On the rampage In Nottingham. What went wrong . And the government keeps saying the countrys broken. But as it kicks off its Spending Review process, with ministers asked to find savings, can it fix it and cut costs at the same time . Hello and welcome to newsnight where we aim to offer up insights and illuminating interviews to end the day. The terrible killings of Grace Omalley Kumar and barnaby webber, bothjust19, and 65 year old ian coates In Nottingham last summer have cast a long shadow. Few will forget the dignity of the bereaved families as the city of nottingham came together in the days after the stabbings, or the horror as the full details emerged. Tonight, Panorama Hasjust broadcast the first interview with the killer Valdo Calocane s family. They shared his medical records with the programme, which detail a doctors warning his Mental Illness was so severe he could end up killing someone. Here throughout the programme to discuss this and other stories, the former Labour Sha
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Afternoon is pretty fast. There is the Tail End of a better front to the Tail End of a better front to the east that could give us a few showers this afternoon, another front trying to come into the North West, which will bring some transient showers into western scotland. Overall, a lot of dry weather, a lot of brightness, and thanks to the sunshine, actually some pleasant warmth, temperatures up some pleasant warmth, temperatures up to 22 celsius in cardiff, a little above where we would anticipate for the time of year. This evening, perhaps a few showers grazing the far South East before clearing. This front moves south, but the rain associated with It Fizzles away. A dry night, temperatures in double figures, perhaps Mist And Fog returning to southern areas in the morning. On tuesday, we push that front away to the east. It is breezy towards the far North West, but that should mean we break up the cloud a little more here and see more sunshine across scotland and Northern Ireland t
Also in the programme, the Uk Government defends changes to the rules on foreign travel as thousands of british tourists scramble to get home from mexico by sunday morning. The government has defended its decision to add the country to the government read list causing some difficulty to some who are there. I cant afford another £3000, and also with my work, i cant afford to take any extra time off. And i Cant Work in the quarantine hotel, so we had to get back. We start with the escalating fighting in afghanistan. For months now, the taliban have been gaining ground in rural and underpopulated areas. Now theres fierce conflict in several provincial capitals, the Afghan Army Fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more civilians in more danger. This map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting kandahar, Herat And Lashkar gah. Lashkar gah is the capital of helmand province, which was the former headquarters of the british forces. Theres fierce fighting there