the prime minister says the first flight carrying asylum seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks time come what may . he says an airfield is on standby and charter planes are booked. rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. he says peers and mps will have to sit through the night tonight if necessary to pass the government s controversial rwanda legislation. our political correspondent, helen catt is in westminster. helen. new statistics out this morning show one of the reasons why rishi sunak might be so keen to get those flights off soon, last year parliament passed a law that said that some asylum cases could only be dealt with by being removed from the uk. but they can t go to rwanda because the supreme court ruled it was unsafe and there are now nearly 52,000 asylum seekers whose claims simply can t be dealt with here. so what the government did to try and get around
held onto grey, damp weather through central areas. that impact impact the temperatures. single digits for many through tonight, south and east. it will turn quite cold with a touch of frost here and there. certainly some sheltered glens across scotland, less cold where we have the cloud, but still with a chilly feel. tuesday, a little different. high pressure stays out towards the west. we continue with northerly winds, feeling and more cloud, if you share was to eastern scotland and eastern england where it will really feel quite cold at times, patchy rain across south western elan. the best sunshine out west, as you can see, and that will show in the temperatures. the mid teens for northern ireland, 16 17 for glasgow, and glasgow could therefore be the one spot of the uk for the next few days. wednesday, a similar story, thick cloud across northern and eastern areas, where it will be a slight north easterly onshore breeze. best of any dry and brighter weather towards the w
Time for a look at the weather. here s stav danaos. thanks very much, ben. good afternoon. we enjoyed some good, dry, much needed dry weather this weekend. it was chilly, really cool for the time of year, for the rest of this week, we hold onto that chilly feeling air, our air source coming down from the north, mostly dry, but there will be outbreaks of rain. the best of sunshine towards the west. we hold onto this northerly airflow for the next few days, for most of this week, and the mildest air will stay in the atlantic. this is because we have this area of high pressure which has retreated westwards, meaning we are dragging down northerly winds. these weather fronts across the country today have brought some patchy rain. you can see the rain on the radar satellite here. affecting north east of england, through the midlands and down into south west and central areas. the best of sunshine across more south eastern areas and across western scotland and northern ireland, where we will
Here s stav danaos. thanks very much, ben. good afternoon. we enjoyed some good, dry, much needed dry weather this weekend. it was chilly, really cool for the time of year, for the rest of this week, we hold onto that chilly feeling air, our air source coming down from the north, mostly dry, but there will be outbreaks of rain. the best of sunshine towards the west. we hold onto this northerly airflow for the next few days, for most of this week, and the mildest air will stay in the atlantic. this is because we have this area of high pressure which has retreated westwards, meaning we are dragging down northerly winds. these weather fronts across the country today have brought some patchy rain. you can see the rain on the radar satellite here. affecting north east of england, through the midlands and down into south west and central areas. the best of sunshine across more south eastern areas and across western scotland and northern ireland, where we will continue to see the driest of th