heavy rain in northern scotland, a little bit of brightness sticking out across parts of eastern england. the weather is cloudy, wet or bright where you are, we are all in this wedge of mild air so it does feel unseasonably mild. but as i say sunshine quite limited. the best of it across eastern and southern parts of england, some other eastern parts of england, some other eastern parts of wales, but northern ireland seeing thick cloud, the odd spot of drizzle and that heavy rain continuing to affect northern parts of scotland. 11 13 the top temperatures. turning increasingly windy across scotland as we head into the evening, and this band of increasingly light and patchy rain sinking a little further southwards before beginning to drift northwards again by the end of the night. these are the overnight lows, very mild indeed, 6 10 so a very mild start friday morning. this band of cloud and patchy rain drifting its way through northern england and then up across scotland as we
british gas suspends its force fitting of prepament meters following a report that it was imposing them on vulnerable customers. its chief executive, chris 0 shea has apologised. there chris 0 shea has apologised. is nothing that i can 5 can there is nothing that i can say that can express the horror i had when i heard this, when i saw this. it is completely unacceptable, that language is completely unacceptable. the largest ever outbreak of bird flu is now infecting mammals in the uk. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. europe s biggest energy firm, shell, has reported record annual profits of nearly $40 billion in 2022, more than double what it made in the previous year. the profits are the biggest in the firm s history boosted by higher energy prices since the start of the ukraine war. shell has already said it will pay tax in the uk for the first time since 2017 as a result of the government s windfall tax. let s take a closer look at t
translation: out of selfish interests- translation: out of selfish interests | the us has continuously strengthened military deployment in the region, which exacerbates regional tensions and endangers regional peace and stability. countries should remain vigilant against this and avoid being used by the united states. so that suggests that beijing wants to keep good relations with manila and won t retaliate, at least for the moment. and for the marcos presidency here, well, the marcos government is really walking this very fine tightrope, trying to keep good relations with china because it s economically important, while getting closer to america militarily, because it really needs that support and cannot handle the situation alone. rupert wingfield hayes. the current wave of bird flu in the uk is spilling over to mammals. more than 200 cases have already been recorded in animals like otters and foxes that are believed to have eaten infected birds. health officials say the risk of th
against doing anything. out of selfish interests, the us has continuously strengthened military deployment in the region, which exacerbates regional tensions and endangers regional peace and stability. countries should remain vigilant against this and avoid being used by the united states. so that suggests that beijing wants to keep good relations with manila and won t retaliate, here, well, the marcos government is really walking this very fine tightrope, trying to keep good relations with china because it s economically important, while getting closer to america militarily, because it really needs that support and cannot handle the situation alone. there is a bit of sunshine out there today. the best of that in southern and eastern parts. for many other as and eastern parts. for many other as a cloudy story. some spots of
my d day tribute. heroes of the greatest generation. rare photos from 68 years ago. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story. we ll talk to the man who ran the pentagon twice. with presidential politics heating up, battles raging across syria, who better to talk about this than donald rumsfeld. we ll talk about the cause closest to his part. his support for the american wounded warriors. debbie wasserman schultz joins me for the failed wisconsin recall. she ll tell me what thee thinks went wrong and why she says the vote will send a message to scott walker. we ll begin with donald rumsfeld. he was secretary of defense under gerald ford and george w bush. he s the author of known and unknown memoir now out in paper back. mr. secretary, welcome to the show. thank you very much. good to be with you. let me start, sort of your reaction to wisconsin. what does it mean? we re five months today away from the election. what does it really mean in the bigger