In some places. It is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and Northern England, that were going to see the heaviest now on bbc news, its time for of the rain. To the north, some spells click. Of sunshine, plus northern this week, shutting down the net. And western scotland. Speeding up border checks. Northern ireland is not and completing the circle of life. Having too bad a day. Across a large swathe 0h, everyone, calm down. Were here. Of england and wales, the back up has arrived away from the far north, stand by, please. Stand by, Alexandra Palace. A mix of sunny spells and showers. Switch out, regions, switch out. Still windy through sunday afternoon and cut to the palace. Across the Northern Isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. You can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. Mainly dry with spells of s
But it is possible across scotland and Northern England, with an ongoing risk of flooding. Its sunday, 11th august. Our top story 10,000 prison places will be freed up and stop and search powers extended to every police force in england and wales from today in a new government crackdown on violent crime. Home secretary priti patel will announce a raft of measures to bring offenders tojustice after the Prime Minister vowed to tackle the issue. 0ur reporterjon donnison has more. Borisjohnson, seen boris johnson, seen here borisjohnson, seen here meeting with police in the west midlands, just days after assuming office, says the time for action on crime has come. He says too many serious, violent or sexual offenders are coming out of prison long before they should, and that tougher sentences are needed. 10,000 new prison places will be created through the building of new prisons, and also the expansion of existing ones. The cost up to £2. 5 billion. Amid fears over rising knife crime, th
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Speeding up border checks. And completing the circle of life. 0h, everyone, calm down. Were here. The back up has arrived stand by, please. Stand by, Alexandra Palace. Switch out, regions, switch out. And cut to the palace. This is Alexandra Palace, the birthplace of television. 0n 2 november 1936, the worlds first regular High Definition Public Television service was broadcast from there. Tvjoined radio and the printed word in bringing us entertainment and information, to bring us together and broaden our minds. But these days, information has another way of getting out. Social media has given us all the power to say whatever we want and show whatever we want, and that has caused several governments big problems. Some countries like china, iran and saudi arabia block news and discussions about topics they dont want their people to hear about. But many more countries will sporadically block social media sites, slow down internet speeds or even switch off net access altogether to try an
Another way of getting out. Social media has given us all the power to say whatever we want and show whatever we want, and that has caused several governments big problems. Some countries like china, iran and saudi arabia block news and discussions about topics they dont want their people to hear about. But many more countries will sporadically block social media sites, slow down internet speeds or even switch off net access altogether to try and stifle unrest and dissent at sensitive times. And the country that shuts down net access the most is . India. And by far, the bulk of those shutdowns are in the disputed himalayan region of kashmir. This week, the Indian Government removed the special status of the part of the region that it administers. It was an unprecedented move thats seen schools closed, demos banned, leaders arrested and, of course, the internet shut down. A couple of weeks ago, david reid went to kashmir to find out more about the regular shutdowns that were happening t