warm this weekend i think. i wouldn t call it hot and the seas are quite cold at this time of the year but it s a promising bank holiday weekend on the way. a lovely day today for many parts of the country, highest temperatures towards the west country, south eastern parts of wales but some areas seeing some cloud, it s quite a bit cooler in the south east of scotland. we ll see some cloud developing across parts of northern england down into north wales. the cloud should be thinning in northern ireland. generally temperatures across the uk today will be around about 19 20 , could make 23 towards some south western areas. there will be some cloud around this evening but many places will end the day on a sunny note. the cloud will tend to melt away overnight, clearing skies away from the north west breeze picks up and blows in more cloud here and that will keep temperatures here and that will keep temperatures here and that will keep temperatures here a little bit higher than
western leaders have put forward a unified front in their support for ukraine, days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion. a meeting in germany of foreign ministers from the g 7 richest countries agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. the uk prime minister rishi sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, to win the war and a political strategy to win the peace. to win the war ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence. so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when putin started this war, he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we proved him wrong then, and we will prove him wrong again. together we are delivering as much equipment in the next few months as in the whole of 2022. and togeth
at the state of the economy. the big birth control plan to control the the number of grey squirrels and save the native red squirrel. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s a crucial day for england and northern ireland in the women s european championships, with both sides seeking crucial victories this evening. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. many of the ii leadership hopefuls have set out competing tax plans as a core element of their proposals. the two stage process will see conservative mps whittle down the
stays unsettled. further bouts of rain moving on but it is not going to be a wash out. there will be some sunshine from time to time. but saturday morning starts off very wet. look at the bright colours, some quite intense rainfall initially. it does move through north eastwards fairly quickly so by the afternoon there will be some sunny spells, a couple of showers but england and wales. the rain spreading to central scotland. the sunshine in the south, temperatures 13, much milderthan sunshine in the south, temperatures 13, much milder than it has been i3, much milder than it has been recently. eight ninths further north. sunday, we do it all again, another area of low pressure moving in. with that the fronts and further outbreaks hello and welcome to sportsday this thursday night, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. chasing down the champions can tottenham move level on points with manchester city? west ham will be the team trying to stop them. new
hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, with me chetan pathak, coming up on the programme. one night away from england s opening match of euro 2024 against serbia we ll be live in germany where the team are going through their final preparations. what next for scotland and their supporters after their opening day humbling at the hands of the hosts? scotland will face switzerland next week who make a winning start to their campaign in cologne. tributes pour in as the former arsenal and everton striker kevin campbell dies at the age of 5a after a short illness. also coming up on sportsday before eight. two weeks out from wimbledon jack draper s into the final of the stuttgart open as he targets his first atp tour title. and can england s cricketers avoid elimination at the t20 world cup? rain has delayed the start against namibia as things stand, they re heading out. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. injust over 2a hours, england begin their quest to b