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but at what cost? with soaring energy bills it is getting more expensive to heat pools like this one, so they may have to close for good. good morning from wimbledon where there is some disappointment after andy murray and emma raducanu both went out on centre court. but british number one cameron norrie went through to round three. good morning. early rain in eastern parts of northern ireland and scotland which will become confined to the north east of scotland. for the rest of us, sunshine and showers, some thundery. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 30thjune. our main story. the uk will provide an additional £1 billion in military aid for ukraine, after president zelensky urged nato leaders to do more to help the country s war effort. at the nato summit in madrid, the military alliance branded russia the biggest direct threat to western security. our security correspondent frank gardner has more. ukrainian troops on salisbury plain, part of an e
another weather system coming in from the atlantic. ahead of that we still have some time, notjust northern ireland but in scotland and increasingly the cloud is breaking up increasingly the cloud is breaking up across wales and some western parts of england. not particularly warm by any means. a chilly breeze continuing to bring in those showers across eastern areas of england. where we have a clearer skies following the sunshine, early in the night there is a risk of a prose, temperatures could get close to freezing for a while. but the window of clearer skies will be closing because while that area of damp weather moves await this cloud and rain moves in from the atlantic and briefly there will be some snow over the tops of the scottish mountains and may be in the northern pennines. it should turn back to rain later in the night because milder air is coming in and these other temperatures by the end of the night, above freezing by morning. i which time the rain should have
good morning from north yorkshire. millions of us go on coach trips every year but they are under really big financial pressure and hoping for a big summer to their losses. it s a huge day forjockey rachael blackmore. she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival and today aims to become the first woman to win the gold cup. raising a laugh, but at a safe distance. red nose day goes ahead in the face of covid restrictions. a spring equinox this weekend but the weather stays fairly cloudy for most of you, but most should stay dry. the full forecast coming up. it s friday the 19th of march. our top story. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will be rolled out in some european countries today after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the prime minister borisjohnson will receive the vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe after more than a dozen countries paused their delivery of the jab. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. the oxford astr