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we have quite a lot of cloud out there right now across northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england and some showers, some quite sharp showers across east anglia and the south east of the afternoon, there could be some thunderstorms and quite a lot of rain in a short space of time. plenty of other places will stay dry. 16 degrees in newcastle under cloud, 22, 23 in the south east, beautiful sunshine across northern scotland. with clear skies overhead it will turn into another chilly night. parts of the highlands will get down to one or two celsius. milder, further south was a mist and fog to start saturday morning, but the story of saturday is a story of high pressure, which is set to build across the uk. this area of high pressure will be close by were quite a few days. on saturday, some early mist and fog through parts of northern ireland, england and wales. that should lift and clear. there could be some showers but many places will stay dry with cloud f ....
will bring you the full detail throughout the programme. it s friday, the 1st of september. our main story. thousands of children and young people in england are facing more disruption to their education this after the government issued an order to shut buildings in more than 100 schools, which contain a type of concrete prone to collapsing after a certain period of time. their head teachers will need to find alternative classrooms until safety work is carried out, as our education reporter vanessa clarke explains. it s just days to the start of the new term but, at this school in bradford, the race is on to have everything ready. it s setting up temporary classrooms after faulty concrete was found in part of the building. parents say the school have been working really hard, but it is a worry. it is a little bit concerning that it s so close to going back to school. but these things happen, don t they? i d rather my child not be in school than the school fall down around h ....
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. just days before the new school year, ministers have been defending their decision to order more than 100 schools in england to shut some of their buildings because of concerns about materials used in their construction. the government says new evidence emerged over the summer about a type of concrete that is prone to collapse. it means some pupils will have to be taught in different locations or online while safety work is done. at least 12 schools in scotland are also known to be affected, while schools in wales and northern ireland are to be surveyed. this report from our education reporter vanessa clarke. it s just days until the start of the new term, and this school in bradford is more is one of more than 100 across england that has been told it has to close some classrooms, where faulty concrete has been found. parents say that the school is working really hard to move students to different areas on site, but it ....
pictures are not amazingly in focus but i can tell you that what we have been seeing is very, very high wind and torrential rain. the hong kong government said people should stay in their homes, away from exposed doors, stay away as long as they possibly can, a bit of advice that this man clearly is not heeding, it looks like he is going on a jog or going outside to film something. anyway, the government has said people should stay inside and not come out. schools have not opened, businesses have closed, you can see a big branch of a tree has been downed and hong kong is really bracing itself for something that hasn t happened in many years. we know that this is the highest storm alert you can possibly get, the strongest hit the region in decades and we know that earlier on the chinese government or the chinese region, one nearly hong kong has said that it is also preparing. it has said it is preparing for the storm to hit. now the chinese southern coast of course is go ....
not materialised yet. there are also worries about the indebted property sector today, moody s downgraded chinese property giant country garden again the firm faces a crucial vote to avoid defaulting on a bond repayment. earlier i spoke to janet mui who is head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. china is facing a number of problems. it all comes down to the slowdown in the property market. house prices are falling and housing transactions are slowing so that is why the largest developers in the country are suffering. country garden, for example, it was the largest property developer once, but they have suffered a loss of $6.7 billion. it is likely to go into default, it is warning. it adds further pressure on the general sector, the property sector, which affects consumers and the wider economy. this tells us an interesting story and it paints a picture of how china has managed its economy for so long. it has seen growing wealth and the money has been put into ....