good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
Seen a drop of rainfall this month but that is in sharp contrast to what has been happening in scotland where in aberdeenshire we had well over a month of rain. Hundred and 20 of average rainfall and we are only a third of the way through the month so far. Today we had big contrasts, 25 degrees in warm sunshine for london butjust 13 degrees in lerwick and shetland and the reason it is cooler here because weve seen a cold front moved through and over the next few days the cold air is going to push its way south across the uk and i say colder but for many of us those temperatures will be returning close to average for the time of year. Here is the cold front, Clearing South so dry in scotland where weve seen flooding the concerns and the rain eventually ending the night moving across Northern Ireland and ending up in Northern England and north wales. Mild for england and wales but a colder night for the north of the uk. Into tomorrows forecast we have heavy rain to come, particularly acr
three in a row for iga swiatek as once again she s crowned french open winner. also coming up on sportsday. the very latest from the european athletics championships we ll be live in rome ahead of an action packed evening to come. and we ll find out about a special charity football match between two teams of dads, who each came together as a way to aid their mental health. welcome to the programme. now, today, the challenge cup finals at wembley were especially poignant. less than a week on from his death, rob burrow was remembered by those in attendance. st helens were comfortable winners in the women s final, beating leeds rhinos 22 0, while in the men s final, wigan survived a late warrington comeback to lift their 21st title. adam wild reports. this is the day rugby league came together, the sport s grandest together, the sport s grandest occasion always a moment to remember. this year, even more so. fans of all club colours paying their own tributes to the life, the le
class= nosel > will set parties will set out their manifestoes. thousands of motorcyclists arrived at the end of a mammoth right from london to cumbria. and in sport, joyful we go in a day of commemoration at wembley where rob burrow was paid tribute to, ahead of their challenge cup final. a sunny start for many of you, a more cloud, increasing, thickening and patchy rain as well. details on breakfast. good morning. the main story, israel has been criticised by the european union s matheny diplomat over the key kneeling of dozens of palestinians in an operation to rescue four hostages in gaza yesterday. josep borrell called the report another massacre of civilians. a woman and three men were rescued in a mission involving airstrikes around a refugee camp. hamas claims more than 210 palestinians were killed, is report the number below 100. a dramatic rescue and she s free again. 25 year old noa argamani, captured by hamas on the 7th of october, and taken to gaza, is finally bac
Mini budget and charged, it peaks there after the mini budgetand it charged, it peaks there after the mini budget and it fell away, but it has been rising again on the expectation of the bank of england putting up interest rates, that red line at the top there is a two year fixed deal and the rate on that is getting quite close to 6%. so, that is a real concern for first time buyers who are seeing mortgage rates rising and at the same time the cost of living is affecting their ability to save for a deposit, that is an unhappy mix for anyone trying to buy theirfirst home, even unhappy mix for anyone trying to buy their first home, even though you would think they would be happy to see house prices falling. keein see house prices falling. kevin peachey. see house prices falling. kevin peachey, thank see house prices falling. kevin peachey, thank you. west ham take on the italian side fiorentina in the europa conference league final in prague tonight and our correspondent andy swiss