let s stay with the subject of whether it s breaking news coming to us today from the uk health security agency. it has issued a weekend heat health alert. the heat health alert has been erased from yellow to a more severe amber, with warnings in three different regions of england, the midlands, eastern and southern england. the amber alert which is more severe than what we had before comes into effect from 9am on friday and indicates that high temperatures could affect the whole population and perhaps more importantly could also affect the health service. now this is what the weather watchers have been calling an iberian plume, a plume of very warm weather that has come in from the spanish peninsula. we will not last especially long and probably will be over by sunday but it comes and cuts across spain and portugal, bringing across spain and portugal, bringing a lot of high pressure and with it temperatures that could at some point touch 30 degrees, which may be normal for p
Has already been scrapped. The cabinet will meet in manchester shortly. In his Party Conference speech shortly, rishi sunak is expected to set out alternative projects in the north of england and wales. He is likely to argue they amount to a better use of public money and can deliver improvements more quickly. Speculation over the future of hs2, beset by long delays and spiralling costs, has dominated the tory conference. The West Midlands mayor, andy street, a tory, ones that the prior minister is about to make an incredible political gaffe and he has not ruled out resigning over the issue. Nick eardleyjoins us from manchester. Nick, announcing that the line is going to be scrapped in the line is going to be scrapped in the city that it was supposed to get to. What is the prior minister expecting to get from this, politically . It expecting to get from this, politically . Expecting to get from this, politically . It is pretty bold, isnt it . The politically . It is pretty bold, isnt i
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humid feel, a sign of things to come. the overnight low in plymouth around 13 degrees. still quite a lot cooler further north and east with some of this low cloud rolling into eastern and central parts of scotland and england. then tending to retreat towards the coast tomorrow to give some spells of sunshine. there is still the chance of one or two showers down towards the south west. maybe another nine and later as well. as temperatures will be climbing we could see highs of 22 or 23 degrees in north west scotland. 22 to 27 for wales and central and southern parts of england. into the weekend this area of low pressure churning to the south west of us will throw this weather front northwards, and that will bring some hit and miss thunderstorms. there will be some places that stay completely dry. there will be others that get a real deluge with hail and gusty winds likely to develop. and just ahead of that band of showers and thunderstorms, and increasingly warm and humid feel. temperat