Story very frustrating at the minute but there is some sunshine to be had today and it is probably feeling a bit warmer with lighter winds. The best of the sunshine to eastern Scotland And North East England and down to the midlands. The cloud thick enough for some Drizzle Add to the west and that is likely to linger for much of the afternoon. For many it is the Wind Direction that the issue, still a North Westerly across scotland and a lighter westerly elsewhere driving in that cloud. Temperatures further west more subdued this afternoon. 14, 19 west more subdued this afternoon. 1a, 19 degrees. Through this evening we keep The Cloud going and it will turn quite mistaken on the West Facing Coasts and hills. More drizzle as well. A relatively mild start to Thursday Morning and once again a great start. There could be some window of fine weather into Northern Ireland and just the north of england ahead of some showers developing in the afternoon. It really is going to be a frustrating st
the bloodiest day of the military coup in myanmar the un says security forces have shot dead at least 18 protesters. the coronation street actorjohnny briggs who played mike baldwin in the itv soap has died at the age of 85. good afternoon. the chancellor rishi sunak says people should be reassured by his plans in this week s budget. mr sunak said he would continue to support families and businesses hit by coronavirus, but wanted to level with people that more challenging times could lie ahead as we emerge from the pandemic. he also announced a £5 billion grant scheme, to help pubs, restaurants, shops, and other businesses in england to re open. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. closed for business and struggling to survive, but some comfort for companies hit hard by the pandemic as the government offers £5 billion worth of grants part, the chancellor says, of his promise to do whatever it takes to keep the economy going. and ahead of the budget a sign
on the callum hudson odoi incident. if that s a natural position for the hand to be and when the ball comes to you, then i m blind. the last quality and the last pass wasn t good enough. we defended fantastically, pressing energy. you come away with a win if you score on one of the breakaways or you get that nailed on penalty, which it is. from my point of view, it was clear a guy from my point of view, it was clear a guy in from my point of view, it was clear a guy in red from my point of view, it was clear a guy in red played the ball with the hand~ a guy in red played the ball with the hand. normally if the referee goes the hand. normally if the referee goes it s the hand. normally if the referee goes it s clear that he did the wrong goes it s clear that he did the wrong position, then it must be a penalty, wrong position, then it must be a penalty, otherwise there s no need to look penalty, otherwise there s no need to look at penalty, otherwise there s no
it peters out. there is another weather system hot on its heels that will bring more cloud. it will bring more rain on friday. the rain mainly affecting the western side of the uk during the day. some heavy rain over the hills on the south west of england and wales, south western parts of scotland. there may be some sunshine in north eastern scotland, north east england for a while. generally cloudy and windy out there. a southerly wind. that is why we have those high temperatures and we have those high temperatures and we could make 15 degrees in the north east of wales. the very mild southerly wind and rain pushes away overnight, early on saturday morning, and then we get something a little bit cooler as the weekend goes on. still not cold by any means for this time of the year. but we are back into the mixture of sunshine and showers, most of the showers in the west and some of them will be heavy. back to you, george. that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye