Perhaps a light shower for northern scotland. 50, perhaps a light shower for northern scotland. So, yes, this dry weather is going to continue as well. It does mean, of course, we get quite a range in temperature through the day. But the high pressure keeping things dry is just slipping a little bit further north over the weekend, allowing more isobars into southern parts of the uk. What does that mean? it means a chilly winter. We are noticing that in the south west at the moment, we will continue to limit the temperature is here to m or 15. Limit the temperature is here to m or15. But limit the temperature is here to m or 15. But for limit the temperature is here to 1a or 15. But for many, it is light winds, high levels of pollen, fairly strong sunshine and we could see the highest temperature of the week so far across the manchester region, perhaps north east wales, 19 or 20 degrees today. Then we will peak and start to dip a little this weekend. Overnight, again, a patchy frost is
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejenny kleeman from times radio and the ft s whitehall editor sebastian payne. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. starting with the ft and the first of many images of the chancellor with his red briefcase. it says the two year bill for covid will exceed four hundred billion pounds. the metro goes with an aerial shot of mr sunak saying he s gambling 65 billion on there being a quick recovery from the crisis. there he is again on the guardian which says the strategy is to spend now and pay later. mrsunak is joined by his team in number 11 on the times which says taxes are being raised taxes to the highest level since the sixties. the telegraph crunches the numbers on the red box describing the budget as a five year tax grab. the express headline sets an optimistic tone but does go on to say that millions will be hit with the higher taxes. the mail shows mr sunak maskin
american diplomats who have recently visited china including janet yellen secretary of state antony blinken and us climate on oyoo john kerry. all in the last three months, despite all of these meetings, relations between the world s two largest economies are at their most tense for years. last august the us passed the chipset aimed at growing the domestic chip making business and blocking the chinese industry, beijing has responded in turn including restricting exports of gaily to the us to ingredients and making chips and outcomes in the week exports controls kick in the netherlands preventing one the biggest makers of chip equipment exporting without a license, something china has complained about and analysts have said with only make us china relationships worst. this comes as president biden appears prepares to visit vietnam trying to increase production at home it has been seen as an alternative destination for the us to outsource manufacturing rather than put all it
in votes for finland. the singer made history as the first woman to win twice. now on bbc news political thinking with nick robinson. who was the star of the coronation? apart, that is, from their majesties the king and queen. the answer, most watching would surely agree, is the bearer of the sword of state, all 8lb of it, held aloft for a muscle straining 51 minutes. my guest on political thinking, a conversation with, rather than interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking. it was a feat performed by the first woman to do the job at a coronation, penny mordaunt, and it won the admiration of people who are normally her political foes. she did it as lord president of the council. her dayjob is leader of the house of commons, and that performance led to the bookies cutting the odds on her becoming the next leader of the conservative party. worth remembering, she came mighty close to getting the job and becoming our prime minister last summer after borisjohnson
as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. borisjohnson may have misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic. that s according to mps investigating the former prime minister s conduct. the privileges committee says evidence strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to mrjohnson, and identified four examples where he may have misled the house of commons. mrjohnson said there was no evidence he knowingly misled parliament. our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. joining me now is caroline slocock director of the independent think basically the privilege committee just be clear who they are as a committee of eight mps appointed by the whole house of commons and are answerable to the house of commons. the conservative majority on a committee so borisjohnson s party, some of his own mps in majority on a committee of its chaired by harri