three british men accused of being mercenaries in ukraine are expected to stand trial in a russian proxy court. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to industry body the early years alliance. researchers at the university of cambridge say they ve successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. and a sad end to the story of freya the walrus who became a tourist sensation in norway as she is put down. good morning. the labour leader sir keir starmer has set out how he would fund his party s plan to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and stop household gas and electricity bills rising over the winter in england, scotland and wales. the energy price cap the maximum amount suppliers can charge for average use is forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,200 injanuary. labour said it would freeze the pr
we go through the day almost anywhere, but not all of us will catch one, if you catch one it could be heavy and could lead to localised flooding as it has done already in parts of scotland. in between, you can see a fair bit of sunshine and temperatures still high across the south east, 30 celsius. a bed lower further north, between 15 and 20 degrees with a noticeable breeze across northern and western scotland and northern ireland. this evening and northern ireland. this evening and overnight, the rain pushes eastward, it is still thundery, showers moving east across england, some risk of thunder, and some showers from the south still with a risk of thunder. in between, a lot of dry weather and some clear skies. humid tonight, overnight lows 11 celsius to 18 celsius. tomorrow, low pressure dominating our weather. the
gusts of 30 to 48 mph, possibly more around the coast. the rain continues to push towards the east, more showers, more fragmented, a dry interlude and the next batch of rain across northern ireland and western scotland. this evening and overnight, some clear skies, a fairly cloudy at night, further spells of rain, windy, this area is a weather front with heavy rain and strong winds, gusting around the west coast of wales and south west england. not as cold as last night. tomorrow, the wind is moving away from the south east, it brightens up, some sunshine, further showers coming in across northern ireland and western scotland to give longer spells of rain. as you can see it is going to be windy in the northern half of the country. temperatures 12 celsius to 18 celsius. as we move