satellite image, a deep area of low pressure that has been working its way eastwards through the course of the day. for many, under leaden skies it was the colours of autumn lifting proceedings. but it s not just the cloud and rain, it s the wind today, and it is windy certainly through irish sea coast, the west scotland, north of england and eastern scotland as well. gales or severe gale force gusts with met office warning is in force. for the next few hours the band of rain is still with us across parts of eastern scotland, the north of england and through wales and drifting eastwards, eventually reaching the south east. further west, the heavy rain has cleared but heavy showers are now in play and once again windy and perhaps the odd rumble of thunder. this evening, the rain still with us in the south east, lingering here overnight tonight and into tomorrow. elsewhere some clear skies will stop once again a few showers and perhaps longer spells of rain in the far north. te
who d been frustrated that electric vehicles weren t being taken seriously. today, it s a different story. the last six months, meaning 2022, 78% of all sold cars are pure electric. so, pretty soon there will be 100%. and from 2025, the government has announced they will ban the sales of all petrol and diesel cars. norway today is a different place, with electric infrastructure much more commonplace than in the uk. morten, how optimistic are you about the future? i am, with the thought that the world only looks the way it does today because we keep it that way, because the upkeep of how we do things, how we go about things. it can change very fast if we choose to change. there s little doubt norway
it was more about getting focus on this as a potential future game changer. but it went 45 kilometres, so it was not. it was early days. you d have to charge for 48 hours. so, you then collectively imported the first one into norway. what was that like receiving that, having that on norway s roads? well, government tried to put all kinds of different attempts at taxing it, which we refused because it wasjust rubbish. it was a diesel tax. it took took a year to pave the road and with this little fiat panda - for the regulations in norway. but it s interesting how, now, 33 years later, we are the grown ups and we have kids, all of us. and we have a responsibility to our own families and to our own nation and to the global community. the campaign was conceived by professor rostvig,
our reporter kevin keane, went to oslo to find out how it all happened. they were 19805 heart throbs who, even then, had an interest in cars. # take me on # take on me.# but their passion went way beyond speed and style. as the lead singer of a ha, morten harket was using his platform to raise awareness about the environment. and in 1989, this unlikely grouping of two pop stars, an environmentalist and an academic imported norway s first modern day electric car, a fiat panda, which they used for civil disobedience. we ve brought them back together to recreate that photo. now, the question is, can we all go down on our knees? did we do that as well? and they re using a modern
out of the paris masters within a few minutes of each other this morning. draper lost to the 15th seed frances tiafoe in round two. evans had an even tougher proposition against stefanos tsitsipas who s the fifth seed in paris. the british number two lost in straight sets in the final event of the atp tour s regular season. cameron norrie plays corentin moutet tonight. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. sales of new petrol and diesel cars will come to an end in the uk by 2030. one country that looks likely to meet that same target five years earlier is norway. campaigners for electric vehicles there were encouraged by the 80s pop group, a ha, who were involved in protests and a campaign of civil disobedience more than 30 years ago, in a bid to get their government to take the issue seriously.