rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
Mile away from a fracking side were exploratory drilling is about to begin. Site. Nearly £30 billion in mis sold Ppi Compensation has been paid out by british banks, and theres still much more to come. Ill be taking a look at when it will ever end. In sport, englands women ease into the Quarter Finals of the European Championship, with victory over portugal but for scotland its a case of so near, yet so far. And theres confusion at the races as a 50 1 winner turns out to be completely the wrong horse. An investigation has begun. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Iam i am below the Streets Of London. These tunnels were built over 100 yea rs these tunnels were built over 100 years ago. They used to be used to transport mail and parcels below the Streets Of London. They are about to be reopened to the public after being long abandoned. We will find out how and why later on. New line and sarah has the weather. 0ur unsettled theme continues. Lots of cloud and heavy showers forecast.
will be higher, 8 9. double figure temperatures ahead of that in the north west. windy weather in the northern as overnight, then that when front move southwards this time. little or no rain on that at all. into thursday, brightening up. more in the way of sunshine, more showers in the north and west with a north westerly wind, but not particularly cold. temperatures around 8 12, mild to end the week.
at the weather with darren bett. hello. the dry january continues, theme we have had for a number of weeks. we see some rain coming into the north west again, and it is in the north west again, and it is in the north west again, and it is in the north west that every now and then we see some weather fronts pushing in from the atlantic. but they will not get much further, because they are running into high pressure that keeps the rest of the country fine and dry. variable cloud, mind you, underthe country fine and dry. variable cloud, mind you, under the high, country fine and dry. variable cloud, mind you, underthe high, and for many parts, we see a lot of cloud into this evening. chilly underneath that cloud as well. a weak weather fronts in the north west of scotland produces a little light rain or drizzle, and overnight, that damper weather will push northwards up towards the northern isles. we could see a few brakes developing across eastern parts of scotland, particularly in the n
wales, milderfor scotland chili under the cloud in england and wales, milder for scotland and northern ireland. the fog tends to lift slowly through the morning as the breeze picks up, and we may see sunshine in north west england. some sunshine in north west england. some sunshine in north west england. some sunshine in north eastern parts of scotland, and again in northern ireland ahead of the next weather front, bringing some rain mainly to the highlands and islands. temperatures tomorrow similar to what we have had today. again under the cloud across much of england and wales, temperatures may only be 3 4 in the afternoon. high pressure still in charge as we head towards the middle part of the week. that week weather fronts again doesn t get very far. the next one looks like it has more about it, and the winds. to pick up more through wednesday, particularly in the north west uk. that is where we will find some rain arriving during the afternoon. otherwise, still dry during the day