Across the mIdlands towards the South East of england, could be heavy wIth somehow and thunder. SunshIne for Northern England and the south west of england, but In a cold day, temperatures nIne, 12, that sort of order. Not as wIndy, wInds wIll be lIghter on thursday. Some showers around on thursday. FrIday does look drIer, It wIll be a cold start, temperatures by day should be a lIttle hIgher. Good evenIng from a very Sunny Holyrood were tonIght, the leaders of the maIn partIes In scotland wIll meet In the fInal debate of the ScottIsh ParlIamentary campaIgn. The next 20 mInutes or so wIll be buIldIng up to bbc Scotlands Coverage of that debate and stay wIth us afterwards for all of the reactIon and analysIs. We wIll be joIned by our polItIcal correspondent and get the thoughts of voters and commentators to the events. FIrst, my Colleague Ben brown lookIng at exactly how the VotIng System works here In scotland. In scotland, 129 seats were up for grabs In the ScottIsh ParlIament, 73 of
will start a four day boycott of social media today, an attempt to tackle online abuse. the boss of barclays bank predicts the uk is about to enjoy its biggest economic boom since after the second world war it comes as the bank reveals increased profits this year. and coming up the venues in liverpool gearing up for non socially distanced gigs and clubnights this weekend, as part of a government pilot. it s been described as one of israel s worst disasters. at least 44 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in the north of the country. more than 100 others were injured when up to 80,000 orthodox jews gathered at a festival at mount meron. the prime minister has described it as a heavy disaster who says he is praying for the casualties. courtney bembridge has more. and a warning her report contains distressing images.vt) videos uploaded to social media show the chaotic scenes. tens of thousands of people crushed together at the foot of mount meron. w
good afternoon. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will hold talks later with the new us secretary of state, anthony blinken, who s on his first visit to london sincejoe biden became president. the discussions take place before britain hosts foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations in what will be their first face to face meeting for more than two years. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. america s top diplomat arriving in london for the first time since team trump was swept away by team biden, and while the politics and style may have changed, when it comes to world affairs, the message remains the same. what we have witnessed over the last several years is china acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. it is the one country in the world that has the military, economic, diplomatic capacity to undermine or challenge the rules based order that we care so much about. and it is defending that international order that
to make a difference. john maguire, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here s louise lear. april has come and gone and there have been plenty of them to talk about. dry weather, plenty of sunshine and very little rain, but the standout story four april 2021 are the frosts. we have had a grass frost recorded somewhere in the uk every night of this month, which is quite incredible. we are closing the month out on a bit more of a traditional note with april showers. if you catch one, you will know about it. light winds mean they are very slow moving. they have been very slow moving. they have been very hit and miss so far today. coming off the north sea a few across wales and the midlands. the showers could become a bit more widespread as we go through the afternoon with hail and thunder. there will not be much in the way of warmth, still a disappointing feel at therefore this time of year. seven to 13 degrees. the showers will ease as we go through the evening and overni