South west, parts. The warmest of the conditions in the south east. Mid teens further north. That sets us mid teens further north. That sets us upfora mid teens further north. That sets us up for a fairly cool week for august in the week ahead. Some dry weather but particularly wet and windy for wednesday. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines the Prime Minister has pledged £2. 5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places and has said that all Police Forces in england and wales will be given extended stop and search powers. Police in hong kong have fired tear gas at pro democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of Anti Government demonstrations. Lawyers for the alleged victims of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have said the investigation into his associates should continue, after he was found dead yesterday in his new york prison cell. 200 people are continuing to search dense forest in malaysia near the resort
And quite heavily all day and even as we go through the last part of the evening and overnight that rain is very slow to ease off. We have already had a months worth of rain in the last two or three days so clearly that is giving concern for further flooding. Elsewhere, a quieter night. A cooler night, and that is a trend for the week ahead. Temperatures will be a little bit below average. It does at long last look as if it will be drierfor central and southern scotland through the day ahead. Some showers pestering southern england. Quite heavy, but showers across central areas ease and instead they pick up in the west. 0n the whole it looks drier as we go into the start of the new week. It is cooler but the winds are lighter and there will be more sunshine around. It is just that clearly there is the scope for a few showers in some areas. Some quite heavy showers at that. Then perhaps a drier day on tuesday but more wet and potentially very windy weather due on wednesday, especially f
Now on bbc news the travel show. This week on the travel show, im in lebanon, finding out why beirut is hoping to regain its reputation as the entertainment capital of the middle east. We have amazing people who are doing work that is internationally recognised. Also coming up, ill be discovering how an ordinary man became the king of his own castle. Did he build it himself . Himself, stone by stone. It took him 73 years. Plus, lucy hits the british countryside to check out the latest hiking gadgets. Gopro, take a photo. With its mix of minarets and church spires, lebanons capital beirut is a clash of culture and religion between the mediterranean and the middle east. For four centuries, it was the ottomans who ruled here, right up until the end of world war i, when control was handed to the french. It wasnt until 1943 that the struggle for self rule finally paid off. Now this statue here in Martyrs Square was put here to commemorate all of those who died resisting ottoman rule in the
A 28 year old churchwarden has been found guilty of murder, a 28 year old churchwarden has been after tricking his victim, into changing his will for his benefit. Ben field manipulated Peter Farquhar who was 69, duping him into a relationship and then lacing his food with drugs and neat alcohol. However field was found not guilty, of the attempted murder of a retired headmistress who was 83, and whom field also admitted, hed tricked into a relationship. Tom symonds has the story. A respected former teacher and novelist, Peter Farquhar rendered helpless. He had suffered falls, injuries, he had no idea what was going on. I actually. Used to be sort of. Competent. Of course. That second voice is the man who talked his way into peters life. Despite the age difference, his student, ben field, promised to marry him while secretly lacing peters food with drugs and neat alcohol, killing him slowly for his money. Here is a cold, calculating, devious man, who took pleasure from inflicting both p
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