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here, too. further east for eastern england, well, blue sky and sunshine as you can see from our weather watcher picture from stunning kent. but even here, the clouds will increase through the afternoon and there will also be possibly outbreaks of light patchy rain and drizzle from our weather front that is gradually continuing eastwards. it will eventually clear overnight tonight. forthe it will eventually clear overnight tonight. for the rest of the day, still further outbreaks of rain, heavy downpours potentially for the scottish borders through northern england, maybe into east anglia by the end of the day, further south. then a lot of the rain is light and patchy. there could be sunny spells developing across devon and cornwall and northern ireland, but watch out for heavy and thundery showers, temperatures in the low 20s, may be 25 degrees in norwich, where we will see the sunshine last longest. and overnight, our weather front clears into the north sea. for many, ....
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Interested in boxing will be captivated by this fight. and certainly about where these guys can maximise the income from the fight. and you can read plenty more on that on the bbc website. that s all the sport for now. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted in favour of an all out, indefinite strike from next month, in a dispute with the government overjobs and pay. the criminal bar association said almost 80 % of its members had backed ramping up their campaign of industrial action, which has been under way sincejune. earlier my colleague annita mc veigh spoke with michelle heeley, criminal qc and leader of the midland circuit which provides support and advice for barristers. this has been growing and building for some years and the numbers have spoken. and what, as far as you re concerned, will this mean in practice? i asked dominic, does this mean that the criminaljustice system will seize up? ....
Duncan kennedy, bbc news. emma heeley, criminal qc and leader of the midland circuit which provides support for advice for barristers said she feels we are seeing another pillar of society crumbling. the system cannot function without barristers. you need defence advocates to represent the rights of their clients but also for example you would not want someone representing themselves on being allowed to cross examine a complainant in a case. delays have been building for some years because of systemic underinvestment in the criminal justice system and barristers have been saying this for years, if you do not invest people will walk away, courts will close down because there are not enough judges sitting so the backlog is building up and we are now at a critical point. we started no returns in april as a warning shot to the government and we hoped dominic raab would meet with leaders of the cba and that didn t happen. the we then started intermittent ....
Press releases and e mails. the room, don tjust do this through press releases and e-mails.- press releases and e-mails. thank ou for press releases and e-mails. thank you for your press releases and e-mails. thank you for your time, press releases and e-mails. thank you for your time, criminal - press releases and e-mails. thank you for your time, criminal qc - you foryourtime, criminal qc michelle healy and leader of the midland circuit, providing support and advice for barristers. the dock workers strike at the uk s largest container port continues today. about 1,900 members of the unite union at felixstowe began an eight day walk out yesterday, in a dispute over pay. the port in suffolk handles nearly half of the uk s container trade. alexandra herdman is public policy manager at uk logistics, the trade body for the uk freight industry. she told me about the impact the walk out is having so far. what s coming through felixstowe is typically nonurgent, long shelf life items tha ....