keeping temperatures up. ahead of that we could have a frost again in scotland. clear skies in southern england and south wales and it will be chilly here. we have got the rain grinding to a halt in southern and central scotland and northern ireland and there will be some showers and a little bit of sunshine, but we could see wetter weather arriving in the far south of england and south wales. temperatures are deepening out a bit, but they are below par. ahead of that rain in scotland the temperatures could reach 16 degrees. on the second half of the weekend, broadly speaking, it is a mess. sunshine and showers in the east, we have got a north wind setting in across scotland, so that is why it is getting much colder here. it could still reach 13 or 1a in southern cold air all the way from the arctic on that northerly wind will be swooping down across the whole of the country and temperatures will be lower everywhere. and that is today s bbc news at six. you can keep up with a
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who they
here s chris fawkes. this is the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures in the last hour have reached 30 degrees at london s heathrow airport and continue to climb across east anglia and south east england, more widely, temperatures into the 30s. when i go on holiday for beach action, more often than not, somebody takes the sun loungers by putting towels on them, but not here in thejurassic coast. this is swanage in dorset looking absolutely glorious an hour orso looking absolutely glorious an hour or so ago. the heatwave has been building across western europe. across spain, we have had temperatures reach the mist 40s for much of the last week. the earliest heatwave we have seen here for over 40 heatwave we have seen here for over a0 years. and the heat has been spreading northwards. just yesterday, reaching southern france where temperatures reached a0 degrees as well. this is the earliest in the year we have seen temperatures that high. the heatwave is ferocious and
temperatures across the uk rose with a level three alert, and some rider means the uk could be hosting next year s eurovision contest. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk s second busiest airport says it will limit the number of flights across the peak summer period because it hasn t got enough staff. gatwick airport said it was aimed at creating a more reliable service for passengers. usually 900 flights run a day, but it ll be 825 injuly, and 850 in august. it comes after the government and regulators wrote to airlines telling them to make sure their summer timetables were deliverable . the decision means thousands of people will have their holiday plans disrupted, as theo leggett reports. this is what airlines and airports want to avoid. over easter and around the jubilee holiday, hundreds of flights were cancelled. some while passengers were preparing to board. people want to travel, but staff shortages at airlines and ground handling companies have become a s
Hello and welcome. The newest member of the us Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney barrett, has been sworn into office at a white house ceremony. She is President Trumps third appointment to the nations top court, and cements a conservative majority on the bench. The Republican Majority Senate voted largely along party lines, as expected, to confirm her to the lifetime post. She is 48. The democrats had accused the republicans of hypocrisy for confirming a newjustice so close to an election, when they had refused to consider president obamas nominee, back in 2016. This is the moment judge barretts appointment was confirmed by the senate. On this vote, the ays are 52, the nays are 48. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. Events then moved swiftly to the swearing in ceremony on the white house lawn. President trump described ms barrett as a towering intellect and her appointment as a momentous day f