celsius, around six or seven degrees warmer than it should be at this time of year. you can see the extent of the cloud on the satellite picture. we have some breaks, but the thickest cloud for northern ireland and scotland has been bringing rain, and that will be with us into the weekend as well. south of that, away from the band of rain, thick enough clout to bring some rain or drizzle overnight and i think there will be mist and fog patches. some of these could be quite dense across england and wales on friday but it will be a mild start of the morning. through friday, as the weather front continues to bring rain, mist and fog patches could be slow to clear and i suspect there will be drizzle for a time but we should start to see sunny spells break through the cloud and in the sunshine temperatures again way above average for the time of year, reaching highs up for the time of year, reaching highs up to 21 degrees. even where it stays cloudy, temperatures into the high tee
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accoridng to the un. thought to have killed more than 100 civilians, according to the un. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk independence party s only mp, douglas carswell, has announced he s quitting. he said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of pulling britain out of the european union, adding that he was going on amicable terms . he will now represent clacton in the house of commons as an independent mp but there are calls for him to face a by election. earlier my colleague reeta chakra barti spoke to mr carswell in his first television interview since the announcement. blue on wednesday theresa may announces she is triggering article 50, my party, ukip, was set up 23 yea rs 50, my party, ukip, was set up 23 years ago to get us out of europe, job done, we have one. is that the only reason for your existence, many would say that ukip is a bigger force than that? when you get into politics and people are elected to do things, there are
also in the next hour: the beginning of the end for mercedes dominance of formula one? ferrari s sebastian vettel pips lewis hamilton to the chequered flag in the opening race of the season in melbourne his first win since 2015. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary, amber rudd, has called on technology firms to allow access to encrypted material in terrorism cases. it s understood that the westminster attacker, khalid masood, used the whatsapp messaging service seconds before he killed four people last wednesday, but it s not known what was communicated. nick beake reports. whatsapp has just issued a statement. it reads. we are horrified at the attacks carried out in london earlier this week and we are cooperating with law enforcement as they continue their investigations. nick bea ke as they continue their investigations. nick beake has more. an attacker heart of london, and it s chaotic aftermath. scotland ya rd it s chaotic aftermath. scotland yar
at a shopping mall in hong kong. also in the next hour: the beginning of the end for mercedes‘ dominance of formula one? ferrari s sebastian vettel pips lewis hamilton to the chequered flag in the opening race of the season in melbourne his first win since 2015. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary, amber rudd, has called on technology firms to allow access to encrypted material in terrorism cases. it s understood that the westminster attacker, khalid masood, used the whatsapp messaging service seconds before he killed four people last wednesday, but it s not known what was communicated. the app is encrypted. whatsapp has issued a statement in which it says it was horrified about the attack and is cooperating with law enforcement as they continue their investigations. nick bea ke enforcement as they continue their investigations. nick beake has more. an attack at the heart of london, and it s chaotic and deadly aftermath. scotland yard believe all o