Seen a drop of rainfall this month but that is in sharp contrast to what has been happening in scotland where in aberdeenshire we had well over a month of rain. Hundred and 20 of average rainfall and we are only a third of the way through the month so far. Today we had big contrasts, 25 degrees in warm sunshine for london butjust 13 degrees in lerwick and shetland and the reason it is cooler here because weve seen a cold front moved through and over the next few days the cold air is going to push its way south across the uk and i say colder but for many of us those temperatures will be returning close to average for the time of year. Here is the cold front, Clearing South so dry in scotland where weve seen flooding the concerns and the rain eventually ending the night moving across Northern Ireland and ending up in Northern England and north wales. Mild for england and wales but a colder night for the north of the uk. Into tomorrows forecast we have heavy rain to come, particularly acr
At one point they were down by almost a third. Metro bank is the youngest lender on britains high streets. It launched here back in 2010 in the wake of the Global Financial crisis to take on the likes of lloyds and ba rclays. It was the first to do so for more than 100 years. But its had a series of Financial Issues and on thursday there were reports that its urgently trying to raise up to £600 million to shore up its finances. So should customers be worried . Heres our Business Correspondent theo leggett. Well, i dont think customers should be too worried at this stage. Although a 25 drop in the share price is clearly not a good look, metro bank insists that, fundamentally, its finances are pretty sound, it made a profit in the first half of this year, and it continues, crucially, to meet all regulatory requirements in terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. 0n terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. On top of that, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme d
waits in a&e here have been as long as 30 hours. the hospital trust reporting a near 70% increase in patients coming in. in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospital in cumbria but it s not big enough. it s already at capacity. there are no more beds. health bosses are working day and night to try and discharge patients. currently i don t have beds free in hospital and we have patients waiting and that is a concern for us and for patients. we have ambulance weights and so we are doing work to look at how we can maximise the space. how s it going today? it s busy. no beds and not enough doctors, with the hospital increasingly reliant on locums, and operation already been postponed. 19 in the last week. plan come from a few miles away, a team working on a solution. they are working round the clock to try and stop patients going into hospital in the first place and they are trying to get them out. we try and refer any
godlike personality that has grown around him, that is not seen as invincible any more. russia has faced repeated rounds of western sanctions, but its economy has continued to grow thanks to help from china. it means the mood at russia s equivalent of davos welcome to newsnight. our political panel tonight philip collins, who was tony blair s speech writer and worked alongside sir keir starmer on his 2021 conference speech, and mercy muroki, who is a former policy adviser to the conservative s kemi badenoch. today has been very much about the fall out from last night s tv debate when mr sunak claimed housesholds would be paying £2,000 more in tax if labour win. we questioned energy secretary clare coutinho on newsnight last night straight after the itv debate. clare coutinho, where did you get this £2,000 figure from? because it is not an impartial independent figure, is it, it is your own tory special advisers who have added this up and come up with the sums? no, no, n
Future. President trump prays at the western wall on a visit to israel and talks to both israeli and palestinian leaders. And the diamond that turned out to bea and the diamond that turned out to be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 ina be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 in a car boot sale it will go under the hammer the £350,000. Its five oclock. Our main story the conservatives have performed a rapid climb down over their central manifesto pledge on social care. Theresa may, in a Campaign Speech in wrexham, said their plans include a consultation on a cap or in her words an absolute limit on the money people will need to pay. Its unclear what that cap will be. The conservatives had proposed that those needing care would have to meet the costs by forfeiting all but the last 100,000 pounds of their assets , including the value of their property. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Huge bills and a big question. Who should pick up the tab, and when, for our care