here, too. further east for eastern england, well, blue sky and sunshine as you can see from our weather watcher picture from stunning kent. but even here, the clouds will increase through the afternoon and there will also be possibly outbreaks of light patchy rain and drizzle from our weather front that is gradually continuing eastwards. it will eventually clear overnight tonight. forthe it will eventually clear overnight tonight. for the rest of the day, still further outbreaks of rain, heavy downpours potentially for the scottish borders through northern england, maybe into east anglia by the end of the day, further south. then a lot of the rain is light and patchy. there could be sunny spells developing across devon and cornwall and northern ireland, but watch out for heavy and thundery showers, temperatures in the low 20s, may be 25 degrees in norwich, where we will see the sunshine last longest. and overnight, our weather front clears into the north sea. for many, it wi
of speculation about how it will deal with an estimated $5 billion of debt due to pandemic losses. pressure intensifies on the exam board, pearson, to explain why hundreds of students have still not received their btec results, four days after they were due to be released. the duke and duchess of cambridge say they will permenantly move to adelaide cottage in windsor and send their children to school in nearby ascot from september. good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted for an all out strike next month joining a wave of industrial action as workers seek pay rises to keep up with high inflation. some barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage the government claims strike action will simply delay justice for victims of crime. railway workers, dockers, postal workers and refuse collectors are among those who ve already gone on strike in what s been called a summer of discontent while nurses are to be balloted on industrial action. our
and in pakistan, a political crisis deepens as former prime minister imran khan is charged with terrorism offences, accused of making threats against state officials. russia has accused ukraine of organising the assassination of the daughter of one of vladimir putin s top supporters. darya dugina was killed on saturday when a car she was driving exploded near moscow. this is a statement from the fsb, russia s internal security service, which says the assassination was carried out by ukraine s special services. they ve also released footage of the woman, a ukrainian citizen, who they say was responsible. ukraine has denied any involvement. here s an adviser to president zelensky saying russian propaganda lives in a fictional world . he appears to blame what he calls vipers in the russian special services. darya dugina was a political commentator and vocal supporter of russia s invasion of ukraine, who was sanctioned by the us and uk. she was reportedly supposed to be trav
As pressure continues to grow on president jacob zuma. The party wants him to stand down following allegations of corruption. The ancs leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, said a final decision on president zumas future will be decided on monday afternoon. For the last week, the two men have been holding talks on the transition of power. Sarah corker reports. At an event marking 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela there was the clearest signal yet that the end of the troubled presidency ofjacob zuma is near. Addressing the crowds, the president in waiting promised a resolution on zumas future. We are currently engaged in discussions around the transition to a new administration and specifically, to resolve the issues of the position of the president of the republic of south africa. Applause. For the last week, they have been negotiating the president s exit strategy. But with a country in limbo, the Ancs National executive committee is holding a special meeting later where it is thought th
A battle of words and of wills comes to a head in spain shortly. Madrid has demanded catalonias devolved government confirms whether or not it is declaring independence. The deadline kicks in four hours from now. The Spanish Government has insisted Carles Puigdemont, catalonias leader, retract a unilateral declaration of independence he made last week, even though he also suspended that declaration to allow time for negotiations, which madrid flatly rejected. Tim willcox is in the catalan capital, barcelona. Shocking images of the Spanish Police using violence to stop people voting in catalonias referendum have travelled fast since the first of october and have brought the worlds attention to this region of spain. The question was never recognised as legal by the central government, but did not stop the head of the region, Carles Puigdemont, declaring independence a week later. A declaration he suspended just a few seconds later to the disappointment of his hardline supporters. Since t