Downpours through the rest of the day. Enough rain to give poor travelling conditions, may be some localised flooding. Temperatures struggling as well. In newcastle under the rain it is 16 degrees this afternoon. Further south and east may be 24. It is a sunshine and showers story for most places. Through this evening and overnight this wet weather will start to pull away. Clinging onto the coast of South East Scotland and North East England for much of the night. Further west a few showers, some clear spells in the mix as well. Temperatures between 11 and 15. For tomorrow it will not be raining all the time, but they will be some showers. Todays rain clears away quite smartly and then some showers pppin9 quite smartly and then some showers ppping up, quite smartly and then some showers popping up, one or two heavy ones. Some places may avoid all the showers completely. Temperatures no great shape for this time of the year. If you get into the sunshine it will not feel too bad. Into we
Ireland and southern scotland. Very mild for england and wales, as it was last night. A bit chilly ahead of that rain in central and northern parts of scotland, where we will see some early sunshine, but that wet weather is going to move northwards into scotland and continue to affect Northern Ireland. Whilst we will see some sunshine across england and wales, there will be bands of showers moving across from the west. Ahead of that with some sunshine, temperatures will be higher than today. 16 degrees in east anglia and the south east, possibly 17. It will be cooler in the north where we have rain. We have a southerly breeze tomorrow breaking up the cloud and bringing those higher temperatures. On friday, a northerly breeze will start to push into Northern Scotland and Northern Ireland. That wet weather will move into northern england. To the south, we will see some sunshine but heavy and thundery showers. It becomes a bit drier in scotland and Northern Ireland. It becomes colder in t
Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon