There is still some dry, bright and reasonably warm weather to be enjoyed through the afternoon. Temperatures up to about 2k degrees in parts of southern and eastern england. For scotland, one ortwo showers building for the northern pa rt showers building for the northern part of scotland, but then the rain moves in through the south west and heads northwards through the country over the night. Some heavy, thundery bursts of rain overnight and particularly in the north of england and into eastern scotland. There could be quite a lot of blank surface water. Elsewhere in the uk, sunny spells but happy and thundery showers. They are hit and miss do we wont all see them. Temperatures somewhere between 18 and up to 25 degrees. Colour in the north of scotland. Some heavy rain around on tuesday, particularly in south eastern parts of england. Things will become drier and warmer from the middle of the week onwards. Hello this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines theres continued focus on
Im here, where the residents behind me are being asked to evacuate because of further risks of flooding. My name is tony giles and iam flooding. My name is tony giles and i am totally blind. And backpacker tony giles visits the cradle of orthodox christianity in africa. Thats in the travel show, in half an hour on bbc news. Hong kongs suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to mainland china. The proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. The government had previously argued that the extradition bill would plug the loopholes so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. But critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to chinas unfair justice system. Hong kongs chief executive carrie lam said the priority now was to restore peace and order. After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announced that the government has decided to suspend the legisla
An extra hour in school for some pupils in wales as heads try out changes to the Academic Year. The Winter Olympics torch relay kicks off in beijing as chinas capital gears up for the games. Good morning. Quite a lot of Cloud Producing Light Rain in the north and east. Not as windy as it has been but it is still going to be mild. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 2nd of february. The government will today set out its long delayed Manifesto Plan to level up the lives of millions of people across the uk. The proposals include a series of pledges to improve education, Public Transport and housing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. Labour have dismissed the project as more slogans and strategies. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker reports. We are a government committed to levelling up. It is absolutely what levelling up is all about. What were doing is levelling up. Level up across the whole of the uk. Ministers have talked about
An extra hour in school for some pupils in wales as heads try out changes to the Academic Year. The Winter Olympics torch relay kicks off in beijing as chinas capital gears up for the games. Good morning. Quite a lot of Cloud Producing Light Rain in the north and east. Not as windy as it has been but it is still going to be mild. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 2nd of february. The government will today set out its long delayed Manifesto Plan to level up the lives of millions of people across the uk. The proposals include a series of pledges to improve education, Public Transport and housing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. Labour have dismissed the project as more slogans and strategies. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker reports. We are a government committed to levelling up. It is absolutely what levelling up is all about. What were doing is levelling up. Level up across the whole of the uk. Ministers have talked about
An extra hour in school for some pupils in wales as heads try out changes to the Academic Year. The Winter Olympics torch relay kicks off in beijing as chinas capital gears up for the games. Good morning. Quite a lot of Cloud Producing Light Rain in the north and east. Not as windy as it has been but it is still going to be mild. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 2nd of february. The government will today set out its long delayed Manifesto Plan to level up the lives of millions of people across the uk. The proposals include a series of pledges to improve education, Public Transport and housing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. Labour have dismissed the project as more slogans and strategies. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker reports. We are a government committed to levelling up. It is absolutely what levelling up is all about. What were doing is levelling up. Level up across the whole of the uk. Ministers have talked about