that tune will be in your head all afternoon! time for a look at the weather. we need it to be fine over birmingham. yes, it s not going to be bathed in sunshine for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games but it is looking dry and timbers easing down from 20 degrees during the course of the ceremony. where we are seeing sunshine today is to the north and north west of scotland. very limited elsewhere. whilst there is a lot of dry weather around, we have also seen some heavy rain so far today, impacting parts of northern england, into southern scotland, thundery rain through the isle of man for a time and it is edging further north. we have high pressure close by so overall, a lot of dry weather and also a weather disturbance has been brought into that wiltshire will continue to feed these outbreaks of rain, slowly a little further north in scotland but still holding the sunny spells in the north and north west. a few patches of rain or showers in wales and south west
fuel prices and the average cost of driving around has increased massively in the last 12 years. to have that not even be reviewed, do not have any more that we can give tax free, is making it exceptionally hard to even be able to support the star. ., ., , hard to even be able to support the star. ., ., . ,., star. you are saying the government can do more- star. you are saying the government can do more. they star. you are saying the government can do more. they could star. you are saying the government can do more. they could also - star. you are saying the government can do more. they could also cut - can do more. they could also cut some of the fuel duty, which they take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do so take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do so much take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do so much more, - take from fuel at the pumps. 133
room, theyjust wanted to stand outside and see him but will probably catch a glimpse of him very shortly. i think this was boris johnson s big moment, as he saw it, to set the record straight. it feels like we have been building up to this moment in the last two weeks. we ve heard from scientists, civil servants, other politicians, political aides. servants, other politicians, politicalaides. it servants, other politicians, political aides. it feels like it was building up to this man, boris johnson, who ultimately made all the big decisions. questions to answer about lockdowns, about how decisions were made, the culture within downing street, i m sure tomorrow we will get to the likes of partygate and some of the things that happened laterally into the pandemic. but i think the striking moment this morning was his apology, it had been trailed in the newspapers over the weekend that he would apologise, seek to set the record straight, he certainly did that, he saw two took pe
are killing the patient to tackle the tumour, large numbers of people will die. why are we destroying everything for people who will die soon? bed blockers? is that not indicative of the absence of a consistent value and a clear decision that on the basis of scientific advice that you had received, these stringent interventions are necessary? ida. received, these stringent interventions are necessary? no, it is an indication interventions are necessary? no, it is an indication of interventions are necessary? no, it is an indication of the interventions are necessary? no, it is an indication of the cruelty - interventions are necessary? no, it is an indication of the cruelty of- is an indication of the cruelty of the choice that we faced and the appalling balancing act that i had to do throughout the pandemic and in order to. to do throughout the pandemic and in orderto. if to do throughout the pandemic and in order to. if indeed to do throughout the pandemic and in orde
around the government s plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda, which you remember faced a send some asylum seekers to rwanda, which you rememberfaced a number of legal challenges as soon as they were introduced more than a year and a half ago. the government is expected to introduce a bill that ministers say it will aim to block the legal challenges. there is debate within the conservative party about how far that bill should go, what that bill should include. the first thing is, suella braverman saying, it must come in her view, to supply the european convention on human rights. the second thing, suella braverman was sacked by rishi sunak as home secretary and since then she has really been seen as a potential flag then she has really been seen as a potentialflag bearer then she has really been seen as a potential flag bearer for the then she has really been seen as a potentialflag bearerfor the right potential flag bearer for the right of potentialflag bearerfor the r