Out the odd light shower as well in the afternoon. Much of Northern Ireland, the midlands, North West South west england, should do pretty well in the sunshine. Quite breezy as well, especially along north sea coast. Temperature is at best around 24 coast. Temperature is at best around 2a celsius. Any of those showers tend to fizzle out through this evening and overnight than most places will be dry. Again we have got quite a breeze across england, wales and Northern Ireland and that picks up in the south west bringing a line of heavy showers or thunderstorms. Quite a muddy field to the south. A bit fresher further north. On friday things get a bit more interesting. We have got the first of two Weather Front spreading across england, wales and Northern Ireland and thundery showers spread northwards. Around the irish coast 60 miles an hour gusts and that might cause issues. But a nice fine day for scotland. Here we have got the high teens. Because of the clouds and thunderstorms 22 or 2
more surplus food to those in need after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits, despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue the leader of the commons, penny morduant, has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning, the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she a
victims to be sped up. now on bbc news, all the technology updates, it s time for click. it s been a while since i ve been in one of these. it hasn t been in action for 60 years, so you must have been 12? oi! we re at the riverside transport museum in glasgow, and you can really see how things have changed over time. one thing that s changing is the way we pay for public transport. many of us are ditching paper money and tickets. instead, we re using smartphones or, like you, smartwatches to pay for our journeys. i never carry cash, but one time, i went to pay for this at a shop and i didn t have it on. it was a bare wrist, so embarrassing. d oh! but for the bus or london underground, it s just so easy. and things might get easier with smart ticketing set to spell the end for ticket barriers. instead, sensors will talk to an app, which tracks your journey and automatically charges you. one system using bluetooth beacons is already active in genoa, and paul carter has been to
the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. good evening and welcome to wembley. it s half time in the euro 22 final between england and germany and so far neither team has been able to make a breakthrough. it s been a bit of a scrappy, physical encounter so far with germany coming closest to scoring from a corner, cleared off the goal line by england captain leah williamson. our sports correspondent, alex howell is with me. we alex howell is with me. were saying a little earlier number we were saying a little earlier the number of yellow cards is a little bit troubling. it number of yellow cards is a little bit troubling. bit troubling. it could play a factor later bit troubling. it could play a factor later in bit troubling. it could play a factor later in the bit troubling. it could play a factor later in the game - bit troubling. it could play a factor later in the g
in the country. but ranil vickrema singha also warned, he would deal firmly, with what he called undemocratic efforts to topple the government. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha the chief leader writer for the observer and giles kenningham political commentator & former conservative party press chief. welcome party press chief. back to you both. let s have a welcome back to you both. let s have a look at the front pages. and then there were two, the i newspaper focusses on the conservative leadership contest as rishi sunak and liz truss face tory mps in the final run off. this was the moment the result was read out. the penny s dropped reads the metro as trade minister ms mordaunt is eliminated from the race. according to the daily telegraph, the foreign secretary is the front runner to become prime minster the winner is to be announced in september. but the guardian says the tory party fears