weather yesterday and today, some places have seen some glorious spells of sunshine. this is a lovely view looking out at sea from conwy with the blue skies overhead. even into the weekend, some areas will see some lovely spells of sunshine but there will be some rain around, much like what we have got today. western part seen this weather front moving in. not quite as nice, quite breezy with isobars on the charts, but less i suppose further south and east. it is here you can see we can see the best of the sunshine. the clouds over scotland, northern ireland around the irish sea coast, we have this rain piling on and some of it quite heavy. moving out of northern ireland towards western scotland. furthersouth northern ireland towards western scotland. further south into the isle of man, western wales and south west, the rain will be and patchy. but southern and central and eastern england it will be fine and dry for the rest of the afternoon. top temperature 20 degrees and wi
four men have been convicted of the murder of a 24 year old nhs worker david gomoh, in what prosecutors described as a frenzied attack . the court heard mr gomoh was randomly attacked by a gang as he walked to the shops in april last year. leboo diseko reports from the old bailey. a random murder of a young man with ambitions to make something of his life. police say nhs worker david gomoh was killed by four men connected with a gang from north newham simply because he lived in what they saw as enemy territory. 19 year olds mohammad jalloh and david ture, 23 year old vagnei colubali and a 17 year old who can t be named for legal reasons were convicted after a six week trial. david gomoh was a smart, hard working and dedicated young man. he had graduated from university and worked at the nhs. david had no gang links and was loved by many. he was murdered at random during a frenzied attack during the first pandemic lockdown. he was on the phone to his girlfriend when he was a
are on their way back, what s the last 20 years of international involvement achieved? also tonight. cash for secrets a british embassy worker in berlin is arrested, suspected of spying for russia. learning the lessons of this year s a level results how universities are coping with record results. all the help they can get we re with british firefighters supporting their greek counterparts. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. lionel messi outlines his ambitions for paris saint germain. the premier league chief executive says he is fully behind players taking the knee in the new season begins on friday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. we begin tonight with a conflict happening thousands of miles away but one which has cost british lives and resources for the best part of the last 20 years. afghanistan is, once again, falling apart. and again it is the taliban, the hardline islamists that once harboured osama bin laden, t
for the reform of a levels after a record number of pupils were awarded the top grades. a british embassy worker in berlin is arrested suspected of spying for russia. wildfires rage across greece, we hearfrom british firefighters supporting their counterparts. a hero s welcome for lionel messi as fans celebrate his arrival at paris st germain after his departure from barcelona. and coming up: under threat seahorses off the coast of dorset. good evening and welcome to bbc news. after decades of conflict afghanistan is, once again, falling apart. and it is the taliban the hardline islamist group that once harboured osama bin laden which is gaining ground having already taken nine provincial capitals. a us led military coalition to oust the taliban first began in 2001 following the 9/11 attacks but now most of the foreign troops have pulled out. a54 british forces personnel or mod civilians lost their lives. nearly 2,300 us troops have been killed. and over 120 thousan