Many of us, certainly still a bit of rain to come through the rest of day. Particularly through Northern England, into wales, a few scattered showers moving in across the north and the east of scotland and that cool northerly breeze. Sunshine for Northern Ireland, and for southern parts of england in particular, Sunnier Skies developing two. One o too. Temperatures in the warmest spots getting up to 21 but contrast that with stornoway, just 12 degrees through the afternoon. Now into the evening hours, one or two heavy showers across parts of wales, perhaps the midlands, east anglia, too. If you catch a shower, there could be some hail and thunder. Most of the rain should ease away through the course of tonight. It stays cloudy with Mist And Fog around, temperatures in double figures first thing tomorrow. So into saturdays weather. This fairly stubborn slow moving system is with us but it tends to peter out. So through the weekend, a bit of sunshine a few showers on saturday, by sunday
Can to contInue our Search And Rescue effort. That Is our prIorIty, thatIs rescue effort. That Is our prIorIty, that Is where we are focused and protectIng our fIrst responders who are the scene. The number of people Infected wIth the Delta VarIant of coronavIrus rIses by 46 In a week across the uk. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. The Health Secretary Matt hancock has apologIsed and admItted he breached socIal dIstancIng guIdelInes, after the Sun Newspaper publIshed a photograph of hIm In an embrace wIth one hIs closest aIdes. The photo Is saId to have been taken In may, In Mr Hancocks whItehall offIce. The PrIme MInIsters offIcIal spokesman has saId the PrIme MInIster has accepted the health Secretarys Apology and consIders the matter closed. In a statement, the Health Secretary saId. Lets get more from our polItIcal correspondent, Ben WrIght. DespIte what the PrIme MInIster says, thIs Isnt really closed, Is It . No, and labour wIll keep up the pressure, they feel there are mo
presence remains in legal lingo, if not peril. trump s legal team announced a last-minute challenge to today s scheduled release of trump white house records. and the new york attorney general turning up the heat on the civil investigation of the trump organization, citing significant evidence, she says, of financial fraud, and she s asked a court now to compel donald trump and his children, don jr. and ivanka, to testify under oath. let s begin with the current administration, and cnn s jeff zeleny at the white house. jeff, president biden will no doubt field a lot of tough questions from reporters in this rare and consequential moment he s in. what should we expect? reporter: ana, there s no doubt this is the end of the first term that so many challenges and crises linger into the second term which begins tomorrow. the president, we are told, is going to tout those accomplishments. remember the infrastructure bill the bipartisan passed last year, the covid relief bill
makes his mid-term year debut. he still leads the republican party, and he is still all about the big lie. we begin the hour though with a calendar collision. this year s martin luther king holiday and the teetering democratic push for voting rights. right now the house speaker and others from congress, members of the king family as well, at union station here in washington, d.c., about to demand action on voting rights. just moments ago the vice president of the united states adding her voice. we must not be complacent or complicit. we must not give up, and we must not give in. to truly honor the legacy of the man we celebrate today, we must continue to fight for the freedom to vote for freedom for all. the outlook though is beyond bleak. the top senate democrat chuck schumer plans an up or down vote on voting rights legislation tomorrow, and the math seems certain, certain that it will fail. so it is normally a holiday of tribute and reflection is raw this year. martin