the more haystacks you have, the more likely you are to find some needles. so we are putting together 1 million haystacks and we are really confident there will be some pretty fun needles in there! look forward to seeing those images. more on that and the other stories on the bbc news website or app. stay with us here on bbc news. headlines on the way. hello. it s been a lovely day so far for many, but there s a bit of a chill noticeable out of the sunshine. and if we look at our chart, how temperatures compared to normal for the time of year, the blue colours indicating across eastern parts of the uk and into much of europe showed temperatures below average this weekend. big departure for europe, where we ve seen record breaking heat so far this april. it s because of the change in pressure patterns. to the south and east, low pressure dominating, quite stormy at times here. but to the north and west,
in that sunshine to 13 to 15 degrees, compared to a chilly 7 to 10 degrees in the east. 0ne crumb of comfort, i suppose, across some northern eastern areas is that pollen levels, tree pollen that is, is low to moderate, but creeping up to high this afternoon across parts of the southwest. into this evening and overnight, we ve got some showers across the south east for a while, but many places dry. biggest exception, central and eastern scotland will see the cloud pick up, outbreaks of rain and drizzle, a bit more cloud as well more generally through tonight, so not as cold as the “4, 3 we saw last night. there will be an isolated touch of frost around, particularly in the sunnier west to begin with. a lot more clouds, though, across central east of scotland, outbreaks of rain, of drizzle that could push into the isle of man, cumbria, northumberland, north lancashire. the clouds will be variable across the rest of england. across the rest of england, wales some sunny breaks, but qui
that means for most we continue with a dry story through today. there is a dry story through today. there is a few isolated showers still can eastern counties of england, cold breeze here as well, figure clouds and drizzle pushing into the north of scotland later and it built up generally speaking, but across the sheltered western area sits on sunny and pleasant in the sunshine, too. 13-15 c at the and pleasant in the sunshine, too. 13 15 c at the high compared to a chilly 7 10 c in the east. 0ne crumb of comfort across the northern and eastern areas is tree pollen levels is low tomorrow but creeping up to high this afternoon across parts of the south west. into this evening and overnight you“ve the south west. into this evening and overnight you ve got some showers across the south east for a while but many places dry, biggest exception is central and eastern scotland where power will thicken up, outbreaks of rain or drizzle. a bit more cloud as well generally through tonight, not a
of high pressure at last. that means for most, we continue with a dry story through today. there s a few isolated showers still. eastern counties of england, cold breeze here as well, thicker cloud with some drizzle pushing into the north of scotland later. and cloud builds up generally speaking, but across these sheltered western areas, it stays sunny, and pleasant in that sunshine. 13 to 15 degrees, compared to a chilly 7 to 10 degrees in the east. 0ne crumb of comfort, i suppose, across some northern eastern areas is that pollen levels, tree pollen that is, is low to moderate, but creeping up to high this afternoon across parts of the southwest. into this evening and overnight, we ve got some showers across the south east for a while, but many places dry. biggest exception, central and eastern scotland will see the cloud thicken up, outbreaks of rain and drizzle. a bit more cloud as well more generally through tonight, so not as cold as the “4, 3 we saw last night. but there will
in our conversations is the work to de escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. last sunday, iran attacked israel, with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. the fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. and there is hope too that the limited nature of the israeli attack will allow the iranians to walk away from any further response. officials in tehran have been downplaying the significance of israel s strike. iran s president didn t even mention it in his speech yesterday. but tensions are running high in the middle east and diplomats will be working hard behind the scenes on de escalation. the key question now, what will these two well armed adversaries do next? will vernon, bbc news, washington. and a reminder, you can get much more on the tensions between israel and iran on the bbc news website, including this analysis from our chief international correspondent lyse