sunshine around today, it is a much quieter looking day of weather today than at the weekend, when we saw two named storms, storm elin and storm fergus. today, quieter, sunny spells, a few showers partially towards eastern areas of scotland, mostly because storm fergus is just pulling away through the north sea towards denmark. so, a few showers, the winds will be getting lighter towards the east coast and our next weather system approaches from the west. that will be with us tomorrow. for the rest of today, a line of cloud and a few showers coming down through the cheshire gap, misty conditions with moist air across parts of the south west and western wales, temperatures mild, 7 13 for most of us. overnight tonight, here is our next area of low pressure, that will be bringing heavyweight to northern ireland particularly heavy across county are mine county down, into southern scotland tomorrow morning, early frost maybe out towards eastern areas but temperatures will rise aga
good afternoon. at the covid inquiry, the prime minister, rishi sunak, has apologised to all those who suffered as a result of the government s decisions during the pandemic. he s also expected to face questions about his controversial eat out to help out scheme, aimed at helping the hospitality sector. scientific advisers have already told the inquiry they didn t know about the plan until it was announced and there were concerns it would spread the virus. our political correspondent pete saull has been watching. it was at news conferences like this that many of us got to know rishi sunak. he had been promoted to chancellorjust before sunak. he had been promoted to chancellor just before a sunak. he had been promoted to chancellorjust before a global pandemic struck. of course a lot of politics has happened since then. he has moved from number 11 to number ten and this morning made the trip across london for a grilling of his actions at the time of covid. quite something to
democrats? hello. you know, the question is that democrats? hello. you know, the question is that the democrats? hello. you know, the question is that the majority - democrats? hello. you know, the question is that the majority of. question is that the majority of democrats, almost all democrats, the majority of republicans are completely supportive of ukraine. so we have an overwhelming majority in us congress and support for this package to our country. but at the same time, there is a small group of republicans who are very active and very vocal, and because of all this internal struggle, and that the presidential election has already started, we have the situation where ukraine became a hostage of internal us politics. and that is very frustrating also we are very worried about what s going on because ukraine matters every day and we are desperately waiting for this package of support, both military and financial, to ukraine.- of support, both military and financial,
defending his role at the inquiry which is looking at how political decisions were made. mr sunak has been accused by some of putting the economy before lives. the main criticism centres around his month long eat out to help 0ut scheme in august 2020. diners received 50% off meals out on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays, paid for by the government. it cost the treasury £840 million. at the time, rishi sunak said it would protectjobs in the hospitality industry and boost the economy. but one analysis suggests the benefit to the industry was comparatively small compared to other measures. the scheme started in august. you can see covid was on the rise from september but we don t know for certain why. people were mixing more, with schools and workplaces reopening too. here s our health reporter, jim reed. mine too. that and the yakisoba, depends on the mood i m in. back in the summer of 2020, the then chancellor brought his flagship policy to the table. eat out to help 0ut subs