The threat of a heavier one brushing the coast of sussex and kent. Here, temperatures could be no lower than 19 20 tonight. Quite a contrast again across the uk. Much cooler in the highlands and scotland, 4 5 with some mist and fog patches. Tomorrow, many places will have a dry day with some warm sunshine developing. These are light showers, maybe getting all the way to Northern Ireland, will fade away and well see the cloud thinning and breaking, retreating back to some of those north sea coast from northumberland down to lincolnshire. I think well stay rather cool here with that onshore breeze as well. An easterly breeze means its always going to be warmer in western parts of scotland. The highest temperatures will again be through the midlands, southeast wales, the west country, southeast england and east anglia. 3a or 35 is our high on sunday. Gradually, that heat will ebb away next week, but its a very slow process, and the heat is always going to be more focused to the southeast
The number of companies in the uk planning mass redundancies in june was five times higher than during the same period last year, according to figures obtained by the bbc. Airbus, royal mail and hsbc were among nearly 1,800 firms which announced job cuts in june. Heres our Business Correspondent katy austin. In late may, liz received the news she had been dreading, work had dropped off at the mailing firm she had worked and she was being made redundant from her adminjob. I feel like iamon from her adminjob. I feel like i am on the scrapheap if im honest with you. Its a massive impact. Initially, sheer panic, how i gotta get through this, how i gotta get through this, how are going to cope . Even with support like the fellow scheme, the crisis has hit thousands of businesses hard. Among the Larger Companies that announced redundancy plans in june were airbus centrica and the restaurant group, the owner of ben jerrys. The restaurant group, the owner of ben jerrys. There are fears of furt
To his death pc Andrew Harper in berkshire last summer, has beenjailed for 16 years for manslaughter. Two passengers in the car, who are both 18, were jailed for 13 years. The teenagers were attempting to steal a quad bike when pc harper responded to the 999 call. Helena wilkinson was in court and her report contains some flashing images. Andrew and lissie harper were married for less than a month when he was killed. Today, she was in court with family to see those responsible jailed for their crimes jessie cole, henry long and albert bowers. This is cole and bowers laughing after their first court appearance. Ive got four masked men outside my house and theyve got weapons. Theyre stealing my quad bike. This is the 999 call about the theft of a quad bike that pc harper had been responding to with a colleague. The officers soon came across the teenagers car. Jessie cole quickly unhooked the bike. Through the rear view camera, you can see his legs as he tries to escape, followed by pc ha
Now on bbc news, its witness history. Hello and welcome to a special edition of witness history with me, razia iqbal, here at the British Academy in london as we present five Amazing Stories from the world of art. Coming up, how the acclaimed british sculptor henry moore changed modern art. We speak to the man who wrapped the reichstag in 1995 and a nigerian artist inspired by the Oil Pollution of her homeland. Plus the pioneer who photographed tsarist russia in colour. But first, we go to china where in 1974 an accidental discovery revealed one of the wonders of the world. A vast Terracotta Army which laid buried beneath the earth for more than 2000 years. Archaeologist li xiuzhen worked on the astonishing find. Newsreel it is a vast pottery army that is slowly being unearthed from the tomb where it has lain for more than 2000 years. Now to something more modern. The british artist henry moore revolutionised the world of sculpture during the 20th century, changing the way we see the h
New National Restrictions after reports that options are being considered to contain a spike in coronavirus cases. The conservative party says an mp who was arrested on suspicion of rape will not be suspended while Police Investigate the allegations. The australian state of victoria declares a state of disaster and imposes new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. Splashdown. As you can see on your screen, splashdown. As you can see on your screen, we splashdown. As you can see on your screen, we have visual confirmation for splashdown. And the space x dragon capsule, has splashed down off the coast of florida, after returning from the International Space station. Both astronauts are safely out and on the recovery boat. Now on bbc news, extraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This month includes a look as told by people who were there. At the fall of romanian dictator nicolae ceausescu. Hello, and welcome to witness history with me, razia