeting this morning while ago. i had very constructive meeting this morning with - while ago. i had very constructive meeting this morning with the i meeting this morning with the executive, political leaders across stormont and it is an historic and important day for the country because northern ireland posed are backin because northern ireland posed are back in charge making decisions on behalf of the people, which is exactly how it should be. our
through the rest of the day, many other state predominantly dry, just a few showers forecast, feeling quite warm and humid in that cloud cover. forthe quite warm and humid in that cloud cover. for the rest of today that rain is drifting eastwards across parts of scotland, moving into aberdeenshire and moray, brightening up aberdeenshire and moray, brightening up the northern ireland injust one or two isolated showers further south. temperatures pretty warm for the time of the commerce especially east anglia and the south east, about 27 degrees. fresher further north west across the uk. this evening and overnight recede and expand of rain arriving initially across wales, that will drift into northern england and parts of scotland, drier weather either side of that, quite warm and humid towards the south east, 16 to 18 degrees, slightly fresher to start wednesday across scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow s weather dominated by this quite slow moving weather front, dominate
in key general election battle grounds in the midlands and has sought to play down talk of a landslide victory. jeremy corbyn is in leicestershire and has spoken of creating a society in which people are no longer held back by a system that is rigged for the rich. the ukip leader, paul nuttall, has urged his supporters to stay on the pitch , despite a drubbing in local elections. he insists the party has a bright future and voters will return in their droves if theresa may fails to deliver to brexit. fails to deliver on brexit. french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says he is the target of a huge hacking attack, the day before the people of france go to the polls. three men appear in court charged with murdering businessman guy hedger, who was allegedly fatally shot during a botched burglary. we ll have more news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show. rajan is in jerusalem, the world s holiest city. this is