rain. this is what happened through the small hours, these thunderstorms developed to the south, pushed northwards. we ve seen around 5000 lightning strikes so far today and a lot of rain as you can see from the radar picture. in some places but not in all places. however, where it has been wet, take this figure, bury saint edmonds, above 70 millimetres of rain so far, that is more than that place would normally expect in the whole month of august, so it has been an exceptionally wet day so far but this rain is now starting to clear eastwards, taking a while to do so i have to say but generally improving through the midlands and eastern england this afternoon. sunny spells elsewhere although cloud bringing showers for northern ireland and western scotland and asked that rain clears through a fresh feel than we have had of late and certainly cooler and fresher overnight. with all the moisture on the ground, could see some fog patches developing across parts of the midlands and
his comments come ahead of tonight s penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid style emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200, it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support
A team at Harper Adams University In Shropshire Attempt A World First by using solely robots and drones to grow and harvest a field of barley. Good morning. Its thursday 4th of may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The past hour Buckingham Palace has announced that the Duke Of Edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. Prince philip who is 95, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision, she will continue with all her duties. The duke is the longest Serving Consort in British History. Our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell is at Buckingham Palace. Sarah, he is 95,96 sarah, he is 95, 96 next month. Nonetheless it seems strange that the Duke Of Edinburgh would be pulling back from these sort of duty, we are so used to seeing him out and about. That is right. And i have to say that the worlds media, i have Australian Television next to me, there is new zealand, american networks, the crowds outside Buckingham Pal