# pigeons in flight. # i wanna see you tonight. but it proved too expensive. if i was to send just the chorus and a cheque for, say, £20, would that be possible? no, we can t accept a cheque for less than the amount. - how would john shuttleworth react if sheffield won the bid? he d jump up and down with glee, but also there d be a little hint ofjealousy if his song pigeons in flight was not the official uk entry. what s sheffield s sense of humour like? it s quite self deprecating. the weather s not great we re surrounded by all these hills, making us a bit depressed. in a way, eurovision needs to cool down a bit. it s a little bit too, whey! you know, maybe a few sheffield people just the sheffield air willjust calm everyone down a bit. if sheffield is chosen, then this multi purpose arena will be transformed for one of the most complex tv
and overnight tonight with clear skies across the capital, and the whole of the cities, little winds, it s going to be a pretty chilly start to your wednesday. then we ve got some rain to spend towards us as the day wears on tomorrow and after that, low pressure is very much dominating our weather through this week, and at the end of the week, another band moving across with a wet and windy weather but this time through the weekend it is keen to lift the temperatures, so slowly through the week things turning quite a bit warmer. head over to our website and social media to find out the london street voted one of the coolest in the world. that s it for now, i m back in around half an hour. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. coming up on breakfast this morning. crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid may sound like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster, but in the early hours, it happened for real
really?! that was the plan. these ictures really?! that was the plan. these pictures are really?! that was the plan. these pictures are brilliant, really?! that was the plan. these pictures are brilliant, and - really?! that was the plan. these pictures are brilliant, and they i pictures are brilliant, and they mark cheering the spaceship travelled atjust under 1a,000 miles per hour towards the small rock in the early hours of this morning. it posed no threat to earth but was a chance to test whether one could be diverted. the aftermath of the crash will now be studied by scientists. and the good news is it worked. only a tin bit, and the good news is it worked. only a tiny bit. they and the good news is it worked. only a tiny bit, they are and the good news is it worked. only a tiny bit, they are straight didn t a tiny bit, they are straight didn t move dramatically but apparently it is just enough to start moving it and of the weeks and months ahead they will monitor it and
got another frontal band to move across us with some wet and windy weather. but this time through the weekend it s going to lift our temperatures. so slowly through the week, things turning quite a bit warmer into next weekend. head over to our website and social media to find out the london street voted one of the coolest in the world. that s it for now i m back in around half an hour.
really is. when we talk about the value of the pound and currency strengths it may feel very far removed from daily life but the reality is it means that decisions have to be made in the bank of england that affect all of us, wherever we are in the uk. about this time yesterday we saw that big fall in the value of the pound against the dollar, it hit a record low of around $1.03 to every pound. it has since recovered a bit. this graph shows you the value of it. it has gone up to about $1.08 this morning. the reason we saw that shortfall was in large part driven by the announcement on friday when the chancellor made public the details of big tax cuts to try to boost the economy, paid for by increased borrowing. it spooked investors and their confidence in the uk dropped, and with that confidence dropped, so did the pound. it is bad news for all of us.