Devon and there were wall to wall blue skies and sunshine. Some High Pressure is settling things down, windy in the far north of scotland and Northern Ireland. A north westerly wind, feeding in more clouds stretching across the country through the afternoon. Also, some shallows around, especially in western and central parts of scotland. Some days they continue to clip north west ireland and england, and the far north of wales. Through the afternoon, it is dry and bright with spells of sunshine. More cloud around then we saw this morning. The winds are lighter than they were yesterday. Out of the breeze and in the sunshine, highs of 13 15d, pleasant enough for this time of year. A good deal of sunshine in the far south west. Cloud in wales, you could catch a shower. More of these moving eastwards across north west england. Western scotland always sees the lions share of the showers. Cloudy and Northern Ireland with some showers continuing here. The wind remained strong in Northern Irel
And, tributes to the american rock star tom petty, whos died at the age of 66. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Police in las vegas are still trying to work out what drove a retired accountant to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern American History. Overnight vigils have been held for the 59 people who were killed and more than 500 who were injured when the 64 year old gunman fired on them with an automatic weapon from a hotel window. Police have now established that Stephen Paddock was a millionaire, a former accountant, who had a large arsenal of guns and ammunition. But its still not clear why he decided to unleash such horror on so many in las vegas. In the last few minutes Donald Trumps suggested america may have to reconsider its gun laws. Speaking to reporters as he boarded a helicopter at the white house, he praised the police for what he said was a miraculous response to the attack, and he said, well be talking about gun laws as time goes by. Our correspondent R
In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. And beyond 100 days will have much more on developments in las vegas as police are still no clearer as to why the gunman shot dead 59 people, injuring hundreds more. As President Trump faces a testing time at home and abroad, well have the latest on his visit to hurricane hit puerto rico, where hes been criticised over a lack of help sent to the territory. And well take a look at how all of todays stories and tomorrows headlines are covered in the the papers, my guests this evening are Economic Advisor ruth lea and the independents economics editor, ben chu. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Iam i am holly hamilton. A one year ban for dan evans after testing positive for dan evans after testing positive for cocaine. No gareth bale for wales and the World Cup Qualifiers, an injury means he is ruled out for matches against georg